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No.  1 


gambling 

WITH  E.  FARRAND  ROSS 


Holiday  Manners 

In  this  fast  and  furious  age,  the  gentle  art  of  manners  is 
not  practiced  as  it  was  in  our  grandmothers'  time;  most  of  us 
are  so  engrossed  in  our  professions  or  vocations  that  we  have 
little  leisure  for  the  social  amenities  which  tend  to  make  life 
so  much  more  pleasurable  and  endurable;  the  daily  grind  has 
a  way  of  eliminating  everything  that  is  not  absolutely  essen- 
tial to  its  operation  And  so.  day  by  day  and  year  by  year, 
we  find  ourselves  less  and  less  inclined  to  "waste  time"  in 
acquiring  the  graces  that  marked  the  old,  courtly  days,  even 
in  business. 

The  return  of  Yuletide  and  its  attendant  holidays  demon- 
strates only  too  plainly  that  politeness,  instead  of  being  a  "waste 
of  time"  is  a  time  saver.  All  during  the  past  few  weeks, 
people  treated  each  other  with  a  courtesy  that  was  surprising 
as  well  as  pleasing,  even  the  tired  clerks  in  most  of  the  shops 
were  patient  and  painstaking,  when  at  other  seasons  these 
same  ribbon  girls  and  necktie  men  assume  a  bored  in 
ence  that  is  very  irritating  to  the  hurried  shopper.  I  >nc  noticed 
this  attitude  in  the  highways  and  byways  of  the  city.  also. 
Lame  old  ladies  were  helped  up  onto  the  sidewalks;  blind 
men  were  guided  carefully  through  the  traffic;  even  stray  dogs 
were  given  the  astonishment  of  their  live-  by  unaccustomed 
pats  from  the  passers-by.  The  daily  difficulties  of  life  in  gen- 
eral were  smoothed  over,  and  felicitated  by  a  universal  feel- 
ing of  kindness  that  should  last  throughout  the  year. 

We  might  append  the  gentle  art  of  manner-  to  our  New 
Year's  resolutions! 

Giving  Up  a  Career 

i  'no  hear-  wise  remark-  about  "a  woman,  of  course,  should 
not  give  up  a  career  when  she  marries  any  more  than  a  man!" 
And  then  the  speaker  goes  on  to  say  that  "Literary  or  artistic 
or  musical  women  should  go  on  with  their  work  after  mar- 
riage,  but  it  is  a  shame  bow  business  women  keep  their  po- 
sitions even  after  marriage,  taking  them  away  from  single 
women    who    really    need    work!" 

These  oracles  forget  that  a  business  career  is  just  as  im- 
portant to  some  women  as  a  literary  or  a  musical  or  an 
artistic  career  is  to  another,  and  that  you  cannot  curtail  the 
actions  of  me  class  and  allow  the  other  to  fulfill  its  desires. 
Very  often,  also,  a  young  married  couple  work  together  in  the 
hope  that  comfort  and  a  certain  amount  of  independance  can 
be  secured  in  middle  age.  if  they  both  put  their  shoulders  to 


the  plow  in  youth,  and  whose  affair  is  that,  anyway,  but  their 
own  ? 

No  one  could  appreciate  a  home  and  children  more  than 
the  present  humble  writer,  no  one  appreciates  the  fact  more 
than  the  Rambler  that  the  greatest  thing  in  the  world  is  love, 
and  a  home,  and  the  right  sort  of  a  companion,  but  he  realizes 
that  the  world  is  a  changing  world;  that  conditions  govern- 
ing men  and  women  are  changing  the  most  of  all;  that  the 
unrelenting  Fates,  like  Macbeth's  witches,  are  forever  stir- 
ring the  caldron,  mixing  and  turning,  and  that  out  of  this 
weird  mass  that  confronts  us.  seemingly  unexplicable  and 
deplorable,  some  sort  of  order  and  happiness  is  sure  to  come. 

Should  Married  Women  Work? 

It  was  (Hive  Schreiner  who  made  the  statement  in  her  book 
"Women  and  Labor."  that  men  had  taken  women-  occupa- 
tion- from  the  home-  into  the  factories,  and  that  as  a  natural 
sequence,  women  had  followed  their  avocations.  Spinning, 
weaving,  dress-making,  fruit  preserving,  canning,  pickling, — 
all  the  varied  dutie-  of  the  old-time  domicile,  are  now  being 
accomplished  outside  of  the  home,  and  in  a  much  better  and 
more  sanitary  manner,  at  that.  The  steam  table  of  the  delica- 
tessen shop  is  fast  taking  the  place  of  the  old  cook-stove  in 
the  famil)  of  the  working  or  clerical  class,  and  unless  a  wife 
i-  bearing  children,  she  must,  of  a  necessity,  find  time  hang- 
ing heavily  upon  her  hand-. 

Since  Eve,  most  foible-  and  failures  of  married  life  are 
blamed  upon  the  gentle  -ex.  She  is  accused  now.  of  neglect- 
ing her  home,  and  "soldiering"  on  her  life  job.  The  woman 
i-  held  responsible  for  apartment  house  life  of  today,  with 
owded  condition-,  it-  discomforts  (when  the  heat  isn't 
going  i  and  its  general  un-homelike  atmosphere.  Women  are 
told  that  they  "want  things  too  easy."  when  it  is  a  ca-e  of 
the  landlord  wanting  every  inch  of  his  ground  to  pay! 

Treat  many  changing  conditions  have  brought  about  the 
fused"  home.  Like  war.  you  can  lay  it  to  no  one  par- 
ticular cause,  but  to  a  great  many  different  reasons.  In  the 
beginning  i'i  this  modern  feministic  movement,  some  man 
"welched"  on  his  position  of  supporting  some  woman,  and 
the  woman,  thrown  into  the  maelstrom  of  the  business  world, 
adjusting  herself  painfully  to  her  new  existence,  finally  dis- 
1  in  it  certain  privileges  and  pleasures  that  were  lacking 
in  the  old  life,  and  eventually  took  to  it  as  a  fish  to  water. 
Her  sisters  have  followed  suit,  and  the  feminine  parasite  of 
yester-year  is  becoming  as  extinct  as  the  proverbial  dodo. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  2,  1926 


Needless  to  say.  this  is  the  method  which  we  favor  and 
which  the  President  favors.  Wealth  is  not  increased  by 
placing  burdens  on  the  producers  of  wealth,  but  by  encour- 
aging them. 


We  wish  all  the  world  a  glad  new 
A  Happy  New  Year  ye'ar.  and  more  especially  do  we 
wish  it  to  the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco,  and  to  our  own  group  of  readers. 

There  is  every  prospect  that  our  wishes  will  be  realized. 
Few  years  have  dawned  under  pleasanter  auspices.  Pros- 
perity has  smiled  upon  us  in  the  year  that  is  gone  and  there 
is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  its  face  will  be  turned  against 
us  in  the  \7ear  that  is  coming.  On  the  other  hand,  the  pros- 
pects are  finer  and  more  encouraging  than  hitherto. 

Our  city  has  taken  great  stride-  forward.  The  sign-  of 
the  development  are  obvious.  Creat.  and  ever  greater, 
buildings  rise,  to  show  the  growth  of  our  commerce  and  the 
wealth  which  is  growing  in  our  midst.  There  is  no  unem- 
ployment, worth  mentioning;  the  bank  returns  are  almost 
phenomenally  good ;  the  insurance  companies  report  an 
ever  increasing  clientele;  the  savings  banks  are  almost 
uniquely  prosperous.  Never,  perhaps,  in  the  history  of  the 
world,  has  there  been  a  time  or  place  more  completely  abun- 
dant in  material  possessions.  And  with  it  all,  there  is  a  bet- 
ter tone  in  the  midst  of  our  people  and  a  higher  form  of 
living.  The  arts  are  prospering  and,  particularly  in  music, 
we  have  made  great  local  strides. 

<  )ur  position  as  a  port  has  much  improved.  As  the  Orien- 
tal trade  increases,  our  position  will  grow  even  more  im- 
portant. In  the  course  of  time,  trade  with  the  Orient  will 
rival  that  with  Europe.  When  that  happens  we  shall  take 
our  position  as  the  leading  port  of  this  continent. 

There  is  still  much  to  be  done.  The  development  of  the 
city  and  the  welfare  of  our  people  demand  the  greatest  saga- 
city and  honesty  on  the  part  of  our  civic  and  industrial 
leaders.  But,  step  by  step,  we  are  accomplishing  our  des- 
tiny and  the  coming  year  will  send  us  another  step  forward 
in  our  splendid  career. 


Every  year  sees  us  improving  the 
Wealth  Production  means  of  the  production  of  wealth. 
Whether  it  be  in  agriculture  or 
manufacture,  in  transportation  or  in  wireless,  the  best  brains 
of  the  world  are  devoted  to  taking  measures  for  the  pro- 
duction of  ever  greater  stores  of  wealth,  and  the  most  keen 
intellects  are  directed  to  bringing  that  wealth  mure  and 
more  into  the  hands  of  the  people  as  a  whole. 

That  is  the  American  idea.  It  can  be  differentiated  Erom 
the  so-called  revolutionary  idea  very  clearly.  The  latter 
seeks  to  make  the  poor  better  off  by  the  destruction  of  the 
well-to-do.  The  American  plan  tries  to  make  everybody 
better  off  by  the  creation  of  more  and  more  wealth,  so  that 
everybody  can  have  a  proportionate  share  of  that  newly 
created  wealth,  the  share  of  each  depending  upon  his  own 
ability  and  energy.  The  one  idea  places  a  penalty  on  in- 
dustry and  ability;  the  other  stimulates  ability  and  indus- 
try, and  thus  adds  to  the  sum  total  of  human  happiness. 

How  that  works  out  locally  is  very  evident  this  Xmas. 
The  head  of  the  Salvation  Army  in  this  city  reports  that 
this  Xmas  there  are  very  few  people  in  need  of  help  and 
that  never  in  his  experience  has  there  been  a  higher  stand- 
ard of  well  being,  or  as  high  a  standard,  as  al  the  present 
time. 

This  well  being  comes  from  the  creation  of  new  wealth, 
in  which  all  grades  in  the  population  have  shared  and  from 
which  the)'  have  all  benefitted.  This  is  the  American  way. 
It  is  the  way  that  makes  for  peace  and  continual  prosperity, 
which  builds  up  the  people  as  a  whole  and  which  contains  in 
itself  the  germs  for  future  growth  and  greatness. 


There  is  much  talk  about  the  World 
The  Wcrld  Court  Court,  which  appears  to  have  received 
the  conditional  sanction  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  to  have  become  a  measure  of  the  administration, 
as  far  as  our  part  in  the  organization  is  concerned. 

There  is  a  difficulty  connected  with  the  proposed  arrange- 
ment, which  proceeds  from  the  fact  that  we  are  not  a  mem- 
ber of  the  League  of  Nations  and  the  proposed  court  is 
nothing  if  not  an  instrument  of  the  League.  We  are  un- 
alterably opposed  to  joining  the  League  and  taking  a  share 
in  responsibilities  which  are  not  ours.  The  President  is 
in  accord  with  that  determination  and  his  conditions  with 
respect  to  the  World  Court  are  intended  to  prevent  us  be- 
ing involved  in  disputes  with  which  the  League  of  Nations 
is  concerned. 

The  Treaty  of  Locarno,  which  is  the  last  British  triumph 
and  which,  at  first  sight,  carries  with  it  implications  of 
peace,  gives  great  impetus  to  the  World  Court  idea.  Of 
course,  with  the  idea  itself,  there  is  little  fault  to  find.  As 
an  obvious  matter  of  fact,  it  is  more  reasonable  and  more 
civilized  that  men  should  agree  to  judicially  determine  the 
rights  ami  wrong-  of  international  disputes,  than  that  they 
should  proceed  to  kill  one  another  and  to  plunge  whole  com- 
munities into  misery  by  war. 

But  there  are  concrete  facts  behind  all  the  abstractions  of 
the  World  Court  idea.  The  nations  over  there  are  still 
unsettled  and  are  still  at  outs.  We  must  avoid  being  drawn 
into  any  of  the  European  troubles  even  if  we  seem  to  be 
backward  in  our  concepts  of  human  progress.  We  have  had 
our  les-i  in. 

<  if  course,  the  fact  that  the  President  favors  the  notion 
i-  a  great  recommendation.  He  is  a  cautious  person  and 
will  see  that  we  are  protected. 


There  is  much  curiosity  as  to  how 
Russian  Recognition  long  we  are  to  be  the  sole  nation 
of  importance  which  does  not  rec- 
ognize Russia.  Senator  Borah  is  on  the  warpath  in  this  re- 
gard and  seems  to  have  made  his  mind  up  that  the  time 
has  come  when  it  is  to  our  interest  to  get  in  with  the  rest 
in  recognizing  the  Russian  Soviet  Republic  and  getting 
what  commercial  and  other  advantages  we  can  out  of  the 
reci  ignition. 

O  il.  W.  X.  1  [askell  and  James  I '  {  '■<  n  'drich,  former  gover- 
nor of  Indiana,  both  members  of  the  American  Relief  Ad- 
ministration in  Russia,  have  joined  with  Senator  Borah  in 
urging  that  Russia  be  given  a  chance  to  justify  its  claims  to 
reci  ignition. 

Before  there  can  be  any  Russian  recognition  it  is  just  as 
well  to  realize  that  there  are  certain  obligations  and  condi- 
tions, which  must  be  honestly  carried  out.  These  are  at 
least;  Cessation  of  "red"  propaganda  in  this  country;  steps 
towards  the  funding  of  the  Russian  debt  to  the  United 
State-;  reimbursement  to  Americans  for  confiscated  prop- 
erty. With  these  conditions  undertaken  and  conscien- 
tiously  performed,  there  should  no  longer  be  any  particular 
reason  why  Russia  should  not  be  placed  in  such  a  position 
that  full  diplomatic  relations  can  be  opened.  Short  of  that, 
however,  the  matter  cannot  be  even  considered. 

Colonel  Haskell  has  been  making  a  very  complete  survev 
of  Russia  during  the  last  year.  He  says  that  while  he 
totally  disagrees  with  the  fundamental  principles  of  the 
Soviet  regime,  he  finds  that  the  government  is  well  estab- 
lished and  that  there  is  a  very  distinct  progress  in  economic 
and  industrial  affairs.  He  thinks  that  recognition  would 
be  for  the  advantage  of  both   governments  economically. 


Tanuarv  2,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


3 


Mr.  Goodrich  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  communist  regime 
cannot  in  the  long  run  maintain  itself  against  the  pressure 
of  the  peasants.  He  thinks  that  America  is  totally  immune 
to  any  communist  propaganda  and  that  economic  results 
are  all  we  need  care  for. 

We  have  had  this  Xmas  again  an 
Prohibition  Frenzy  .  .example  or  many  examples  of  the 
stupidity  and  gross  dishonesty  of 
the  Volstead  Act.  There  has  not  been  a  family  of  sufficient 
means  in  this  city  this  season,  that  has  not  had  the  alcoholic 
refreshment  which  human  experience  has  made  practically 
inseparable  from  social  pleasure.  Only  in  the  homes  of  the 
less  well  off  has  that  been  missing. 

Of  course,  this  may  have  been  the  purpose  of  the  act.  It 
may  have  been  the  intention  of  those  who  passed  this  meas- 
ure that  the  well-to-do  should  have  the  alcoholic  liquors, 
and  that  those  who  could  not  afford  the  prohibitive  prices 
of  the  bootleggers  should  have  none.  It  may  easily  have 
been  intended  that  people  who  can  afford  champagne  should 
have  champagne,  but  that  those  to  whom  a  little  claret  or 
beer  would  have  meant  added  pleasure  and  exhilaration, 
should  be  forbidden  such  indulgence. 

Whatever  may  have  been  intended,  we  know  what  hap- 
pened. We  know  that  there  has  been  furtive  sale  and  de- 
livery of  alcoholic  liquor  to  a  greater  extent  than  ever  be- 
fore, in  defiance  of  the  law  and  to  the  civic  detriment;  that 
people  have  been  again  driven  to  underhand  and  degrading 
subterfuges,  in  order  to  conceal  their  attempts  to  satisfy  a 
natural  and  quite  harmless  desire  ;  that  there  is  a  ramified 
and  very  extensive  conspiracy  to  defeat  the  hated  law, 
and  that  this  conspiracy  is  bad  fur  the  government  and  is 
destructive  of  loyalty,  hut  will  continue  while  the  occasion 
is  there. 

We  also  know  that  corruption  in  enforcement  cir<  les  do 
not  diminish  and.  if  the  law  is  bad   for  the  masses  of  the 
citizens,  it  is  destructive  of  the  loyalty  and  virtue  of  many 
of  the  government  officials.     This   again    will   have  conse- 
quences too  nasty  to  contemplate. 

There  is  only  one  way  out  of  the  dilemma;  to  make  such 
changes  in  the  law  as  are  right. 

The  case  of   E.  A.   Hutching.-. 
known     generally     a-     "•Big 

Hutch,"  is  an  interesting  inci- 
dent m  the  interpretation  of  the  parole  law.  This  person 
was  a  swindler,  a  bunco  Steerer  and  confidence  man.  who 
had  man)  crimes  of  a  particularly  disgusting  character, 
against   him.      lie   was  convicted   of   buncoing   a   man   called 

|.  B,  Morris  out  of  $51,000  and  sentenced  to  serve  an  inde- 
terminate sentence  of  from  one  to  ten  years,  which  \vi< 
afterwards  definitely  >ct  at  seven  ami  a  half  years. 

This  man  was  paroled  by  the  Prison  Board  on  August  8, 
1925,  and  allowed  to  go  to  New  York  to  work  for  the  Ameri- 
can    Press    Association,    but    be    does    not    appear    to    have 

had  any  work  with  that  concern.     The  Prison   Board  did 

not  notif)    the   District   Attorncv    of   Los    \nyelcs  County  of 
their  intention  to  parole  and  the  latter  raised  a  loud  outcry 
over  the  matter.     This  brought   the  affair  to  the  attention 
of     the     GovemOT,     who    thereupon,     revoke  I     the     parole    of 
HutchingS  and   sent    his  private   secretary   to   New   York   to 
see  that  lie  is  extradited  and  brought  back  to  serve  tl 
of  his  lime.     This  is  an  attempt  on  the  part  of  the 
to  override  the  decision  of  the  Board  "i  State  1'rison  Din 
whose  powers  in  the  matter  of  paroles  seem  to  be  very  fully 
stated  in  the  law. 

When  we  turn  to  the  matter  of  extradition,  the  chances 
of  the  return  of  HutchingS  to  this  state  on  extradition 
papers,  does  not  seem  any  too  probable.  It  docs  ni  I 
as  if  he  were  a  fugitive  from  justice,  as  he  is  out  of  the  state 
on  the  express  permission  of  the  State  Board  >M  Prison  Di- 
rectors, i  n  a  parole  granted,  apparently  regularly  by  t' 
ernmcntal  authority  charged  with  the  granting  of  par 


The  Case  of  "Big  Hutch' 


THE  OPEN  AIR  MARKET 
By  John  G.  Brayton 

WHAT  a  wonderful  place  a  small  town  market  is!  There 
is  one  by  the  court  house  square  where  the  old  horse 
rails,  no  longer  in  use  since  the  automobile  has  come,  re- 
mind of  the  good  old  days  when  folks  had  plenty  of  time 
and  living  costs  were  not  high.  Color  and  light  ami  shade 
are  abundant,  with  a  new  picture  every  few  feet  and  with 
every  change  of  the  sun. 

Here,  where  the  trucks  back  up  and  the  drivers  arrange 
their  wares  on  boxes  and  boards  or  on  patent  frames  that 
fold  for  handiness,  are  to  be  found,  "Paint-It-Yourself"  auto 
paint,  potatoes,  nuts,  carrots,  apples,  oranges,  grape  fruit, 
onions,  shoe  strings,  celery,  patent  awls,  beets,  cauliflower, 
lettuce,  spinach,  grapes,  sandwiches,  olives,  honey,  red 
apples — like  the  cheeks  of  the  girl  who  is  selling  them — 
holly  berries,  Christmas  wreaths,  chickens,  live  and  dressed, 
lemons,  cider  raisins,  Christmas  trees,  fruit  in  jars,  dried 
fruit,  home-made  candies,  eggs,  pumpkins,  rhubarb,  cabbage 
plants,  endive,  candied  fruit,  geese,  rabbits,  dressed  pork, 
flowers,  birds  in  cages.  Chinamen,  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren and  firewood  and  gold  fish. 

And  here  you  find  a  great  deal  of  good  old  homeliness  in 
the  meaning  of  homelikeness.  There  is  plenty  of  real 
homeliness,  too,  for  contact  with  the  elements  makes  for 
simpleness  and  ruggedness.  Much  bandying  goes  back  and 
forth  in  the  best  of  nature.  Introductions  are  scarcely 
needed,  for  these  people  are  sprung  from  races  that  in  their 
earliest  civilization  were  simple  and  trusting  and  hospitable. 
Anglo-Saxons,  who  retain  the  ancient  traditions  of  hailing 
the  stranger  pleasantly  and  entertaining  him  as  though  be 
were  one  of  their  own  people. 

The  extremes  of  modernness  appear  here  and  there,  where 

iimg   folks    gather.      The   girls    with    short   skirts   just 

icxering  the  fringe  of  their  bloomers,  the  youths  with  latest 

comb-backs  and  ties,  stand  for  progress.  But  this  is  all 
veneer,  for  they  exchange  the  same  old  puns  and  witticisms 
honored  by  their  grandparents.  As,  she.  "Oh,  I  missed  my 
mouth."  he.  "Well,  you  hadn't  OUghta;  it  reaches  from  ear 
to  ear."  They  laugh,  though  the  exchange  is  very  coarse 
and  plebeian.  And  when  the  mothers  mingle  with  the 
children,  the  unnaturalness  of  the  youngsters'  manners  and 
appearance  is  accentuated  by  the  sallowness  and  apparent 
exhaustion  of  the  elders. 

These  old  people  look  as  if  they  had  been  robbed  of  a 
great  deal,  had  been  betrayed,  in  spite  of  \\  ordsworth's 
assurance  that  Nature  never  betrays  those  who  put  their 
trust  in  her.  There  can  he  little  doubt  that  agricultural  co!- 
with  their  scientific  training,  will  do  away  with  much 
of  this  effect  of  the  old  order  of  farming,  when  a  man  who 
had  failed  at  everything  else  could  still  scratch  a  living  from 
oil.  Farming  is  a  big  business.  ri  very  big  business,  a 
scientific  occupation,  one  that  calls  for  brains  ;is  strong  and 
well  trained  as  bodies  must  he. 

The  casual  observer  cannot  help  sensing  all  this  in  the 
open  air  markets.  For.  while  the  progressive  farmers  use 
auto  trucks  and  modern  machinery,  it  sometimes  looks  as 
Ait  it  were  against  their  will:  that  they  would  rather 
drive  to  town  with  horses  and  take  all  clay  to  make  an  hour's 
trip.  The  world  i-  going  by  many  people  these  day.s.  while 
many  more  are  gasping  for  breath  and  trying  to  keep  on. 

But  we  forget  all  that  in  the  presence  of  market's  glamor. 
The  colors  and  savors  and  odors  are  such  as  no  human  in- 
genuity can  reproduce  or  imitate.  The  prevalent  pleasant- 
ness  and  honesty  speak  volumes  for  the  stability  of  the  best 
qualities  in  the  human  animal.  No  new  order  of  living  can 
quite  do  awav  with  the  old  truth  of  simplicity  or  warmth  of 
heart. 


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January  2,  1926 


'LEISURE'S  WW 


OBEY    NO   1V/9/VD  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moor>e- 


Curran 

IF  you  enjoyed  "The  Bat,"  "The  (  a1 
and  the  Canary"  or  any  other  of  the 
many  mystic  plays  which  have  been 
produced  in 
the  last  few 
years,  by  all 
means  go  to 
see  the  thril- 
ler at  the 
Curran  Thea- 
ter. "The  <  ior- 
illa."  which 
opened  at  this 
Theater  lasl 
Sunday  eve- 
ning. 

it  is  replete 
with      thrills, 

Kntlierlne  Schwartz  and      laughs. 

No  funnier  characters  have  been  seen 
in  years  than  Lon  Hascall  and  Harry  T. 
Shannon  as  Mr.  Mulligan  and  Mr.  Gar- 
ritv.  the  two  detecktuffs.  who  keep  the 
audience  in  an  uproar  throughout  the 
progress  of  the  plav . 

It  would  never  do  to  tell  you  what  to 
expect  when  you  go  to  see  this  plav.  for 
half  the  fun  lies  in  the  unexpectedness  of 
the  thing.  There  are  darkened  stages, 
uncanny  shadows,  skeletons,  a  gorilla, 
said  to  be  a  man-killer. — in  fact,  every 
known  device  to  give  you  a  thrill,  L  em- 
ployed. 

The  house  was  packed  the  opening 
night,  and  judging  from  the  hilarious 
laughter  and  shrieks  of  terror  from  the 
audience,   was  enjoyed  to  the  Utmost. 

The  cast  is  a  well-picked  one,  and 
all  of  the  members  do  their  work  well. 


Wilkes 

"All  For  You"  which  opened  at 
the  Wilkes  on  Christmas  night,  bids  fair 
to  be  a  record  breaker. 

William  Gaxton  is  starred  in  the  pro- 
duction, and  has  a  great  comedy  role. 
Madeline  Cameron,  graceful  and  beauti- 
ful, is  one  of  the  outstanding  features  in 
the  show.  Petite  little  Nancy  Welford, 
who  danced  her  way  into  favor  with  "No, 
Xo.  Nanette"  again  captures  her  audi- 
ences in  this  piece. 

Ted  Doner  of  the  famous  dancing 
family  is  the  other  featured  player  in 
the  production.  He  will  be  remembered 
from   his   splendid   work   in     "Lady     lie 

G 1."    Eddie  Allan,  the  "india  rubber 

man"  does  some  marvelous  eccentric 
dancing,  and  the  Ten  Dancing  Rockets, 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

are  another   unit   in   the   large   company 
now    appearing  at  this  theater. 


St.  Francis 

"The  Wanderer"  is  enjoying  great  suc- 
cess at  this  theater.  It  is  estimated  that 
a  test  .comprising  over  12?  people  was 
made,  before  the  final  selection  of  the 
cast.  William  Collier,  Jr..  plays  the  title 
role.  Kathryn  Hill  plays  Naomi;  Ernest 
Torrence  and  Kathryn  Williams  also  ap- 
pear in  the  cast. 

*  *     * 
Golden  Gate 

The  Colden  Gate  fur  the  first  week 
of  the  New  Year  has  a  treat  in  store  for 
its  patrons.  George  McKay  and  (  Ittie 
Ardine  will  present  a  sketch  called  "The 
Night  Watchman;"  l'atti  Moore  and  her 
song  and  dance  revue  will  offer  unusual 
entertainment.  She  is  assisted  by  Ar- 
thur Bard  and  Bud  and  Buddy,  assisted 
by   the   Domino   Entertainers. 

Brosius  and  Brown  call  their  turn  the 
"Brainless  Wonders;"  theirs  is  a  clever 
juggling  act. — the  Juggling  Nelsons;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Jimmy  Barry  will  present  a 
skit  written  by  Jimmy  Barry,  entitled 
"The  Scandals  of  Hensfoot  Corners;" 
Larry  Meehan  and  Gertrude  Newman 
will  be  seen  in  "Broken  Promises." 

The  screen  feature  is  "Passionate 
Youth"  featuring  Pauline  Garon  and 
Bryant   Washburn  and  an  all   star  cast. 

Claude  Sweeten  and  his  orchestra,  and 
Grace    Rollins     Hunt     will    provide    the 

music. 

*  *     + 

Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  is  offering  an  all-new 
after-holidaj  program  for  the  week,  be- 
ginning tomorrow  afternoon,  and  there- 
will  be  a  generous  amount  of  various 
kind  of  entertainment, 

Heading  the  program  will  be  vaude- 
ville's youthful  producers,  Jeannette 
Hackett  and  Harry  Delmar,  present- 
ing their  filth  annual  revue,  which  is 
a  riot  of  color,  music,  and  girls,  with 
a  large  supporting  cast,  including  Edna 
Charles,  Jean  Carroll,  Irene  Griffith, 
Margie  Hallick,  Edna  Morris,  Helyn 
Miller.  Priscilla  Thompson,  Helen 
Bradley,  Gladys  Miller,  Hilda  Morgan, 
William  Downing,  Al  Beschetti  and 
Jules  Shankman.  The  title  of  their  of- 
fering is  "The  Dance  Club"  and  is  one 
of  the  most  pretentious  offerings  ever 
presented  by  these  two  clever  produc- 
ers. 

America's    premier    piano    quartette, 


Jerry  and  her  baby  grands,  with  Ger- 
trude Valliere  as  the  directress,  will 
otter  one  of  the  outstanding  novelties 
of  the  season  in  their  "Bits  O'  Dream 
-Music." 

There  is  comedy  galore  on  the  bill, 
with  such  well-known  funsters  as  Bert 
York  and  Ed  Lord,  in  "Two  Gentle- 
men. Nevertheless;"  Murray  and  Alan. 
"Jesters  of  3,000  Years  Ago;"  jack 
King  and  <  ieorge  Beatty  in  "Artistic 
\.pple  Sauce;"  Frank  Davis  and  Adele 
Darnell  in  "Birdseed  ;"  the  Du  Ponts  in 
"A  Study  In  Nonsense;"  and  the  Three 
Golfers  in  "Putting  a  Comedy  Novelty 
i  >ver."  All  these  will  lend  their  tal- 
ents to  make  the  program  a  huge  suc- 
cess and  one  that  will  properly  usher 
in  the  first  week  of  the  New  Year. 

*  *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

F'or  the  coming  week  the  Warfield 
offers  an  unusual  feature  picture.  "The 
Splendid  Road"  directed  by  Frank- 
Lloyd.  It  depicts  a  story  id'  early 
California  life.  The  stars  are  Anna  Q. 
Nilsson.  Lionel  Barrymore,  Robert 
Frazer,  Marceline  Day,  Pauline  Garon 
and  a  strong  supporting  cast. 

(  in  the  stage  will  be  seen  another  un- 
usually beautiful  presentation  of  Fan- 
chon  and  Marco.  This  "Idea"  is  called 
"Roses"  and  the  beautiful  Sunkist 
Beauties  depict  various  types  of  the 
queen  of  (lowers. — the  (.  liina  Rose,  the 
Rambler,  the  American   Beauty,  etc. 

Rosencr  and  his  men  have  a  fine  pro- 
giam  to  accompany  both  the  stage  pic- 
ture and  the  screen   feature. 

*  *     * 
California 

At  the  California  the  feature  this 
week  is  sure  to  cause  comment, — 
"Bobbed  Hair,"  with  Marie  Prevost 
and    Kenneth    Harlan    in     the     stellar 

r<  iles. 

*  *     * 

Granada 

Another  picture  featuring  Richard 
Dix  called  "Women  Handled,"  is  the 
attraction  at  this  theater  for  the  com- 
ing week.  There  are  surprises  galore 
by  the  orchestra  under  the  direction  of 
Yerne   Buck. 

*  *     * 

Imperial 

Charlie  Chaplin's  comedy-drama, 
"The  Gold  Rush"  continues  to  play  to 
packed  houses,  and  no  wonder,  for  it 
is  the  best  work  ever  done  by  Chaplin. 

It  is  said  to  be  a  symbolized  life  of 


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the  screen  star, — his  life  from  the  days 
of  obscurity  up  to  the  present. 

*     *     * 

President 

"Thank-U."  John  Gulden's  comedy 
success  and  the  greatest  play  of  its 
kind  since  "Lightnin',"  is  splendid  en- 
tertainment, and  Mr.  Duffy  is  surely  to 
be  congratulated  on  haing  obtained  an 
actor  of  such  sterling  merit  as  John  D. 
O'Hara  for  the  role  of  the  village  par- 
son, the  part  in  which  he  starred 
throughout  Australia  for  many  months. 

"Thank-U"  is  a  play  of  village  folk 
and  is  full  of  sweetness,  happiness, 
and  the  joy  of  living.  As  usual.  Duffy 
has  succeeded  in  gathering  together  a 
splendid  company,  well  able  to  enact 
the  various  roles  in  a  capable  and  ar- 
tistic manner. 

Leneta  Lane  in  the  chief  feminine 
role  is  delightful.  Kenneth  Daigneau 
in  the  role  of  the  rich  young  man  does 
some  very  good  work.  Indeed,  every 
one  of  the  cast  are  to  be  commended 
upon  their  work  in  this  play.  The 
cast  includes  May  Nannary,  Francis 
Fraunie.  Earl  Lee.  Harriet  McGibbon, 
Helen  Gilmore,  Olive  Cooper,  Frank 
Darien,  Robert  Reid,  Charles  Edler, 
William   Abram  and  John   Mackenzie. 


Cameo 

Next  week  at  this  popular  little 
theater  will  be  seen  Bob  ^cord  in 
"Western   Pluck,"  another  thriller.  <  >n 

the   Stage   there     i>     a     minstrel     show, 

Milo's  Minstrels,  with  end-men.  inter- 
locutor, and  all  the  rest. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"The  Song  and  Dance  Man,"  George 

M.  Cohan's  American  dramatic  coined), 
starts  on  it--  fourth  week  tonight  at  the 
Ucazar.  This  new  play  has  pi 
to  be  a  veritable  triumph  here,  with 
Henry  Duffy  in  the  title  role,  and  Dale 
Winter  and  William  Davidson  in  im- 
portant  characterizations.  Miss  Win- 
ter and  Duffy  are  both  doing  splendid 
in  roles  entirely  different  from 
any  in  which  they  have  so  far  appeared 
here.  William  Davidson  i-  splended 
as  the  theatrical  producer,  and  William 
Macaule)  .1-  .1  detective,  and  Betty 
Laurence  as  a  boarding  house  keeper. 
likewise  aid  in  the  fun.    Others  in  the 

fine  Cast  are  Day  Man-on.  Doroth)  Le 
Mar.  John  Junior.  Ray  L.  Royce, 
Henrj  Caubisens,  Marie  Sorrille  and 
Hen  Harris. 

*  *    * 

Capitol 

"Kosher  Kitty  Kelly"  which  might 
well  be  named  the  sister  piece  to 
"Abie's  Irish  Rose,"  opened  at  the 
Capitol  on  Christmas  Day  to  a  large 
audience. 

There  are  some  very  clever  lines,  and 
very  catching  music.     In  this  connec- 


tion, we  must  speak  of  the  tine  or- 
chestra assembled  for  this  production. 
The  musical  hits  of  the  show  are 
"Dancing  Toes"  and  "Kosher  Kitty 
Kelly." 

Virginia  Marvin,  a  petite  little  miss, 
does  some  clever  dancing  in  the  part 
of  Kosher  Kitty.  Marion  Aye,  remem- 
bered from  her  part  in  "White  Col- 
lars," doesn't  have  much  to  do  as  Rosie 
Feinbaum,  but  does  it  well;  Billy  Bur- 
ress  carries  the  comedy  as  Ginsburg, 
the  delicatessen  store  keeper.  (  tthers 
in  the  cast  are  Mattie  Hyde,  Mildred 
Beverly,  Nell  Harding,  Freddie  Pierce, 
Frederick  Green,  Hobart  Furman,  Carl 
Kroenke,  Charles  Rowan  and  Rosa 
Radel. 

*     *     * 

A  Pianist  of  Unusual  Powers 
Frank  Moss,  the  pianist  whom  the 
local  press  has  praised  highly,  Ray  Brown 
of  the  Chronicle  stating  that  he  "is  as 
worthy  of  a  hearing  as  many  a  transient 
pianist  who  comes  here  heralded  by  care- 
fully deleted  press  notices  from  New 
York,"  will  give  an  all-Bach  program  on 
the  evening  of  January  4th,  in  Scottish 
Rite  Auditorium. 

Eugenia  Liezbinska,  danseuse,  will  he 
include  I  in  tlii-  program,  interpreting  the 
"English  Suite."  Tickets  are  on  sale  at 
Sherman.  Clay  &  1  1 1. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  2,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Greetings,  New  Year! 

HELLO.  '26!     Happy  New   Year. 
What  have  you   in    your    treasure 
man 


trove 


for  mortal 
?  Health,  happiness,  success,  prosperity,  good-will. 
peace  and  other  good  gifts?  <  »h.  we  are  not  modest  in  mak- 
ing our  requests"  We  want  plenty,  and  much  of  it.  That  is 
the  way  with  mortals.  New  Year. 

But,  judging  by  the  past,  and.  forsooth,  how  else  can  we 
judge— you,  too, 'are  going  to  be  overly  generous  and  (ill 
our  lives  to  the  brim  with  choicest  bounty  and  blessings. 

Salutations.  New  Year!  Farewell,  '2?\  With  grateful 
hearts  we  acknowledge  your  gifts  to  humanity.  Yours  has 
been  an  indulgent  part  and  richly  have  you  showered  your 
beneficence  upon  us.  And,  when  history  shall  have  been 
written  anew.  1925  will  stand  out  prominently  as  a  signi- 
ficant year  and  the  world  will  henceforth  bow  in  deference 
to  those  great  projects  and  world-wide  benefactions  re- 
corded on  the  annals  of  the  past  year.  Adieu,  1925  and  take 
with  you  our  lasting  gratitude ! 

Across  the  lines  of  our  pages,  today,  appears  a  new  fig- 
uration. 1926.  We  welcome  the  year  already  initiated  with 
high  hopes,  securely  expectant  in  our  outlook  upon  still 
better,  bigger  and  finer  things. 

If  there  is  one  word  we  may  adopt  for  its  accomplish- 
ment let's  adopt  it  here  and  now — WORK. 

W-O-R-K,  the  noble  word  which  carries  a  full-freighted 
train  of  thought  toward  definite  achievement,  and  lands 
somewhere ! 

Who,  among  us,  can  doubt  the  efficacy,  the  potency,  and 
— the  pleasure  of  this  powerful  agent.   WORK. 

It  is  really  the  lever  which  lifts  commonplace  things  into 
the  sun  and  focuses  the  attention  of  the  world.  Work  has 
made  the  year  just  past  a  glorious  one.  and  now  even  a 
more  resplendant  one  is  here  to  test  our  sincerity  and  our 
worth. 

Greetings,  .Yew    Year!     And  a  merry,  happy   Hello! 

*     *     * 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jordan 
Entertain  Friends 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  David  Starr  Jordan  are  entertaining  a  family 
group  at  Serra  House,  their  campus  home  for  the  holidays. 
The  party  includes  .Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knight  Jordan  of  San 
Francisco  and  their  children;  Mrs.  Jessue  Knight  of  Provp, 
Utah;  Harold  Jordan  and  Eric  Jordan;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Na- 
thaniel Gardner  of  Berkeley,  the  latter  of  whom  was  Miss 
Jordan ;  Dr.  Jordan.  President  Emeritus  of  Leland  Stan- 
ford Jr.  University  and  Mrs  Jordan  are  two  of  the  best 
loved  and  honored  of  University  people,  the  fame  of  Dr. 
fordan  reaching  to  all  parts  of  the  world,  where  the  illustri- 
ous man  is  known  for  his  scientific  work  and  his  great  con- 
tributions to  tin'  world  of  letters.  a>  well  as  for  the  phil- 
osophy which  permeates  all  of  his  great  achievements  in 
many  fields. 

The  Jordan  home  is  the  center  of  scholarly  events 
throughout  the  whole  year  whefe  the  lovely  hostess  ex- 
tends with  her  famous  husband  the  hospitality  for  which 
they  are  known  throughout  university  circles, 


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Society  women  and  active  social  workers  contributed 
liberally  to  the  Christina-  fund  of  the  Stanford  clinic,  when 
more  than  500  stockings  were  filled  with  gifts  for  the  con- 
valescent children  of  the  Stanford  Home  at  Menlo  Park. 

Entertainment  for  the  children  consisted  of  the  singing 
of  Christmas  carols,  sleight-of-hand  performers  and  a  visit 
from  a  convincing  Santa  Claus. 

A  recent  wedding  in  Stanford  University  Memorial 
Church  took  place  last  Sunday  evening  when  Miss  Sara 
Edith  Woerner,  Stanford  '22,  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  Har- 
old Frederick  Lynn.  '23.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by 
Dr.  1).  Charles  Gardner,  Chaplain  of  Stanford  University. 
Miss  Mildred  Johnson  of  Berkeley,  cousin  of  the  bride 
played  the  wedding  march.  Miss  Ann  Henry  of  l'orterville 
and  Miss  Helen  Payne  of  San  Francisco  were  the  bride's  at- 
tendants. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  B.  Arnold  spent  the  Christmas  holi- 
days with  Mr.  and  Mr-.  Harry  B.  Arnold  Jr.,  in  Sacramento, 
where  young  Harry  Arnold  111  assisted  in  acting  as  host 
to  his  father's  people.  The  Arnold  home  was  artistically 
decorated  in  Yuletide  symbols  with  a  beautiful  tree  the  cen- 
ter of  the  delightful  family  gathering.  Dr.  and  Mr-.  Arnold  re- 
turned to  their  home  in  <  lakland  on  Monday. 

*  *     * 

The  many  friends  of  Marie  Hughe-  Macquarrie  received 
word  that  she  was  spending  the  holidays  in  Chicago,  where 
the  famous  young  harpist  and  her  ensemble  of  artists  arc- 
appearing  in  the  presentation  originated  by  the  brilliant 
young  San  Francisco  musician.  Mrs.  Macquarrie  left  thi- 
city  for  a  brief  sojourn  in  Xew  York,  but  so  popular  has 
she  become  and  so  artistic  are  her  harp  numbers  that  she 
has  been  besieged  by  managers  throughout  the  east  for 
concerts  which   will  keep  her  away   from   San    Francisco  for 

probably  a  vear  at  least. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charlie  Norris  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wallace 
Irwin  are  among  the  prominent  people  of  the  book  world 
who  participated  in  the  Magic  City,  a  bazaar  for  charity  in 
Xew  York  last  week.  Kathleen  Norris  presided  at  the  book 
booth,  where  autographed  copies  of  her  novels  were  -old. 
Ethel  Barrymore  added  materially  to  the  charity  fund  from 
sales  of  perfume  at  the  booth  where  she  presided,  Diana 
Manners  was  also  one  of  the  successful  saleswomen,  her 
supervision  of  antiques  netting  a  handsome  sum  for  the  bene- 
ficiary. 

Noted  artists  also  have  participated  in  this  charity  event. 
Howard  Chandler  Christy  and  Penrhyn  Stanlaws  being 
among  the  painters,  sketching  patrons  of  their  booth. 

Mr.-.  Vincent  Astor  and  Mrs.  Stanhope  Nixon  took  an 
active  part  in  the  bazaar  at  the  ( irand  Central  Palace  for  the 
benefit  of  a  popular  charity. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Topping,  wife  of  Captain  Topping  of  Fort 
Scott,  is  one  of  the  most  popular  of  the  Army  Post's  young 
hostesses.     She  is  the  mother  of  two  lovely  children. 

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Dr.  Anne  Nicholson  sent  a  Christmas  mes- 
sage from  New  York,  where  she  is  spending  a 
few  weeks  following  her  great  work  in  the 
Council  at  Washington,  D.  C.  She  will  re- 
turn to  the  Capitol  City  soon. 

*     *     * 
Society  Smartness 

Winter  modes  are  so  attractive  and  smart 
that  comment  seems  perfectly  in  place,  es- 
pecially when  Society  dons  wraps  and  gowns 
of  splendor. 

Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker,  who  came  to  town 
from  her  peninsula  home  was  particularly 
charming  recently  in  a  raspberry  red  velvet 
coat  trimmed  with  narrow  bands  of  beaver. 
She  wore  a  fetching  hat  of  almond  shade  felt. 

Mrs.  F.  Henshaw,  who  has  but  recently  re- 
turned from  Europe,  appeared  at  a  luncheon 
where  she  entertained  a  group  of  eight  friends 
in  a  coat  of  the  color  of  ashes  of  roses.  It  was 
trimmed  with  bands  of  fox  with  collar  and 
cuffs  to  match. 

Mrs.  Andrew  Welch,  a  great  favorite  in  so- 
ciety was  so  attractive  a  few  days  ago  in  her 
silk  crepe  frock  of  biscuit  shade   over  which   she   wore   a 
fur  wrap  and  small  felt  hat  to  match. 

Mrs.  Charles  Brendon  Brady  was  lovely  in  an  ensemble 
of  black  cloth  with  an  over  blouse  of  cloth  of  silver,  with 
which  she  wore  a  smart  close  fitting  hat  of  black  velvet 
with  an  ornament  of  silver. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Antoine  Borel  and  their  children  arc  now 
established  at  their  San  Mateo  home,  after  being  abroad 
for  more  than  a  year.  The  old  Borel  home  in  Switzerland, 
the  Chateau  de  Gorgier,  was  the  scene  of  a  family  gathering 
where  Antoine  Borel's  brother-in-law  and  sister,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Louis  Bovet  are  now  living. 

*  *     * 

Hon.  James  D.  Phelan,  former  United  State-  Senator, 
was  again  host  to  a  group  of  of  friend-  at  his  country  place, 
in  Saratoga,  with  Miss  Helen  Wills,  the  tennis  champion 
and  ferry  Strathford  the  honor  guests. 

*  *    * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  C.    Fish   have  announced  the  en 

men t  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Frances  Cecilia  Fish  to  Mr. 
Garth  L.  Young  of  Portland,  Oregon.    The  wedding  date 

has  not  yet  been  declared.     The  bride  to  be  i-  a  great  favor- 
ite in  college  circles  and  in    Palo  Alto   where   Mr.  and   Mrs, 

Fish  make  their  home. 

*  *     * 

Taylor  Pillsbury  was  host  .u  a  dinner  party  given  re- 
cently, entertaining  Miss  Evelyn  Taylor  as  guest  "' 
honor  and  a  host  of  young  people  who  later  attended  the 
dance  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor  for  their 
daughter  at   the   San    Francisco   Golf   and   Country   Club. 

Young  Pillsbury  has   just   arrived   from   the    Fast,   where   he 
has  been  attending  school. 

*  *     * 

An  interesting  event  in  New  York  recently  was  the 
luncheon  given  by  Mis.  Clement  Tobin  at  one  of  the 
fashionable  restaurants  for  her  debutante  daughter.  Miss 
Ailecn  Tobin.  Mrs.  Tobin  and  her  daughter  now  make 
their  home  in  New  York  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  1.  De  Sabla 
on  Park    Vvenue,    Mrs.  Herbert  Paym  nest  at  the 

luncheon.     Others  present  included  a  group  of  the  leading 


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Havemeyer,  Patricia  Mallinson,  Huguette 
Clark,  Victoria  Freylinghausen,  Jean  Van 
Yoorhees  Banks. 


The  marriage  of  Miss  Helen  Marye  and 
Captain  William  D.  Thomas  of  the  air  ser- 
vice, U.  S.  N.,  will  be  an  important  event  of  the 
new  year  in  Washington  society.  Mr.  and 
Airs.  George  T.  Marye  announced  the  engage- 
ment last  week  and  the  young  couple  are  being- 
entertained  at  many  affairs.  Miss  Marye  is 
very  popular  in  the  younger  set  of  Washington 
and  has  many  friends  in  New  York,  where  she 
frequently  visits  Miss  Marjorie  Oelrichs,  who 
has  just  returned  from  a  visit  to  the  Marye 
home. 

I  )(  interest  here  is  the  marriage  of  Miss 
Martha  Herrere  and  Pedro  Lopez  De  Moid, 
which  took  place  in  Guatemala  last  month. 
The  wedding  united  two  old  Spanish  families, 
one  of  which.  Me  Moro,  is  well  known  in  San 
Francisco. 
Mr-.    De   Moro   is    the   (laughter   of   one   of   Guatemala's 

former    Presidents;   he   is  a   banker  and   coffee   planter   and 

is  rated  one  of  the  most  influential  men  in  Central  America. 
I  >e  Moro  is  a  grandson  of  the  late  Captain  Frank  De  Moro, 

a   San    Francisco   pioneer.      Alberto   De   Moro,  an  uncle,   is 

still  living  here. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  William  Hinckley  Taylor  extended  her  hospitality 
at  a  luncheon  given  in  her  home  on  Broadway  this  week 
entertaining  in  compliment  to  Mr.  Bruce  Kelham.  Vmong 
those  present  were  Miss  Cynthia  Boyd,  Miss  Dorothy  Mein, 
Mis-  Harriett  Brownell,  Miss  Evelyn  Taylor,  Miss  Bar- 
bara Pond.  Miss  dementia  Lewis.  Miss  Evelyn  Lansdale, 
Mr.  Thomas  P.  Bishop,  Mr.  Decker  McAllister.  Mr.  Albert 
Boardman,  Mr.  Thomas  Breeze  |r..  Mr.  Larry  Draper  and 
Mr.  Taylor   Pillsbury. 

*  *     * 

\li-s  Dori-  Badly  was  hostess  recentlj  to  a  group  o! 
young  girls  at  the  home  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  E.  Edward  Baillj 
and  was  followed  by  a  lovely  dancing  party  given  in  the 
Woman's  Athletic   Club. 


Mr.  and  Mr-.  John  Clark  Burgard  gave  a  charming  din 
ner  party  at  their  San    Mateo  home  last   week,  the  guests 
being    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Xion    Tucker.     Mr.     and     Mrs.     Ross 
Ambler    Currafi.    Mr.   ami    Mrs.    Lawrence    McCreery    and 
Mrs.  Corbett  Moody. 

*  *    * 

Mr.   and    Mrs.    Frederick   McNear   gave   a   large  dinner 
party  followed  by  a  dance  at   the   San    Francisco  Golf  and 

Country  Club  la-t  Monday  night.  Scotch  favors  and  dec- 
orations were  the  motif  of  the  delightful  event  which  in- 
cluded an  entertainment  of  Scotch  music,  readings  and 
other  pleasing  compositions   included   on    the   divertimento. 

*  *      » 

Mi--  Eunice  Lehmer,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mr-.  Der- 
rick Norman   Lehmer.  i-  a  great  favorite  in  the  colic, 
of  the   University   of  California.     She   is   a   talented   young 
lady   ami   often   accompanies   her   illustrious   father   in    his 
Indian  lore 

*  *     * 

and  Mrs.  Milton  Lsberg  and  Milton  Esberg,  Jr..  will 

tin  over  the  week  end  at  their  home  in  Ross,  where 

friends  will  join  them  in   New   Year's  festivities.     The   Es- 

ifornia  f"r  a  visit  to  the  East,  plan- 

d    weeks   in    Xew   York. 

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Olympic  Club  Members  Entertain  Caddy  Boys 

'HARLIE   SULLIVAN,  caddy  master  at 

Lakeside,  was  the   happiest   man    in    San 

Francisco  Tuesday  evening,   when   he   led   his 

band  of  caddy  boys  to  their  annual  banquet  at 

the  (  (lympic  Club. 

There' were  225  of  the  greatest  specimens  of 
young  America  you  ever  saw:   English,  Irish, 
Scotch,  Italians.  Indians.  Russian-.  Germans  and 
Poles  with  a  sprinkling  of  French  thrown  in. 

Charlie  not  only  has  the  greatest  bunch  of  caddies,  but  he- 
has  some  of  the  most  accomplished  young  kids  you  could  ever 
wish  to  see.  There  was  Jack  Dillon,  the  champion  caddie  boy, 
along  with  ten  other  members  of  the  Dillon  family.  Jack  Navi, 
and  his  brother  Ike.  the  latest  importation  from  Italy,  Cadilac 
Buckley,  Texas  Pete  Robinson,  who  has  been  packing  clubs 
for  the  last  30  years  and  is  acknowledged  to  be  the  world's 
greatest  bull  slinger.  Cezar  Mills,  the  best  little  ball  hunter 
in  the  club,  Willie  Mendold.  the  classy  Indian  hoy.  and  a  score 
of  kids  who  were  real  entertainers.  •'Indian"  Willie  sings  like 
Al  Jolson  and  from  what  we  heard  of  him  he's  making  a  mis- 
take packing  clubs,  he  ought  to  be  on  the  stage. 

Archie  Block  is  another  polished  youngster,  who  shakes  a 
wicked  hoof.  Archie  can  dance  the  Charleston  on  his  ear  as 
well  as  warble  like  a  canary. 

I '.ill  Duffy's  caddy  band  was  a  scream.  There  was  "Skinny" 
Hansen,  the  violinist;  "Beans"  Griffin,  who  knocks  chunks  out 
of  the  trombone,  and  also  does  some  clever  song  hits:  "Red" 
Kennedy,  when  not  playing  the  piccolo,  recites,  and  Archie 
Drucker.  Judge  Fitzpatrick's  favorite  caddie.  Archie  is  some 
reciter  himself  and  his  rendering  of  "Dangerous  Dan  Met  irew" 
was  a  pip. 

After  the  hoys  had  received  a  Christmas  present  of  a  pair 
of  shoes  and  a  new  dollar  bill  and  necktie  they  all  sat  down 
and  did  justice  to  turkey  and  cranberry  sauce  with  lots  of 
trimmings  on  the  side. 

This  whole  affair  was  made  possible  by  the  untiring  efforts 
of  Judge  Tim  Fitzpatrick  and  his  co-director.  Frank  Foran, 
with  Louis  Stewart,  chairman  of  the  Golf  Committee;  Sam 
Whiting  and  Eddie  Heeler  were  also  on  the  job. 

*  *     * 

Sullivan  Presented  With  an  Auto 

To  show  their  appreciation  for  the  wonderful  services  ren- 
dered by  Charlie  Sullivan  through  the  many  years  that  Charlie 
has  acted  as  caddie  master  at  Lakeside,  the  members  clubbed 
together  to  buy  Charlie  a  Cleveland  sedan,  which  was  pre- 
sented to  him  as  a  Christmas  box  from  his  admirers  at  the 
club. 

When  we  talked  to  Charlie  on  Christmas  Day  he  said  that 
he  was  afraid  to  go  to  sleep  for  fear  he  would  wake  up  ami 
find  it  was  only  a  dream 

Sullivan  wishes  to  express  to  all  the  members  his  sincere  ap- 
preciation for  their  generosity  and  kindness. 

*  *     * 
Caddie  Problem  Solved 

When  the  California  Country  Club  opens  up  its  new  home 
at  P.aden  next  spring,  it  will  introduce  to  the  golfing  public 
of  California  a  system  in  handling  caddies  that  has  no  equal  in 
the  state.  For  many  years,  the  caddie  problem  has  been  one  of 
the  greatest  points  connected  with  the  golb  clubs. 

The  question  of  who  make  the  best  boys  to  pack  your  clubs 
has  been  a  sore  one.  but  Dr.  Wilhelm  Waldeyer.  one  of  our 
foremost  medical  men  and  one  of  the  most  devout  boosters  for 


the  welfare  and  the  uplift  of  the  youngsters,  has  come  forward 
with  a  plan.  This  plan  was  approved  by  the  directors  of  the 
California  Club  and  it  unanimously  elected  the  doctor  chairman 
nf  the  Caddie  Committee  at  the  new  California  Club  at  Baden. 
Dr.  Waldeyer  offered  some  well  thought  out  ideas  when  he 
suggested  at  the  meeting  that  the  boys  have  a  steam-heated 
rest  room  all  their  own  with  a  shower  attache;!,  where  the) 
can  procure  at  cost,  a  hut  meal  at  lunch  time.  There  is  to  be 
plenty  of  golf  literature  which  will  enable  them  to  study  up 
the  etiquette  of  a  caddie  toward  the  man  or  woman  for  whom 
he  is  caddying. 

Also  they  shall  have  a  yard  fitted  up  with  a  practice  net  and 
a  putting  green,  and  there  are  to  be  three  captains  appointed 
to  act  as  policemen  of  their  division,  who  will  make  a  monthly 
report  on  the  conduct  of  the  boys  to  the  caddie  master. 

It  was  also  suggested  that  a  tax  of  ten  cents  be  charged 
t.i  the  account  of  each  player  ever  day  he  plays  and  the  pro- 
ceeds be  put  in  a  fund  for  the  hoys  and  when  the  honor  roll  is 
called  at  the  end  of  each  year  each  boy  shall  be  rewarded  ac- 
cording to  his  record. 

Men  Too  Hard  on  Caddies 

The  great  fault  among  most  men  is  that  they  don't  treat 
fairly  the  boys  who  begrudgingly  pack  their  clubs  for  them. 
They  blame  them  if  they  make  a  bad  shot,  in  fact,  some  of 
them  think  they  are  just  a  hunch  of  dumbbells.  The  fact  is 
that  some  of  the  youngsters  are  boys  from  good  families,  who 
beat  it  to  a  golf  club  just  to  pick  up  a  stray  dollar  after  school. 

If  some  of  the  men  would  only  stop  to  ihmk  what  an  amount 
of  good  they  could  do  by  treating  the  buys  as  if  they  were  hu- 
man what  a  difference  it  wotdd  make  among  the  kills.  They 
would  be  glad  to  see  you  win  and  would  do  all  they  could  to 
help  you  win  your  game. 

Fellows.  let  me  give  you  a  little  advice  :  Never  do  to  a 
strange  hoy  what  you  wouldn't  like  a  stranger  to  do  to  your 
liny.  If  you  keep  that  thought  in  mind  you  will  always  find 
that  any  caddie  in  the  world  will  pull  for  you. 

*     *     * 
Boisson  Model  Man 

Clarence  Boisson,  the  popular  caddie  master,  is  one  of  the 
best  masters  of  that  position  we  have  at  any  club  around  the 
bay.  Boisson  has  the  respect  of  all  the  hoys  and  there  isn't  a 
youngster  among  the  100  kids  who  pack  clubs  that  wouldn't 
go  to  the  bat  any  old  time  he  a-ks  them. 

Boisson  is  also  a  genius  in  instructing  the  boys  in  the  art  of 
swinging  a  mashie;  one  of  the  boys  lie  has  developed  is.  without 
doubt,  the  best  golfer  of  his  age  among  all  the  buys  of  the  baj 
region.  "Red"  Veurek  is  the  kid.  "Red"  has  run  out  of  com- 
petition at  the  club — one  of  the  best  performances  this  young- 
ster made  was  when  he  defeated  Fddie  Green  in  the  finals  for 
the  caddie  championship,  shooting  a  in.,  live  stroke-,  under  par. 

There  are  several  other  boys  who  are  making  good,  in  par- 
ticular Mickey  McCarthy  and  Jack  Mazza.  Boisson  expects 
all  the  kids  will  go  with  him  to  the  new  club  where  the\  will 
he  treated  like  little  gentlemen. 


Strictly  Honest 

"I  told  him  he  was  a  brute,  and  returned  all  his  beastly 
presents." 

"And  what  did  the  wretch  do?" 

"Sent  me  a  dozen  boxes  of  face  powder  in  return  for  what 
he  had  taken  home  on  his  coat!" — Svdnev  Bulletin. 


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By  Josephine  Wilson 


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PROMINENT   MEN   AND   THEIR   BIG 
EVENTS 

NOTHER  announcement  relative  to  San 
.  Francisco's  place  in  the  line  of  achieve- 
ment  is   recorded   by  the  recent  authoritative 
statement  that  San  Francisco  is  regarded  as  the 
future  theatrical  center. 

In  his  speech  before  the  Press  Club  last 
Saturday,  Norman   Hackett  stated  that  big- 
producers  have  their  eye  on  San  Francisco 
as  a  future  for  all  productions  in  this  country. 

"San  Francisco's  dramatic  reviewers  are  fair  and  square," 
said  Mr.  Hackett  in  his  notable  address.  "They  give  the 
actor  all  the  co-operation  possible.  They  are  dignified  in 
their  criticisms."  Me  spoke  also  of  the  ruthless  criticism  of 
New  York  reviewers  and  attributed  some  of  the  stage  fail- 
ures to  their  severity. 

The  Press  Club  entertained  "The  Best  People"  company 
at  a  dinner  dance  given  in  the  historic  club  rooms  on  Sutter  and 
Powell  streets,  the  entire  cast  of  the  popular  company  being 
present.  The  affair  was  typical  of  the  noteworthy  events 
given  by  the  Press  Club,  when  noted  men  and  women  from 
all  parts  of  the  world  are  entertained  by  the  distinguished 
members  of  this  prominent  organization. 

*  *     * 

The  San  Francisco  Chronicle  in  an  editorial  of  Monday 
called  attention  to  the  list  of  stage  celebrities  who  were 
native  San  Franciscans  or  who  had  received  their  early 
training  here  and  embraced  in  this  listing  such' famous 
Stage    people   as    Mary    Anderson.    Sibyl    Sanderson.    Lotta 

Crabtree,  John  McCullough,  David  Belasco,  Maude  Adam-. 
Nance  (  ) 'Neil  and  Blanche   Bates. 

"An  atmosphere  stimulating  to  the  artistically  inclined 
and  an  audience  with  the  gifts  ol  appreciation  which  Mr. 
Sbubert  and    Mr.    Robertson    declare    we     r  should 

make  an  idea!  producing  center,"  States  the  Chronicle,  in 
quoting  a  line  or  two. 

*  *     * 

The  Sierra  Club  honored  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James  K.  Morgan. 
two  of  its  most  prominent  mountain  climbers  who  are  plan- 
ning a  trip  abroad.  The  party  complimenting  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Morgan  was  given  at  the  home  of  the  Misses  Mary  and  Vi- 
olet    Pollock.        \mong    those    present    were:    Mr.    ami    Mrs 

William  Bowen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orwell  Logan,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
II.  I.  Braunton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clayton  Drew.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
\\  .  K.  Webber.  Mr  and  Mrs.  James  De  Fremery,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

A.  E.  Neuenberg,  Miss  Christmas  Moody,  Miss  Winifred  Lans- 

dell,  Miss  Ada  Smith.  Miss  Wanda  Bernhardt,  Miss  Helen 
Meloy,  Miss  Ann  I'emland.  Miss  Alice  Meussdorffer,  Mi" 
Carolyn  Nelson,  Miss  [sabel  Wilkie,  Miss  Mary  Wilkie.  Miss 
Maren  Vune,  I  \.  \bcel.  !•"..  S.  McElligott,  Dr.  E.  C  Barks. 
Dr.  W.  <>.  Wyatt,  A.  A.  Duhme,  Charles  Delany,  S.  M.  Ha- 
lett,    Max    Anfcngcr   ami    Kenneth   Goody. 

*  *     * 

Thousands  of  interested  San   Franciscans  were  received 

by  the  Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  on  Thurs- 

afternoon   when   the  beautiful   new  building   was  open 

for  inspection. 

District   Manager  T.   F.   Delury  headed  the  local  official- 
dom in  extending  the  courtesies  ami  gave  to  manv  inquisi- 
tors valuable   information   concerning   the  growth   and  de- 
velopment of  the  large  concern.     The  reception  was  held  in 
(Continued  on  Page  13) 


WOMEN  AND   THEIR  ACTIVITIES 

The  California  Club,  of  which  Mrs.  Anita  Phillips  is 
the  president,  has  issued  a  calendar  of  events  for  the  present 
month  which  inaugurates  the  new  year  with  a  number  of 
splendid  programs.  Mrs.  Marie  Pernau  Walsh,  is  the  chair- 
man of  the  program  committee  and  first  vice-president  of  the 
California  Club. 

On  Tuesday,  January  5,  will  be  held  the  "Founders' 
Breakfast,"  an  event  of  outstanding  significance  and  one 
which  promises,  this  year,  to  eclipse  all  former  occasions 
of  the  kind.  Reservations  have  been  coming  in  to  the  club 
with  such  rapidity  that  it  is  fair  to  predict  an  overflowing 
auditorium  in  the  attractive  club  house  on  Clay  Street. 

By  the  way,  it  is  opportune  to  speak  of  this  vine-covered 
club  house  where  California  Club  members  hold  all  of  their 
meetings,  and  which  has  become  the  center  of  women's 
activities.  The  club  bouse,  itself,  is  attractively  placed  and 
many  new  additions  have  been  made  since  the  presidency 
of  Mrs.  Phillips  and  her  regime.  Cosy  rooms  with  easyr 
chairs,  an  inviting  reception  and  guest  room,  reading  rooms, 
a  sun-room  with  its  wicker  chairs  and  then  the  large  well- 
arranged  auditorium,  all  have  known  the  touch  of  artistry 
and  fresh  paint,  new  draperies  and  upholstery  until  the 
California  Club  bouse  stands  out  as  a  criterion  for  women- 
built  club  centers  alluring,  attractive  and  commodious. 

"The  Masqueraders"  will  be  presented  by  club  members 
at  the  Founders'  Breakfast.  Mae  Frances  O'Keeffe  and 
Margaret  Mary  Turner  being  the  principals  in  the  play. 
Vocal  solos  will  be  sung  by  Mrs.  Phillip  V.  Aaronson,  one 
of  the  sweetest  and  lovelies!  singers  of  our  city.  The  play, 
"Hearts — A  (lame  for  the  World  and  His  Wife."  will  in- 
troduce as  players  a  group  of  talented  women  wdio  have 
earned  high  reputation  for  their  work.  They  are  Mrs. 
Joseph  Lawless,  Mrs.  Flynn,  Mrs.  Edward  J.  Morser  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Hastings. 

Mrs.  Cecil  Moss  will  be  heard  in  a  group  of  violin  solos 
at  the  breakfast,  completing  a  program  of  excellent  offer- 
ings with  Mrs.  Marie  Pernau  Walsh  acting  as  chairman 
and   Mrs.  Phillips  presiding  genius  of  the  day. 


Edna  Wilson  Becsey,  the  brilliant  young  writer  who  has 
just  been  elected  president  of  the  Sacramento  Branch  of  the 
California  Writers'  Club,  is  planning  a  splendid  session  of 
organization  to  take  place  in  the  Capitol  City  soon. 
Mrs.  Becsey  is  the  presiding  officer  of  the  first  branch  to 
lie  established  by  the  California  Writers'  Club  and  has  al- 
readv  launched  her  group  of  writers  into  a  season  of  ac- 
tivity. 

An  elaborate  dinner  was  given  recently  at  the  Senator 
Hotel  in  Sacramento  with  Harry  Noyes  Pratt,  local  president 
of  the  California  Writers'  Club,  the  honor  guest  and  speak- 
sion.  Prominent  citizens  of  Sacramento  as 
well  as  noted  authors,  artists  and  musicians  were  seated 
with  the  president  and  her  executives. 


"Mamma,  when  we  were  in  the  city  papa  took  me  to  a 
with    ladies    dressed    in    stockings    clearup    to    their 
necks." — Wisconsin  Octopus. 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  2,  1926 


Finance 


A  STRONG  protest  has  been  made  by  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce against  a  railway  proposal  to  establish  a  charge  of 
$3.50  per  car  for  the  switching  of  all  less  than  carload  freight 
at  all  stations  in  California.  Seth  Mann  represented  the  local 
shippers  at  the  hearing  in  the  matter  before  the  State  Railroad 

Commission. 

*     *     * 

— Plans  are  being  initiated  for  holding  the  fourth  annual  con- 
vention of  the  Pacific  Foreign  Trade  Council  in  San  Francisco, 
March  4  to  6,  inclusive.    The  slogan  is  "Pacific  Coast  Unity  for 

World  Trade  Expansion." 

*  *     * 

— There  is  to  be  a  great  Japanese  business  show  in  1926.  San 
Francisco  concerns  are  asked  to  send  their  posters  to  a  poster- 
show  exhibit. 

*  *     * 

— The  Grain  Trade  Association  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
this  year  gave  a  fine  Christmas  celebration  and  festival  for  or- 
phan boys  and  girls.  It  is  an  annual  event  of  the  association 
and,  with  the  exception  of  the  war  period,  has  been  running 
uninterrupted!)'  for  twenty-five  years. 

*  *     * 

— Lumber  interests  on  the  Pacific  Coast  will  not  be  much  af- 
fected by  the  federal  order  to  prohibit  the  movement  of  all  five- 
leafed  pines  from  the  state.  The  restrictions  do  not  go -to 
dressed  lumber -and  peeled  logs,  such  as  piles  and  power  poles. 

*  *     * 

— Canadian  duty  stamps  can  "be  purchased  at  the  Canadian 
Bank  of  Commerce  and  a  good  deal  of  the  inconvenince  of  cus- 
toms procedure  on  entrv  of  goods  into  Canada  thus  eliminated. 

*  *     * 

— California  Industrial  Accident  Board  has  decided  that  de- 
pendents of  a  citizen  who  was  killed  while  acting  on  a  sheriff's 
posse  are  entitled  to  industrial  compensation.  Four  thousand 
dollars  was  thus  awarded  for  the  death  of  N.  H.  Rader,  wdio 
was  killed  in  a  conflict  between  the  sheriff's  posse  and  boot- 
leggers at  Moss  Landing. 

*  *     * 

— Gains  in  life  production  by  agents  of  the  Travelers,  dur- 
ing the  special  ten  weeks'  testimonial  drive,  showed  32  per 
cent  ahead  of  the  same  period  last  year.  Group  insurance 
made  a  notable  showing  during  this  drive. 

— A.  D.  F.  Reynolds,  former  manager  of  the  Fidelity  Mutual 
Life  at  San  Francisco,  and  later  general  agent  for  the  com- 
pany at  San  Diego,  has  been  appointed  manager  of  the  West 

Coast  Life  at  Stockton. 

*  #     * 

— The  work  on  widening  the  Walnut  Creek  branch  of  the 
scenic  boulevard  has  made  considerable  progress  and  the  com- 
pletion is  in  sight. 

*  *     * 

— Class  1  railroads  had  fewer  cars  in  need  of  repair  lately  than 
at  any  time  since  1924,  February.  This  is  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  the  number  of  cars  loaded  with  revenue  freight  this  year 

has  been  the  greatest  on  record. 

*  *     # 

— At  Auburn,  California,  this  year,  the  local  Rotarians  passed 
through  the  trains,  sang  carols  and  made  gifts  of  toyon  berries 
to  the  passangers. 

— The  work  of  railroad  employes  has  been  safer  this  year 
than  at  any  other  time  in  history.  The  record  for  safe  handling 
of  passengers  has  enormously  improved  during  the  last  three 
years.  In  1904  one  employe  out  of  357  was  killed  ;  now  one 
is  killed  out  of  every  1164. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10th,  1868. 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  In  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks. 

Member  Associated  Savings  Banks  of  San  Francisco 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
JUNE  30th,  1925 

Assets $102,232,604.33 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,100,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund 479,081.25 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PARK-PRESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

HAICHT  STREET  BRANCH Haipcht  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONE-QUARTER  (4J4)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


San  FranciMco  Ofllee: 
BRUCE   HEATHCOTE 
Manager 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douclas  2244 


yIhosEKeni 

'SAW 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONL\ 
Shirts 

Pajamas 
Night  RoBts 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE!:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid  1  n  Capital  *20,000,000  «2O,00O,00O  Reaerve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought.  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,    ORE.;     SEATTLE,    WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY,    MEXICO. 


450  Cnllfornia  Street 

W.  J.  COULTHARD 
Asst.  Manager 


Compensation,    General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,   Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

Manufacture™  of 
RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE,    TANKS,     CULVERTS.     PENSTOCKS, 

FLUMES.  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 
San   FraneiMco,  CalU.  Los  Angrelen,  Calif. 

-144  Market  Street  5717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 
25  Kearny  Street  Phone  Kearny  3714 


January  2,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 

The  Forest  Hill  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  \V.  Kennedy 

was  the  scene  of  a  combined  housewarming  and  Yuletide 

party  a  few  days  ago.     Members  of  the  Camera  Club  were 

special    guests   at   the   delightful    affair    which    included   a 

dinner  party  and  dancing. 

*     *     * 

Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris,  president  of  Cap  and  Bells  Club, 
has  issued  the  club  bulletin  for  January,  with  an  opening 
program  announced  for  January  7,  with  Mrs.  J.  B.  Hatcher 
chairman  of  the  day. 

Mrs.  Parker  Maddux  will  be  the  speaker  of  the  day 
nil  the  subject  of  "Peace  on  the  Pacific."  Piano  solos  will 
be  played  by  Dorothy  Wines  Reed  and  Leila  Neilsen  Druhe 
will  sing  a  group  of  French  songs  with  Miss  Wines  at 
the  piano.  *     *     * 

The  Business  and  Professional  Women's  Club  opened 
their  new  club  rooms  at  447  Sutter  Street  last  Tuesday 
night  with  fun,  music  and  entertaining  features.  Dr.  Susan 
Harris  Hamilton  is  president  of  the  Club ;  Ida  J.  Lord, 
vice-president,  Alice  Jones,  secretary;  Lydia  Johnson,  treas- 
urer; and  Ada  H.  Brace  is  the  auditor. 

"Smile,"  says  Dr.  Hamilton,  "smile,  if  you  have  to 
take  a  series  of  facial  calisthenic  exercises  before  your  mir- 
ror every  morning.  Learn  to  smile  by  going  among  smil- 
ing people.  Read  humorous  books  and  periodicals  and  cul- 
tivate the  habit  of  seeing  genuinely  funny  situations." 

Dr.  Hamilton  is  so  genuinely  genial  herself  and  always 
lias  a  regular  smile  for  every  one  that  anybody  is  fortunate 
indeed  to  find  her  recipe  for  smiles — although  we  are  in- 
clined to  surmise  that  Dr.  Hamilton's  smiles  are  just  the 
big  over-flow  from  her  big  generous-spirited  heart  and  the 

natural  outcome  of  her  own  radiant  nature. 
*     *     * 

Miss  Louise  Dohrmann  was  hostess  to  a  group  of  friends 

this  week  at  the  home  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick Dohrmann,  in  Washington  Street.  The  evening  was 
spent   in   games  of   bridge   and   niah   jongg. 

PROMINENT  MEN  AND  THEIR  BIG  EVENTS 

(Continued  from   Page   1 1  I 
the  company's  new  twenty-six  story  building  which  cove.rs 
more  than  one  million  square  feet  of  floor  -.pace.    The  build- 
ing has  ost  $4,000,000.     It  is  devoted  solely  to  the  use  of 
various  departments  of  the  telephone  company  and  houses 

nearly   two   thousand   employees. 

In  speaking  of  the  development  .if  the  telephone  company, 
Manager  Delury  said  in  part:  "When  tin-  telephone  com- 
panj  was  first  organized  in  this  city  there  were  but  178 
customers  listed  in  its  one  page  directory.  The  increase  in 
the  number  of  telephones  in  service  since  that  time  has 
been  steady  and  in  accord  with  the  city's  expansion  and 
progress,  until  there  are  now  approximately  21.1.000  tele- 
phones used  in   San   Francisco,  or  28.8  telephones  for  every 

100  inhabitant-.''  ■ 

Redwood  Highway  Luncheon 

As  Mendocino  County's  feature  of  the  Redwood  Highway 
Day  Luncheon  program  to  be  staged  bj  the  Re  Iwood  Highwaj 
and   Down     Town   Associations  in   San    Francisco  on   January 
7th.  the  "Redmen  from  the  Redwoods"  will  appear  in  full 
tuni  ling  to  Robert    Austin,  director  of  the  Rcdu 

I  lighwav  Association, 

This  troupe  will  be  made  of  native  Indians  t<\  the  Ookaya 
tribe,  according  to  Austin.  They  will  portray  the  wildness  that 
characterized  the  Re  I  wood  Highway  Empire  in  years  gone  by 
—until  the  coming  ^i  the  "paleface"  and  modern  civilization. 

How  wild  and  still  comparatively  undeveloped  this  rich  terri- 
.  is  will  be  demonstrated  by  the  presence  of  these  Indians 
and  their  pageantry.  They  will  be  followed  by  prominent 
speakers  and  features  which  will  bring  out  and  emphasize  the 
tremendous  future  development  possibilities  of  the  Redwood 
Highway   Empire,  according  to  Clyde   Edmondson,   manager. 


LIBRARY  TABLE 


We  have  had  the  good  fortune  to  look  over  an  auto- 
graphed copy  of  "Oxford  Observations,"  by  J.  Ainsworth 
Morg-an,  an  American,  who  gives  one  the  impression  of  hav- 
ing striven  valiantly  to  be,  in  this  vivid  description  of  an 
English  institution,  as  unprejudiced  as  an  American  could 
be,  under  the  circumstances. 

The  author  describes  the  feeling  existing  in  general  be- 
tween Americans  and  Englishmen,  as  follows : 

"As  much  as  the  right  sort  of  Englishman  regrets  that 
any  of  his  countrymen  should  be  unpopular  anywhere,  so 
does  the  right  sort  of  American  deplore  the  fact  that  his 
fellowmen  should  be  looked  upon  with  contempt  by  other 
men  and  especially  by  Englishmen. 

"The  only  difference  between  the  two  targets  for  con- 
tempt is  that  the  American,  who  is  unpopular  with  the 
Englishman,  looks  upon  the  Englishman  who  dislikes  him 
as  merely  being  devoid  of  the  power  of  appreciating  the 
great ;  while  the  Englishman,  who  is  disliked  by  the  Ameri- 
can, merely  smiles  with  self-contentment,  because  so  long 
as  he  appreciates  himself,  it  matters  little  what  another 
paltry  person,  especially  a  blasted  American,  thinks  of  him. 

"These  may  sound  like  the  same  sentiments,  but  they 
differ  in  that  the  American  of  this  type  thinks  himself  to 
be  great  because  of  being  an  American,  while  the  English- 
man knows  himself  to  be  perfect  because  of  being  himself! 
Which  of  these  two  i-  the  worse,  is  left  to  the  national  dis- 
cretion of  the  individual." 

Each  chapter  takes  up  a  phase  of  college  life  at  Oxford, 
and  brings  vividly  to  the  reader  the  life  of  an  English  or 
American  boy  at  this  famous  old  University. 

"Oxford  Observations."  J.  Ainsworth  Morgan.  Fred- 
erick II.  Hitchcock.  New  York.  Publisher. 


New  Portion  of  Highway  Open 
As  a  fitting  finale  to  the  road  program  for  the  year  1925, 
the  "neck  of  the  bottle"  at  the  northern  end  of  the  Red- 
Highway  i-  to  be  broken,  according  to  word  received 
by  the  Redwood  Highway  Association  from  C.  H.  Purcell, 
District  Engineer  of  the  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Public  Roads  in 
Portland. 

The  advice-  state  that  the  new  road  from  Adams  Station 
to  the  i  hregon  line  in  California  will  be  formally  opened 
for  traffic  on  December  21st.  The  opening  of  this  new 
wide  river-level  road,  with  easy  negotiable  grades  and 
minimum  curves,  it  was  pointed  out.  will  eliminate  the  notorious 
•n  Mountain  Grade."  which  has  caused  adverse  criticism 
of  the  condition  of  the  Redwood  Highway  in  the  past. 

The  notorious  "Gasket  Mountain  Grade"  from  Crescent  City 
to  Adams  Station  was  eliminated  some  months  ago  with  the 
opening  of  the  new  wide  Patick  Creek  Road — also  a  river-level 
highway. 

Ihi-  new  portion  of  the  Redwood  Highway  will  connect 
with  Oregon's  improved  portion  direct  to  Grants  Pass.  Ac- 
cording to  official-  of  the  Redwood  Highway  Association,  this 
completes  one  of  the  most  important  units  in  the  entire  length 
of  the  Redwood  Highway. 


The  manuscript  of  Scott's  Antiquary  sold  recently  for  $10,- 
000.     It  brought  $200  when  sold  93  years  ago. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  2,  1926 


Tiffin  Room  Attracts  the  Talented 

The  Aladdin  Studio,  that  softly  lighted,  Bohemian-spirited. 
rendezvous  for  people  who  are  on  the  look-out  for  "something 
different."  is  attracting  members  of  the  dramatic,  musical  and 
literary  circles  of  San  Francisco,  who  find  a  congenial  atmos- 
phere in  this  particular  tea  room,  and  who  meet  and  discuss 
the  many  subjects  of  interest  that  engross  them,  as  they  would 
in  the  homes  of  some  of  their  special  friends. 

Just  recently  the  entire  cast  of  the  "Student  Prince."  which 
has  had  such  a  successful  run  at  the  Curran.  were  entertained 
at  a  midnight  Christmas  dinner  in  the  Aladdin  Studio.  Yule- 
tide  jollity  was  the  feature  of  the  evening,  and  dancing  and 
songs  helped  to  make  up  a  most  delightful  evening. 


There   is  no   legal   control   of   the   practice   of   medicine    in 
China. 


Though  the  fox   fights  a  trap  until 
little  or  no  attempt  to  free  himself. 


leath,  the  lynx  makes 


Last  year  eighteen  cities  with  populations  of  100.000  or 
more  had  death  rates  due  to  typhoid  fever  of  less  than  2.0 
per  100,000. 


Baron  Gerard  de  Greer,  of  Sweden,  reads  the  earth's  ages 
and  former  temperatures  and  climate  by  studying  differences 
in  thickness  and  color  of  the  layers  of  clay. 


On  some  of  the  many  islands  that  extend  from  the  main 
Hawaiian  group  for  1,300  miles,  practically  no  vegetation 
grows. 


Tbe  population  of  "inner  London"  is  declining  while  that 
nf  "outer  London"  continues  to  grow. 


A  new  type  of  incubator  which  heats  the  eggs  from  tbe  top 
as  the  hen  does,  has  proved  more  successful  than  tbe  old  type 
where  even  heat  is  applied. 


Lmpedocles  spoke  of   the  various  bodies  nature  bad  given 
him.    He  was  a  shrub,  a  bird,  a  fish,  and  lastlv  Empedocles. 


In  Oregon  one  may  be  lined  from  $25  to  $75  for  throwing 
away  between  May  15  and  October  1.  "any  lighted  tobacco, 
cigars,  cigarets.  matches,  firecrackers  or  other  lighted  material, 
on  any  forest  land,  private  road,  public  highway,  or  railroad 
right  of   way   within   this   state." 


A  memorial  window  lias  been  dedicated  in  historic  Calvary 
Episcopal  Church  in  Fletcher.  North  Carolina,  in  memory  of 
"Bill  Nye,"  American  humorist. 


Tbe  Cumberland  Presbyterian,  of  Nashville,  suggests  that 
in  tins  time  of  attack  on  the  Bible  by  agnostics  it  is  good  policy 
for  Christian  congregations  to  place  a  few  copies  in  the  pews, 
and  offers  good  ones  at  half  a  dollar  each. 


Lake  Tahoe  and  Truckee  will  be  the  magnet  attracting 
many  society  folks  fur  the  week  end,  where  winter  sp.  irts 
are  in  vogue  with  skating,  toboganning  and  sleighing  the 
favorite  pastimes.  Among  those  who  have  journeyed  to 
the  high  Sierras  to  participate  in  the  revels  of  the 'snow- 
clad  fields  are  Dr.  and  Mrs.  [oseph  George  Brady,  their 
daughter.  Miss  Eileen  Brady  and  Mr.  William  Tyson. 

Mr.  Robert  Tyson,  fiance  of  Miss  Bradv.  wil  join  them 
at  Lake  Tahoe. 


LARKINS  DUCO 
Has  Lustre 

Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.    Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

LARKINS  &  CO. 

First  Avenue  at  Geary  Street 


TRADEMARK.  ^ 

MM  Motor  Oils 


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HEN  You  see  Valvoline  on  the  barrel, 
it  is  the  same  as  "Sterling'*  on  Silver. 

VALVOLINE  OIL  COMPANY 

122  Center  St.,  Los  Angeles 


462  Bryant  St.,  San  Francisco 


Metal  Work  Apper- 
taining' to  Automo- 
biles— Oxy- Acetylene 
Welding  —  Black- 
smithing. 


AUTO   FENDER  AND   RADIATOR  WORKS 


CHAS.  J.  EVANS 

PALACE  GARAGE 

Opposite  Palace  Hotel 
HAVE   YOUR  CARS  WASHED  AND  GREASED 

"THE  PALACE  WAY" 

Kates  i  35c  per  dny;  $7.50  per  month 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  243 

Six  Floors  for  Service  ami   Storage  of  Automobiles 


W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY  PUBLIC— INSURANCE  BROKER 

208  Crocker  Building  (Opposite  Palace  Hotel).  San  Francisco 

Phone  Kearny  391 


902   Bush   (cor.  Taylor) 


DENMAN  GARAGE 

A  convenient  location  for  club  members 


Pro i peel  956 


January  2,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

SAFE  DRIVING  IN   1926 

RESOLUTIONS  are  good  things 
to  make  around  this  time  of  the 
year,  provided  we  carry  them  out.  A 
motorist  who  resolves  to  drive  with 
greater  care  and  vigilance  during  the 
twelve  months  ahead  is  taking  a  step 

in  the  right  direction,  hut  such  a  reso- 
lution in  itself  is  only  a  background 
for  his  actual  conduit  on  the  highway. 

The  "A.  1'..  C."  of  safety  is  "Alw  ay- 
Be  Careful."  Such  a  lesson,  ii  carried 
out  by  the  rank  and  file  of  motorists. 
would  result  in  a  saving  of  life  and 
limb  and  would  render  the  highways  of 
the    nation    as    safe    as   the    sidewalks. 

The  root  of  all  evil  as  it  applies  to 
accident  lie-  in  selfishness,  in  a  disre- 
gard for  the  rights  of  others.  A  ped- 
estrian   is    entitled    to    just     a-     much 

courtesy  from  a  motorist  as  he  receives 
from  his  fellow  pedestrians.  The  Gold- 
en  Rule  may  he  applied  in  motoring  to 

excellent    advantage.     The    man    who 

drives  his  car  without  a  sense  of  his 
personal  responsibility  or  who  delights 
in  frightening  pedestrians  or  other 
motorists  by  his  antics  at  the  wheel 
has  no  right  to  the  use  of  the  high- 
ways; he  is  a  menace  to  public  safety 
ami    hi-    privileges    should    he    revoked. 

Form  the  habit  of  observing  the  law 

ami  it  will  soon  become  as  easy  as 
shifting  the  gears  on  the  car.  A  boule- 
\ard  stop  should  he  observed  JUSt  as 
carefully  if  there  isn't  a  car  or  pedes- 
trian in  sight  as  if  the  street  were 
crowded  with  vehicles  and  people.  If 
you  form  the  habit  of  obeying  the  law. 
it  does  not  become  a  burden  to  you 
in  its  observance. 

The  man  who  makes  a  habit  of  giv- 
ing  signals   when   changing   the   direc- 


tion of  his  motor  vehicle  often  hnds 
himself  signalling  a  turn  on  a  moun- 
tain highway  far  from  civilization. 
That's  the  type  of  driver  who  rarely 
has  an  accident ;  he  knows  the  A.  B.  C. 
of  safety  and  he  has  learned  his  lesson 
so  well  that  it  has  become  automatic. 
Make  your  safety  first  resolution, 
but  be  sure  you  carry  it  out. 


Road  Work  on  Pacific  Highway 

Work  on  the  Pacific  Highway  be- 
tween Redding  and  Dunsmuir  is  pro- 
gressing rapidly,  according  to  a  report 
received  by  the  National  Automobile 
Club  from  H.  S.  Comly.  Division  En- 
gineer of  the  California  Highway  Com- 
mission. 

The  contract  from  Halfway  Creek 
to  Dog  Creek  is  rapidly  nearing  com- 
pletion. The  northerly  three  and  one-half 
miles  and  the  two  miles  from  Salt  Creek 
bridge  to  Pollock  have  been  completed, 
and  these  portions  accepted.  On  the  re- 
mainder of  the  work,  all  the  base 
OUrse  rock  is  down,  except  in  the  big 
cut  at  Salt  Creek  summit.  Excava- 
tion at  the  big  cut  should  be  completed 
in  about  three  weeks  and  the  rock  on 
the  entire  contract  by  February  1. 

The  Charley  Creek  Bridge,  now 
under  construction,  is  progressing  very 
well  and  is  about  seventy-five  per  cent 
complete.  The  contract  for  the  Doney 
i  reek  bridge  has  not  yet  been  let. 
Traffic  still  uses  the  old  road  at  both  of 
these  points. 

The  only  inconvenience  suffered  by 

traffic  on  the  entire  job.  is  the  short 
stretch  at  the  Salt  Creek  summit  cut. 
Due   to   slide-,    we   have  recently    had   a 

little  difficulty  in  keeping  the  detour 
at    the    summit    cut    open     for     traffic. 

However,  the  mam  road  through  the 
cut  is  travelable,  and  when  the  detour 
is  closed  by  slides,  traffic  is  diverted 
through  the  bit;  cut.  and  to  date,  there 
has  been  no  serious  delay;  in  fact,  the 
only  traffic  delay  to  date  has  been  the 
large  stages,  which,  due  to  their  size, 
thought  it  inadvisable  to  attempt  to  travel 
the  detour  during  one  night  when  a  few 
small  slides  were  encountered.  (  In 
this  occasion,  the  -tai;e  was  tied  Up 
approximately   eight    hours. 

The  Highway  Commission  has  en- 
deavored to  anticipate,  all  possible 
troubles  ami  it  is  not  expected  that 
traffic  will  suffer  any  serious  incon- 
veniences during  the  entire  winter. 
\fter  the  contract  is  completed,  a 
Steamshovej  will  be  available  for  im- 
mediate use  in  case  any  further  slides 
are  encountered  on  the  new  road  dur- 
ing the  winter. 


tin  one  morning  early  in  the  beginning 
of  the  school  period  in  St.  I  nis.  about 
two  pedestrians  in  the  neigh- 

borhood oi  public  schools  found  "A.B.C." 
painted  on  those  crossing-  most  frequent- 


ed   by    children    trudging    With    (shining 
morning  faces  "merrily  to  school." 

Thus  began  an  actively  forwarded 
safety  first  campaign  in  which  the  St. 
Louis  Automobile  Dealers'  Association 
took  an  active  part,  and  various  other 
organizations  joined  until  practically 
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This  means  that  you 
can  dispense  with  all 
worries  as  to  personal 
security  when  using 
our  cars.  Our  drivers 
are  careful  and  they 
never  violate  your  de- 
sires for  safety. 


Phone   Groystone  270 

162ft    Pine    Street 

Sun    Franclaco 


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GEO.  W.  CASWELL 

Sutter  6654  or  Oakland  101? 

Telephone  Direct 

tXMi.iMm  cup*   w««c  nerved  at  the  Pan; 

Paelflr   International   Exposition 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  2,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 
Columbia 

Beginning  Monday  evening,  January 
4  Robert  Mantell,  assisted  by  Gene- 
vieve Hamper  will  be  seen  in  reper- 
toire. This  is  Mantell's  farewell  tour, 
and  he  is  presenting  the  following 
plays:  Mondav  "Richelieu;"  Tuesday, 
"Hamlet ;"  Wednesday  Mat.,  "As  You 
Like  It;"  Wednesday  Eve.,  "King 
Lear;"  Thursday  Eve.,  "Hamlet;"  Fri- 
day, "Macbeth;"  Saturday  Mat.,  "Mer- 
chant of  Venice;"  Saturday  Eve., 
"Richelieu." 


Following  this  engagement,  will  be- 
gin a  season  of  opera  at  this  theater, 
opening  Monday  evening,  January  11. 
The  opera  is  under  the  direction  of 
Gaetano  Merola,  and  the  first  opera  to 
be  presented  will  be  Fay-Yen-Fah, 
written  by  Joseph  Redding  and 
Templeton  Crocker. 

During  this  engagement  the  follow- 
ing operas  will  be  presented:  "Rigo- 
letto,"  "Lucia  di  Lammermoor," 
"Tales  of  Hoffmann,"  and  such  stars  as 
Joseph  Schwarz,  Giovanni  Martino, 
Lucy  Berthrand,  Rene  Maison,  Ed- 
mon'd  Warnery,  will  be   seen. 


Paul  Elder  Notes 
Arthur  C.  Pillsbury,  naturalist  and  of- 
ficial photographer  of  Yosemite  National 
Park,  will  lecture  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gal- 
lery. Saturday  afternoon,  January  9th, 
at  2:30  o'clock,  on  his  latest  scientific  ex- 
periments in  photographing  the  marvels 
of  wild  flower  life  as  seen  through  a 
microscope.  Motion  pictures,  depicting 
what  has  hitherto  been  invisible  to  the 
human  eye — the  secret  life  of  wild  flow- 
ers, their  births,  loves,  deaths — will  be 
shown  for  the  first  time  and  also  the 
exquisite  color  reel  that  has  been  hand- 
colored  in  Paris. 

*  *     * 

The  Paul  Elder  Gallery  announces  an 
exhibition  of  rare  Mezzotints,  line  en- 
gravings, stipples  and  lithographs  for  one 
week,  beginning  Thursday,  January  7th. 
The  rare  decorative  prints,  views,  por- 
traits to  be  shown  are  the  work  of  such 
celebrated  masters  as  Bartolozzi-Kauff- 
man,  Bartolozzi-Bunbury.  Brver-Kauff- 
man,  Earlom-Cipriani,  Freeman-Ruck, 
Joseph  Barney  and  others.  Among  the 
decorative  prints  are  The  Flower  Girl. 
Lady  in  a  Watteau  Hat,  Shakespeare's 
Tomb  and  others.  The  view:s  include 
The  Hudson,  Niagara,  The  Tower  of 
London,  and  others.  The  portraits  are 
of  literary  and  historic  personages,  both 
English  and  American,  including  Blake, 
Chaucer.  Pope.  Washington,  Samuel 
Johnson  and  others. 

*  *     * 

A  series  of  Saturday  morning  story 
hours  and  appreciation  book  talks  is  to 
be  given  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery  each 


Saturday  forenoon  at  11  o'clock,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Boys'  and  Girls'  Book 
Room  by  Miss  Sadie  Hoffman.  Miss 
Hoffman,  who  has  as  background  four 
years'  experience  as  children's  librarian 
and  studies  in  Europe,  has  made  several 
very  successful  recent  appearances  in  San 
Francisco.  Her  program  will  be  arranged 
to  interest  the  older  boys  and  girls  as 
well  as  the  little  ones.  There  will  be  no 
admission  charge  and  an  invitation  to  all 
who  are  interested  is  cordially  extended. 
The  series  will  begin  Saturday.  Jan- 
uary 9th. 


PETROL  PARAGRAPHS 

(Continued  from   Page  15) 

every  school  child  in  St.  Louis  knew 
the  dangers  incident  to  careless  cross- 
ing of  streets. 

At  one  of  the  main  traffic  intersec- 
tions in  St.  Louis,  a  bierlike  pyramid 
was  raised  and  on  this  a  small  white 
coffin  was  placed  without  a  single 
vyord  or  phrase  to  emphasize  its  mean- 
ing which  made  it  doubly  impressive. 

Supplementing  this  safety  campaign, 
automatic  traffic  control  signals  have  been 
widely  placed  throughout  St.  Louis  until 
a  decrease  in  the  number  of  traffic  ac- 
cidents has  been  registered  due  to  the 
actively  forwarded  "Always  Be  Care- 
ful" campaign,  which  says  to  even- 
child  on  his  way  to  school,  "A.  B.  C." 


With  the  beginning  of  the  touring 
season  of  1926.  California-bound  trans- 
continental highway  tourists  will  begin 
to  flow  westward  in  increasing  num- 
bers. 

During  August.  1925.  87,000  people 
visited  the  Cody  Memorial  Museum  on 
top  of  Lookout  Mountain,  west  of  Den- 
ver, which  can  be  reached  only  by  au- 
tomobile. In  1926  the  road  from  the 
Cody  Memorial  Museum  to  Califor- 
nia, which  is  route  No.  40,  the  Victory 
Highway  line,  will  be  in  better  condi- 
tion than  ever  before  and  undoubtedly 
a  great  increase  in  automobile  tourist 
traffic  will  develop  as  a  result  of  the 
combination  afforded  by  improved 
highways  leading  to  California  and  the 
huge  advertising  campaign  plit  for- 
ward by  Califomians,  Inc. 


Clark's  Cruises 
One  hundred  and  twenty-eight  days 
on  a  "floating  palace,"  which  lakes  you 
around  the  world;  with  stopovers  at 
New  York,  Havana.  Panama  Canal, 
Los  Angeles,  Hilo,  Honolulu;  twenty- 
five  days  in  Japan  and  China,  Peking 
included;  Manila,  Java,  Singapore. 
Burmah.  option  of  eigliteen  days  in 
India,  Ceylon;  three  days  in  Cairn. 
Jerusalem,  Athens,  Naples,  Monte  Car- 
lo, Cherbourg!  The  very  names  of 
these  spell  the  glamour  of  foreign 
"ports  of  call  ;"  of  narrow,  colorful, 
odorous     streets    in     Eastern    cities;    of 


strange,  alien  faces  and  customs ;  of 
all  that  goes  toward  making  a  "round 
the  world"  trip   fascinating. 

Communicate  with  M.  T.  Wright. 
Gen'l  Agent,  American  Bank  Bldg.,  if 
interested. 


It  was  in  Delmonico's  that  salads  of 
chicken  and  lobster  first  made  their  ap- 
pearance, that  chicken  a  la  king  and  lob- 
ster Newlwrg  were  invented,  that  French 
fried  potatoes,  Russian  dressing  and  ter- 
rapin were  first  served  in  New  York,  and 
that  minute  steak  was  invented  by  Edwin 
Gould. 


"Why  did  you  hand  the  boy  in  the 
cloak  room  such  a  big  tip  when  he 
gave  you  your  coat?" 

"fust  look  at  the  coat  he  gave  me." 
—fit  Bits. 

DIVIDEND   NOTICES 

The  San  Francisco  Bank 

-i.  California  St.  (and  Branches,  San  Fran- 
cisco. For  the  quarter  year  ending  December 
31,  1925,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the 
rate  of  four  nml  one-Quarter  (4'/i)  per  cent 
per  annum  on  all  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  January  2,  1926.  Dividends  not  called 
for  are  added  to  the  deposit  account  and  earn 
interest  from  January  1.  1926.  Deposits  made 
on  or  before  January  11.  192G,  will  earn  inter- 
est from  January  1,  1926. 

WM.  D.  NEWHOUSE.  Secretary. 

Italian-American  Bank 

S.  E.  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 
sts.:  North  Beach  branch,  corner  Columbus 
Ave.  and  Broadway;  Columbus  branch,  corner 
Montgomery  and  Washington  sts. — For  the 
half-year  ending  December  31,  1925,  a  divi- 
'I.  nil  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  four 
anil  onc-<iunrter  44"/i  >  per  cent  per  annum  on 
all  savings  deposits,  payable  on  and  after 
January  2.  1926.  Dividends  not  called  for  will 
be  added  to  the  principal  and  bear  the  same 
rate  of  interest  from  January  1.  1926.  De- 
will  earn   interest    from  January  1.  1926. 

A.  E.  SBARB0R0,  President. 

Humboldt  Bank 

Ts2  Market  Street,  near  Fourth:  Bush  and 
Montgomery  Branch.  Mills  Bldg.  For  the  half 
year  ending  December  31.  1925,  a  dividend  has 
been  declared  at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent 
per  annum  on  savings  deposits,  payable  on 
and  after  January  2.  1926.  Dividends  not 
called  for  bear  Interest  from  January-  1,  1926. 
Money  deposited  on  or  before  January  11. 
192*1,  will  earn  interest  from  January  1.  1926. 
H.  C.   KLEVESAHL.  Cashier. 


Bank  of  Italy 


Head  Office  and  San  Francisco  branches. 
For  the  half-year  ending  December  31,  1925.  a 
dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of 
four  i4>  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  savings 
I,  posits,  payable  on  and  after  January  2. 
L926.  Dividends  not  called  for  are  added  to 
and  bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  the 
principal  from  January  1.  1926.  Savings  de- 
posits  made  on  the  first  business  day  of  any 
month  (or  on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  Janu- 
ary. April.  July  and  October)  will  earn  inter- 
est from  the  first  of  that  month;  deposits 
made  after  said  date  will  earn  interest  from 
the  first  of  the  following  month. 

JAMBS  A.  BAOlC.ALUPr.  President. 

The  Hibernia  Savings  and 
Loan  Society 

Main  office,  corner  Market,  McAllister  and 
Jones  sis.;  Mission  office,  corner  Valencia  and 
22,1  sts. — For  the  half-year  ending  December 
31,  1925,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the 
rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  de- 
posits,  payable  on  and  after  January  2.  1926. 
Dividends  not  drawn  will  he  added  to  depos- 
itors' accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and 
will  earn  dividends  from  January  1.  1926. 
Deposits  made  on  or  before  January  11.  1926, 
will  earn  interest  from  January  11.  1926. 

E.  J.  TOBIN.  President. 


January  2,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


Mr.  Blabbitt  on  The  New  Year 


SINCE  this  is  not  only  the  second  of  January  but  the  sec- 
ond day  of  the  New  Year,  a  few  words  on  the  subject 
will  not  be  amiss,  even  though  they  may  miss  their  mark. 

Apropos  to  the  customary  greeting  of  "Happy  New  Year" 
let  us  compile  a  little  classification  of  more  original  well 
wishes  for  various  types  of  individuals.  Here  are  a  few  you 
may  be  able  to  use  in  your  business  of  selling  your  goods, 
personality  or  services. 

To  the  Florida  real  estate  promoter  say,  "A  Sappy  New 
Year." 

To  the  colored  population's  dice  shooters,  "A  Crappy 
New  Year." 

To  the  very  young  girls  of  the  modern  age,  "A  Flappy 
New  Year." 

To  knockers,  old  and  young,  "A  Rappy  New  Year." 

To  chorus  girls  looking  for  sugar  papas,  "A  Pappy  New 
Year." 

To  those  suffering  from  insomnia,  "A  Nappy  New  Year." 

To  writers  on  the  far  eastern  problem,  "A  Jappy  New 
Year." 

To  petters,  "A  Lappy  New  Year." 

To  stenographers  and  telegraphers,  "A  Tappy  New- 
Year. " 

To  photographers,  "A  Mappy  New  Year." 

To  hatters,  "A  Cappy  New  Year." 

To  politicians,  "A  Yappy  New  Year." 

To  jealous  wives  and  husbands  out  to  get  the  goods,  "A 
Trappy  New  Year." 

And  others  tun  numerous  t>>  mention,  although  just  as 
useful. 

New  Year's  Day  and  ensuing  ones  find  quite  a  number 
of  people  making  resolutions  brought  about  directly  by  bail 
effects  accruing  from  celebrating  not  wisely  but  too  well. 
Some  of  these  persons  arc  temporarily  suffering  from  loss 
of  appetite,  si^ht  and  feeling.  This  condition  i>  an  out- 
growth of  the  present  drought  and  a  lack  of  reliable  oases 
in  the  vast  stretches  of  the  San  Francisco  desert,  parched 
by  law  and  strewn  with  bottles  and  thousands  of  bones 
Spent  to  purchase  their  contents. 

As  matters  stood  on  New  Year's  Eve,  a  reveler  had  three 
alternatives  for  passing  this  once  hilarious  night  of  nights: 

lie   might    cither   go   to   bed,   go   to   a    hotel   or   cafe  or  to  a 

private  home.    The  younger  generation  almost  invariably 

chooses  the  bright  lights  where  there  is  loud  music,  food 
and  dancing — for  a  price.  The  older  boys  and  girls,  to 
whom   the  passing  years  arc  more  or  less  of  a   tragedy,  liriiif;- 

ing  hack  memories  of  wilder  times,  always  seek  out  the 
homes   of   generously    inclined   friends   and   acquaintances 

where  liquor  ma\  be  found  and  made  use  of.  Each  of 
these  types  is  satisfied  after  a  fashion  by  its  choice,  and 
each  afterward-  i-  acutely  conscious  of  certain  drawbacks 
to  the  mode  of  entertainment  pursued. 

For  instance,  at  a  house  party  made  up  of  married  couple-, 
with  a  single  man  and  woman  or  two  thrown  in  for 
measure,    too   much    liquor   invariably   causes    family    rows 
which  arc  ea»\    to  get  into  and  hard  to  yet  out  of,     i  >ne  fel- 
low  will    kiss   another   fellow'-    wife,   and    one    man's    wife 
may  kiss  another   man.     All   is  hunky-dorj    until   some  one 
or  other  gets   riled  up.     Then,  such   being   the  case,  those 
present   are    always    let    into    family    secrets    and    feu 
ancient  vintage  and  none  too  delectable  flavor.     In 
of  catastrophe-  of  this  nature  the  party  i-  usually  put  on  the 
skids,  for  everyone  else  fear-  beini;  yanked  up  for  the  same 
offenses.    The  moral  is.  of  course,  "Do  your  kissing  i 
12:60  and  1  o'clock,  preferably  with  your  own  wife  or  sweet- 
heart. 


As  to  New  Year's  resolutions,  we  have  nothing  to  say,  ex- 
cept that  they  should  only  be  made  in  connection  with 
those  things  you  do  not  care  to  do,  or  in  saving  your  time 
and  money.  What  is  the  use  of  swearing  off  something 
you  like?  It  invariably  causes  more  profanity  and,  after 
all,  we  differ  little  from  one  New  Year  to  the  next. 


WIGS  and  TOUPEES 

Of  my  make  defy  detection,  because  I  make  them  ven- 
tilated and  porous  and  from  the  purest,  finest  human 
hair. 

G.  LEDERER 

561  Sutter  St.,  Between  Powell  and  Mason  Sts. 
San  Francisco,  California 

Firm  Established  1866 


!We  promise  to  please  you 
La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

"The  Recommended  Laundry" 


! 


250  Twelfth  St.,  San  Francisco 


'Phone  Market  916 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

Sonoma,    Cal. 
The  finest  meals  in  the". 

VALLEY  of  the  MOON 

Our   Specialty — "Steaks    With    Mushrooms." 

Clean    Ruomi,    Clean    Linen,    Clean    Everything 

Vml      Sonoma     Counly'i      Famout      KeaorU     and      Mineral     (Warm      W*;#r)      Swimming 

Tank*    From   Thii    Hotel. 

Rale*      Ecrplionally      Reatonahle. 

Telephone  110 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

I")  I  )KRIII  A  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12.  1-5 

980-82  Flood  BUILDING,  Powell  and  Market  Sts.,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


AGU  A  C  ALIENTE  SPRINGS---  Why? 

It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall.  Special  attrac- 
tions Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
mine  pool  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
CORAN,  Agua  Calcente,  Sonoma  County,  or  see  Peck-Judah. 


Parisian  Dyeing  and   Cleaning 


Hand    OnW----u.L    Called    For    and    Delivered 

MME.  M.  S.  E.  LEE 


Par  man   Dvetnf   end   Clumtnf 


SW  Fojt  SrKMT 
l»    Veki*u  Boti 


Sak  Fuhcik* 
hu»ajaj    2511 


J.  SPAULDING  &  COMPANY 

The  Or  i*  met  Pioneer  Carpet  Clemnert 

L<ta*li.«hib  1*64 

01d#*t    and    Large*  I    Etlabltthmml   on   the    Pacific    Coait 

m    No   Hay    Connected!    Tah    Any    Other    Finn    liing    Naaaa    of    ?P  ATI-DING 

K1  TtH»n»  M«ur- Pnom  Docclas  30M 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  2,  1926 


DRINK 

WIELANDS  BREW 

WITH  YOUR  MEALS— IT  HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from  your  grocer 

Established  1868 

ain   Office,  240  Second  Street,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


PIONEER 


The 

Name 
on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther It  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
rinter   or    sta- 


^|^ printer   or    am- 

^IV.gTfffrSSmTCir  Ursearmpies9h°W 

BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1865 
41  First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 

Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES  I 
San    FrnnclHCO —  Burlln^anie 

Went,     703  478 


■- 

Phone  Suttkb  3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly  with  Shrevc  &  Company) 

Clockmakera  and  Watchmakers 

CHIME,  ANTIQUE  AND   COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

AND   WATCHES   A    SPECIALTY 

200   P«.si    Street   ni    Grant   Avenue 
Sun  PrunelHco,  Cnllf. 

Call  and  Deliver    in   San   Francisco,    Alameda 
and  San  Mateo  Counties 

875   FOLSOM  ST. 


818   EMERSON   ST. 


PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST   EXPRESS  AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


It  is  said  that  conjurers  are  not  par- 
ticularly popular  in  Scotland.  They 
generally  want  to  borrow  something. — 
Humorist. 


Why   He  Was  Late 

"You  are  an  hour  late  this  morning', 
John,"  said  the  farmer  to  the  new 
helper. 

"Yes.  I  was  kicked  by  a  horse  on  my 
way   here." 

"That  oughtn't  to  have  detained  you 
an  hour,  John." 

"Well,  you  sec,  governor,  he  kicked 
me  the  other  way." — Happy   Mag. 


Because  her  husband  spent  all  his  spare 
time  at  the  radio  trying  for  DX,  a  Min- 
neapolis woman  was  granted  a  divorce 
and  custody  of  her  two  children. 


Sheboygan,  Wisconsin,  has  the  largest 
i  lerman  population  of  any  city  in  the 
United  States.  Twenty  thousand  of 
Sheboygan's  thirty-three  thousand  per- 
sons are  of  German  descent.  Green  Bay 
has  a  German  population  of  7.000  and 
Appleton  is  nearly  fifty  per  cent  German. 

Christopher  L.  Sholes,  inventor  of  the 
first  practical  typewriter,  said  in  the  early 
days  of  typewriting:  "I  feel  that  I  have 
done  something  for  the  women,  who  have 
always  had  to  work  so  hard  This  will 
enable  them  more  easily  to  earn  a  liv- 
ing." 


"A  kingdom  of  knowledge  is  greater 
than  a  kingdom  of  arms" — Chinese  Em- 
peror Ho-Ti,  A.  D..  114. 


According  to  Dr.  A.  D.  Irnms,  of  Eng- 
land, 450.000  species  of  insects  have  now 
been  found  and  described  by  entomolo- 
gists. 


Pueblo  Bonito  women  of  ancient  New 
Mexico  nmged  their  cheeks  with  brick- 
red  rouge,  dug  from  the  thin  lenses  of 
compact  clay  underneath  the  sandstone 
cliffs. 


Chicago  school  children  of  today  readi- 
ly passed  an  examination  given  them 
from  tests  their  grandparents  failed  in 
fifty  years  ago.  This  proves  that  despite 
curriculum  complexities  of  today  they 
are  better  arithmeticians  than  their  for- 
bears who  held  rigidly  to  the  three  "R's." 


A  white  cross  at  every  point  in  the  road 
where  an  accident  resulting  in  death  has 
occurred  is  erected  on  Ohio  roads.  Some 
bad  railroad  crossings  have  as  many  as  a 
dozen  such  markers. 


There  is  no  evidence  that  bees  can 
hear,  though  their  sense  of  smell  is  strong- 
ly developed. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Office  anil  Works  1)12.'!  mission  St. 

Phone  Mnrket  7913 

Branch   Office;  700    Sutter   St. 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Bide.) 

Phone    Prospect    "8-15 

Work  Called   For  and  Delivered 


N      W.    CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


NEW  ORLEANS 

To  better  serve  ourmany  friends  and  patrons 
over  '300,000.00  has  been  expended  in  recon- 
struction and  rekliilit ation  to  maintain  this 
famous  hostelry  as 

One  of  America's  Leading  Hotels 

The  iaige  well  ventilated  hi^h  ceilinf>rooms 
have  been  retained  and  modernized^--1'' 

ACCOMMODATINC  OVER  1000  GUESTS 

Send  ^'Descriptive  Hotel  folder: 

Illustrated  Mai-di-GrdS  Piigram  for  the  asking 

Alfred  S.Ajvier  ANoCaitd. 

N  EW     ORLEAN  8 .  LA 
-■^Tidm  Offices  of  aUHunsporuticn  line!  in  lobby 


WHERE  TO  DINE 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

Tho  City's  Most   Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

50c,  75c,  $1.00       35c,  50c,  75c    $1.00,$1.50         a  la  carte 
Dancing  7:00  P.  M.  to  1:00  A.  M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL    PARTIES    ARRANGED 
HEADQUARTERS    FOR    THEATRICAL    PEOPLE 

HATTIE    MOOSER  MINNIE   C.    MOOSER 


ICE  CREAf% 
CANDY 
PASTRY 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


w 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  brushing  once  or  twice  a  day  is 
taking  very  good  care  of  them.  Brushing  is  only  a  part  of '  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  cnn  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore;  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 
908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions;    Crowns;    Self    Cleaning     Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


Stc  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2: JO 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


334  Sutter  St. 


Douglas  7118 


QfeanorS 


I  Se 


445  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast. 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:   Dinner. 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50— Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  cartel.    Private  din- 
ing:  rooms    for   banquets    and    parties,    seating    76   to   100   people. 

441  Pine  Street 


O'Fsxrell 

Lark  in  Sri 

Luncheon  (11:30  to  2  |).  m.) J  .75        No  Vltltoi  Should  Lean  thr  Cilj  With* 

Sunday    Luncheon     1.00  out  Dining  ■»  ihr  Pineal  Cafe 

Dinner,    Week    Dayi _ $1.50  in  America 

Dinner,    Sundays    and    Holidays 1.75 

DANCING  SUNDAY   EVENINGS 


NOAH'S 
ARK 

03  Third  Avenue.  SAN  MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cooki 

Open   From 

11 :30  a.  m.  to  2:00  p.  m. 

5:30  p.  m.  to  8:30  p.   m. 

Sundays  and   Holidays 

4  :3Q  to  S  30  p.  m.  only 

CLOSED  EVF.nY  MOM)A\ 

Hnlf    rtlock    from    Hich^n? 


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ll-Vm  Hoi  ?i 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

OPEN  1-00  A.  M    TO   11  M  P.  U. 

UNSURPASSED  CUBira 

Carl  Leonhardt 

formerly  of 
C.old.n  Gilt  Park  Canna 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of   the    Sisters    of   St.   Dominic. 


— *    I 


Make  yourself  at  home  at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.   2  Tillmann  Place,  at  241   Grant  Ave. 

The   Home   of   the   Book   Lover 

Rare    Books — First    Editions — Fine    Bindings 

nportations    from    Zachnsdorf.    Root,   Morrell.    etc..   of    Lon 

Commissions   in   London   Executed 

Single  Books   and  Libraries  Purchased 

Phone  Kearny  6816 


RARE  BOOKS 

EARLY   EDITIONS 

John  Howell 

[MFOHTBH,    t'l  111  ISHBH 

N..w    open    for   bnaineai    at   our   new   lo. 
131  Po*t  Stmbt,  S*n   Francisco 


Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the  News  Letter  can  be  obtained 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 


\>n  I'M  I.  ELDER'S  l  inn  mm 
239  Post  Street  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


DR.  B.  W.  HAINES 

DENTIST 
Elkan  Gunst  Building 


323  Geary  at  Powell 
San  Francisco 


Hours:  9  to  4 
Telephone  Douglas  2949 


GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

Chapel— 771   to  777  Valencia  Street.  Bet.  18th  and   19th   Sts.. 

San  Francisco.   Phone  Market  64 


MOUNTAIN  SPRINGS  WATER 

"Bottled  at  the  Sprmet" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 


130  Clara  5ir*et-  -Garfield  841 


2fe  PiCiURfD 

NEWS 

ofthe 


Worshipers  at  Pagan 
temples  —  languorous 
maidens  of  tropical 
islands  —  tribal  dances 
in  murky  jungles  — 
carnivals  in  Old- World 
capitals  —  fire  —  flood 
— revolution ! 

Among  all  climes  and 
peoples  are  found  the 
entertaining  pictures 
for  The 

Slir  i*an  Jnninaro  Cllirnmrli 

KOTAGRAVURE 


Their  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy. — This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 

tf    RATES— <Ver  Ttay,  single,  European  Wan 
120  rooms  vfth  running  water  92.50  to  94.00 


The  center 
for  Theatres 
'Banks,  Shopi 

'Please  -write 
for  'Booklet 


220  rooms  wiih  bath 
160  rooms  with  bath 


5.50  »o     5.00 
6.00  to    8.00 


Doubt*.  $4.00  up 

Also   a  number  of  large  and  beautiful  rooms  and 
suites,  some  in  period  furnishings  with  grand  piano, 
fj      fire  place  and  bath,  flO  00  up. 

LARGE  AND  WELL  EOUIPPED  SAMP!  E  ROOMS 

r%4^CH0  QOLF  CLUB] 
L        available  to  all  guestsJ 

HAROLD  E.  LATHROP 
SMana%er 


it 


HOTEL 


ALEXANDRIA 

I        Los  Angeles 


Telephone 
Garfield  6973 


RatoiVorb 


Above 
Grant  Ave. 


lI7" 


Established  189? 

361   Sutter  Street 

nnHATEVER  the  design  and  color,   there 
LXJ  is   always   a   distinctive    individuality    in 
Coulter's  Genuine  \iv^\  Furniture,  besides  the 
regular  stock  on  display  we 
make-to-order  Reed   Furni- 
ture  to   suit   your   require- 
ments  at   a   very   modest 
price. 


Estimates 
Invited 


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Golden 

Gate 

Ferry 

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mpany 

S 

WINTER  SCHEDULE             | 

Effective  October  1 

1925                            ! 
i 

s 

! 
! 

Leave  Sausauto 

Leave  San  Francisco              j 

5:00  a.  m. 

6:00  a.  m. 

6:30  a.m. 
Every  Half 
Hour  Until 
10:00  p.  m. 

5:30  a.m.                       j 
6:30  a.m.                          j 
7:00  a.m.                          ; 
Every  Half                      < 
Hour  Until                        ! 
10:30  p.m.                        | 

j 

Then 

Then 

11:00  p.m. 

12:00  p.m. 

1 :00  a.  m. 

11:30  p.m.                         | 

12:30  a.m.                        i 

1:30  a.m.                        j 

Saturday 

s  and  Sundays 

Only                                     ! 

2:00  a.  m. 

2:30  a.m.                        \ 

ON 

SATURDAYS, 

SUNDAYS  AND  HOLIDAYS 

j 

There  will  be  extra  trips  if  traffic  warrants.                            1 

La.o. 

•rPresid 

Stewart 

ent 

Harry  E.  Speas    1 
/ice-Pres.  and  Gen.  Mgr.    j 

PEGGY 
CHAMBERLIN 

One  of  the  stage  beauties  in  the 

Ftrnihon    and    Marco    Revue    at 

Lons/i  H'arfield. 


An  investment  of  over 


One  Hundred  Million  Dollars  in   United 
States,  State,  County  and  Municipal  Bonds 


CQNDENSED  STATEMENT  OF  CONDITION 
Head  Office  (San  Francisco)  and  Branches 

Bank  of  Italy 


SAVINGS 


COMBIERCIAI 


December  30,  1925 


RESOURCES 


First  Mortgage  Loans  on  Real  Estate..$1 36.358,966.78 

Other  Loans  and  Discounts 92,434.099.67     $228,793,066.45 


United  States  Bonds  and  Certificates 

of  Indebtedness  $  93,572,560.11 

State,  County  and  Municipal  Bonds....  13,834,619.88 

Other  Bonds  and  Securities 13,566,709.74 

Stock  in  Federal  Reserve  Bank 705,000.00 


TOTAL  U.  S.  AXD  OTHER  SECURITIES 

Due  from  Federal  Reserve  Bank $  17,492,971.88 

Cash  and  Due  from  Other  Banks 42,377,726.01 


TOTAL  CASH  AXD  DUE  FROM  BANKS 

Banking    Premises,    Furniture,    Fixtures    and    Safe 

Deposit  Vaults  (Ninety-eight  Banking  Offices  in 

Sixty-five  California  Cities ) 

Other  Real  Estate  Owned 

Customers'    Liability   under   Letters   of    Credit    and 

Acceptances  

Interest  Earned  on  Bonds  and  Loans 

Employes'  Pension  Fund  (Actual  Value  $224,074.09) 

standing  on  the  Books  at 

Other  Resources  


121.678,889.73 


59,870,697.1 


7,246 
805 


1,634 
2,684, 


124 


112.11 
,987.45 

.332.21 
917.70 

1.00 
582.47 


TOTAL    RESOURCES    .....$422,838,587.01 

LIABILITIES 

DEPOSITS:    Savings $273,175  260.32 

Commercial  116,257,981.12 


Dividends    Unpaid    

Discount  Collected  but  not  Earned 

Letters  of  Credit,  Acceptances  and  Time  Drafts.. 


CAPITAL   PAID   IN $   17,500,000.00 

(On  March  15,  1926,  the  Paid  in  Capital 
will  be  $20,000,000.00 

SURPLUS 9,000,000.00 

(On  March  15,  1926,  the  Surplus  will  be 
$10,700,000.00) 

UNDIVIDED  PROFITS  1,789,255.20 

INTEREST  EARNED   2,684,917.70 

(On   Bonds   and   Loans — Uncollected) 


$389,433,241.44 

708,751.25 

88,089.21 

1,634,332.21 

$391,864  414.11 


INVESTED  CAPITAL 

(Including    Interest    Earned  I. 


30,974,172.90 


TOTAL   LIABILITIES    $422,838,587.01 

All    charge-ofts,    expenses   and    Interest    payable   to   end   of  half-year 
have  been   deducted    in  above  statement. 


STOCKHOLDERS   AUXILIARY  CORPORATION 

(The  capital  stock  of  this  corporation   is  owned  share  for  share  by  the 

stockholders  of  the  Bank  of  Italy  I 

Invested  Capital,  $9,200,605.42 


On   March   15,  1926,  the  Combined  CAPITAL   INVESTMENT 
of  both  Corporations  will  be  over 

$46,500,000.00 

NUMBER  OF  DEPOSITORS,  601,370 

Savings  Deposits  made  to  and  including  January  11,  1926, 
will  earn  interest  from  January  1,  1926 


STATEMENT 


of  the  Conditii 


and  Value  of  the  Assets  and  Liabilities  of 


The  Hibernia  Savings  and 
Loan  Society 

Hibernia  Bank 

Main  Office:  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Streets 
Mission  Office:  Twenty-second  and  Valencia  Streets 
Geciry  Street  Office:   Geary  Street  and  Tenth  Avenue' 

Dated  San  Francisco,  December  31,  1925 


ASSETS 

1 — BONDS  OF  THE  CJNITED  STATES  ($11,000,- 
000.00),  of  the  State  of  California  and 
the  Counties.  Cities  and  School  Districts 
thereof  ($18,708,642.09),  of  the  State  of 
New  York  ($894,000.00),  of  the  Slate  of 
Nevada  (  $lilli,oilo.llll  I.  of  the  State  of  Ore- 
gon ($61,000.00),  of  the  County  of  Lane, 
Or.  (J2IHI, Him. inn.  of  the  County  of  Doug- 
las,    Or.,     ($147.(1011. of     the     County     of 

Bergen    N.    .J..    ($100,000.00),    of    the    County 

of  Jackson,   or.,   ijsi, ,   of  the   County 

of  Clackamas.  Or..  ($73,950.00),  of  the  City 
of  New  York  ($1,139,000.00),  of  the  City  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  ($106,000.00),  of  the  City  of 
St.  Paul,  Minn..  ($100,000.00),  of  (lie  City  of 
Jersey  City,  N.  J..  ($50,000.00),  of  the  City 
of  Portland,  Or..  ( Jr.O.Oini.iiu  t.  of  (he  ei(y  of 
Dayton,  Ohio.  ($25,000.00),  (lie  actual  yiilue 
of   which    is ...$33,132,174.38 

2— MISCELLANEOUS  BONDS  comprising  Quasi- 
Public  Corporation    Bonds   and    Real   Estate 

Mortgage    Bonds     I  $2.(14  "..llllll. (Ill  I .     the    actual 

value  of  which  is 1,997,762.80 

Total    Actual    Value $35,129,937.18 

3— CASH    ON     HAND S.863,5  I  4.  2  I 

4— PROMISSORY    notes    and    (he    debts    thereby 

secure. 1.  the  actual   value  of  which   is 42,874,220.62 

Said  Promissory  Notes  are  all  existing 
Contracts,  owned  by  said  Corporation,  and 
the  payment  thereof  is  secured  by  First 
Mortgages  on  Real  Estate  within  this  State, 
and  the  States  Of  Oregon,  Nevada,  Wash- 
ington and  Utah. 
5— PROMISSORY    NOTES    ami    the    debts    thereby 

secured,  the  actual  value  of  which  is 186,088.00 

Said     Promissory     Notes     are     all     existing 

Contracts,  owned  by  said  Corporation,  ami 
the    payment    thereof    is   secured    by    pledge 

of  Bonds  and  other  securities. 
6— (a)       REAL    ESTATE    situate    in     (he    County    of 
San    Mateo    in    this    State    ($15,000.00),    and 
in     (he     State     of     Nevada     ($60,000.00),     the 

actual  value  of  which  is 75.ooo.oti 

(I.I       THE     LANDS    AND     BUILDINGS     in     which 

said   Corporation    keeps   its  offices,   the  ac- 
tual   value  of   which    is 1,081,848.19 

TOTAL   ASSETS       ...$83,110,638.28 


LIABILITIES 

l— said  CORPORATION  OWES  DEPOSITS  amount- 
ing to  and  Ho-  actual  value  of  which  is  $76,510,448.47 
2— RESERVE  FUND  o.iiiio.lsa.Ti; 


TOTAL    LIABILITIES    $83,110,638.28 


THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

By  E.  J.  Tobin,  President 

THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

By  R.  M.  Tobin,  Secretary 
State  of  California  \ 

City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  i   '*' 

E.  J.  Toliin  and  R.  M.  Tobin,  being  each  duly  sworn,  each  for 
himself  says:  That  said  E.  J.  Tobin  is  President  and  that  said  R. 
M.  Tobin  is  Secretary  of  THE  HIBERNIA  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN 
SOCIETY ,  the  Corporation  above  named,  and  that  the  foregoing 
statement  is  true. 

E.  J.  TOBIN,  President. 
R.  M.   TOBIN,  Secretary. 
Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  5th  day  of  January,  1926. 

CIIAS.   T.  STANLEY, 
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State  of  California. 


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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  TANUARY  9,  1926 


No.  2 


gambling 


With  E.  FARRAND  ROSS 


We  hold  nothing  but  admiration  for  the  accomplishments 
of  materia  medica  ;  we  take  our  hats  off  to  the  martyrs  who, 
in  their  operations,  have  given  up  their  lives  so  that  the  lives 
of  the  human  race  may  become  more  enjoyable  and  safe ; 
but  we  sometimes  wonder  if  certain  of  these  zealous  ones  do 
not  defeat  their  own  ends,  and  in  the  enthusiasm  of  their  ef- 
forts, swerve  aside  from  their  real  purpose. 

For  instance,  in  the  case  of  Dr.  C.  H.  Barlow  of  New 
York,  who,  after  being  successfully  treated  for  pulmonary 
tuberculosis  some  years  ago,  "deliberately  contracted  in 
order  to  save  a  Chinese  patient's  life,"  returned  to  the  field 
i if  his  first  adventure  with  death,  and  there  began  a  study  of 
the  "fluke,"  an  intestinal  parasite  which  claims  countless 
victims   in  China. 

It  was  a  problem  how  to  get  the  flukes  over  to  America, 
as  the  doctor  was  hampered  by  the  lack  of  laboratory  equip- 
ment and  facilities  in  the  <  irient.  So  be  isolates  the  germs 
from  the  body  of  a  patient,  puts  them  into  a  tumbler  of 
water  and  drinks  them  down  ! 

lie  tells  no  one  of  this,  on  bis  return  to  America,  not  even 
his  wife,  but  allows  the  flukes  to  multiply  in  bis  body,  and 
then  presents  himself  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  tells 
his  story  to  the  amazed  experts,  "who  gladly  helped  him 
to  free  his  body  of  the  parasites  and  to  make  a  careful  study 
of  them." 

But  Why  Not  a  Padded  Cell? 

Xow  all  this  appears  as  the  quintessence  oi  heroism  to 
the  layman,  but  it  also  appears  to  be  the  height  of  careless- 
ness and  thoughtlessness  of  the  thousands  ifi  people  with 
whom  he  was  associated  during  the  period  of  time  when  the 
flukes  were  "multiplying  in  his  own  body."  Humans  who 
have  been  bitten  so  deeply  with  martyrdom  microbe  should 
inform  the  world  in  general  of  their  peculiar  maneuvers,  so 
that  they  can  be  properly  isolated  and  set  apart  from  the 
rest  of  their  fellow  men.  who  surely  are  in  danger  from  a 
person  who  is  so  impregnated  with  bacilli  as  Dr.  Barlow 
must  have  been. 

And  as  for  his  wife,  well,  we  are  of  the  opinion  that  a  man 
of  Dr.  Barlow's  make-up  should  not  possess  one  at  all  ! 


A  Woman  of  Sense 

There  are  three  women  members  of  Congress  who  are  in 
favor  of  the  modification  of  the  Volstead  Act,  and  our  Mrs. 
Julius  Kahn  is  one  of  the  three.  She  believes  that  "the  evils 
attendant  upon  the  Volstead  Act  as  now  enforced,  are  far 
greater  than  any  that  could  possibly  follow  its  modifica- 
tion to  the  extent  of  permitting  manufacture  and  sale  of 
light  wines  and  beers." 

Here  is  a  woman  rich  in  years  and  experience  of  human 
nature,  who  has  the  courage  to  speak  her  own  convictions; 
who  has  kept  an  open  and  observing  mind  and  who  has  not 
coincided  with  those  narrow-minded  and  blind  members  of 
the  fair  sex  who  persist  in  looking  at  the  world  through  the 
wrong  end  of  the  opera  glass. 

*  *     * 
Away  With  Somber  Stockings! 

The  Rambler  hears  through  various  of  his  feminine 
friends  that  dark-colored  hose  is  prescribed  by  Dame  Fash- 
ion, and  that  a  number  of  feminine  legs  are  now  clothed 
with  black  or  gun  metal  stockings.  He  deplores  this  fact  in- 
tensely.  ts  there  anything  prettier,  he  wants  to  know,  than 
a  gleaming  pair  of  well-shaped  nether  limbs  in  pale  cham- 
pagne or  flesh,  or  silver  gray-colored  hosiery?  Don't  these 
said  legs  look  chastely  clean  and  fascinating  in  well-laun- 
dered hose  of  the  above  and  myriad  other  colors?  Contrast 
them  with  somber-hued  hose,  and  see  if  he  i^n't  right! 

*  *     * 

Mussolini's  Mandates 

<  Hir  Italian  dictator  across  the  water,  under  sunny  south- 
ern skie<.  evidently  believes  that  the  world  is  made  for  Mus- 
solini. He  is  beginning  to  imitate,  in  some  respects,  that 
madman  who  set  the  whole  world  aflame  not  so  very  long 
He  would  like  to  compel  all  Italians  to  remain  under 
tlie  rule  of  the  mother  country  for  the  rest  of  their  natural 
lives;  that  is.  no  matter  in  what  country  they  have  emi- 
grated, they  should  not  take  out  naturalization  papers,  but 
should  eventually,  after  making  all  the  money  possible  in 
their  adopted  country,  return  to  the  sunny  shores  of  Italy, 
with  their  accumulated  wealth,  so  to  speak,  tied  up  in  their 
socks.  Fine  for  the  Italians  and  for  Italy,  but  rather  an  im- 
position on  the  country  to  which  they  emigrate! 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  9,  1926 


We  are  so  accustomed  to  the 
New  Year  in  the  Country     noise    and    tumult    of    the    new 

year  celebration  in  the  city,  that 
we  Overlook  the  fact  that  very  large  and  ever-increasing  num- 
bers of  people  leave  the  city  and  its  glamor  to  celebrate  in  the 
country.  All  Thursday  afternoon,  December  31st.  the  stream 
of  machines  down  the   Peninsula  was  incessant. 

indeed,  the  current  was  hardly  interrupted  beyond  San  Jose. 
To  Gilroy  the  procession  went  along  in  orderly  fashion  and 
beyond  there  divided,  some  going  by  way  of  the  San  Juan 
grade,  to  Monterey.  Carmel  and  the  Highlands,  others  towards 
Santa  Cruz  and  the  coast.  It  was  an  orderly,  family  crowd 
of  people:  well  to  do.  dignified,  on  the  whole,  well  in  hand, 
prosperous  and  happy.  Few  places  could  show  the  equal  of 
it.  and  certainly  no  other  country  in  the  world  could  begin 
in  compare  with  such  a  procession  in  any  respect. 

To  Carmel  went  many,  but  the  little  town  hardly  seemed 
to  notice  them.  Houses  hidden  in  the  trees  received  many  ; 
the  Pine  Inn  and  the  Highlands  took  others,  and  others  again 
went  to  Del  Monte  and  Pebble  Beach.  The  quiet  of  Monterey 
and  Carmel  was  remarkable.  It  was  as  well  ordered  as  a 
palace.  It  is  very  evident  that  our  democracy  is  learning  good 
manners  and  that  with  the  advent  of  wealth  is  also  coming, 
as  usual,  the  possession  of  grace  and  the  polite  arts.  We 
hardly  know  yet  what  people  we  are  building  up.  and  how  high 
a  place  in  human  history  we  are  going  to  attain.  But  the 
lesson  of  New  Year's  Eve  was  not  lost  on  more  than  one 
European  observer  who  watched  the  phenomenon  with  in- 
terested and  almost  incredulous  gaze. 

Naturally  Carmel  had  to  be  peculiar  at  all  costs  and  spread 
out  for  the  delectation  of  its  people  that  most  harrowing  of  all 
modern  plays:  "All  God's  Chillen  Got  Wings."  as  if  the  beauty 
and  satisfaction  of  the  place  itself  had  to  be  corrected  somehow. 


Railway  Age,  publishing 
The  Southern  Pacific  President  its  annual  statistical  num- 
ber, has  taken  up  various 
aspects  of  the  railroad  question  and  has,  among  others  asked 
Wm.  Sproule,  President  of  the  Southern  Pacific  for  his  views 
on  the  present  situation  and  the  future  immediate  development 
of  the  transportation  industry. 

The  views  of  Mr.  Sproule  are  of  the  greatest  importance  to 
us  in  California,  for  we  are  dependent  for  our  prosperity,  to 
a  most  impressive  degree,  upon  the  sagacity  and  the  ability 
with  which  the  affairs  of  that  great  corporation  air  conducted. 
The  progressiveness  and  the  intelligence  of  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific are  of  the  greatest  importance  to  our  citizens. 

Mr.  Sproule  considers  that  the  prospects  for  railway  traf- 
fic in  1926  are  very  encouraging  and  there  are  no  factors  pres- 
ent which  would  be  likely  to  cause  any  misgiving-,  on  that  point. 
In  the  course  of  the  next  year,  the  colossal  improvements  which 
the  railroad  has  undertaken  and  has  been  carrying  out  during 
the  two  years  last  past,  as  we  have  pointed  out  from  time  to 
time  in  this  paper,  will  be  practically  completed.  This  will 
put  the  Southern  Pacific  in  the  most  favorable  position  for  the 
successful  handling  of  freight  and  passenger  traffic. 

The  fruit  industry  appears  to  engage  the  attention  of  Mr. 
Sproule  most  closely.  Thus  he  declares  that  the  Southern 
Pacific  is  putting  out  more  orders  for  increase  in  motive 
power,  and  the  Pacific  Fruit  Express  is  putting  in  an  order  for 
5,000  new  cars.  In  this  latter  concern  the  Southern  Pacific  and 
the  Union  Pacific  are  each  half-owners. 

Mr.  Sproule  is  very  strong  upon  the  point  that  federal  in- 
terference, by  the  passing  constantly  of  new  laws  and  em- 
barrassing the  situation  by  new  rules,  is  very  disturbing  to  le- 


gitimate business.  The  principle  of  arbitration  in  dealing  with 
disputes  between  the  employes  and  the  company  has  his  ap- 
proval.   • 

There  is  a  very  curious   apathy 
Our  Own  Landing  Field     in    the    fact   that    San    Francisco 

does  not  own  a  landing  field  for 
aviation  purposes  that  can  be  made  available  in  the  inter- 
ests of  business  and  national  progress.  We  have  before 
this  called  attention  to  the  matter,  but,  as  a  whole,  even 
the  San  Francisco  press  seems  to  be  curiously  careless  in 
this  regard.  This  fact  however,  may  easily  have  a  detri- 
mental effect  upon  our  history  and  may  retard  our  devel- 
opment to  a  greater  extent  than  appears  at  a  careless  first 
glance.  The  landing  field  employed  now  is  at  Concord. 
This  town  is  one  hour  and  forty  minutes  from  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  that  lime  must  be  reckoned  on  the  time  to  de- 
liver mail  by  air.  whatever  the  direction  it  comes  from, 
for  such  mail  has  to  lie  landed  at  Concord.  Now.  the  de- 
velopment of  the  U.  S.  air  mail  service  is  making  this 
Concord  matter  rather  ridiculous.  The  United  States  air 
mail  will  make  a  four  hour  service  from  Los  Angeles  and 
six  hour  service  from  Portland  as  well  as  seven  and  a  half 
hour  service  from  Seattle.  But  we  must  arid  the  hour  and 
forty  minutes  from  Concord,  thus  greatly  increasing  the 
time  of  delivery.  It  is  so  silly  on  the  face  of  it,  that  trans 
continental  mail  should  be  able  to  traverse  three  thousand 
miles  in  thirty-four  hours  and  then  that  we  should  have  to 
wait  practically  an  hour  and  a  half  for  the  same  mail  to 
limp  painfully  over  the  last  thirty  miles. 

There  is  more  involved  in  this,  however,  than  the  mere 
delivery  of  mail.  The  air  service  is  only  in  its  infancy 
and  its  childhood  on  this  side  of  the  world  is  so  very  back- 
ward. But  it  will,  by  no  means,  always  be  so.  It  will  not 
be  long  before  we  are  matching  Europe  in  the  transporta- 
tion of  passengers  over  long  distances  by  air  route  and 
when  that  time  comes  we  shall  lose  heavily  if  we  do  not 
have  a  proper  landing  place  in  this  city.  Here  is  a  chance 
for  forward-looking  men. 


It  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  any  great 
Luther  Burbank     number  of  young  men  or  women   star) 

ing  life  would  pick  upon  Luther  Bur- 
bank  as  the  man  whom  they  would  care  more  to  imitate  and 
whose  achievements  would  mean  most  to  their  youthful 
imaginations.  And  yet  they  would  make  no  mistake  if 
they  would  contemplate  with  quiet  thought  just  what  such 
a  man  means  to  his  country  and  the  world,  and  the  almost 
incalculable  benefits  which  he  confers  upon  mankind.  We 
are  forgetful  apes  for  the  most  part,  we  humans,  and  per- 
haps we  shall  not,  in  the  future,  remember,  as  we  should, 
this  man  who  has  done  so  much  for  us  and  whose  deeds 
will  abide  whether  we  remember  or  not. 

All  this  is  introductory  to  the  statement  that  Luther 
Burbank  has  perfected  a  new  group  of  flowers  and  plants. 
as  the  result  and  culmination  of  a  long  series  of  experi- 
mentations last  year.  The  camassia.  produced  by  him  after 
twenty -six  years  of  laborious  effort,  is  a  blue  flower  trained 
from  a  swam])  plant,  possessed  of  very  great  beauty  and  re- 
sembling a  blue  tulip.  Then  there  is  the  rainbow  teosinte, 
produced  from  the  rainbow  corn.  This  teosinte  grows 
eight  feet  and  bears  eight  to  fourteen  ears  on  each  stalk. 
Then  come  the  new  "torch  lilies"  to  bloom  readily  and  rich- 
ly even  in  cold  climates,  offering  to  tired  humanity  another 
store  of  beauty  and  color.  In  addition  there  are  further 
developments  of  the  zinnia  and  a  larger  and  more  irides- 
cent variety  of  the  Shasta  daisy.  Then  come  great  im- 
provements in  the  gladioli  and  asters:  eight  new  gladioli 
with  new  and  wonderful  coloring  and  beauty  heretofore  un- 
known. 

It  may  not  seem  very  much  to  the  young  and  thoughtless, 
all  this  wealth  of  observation  and  experiment,  with  these 
results  of  color  and  beauty.  But  to  those  of  us  who  know 
life  and  who  realize  how  much  we  are  dependent  at  times 


January  9.  1926 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


upon  that  very  intangible  thing  which  we  call  beauty,  and 
how  far  we  are  refreshed  by  mere  color,  the  achievements 
of  our  Santa  Rosa  Wizard  become  as  accomplishments  of 
the  most  striking  importance  to  the  human  race. 

We  have  practically  a  new 
The  New  Supervisorial  Broom     Board  of  Supervisors.    It  is 

very  conscious  of  its  pres- 
ent virtue  and  has  more  good  resolutions  than  the  average. 
The  first  thing  with  a  new  year  resolutionist  is  to  make 
new  rules.  So  the  Board  has  made  new  rules.  These  new 
rules  are  for  the  most  part  in  the  direction  of  what  they 
call  "'liberality''  and  "democracy."  Now,  we  are  very  much 
convinced,  as  good  Americans,  from  our  cradle,  that  liber- 
ality and  democracy  are  very  fine  ideals  towards  which 
we  should  all  work.  But  we  are  by  no  means  sure  that  they 
are  good  methods  for  transacting  business. 

Formerly,  by  the  old  rules,  ten  votes  could  cloture  a  de- 
bate and  bring  a  foolish  and  aimless  discussion  to  a  proper 
and  dignified  "ending.  Now,  it  will  take  a  two-thirds  ma- 
jority to  suspend  the  rules,  whenever  it  shall  be  necessary 
to  do  so,  in  the  interest  of  good  business  and  the  rapid  and 
intelligent  transaction  of  public  affairs.  Of  course,  this 
rule  just  means  more  talk,  and  whether  more  talk  will  help  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  to  satisfactorily  perform  its  duties  in 
the  premises  is  again  another  matter. 

Perhaps  a  more  serious  and  important  change  is  the  taking 
of  the  control  over  the  budget  from  the  hands  of  the  finance 
committee.  The  new  rule  provides  that  each  of  the  other 
standing  committees  is  to  be  placed  in  actual  charge  of  the  cor- 
responding department  of  the  city  government ;  thus  police  and 
fire  departments,  will  come  to  the  police  and  fire  committees 
on  all  matters  of  budget  and  legislation.  This  again  appears 
to  complicate  the  situation  without  giving  that  which  it  pre- 
tends to  give.  We  must  admit  that  we  are  the  advocates  of 
simplicity  in  the  administration  of  finance  in  particular. 

But  there  is  one  fine  thing  that  has  been  done,  in  the  inter- 
locking of  committees,  which  deal  with  closely  related  sub- 
jects.    That  is  a  decided  and  welcome  step  in  advance. 


The  Lure  of  Farming 

By  John  G.  Brayton 


Now  and  again  a  man  does 
A  Well  Deserved  Honor  work,  thinking  that  he  is  beyond 
notice  ami  sometimes  half-regret- 
ting that  he  has  cast  his  lot  where  bis  work  is  apparent- 
ly so  little  recognized.  Then  conies  the  revelation  that  be  has 
in  it  been  working  in  the  dark,  after  all.  hut  that,  unknown  to 
him,  the  real  world  that  counts  has  been  watching  and  that 
his  deeds  are  known  where  they  should  he  known. 

Such  recognition   we  are  happy  to  say    has    come    to    l)r 
William  C.   Hassler,  city  health  officer  of   San   Francis 

man  of  singular  ability  and  must  unusual  fineness  i>t  soul. 
The  physician  has  been  chosen  as  the  mot  capable  and  besl 
qualified  health  officer  in  the  United  Stan-  to  represent  the 
nation  at  the  International  Health  ('.inference  to  he  held  in 
London,  February  22  to  April  3. 

Dr.  Hassler  was  name  1  by  General  Hugh  S.  Cummii  \ 
the  United  States  Public  Health  Department,  which  is  in  it- 
self evidence  of  the  way  in  which  the  work  of  our  health  of- 
ficer has  been  watched  and  is  a  testimonial  of  the  highest  gra  le. 
For  the  conference  to  which  he  ha-  been  selected,  as  a  delegate, 
is  no  ordinary  affair.  It  has  been  called  by  the  League  of 
Nations  and  is  devoted  to  municipal  health  and  sanitation. 
There  will  be  fourteen  nation-,  represented  by  their  health  of- 
ficers, the  most  conspicuously  able  of  their  profession  in  the 
world  and  among  these  will  be,  as  the  sole  delegate  from  this 
count i  .  'i  health  officer,  Dr.  Hassler.     Togo,  of  course. 

he  will  have  to  get  leave  of  absence  from  the  board  of  super- 
visors; and  the  board  will  be  proud  to  give  it. 

In  this  recognition  not  only  is  Dr.  Hassler  honored,  but  we. 
as  a  community,  are  marl-  r  special  motive.     I- or  it  is 

no  small  honor  to  have  as  the  bead  of  our  public  health  de- 
partment, a  man  whose  qualifications  enjoy  world-wide  recog- 
nition. 


TI P  told  us  of  his  farming  experience  as  we  sped  toward  the 
plant  on  the  company's  truck.  Tip  was  back  at  painting. 
He  and  his  friend  had  determined  to  make  an  honorable  ges- 
ture before  the  world ;  to  gather  to  themselves  certain  dignity 
in  the  way  of  farming. 

The  raw  land  cost  them  $160,  the  acre.  There  were  no  gas 
or  water  mains  in  the  street  for  them  to  tap.  No  mail  box 
down  the  street,  no  movie  around  the  corner,  no  street  cars, 
no  fire  alarm  box,  no  police  station — just  land,  electricity  and 
telephone  (if  they  wanted  it)  and  plenty  of  elbow  room.  They 
put  clown  a  part  payment  on  the  land  and  set  to  work,  whistling 
merrily,  to  fence  in  twenty-three  acres  of  the  valley,  with  the 
intention  of  carving  out  an  ornament  to  civilization. 

Through  the  first  winter  they  labored,  putting  down  a  well 
with  proper  cement  piping  for  irrigation,  plowing,  planting 
trees  and  hoping  the  thick  fog  of  five  weeks  duration  would 
clear  away.  This  cold,  penetrating  ground  fog  got  on  them. 
No  sun  all  day  for  week  after  week.  No  discouragement 
bothered  them ;  but  this  fog — it  was  different.  They  planted 
broom  corn  between  the  little  trees  and  went  on  with  their 
work. 

All  through  the  summer  they  kept  at  it,  even  when  the  ther- 
mometer went  to  one  hundred  and  fourteen  in  the  shade — 
and  no  shade.  They  got  a  little  cash  from  the  broom  com 
and  went  on  into  the  next  winter. 

Six  weeks  of  fog;  thick,  constant,  penetrating.  All  day 
long  the  automobiles  passed  on  the  highway  with  their  head- 
lights burning.  ( )n  two  separate  Sunday  evenings  it  cleared 
cm  nigh  to  show  the  pale  disc  of  the  sun,  which  quickly  dis- 
appeared, frightened  by  the  faintness  of  the  shadow  it  cast.  No 
clothing  they  put  on  warmed  them  against  this  chill.  No 
cheerfulness  they  conjured  up  could  outlive  these  shadowing 
clouds.  The  next  summer  they  planted  melons  and  small 
garden  truck  between  the  trees  and  sold  the  produce  from  a 
booth  at  the  highway  side.  In  these  days  a  dime  was  as  big  to 
them  as  a  dollar  to  the  average  man.  It  cost  them  $20  a 
month  to  pump  the  wa'.er  for  irrigation — and  the  well  was 
lowering.  In  the  ball  the  holder  of  the  trust  deed  descended 
on  them  and   foreclosed. 

In  this  neighborhood,  where  the  world's  largest  fig  and 
peach  orchards  lie,  extending  in  all  direction-  as  far  as  the 
eye  can  see.  they  failed.  It  takes  too  great  an  initial  invest- 
ment for  the  average  man.  Tip  says.  Too  many  years  pass 
before  there  is  any  return  from  the  trees;  five  and  six  years 
lor  some  fruits,  ten  for  others.  And  by  that  time  the  market 
may  be  changed  entirely. 

Tip  was  worthy  and  industrious,  the  success  of  his  labors 
might  have  been  of  lasting  benefit  to  the  community  and  the 
state,  but  he  had  to  surrender.  The  place  is  still  there  with 
the  little  house,  and  the  trees  are  growing;  but  not  so  well  as 
they  would  have  if  Tip  could  have  seen  to  their  care.  There 
i-  something  wrong  in  this  system;  such  men  as  Tip  should 
have  help  from  the  state,  for  in  the  long  run  the  state  benefits 
greatly. 

Tip  says  now  he  knows  how  to  beat  the  farming  game.  He 
will  gather  enough  cash  to  establish  himself  safely,  forty  or 
fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  will  lend  it  to  the  other  fellow  at 
a  good  rate  of  interest.     Then  he  will  lie  back  and  live  in  ease. 

"Yes.  and  you  will  do  the  same  thing  as  you  failed  in  just 
as  sedh  as  you  earn  the  first  payment  again,"  he  was  told. 

"Sure."  he  said  with  a  fine  light  in  his  eyes,  "and  this  time 
I  shall  plant  Santa  Rosa  Plums." 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  9,  1926 


Pleasure's  W^nd 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUT  PLEASURE'S 

_  Tom  Moore, 


JANUARY  offers  much  entertain- 
ment to  the  music-loving  public  of 
San  Francisco.  Beginning  Monday  eve- 
ning with  the 
A  merican 
premiere  of 
two  San 
Franciscans' 
opera,  "Fay 
Yen  Fah"  at 
the  Columbia, 
and  a  week  of 
repertoire  of 
well-liked  op- 
eras at  this 
theater,  there 
follows  in 
quick   succes- 

Kallierlne  Schwarti  sion      concerts 

on  the  Elwyn  Concert  Series,  the  Oppen- 
heimer  series,  as  well  as  the  fine  conceits 
given  by  the  San  Francisco  Symphony 
orchestra. 

Such  brilliant  artists  as  Benno  Moisei- 
witsch.  pianiste,  Sousa  and  his  famous 
band,  Mme.  Sigrid  Onegin,  famous  :on- 
tralto  and  others,   will  be  here. 

Last  week,  the  sixth  pair  of  concerts 
of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  was  fea- 
tured by  the  excellent  work  of  Kajetan 
Attl,  solo-harpist  of  the  organization, 
playing  the  concert-stuck  by  Pierne ;  Mr. 
Attl  displayed  a  technique  and  clearness 
of  tone  which  brought  out  all  the  possi- 
bilities of  this  beautiful  instrument.  The 
feature  of  the  "pop"  concert  at  the  audi- 
torium last  night  was  the  brilliant  playing 
of  Mishel  Piastro,  guest  artist  in  the 
Symphonie  Espagnolc. 

At  the  fifth  popular  concert  tomorrow 
at  the  Curran  Theater  there  is  offered  a 
splendid  program,  including  numbers  by 
Schubert.  Guiraud,  Glazounow,  Dukas, 
(irieg  and  Kreisler. 

*     *     * 
Curran 

"The  Gorilla,"  Ralph  Spence's  tri- 
umph of  fun  and  mystery  has  registered 
a  great  hit  at  this  theater,  where  it  enters 
into  the  third  week  of  a  limited  engage- 
ment. 

There  is  a  splendid  cast,  including  such 
old  favorites  as  Lon  Hascall  and  Harry 
T.  Shannon,  who  create  many  laughs  in 
their  respective  roles  as  detectuffs  !  They 
are  ably  assisted  by  Elizabeth  Carmichael, 
John  Stokes.  Wilbur  Cox.  Bert  Kay.  Ju- 
lian Noa,  Thomas  Bell,  famous  animal 
actor,  Jack  C.  Gray.  Carl  Rosa  and  Ralph 
Theadore. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

Alcazar 

"The  Song  and  Dance  Man,"  the  com- 
edy-drama written  by  and  starred  in  by 
George  M.  Cohan  for  an  entire  year  in 
New  York,  has  been  entertaining  San 
Francisco  for  a  month  past  and  s'arts  on 
its  fifth  week  at  the  Alcazar  next  Salur- 
dav  night.  Henry  Duffy,  who  has  given 
this  city  so  many  theatrical  good  things, 
is  producing  this  offering  in  his  usual 
sumptuous  style,  and  appears  in  the  title 
role. 

Duffy  gives  his  accus'omed  sterling 
performance  and  Dale  Winter  is  her 
usual  attractive  self  as  the  heroine.  Then, 
by  way  of  added  talent,  Duffy  has 
brought  to  us  William  Davidson,  whose 
work  as  the  theatrical  magnate  stands  out 
as  particularly  brilliant.  Davidson  is  the 
sort  of  actor  who  is  equally  popular  with 
]  latri  ms  of  both  sexes.  1  le  gives  a  strong. 
\irile  portrayal  of  the  ideal  producer,  the 
man  at  the  head  of  show  business,  who 
considers  both  players  and  public.  David- 
son is  cleverness  itself  and  be  has  already 
assembled  a  large  following  here. 

There  are  many  interesting  features  of 
the  play  which  is  filled  with  appealing 
situations  and  well  punctuated  with 
laughter.  The  four  acts  was  absorbing 
t.i  the  onlooker  and  the  character  work 
< if  the  players  has  come  in  for  much 
commendation.  Besides  Davidson  the 
principal  fun  making  is  done  by  John 
Junior.  William  Macauley.  and  Betty 
Laurence.  Macauley  will  be  remembered 
as  having  been  featured  in  "The  Best 
People"  in  its  long  run  at  the  President 
Theatre.  The  complete  cast  includes: 
Dorothy  LaMar,  Kay  L.  Royce,  Day 
Manson,  Marie  Sorrifle,  Henry  Caubi- 
sens  and  Be'n  1  lands. 


President 

"Thank-U,"  John  Golden's  amusing 
comedy  with  all  of  the  gentle  humor  that 
made  "Lightnin' "  so  popular,  continues 
as  the  President  attraction  for  a  third 
week,  starting  with  the  matinee  next  Sun- 
day. With  its  fifteen  characters,  all  con- 
tributing to  the  merriment,  this  very 
worth  while  offering  combines  a  full 
measure  of  entertainment  with  other  in- 
teresting features. 

John  D.  O'Hara,  as  the  kindly  vil- 
lager with  nothing  hut  pleasant  thoughts 
of  his  fellow  men,  has  the  principal  role. 
He  radiates  happiness  and  contentment 
and  is  always  doing  something  for  some- 
body.    Then  there  arrives  a  niece  from 


Paris  to  stay  with  him.  She  is  an  Amer- 
ican, but  she  has  been  so  long  in  France 
that  die  has  affected  some  of  the  ways 
of  thai  country  and  brings  with  her  some 
of  its  latest  style  creations.  The  result 
is  startling.  The  gossips  begin  their 
deadly  work  and  the  whole  town  is  in  an 
uproar. 

Leneta  Lane  appears  as  the  girl  in  the 
case.  She  is  youthful  and  care  free  and 
has  sufficient  grit  to  overcome  the  obsta- 
cles that  are  placed  in  her  way.  In  this 
role  .Miss  Lane  is  at  her  best.  Kenneth 
Daigneau,  new  here,  plays  opposite  her 
in  fine  style  and  Francis  Fraunie,  an- 
other newcomer,  is  great  in  a  comedy 
character  part.  Earl  Lee  also  adds  to 
the  fun  by  a  mirthful  characterization. 
The  cast  includes :  Olive  Cooper,  Har- 
riet MacGibbon,  William  Abram,  Charles 
Edler,  George  Webster,  Frank  Darien, 
Helen  Gilmore,  Robert  Reid  and  John 
Mackenzie. 

*  *     * 

Golden  Gate 

There  is  a  great  bill  scheduled  for  the 
Golden  Date  next  week,  headed  by  En- 
sign \1  Moore  and  his  Jack  Tars  in  a 
jazz  band  de  luxe.  "Sonny"  Hoey,  ec- 
centric dancer,  steps  through  several 
lively  numbers  and  Tiny,  Jackson,  Fred 
\    gt  and  Bill  Price  contribute  to  the  fun. 

Another  important  feature  on  the  bill 
is  the  picture.  "The  Knockout,"  featur- 
ing Milton  Sills.  The  setting  is  the  lim- 
bere  1  wilds  of  Canada,  and  the  action 
typical  of  the  red-blooded  men  of  the 
lumber  camps.  Lorna  Duveen,  a  new 
screen  find,  plays  opposite  the  star. 

"The  House  Builders"  is  another  clever 
act  played  by  Willie.  West  and  McGinty, 
European  stars  who  came  to  America  as 
features  in  the  Ziegfeld  Follies. 

Ed  Lowrv,  distinguished  monologist 
and  comedian,  returns  with  a  clever  line 
of  chatter;  Broomstick  Elliott  and  Babe 
La  Tour  bring  their  riotous  hokum  com- 
edy hit,  "My  Daddy":  Murray  and  Alan 
offer  "Jes'ers  of  3000  Years  Ago";  Miss 
Ziegler  and  partner  mix  skill  and  thrills 
in  an  equilibristic  offering. 

An  added  feature  of  next  week's  bill  is 
a  championship  Charleston  contest,  the 
preliminaries  of  which  '"ill  he  held  at 
both  evening  shows  beginning  on  Mon- 
day with  the  finals  booked  for  Friday 
evening  at  the  first  show. 

*  *     * 
Cameo 

Another  thrilling  western  is  offered  at 
the  Cameo  this  week,  with  "Hoot"  Gib- 


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son  in  the  leading  role,  entitled  "The 
Arizona  Sweepstakes."  There  is  a  good 
musical  program  also. 

*  *     * 
California 

The  screen  version  of  that  splendid 
story,  "The  Road  to  Yesterday"  begins 
today  at  the  California.  Max  Dolin  had 
an  elaborate  prologue  to  accompany  the 

picture. 

*  *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

The  Warfield  today,  will  be  the  scene 
of  the  world  premiere  of  Lon  Chaney' s 
new  picture,  entitled  "The  Black  Bird," 
a  story  of  London's  interesting  Lime- 
house  district.  The  theme  of  this  play 
is  not  unlike  that  of  "The  Unholy  Three," 
and  Chaney  is  said  to  have  a  part  greatly 
similar  to  the  one  he  played  in  "The 
Miracle  Man," — he  is  a  thief  and  a  crook 
by  night  and  a  bishop  by  day. 

The  stage  presentation  by  Fauchon  and 
Marco  is  an  "Idea"  called  "Memories  of 
Victor  Herbert"  in  which  Patricia  Ra- 
hozza  and  Suzette  are  featured.  Waiter 
Roesner  has  prepared  a  musical  program 
in  keeping  with  the  title. 

*  *     * 
Orpheum 

There  is  an  unusually  good  bill  at  this 
theater,  beginning  this  week.  Kitty  Doner 
of  the  famous  dancing  family  of  thai 
name  is  the  headliner.  She  is  doing  a 
male  impersonation  in  her  act,  said  to 
lie  the  best  ever  seen  here. 

Ruth  Rove,  comedienne  of  sym 
lion,  also  offers  an  unusual  number;  one 
of  the  big  features  of  the  bill  is  an  all- 
star  revival  of  Gus  Edwards'  "£ 
Days,"  featuring- fifteen  of  his  boys  and 
giris;  Muriel  Kaye  will  he  seen  in  a 
clever  act  called  "In  Pant-eland."  with 
six  principals  and  a  team  of  the  famous 
English  Rocketts. 

Another  feature  act  is  that  of  the 
Italian  clowns.  Fortunello  and  Circillino; 
Gaston  I 'aimer,  the  French  humorist,  has 
a  clever  line  of  talk;  the  Six  Sarattos, 
European  gymnasts  and  Ed  and  Jennie 
Rooney,  aerialists,  furnish  the  acn 
turns. 

*  *     * 

Wilkes 
"All  for  You"  with  a  large  cast  of  stars 

ami  a  large  beauty  chorus,  starts  on  the 
third  big  week  tomorrow  at  this  theater. 
There  is  some  catchy  music,  extremely 
line  settings,  and  in  this  Wilkes  has  again 
found  another  big  winner  of  the  Stan  lard 
of  "No,  No,  Nanette"  an  1  others  of  this 

type. 

*  *    * 

Capitol 

"Kosher  Kitty  Kelly."  companion  piece 
to  "Abie's  Irish' Rose."  is  attracting  much 
attention  at  the  Capitol  Theater.  Billie 
Burress  carries  the  burden  of  the  cc>inedy 
work  as  the  Jewish  delicatessen  store 
keeper;  Mildred   Beverly  does  a  fine  bit 


of  character  work  as  Sarah  Fienbaum. 
the  others  in  the  cast  are  Maryon  Aye. 
Virginia  Marvin,  Mattie  Hyde,  Hobart 
Furman,  Carl  Kroenke  and  others. 

*     *     * 
St.  Francis 

Doing  an  enormous  business,  "The 
Wanderer"  goes  into  a  third  week  at  the 
St.  Francis.  The  story  is  based  on  the 
prodigal  son,  and  carries  a  tremendous 
theme.  It  is  interpreted  by  a  well-chosen 
cast,  including  Wallace  Beery,  Ernest 
Torrence,  Greta  Nissen,  William  Collier, 
Jr.  and  Kathlyn  Williams. 


Imperial 

Don't  miss  Charlie  Chaplin's  latest  pic- 
ture. "The  Gold  Rush"  now  being  shown 
at  the  Imperial  Theater.  It  is  quite  the 
best  thing  he  has  done.  There  are  such 
crowds  that  it  behooves  one  to  go  early 
in  order  to  get  a  good  seat. 

#     *     * 
Granada 

Much  interest  is  evinced  in  the  first 
showing  here  of  the  play  "The  American 
Venus,"  featuring  Fay  Lanphier,  now 
known  as  "Miss  America."  Verne  Bucke 
and  his  synco-symphonists  have  another 
of  their  elaborate  stage  acts  in  prepara- 
tion for  the  week. 


Paul  Elder  Notes 
Madame   E,   E.  Scheyer,  distinguished 
art  critic  and  collector,  who  is  now  visit- 
ing the  Unite  1   States,  will  speak  in  the 
Paul  Elder  Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon. 
January  16th  at  2  :30  o'clock.     Her  sub 
ject    will   be:      "What    is    Impressionism. 
Expressionism,    Futurism,   Cubism? 
Have  They   foundation  in  Art?"     Mad- 
ame Scheyer,  who  is  the  authorized  rep- 
itative  of  "The  Blue  Four."  a  dis- 
tinguished group  of  artists,  exponents  of 
rn  art.  of  the  State  Guild  of   Arts 
and    Crafts.    Weimar,   will  give  a    fresh 
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n  a  beautiful  twenty -eight -acre 
park  between  Berkeley  and  Oakland. 
Key  Koute  service  from  the  door  to  San 
Francisco.  Family  and  tourist  hotel. 
Reasonable  rates. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  9,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Our  Mayor  Says: 

«QAN  FRANCISCO  is  in  the  greatest  period  of  advance- 

>J  nient  she  has  ever  known  !"  This  was  the  New  Year's 
proclamation  made  hy  His  Honor  James  Rolph,  Jr.,  Mayor 
of  San  Francisco. 

Who  is  there  among  us  not  willing  and  eager  to  welcome 
the  view  taken  by  the  chief  magistrate  of  our  wonderful 
city?  Who.  among  us.  does  not  thoroughly  agree  with 
Mayor  Rolph?  We  all  most  heartily  reiterate  his  contem- 
plations and  shout  lustily  our  sincere  belief  in  the  Mayor's 
stalwart  statements. 

"The  greatest  period  of  advancement"  means  tremendous 
strides,  in  order  to  keep  apace  with  the  progress  of  the  past ; 
but,  even  so,  San  Franciscans  are  equal  to  it;  and.  besides, 
the  whole  wide  world  has  been  shouting  "Bravo"  at  us  a 
long,  long  time,  and  predicting  magnificent  attainments. 

Optimistic,  yes?  But  optimism  has  been  our  avowed 
baptism  and  we  glorv  in  its  blessings  and  its  definite  re- 
sults. 

So,  with  Awe  deference  to  Mayor  Rolph  for  hi--  proclama- 
tion on  the  very  first  day  of  this  new  year,  we  enthusias- 
tically  ascribe  ourselves:  "On  hand — to  do.  and  to  co- 
operate" that  San  Francisco  may  rise  to  meet  the  "greatest 
period  of  advancement  she  has  ever  known." 


"We  celebrate  the  beginnings  of  things,  not  their  end- 
ings, and  the  New  Year  is  ushered  in  with  happiness  be- 
cause it  is  the  birthday  of  all  humanity,"  quoting  from  the 
NewYear's  editorial  of  the  San  Francisco  "Chronicle." 

"The  old  year,  indeed,  deserves  the  respectful  homage  of 
his  successor  and  heir.  The  wilderness  of  many  disputes 
has  been  cleared  for  1926,  the  path  to  continuing  prosperity 
made  straight  by  the  labors  of  1925. 

"The  treasures  the  new  year  finds  in  its  lap  are  of  the  old 
year's  gatherings  and  the  wisdom  that  guides  its  steps  had 
been  learned  from  the  ages." 

The  philosophy  expressed  in  the  "Chronicle's"  editorial 
under  the  caption  "New  Year  Here  With  Arms  Full  of  Hap- 
piness and  Prosperity,"  from  which  we  have  quoted  a  line 
or  two,  permeates  the  ranks  of  western  society. 

January  finds  leading  men  and  women  of  this  western 
commonwealth  voicing  with  candor  the  prosperity  our  great 
newspaper  of  the  Pacific  Coast  lias  denned  finds  them,  also, 
keyed  up  to  the  highest  pitch  of  enthusiasm. 

*     *     * 

Society  i?  keenly  concernd  over  the  American  premiere 
of  the  opera,  "Fay  Yen  Fab,"  Monday  night,  January  11. 
at  the  Columbia  Theater. 

This  will  mark  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  San  Fran- 
cisco that  an  opera  by  an  American  composer  and  author 
is  given  its  American  premiere  here  with  the  original  cast 
of  a  European  presentation. 

Templeton  Crocker  and  Joseph  Redding,  known  in  Bohe- 
mian Club  circles  for  years,  and  before  whose  members  at 
the  Grove  play  the  operatic  numbers,  first  beard,  now  con- 


stitute the  notable  "Fay  Yen  Fab."  will  be  accorded  high 
homage  by  society.  The  success  of  the  opera  which  critics 
state  records  the  first  real  (  friental  music  set  to  an  oriental 
theme,  has  already  spread  from  Monte  Carlo  throughout  '.he 
musical  world. 

But  royal  as  was  the  initial  presentation  of  the  Redding- 
Crocker  opera  in  Europe  when  crowned  heads  were  in  at- 
tendance, the  San  Francisco  production  will,  beyond  doubt, 
excel  in  interest  the  fame  already  scored. 

"Fay  Yen  Fah"  will  be  characterized  by  Mine.  Lucy 
Berthrand,  a  singer  of  distinction  in  histrionic  powers  and 
voice  qualities.  She  has  an  attractive  personality,  and  is 
especially  suited  to  essay  the  role  of  the  heroine. 

Rene  Maison,  tin-  French  tenor,  who  will  appear  several 
times  during  next  week's  opera  season,  will  sing  in  the 
Kedding-Crocker  opera. 

The  man  whose  incomparable  leadership  and  musical 
mastery  has  brought  rare  distinction  to  San  Francisco  opera, 
Gaetano  Merola,  is  sponsoring  the  present  opera  season. 
I  lis  name  is  synonymous  with  success,  for  will  the  highest  pro- 
ductions only  is  Merola  associated.  I  lis  superior  under- 
standing, his  intelligence  and  his  superlative  musicianship 
are  qualities  which  travel  the  high  road  of  triumphs  and 
bring  prestige  to  all  with  whom  he  is  allied  and  to  those 
operas  which  resound  to  the  direction  of  bis  magical  baton. 

Splendor  and  gorgeous  array  will  characterize  the  atten- 
dance at  the  opera,  for  society  rejoices  in  doing  its  part,  and 
dons  its  best  and  smartest  attire  for  such  magificent  perfor- 
mances. As  the  opera  is  to  lie  staged  at  the  Columbia  The- 
ater, theatrical  gowning  is  encouraged  and  luxurious  adorn- 
ment the  dominant  note. 

*     *     * 

Many  of  the  ('rocker  kinfolks  are  journeying  here,  or 
have  already  reached  San  Francisco,  for  the  American  pre- 
miere of  "Fay  Yen  Fah."  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Alex- 
ander and  Mrs.  Jennie  Crocker  Whitman  have  arrived  from 
New   York   for  the  opening  night. 

Mr.  Templeton  Crocker,  the  author  of  the  opera  for  which 
Mr.  Joseph  D.  Redding  wrote  the  music,  is  a  brother  of 
Mrs.  Whitman.  As  it  so  happened,  neither  Mrs.  Alexander, 
aunt  of  Templeton  Crocker,  nor  his  sister,  Mrs.  Whitman, 
were  in  Monte  Carlo  when  "Fay  Yen  Fah"  was  first  pro- 
duced and  so  did  not  have  the  opportunity  of  hearing  it, 
there.  Their  journey  to  this  coast  is  for  the  expressed  pur- 
pose of  seeing  it  in  the  city  where  the  Crocker  family  have 
lived  and  in  which  they  have  been  a  component  part  of  its 
culture  and  its  progress. 

A  number  of  brilliant  society  affairs  are  to  be  given  in 
compliment  to  the  Crockers.  Mrs.  Alexander,  who  was  Miss 
Harriet  Crocker  of  San  Francisco,  has  not  been  here  for 
more  than  three  years  and  many  of  her  society  friends  are 
eager  to  extend  her  the  hospitalities  of  their  homes  with 
the  additional  opportunity  afforded,  this  time,  of  honoring 
Templeton  Crocker  whose  opera  is  the  topic  of  conversa- 
tion, everywhere  throughout  society's  realm. 


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January  9,  1926 


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JPaper  Chase 

From  opera  to  paper  chase  is  perhaps  an 
editorial  jump.  But  so  deeply  has  society  been 
immersed  in  the  sportive  festivities  of  the  pen- 
insula paper  chase  this  past  week,  that  not  to 
dwell  upon  it  would  be  a  lapse  of  memory  and 
an  oversight. 

The  Burlingame  and  the  San  Mateo  smart 
set  took  more  than  kindly  to  the  exhilarating 
sport  and  staged  a  paper  chase  this  past  week 
which  made  for  some  astonishing  records  as 
well  as  providing  colossal  sport. 

Mr.  Richard  M.  Tobin,  who  has  but  very 
lately  returned  to  the  West  for  a  short  sojourn 
from  the  Hague,  where  he  has  been  the  official 
ambassador  from  the  United  States,  is  the  one 
responsible  for  the  renewal  of  the  paper  chase. 
Ideal  winter  weather  prompted  the  spirited 
play  which  covered  acres  of  ground  along  the 
peninsula  reservations  and  on  private  estates. 

Elaborate  functions  at  the  polo  club  house 
either  preceded  or  followed  the  paper  chase 
with  breakfast,  luncheon  and  teas  exquisitely 
prepared  for  the  participants. 

Some  of  the  most  enthusiastic  guests  and 
contestants  in  the  glowing  sport  include  Mrs.  Cecilia 
Tobin  Clark,  Miss  Mary  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cliff  Weather- 
wax.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  J.  Tobin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Gregory  Parrott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Leib,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Cyril  Tobin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archibald  Johnson,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Richard  McCreery,  Mrs.  Corbet!  Moody,  Richard 
Schwerin  and  Mr.  Will  Tevis,  Jr. 

Society  Leader  Essays  Politics 

Mrs.  Richard  Derby,  the  former  Ethel  Roosevelt,  is  tak- 
ing an  active  part  in  politics  at  Oyster  Bay.  New  York, 
where  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Derby  make  their  home.  Mrs.  Derby 
has  just  been  appointed  chairman  of  a  sub-committee  of 
the   National   Crime  Commission. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  Roosevelt  and  Mr.  and  Mr-. 
Archie  Roosevelt  and  their  children  spent  the  holidays 
with  Mrs.  Roosevelt,  Sr.,  at  her  home  in  Oyster  Bay,  where 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Derby  and  their  children  joined  them  -in 
the  gathering  of  the  famous  Roosevelt  family. 
Betrothal  Announcement  *     *     * 

A  charming  announcement  party  was  given  last  Mon- 
day in  the  Fairmont  Hotel  when  the  betrothal  of  Miss 
Millicent  Elston  and  Mr.  Verne  Thrall  was  proclaimed 
on  attractive  cards  attached   to  corsage   bouqui 

A  luncheon  in  the  Venetian  dining  room  of  the  Fair- 
mont  seated  the  guests,  including  relatives  of  the  bride- 
to-be  from  New  York,  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles. 
An  exquisite  center  piece  of  roses  and  heather  adorned 
the  center  of  the  round  table,  with  streamers  running  to 
the   place   cards   designating  the   seats   .if   the   guc-ls. 

The  pretty  surprise  (for  no  one  even  guessed  that  the 
luncheon  was  to  be  an  announcement  party,  was  an- 
nounced on  hand-painted  cards,  the  artistic  work  of  the 
fiancee.  \  "CaStle  of  Dreams"  with  tower-  of  variant 
es  and  lengths  which  visualized  the  future  of  the  be- 
trothal pair,  was  u-ed  as  the  motif  of  the  announcement 
cards. 

Miss    Elston    is  the   daughter  of   Mr-    George    B.    Elston 

I   the   late   George   B,    Elston   and   the  sister  of   Virginia 

Elston,  a  talented  young  lad)   of  this  city  and  now    of   Los 

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Angeles.  John  J.  Elston  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
and  one  of  the  most  popular  hotel  men  of  the 
West,  is  a  brother  of  the  brilliant  young  bride- 
elect.  Miss  Elston  is  a  graduate  of  the  Boston 
Conservatory  and  has  for  some  time  been  iden- 
tified with  the  dramatic  circles  of  Boston,  New 
York  and  San  Francisco,  where  her  characteri- 
zations of  famous  poems  and  scholarly  pro- 
ductions have  gained  her  high  recognition  in 
the  dramatic  world. 

Mr.  Verne  Thrall,  a  prominent  business  man. 
is  the  son  of  Mrs.  T.  A.  Martin  of  Seattle  and  of 
the  late  Mr.  Franklin  W.  Thrall. 

The  invited  guests  at  the  announcement 
party  included  Mrs.  A.  W.  Scott,  who  sent 
loving  greetings  to  the  charming  hostess. 
Those  attending  the  memorable  affair  were 
Mrs.  Josephine  Wilson,  Mrs.  W.  D'Egilbert. 
Mrs.  E.  S.  Beatie,  Mrs.  Leo  Kaufmann,  Mrs. 
Henry  L.  Walters,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Collins.  Mrs. 
John  D.  Shaw  from  Stockton.  Mrs.  James 
Glassford,  Mrs.  Robert  L.  Jackson,  Mrs. 
Charles  d'Aqrim,  Miss  Gladys  Reston,  Miss 
Frances  I.  Phelan  of  Stockton. 
C.  Smith  and  Miss  Fannie  A.  Elston,  both  of 
Mi-s  Elston's  aunts  from  New  York,  were  spe- 
atj.be  lovely  engagement  luncheon  and  sat  with 
Miss  Millicent  Elston 


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Airs.  George  B.  Elston,  the  mother, 
was  assisted  in  welcoming  her  guests  by  her  young  sister. 
.Miss  Virginia  Elston,  whose  charming  personality  quite 
captivated  the  guests  at  the  delightful  affair. 

*  *     * 
Engagement  Announced 

Aliss  May  Sackett  of  Berkeley,  announced  her  engage- 
ment to  Air.  Richard  Preston  at  a  bridge  luncheon  given  at 
the  Fairmont  Hotel  last  Tuesday.  The  honor  guests  at  the 
luncheon  were  Miss  Alarjorie  McCallum  and  Aliss  Jessie 
Mott.  Aliss  Sackett  is  the  daughter  of  Air.  ami  Airs.'  J.  E. 
Sackett.  She  graduated  from  the  University  of  California 
ainl  is  a  member  of  the  Chi  <  Imega  sorority.  Mr.  Preston 
is  the  -on  of  Dr.  and  Air-.  A.  C.  i'reston  of  Oakland,  lit- 
is a  member  of  the  Sigma  Xu  fraternity. 

*  *     * 

.Mr.  and  Alls.  I  .onion  Alicliie  have  returned  from  Holly- 
wood, where  the  prominent  producer.  Air.  Alicliie  anil  his 
famous  wife.  I  trace  Sanderson  Alicliie.  have  completed  the 
film  for  Mrs.  Michie's  latest  photoplay.  The  picture  which 
will  give  a  new  version  of  life  in  the  South  Seas  is  being 
made  by  the  world  renowned  producer.  Edgar  Lewis,  with 
whom  Airs.  Alicliie  worked  constantly  during  her  IIollv- 
Wi  K  id  s.  .j<  ■urn. 

Airs.  Michie  gave  an  address  this  week  before  the  (  lak- 
land  Civic  Center  Club  on  the  ".Movement  for  Better  Mo- 
tion  Pictures."  Chester  Rowell  was  the  other  speaker  on 
this  noteworthy  occasion,  attended  by  leading  citizens  from 
the  bay  cities.  *     *     * 

Air.  and  Mrs.  Milton  Fsherg  gave  a  delightful  house  party 
tin-  past  week  entertaining  a  number  of  young  people  at 
their  Alarm  County  home.  Guests  at  the  Esberg  week-end 
party  included  Aliss  Kathryn  Chace,  Aliss  Dorcas  Jackson. 
Ali-s  t  Hive  Watt.  Aliss  Doris  Fagan,  Ernest  Esberg,  Milton 
rg,  lr  .  Stanley  Barnes.  The  Esbergs  are  well  known 
their  charming  home  affairs. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Genevieve  Davis,  daughter  of  Airs.  Lola  Davis  and 

a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Santa  Rosa,  was 

married  on  January   2   in   Sydney,   Australia   to  James   L. 

a  well-known  business  man  of  Australia.    The  bride 

is  an  accomplished  musician  and  met  her  husband   while 

on  a  concert  tour 

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Notable  Events  Made  by 
Famous  Golfers  During  1925 

HERE    is    nothing    that    stands    out    so 
prominently   in    golfdom    as   the   splendid 
work  achieved  by  Herbert  Fleishhacker,  presi- 
dent of  the  park  commission,  and  William  F. 
Humphrey,  president  of  the  Olympic  Club. 

These  two  loyal  public-spirited  men  have 
done  more  for  the  city  and  the  Olympic  Club 
members  than  any  other  two  presidents  could 
ever  hope  to  do.  when  they  gave  us  Harding  Park  course 
and  the  new  $600,000  clubhouse  at  Lakeside,  which  is  con- 
sidered the  most  luxurious  country  club  home  in  America. 

*  *     * 

William  Taylor,  president  of  the  California  Golf  Club 
has  made  a  name  for  himself  as  a  financier  that  will  be 
handed  down  in  history.  Taylor  is  a  banker  by  profession, 
but  his  work  in  handling  and  financing  the  California  Club's 
new  home  at  Baden  has  no  parallel  in  the  history  of  golf. 

The  good  judgment  and  foresightedness  possessed  by 
Taylor  was  shown  when  he  and  his  co-directors  purchased 
400  acres  of  land,  built  an  18-hole  course  and  a  $150,000 
clubhouse,  having  a  closed  membership  of  over  400  male  and 
200  women  members  with  close  to  100  on  the  waiting  list. 

Although  the  California  Club  members  will  not  officially 
open  up  their  new  course  at  Baden  until  April  1  to  26,  they 
are  in  the  happy  position  today  of  having  over  $100,000  in 
the  bank  with  all  bills  paid.  One  of  the  chief  reasons  that 
the  directors  were  able  to  put  this  gigantic  proposition  over 
was  that  they  had  the  co-operation  of  all  the  old  members 
of  the  California  Club  on  their  side.  Everyone  worked  as  if 
it  were  his  own  home  he  was  building  and  that  is  why  they 
have  one  of  the  greatest  golf  lay-out  in  the  State  today. 

*  *     * 

Champs  and  Near  Champs  That  Made  Good 

George  Ritchie's  work  during  the  past  year  was  far  ahead 
of  any  other  amateur  in  the  North.  During  the  year  just  closed. 
George  set  several  course  records,  besides  winning  two  of  the 
biggest  golfing  events  of  the  season.  One  of  his  notable 
achievements  was  when  he  shot  Lincoln  Park  course  m  63 
mad*  during  the  Bulletin's  second  annual  championship  tourna- 
ment, which  he  also  won  from  a  record  field  of  665  players — 
the  largest  entry  ever  recorded  in  the  world. 

Ritchie's  second  success  was  when  he  was  medalist  a!  fhe 
Sacramento  State  Fair  initial  golf  tournament,  and  also  the 
winner  of  the  tournament,  winning  the  Thousand  Dollar  Chal- 
lenge Vase,  and  a  $250  cup  for  his  medal  round  of  71. 

Later  George  set  new  records  on  the  California  Club  at  64. 
and  a  splendidly  played  66  at  Lakeside. 

lames  A  ("Babe")  Ritchie.  George's  younger  brother,  who 
won  the  first  Bulletin  championship  at  Lincoln  Park  the  year 
previous,  although  he  lias  not  been  playing  much  golf  since  he 
stepped  into  the  business  world,  still  was  able  to  capture  the 
Sacramento  Municipal  Championship  fur  the  second  time  in 
succession. 

The  big  feature  of  his  second  win  was  that  he  never  allowe  I 
his  opponent  to  win  one  hole  during  the  final  plav.  "Babe" 
Ritchie  also  holds  the  Sacramento  Municipal  course  record 
of  66. 

*  *     * 

Ed  Bogle,  a  tall  youth  from  Oakland,  won  the  Harding 
Memorial  amateur  golf  championship  during  golf  week,  when 
the  Park  Commissioners  threw  the  course  open  free  of  charge 
to  all  players  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state. 


Two  thousand  two  hundred  and  twenty-six  golfers  took  part 
in  the  play.  George  Ritchie  again  showd  his  superiority  as  a 
medalist  and  won  setting  the  course  record  at  71,  one  under  par 
and  this  figure  has  stood  the  test  of  over  10.000  golfers  without 
being  broken. 

Ritchie  won  his  way  to  the  finals,  but  he  was  so  cock-sure 
nf  winning  that  he  allowed  l'.ogle  to  get  a  two-hole  lead  on 
him,  which  he  couldn't  overcome  and  lost. 

l'.ogle  met  Russ  Conroy,  the  professional  champion  in  the 
final  test,  for  the  city  open  championship.  Conroy  won  the 
distinction  of  meeting  Bogle  by  shooting  a  74  during  the  medal 
round  when  thirty-one  members  of  the  Northern  California 
golf  association  competed  for  the  title. 

Mrs.  Frank  Sheedy  of  Lincoln  l'ark  retained  her  title  as  the 
San  Francisco  woman  golf  champion  for  the  second  time  in 
a  row.  Mrs.  Sheedy  has  proven  that  she  is  one  of  the  best 
woman  golfers  that  has  ever  been  developed  in  San  Francisco. 

Mrs.  Sheedy  also  says  she  owes  most  of  her  success  as  a 
golfer  to  Dolle.  the  professional  at  Lincoln  Park,  claiming 
that  her  instructor  is  the  best  posted  man  in  the  profession. 

*  *     * 
Mrs.  Lengfeld  Stars 

A  strange  state  of  affairs  happened  during  the  initial  invita- 
tional golf  tournament  held  at  the  Beresford  Golf  and  Country 
Club  when  Mrs.  Louis  Lengfeld.  captain  of  this  popular  penin- 
sula club  won  her  own  tournament. 

Mrs.  Lengfeld  was  very  reluctant  in  playing  in  the  tour- 
nament, where  she  was  acting  as  host  to  fifty-five  of  the 
leading  lady  golfers  in  the  land,  but  her  many  friends  per- 
suaded her  to  join  in  the  week's  sport,  which  opened  up 
Nov.  16-20.  Mrs.  Lengfeld  not  only  entertained  her  guests 
in  the  most  royal  fashion,  but  she  also  excelled  in  playing 
her  very  best  brand  of  golf,  especially  in  the  finals  when 
she  met  Mrs.  Frank  Sheedy,  who  was  a  big  favorite  to  win 
the  honors. 

Mrs.  Lengfeld  proved  one  thing;  that  she  is  a  real  go-get- 
ter, for  after  losing  the  first  two  holes,  she  actually  won 
five  in  a  row.  and  eventually  won  4-3,  a  truly  remarkable 
performance. 

*  *     * 

Robert  "Bob"  Hunter,  one  of  the  greatest  and  most  popu- 
lar amateur  golfers  in  the  state  of  California  today,  won 
the  senior  championship  at  the  Burlingame  golf  and  coun- 
try club,  when  he  defeated  Dr.  C.  H.  Walter  in  the  finals 
by  one  stroke. 

Bob,  as  we  all  know,  has  been  one  of  the  leading  lights 
in  golfdom  for  over  twenty  years.  He  has  traversed  both 
continents  on  several  occasions  and  has  always  been  will- 
ing to  impart  his  knowdedge  to  his  friends. 

As  a  golfer  he  has  few  equals,  and  whether  it  be  George 
Yon  Elm  or  Bobby  Cruikshank.  neither  one  has  got  a  cinch 
bet  if  ever  they  take  him  on.  as  he  is  just  as  liable  to  break 
par  on  any  course  as  they  are  themselves. 

*  *     * 
Three  Great  Southpaws 

Perhaps  never  in  the  history  of  golf  have  southpaws  cut 
such  a  prominent  figure  in  championship  events  as  Paul  T. 
Carroll,  the  champion  of  the  Presidio  Club;  John  G.  Levi- 
son.  champion  of  the  Beresford  Country  Club;  and  Lincoln 
S.  Wilson,  champion  of  the  California  and  title  holder  of  the 
Northern  California  Left-handed  Golf  Association. 

This  seems  a  very  unique  distinction  for  three  local  men  to 
hold  the  championship  of  their  own  clubs.  Carroll  played  re- 
markable golf  last  year.  He  started  the  New  Year  well  by 
(Continued  on  Page  13) 


January  9,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


£&. 


THE  BRAVE  and  THE   FAIR 


By  Josephine  Wilson 


[NOTE:   This  department  will  publish,  each  week,  the  most  distinctive  events  In  men's  and 
women's  organizations. 


PROMINENT  MEN  AND  THEIR  BIG 
EVENTS 

PRESIDENT  COOLIDGE  has  been  ex- 
tended an  invitation  to  visit  the  Bohe- 
mian  Club  and  to  attend  the  annual  play 
given  at  the  Bohemian  Grove  in  the  spring 
of    1926.     The   invitation   was   extended   to 
,os,rmv.       the   President  by  Mr.   Avery   McCarthy,   a 
wii-son         prominent  member   of  the  Bohemian   Club 
during  his  recent  visit  to  the  White  House. 

According  to  announcements  already  made  that  the  Presi- 
dent would  visit  the  Pacific  Coast  next  summer,  officials 
of  the  Bohemian  Club  have  been  planning  an  exceptional 
reception  and  festival  at  the  Grove  in  honor  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  Secretary  of  Commerce  Herbert 
Hoover,  makes  an  annual  pilgrimage  from  Washington  in 
order  to  be  present  at  the  yearly  event  staged  by  the  Bo- 
hemian Club. 

In  presenting  his  invitation  to  the  President,  Mr.  Mc- 
Carthy, a  Los  Angeles  member  of  the  club,  was  accom- 
panied by  Senator  Tasker  L.  Oddie  of  Nevada. 

"Clerks  must  treat  the  public  with  utmost  courtesy,"  ac- 
cording to  Registrar  J.  H.  Zemansky,  who  has  issued  his 
directions  to  field  deputies  in  their  rounds  for  securing  the 
registration  of  voters.  Zemansky  places  the  figures  at  200,- 
000  in  registration,  before  the  time  of  the  next  election.  He 
urges  permanent  registration,  declaring  that  the  state  would 
save  half  a  million  dollars  by  the  system. 

Every  citizen  who  would  vote  at  any  election  this  year 
must  register  again  as  the  old  registration  has  expired. 
Many  campaigns  will  be  conducted  by  organizations,  par- 
ticularly by  the  women's  clubs  in  securing  voters'  registra- 
tion, according  to  statements  made  on  Saturday  when  a 
delegation  of  women  headed  by  Mrs.  Edward  F.  Glascr  was 
the  first  to  sign  their  names  on  the  registration  rolls. 

*  *     * 

W.  H.  Crocker,  president  of  the  newly  merged  Crocker 
First  National  Bank  and  Crocker  First  Federal  Trust  Com- 
pany returned  to  San  Francisco  the  early  part  of  this  week 
from  his  trip  abroad. 

"The  principal  force  now  prevalent  in  all  European  coun- 
tries," stated  Crocker  upon  his  return  "is  a  desire  to  win 
back  some  of  the  commercial  ground  lost  during  the  World 
War.  With  Europe  working  unitedly  for  commercial  de- 
velopment, the  United  States  may  now  look  for  some  com- 
petition in  foreign  trade." 

The  prominent  San  Francisco  bank  president  was  clearly 
optimistic  in  regard  to  conditions  in  this  country  and  stated 
that  there  was"  every  indication  for  continued   prosperity. 

Probably  one  of  "the  secrets  Crocker  revealed  to  his 
friends  which  brought  him  congratulations  among  the  golf 
enthusiasts,  was  that  lie  had  made  a  hole-in-one  while 
playing  in  England,  an  achievement  in  golf  parlance  which 
i>  the  ambition  of  all  good  golfers. 

*  *     * 

Phil  C.  Katz,  the  newly  elected  public  administrator  has 
been  almost  as  busy  receiving  congratulations  from  his 
host  of  friends  as  he  has  been  with  his  official  duties.  Prob- 
ably no  man  whose  name  appeared  on  the  ballot  was  more 
splendidly  honored  than  Katz.  who  may  readily  count  hi? 
staunch  friends  and  adherents   by  the  thousands. 


WOMEN  AND  THEIR  ACTIVITIES 

THE  Pacific  Coast  Women's  Press  Association  of  which 
Mrs.  Ina  Bradstreet  Weston  is  the  president,  will  pre- 
sent a  program  devoted  to  poetry  on  Monday,  January  11, 
in  their  club  rooms,  1725  Washington  Street. 

Ina  Coolbrith,  poet  laureate  of  California,  will  be  the 
honorary  chairman  of  the  noteworthy  day.  Two  of  Miss 
Coolbrith's  poems,  "Meadow  Lark"  and  "In  Blossom  Time," 
which  have  been  set  to  music,  will  be  sung  by  Alicia  Scott 
with  Mrs.  Arthur  Franklin  Williams  at  the  piano.  The  first 
poem  mentioned  was  set  to  music  by  the  famous  composer, 
Mrs.  H.  H.  A.  Beach,  and  Adelaide  Needham  wrote  the 
music  for  "Blossom  Time." 

In  addition  to  these  poems  taken  from  Miss  Coolbrith's 
boom,  several  of  her  latest  unpublished  poems  will  be  read, 
one  upon  popular  request,  being  the  poem  Miss  Coolbrith 
wrote  for  the  Diamond  Jubilee  and  which  is  regarded  as 
one  of  her  masterpieces. 

George  Sterling,  the  famous  California  poet,  will  be  the 
honor  guest.  He  will  give  two  readings,  "The  Pathfinders," 
an  unpublished  poems,  and  one  act  from  the  dramatic  poem, 
"Lilith."  Sterling  is  a  lifelong  friend  and  admirer  of  the 
poet  laureate  and  with  world  renowned  writers  attributes  to 
Miss  Coolbrith  a  high  place  in  the  realm  of  poetry  where 
illustrious  names  have  brought  fame  to  California. 

The  program  for  Monday  includes  other  numbers  of 
scholarly  distinction,  "Wet  'Beaches"  by  George  Sterling 
and  "Hills  of  Iris"  from  the  dramatic  poem,  "Rosamund" 
by  Sterling,  and  which  has  been  set  to  music  by  Laurence 
Zenda,  who  will  present  the  number  in  her  group  which  in- 
cludes "Mediatrix"  and  "Hidden  Garden." 

'Cello  numbers  will  be  played  by  Cedric  Search,  who  will 
give  a  solo  selection  and  play  the  'cello  obligato  to  "Holy 
River  of  Sleep"  by  Sterling. 

*  *     * 

"Our  Youth  and  the  Spirit  of  Today"  was  the  topic  of  an 
address  delivered  yesterday  at  the  California  Club  rooms, 
1750  Clay  Street  by  Prof.  Paul  S.  Cadman,  A.  B.,  LL.  B.,as- 
sistant  professor  of  economics  at  the  University  of  Califor- 
nia, before  members  of  the  San  Francisco  Council  of  Catho- 
lic Women  of  which  Mrs.  William  O.  Butler  is  the  presi- 
dent. The  next  meeting  of  the  council  to  which  members 
may  invite  guests  will  be  held  on  Thursday,  January  21 
at  3  o'clock,  when  a  song  recital  will  be  presented  by  Miss 

Lina  Palughi. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  I.  B.  Hatcher  was  chairman  of  the  social  day  of 
Cap  and  Bells  Club,  which  inaugurated  the  events  of  the 
new  vear  held  in  the  California  room  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 
Mrs. 'Marshall  C.  Harris,  president  of  the  club,  received  the 
guests,  assisted  by  her  executive  staff.  The  splendid  pro- 
gram comprised  piano  solos  by  Dorothy  Wines  Reed,  a 
group  of  French  songs  by  Leile  Xeiisen  Druhe,  mezzo  so- 
prano with  Dorothy  Wines  Reed  at  the  piano. 

Mrs.  Parker  Maddux  of  the  San  Francisco  Center  and 
a  member  of  the  International  Committee  on  Foreign  Rela- 
who  has  just  recently  returned  from  Honolulu  where 
she  was  the  only  woman  official  delegate,  gave  an  illumi- 
nating address  on  "Peace  on  the  Pacific."  A  large  gather- 
ing of  prominent  members  and  guests  greeted  the  speaker. 


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January  9,  1926 


CROCKER  First  National  Hank  and  Crocker  First  Federal 
Trust  Company  issue  a  statement  of  conditions  showing 
combined  resources  of  $118,139,568.51.  There  is  a  surplus 
of  $2,925,000,  undivided  profits  of  $1,208,704.18  and  deposits 
amounting  to  $98,657,105.36. 

There  are,  in  the  nature  of  assets,  U.  S.  Bonds  and  certifi- 
cates amounting  to  more  than  18  million  dollars,  and  first 
mortgage  loans  on  real  estate  approximately  12  and  one-half 
millions  of  dollars  and  cash  and  sight  exchange  more  than  23 
and  one-half  millions  of  dollars. 

The  condition  and  development  of  this  concern  is  a  matter 
of  first  class  importance  in  the  development  of  this  community. 

*  *     * 

— William  H.  Crocker  has  been  chosen  president  of  the 
Crocker  First   National   Bank,   First   National    Bank   of   San 

Francisco  and  First  Federal  Trust  Company  affiliated  with 
the  latter.  James  F.  Fagan  was  elected  executive  vice-presi- 
dent: F.  G.  Willis  was  elected  vice-president-cashier. 

*  *     * 

— The  merger  of  the  Crocker  First  National  Bank,  the  First 
National  Bank  of  San  Francisco  and  the  First  Federal  Trust 
Co.,  is  a  matter  for  congratulation.  It  means  a  vastly  improve  1 
concern  with  greater  potentialities  and  is  a  financial  happening 

of  first  rate  importance. 

*  #     * 

— The  San  Francisco  Rank  report-  total  assets  of  -^l1 '/  ,232,- 
609.22.  There  are  reserve  and  contingent  funds  amounting 
to  $3,250,000.00  and  the  condition  of  these  funds  is  that  they 
have  been  created  for  the  purpose  of  additional  security  to  de- 
positors against  losses.  A  notable  feature  of  this  bank  is  the 
Employees'  Pension  Fund,  which  is  over  $525,000.  This  bank 
has  four  subsidiary  branches  in  this  city.  It  develops  its  in- 
terest system  on  deposits  so  as  to  compute  interest  on  deposits 

monthly  and  compounds  quarterly. 

*  *     * 

— General  Frank  L.  Hines,  director  of  the  United  States 
Veterans  Bureau,  recommends  that  holders  of  term  insurance 
policies  issued  by  the  government  through  the  Federal  War  Risk 
Bureau  to  soldiers  and  sailors  in  the  World  War,  be  given  an 
additional  live  years  in  which  to  convert  to  a  permanent  plan 
of  insurance.  *     *     * 

— The  Wells  Fargo  Hank  and  Union  Trust  Co.,  publishes 
its  report  showing  total  assets  of  $149,312,552.29.  There  are 
savings  deposits  in  this  bank  aggregating  $34,701,197.03.  The 
showing  is  excellent  and  the  statement  published  is  not  inclu- 
sive of  trust  funds.  Cash  on  hand  and  with  the  Federal  Re- 
serve Bank  of  San  Francisco  amounts  to  $15,629,799.16. 

*  *     * 

— The  Bank  of  California,  which  also  includes  branches 
in  Portland,  Seattle,  and  Tacoma,  shows  a  total  of  assets 
amounting  to  $122,137,735.31.  In  cash  and  sight  exchange 
there  is  the  amount  of  $27,390,434.14.  Deposits  amount  to 
$85,577,159.19.  This  bank  makes  another  demonstration  of 
the  prosperity  of  the  year  which  has  just  gone.  It  is  authorized 
to  act  as  trustee,  executor  and  administrator  or  in  any  fiduciary 
capacity  permitted  by  law  to  banks  and  trust  companies. 

*  *     * 

—-The  year  has  proved  conclusively,  at  least  as  far  as  its 
period  is  concerned,  that  bank  stocks  are  thoroughly  safe  and 
profitable  investments.  Every  one  of  the  banks  is  in  a  pros- 
perous condition  :  indeed  in  remarkably  anil  distinctively  bril- 
liant shape. 

This  has  been  demonstrated  particularly  in  the  case  of  the 
Bank  of  Italy,  where  the  earnings  amounted  to  $53  per  share. 

*  *     * 

—Since  the  inauguration   of  the  policy  of  making  housing 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.   1668 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  am]  21st  Streets 

PARK-PRESIDIO   BRANCH Clement  St.  nn.l  7th  Ave. 

IIAIOI1T  STREET  liUANCII ll.uclil  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloo  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (4\£)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


s.-iii   FranciHCO  Ofllce: 

BRUCE  heathcote 
Manager 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid  In  CnnHnl  .■S-n.onii.iHiii  «20.000,000  Renerve  Kunil 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL,  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  G00  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON.  ENG.;  NEW  STORK;  PORT- 
LANK,     ORE.;     SEATTLE,    WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY,     MEXICO. 


450  California  Street 

W.  J.  COt'LTHARD 
AhmI.  Maunder 


Compensation,   General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity   and   Surety,  Burglary,  Automobile   Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phone  Douclas  2244 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

Manufacturer*  of 
HIVETED     STEEL     PIPE,    TANKS.     CULVERTS,     PENSTOCKS, 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC, 
Snn  Francisco,  Calif.  Loh  Angelet*,  Calif. 

-14-1  Market  Street  5717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


i 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONJ.Y 

^W?    »-*-    ^sbif 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 
25  Kearny  Street  Phone  Kearny  3714 


January  9,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


loans  on  low  priced  dwellings  and  apartment  houses  six  years 
ago,  the  Metropolitan  Life  has  lent  $343,786,819  for  this  pur- 

posi    and  has  provided  accommodations  for  95,994  families. 

*  *     * 

—  Insurance  agents  start  the  new  year  with  new  tools  as 
Follows — non-medical  insurance,  the  salary  allotment  plan  and 
a  new  policy  premium  reduction  paid  up  at  sixty-five.  The 
salary  allotment  plan  contemplates  the  insurance  of  groups 
of  employees.  Premiums  can  he  paid  monthly  and  deducted 
by  the  employer  From  the  salary. 

*  *     * 

— The  Bank  of  Italy  has  opened  a  llayes-Divisadero  branch, 
with  P.  A.  Pinkel  as  manager. 

*  *     * 

— Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company  has  been  authorized  by 
the  Railroad  Commission  to  use  $464,105.40  derived  from  the 
sale  of  preferred  and  common  stock,  to  reimburse  its  treasury 
in  part  for  uncapitalized  expenditures.  The  same  company 
has  also  applied  to  the  Railroad  Commission  for  power  to 
issue  and  sell  50,000  shares  of  common  stock  at  $100  per 
share  and  use  the  proceeds  to  reimburse  its  treasury  and  fin- 
ance uncapitalized  expenditures  amounting  to  $26,875,925.74. 

— The  Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society  has  issued  its 
statement  of  the  condition  and  value  of  its  assets  and  liabilities. 
The  excellent  condition  of  this  old  established  institution  is 
worth  noting.  The  total  assets  aggregate  $83,110,638.23  and 
the  amount  of  $33,132,174.38  of  these  assets  consists  in  bonds 


GOLF 

(Continued   from  Page  10) 

winning  both  the  medal  and  finals  of  the  New  Year  tourna- 
ment at  Del  Monte,  besides  his  own  club  event.  John  Levi- 
son  is  probably  the  peer  of  all  the  portsiders  in  this  glorious 
state.  Ik-  has  been  identified  with  the  San  Jose,  P.eresford, 
and  Presidio  chilis  for  a  number  of  years  and  has  won  and 
has  held  the  championship  at  each   of   the  three  clubs. 


Crocker  First  National  B 

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Crocker  First  Federa 
Montgomery  and 

ank  of  San  Francisco 

Trust  Company 
Post  Streets 

STATEMENT  OF 
RBSOI  H 

1  'n.rl. 
N;it  lona  1  Hank 

Loans  and  I  ilscounta 

*l  !.:::< 
V.  S.  Bonds  and 

Certificates                  12,271,098.78 
Other  Bi  ads  and 

Securities                      2.617,368.19 
First  Mori 

ns  on  Real 

CONDITION 

IBS 

t  !rocker  Flrsl 
Federal  Trust 

S,93s 
6,96:: 

12.47  : 

""0.00 

86.057.51 
■  :,133.99 

~0>  Combined 
f   47.299.12S.16 
18,210,028.04 
8,480.564.83 

12.173.080.40 

Building;,  Furni- 
ture   and    Flxtui 
Custo                  bill  t  y 

in                                1,7*8 
tal  Stock  In 

■  ,  i,   ■     '•■  --.'is 

*  'ash  and  Sight 
Kxchanga 

3.747.365.39 

r.62.97 

"00.00 
294.807.56 

.933.86 

887.6:: 

1  1  Mill  II 

Capital                        1 

11.-,. 17 
11  » 

1  11.31 

\56S.51 
•  000.00 

Credit  Hiid 

1,208.704. IS 

S.800. 568.56 

2.96  1 

(s 

761.10 
1*7.11 

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887.633. 153. 34 

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tainable nowhere  else,  a 
Kratz  giftbox  embodies  the 
essence  of  San  Francisco's 
fascination. 


Exclusive  Gift  Packages 


No.  1— $4.00 
No.  2— $8.00 


No.  3— $15.00 
No.  4_$20.00 


All  Charges  Prepaid 
Delherx  Guaranteed 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  9,  1926 


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One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Half  Yearly  Report 

THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.  1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

326  CALIFORNIA  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 

DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets — 

United  States  Bonds  and  Notes,  State,  Municipal  and  Other  Bonds  and 

Securities  (total  value  $31,687,708.66),  standing  on  books  at $28,858,649.92 

Loans  on  Real  Estate,  secured  by  first  mortgages 66,976,545.00 

Loans  on  Bonds  and  Stocks  and  other  Securities 1,490,108.77 

Bank  Buildings  and  Lots,  main  and  branch  offices  (value  over  $1,830,000.00), 

standing  on  books  at 1.00 

Other  Real  Estate  lvalue  over  $100,000.00),  standing  on  books  at 1.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  (value  over  $525,000.00;,  standing  on  books  at 1.00 

Cash  on  hand  and  checks  on  Federal  Reserve  and  other  Banks 9,907,302.53 

Total $107,232,609.22 

Liabilities — 

Due  Depositors $102,982,609.22 

Capital  Stock  actually  paid  up 1,000,000.00 

Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 3,250,000.00 

Total $107,232,609.22 

GEO.  TOURNY,  President  A.  H.  MULLER,  Vice-President  and  Manager. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  31st  day  of  December,  1925. 

(SEAL)     O.  A.  EGGERS,  Notary  Public. 

A  Dividend  to  Depositors  of  FOUR  AND  ONE-QUARTER  (4/4)  per  cent  per 
annum  was  declared,  Interest  COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED 

QUARTERLY, 
AND  WHICH  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 

Deposits  made  on  or  before  January  11th,  1926,  will  earn  interest  from  January  1st,  1926. 


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January  9,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

THE  San  Francisco  Bay  District  met 
and  shook  hands  with  the  great  Sac- 
ramento Valley  over  at  Antioch  the  other 
day.  The  first  of  the  bridges  which  will 
mean  so  much  to  the  development  of 
travel  in  central  California  was  officially 
opened  at  12:01  a.  m.  on  January  1,  when 
Ben  Blow,  field  secretary  of  the  National 
Automobile  Club  and  general  manager  of 
the  Victory  Highway  Association,  drove 
a  Nash  car  over  the  structure  and  broke 
the  red,  white  and  blue  silk  ribbon  which 
barred  traffic  as  little  Mary  Klatt,  daugh- 
ter of  the  vice-president  of  the  Ameri- 
can Toll  Bridge  Company  smashe  1  a  bot- 
tle of  champagne  on  the  iron  girder  that 
stretched  across  the  lift  span. 

With  the  completion  of  ibis  bridge  the 
most  important  link  in  the  Victory  high 
way  between  Sacramento  and  Oakland 
has  been  supplied  and  the  Contra  I 
County  Board  of  Supervisors  is  busily 
engaged  in  paving  the  highway  connect- 
ing the  south  bridge  approach  with  their 

existing  county  system. 

t  in  the  Sherman   Island  side  of  the 

bridge  a  road  district  has  been  organized 
to  provide  a  paved  highway  connection 
with  the  Sacramento  County  highway 
system  at  the  Rio  Vista  bridge.  This 
stretch  of  road  involves  the  construction 
of  a  bridge  across  Three  Mile  Slough. 
The  abutments  for  tin--  new  structure  are 
in  and  the  bridge  itself,  now    doing  duty 

at  the  north  end  of  Grand  Island,  is  to 

be  barged  down  the  Sacramento  River 
within  a  short  time  and  placed  in  its  new 
location  on  the  Victory  highway. 

From  Sacramento  down  the  Sacra- 
mento River  to  the  location  of  the  new- 
bridge,  the  highway  traverses  one  of  the 
most    prolific    agricultural    areas    in    the 


United  States,  passing  Rio  Vista,  across 
the  Sacramento  River  in  Solano  County, 
one  of  the  oldest  towns  in  California 
founded  before  the  discovery  of  gold  in 
California  under  the  name  of  Brazos  del 
Rio,  the  Arms  of  the  River,  and  now  one 
of  the  most  modern  and  beautiful  of  the 
little  cities  of  California. 

To  the  north  of  Rio  Vista  are  vast 
fields  and  orchards  of  rich  alluvial  soil 
protected  by  high  levees  from  overflow 
and  warmed  bv  the  sun  into  vast  yielding. 
More  than  $30,000,000.00  of  fruit  ship- 
ments and  $5,000,000  of  asparagus  pass 
through  the  marts  of  Sacramento  each 
year. 

From  the  Sacramento  River  some  of 
the  finest  salmon  in  the  world  are  taken. 
This  river  is  also  important  as  one  of 
the  nation's  most  important  navigable 
sections,  the  total  annual  freight  borne 
now  being  close  to  2,000,000  tons. 

A  fine  concrete  highway  connects  Rio 
Vista  with  Sacramento  and  this  road  is 
a  winding  way  of  many  curves,  low  nest- 
ling orchards  on  one  side;  the  river  on 
the  other  and  in  blossom  time  the  ever- 
fragrant  breeze  is  laden  with  nature's 
perfume. 

Splendid  vistas  of  the  river  are  pre- 
sented at  every  turn  and  all  the  variety 
of  water  borne  traffic  that  commerce  may 
supply  or  pleasure  demand  passes  in  re- 
view between  the  high  levees  which  hold 
the  river  in  bounds. 

The  stretch  of  the  Victory  highway 
between  Sacramento  and  Oakland,  made 
effective  by  the  Antioch  Victory  highwa) 
bridge  was  selected  by  Ben  Blow  and 
Harvey  M.  Toy  in  ]'<22.  when  Toy  was 
a  director  of  the  \  ictory  Highway  Asso- 
ciation. Back  .of  tlii-  selection  was  a 
definite  de-ire  on  Toy's  part  to  show  the 
California  bound  tourist  a  new  land  not 
duplicated  elsewhere  in  the  United  State-. 

From  Sacramento,  where  Sutter-  I 
one   of   the   most    dignified   building 
American  his'ory  i-  to  be  found,  the  Vic- 
tor)   highway  line  d.  un  the  river 
the  \nti"(di  bridge  an  I  into  Contra 
County  is  full  of  interest,  taking  the  tour- 
ist   through   one  of   the    famous    English 
walnut  producing  sections  of  California, 
through  Antioch,   I'it-luug  and  Concord 
and  thence  through  the  tunnel  to  the  vast 
panorama  of  San  Francisco  flay. 

The  most  important  problem  in  de- 
veloping the  Victory  highway  line  be- 
tween Sacramento  and  San  Fran 
was  the  crossing  of  the  San  Joaquin 
River  and  here  the  problem  has  been 
'  by  the  Antioch  "Victory  High- 
way"  bridge.  It  is  a  huge  structure 
ing  about  $2,000,000.00,  4639  feet  long, 
21  feet  wf'e  between  curbs  with  a  clear 
span  of  270  feet  between  piers  which 
stand  in  40  feet  of  water. 

With  the  lift  raised,  a  clearance  of  13? 
feet  is  supplied,  equal  to  that  afforded  bv 
the  Brooklyn  bridge  over  the  East  River 
at  New  York,  and  in  years  to  come  when 


this  bridge  has  paid  for  itself  it  is  to  be 
turned  over  to  the  Contra  Costa  and  Sac- 
ramento counties  to  become  a  part  of  that 
great  highway  which  binds  these  coun- 
ties into  closer  unity  and  brings  the  East 
into  closer   touch   with   the  West. 


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Chauffeurs 
who  tftorouort/j/  under- 
stand their  £us/ftess 


This  means  that  you 
can  dispense  with  all 
worries  as  to  personal 
security  when  using 
our  cars.  Our  drivers 
are  careful  and  they 
never  violate  your  de- 
sires for  safety. 


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GEO.   H.    CASWELL 

Sutter  6654  or  Oakland  1017 

Telephone  Direct 

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Paclrlc   International    Kxpoaltloa 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  9,  1926 


PAUL  ELDER  NOTES 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 

and  vital  interpretation  of  early  Renais- 
sance and  modern  art  and  vividly  dem- 
onstrate the  important  place  in  our  pres- 
ent day  existence  of  the  ultra-modern  art. 
The  lecture  will  be  illustrated  with  ster- 
eopticon  slides. 

*     *     * 

An  exhibition  of  graphic  art— etch- 
ings, woodcuts  and  lithographs  by  "The 
Blue  Four,"  Feininger,  Jawlensky,  Kan- 
dinskv  and  Paul  Klee,  will  be  shown  in 
the  Paul  Elder  Gallery  for  one  week,  be- 
ginning Monday,  January  18th.  The 
members  of  this  celebrated  group  ac- 
claimed the  foremost  exponents  of  mod- 
ern art,  are  men  of  mature  age  from  50 
to  60  years,  one  of  whom  is  an  American, 
one  a  German  and  two  are  Russians.  The 
name  "The  Blue  Four"  suggests  their  af- 
finity with  the  contributors  to  the  noted 
pre-war  art  publication,  "The  Blue  Horse- 
man," and  spirituality,  which  is  the  sig- 
nificance of  the  color  "blue." 


The  Denishawn  Dancers 

Completing  a  twenty-five  day  en- 
gagement at  the  Imperial  Theater, 
Tokyo,  Ruth  St.  Denis,  Ted  Shawn 
and  the  Denishawn  Dancers  have  left 
Japan  after  a  most  triumphant  terpsi- 
chorean  experience,  which  the  Japan- 
ese press  look  upon  as  the  most  signi- 
ficant art  event  in  the  history  of  the 
country. 

These  dancers  went  to  Japan  hop- 
ing to  present  their  work  to  the  Japan- 
ese in  such  a  manner  as  to  arrest  their 
attention  and  claim  their  sincere  sym- 
pathy, but  they  did  not  anticipate  the 
enthusiasm,  the  appreciation  and  the 
penetration  that  was  given  them  by 
critics,  audiences  and  fellow  artists. 

Miss  St.  Denis  and  her  Company 
spent  every  morning  studying  Japan- 
ese dance  technique  with  Kochiro  Matsu- 
moto,  Japan's  greatest  actor-dancer,  and 
Madam  Fujima,  his  wife,  who  bears 
the  name  of  the  famous  Fujima  School 
of  Dance. 

Pages  could  be  written  of  the  cour- 
tesies extended  by  private  citizens  for 
dinners,  geisha  parties,  special  dance 
performances  to  the  Denishawn  Dan- 
cers, the  Japanese  realizing  that  this 
tour  of  Ruth  St.  Denis  and  Ted  Shawn 
was  a  research  expedition  as  well  as  a 
series  of   professional   engagements. 

Theaters  of  all  kinds  were  visited 
by  invitation,  and  the  art  of  the  dance, 
w'hich  is  so  thoroughly  guarded  in  Jap- 
an, was  made  an  open  book  to  Deni- 
shawn. 


"Give  me  one  friend,  for  peace  or  war 
Ami  I  shall  hold  myself  well-blest, 

And  richly  compensated  for 
The  cussedness  of  all  the  rest." 


SOCIETY 
(Continued  from  Page  9) 

La  Gaiete  Cotillion 

The  fourth  dance  of  the  La  Gaiete 
Cotillion  series  of  which  Mrs.  Rosetta 
Baker  is  the  gracious  hostess,  will  be 
given  this  evening  in  the  Gold  Bail- 
room  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel  at  half  . 
after  eight  o'clock.  ff 

Mrs.  Baker's  dances  are  becoming 
more  and  more  an  essential  element  of[ 
San  Francisco's  social  life,  and  a  very 
enjoyable  one  at  that.  Although  the 
dress  at  these  balls  is  very  formal  and 
elegant,  the  spirit  of  the  participants 
is  full  of  a  kindly  camaraderie  that  is 
pleasant  and  refreshing. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  M.  Steven- 
son, their  daughter,  Miss  Dorothyt 
Stevenson,  Mrs.  George  Mitchell  andy 
Miss  Phyllis  Fay  will  leave  January! 
20  for  New  York  and  Europe.  They! 
will  travel  abroad  for  three  months. 

Mrs.  George  Stevenson  gave  a  bridget 
party  on  last  Tuesday  as  a  farewell  tol 
Miss  Dorothy  Stevenson,  and  also  tol 
Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Beedy,  who  wil 
leave  for  France  this  month. 


During  her  visit  to  Pebble  Beach 
over  the  last  week  end.  Mrs.  Cecilia 
Tobin  Clark  arranged  a  golf  tourna- 
ment for  women.  She  gave  the  cup 
and  marked  the  scores,  assisted  by 
Miss  Marion  Hollins  of  New  York. 
There  were  twenty  women  in  the 
tournament. 


.Mrs.  Charles  Stetson  Wheeler  will 
return  this  week  from  Missoula,  Mon- 
tana, where  she  spent  the  holidays  with 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Walter  McLeod 
and  .Mr.  McLeold.  Later  she  will  go 
East. 


Lieutenant,  Mrs.  Frissel 
Return  From  Honolulu 

Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Duncan  Fris- 
sel have  returned  from  Honolulu  and 
are  stationed  at  the  Presidio.  Mrs. 
Frissel  was  Miss  Louise  Porter  of  this 
city,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lang- 
ley  Porter.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Porter  are 
spending  the  winter  in  Rome  and  Miss 
Mary  Bernice  Moore  is  with  them. 


Mrs.  Jennie  Crocker  Whitman,  who 
will  arrive  from  New  York  on  Sunday, 
will  go  to  Pebble  Beach  before  she  re- 
turns to  the  East  and  will  make  ar- 
rangements for  the  new  house  she  will 
build  there.  The  plans  have  been 
drawn  and  the  residence  will  be  on  the 
eighteenth    fairway    of    the   golf    course. 


The  Nicest  Business 
"Lunch  in  Town 


DIVIDEND  NOTICES 


The  San  Francisco  Bank 

526  California  St.  (and  Branches.  San  Fran- 
cisco. For  the  quarter  year  ending  December 
31,  1925.  a  dividend  has  been  declared  ;ii   the 

l" !     four    ami    oiic-quiirter    i4'A)    per    cent 

per  annum  on  all  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  January  2.  L926.  Dividends  not  called 
for  are  added  to  the  deposit  account  and  earn 
interest  from  January  1.  1926.  Deposits  made 
nil  or  before  January  11,  1926,  will  earn  inter- 
est from  Januaiy  1.  1926, 

WM.  D.  NEW  HOUSE,  Secretary. 


Italian-American  Bank 

S",  E.  corner  Montgomery  and  Sacramento 
sis.:  North  Beach  branch,  corner  Columbus 
Ave.  and  Broadway:  Columbus  branch,  corner 
Montgomery  and  Washington  sts. — For  the 
half-year  ending  December  31,  1  i* ii .*">.  a  divi- 
dend   has   been    declared    at    the    rate    of    four 

iind  one-uunrter  1 4 \\  )  per  cent  per  anntn 

all    savings    deposits,    payable    on    and    afti 
January  2.  192G.     Dividends  not  called  Tor  will 

he  added   to   the  principal   and   bear   the    B 

rati-    ,.f    Interest    from    January    1.    1926.     De- 
will  earn  Enteresl   i' January  l.  1926. 

A.  E.  SBARBORO,  President. 


Humboldt  Bank 

is::    Market    Street,    near    Fourth:    Bush    and 
Montgomery  Branch,  Mills  Bldg.    For  the  half 

year  i  adlng  Dec n      31     [925,  a  dividend  has 

been  declared  at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  per  cent 

per  annum   on   savings   deposits,    payab] 

inn!    after    January    2,    1926,     Dividends    not 
called  for  bear  interest  from  January  l.  1926. 

i'    'i        da] 'i    mi    or    before    January    11, 

1926,  will  •-.iin  interest   from  January   i     L926 
II.  C.   KI.NVESAIIL,  Cashier. 


Bank  of  Italy 


ii'. id  Office  and  San  Francisco  branches. 
For  the  half-year  ending  December  31.  1925,  a 
dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of 
four  lit  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  savings 
Leposits,  payable  on  and  after  January  2, 
1926,  Dividends  nol  called  for  are  added  to 
mil  bear  the  same  rate  of  Interest  as  the 
principal  from  January  1.  1926.  Savings  de- 
poslts  made  on  the  first  business  day  of  anv 
month    lor  ..n    or   before    lie-    10th   day  of  Janu- 

ary,  April.  July  ami  October)  will  earn  Inter- 
est   from    the    first    of    that    mouth:    deposits 

made  after  said  dale  will  earn  Interest   fr 

the  first  of  the  following  month. 

JAMES  A.  BACIGAXUPI,  President. 


The  Hibernia  Savings  and 
Loan  Society 

Main  office,  corner  Market,  McAllister  and 
-Tunes  sis,:  Mission  office,  corner  Valencia  and 
22d  sts. — For  the  half-year  endinc  l'ecemher 
.11.  192r,.  a  dividend  his  been  declared  at  the 
rate  of  four  14)  per  cent  per  annum  on  all  de- 
posits, payable  mi  and  after  January  ".  1926 
Dividends  not  drawn  win  be  added  to  depos- 
itors' accounts,  become  a  part  thereof,  and 
will  earn  dividends  from  January  l.  I92»:. 
Deposits  made  "n  or  before  January  11,  r.>2i;. 
will  earn  interest  from  January  II 

E.  J.  TOBIN.  President. 


January  9,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


THERE'S  something  about  a  cold  that  just  stays  with 
you,  and  even  haunts  you  for  weeks  after  it  has  osten- 
sibly been  bidden  a  fervid  if  not  fond  adieu.  Probably  the 
worst  of  all  is  a  cold  in  the  head,  which  makes  food  taste 
like  burnt  cabbage,  and  tobacco  smoke  like  the  last  stray  wisps 
from  the  back  yard  bonfire. 

The  newspapers  are  full  of  advice  on  how  to  keep  from  get- 
ting colds,  but  offer  little  constructive  criticism  of  those  who 
seem  to  derive  so  much  pleasure  from  spreading  them  in 
street  cars,  on  trains,  in  waiting  rooms  and  in  our  so-called 
clown  town  canyons  of  business.  Editors  are  that  way.  They 
will  tell  you  to  eat  plenty  of  vegetables,  when  most  of  them 
are  out  of  season,  and  to  sleep  out  of  doors,  when  the  ma- 
jority of  us  live  in  apartments,  far  removed  from  the  open 
spaces,  and  are  treated  to  plenty  of  draughts  from  elevator 
shafts,  and  believers  in  the  open  door  policy. 

What  editors  lack  in  genuine  medical  knowledge  they  make 
up  for  by  hiring  expert  diagnosticians,  so-called,  to  describe 
the  common  symptoms  of  maladies  to  which  humans  are,  it 
is  alleged,  subject.  After  reading  a  few  paragraphs  of  such 
stuff,  a  fellow  has  to  be  of  pretty  stolid  countenance  to  come 
through  the  ordeal,  unflinching  and  undismayed. 

It  seems  that  a  hot  mustard-water  foot  bath  still  reigns  su- 
preme as  the  cheapest  and  most  uncomfortable  way  of  check- 
ing the  common  cold,  which  causes  several  billions  of  dollars 
to  be  lost  to  doctors  and  hospitals  every  year.  Next  in  im- 
portance comes  the  hot  lemonade,  with  a  stiff  proportion  of 
whiskey  or  brandy.  Since  neither  of  the  latter  two  ingredients 
are  now  available,  tbe  old  hot  toddy  lias  been  going  by  the 
boards.  The  questionable  liquor  now  doled  oul  by  gentlemen 
of  ill-repute  makes  a  man  wonder  if,  alter  all,  it  isn't  better 
to  wake  up  with  the  same  cold  than  to  nol  wake  up  at  all. 
Lastly  come  all  the  ancient  remedies  taken  from  the  loi 
old  ladies,  when  ladies  really  grew  old.     These  consisl  of  onion- 

juice,  made  with  sugar  and  slowlj  cooked  oi  the  back  of  the 
base  burner;  little  pink  pills  that   the  doctor  prescribi 
some  one  of  tbe  family  thirt)  years  back,  aspirin  and  quinine. 
There  are  others — far  too  main   to  mention. 

It  is  interesting  to  read  now  and  again  oi  Mine  one  or  other 
who  has  never  had  a  cold  in  \u<  <<v  her  life.  It  i-  also  inter- 
esting to  know  that  tbe  art  of  lying  gracefully  ant  forcefully 
lias  not  become  a  losl  ar..  hm  i-  -homing  improvement  in 
some  respects, 

There  are  a  number  oi  things  that  are  diffii  mIi  to  accomplish 
when  afflicted  with  a  cold  in  tin-  head  or  a  tickle  in  the  t! 
The  hardest,  perhaps,  is  to  make  love;  die  second  hardest  to 

keep  the  nose   iroin  getting  red.  and  the  (bird  most  difficult  is 

to  remember  bow  you  Fell  before  you  had  one. 

Sometimes  we  rather  envy  those  Fortunate  plutocrats  who 
can  afford  a  trip  to  Florida.     Down  there  colds  go  under  tbe 
guise  of  haj    fever,   for  red  noses  can  grow   where 
flourish  quite  healthily.     However,  if  we  had  nothing  to  do 
but  sell  sea-bottom  lot-  and  pitch  hi  -.  we  might  nol 

he  troubled  with  colds  eii 

As  matters  stand,  a  cold  i*  interfering  dreadfully  with  tbe 
composition  of  this  article.  Rather  than  make  matters  worse, 
the  writer  i-  going  to  retire  and  put  in  practice  every  remedy 
of  which  be  has  ever  beard — may  the  best  one  win!     Selab  ! 


CAFE  MARQUARD 

Adjoining  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 

GEARY  AND  MAS<  i.\ 

Phone  Prospect  61 

«^REVUE^ 

Nightly 
THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


WIGS  and  TRANSFORMATIONS 

Also  toupees  of  my  make  can  be  worn  day  or  night, 
because  I  make  them  ventilated  and  porous,  from  the 
finest  and  purest  hair. 

G.  LEDERER 

561  Sutter  St.,  Between  Powell  and  Mason  Sts. 
San  Francisco,  California. 

Firm  Established  1866 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

Sonoma,    Cal. 
The  finest  meals  in  the-* 

VALLEY  of  the  MOON 

Our   Specialty — "Steaks    JT'ii/t    Mushrooms  " 

Clean     Ruomi,    Clean     I. inert.    Clean     BvtfJ  thing 

\  nit      SOTMM*.     Cannt^'l      Pavou      RcMrti     ami     Miner*  I     (Warm     W«ietJ      Swimming 

Tank*    From  Thi»    Hotel. 

Rate*      Exceptionally      Reaionnlile. 

Telephone  110 


Health  and  Cleanliness  first 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 


"The  Recommended  Laundry" 


250  Twelfth  St.,  Sah  Francisco 


'Phone  Musket  916 


Parisian  Dyeing  and   Cleaning 

SaHa    PreMed    Bv    Hand    Only     -Suil.    Called    For    and    Delivered 

MME.  M.  S.  E.  LEE 

Partita*  Dyeing  and  Cleaning 
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In      \   UK.  I  MA     HOTIX 


Prtowi    Fumun    2310 


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It's  the  water  and  the  table — Now  dance  hall.  Special  attrac- 
tions Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  luh  hatha  and  swim- 
ming pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  h.  COR- 
CORAN,  Agua  Caliente,  Sonoma  County,  or  see  Peck-Judah. 


J.  SPAULDING  &  COMPANY 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  9,  1926 


WIELANDS  BREW 

WITH  YOUR   MEALS— IT  HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from  your  grocer 

Established  1868 

Main    Office.  240   Second  Street,   San    Francisco,   Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


The      PIONEER 


Name 

on  a  l>»»x  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
et-, menns  rom- 
plete  satis  fac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer   or    sta- 

utt-mntHii^^-ir  ^un3a^?es.ho,* 

BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1855 
41   First  Street,  San   Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES  I 
Han    Francisco —  liurllnKame 

Went,     7»»  478 


P/ione  Sutter  3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

(Formerly  with  Shreve  &  Company) 

Clockmakers  and  Watchmakers 

CHIME,  ANTIQUE  ANL)   COMPLICATED  CLOCKS 

AND   WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY 

209   PoNt   Street   at   Grant    Avenue 

San  FrnnclMCO.  Calif. 

Call  and  Deliver    in   San   Francisco.    Alameda 

and  San  Mateo  Counties 


875   FOLSOM  ST. 


816   EMERSON   ST. 


SAN    MATEO— PHONE    1254-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


Advice  on  Planting 

One  hears  so  much  nowadays  and 
reads  so  many  articles  about  Perennial 
Borders  that  it  is  well  worth  one's  while 
to  plan  during  this  month  for  the  selec- 
tions one  wants  to  arrange  in  the  gar- 
den and  all  Perennials  planted  before 
the  New  Year  will  give  an  abundance 
of  spring  blossoms.  Many  can  be 
started  now  from  seed  in  the  open 
ground  and  thinned  out  as  they  get  too 
thick  as  Go  letia.  Hollyhock,  Foxglove. 
Snapdragon,  Lupine,  Sweet  William, 
Columbine,  Alyssum,  Candytuft,  and 
many  others. 

For  plants  to  set  out  this  month  one 
can  get  winter  blooming  stocks,  Can- 
terbury Bells,  Wallflower,  Gillardia — 
the  new  Jubilee-Pentstemons,  Geums, 
Oriental  Poppies,  Pinks  (Dianthus), 
Anemone,  Japonica,  Phlox,  Delphi- 
nium, Michaelmas  Daisy,  Thalictruin, 
Scabiosa,  Verbena. 

All  of  the  above  can  now  be  sep- 
arated, placed  in  better  locations  to 
give  color  combinations,  or  if  you  have 
found  a  plant  has  not  thrived  as  well 
as  it  should,  try  transplanting  it,  re- 
working the  soil ;  give  it  more  sunshine 
or  more  shade.  Foxgloves  and  Co- 
lumbine love  shade.  Gillardias  and 
Michaelmas  Daisies  love  the  sun.  From 
most  of  these  there  should  be  a  con- 
tinuous blossoming  period  all  through 
the  summer  on  the  Pacific  Coast  and 
it  is  possible  even  in  a  small  garden  to 
have  flowers  at  all  times  for  the  house. 

While  the  planting  of  shrubbery  is 
the  essential  frame  as  it  were  for  the 
house  and  keeps  the  gardens  here  in 
the  West  from  the  barren  look  even 
through  the  winter,  do  not  forget  a 
garden  means  flowers,  and  a  gardener 
who  cannot  raise  flowers  is  like  the 
keeper  of  a  model  poultry  farm  whose 
hens  do  not  lay. 

Often  persons,  who  have  large  well- 
kept  homes  and  a  gardener,  say  that 
there  are  never  any  blossoms  for  the 
house.  I  would  not  have  a  gardener 
who  could  not  raise  flowers  for  my 
home  and  to  keep  the  garden  bright. 

Anemones  should  not  be  moved  from 
a  shaded  position  and  resent  trans- 
planting. 

For  low  border  plants  Aubretia  and 
Primula  Malacoides  are  very  free 
winter  bloomers  and  the  little  blue 
Viola  is  a  perfect  joy  all  winter  long. 
The  apricot  color  and  the  yellow  Viola 
are  not  so  hardy  nor  such  good  bloom- 
ers.— From   the  "Home  Designer." 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Ofllce  and  Works  inn  Mission  St. 

Phone  Market  71)13 

Branch    Otllce:  780    Suiter   SI. 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Bids:.) 

Phone   Prospect   0845 

Work  Called  For  and  Delivered 


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N.    w     CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


NEW  ORLEANS 

Nm>^t%rb 

To  better  serve  our  many  friends  and  patrons 
over  '300,000x10  has  been  expended  in  recon- 
struction and  rehabilitation  to  maintain  this 
famous  hostelry  as 

One  of  America's  Leading  Hotels 

The  large  well  ventilated  high  ceiling  rooms 
have  been  retained  and  modernized'*''™' 

ACCOMMODATING  OVER  1000  QUESTS 

Soul lor  Descriptive Hotel  Folder: 

Illustrated  Mardi-vrasftigram  for  the  asking 

Alfred  S.Ajvier  andCoului. 

NEW    ORLEANS. LA 

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WHERE  TO  DINE 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The  City's  Most   Distinctive  Oriental  Show   Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

50c,  75c,  51.00       35c.  50c,  75c     $1.00,51.50  a  la  carle 

Dancing   7:00  P.   M.   to   1:00    A.   M. 

363  Sutler  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

special  parties  arranged 
headquarters  for  theatrical  people 
hattie  mooser  minnie  c.  mooser 


ICE  CREAf% 
CANDY 
PASTRY 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


and. 


334-  Sutter  St. 


£Xeanor\5 


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445  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast. 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:   Dinner. 


l: 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2: JO 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


Douglas  7118 


CAMILLA'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants"  lunch   11   a.   m.   to  2   p.   m.    (a   la  carte).     Private  din- 
ing'  rooms    for   banquets   and    parties,   seating1    75    to    100   people. 


O'Farrell  and  D  f        A    ]\I  €~*  €^%  *  ^  n,0,,c 

Larkin  SU.  *-■  *-*^"^  1  ^   ^^  V-T     %J  Franklin  9 

Luncheon   ( 11 :30  lo  2   p.  m.) $  .75         No   \  i'ltnr   Should    Lmti   thl   CttJ    W,t), 

Sunday    Luncheon    1.00  nul    Dtnbl|    bo    Iftf.    Kinr.,    Cal> 

Dinner,    Week    Days ..._ $1.50  in   America 

Dinner,    Sumlaya   and    Holidays 1.T5 

DANCING  SI  NDA1    i- \  \  NINC8 


NO  A  H'S 
ARK 

f»3  Third  Avrnur,  BAN   MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cook lop 
Open  From 
11:30  a.  m.  to  2:00  p.  m 
5:30  p.  m.  to  8:S0  p.  m. 
Sundays  and   Holidays 
t  :30  to  8:50  p.   m.  only 

CLOSED   EVKHV   MOMJA1 
Half    Ittnck    from    Highway 


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1*  Mm  Hovu 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

Dm   «<H>  A.  H.  TO   11  M  P.   U. 

1  n50rfas3ed  ci  1sine 
Carl  Leonhardi 

formtrhr  of 
Golden  C.te  Park  Cafio. 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigoroux  brushing  once  or  twice  a  day  is 
taking;  very  good  care  of  them,  Brushing  is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  Imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  nre  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed  f  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  on:  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 
908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions;     <  tonus:     Self    Cleaning     Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plntes 


SAN  LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction   of   the    Sisters    of   St.    Dominic. 


DR.  B.  W.  HAINES 

DENTIST 
Elkan  Gunst  Building 

323  Geary  at  Powell  Hours:  9  to  4 

San  Francisco  Telephone  Douglas  2949 


St.  Mary's  Academy 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12,  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Building,  Powell  and  Market  Sts.,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


.Make  yourself  at   home  at 

GEORGE  HAkGEN  S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.   2  Tlllmann   Place,  at   241    Grant   Ave. 

The    Hume    of    the    Book    Lover 

Rare     Books — First     Editions — Fine     Bindings 

Importations    from    Zachnsdorf.    Root.    Morrell,    etc..   of    London 

Commissions    in    London    Executed 

Single  Books  and  Libraries  Purchased 

Phone  Kearny  5816 


•     Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the  News  Letter  can  be  obtained 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 

A>D  PHI.   BJLDBR'S   LIBRARY 

1     239  Post  Street  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 
Chapel— 771  to  777  Valencia  Street.   Bet.  18th  and   19th   Sts..    £ 
San  Francisco.    Phone  Market  64 


MOUNTAIN  SPRINGS  WATER 

"Battled  at  itie  Sprtnts" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

23*  Clara  Thial      Ciiishl  844 


J\fovdly 

Quaint  customs  of  other  lands  and  other 
peoples  —  queer  head  dresses  of  tribes 
who  wear  little  else— strange  and  enter- 
taining pictures  gathered  from  all  parts 
of  the  earth  are  shown  every  Sunday  in 
The  Chronicle  Rotagravure. 

Make  it  a  point  to  see  this  delightful 
pictorial  section  every  week.  Have  The 
Sunday  Chronicle  delivered  to  your 
home. 


Ban  iFranrisra 


ROTAGRAVURE 


winter 

exclusion 

Pares 

to  many  points 

Save 
moneys 

Week-end  tickets,  on 
sale  Friday,  Satur- 
day and  Sunday- 
s-day return  limit. 
Season  tickets,  on 
sale  daily— return 
limit  90  days. 

For  full  information, 
ask— 

Southern 
Pacific 


Ferry  Station  Third  Street  Station 

65  Geary  Street 

Or  Phone  Sutter  4000 


OUR  AIM  FOR  1926 

To  render  a  dependable  service — 

To  the  greatest  possible  number  of 
people — 

Thru  a  liberal  extension  policy, 

And  always  at  the  lowest   possible 
cost  consistent  with  the  class  of 
service  rendered. 


PACIFIC  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


"PACIFIC   SERVICE" 


Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 


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Golden  Gate  Ferry 
Company 

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WINTER  SCHEDULE 

Effective  October  1,  1925 


Leave  Sausalito 

5:00  a.  m. 

6:00  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

Every  Half 

Hour  Until 

10:00  p.m. 

Then 

11:00  p.m. 

12:00  p.m. 

1 :00  a.  m. 


Leave  San  Francisco 

5:30  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

7:00  a.  m. 
Every  Half 
Hour  Until 
10:30  p.m. 

Then 

11:30  p.m. 

12:30  a.m. 

1 :30  a.  m. 


Saturdays  and  Sundays  Only 
2:00  a.m.  2:30  a.m. 

ON  SATURDAYS,  SUNDAYS  AND  HOLIDAYS 

There  will  be  extra  trips  if  traffic  warrants. 


A  O.  Stewart 

President 


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Vice-Pres.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


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PRICE  10  CENTS 


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Pacific  Telephone  and 
Telegraph  Building. 
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Ferry 

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San  Francisco 


Scenes 
Along  the 
Redwood 
Highway 

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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  JANUARY   16,  1926 


No. 


gambling 


With  E.  FARRAND  ROSS 


Mrs.  Grundy 

Like  the  "old  man  of  the  sea,"  Mrs.  Grundy  fastens  on 
the  necks  of  a  good  majority  of  the  people  of  all  countries, 
as  soon  as  they  are  able  to  toddle,  and  there  she  stays  until 
they  "shuffle  off  this  mortal  coil." 

In  all  their  thoughts,  in  all  their  deeds,  she  is  the  control- 
ling power.  Never  do  they  take  a  step  forward,  never  do 
they  contemplate  a  change  in  their  daily  routine,  without  the 
idea  back  of  their  actions:  "What  will  'they'  think  of  this?" 
("They"  in  this  case,-  being  that  nosey  old  lady,  "Mrs. 
Grundy.") 

Generous  impulses  are  often  stifled ;  the  entertainment  of 
some  enterprise,  business  or  social,  is  stopped  almost  before 
its  birth;  any  alteration  of  one's  personal  regime  is  cast  aside, 
because  of  what  "people  might  say;"  the  whole  happiness  ol 
some  soul  is  wrecked,  for  the  reason  that  the  weak  human 
being  has  not  the  courage  of  his  convictions. 

In  almost  all  such  cases  the  people  in  question  are  of  small 
importance  in  the  world  in  general ;  are  given  to  introspection, 
self-analysis,  to  such  an  extent  that  they  lose  all  sense  of  pro- 
portion and  originality,  and  are  so  self-centered,  so  afraid 
of  the  opinion  of  that  tiny  circle  in  which  they  move,  that  the 
knowledge  of  the  world's  perfect  indifference  to  their  actions. 
never  seeps  into  their  cramped   intelligence. 

You  will  find  that  people  of  this  sort  seldom  if  ever,  "make 
their  mark"  in  history,  for  the  reason  that  their  timidity  holds 
them  back  in  the  big  procession  of  life.  They  arc  hag-ridden 
by  Mrs.  Grundy  to  their  grave-. 

*     *     * 
Beauty  Shows 

There  are  certain  car  lines  in  our  good  gray  city,  certain 
streets,  that  can  boast  of  "beauty  shows"  at  some  hour  or 
other,  every  day  in  the  week.  Come  down  town  on  the  Cali- 
fornia and'  Hyde  street  cars,  around  8:30  till  9:00  o'clock. 
A.  M.  and  watch  the  furred  and  feathered  femininity  make 
their  entrance  and  exit. 

Here  conies  a  veritable  daughter  of  the  Emerald  Isle,  brown 
locks,  red  cheeks,  eyes  with  a  spark  of   Irish  tire  still  left  in 
their  depths,  through  generations  of  American-born  anci 
(blue  Irish  eves,  "put  in  with  a  dirty  finger."  >   with  that  soft. 


indescribable   Celtic   charm   about   her   that   always   makes   its 
appeal  to  the  susceptible. 

You  find  yourself  looking  into  the  great  brown  orbs  of  an 
unmistakable  "daughter  of  the  Dons."  proud,  slightly  arched 
nose;  curved,  generous  mouth;  creamy  olive  skin;  small,  well- 
set  ears,  and  an  erect  carriage,  all  unconscious  of  its  haughty 
source ! 

Here  is  Variety! 

Your  glance  passes  on  to  the  blonde  maiden  beside  her: 
here  is  the  perfect  English  type. — peachy  skinned;  curved 
mouth,  with  its  short  upper  lip;  blue  eyes,  dark  lashes,  curl- 
ing yellow  hair,  and  an  atmosphere  about  her  that  someway 
takes  your  fancy  into  green  English  tiebls.  quiet  English  lanes; 
comfortable,   jolly  country  squires. 

"Gretchen"  then  claims  your  attention.  Rather  slow-mov- 
ing, stolid,  is  this  fair  lady,  with  her  wide  dreamy  eyes  of 
China  blue  :  pale  skinned,  with  short,  stubby  nose,  and  ashy- 
gold  hair,  arranged  in  "doughnuts"  over  her  ears;  an  almost 
Oriental  calm  breathing  from  her  presence.  "Dutch  or  Ger- 
man descent."  you  tell  yourself,  and  picture  her  forebears  trot- 
ting along  by  some  windmilled  lane,  or  picturesque  canal,  in 
their  clumsy  wooden  clogs. 

And  "La  lielle  France"  throws  you  a  sparkling  glance,  and 
over  in  the  corner  of  the  car  a  Japanese  Lily  s'ares  at  you 
out  of   piquantly  slanting  "Windows   of   the  soul." 

The  All-round  American 

Here  and  there  you  can  pick  out  a  certain  beauty  that  is 
typically  San  Franciscan:  that  is.  typical  as  regards  her  groom- 
ing, her  clipped  hair;  her  well-shaped  legs  and  feet,  her  air 
of  unconscious  sophistication,  if  you  know  what  I  mean!  But 
out  of  this  galaxy  of  loveliness  it  is  most  difficult  to  choose 
any  one  of  these  pretty  business  girls,  and  say  :  "Now  here 
is  the  real,  dyed  in  the  silk.  Calif ornian !"  For  a  harbor  town 
lias  an  appeal  for  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men.  from  all 
parts  of  the  globe,  and  these  young  creatures,  with  their  inde- 
pendence, their  good  clothes,  their  charm  are  the  descend- 
ants of  peoples  born  under  many  flags. 
»     *     * 

"  If  this  cold  weather  keeps  up."  says  my  friend,  the  ele- 
vator man.    "We'll  all  be  dancing  the  Cbarle- 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  16,  1926 


The  tide  has  begun  to  run  fast  against  the 
The  Tide  is  Volstead  Act  and  all  the  ignominious  and 
Running  debasing  activities  which  have  formed  part 

of  its  administration.  People  are  getting  to 
be  more  outspoken  in  their  condemnation  and  the  evil  done 
by  the  officious  and  unpatriotic  system  of  espionage  and 
corruption  employed  by  the  government  agents  is  ceasing 
to  terrorize. 

We  note  that  Mrs.  Kahn,  our  congressional  representa- 
tive, has  shown  rare  initiative  and  courage  in  the  expression 
of  her  views  which  will  find  a  very  ready  echo  among  her 
constituents  and  endear  her  to  the  liberty-loving  people  of 
this  city.  She  speaks  with  lashing  scorn  of  the  supporters 
of  the  act  who  desire  to  have  every  rule  of  decency  and 
American  manhood  destroyed,  that  they  may  enforce  their 
will  upon  the  community.  She  says  that  they  want  per- 
mission to  lie  and  to  trespass,  to  violate  the  age-old  privil- 
eges of  our  people,  as  members  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race, 
with  its  traditions  of  orderly  government  and  the  protection 
of  the  rights  of  the  individual  man,  is  a  right  which  they 
claim.  Our  courts,  or,  rather,  those  of  our  courts  which 
have  not  yielded  to  the  shameful  clamor,  have  had  to  up- 
hold the  rights  of  the  individual  in  this  community  against 
the  attacks  of  the  members  of  a  government  sworn  to  obey 
the  constitution. 

And  more  than  this  privilege  of  destroying  the  fabric  of 
the  law  these  Yolsteaders  clamor  for  money.  They  are 
always  wanting  money  and  more  money  to  enforce  the 
law  ;  then  they  take  money  and  more  money  from  the  boot- 
leggers not  to  enforce  the  law.  There  never  was  such  a 
shamelessly  greedy  crew.  Year  by  year  their  demands  upon 
the  treasury  for  law  enforcement  grow  greater.  Year  by 
year  enforcement  grows  more  and  more  ludicrous  and  we 
are  driven  to  the  position  of  seeing  our  most  treasured  con- 
ception of  honesty  in  administration  flouted  and  betrayed. 

It  is  a  great  satisfaction  that  not  only  our  congressional 
representative  but  two  other  congresswomen  are  taking 
issue  with  the  administration  of  the  Volstead  Act. 


Of  course  the  fundamental  underlying 
A  Non-Voting  idea  of  our  government  is  that  it  is  one 
Republic  by  the  people,  in  which  the  people  them- 

selves take  part  and  for  which  they  dis- 
play enthusiasm  and  eager  partisanship.  But  the  reality 
is  very  different  from  the  ideal  and  we  are  fast  becoming 
a  country  of  non-voters.  How  long  a  republican  govern- 
ment can  stand  up  against  the  apathy  of  its  own  citizens  is 
a  matter  of  concern.  At  any  rate,  this  non-participation  in 
the  affairs  of  the  community  is  bound  to  bring  with  it  its 
own  penalty. 

That  the  evil  is  a  real  one  is  apparent  on  the  best  autho- 
rity. They  are  now  preparing  the  great  register  of  voters 
for  the  next  election.  Citizens  register,  but  they  do  not 
vote.  This  is  again  a  very  puzzling  condition  of  things. 
Why  should  one  trouble  to  register  and  again  not  trouble 
to  vote?  Our  registrar  of  voters,  J.  Harry  Zemansky,  sa\> 
that  one  may  be  able  to  register  eighty  per  cent  of  the  quali- 
fied voters,  but  that  not  more  than  fifty  per  cent  will  record 
their  opinions  at  the  polls. 

The  evil  is  comparatively  new.  Twenty-five  years  ago,  we 
are  told,  ninety  per  cent  of  the  registered  voted.    Why? 

The  reasons  given  are  numerous.  Mr.  Zemansky  thinks 
that  the  fact  that  election  day  is  a  holidav  is  a  deterrent  fac- 


tor and  that  many  people  leave  town  rather  than  stay  and 
vote.  But,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  election  days  are  not  much 
recognized  as  holidays.  The  offices,  with  the  exception  of 
the  public  offices,  run  as  usual,  and  the  great  masses  of  man- 
ual workers  are  not  affected  by  the  fact  of  election  holidays 
in  the  courts  and  public  offices.    The  evil  is  deeper. 

F.  Dumont  Smith,  chairman  of  the  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, says  that  the  decay  of  party  politics,  party  organi- 
zation and  party  responsibility  is  the  most  determining 
factor  in  the  new  state  of  affairs.  We  are  inclined  to  agree 
with  him.  The  primary  election  laws  and  such  legislation 
proceeded  upon  hypothesis  that  the  people  as  such  were 
vitally  interested.     That  hypothesis  is  a  fallacy. 


The  World  Court  controversy  is  now 
The  World  Court  at  a  point  where  the  feelings  and  emo- 
tions  of  the  community  are  aroused  and 
partisan  expressions  are  the  order  of  the  day.  All  sorts  of 
foolish  criticisms  are  therefore  current  and  the  perspective 
of  the  matter  is  in  danger  of  being  lost.  For  example,  com- 
plaint is  made  that  certain  rich  people,  conspicuously  Mr. 
Bok,  are  using  money  for  the  purpose  of  propaganda  in 
favor  of  the  World  Court.  The  complaint  has  no  basis.- 
They  are  quite  entitled  to  use  their  funds  for  any  legitimate 
purpose  and  it  would  be  impossible  to  sav  that  the  World 
Court  is  not  a  legitimate  proposition. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  protagonists  of  the  World  Court 
are  by  no  means  careful  in  their  animadversions  and  en- 
deavor  to  convey  the  impression  that  those  who  are  opposed 
to  the  Court  are  opposed  to  the  progress  of  humanity  and 
the  development  of  the  spirit  of  good  will  among  nations. 
This  is  equally  foolish,  with  the  foregoing  complaints  on 
the  other  side.  ( Ine  may  be  dead  against  war,  quite  in  favor 
of  the  pacific  determination  of  disputes  between  nation;., 
a  convinced  advocate  of  arbitration,  and  still  be  against  the 
World  Court. 

There  is  on  the  part  of  many  Americans,  we  think  en- 
tirely justifiably,  a  very  pronounced  opinion  against  being 
involved  in  matters  with  other  nations  which  might  lead 
either  to  alliances  or  conflict.  We  are.  we  think,  self-sustain- 
ing; we  have  no  ax  to  grind  ;  we  desire  no  property  not  our 
own  ;  we  have  no  part  in  the  racial  hates  and  national  tradi- 
tional quarrels  of  Europe.  Perhaps,  therefore,  there  is  no 
need  for  us  to  take  part  in  any  co-operation  with  European 
nations  which  might  endanger  our  autonomy. 

There  is  the  question.  Let  the  World  Court  advocates 
convince  us.  if  they  can,  that  we  are  running  no  risks  to 
our  security  in  dabbling  with  the  matter.  The  debate  should 
be  maintained  on  a  high  plane. 


The  decision  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court  and  Supreme  Court,  which  held  that 
Community  Tax  there  was  no  rebate  of  income  cax, 

upon  the  ground  that  community 
property  is  not  common  property  in  the  State  of  California, 
has  fallen  with  great  force  upon  the  legal  profession  and 
the  financial  interests  of  this  state.  The  court  held  that 
women  had  only  an  "expectancy"  in  the  community  prop- 
erty. This  is  a  conclusion  which  is  very  vehemently  con- 
tested here. 

Since  the  decision,  there  has  been  a  rapid  development  of 
events,  as  a  result.  Senator  Shortridge  presented  to  the 
Senate  Finance  Committee,  during  the  consideration  of  the 
new  revenue  bill,  his  own  plan  to  amend  the  bill  to  remedy 
the  situation,  by  having  Congress  permit  the  Treasury  to 
recognize  for  taxation  purposes  the  eight  states  where  com- 
munity property  laws  are  now  effective.  Commissioner 
Blair  ordered  an  investigation  of  the  law  in  the  eight  com- 
munity property  states  with  the  view  of  withdrawing  the 
privilege  they  have  all  enjoyed  with  the  exception  of  Cali- 
fornia,  in   filing  separate   returns   by  husbands   and   wives. 


January  16,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Assistant  Attorney-General  Willebrandt  declares  that  the 
decision  will  have  a  similarly  adverse  effect  upon  the  col- 
lection of  estate  taxes  in  California  and  other  states.  It  is 
said  that  the  other  community  property  states,  except  Cali- 
fornia will  be  obliged  to  pay  over  millions  to  the  government 
in  back  income  taxes. 

There  is  no  question  that  the  decision  is  one  of  the  most 
far  reaching  in  the  history  of  the  country,  in  recent  years, 
at  least.  Some,  if  not  all,  of  our  best  lawyers  here  are  con- 
vinced that  the  interest  of  the  wife  in  community  property 
is  no  mere  expectancy,  but  that  the  interest  is  very  definite 
and  immediate.  It  will  be  interesting  to  see  if  the  court 
grants  a  rehearing. 


The  Farthest  Promontory 

By  John  G.  Brayton 


There  is  to  be  a  Senate  enquiry  into 
Belated  Foolery  the  action  of  the  Department  of  Justice 
or,  rather  the  inactivity  of  that  body, 
in  not  prosecuting  the  Aluminum  Company  of  America 
under  the  anti-trust  act.  This  sounds  like  an  echo  from  the 
dead  past.  We  thought  that  we  were  all  agreed  that  the 
trust,  taking  it  by  and  large,  was  a  distinct  social  gain  and 
that  the  whole  world,  our  own  country  in  particular,  is  bet- 
ter and  richer  for  the  organization  of  that  American  prod- 
uct, known  as  the  trust. 

To  proceed  against  this  particular  trust  is  nothing  more 
or  less  than  an  attack  upon  the  Secretary  of  the  United 
States  Treasury.  Mr.  Mellon  is  one  of  the  greatest  of  living 
financiers  and  has  done  more  than  any  one  else  for  the  re- 
habilitation of  the  finances  of  the  country,  after  the  war 
and  the  re-establishment  of,  not  only  normally,  but  excep- 
tionally, prosperous  conditions  in  the  United  States.  Happy 
is  the  country  that  can  boast  of  the  possession  of  such  a 
man  in  its  time  of  need. 

But  all  this  does  not  count  in  politics.  Mr.  Mellon  is  a 
rich  man.  He  is  the  aider  and  abettor  of  rich  corporations. 
He  has  built  up  great  institutions  which  have,  in  their  turn, 
brought  wealth  and  security  to  the  country.  That  is  enough 
to  make  him  an  object  of  dislike  to  many  people.  There  are 
those  of  such  distorted  and  wry  minds  that  they  cannot 
view  with  equanimity  the  possession  of  more  than  ordinary 
ability  on  the  part  of  any  one.  The  fact  that  Mr.  Mellon  is 
a  financial  and  industrial  organizer  of  peculiarly  di's'.in- 
guished  rank,  marks  him  off  as  a  person  to  be  attacked  and 
calumniated. 

And,  with  regard  to  this  Aluminum  Company,  which  is 
the  trust  complained  of,  there  is  no  doubt  at  all  that  under 
the  guidance  of  Mr.  Mellon  it  has  secured  for  this  country 
the  practical  control  of  aluminum,  an  achievement  which 
should  count  for  a  great  deal  in  the  eyes  of  any  sensible 
American. 


We  have  the  utmost  sympathy 
A  Conscientious  Bar         with    and    approval    for    the    move 

that  has  been  lately  made  by  the 
Inwycrs  of  San  Francisco  to  so  establish  their  profession 
that  most  of  the  criticism,  now  directed  against  those  who 
follow  it,  will  be  obviously  and  palpably  wrong  and  unjust. 
We  have,  therefore,  approved  of  the  various  devices  which 
have  from  time  to  time  been  employed  to  purge  the  pro- 
fession of  undesirable  elements  and  insure  a  fair  and  up- 
right bar. 

All  that  is  very  well.  On  the  other  hand,  zeal  for  a  clean 
bar  should  not  bring  about  injustice  nor  cause  attorneys 
to  be  disbarred  for  offenses,  which  are  not  moral  offenses 
and  which  are  not  detrimental  to  the  community.  In  fact. 
there  should  be  the  greatest  care  used  to  protect  the  attor- 
ney who  espouses  unpopular  causes  and  who,  by  virtue  31 
his  advocacy  of  people  or  idea*  which  are  under  the  con- 
demnation of  the  public,  exposes  himself  to  financial  'oss 
and  sometimes  to  persona]  danger. 

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"\  X  7"E  HARDLY  know  yet  what  people  we  are  building  up, 
V  V  and  how  high  a  place  in  human  history  we  are  going  to 
attain." — Editorial,  News  Letter,  January  9. 

A  sentence  full  of  suggestion !    A  theme  for  epic  poets ! 

Westward,  ever  Westward  has  been  the  trend  of  civilization. 
From  a  period  far  beyond  earliest  recorded  history,  driven  on 
by  an  Urge  not  even  yet  understood,  man  has  sought  higher  and 
better  ways  of  living.  Westward  from  somewhere  in  Asia, 
perhaps,  westward  at  least  from  the  direction  of  Asia,  wave 
after  wave  of  human  life  has  swept,  carrying  or  destroying  all 
before  it.  And  each  succeeding  tide  was  more  advanced  in  the 
arts  than  the  last. 

The  crushing  or  rooting  up  of  an  established  people  and  the 
supplanting  of  it  by  another  was  nothing  to  the  Power  that 
gave  the  thrust.  The  establishing  and  destroying  of  religions 
went  on  with  a  sure  and  relentless  force,  each  new  form  being 
better  than  the  last.     Westward,  ever  westward ! 

Nothing  stopped  these  people.  No  desert,  no  height  or  peak, 
no  stream  or  sea,  could  more  than  halt  them  temporarily.  Cities 
were  established  only  to  be  destroyed,  temples  were  erected  only 
to  be  cast  down,  faiths  were  inculcated  only  to  be  discarded. 

Men  thought  it  was  desire  for  wealth  that  led  them  to  the 
discovery  of  the  Xew  World;  they  believed  it  was  a  mastering 
love  of  liberty  that  fixe  1  them  on  the  coldest  and  least  inviting 
shores  of  that  land.  Men  believed  they  were  seeking  gold 
when  they  toiled  across  the  plains,  through  hardship  and  peril 
to  the  most  beautiful  region  of  the  greatest  of  continents.  They 
did  not  know  it  was  the  irresistible  Impulse  speeding  them  on 
toward  the  ultimate  purpose. 

Now,  on  the  last  promontory  of  this  mainland  the  flood  of 
human  life  has  come  to  pause.  Only  earth's  farthest  sweeping 
sea  lies  between  this  people  and  the  cradle  whence  their  life 
is  believed  to  have  Sprung.  The  globe  has  been  almost  circled. 
In  the  path  is  to  be  found  the  best  product  of  tireless  and  rest- 
less energy  ;  cities,  nations,  civilizations.  But  these  are  all  ma- 
terial ;  something  spiritual  is  to  be  desired. 

Facing  westward  and  on  tiptoe,  impelled  still  more  strongly 
by  the  cumulative  force  of  the  ages,  stand  the  inhabitants  of 
the  coast.  Well  may  it  he  said  that  we  do  not  know  what  people 
we  are  building  up!  These  people  are  different — not  a  Chosen 
People,  hut  different.  This  divergence  has  been  noticed.  Emo- 
tional, capable,  confident,  these  men  are  equal  to  anything. 

The  present  unrest  is  spiritual,  wistful.  There  is  no  form  of 
enlightenment  in  the  belted  world  that  is  satisfactory.  All 
that  has  been  done  must  he  destroyed  and  replaced  with  some- 
thing better.  What  shall  it  he?  It  must  take  on  a  more  spirit- 
ual form,  whatever  it  is. 

America's  mission  has  only  been  guessed  at;  it  has  nowhere 
nearly  been  fulfilled.  And  this  mission  will  he  accomplished  by 
a  very  few  of  the  millions  dwelling  here.  Like  the  army  of 
Gideon,  these  few  will  he  chosen  by  test  and  trial.  They  will 
arise  in  the  West. 

The  part  that  commerce  plays  in  this  great  affair  is  very  im- 
portant. Men  believe  they  are  carrying  on  business  for  the 
-ake  of  business  when,  in  fact,  they  are  acting  as  tools  in  the 
hands  of  an  Omnipotent  Will  for  the  accomplishment  of  a 
desired  end.  Commerce  may  lead  the  Californians  to  Asia  and 
thev  may  be  confident  they  are  going  for  the  sake  of  commerce, 
but  that  is  only  a  small  consideration.  The  Westerners  will 
occupy  Asia  to  plant  a  supercivilization  on  the  very  soil  of  the 
birthplace  of  their  ancestors.  For  it  is  a  law  that  those  who 
do  not  use  the  land  they  occupy  to  the  fullness  of  its  resources 
will  lose  their  rights  to  those  that  will  do  so. 


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January  16,  1926 


«  ■  t 


Pleasure's  Ww 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUT  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore, 


Columbia 

SAX  FRANCISCO  once  more  prove  1 
"she  knows  how"  in  every  sense  of 
the  word,  when  Monday  evening 
at  the  C  o- 
1  n  m  b  i  a  the 
most  brilliant. 
largest  and 
most  fashion- 
able audience 
turned  out  to 
honor  two  of 
her  "Native 
Sons,"  Charles 
Tempi  eton 
Crocker  and 
Joseph  Red- 
ding at  the 
American  pre- 

Knluerine  Schwartz  miere  of  their 

opera  "Fay  Yen  Fah." 

The  house  itself  offered  as  brilliant  a 
spectacle  as  the  gorgeous  stage.  The  wo- 
men were  attired  in  beautiful  gowns  and 
wore  magnificent  jewels,  while  the  men 
provided  a  splendid  background  in  their 
conventional  evening  dress. 

The  authors  were  offered  a  wonderful 
tribute  at  the  end  of  the  second  act.  and 
seldom  has  one  seen  such  beautiful  floral 
tributes  as  went  over  the  footlights  to  the 
cast. 

This  opera  was  first  written  for  a  Bo- 
hemian Club  Jinks  in  1917.  Last  year, 
it  won  instant  success  when  presented 
at  Monte  Carlo.  The  story  is  based  on 
the  mythology  of  old  China,  and  the 
theme  of  the  opera  is  that  love  is  omnipo- 
tent against  any  power  of  evil.  It  carries 
a  beautiful  story,  and  has  a  universal  ap- 
peal. 

The  settings  were  gorgeous,  with  the 
most  elaborate  costumes.  Joseph 
Schwartz,  the  distinguished  Russian  bari- 
tone, was  the  Fox  God.  and  did  himself 
very  well.  Rene  Maison,  French  tenor, 
had  the  star  part  as  the  lover,  and  lived 
up  to  his  every  opportunity.  He  has  a 
voice  of  wide  range  and  sang  beautifully. 

Lucie  Berthrand,  tiny  French  prima 
donna,  did  very  well,  considering  her 
youth,  and  has  a  winsome  personality, 
which  captured  the  audience  at  once. 
Giovanni  Martino,  the  basso,  sang  ad- 
mirably with  line  dramatic  effect,  in  his 
role  of  the  viceroy. 

The  music  is  quite  Wagnerian  in  style, 
with  some  lovely  haunting  melodies,  par- 
ticularly the  love  theme.  The  Ballet  of 
the  Lilies  was  a  perfect  poem,  as  was  also 
the  Poppy   Ballet.     There   was  splendid 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

work  done  by  the  chorus,  well  trained  by 
Giuseppe  Papi,  and  Merola  had  his  or- 
chestra well  trained  also. 


The  French  Theater 

La  Gaite  Francaise,  San  Francisco's 
unique  French  play  house,  which  re- 
sumed its  sixth  season  last  week,  will 
again  repeat  this  Wednesday  and  Friday. 
its  new  comedy  success,  "Chateau  His- 
torique."  a  comedy  by  Bisson,  the  well 
known  author  of  "The  Surprises  of  the 
Divorce."  This  comedy,  presented  very 
entertainingly  by  a  clever  cast,  headed  by 
Andre  Ferrier.  and  amid  one  of  the  most 
gorgeous  settings  ever  seen  here,  has 
packed  to  capacity  the  newly  redecorated 
French  playhouse  and  will  continue  to  be 
given  each  Wednesday  and  Friday  ol 
this  month  with  a  special  matinee  Satur- 
day, Jan.  30th.  On  account  of  the  Season 
of  Opera,  the  other  two  matinees  will  be 
omitted.  *     *     * 

Golden  Gate 

I  Ine  of  the  biggest  shows  of  the  cur- 
rent season  is  announced  for  this  theater 
next  week,  the  headline  atraction  being 
"The  Dance  Club."  1  [any  Delmar  and 
Jeanette  Hackett's  fifth  annual  vaude- 
ville revue,  containing  some  fifteen  people 
in  the  act.  A  second  beautiful  act  is  that 
of  Jerry  and  her  Baby  Grands,  known  all 
over  the  world  as  America's  premier 
piano  quartette.  Four  white  baby  grands 
played  by  beautiful  girls  in  quaint  old 
fashioned  costumes   make  a  great  hit. 

Eddie  Clayton  and  Frank  Lennis  are 
nut  comedians  with  ability  to  win  hearty 
laughs  in  a  sketch  called  "A  Sundae  in 
London;"  Billy  Shone,  formerly  a  well 
known  monologist,  and  now  teamed  with 
Louise  Squire,  beautiful  model  and  songs- 
tress, have  a  novel  offering  calle  1  "Lobbie 
Follies;"  Jack  King  and  George  I'.eatty 
have  a  nonsensical  turn  known  as  "Ar- 
tistic Apple  Sauce;"  The  Duponts,  danc- 
ing jugglers,  please  with  a  "Study  of 
Nonsense.'1 

The  screen  feature  is  "The  Scarlet 
Saint."  featuring  Alary  Astor  and  Lloyd 
Hughes.  There  will  he  the  usual  short 
films  and  a  concert  by  Claude  Sweden's 
orchestra,  and  Grace  Rollins  Hunt  at  the 
organ.  *     *     * 

Granada 

Next  week  the  Granada  offers  "What 
Happened  to  Jones,"  a  screen  adaptation 
of  George  Broadhurst's  farce,  and  star- 
ring Reginald   Denny. 


California 

This  theater  offers  the  first  showing  of 
the  sensational  picture  "Havoc,"  a  story 
of  love  and  war.  George  O'Brien.  San 
Francisco's  own  star  and  son  of  Chief  of 
Police  Daniel  J.  O'Brien,  has  his  most 
important  role  so  far  in  this  picture. 
There  is  a  strong  supporting  cast.  Alia 
Burgess,  prima  donna,  who  made  her  de- 
but last  week  with  Max  Dolin's  orchestra, 
remains  over   for  a  second  week. 

*  *      * 

Capitol 

Following  "Kosher  Kitty  Kelly,"  which 
cli  ses  at  this  theater  tonight,  will  be  seen 
the  great  UFA  picture  in  a  return  en- 
gagement. "Siegfried."  Those  who  did 
not  see  this  picture  when  it  played  here 
he  fore,  should  not  miss  this  opportunity 
of  seeing  it  now. 

*  *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

A  comparative  newcomer  to  the  screen. 
although  already  well  known,  is  Dorothy 
Sebastian,  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  al- 
luring figures  in  lilmdom,  and  who  is 
starred  in  the  new  offering  at  the  War- 
field  the  coming  week.  "Seven  Wives." 
Those  who  have  seen  pre-views  of  the 
picture  say  that  Dorothy  stands  out  prom- 
inently in  the  starry  galaxy,  which  for  a 
newcomer  is  glory  enough! 

This  is  a  highly  diverting  comedy  with 
a  must  unusual  supporting  cast.  Blanche 
Sweet.  Li  is  Wilson.  Ben  Lyon.  Diana 
Kane.  Sam  Hardy  and  others. 

t  In  the  stage  the  presentation  will  be 
ano'.her  gorgeous  revue  staged  by  Fan- 
chon  and  Marco,  featuring  the  sensa- 
tional dancers,  The  Berkoffs.  It  is  called 
"Arabesque,"  a  Persian  fantasy,  and  be- 
sides the  ballet  will  he  seen  the  Simon- 
dette  Sextette,  the  Sunkist  Beauties  and 
Walt   Roesner  and   his  soloists. 

International  films  and  a  comedy  round 
out  a  strong  program  of  splendid  enter- 
tainment. 

*  *     * 

Orpheum 

The  International  singer  of  songs.  Miss 
Nora  Hayes,  "our  own  Nora,"  returns  to 
the  (  hpheum  for  a  brief  engagement  he- 
ginning  tomorrow  matinee.  She  will  be 
seen  in  her  latest  program  of  delightful 
comedy,  smart  songs,  ami  balladry.  She 
is  said  to  be  more  entrancing  than  ever 
before. 

Hughie  Clark  and  company  offer  "Past 
and  Present."  with  the  assistance  of  Tom- 
my Monaco's  Orchestra,  a  group  of  tal- 
ented  musicians,      foe   Keno  and    Rosie 


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Green,  great  favorites  here,  will  be  seen 
in  "A  Hilarious  Hodge  Pudge;"  the  Wil- 
son Brothers,  Frank  and  Joe,  known  the 
country  over  as  "The  American  Yodlers." 
have  a  skit  called  "The  Lieutenant  and 
the  Cop."  These  hoys  were  policemen 
in  several  of  the  large  Eastern  cities. 
Ruth  Roye,  comedienne  of  syncopation 
remains  over  for  a  second  hig  week,  of- 
fering several  new  numbers ;  Les  Ghezzi, 
two  clever  equilibrists,  are  strong,  force- 
ful and  courageous;  Edwin  George  has 
a  skit  called  "A  Comedy  of  Errors," 
and  ihe  Kiewnings  will  he  seen  in  "An 
Aerial  Sensation." 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

(ieorge  M.  Cohan's  latest  laughfest, 
"The  Song  and  Dance  Man."  starts  to- 
morrow on  its  sixth  week  at  the  Alca- 
zar Theater,  with  Henry  Duffy  in  the 
role  of  "Happy  Farrell."  the  ambitious 
entertainer  of  vaudeville's  small  time,  in 
which  he  has  scored  such  a  hit. 

Miss  Winter,  as  always,  is  delightful. 
She  looks  and  acts  the  part  of  the  hard 
working  performer,  and  she  gets  her 
chance  to  shine.  As  a  magnate  of  the 
show  business,  William  Davidson  is  de- 
serving of  all  the  good  things  thai  can  he 
said  of  him.  He  is  the  center  of  'he  fun 
with  William  Macauley,  Hetty  Laurence 
and  John  Junior  aiding  him  handsomely 
in  keeping  the  audience  good  natured. 

Duffy  has  given  the  play  a  very  capable 
company,  inclu  ling  Dorothy  Le  Mar.  Daj 
Man  on.  Ray  L.  Royce,  Marie  Sorrille 
Henry -Caubisens  and   Ben   Harris. 

*  *     * 
President 

"Thank-U,"  the  intensely  human  come- 
dy with  Ji  hn  1).  (  >  Mara  in  the  most  im- 
lortant  role.  i>  the  delightful  attraction 
at    the    President     Theater.     Tomorrow 
•  the  fourth  week  of   its  run. 

This   play   has   been   aptly  called   the 
anii  n  plaj  to  Frank  Bacon's  classii . 

Iltnin'  "        I  •']  Lira     is    delightful    as 

the  n  '  pastor  of  a  small  village 

flock  :  I  cue  a  Lane  has  the  principal  fem- 
inine role,  that  of  an  American  girl  reared 
in  Paris,  and  transplanted  to  the  atmos 
phere  of  a  small  town. 

ere  is  much  gentle  comedy,  and  the 
author,  Winchell  Smith,  has  given  us  a 
gr  up  of  interesting  characters,  all  well 
pi  rtrayed  by  the  cast  selected  by  Henry 
Duffy,  which  includes  Francis  Fraunie. 
Kenneth  Daigneau,  William  Abram. 
Helen  Gihnore,  Earl  Lee.  (dive  Cooper, 

_..■  Webster,  Charles  Ldler.  Frank 
I 'arien.  Harriet  McGibhon,  Robert  Reid, 
May   Xannary  and  John   Mackenzie. 

*  *     * 
Curran 

begins  the  la>t  week 
of    the    popular    e  gagement     of     Ralph 
lelightful  travesty,  "The  Gor- 
illa." at  the  Curran  Theater. 

At  every  performance  the  hig  audiences 

sit    breathless,    while   amazing    incidents 

ted  before  them,  from  the  time 


the  curtain  is  lifted  on  the  first  act,  until 
the  final  curtain. 

Lon  Hascall  and  Harry  T.  Shannon 
as  the  two  "detectuffs,"  assisted  by  a 
line  cast,  are  extremely  funny,  making 
the  audience  laugh  with  delight  at  their 
antics. 

*     *     * 

Wilkes 

"All  For  You"  continues  to  delight 
the  patrons  at  the  Wilkes  Theater,  with 
William  Gaxton  in  the  star  role.  1  le  has 
a  whimsicality  all  his  own,  and  he  is  well 
aided  by  a  very  fine  cast  headed  by  petite 
little  Nancy  Welford,  Madeline  Camer- 
on and  Ted  Doner,  of  the  famous  danc- 
ing family.  The  sensational  dancing  of 
the  famous  English  Rockets  is  another 
strong  attraction,  and  there  is  a  fine  chor- 
us, well  trained. 

(Continued   on  Page  18) 


Paul  Elder  Notes 

An  illustrated  lecture  "The  Truth 
\hout  the  South  Seas"  by  Frederick  L. 
Washburn,  of  the  University  of  Minne- 
sota, will  be  given  in  the  Paul  Elder 
( rallery,  Saturday  afternoon,  January 
23rd  at  2 :30  o'clock  The  flood  of  ro- 
mantic literature  about  this  faraway 
country  in  the  lonely  Pacific  makes 
Mr  Washburn's  frank  talk  most  timely 
and  refreshing  Following  the  lecture, 
a  first  showing  will  be  made  of  moving 
pictures  taken  by  Mr  Washburn  dur- 
ing his  recent  tour  of  this  "Land  of 
palms,  ringed  'round  with  foam,"  and 
also  of  many  beautiful  colored  slides 
made  from  original  photographs 
'  *     *     * 

An  exhibition  of  etchings,  woodcuts 
and  lithographs  by  a  distinguished 
group  of  European  artists  of  the  State 
Guild  of  Arts  and  Crafts,  known  as 
"The  Blue  Four."  will  open  in  the  Paul 
Elder  Gallery,  Monday,  January  18th. 
and  continue  for  one  week  The  col- 
lection affords  a  very  valuable  exhibit 
of  the  work  of  exponents  of  modern 
art — the  picturing  of  moods  and  im- 
pressions, motion  and  light 

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January  16,  1926 


Scintillating:  Society 
Participates  in  Opera 

MAGNIFICENT  as  may  be  the  opera  in  theme  or  pre- 
sentation ;  glorious  as  may  be  the  stars  who  sing  their 
character  roles;  or  brilliant  as  may  be  some  particular  occa- 
sion, there  is  always  a  contributing  part  which  adds  ma- 
terially and  artistically  to  its  substantial  success.  That  scin- 
tillating part  is  society. 

San  Francisco,  famed  for  its  hearty  espousal  of  all  that 
is  superlatively  artistic  and  scholarly ;  and  known  through- 
out the  musical  world  for  an  appreciation  of  opera  and  celeb- 
rities ;  San  Francisco,  this  week,  has  lived  up  to  its  reputa- 
tion with  society's  participation. 

The  opening  night  of  the  opera  season  with  which  we  are 
gloriously  blessed,  set  a  criterion  for  the  following  events. 
The  fashionable  of  San  Francisco,  Burlingame,  the  penin- 
sula and  the  bay  cities,  radiantly  essayed  their  roles  and 
dressed  up  for  the  occasion. 

What  a  handsome  array  of  prominent  people  and  fashion- 
able personages! 

On  their  side  of  the  footlights,  society  folks  held  to  tradi- 
tion!  The  beautiful  women,  the  handsome  gowns;  the 
luxurious  attires,  the  furs,  the  wraps,  and  all  accessories. 
It  has  been  a  feast  for  the  eyes,  and  pronounced,  anew.  S  m 
Francisco — in  opulence — city  of  music  lovers  and  celebri- 
ties. 

*     *     * 

"Fay- Yen-Fah"  took  us  by  storm! 

We  knew  it  would,  but  we  didn't  quite  know  all.  The 
book  by  Templeton  Crocker,  the  music  by  Joseph  Redding, 
the  American  premiere  in  San  Francisco,  California.  Those 
were  the  terms  repeated  on  the  lips  of  thousands  who  heard 
"Fay-Yen-Fah." 

Lucy  Berthrand,  in  her  role  of  the  heroine,  captivated 
San  Francisco,  as  she  has  captivated  thousands  upon  thou- 
sands before.  Rene  Maison,  her  luver  in  the  three-act 
opera;  Joseph  Schwartz;,  who  essayed  the  "Spirit  of  Evil"; 
Giovanni  Martino,  the  viceroy,  and  Edmond  Warnery,  the 
man  who  sang  the  part  of  tutor,  registered  something  more 
than  they  know  within  the  memories  of  San  Francisco 
opera  devotees.  Famous  singers  we  have  heard,  but  some- 
how these  people  gripped  us  firmly! 

We  are  proud  of  the  opera,  prouder  still  of  Mr.  Crocker. 
Mr.  Redding;  and  oh,  gratefully  proud  of  Gaetano  Merola 
of  the  undaunted  soul — the  man  who  gives  us — OPERA! 

Blanche  Upright,  the  noted  novelist,  whose  popular  hooks 
find  their  way  upon  the  screen  to  delight  the  world,  has 
been  a  visitor,  this  past  week,  in  the  city  of  her  early  news- 
paper days. 

Mrs.  Upright  is  completing  her  latest  book,  "The  Altar 
of  Friendship,"  which  will,  no  doubt,  like  all  her  other  well- 
known  novels,  become  a  stage  production  and  later  a  cinema 
presentation.  Every  one  who  knows  the  charming  and  bril- 
liant writer  of  "True-to-Life"  never  has  anything  but  a 
word  of  happiness  fur  her.     It  is  because  Blanche  Upright 


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has  so  much  happiness  to  impart,  that  she  attracts  rays  of 


sunshine,  no  doubt.  Author  of  "The  Valley  of  Content," 
"The  Losing  Gain,"  "Half  a  Chance,"  "Pleasure  Mad,"  this 
famous  novelist  is  probably  one  of  the  best  loved  of  all  our 
San  Francisco  writers. 

She  and  her  husband,  Mr.  Louis  Upright,  have  a  mag- 
nificent home  in  Hollywood,  where  they  are  as  popular 
among  the  literary  folks  and  the  big  producers  in  filmland 
as  they  are  here  in  the  city  which  claims  Blanche  Upright 
its  "product." 

In  a  recent  declaration  concerning  Hollywood  and  Holly- 
wood people,  Mrs.  Upright  asserted  ardent  belief  in  motion 
picture  people  whose  mythical  "wildness"  she  attributed  to 
imaginary  people. 

Blanche  Upright,  is  ever  an  ardent  supporter  of  people 
and  things  in  whom  she  believes — that  is  one  of  the  character- 
istics which  permeates  her  books,  her  stage  plays  and  her 
stories  of  the  screen.  "It  is  a  principle  with  Blanche,"  so 
say  her  friends,  "because  she,  herself,  lives  the  life  of  noble 
heartedness  and  close  application  to  an  ideal." 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  S.  Drum,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Pope, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Cameron,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  S. 
Martin,  gave  a  supper  dance  at  the  St.  Francis  following 
the  night  of  the  first  opera. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Crocker,  Mrs.  Crocker  Whitman, 
Mr.  Prescott  Scott  and  Mr.  Gurney  Newlin  gave  a  dinner 
party  in  honor  of  Mr.  Templeton  Crocker  and  Mr.  Joseph 
Redding  on  the  night  of  their  opera,  "Fay-Yen-Fah." 

*  *     * 

Others  who  entertained  were:  Mrs.  Adolph  Spreckels, 
who  had  for  her  guests,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  de  Bret- 
ville.  Miss  Alma  Spreckels  and  Miss  Dorothy  Spreckels  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alan  Lowery,  who  were  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  Leib. 

Mrs.  Tobin  Clark  entertained  during  the  opera  for  Miss 
Marion  Hollins  of  New  York,  Miss  Helen  Chesebrough, 
Admiral  Alexander  Hatsted.  Mr.  Richard  Tobin  and  George 
Sterling. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  Welch  engaged  two  boxes  for  the 
opera  entertaining  friends  at  dinner  and  supper  parties. 


International  Luncheon 

One  of  the  outstanding  events  of  the  season  will  be  the 
International  Luncheon  to  be  given  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Unity  Club  of  which  Mrs.  Perley 
Andrew  Young  is  the  president  and  which  includes  in  the 
personnel  of  its  membership  the  wives  of  hotel  proprietors, 
managers  and  hotel  apartments. 

Elaborate  preparations  are  being  made  for  this  event 
which  takes  place  Thursday,  January  28  at  12:30  o'clock. 
Official  representatives  of  many  countries  will  be  honor 
guests  and  give  addresses  on  themes  of  special  selection. 
They   include:    Santos   Goni,    consul-general    de   la   Repubiica 


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Argentina ;  Marcus  G.  Huidobro,  consul  du 
Chile;  Patrick  Coppinger  Gerant,  du  consulat 
de  France ;  Dr.  Kurt  Ziegler,  German  consul- 
general  ;  Jose  Y.  Seminario,  consul-general  Del 
Equador ;  Ernesto  De  La  Guardia,  Jr.,  consul 
of  Panama  ;  A.  S.  Klu,  consul-general  of  Guate- 
mala ;  Dr.  Koling  Yih,  Chinese  consul-general ; 
B.  J.  Gratama,  secretary,  Holland-American 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  all  of  win  mi  have  ac- 
cepted the  invitation  extended  to  he  present 
and  to  address  the  assemblage. 

"International  Relations"  will  be  the  sub- 
ject of  an  address  by  Rev.  William  Rader,  and 
a  program  of  attractive  musical  numbers  will 
be  presented  by  the  president  who,  with  as- 
sistance of  her  committees,  aims  to  make  this 
International  Luncheon  something  superla- 
tively splendid  and  significant. 

Tables  will  be  decorated  in  the  colors  and 
flags  of  the  countries  represented  and  each 
hostess  presiding  over  the  table  will  be  relied 
in  a  costume  of  the  nation  she  features. 

Mrs.  Perley  Young,  as  Columbia  will  pre- 
side over  the  American  table  with  the  honor 
guests,  consuls  and  representatives  of  other  countries. 

Purposes  and  plans  of  the  Unity  Club  arc  to  create  a 
feeling  of  camaraderie  among  the  wives  of  hotel  proprietors 
and  managers  and  to  establish  a  department  for  the  study 
and  the  encouragement  of  travel.  "Lines  of  Travel  and 
Travel  Development  will  be  subjects  discussed  during  our 
present  year,"  stated  Mrs.  Young,  the  capable  and  energetic 
young  president,  who  enjoys  her  responsibilities  with  en- 
thusiasm. 

Many  prominent  people  from  the  San  Francisco,  penin- 
sula and  bay  cities  and  from  Fresno  hotel  circles  have 
already  made  reservations  with  Mrs.  Young  at  the  Turpin 
Hotel  on  Powell  Street,  where  she  is  receiving  the  name-  ol 
those  desiring  to  attend  the  International  Luncheon.  Vc- 
cording  to  official  announcements,  these  reservations  will 
close  on  Tuesday  26.  two  days  before  the  luncheon.  The 
tables  have  already  almost  reached  their  full  quota,  so  popu- 
lar is  the  delightful  event  which   is  original   in  design  and 

presentation. 

*     *     * 

Mis.   William    Beckman,   author   of   "Thought    Stitches 

From  Life's  Tapestry,"  was  the  honor  guest  at  the  literary 
session  held  Friday  afternoon  in  the  California  room  of  the 
Fairmont  Hotel,  when  her  book  was  reviewed  by  Josephine 
Bartlett  of  the  San   Francisco  "Chronicle." 

Tin-  California  author  was  made  the  recipient  of  many 
congratulations  on  her  latest  book  which  introduces  whole 
some  philosophy  in  the  humorous  style  for  which  Mrs. 
Beckman   is  famed.     She  is  a  world  traveler  and  the  author 

of  seven  books,  including  "Backsheesh,"  "Unclean  and 
Spotted   From   the   World."   "Beckie's   Book  of   Bastings," 

"Memories    Potlaehcs,"    "Adventuring    in    Memory    Laud-" 

and  "Impressions  of  the  Court  of  Ages." 

Mrs.  Beckman  Was  for  many  years  a  leader  of  society  and 
literary  circles  in  Sacramento,  where  she  was  the  lirsi 
dent    of    the    famous    Tuesday    Club   of    which    she    was    a 

founder. 

She  was  president  of  the  Northern   District,   I  aliforma 

Federation  of  Women'-  Clubs,  a  prominent  member  of  the 

Saturday  Club  and  a  director  of  the  Crocker  Museum  of 

Sacramento.     She  is  the  widow  of  William   Beckman.  who. 


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during  his  lifetime  was  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent bankers  of  the  state. 

A  chair  for  the  study  of  the  English  language 
and  literature  has  been  established  by  Mrs. 
Beckman  at  the  University  of  California  for 
which  she  contributed  $100,000  and  which  has 
since  then  increased  in  valuation  by  invest- 
ments. Mrs.  Beckman  is  a  prominent  member 
of  the  League  of  American  Pen  Women. 

*  *     * 

Those  who  attended  the  recent  meeting  of 
the  San  Francisco  center  are  still  discussing 
the  lecture  given  by  Anna  Louise  Strong, 
whose  magazine  articles  upon  Soviet  condi- 
tions have  appeared  widely  in  the  United 
States. 

*  *     * 

Judge  Jeremiah  Sullivan  gave  a  memorable 
home  party  at  his  residence  on  Pacific  Avenue, 
where  he  brought  together  a  number  of  rela- 
tives. Mrs.  Bernard  Breeden,  the  daughter  of 
the  Hon.  Jeremiah  Sullivan,  and  Mr.  Breeden 
assisted  him  in  the  hospitalities. 


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Mrs.  Herbert  Hoover  and  her  son,  Allan,  are  at  the 
Hoover  home  in  Palo  Alto  for  a  short  sojourn.  Mrs. 
I  toover  plans  to  spend  a  month  on  the  campus  at  Stanford 
University. 

Wedding  Bells 

A  pretty  wedding  uniting  prominent  California  families 
took  place  on  New  War's  day  in  the  Union  Church  at  Sara- 
toga, when  Mis-  Lucia  Plant  of  Palo  Alto  became  the 
bride  of  Mr.  George  Colby  of  Berkeley.  The  bride  is  a 
Stanford  graduate.  She  was  attended  by  her  sister,  Miss 
Catherine  Plant  and  Miss  Georgia  Edwards  of  Los  Gatos. 
The  best  man  was  Charles  VV.  Dickenson  of  Stanford.  Mr. 
Henry  L.  Plant,  an  uncle  of  the  bride,  gave  her  away. 

I  pon  their  return  from  their  honeymoon  the  young 
couple  will  make  their  home  in  Oakland. 

*  *     * 

The  engagement  of  Mis-  Lillian  Swanson  to  Mr.  Mervyn 
I)  Silberstein  of  San  Francisco  is  announced.  The  engaged 
couple  are  prominent  in  the  activities  of  Ye  Beare  Familye. 
an  organization  of  young  musicians  and  artists  of  which 
Mr.  Silverstein  has  l>een  the  president  for  more  than  six 
Miss  Swanson,  a  pretty,  charming  young  lady  is 
i 'lie  of  the  most  popular  of  the  artistic  set.  where  she  and 
her  husband-to-be  have  been  leader-  at  many  delightful  af- 
fair-. *    *    * 

San  Francisco  friends  this  past  week  received  word  of  the 
splendid  success  attending  Hail  Beverly  as  a  dancer  in 
"Mayflowers."  She  i-  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  ims-,  wife  of 
Commander  Goss,  L".  S.  W.and  has  taken  the  name  of  Bev- 
erly  because  of  her  grandfather,  the  late  Dr.  Beverly  Cole 
of  this  city.  Mi-s  Beverly  ami  her  mother  have  an  apart- 
ment in   Xew  York. 

*  *     * 

A    delightful    dinner   party    was   given   by    Mr.   and   Mrs. 
de  Latour  recently  at  their  Scott  Street  home  com- 
plimenting  Count    and    Countess    Galcerand    de    Pins.    Mr. 
and  Mrs   Dixwell  Hewitt.  Mrs.  J.  S.  Tobin  and  Henri  de  ia 

Chapelle. 

*  *     * 

Luncheon  in  Private  Car 

Dr.  Russell  C.  Ryan  and  Mrs.  Ryan,  accompanied  by 
Mr-.  Frank  M.  Ryan  and  Mr.  Robert  Calquhoun,  have  iust 
returned  to  their  home  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  after  a  de- 
lightful visit  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  H.  Clark  of 
Calexico.  Thev  were  honor  guests  at  several  affairs  during 
their  southern  visit,  among  them  being  a  luncheon  given 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  16,  1926 


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Notable  Events  Made  by 
Famous  Golfers  During  1925 

A  FEW  impressions,  and  resolutions  set  forth  by  the  golf- 
ing Rotarians  at  their  New  Year's  luncheon  : 
President    Matt   Harris,  acting  mayor  of  Atherton  and  na- 
tionally  known   orator,   presided.      Matt   pleaded 
so  hard  to  keep  the  charity  offerings  at  par  that 
he  even  got  a  dollar  from  Johnny  Crowe,  the 

Scotchman. 

*     *     * 

Matt  introduced  Frank  Foran  and  Joe  Tynan, 
two  baby  members  and  directors  of  the  Olym- 
pic  Club :   Frank   responded   in   his  usual  cus- 
lupuiar  presl-  tomary    manner,    but    Joe    made    nis    record 
ancisco  speech,    which   lasted   one   second:     "I    thank 
itntnry    Club,    vim."  *      *      * 

Alvin   Bern  hard,  fresh  from  his  Epsom  Salt  mine,  felt  in 

good  trim  and  parted  with  five  fish. 

*  *     * 

Perry  Cumberson  told  how  his  firm  resolved  to  liquidate. 
Perry  said  that  the  stockholders  claimed  he  didn't  play 
enough  golf,  so  he  quit  business. 

*  *     * 

Sidney  Schwartz,  president  of  the  Stock  and  Bond  Ex- 
change,  and  the  fastest  human  on  a  cinder  track  in  his  day. 
hoped  that  he  wouldn't  lo-e  any  speed  on  the  course. 

*  *     * 

Bill  Goodwin,  the  purveyor  of  little  Fords,  hopes  that  his 
golf  score  will  be  cut  to  the  normal  price  of  his  jits. 

*  *     * 

Arnold  Foster.  Joe  Tynan's  side  kick  at  the  Bethlehem  steel 
work-.,  accompanied  Joe  at  the  luncheon  but  he  wasn't  called 
upon;  Joe  delivered  an  eloquent  speech. 

*  *     * 

Johnny  Crowe  says  that  they  have  had  to  build  the  highways 
\vi''er  and  longer  to  make  room  for  the  Buick  cars  Bob  Thomp- 
son sold  last  vear. 

*  *     * 

John  Spohn  claims  it's  easier  to  put  Carnation  than  a  golf 
ball  in  a  cup. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Wiel  radiographed  his  Xew  Year's  greetings 
From  Paris.    Charlie  left  for  a  two  years'  trip  around  the  world. 

*  *     * 

Benjamin  Franklin  Blair  was  one  of  the  birthday  babies  who 
coughed  up  fixe  bones  for  being  born  in  January.  That  is  really 
nothing  to  what  they  hook  him  for  at  Lake  Merced. 

*  *     * 

Tom  Delury,  the  telephone  magnate,  promised  to  give  us 
better  service.     We  hope  he  keeps  his  word. 

*  *     * 

"Snowshoes"  Pete  Gerhardt  says  that  his  slobber  shop 
worked  so  well  'round  Christmas  that  he  donated  twenty  dol- 
lar- to  tlie  Rotary  fund. 

*     * 

Bill  Larkin  says  he's  still  topping  them  on  Geary  Street.  An-- 
tin  Sperry  arrived  in  time  from  the  Hawaiian  Islands  to  lead 
the  choir. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Brandenberg  hopes  your  Kro-Flite  will  always  fly 
true. 

*  *     * 

Harry  Bostwick  of  the  P.  G.  and  E.,  intends  to  step  on  the 


gas  when  he  meets  Milt  Anderson.     Harry  says  that  Milt  is 
some  trailer. 

*  *     * 

Stanley  Prior,  the  sail  maker,  hopes  he  won't  bump  into  any 
rough  going. 

*  *     * 

Jim  Patrick,  the  rubberman.  puts  his  stamp  of  approval  on 
the  party. 

*  *     * 

Charlie   Trippler  has  promised   to  watch    the  cash   register 
while  Matt  Harris  plays  golf. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  "Ironside"  Stewart  hopes  to  regain  the  laurels  he  lost 
at  Del  Monte  last  year. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Culver,   the   Rotary  cop,   intends  to   roll   off   a    Few 

pounds. 

*  *    * 

Bob  Donahoe.  the  cigar  baby,  has  promised  to  fumigate  the 
course  with  his  black  Havana. 

*  *     * 

Mike  Savanah.  of  Paragon  fame,  will  set  the  new  fashions 
on  the  links. 

*  *     * 

Max  Summer  will  run  him  a  close  second. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Melrose  will  furnish  the  ice  as  usual. 

*  *     * 

Carl  Eddy,  the  spiceman,  says  he's  going  to  infuse  a  lot  of 
pep  into  his  game  this  vear. 

*  *    '* 

Capt.  Jack  Stolz  lias  offered  to  build  an  elevator  shaft  for 
the  17th  at  Merced. 

*  *     * 

Ernest  La  Flcur  is  banking  on  winning  a  title  this  vear. 

*  *     * 

Halsey    Manwaring   has   promised    to   attend    at    least    six 
meetings  during  1926. 

*  *     * 

Sam  ("Grandpa")   Burtchaell  hopes  to  celebrate  the  arrival 
of  his  fiftieth  grandchild. 

*  *     * 

Jul  Sergeant,  the  artist,  promises  not  to  inflict  his  wares  on 
the  course.     Jud  is  some  divot  digger! 

*  *     * 

I  >ick  Costello     has  promised  to  make  his  debut  at  the  next 
Rotarv  golf  meet  if  Tom  Delury  will  show. 

*  *     * 

Rudy  Habernicht.  the  glassman.  is  sure  to  cut  a  big  figure, 
especially  in  the  rough. 

*  *     * 

"Topsy"  Davis,  the  sardine  king  will  try  to  can  a  few. 

*  *     * 

Frank  Garby  will  decorate  the  course  with  lighting  fixtures. 

*  *     * 

Harold   Cossitt   claims   he  can   reproduce  anything — even  a 
lost  ball. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  Howard  Dignan  says  he's  going  to  start  the  New  Year 
right  by  cutting  down  his  score. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Bulotti,  and  his  famed  quartette,  will  keep  harmony 
i  n  the  course. 

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January  16,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


THE  BRAVE  and  THE  FAIR 


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By  Josephine  Wilson 


[NOTE:    This  department  will  publish,  each  week,  the  most  distinctive  events  In  men's  and 
women's  organizations. 


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JOSEPHINE 
WILSON 


PROMINENT  MEN  AND  THEIR  BIG 
EVENTS 
OCAL  musicians  and  music  lovers  in 
/general  are  eagerly  welcoming  the  an- 
nouncement that  Lieutenant-Commander  John 
Philip  Sousa,  will  write  a  new  march  dedi- 
cated to  San  Francisco.  The  announcement 
made  by  Selby  C.  Oppenheimer  followed 
a  telegraphic  advice  from  the  great  march 
king,  who  said : 
"If  my  inspiration  equals  the  greatness  of  the  city  of 
San  Francisco  I  hope  to  dedicate  a  march  for  your  city." 
The  news  came  as  a  significant  bit  of  musical  history,  for, 
according  to  authorities,  it  was  here  in  San  Francisco,  that 
the  famous  composer  and  band  master  started  his  career 
as  an  independent  leader  following  his  retirement  as  band- 
master of  the  United  States  Marine  Corps. 

Brilliant  Assemblage 

The  annual  dinner  of  the  San  Francisco  Bar  Association 
held  this  past  week  attracted  more  than  two  hundred  mem- 
bers of  the  local  order  and  about  twenty  members  of  the 
national  association,  who  were  special  guests.  Beverly  L. 
Hodgehead,  president  of  the  San  Francisco  Bar  Associa- 
tion, presided  at  the  noteworthy  event.  Former  United 
States  Senator  Chester  I.  Long  of  Kansas,  headed  the  dele- 
gation of  guests  and  delivered  the  principal  address  at  the 
annual  gathering.  Former  Governor  Charles  S.  Whitman 
of  New  York,  a  member  of  the  executive  committee,  was 
a  speaker. 

In  his  address,  the  Hon.  Chester  Lung  emphasized  the 
preservation  of  individual  liberty  and  the  preservation' of 
local  self-government  as  two  main  issues  of  the  present 
time.  He  opened  his  brilliant  address  with  reference  to 
the  judicial  council  plan  adopted  by  ninny  state-  and  then 
delved  into  the  subject  of  "Liberty  With  Government." 

The  distinguished  speaker  reviewed  the  history  of  various 
constitutional  amendments  up  to  and  including  the  twen- 
tieth or  child  labor  amendment.  In  concluding  his  address, 
Senator  Long  said:  "Liberty  will  abide  here  if  we  main- 
tain our  dual  nation.  It  will  disappear  when  we  destory  the 
even  balance  between  state  and  national  government." 

Governor    Whitman's   address    was   directed    principally 

to  the  bulwark  of  the  law  as  the  chief  protection  of  the 
people  against  the  criminal.  He  advocated  the  turning  on 
the  searchlight  of  publicity  on  all  crime,  and  aroused  pub- 
lic opinion  and  a  determination  for  law  enforcement,  lie 
urged  the  Bar  of  America  to  united  effort  toward  law  en- 
forcement. 

Other  prominent  guests  at  the  Bar  Association  annual 
dinner  included:  W.  P.  McCraekcn.  Jr.  of  Chicago;  Major 
dgar  B.  Tolman,  of  Chicago:  Josiah  Marvel.  Wilmington, 
Delaware;  G,  E.  Xewlin,  Los  Angeles:  F.  A.  Brown.  Chi- 
cago; fesse  \.  Miller.  He-  Moines;  W,  M.  Ilargest.  Harris- 
burg.  Penn;  A.  C.  Paul,  Minneapolis,  Henry  U.  Sims.  Birming- 
ham, Ala.:  Horace  T.  Tenny.  Walter  Eckert,  E.  Warren  Ev- 
erett and  E.  A.  Zimmerman.  Chicago. 
*     *     » 

Dr.  H.  J.  Webber,  head  of  the  division  of  sub-tropical 
horticulture,  gave  an  illuminating  account  of  his  work  in 
South  Africa  this  past  vear  when  the  annual  conference  of 
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WOMEN  AND  THEIR  ACTIVITIES 

MISS  ESTHER  PHILLIPS,  the  San  Francisco  attor- 
ney, who  has  just  been  appointed  Assistant  United 
States  Attorney  to  succeed  Miss  Alma  M.  Myers,  resigned, 
is  receiving  the  congratulations  of  a  host  of  ardent  friends 
and  clients. 

Miss  Phillips  is  a  graduate  of  the  law  department,  Uni- 
versity of  California,  where  she  was  an  honor  student.  She 
is  well  known  in  university  circles;  and  in  many  prominent 
women's  clubs,  where  she  has  been  an  esteemed  member. 

She  has  been  assigned  to  duties  in  the  civil  division  of 
the  federal  prosecutor's  office  and  was  sworn  into  office  be- 
fore Federal  Judge  Partridge,  the  first  part  of  the  year, 
Monday,  January  4.  For  a  number  of  years,  Miss  Phillips 
has  been  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  McCutcheon,  Olney, 
Mannin  and  Green.  Her  appointment  to  her  present  office 
was  supported  by  Dean  Orrin  Kip  McMurray  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California. 

Mrs.  Anita  Phillips,  president  of  the  California  Club,  Mrs. 
Marie  Pernau  Walsh  and  the  executive  staff  in  general 
are  receiving  congratulations  over  the  success  of  the 
Founders'  Day  breakfast,  held  last  week  in  the  California 
Clubhouse  1750  Clay  Street. 

Round  tables,  decorated  with  prevailing  warm  colorings 
of  the  season,  seated  the  two  hundred  and  more  members. 
Little  corsage  bouquets,  made  of  handkerchiefs  deftly  ar- 
ranged, were  used  as  place  cards.  Mrs.  Phillips  presided  at 
the  luncheon  and  congratulated  the  members  upon  their 
succession  of  progressive  activities  and  the  flourishing  con- 
dition of  the  club.  Miss  Hill,  one  of  the  earliest  members 
of  the  club  and  a  founder,  sat  at  the  right  of  the  president. 
Telegrams  from  absent  members  were  read  at  the  luncheon. 

Mrs.  E,  L.  Baldwin,  a  former  president,  and  Mrs.  Howard 
C.  TibbitS,  a  past  president,  were  honor  guests  and  re- 
ceived ovations  from  the  members. 

The  California  Club  program  comprised  the  presentation 
of  a  play,  "The  Masqueraders,"  with  Margaret  Mary  Tur- 
ner and'Mae  Francis  O'Keeffe  the  talented  players.  Mrs. 
Phillip  V.  Aaronson  was  the  vocal  soloist. 

"Hearts— a  Game  for  the  World  and  His  Wife."  intro- 
duced a  number  of  clever  players,  all  members  of  the  club, 
including  Mrs.  Joseph  Lawless,  chairman  of  the  dramatic 
department.  Mrs.  Edward  J.  Morser,  Mrs.  Flinn  and  Mrs. 
nry  Hastings,  who  is  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  club.  Mrs.  Cecil 
Mi  iss  plaved  a  number  of  violin  solos. 

"The  Race  Between  Education  and  Catastrophe"  will  be 
the  topic  of  a  lecture  by  Dr.  Stanley  Rypino  on  Tuesday, 
Januarv  19  at  2 :45  o'clock,  under  the  direction  of  the  Edu- 
cation Department  of  the  California  Club,  Miss  Elizabeth 

Hill  the  chairman. 

*     *     * 

Mrs.  Parker  Maddux  was  the  honor  guest  at  the  last 
meeting  o\  Cap  and  Bells  Club,  when  she  presented  an  ad- 
dress on  "Peace  on  the  Pacific,"  before  an  appreciative  and 
receptive  audience.  Mrs.  Maddux  has  made  a  deep  and 
profound  study  of  the  subject,  which  she  imparts  with  illu- 
minating clearness  and  definite  review.  As  an  official  rep- 
resentative to  the  conference  held  in  Honolulu,  Mrs.  Mad- 
dux gained  much  valuable  information  on  the  subject  of 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  16,  1926 


THE  Cuba  Foodstuff  Record,  published  in  Havana,  shows 
that  that  island  purchased  $300,000,000  worth  of  goods  in 
1D24.  This  makes  quite  a  market  in  the  island  of  Cuba  and 
has  led  to  the  monthly  publication  of  the  paper  above  named. 

It  will  give  a  full  account  of  trade  in  Cuba. 

*  *     * 

—The  Board  of  Supervisors  is  considering  a  new  ordinance 
to  create  a  Hetch  Hetchy  operative  fund,  required  by  the  char- 
ter to  provide  proper  financial  control  of  the  municipal  power 
utility  The  decision  as  to  whether  the  supervisors  will  put 
a  valuation  of  $8,000,000  or  $21,000,000  on  the  power  utility 

has  a  bearing  on  this  vear's  budget. 

*  *     * 

The  "City,"  issued  by  the  San  Francisco  Bureau  of  Govern- 
mental Research,  savs:  '"One  of  the  chief  arguments  for  the 
development  of  the  power  project  in  advance  of  the  water  sys- 
tem, has  been  that  benefits  will  accrue  from  the  sale  of  power 
which  will  ameliorate  the  cost  of  debt-charges  against  the  water 
utility."  *     *     * 

A  writer  in  "Business,"  speaking  of  the  effects  of  the  one 

crop,  cot' on.  on  the  economics  of  the  South  says:  "The  mer- 
chant, the  doctor,  the  lawyer,  the  manufacturer  and  the  laborer 
jeally  become  cotton  farmers — as  much  as  the  chat)  who  drives 
the  little  brown  mules  down  the  cotton  rows.  If  the  crop  is 
good  and  the  price  favorable,  those  in  town  do  well ;  if  the  boll- 
weevil  or  the  drought  cuts  the  crop  or  the  price  is  too  low,  the 

balances  are  all  in  red." 

*  *     * 

— The  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  according  to  Frank 
A.  Leach,  Jr.,  vice-president  and  manager  of  the  company  is 
entering  1926  with  a  program  of  extension  of  service  at  the 
lowest  cost  consistent  with  the  class  of  service  rendered.  This 
company  intends  to  expend  2?  million  dollars  on  construction. 
This  includes  a  dam  and  intake  of  Pit  Xo.  4,  fifth  of  the  string 
of  the  company's  Pit  River  plants,  and  the  building  and  equip- 
ping of  a  new  power  plant  of  36,000  horsepower  capacity  at 
Melones  on  the  Stanislaus,  the  generators  of  which  will  be 
run  with  water  purchased  from  the  (Jakdale  and  South  San 
Joaquin  irrigation  districts. 

— The  going  out  of  business  of  the  William  Clufi  firm  of 
wholesale  grocers  due-  away  with  an  institution  which  has 
done  high-class  business  here  for  the  last  forty-seven  year-. 
The  firm  is  unusually  healthy,  financially.  The  explanation  is. 
that  numerous  stockholders  died,  and  their  stock  coming  into 
the  hand-  (if  heirs,  who  are  not  residents  of  the  state,  the  latter 
have  no  interest  in  keeping  things  up. 

*  *     * 

— The  national  death  rate  is  placed  at  11.9  per  thousand  .if 
the  population.  These  figures  cover  the  entire  registration. 
Heart  disease  is  the  chief  cause  of  death,  showing  a  rise,  pro- 
portionately U>  former  years.  The  same  is  true  of  cancer. 
Tuberculosis,  on  the  other  hand,  shows  marked  decline,  owing 
to  the  war  made  upon  it  of  late  years.  The  heart  statistics 
are  very  vital  factors  in  the  economic  well-being  of  the  com- 
munity.' as  men  are  lost  thereby  at  the  height  of  their  produc- 
tive and  financial  powers. 

*  *     * 

— The  Penn  Mutual  is  going  on  a  very  intensive  campaign  this 
year.  J.  B.  Duryea,  general  agent,  has  been  collecting  the 
agents  and  placing  a  program  of  work  before  them. 

*  *     * 

— We  note  among  the  bonds  offered  for  sale  by  Bradford 
Kimball  and  Co..  those  of  the  Imperial  Irrigation  District  and 
the  Merced  Irrigation  District,  due  in  1947  and  1957  re- 
spectively. 


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One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

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DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees*  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

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WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St, 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONl£-QUARTER  (4J/Q  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


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WALTE  W.  DeRR,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


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HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
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HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO.  CANADA 

Paid  Up  C'nnHnl  *20,000,000  $20,000,000  Reserve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought.  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
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San  FrnnciHco  Office:  450  California  Street 
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Manager  Asst.  Manager 


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Health,   Fidelity   and   Surety,   Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

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HIVETED     STEEL     PIPE,    TANKS,     CULVERTS,     PENSTOCKS, 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 
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EDITORIAL 

(Continued  from  Page  5) 

There  is  no  doubt  that  such  men  in  the  long  run  are  an 
actual  social  asset  and  make,  on  the  whole,  for  the  well  be- 
ing of  society  and  the  development  of  group  conscience.  To 
penalize  counsel  for  the  sins  of  their  clients  is  to  strike  a 
blow  at  the  very  basis  of  our  legal  system. 

The  foregoing  is  suggested  by  a  recent  case.  A  certain 
lawyer,  having  been  disbarred,  has  been  reinstated  by  the 
District  Court  of  Appeal,  upon  the  ground  that  his  dis- 
barment was  the  result  of  his  unpopularity  and  that  such 
"crimes"  as  he  committed  were  political  crimes.  Two  of 
the  judges  of  the  court  are  of  that  opinion.  One  judge  sees 
no  difference  between  political  and  other  crimes.  But  the 
difference  is  obvious.  Political  "crime"  does  not  by  any 
means  impute  moral  delinquency  and  short  of  moral  delin- 
quency no  attorney  should  be  disbarred. 

GOLF 

(Continued  from  Page  10) 

After  George  Habernicht  arrived  at  the  Marina  from  his 
flying  trip,  the  gang  all  said  that  it  was  like  his  golf  game ;  up 

in  the  air  as  usual. 

*  *     * 

Frank  Klimm  vows  he'll  improve  his  golf  game  or  bust. 
Frank  usually  shoots  them  100  yards  up  and  20  feet  long. 

*  *     * 

Arthur  Smith,  the  Yellow  taxi  baby,  put  in  a  phoney  handi- 
cap but  his  meter  showed  a  double  O. 

*  *     * 

George  Leathurby,  the  hurdy-gurdy  champion,  will  play 
Crystal  Springs  to  try  and  tune  up  a  bit. 

*  *     * 

Pete  Gerhardt  expects  to  trim  Jud  Seargent's  whiskers. 

*  *     * 

Harry  Maxfield  expects  to  discover  gold  while  visiting  the 

rough. 

*  *     * 

Frank  Kleversahl,  the  Humboldt  banker,  will  check  u|>  on 

Bill  Greenfield's  score. 

*  *     * 

Lester  Morse  says  he  hopes  to  discover  a  lot  ol  new  speci- 
mens as  he's  usually  in  the  rough. 

*  *     * 

Bob  Matthey  claims  that  DuPont  is  the  best  explosive  to  get 

you  out  of  a  trap. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Loughrey  claims  lie  won't  play  for  kids  any  more  as  he 

lost  the  last  at  Merced. 

*  *     * 

Angv  Thomas,  of  Eberhanl  Faber  fame, 
\t  sixty-one,  is  selling  pencils  just  the  same. 

*  *     * 

Frank  Klimm.  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works,  has  promised 
to  cut  up  the  course  and  keep  it  in  good  shape. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Graham  will  be  out  shoo'ing  pop  dies  to  second  base. 

*  *     * 

Hob  Weber,  as  usual,  will  donate  prizes  from  his  own  store. 

*  *     * 

Dave  Harris,  the  electrical  whiz,  will  introduce  an  illumi- 
nate.1  ball, 

*  *     * 

Johnny  Crowe  claims  that  he  represents  the  largest  tire  fac- 
tory in  the  world.  Johnny  was  always  known  to  stretch  a 
bit.  *     *    * 

Perry  Cumberson  writes  all  his  promises  in  a  little  book,  so 
he  won't  forget  them  and  he  always  "keeps  the  book." 

Dizzy  Davis  :  "I  had  a  date  with  a  professional  mind- 
reader  last  night." 

Duffy:     "How  did  she  enjov  her  vacation?"— Arrow. 


THE  AGONY  OF  THE 
PERFECT  GUEST 

By  Kitty  Parsons 


VISITING  at  its  best  is  always  a  terrific  strain  on  all 
parties  concerned  ;  on  the  disposition  of  the  hostess  and 
on  the  digestion  of  the  guests ;  on  the  equilibrium  of  the 
servants  and  on  the  good  behavior  of  the  children  of  the 
house.  There  may  be  visiting  assets  of  course,  but  the  lia- 
bilities usually  far  exceed  them. 

There  is  such  a  long  suffering  individual  as  the  perfect 
guest ;  only  she  herself  can  tell  you  the  agony  that  she  en- 
dures, that  she  may  be  spoken  of  in  awe-struck  tones  by 
those  who  have  had  her  in  the  house ;  for  of  course  it  is  in 
their  eyes  that  she  is  truly  perfect  and  never  in  her  own. 
For  when  all  is  said  and  done,  she  must  have  a  very  dis- 
agreeable existence  in  reality. 

The  lot  of  the  perpetual  visitor  is  a  hard  one  to  endure  and 
yet  some  people  spend  the  better  part  of  their  lives  week- 
ending and  summering  with  their  friends.  The  inconven- 
iences are  many  and  the  marked  advantages  few  and  far 
between  to  the  gentle  onlooker. 

The  perfect  guest  must  pack  her  clothes  in  a  small  space, 
usually  mussing  them  so  hopelessly  that  she  is  obliged  to 
spend  several  hours  repressing  them  after  her  arrival.  Then 
she  gets  in  a  stuffy  train  and  worries  most  of  the  journey 
because  she  is  not  sure  whether  anyone  will  be  at  the  sta- 
tion to  meet  her.  If  no  one  comes,  and  she  cannot  find  a 
taxi,  she  staggers  along  beneath  the  weight  of  her  baggage, 
cursing  inwardly  that  she  ever  left  home  and  mother. 

When  she  finally  arrives  at  her  destination,  this  super- 
guest  must  immediately  place  herself  in  the  hands  of  her 
hostess — without  a  struggle.  She  must  go  places  she  does 
not  want  to  go,  do  things  she  does  not  want  to  do  and  eat 
things  she  hates  or  which  give  her  indigestion.  She  must 
sit  up  when  she  longs  to  go  to  bed  and  go  to  bed  when  she 
has  no  desire  to  sleep.  She  must  smile  when  the  children 
of  the  house  arouse  her  at  5  a.  m.  by  jumping  into  her  bed. 
She  must  listen  by  the  hour  to  people  who  bore  her  beyond 
words,  walk  when  she  wants  to  ride  and  ride  when  she  is 
pining  for  exercise.  She  must  see  plays  she  has  seen  before  or 
which  she  never  would  have  seen  anyway,  always  remaining 
silent  and  enthusiastic  to  the  bitter  end. 

All  this  she  must  do  and  a  great  deal  more,  if  she  wish 
to  receive  the  perfect  appellation.  In  fact  she  must  make 
an  amiable  door  mat  of  herself,  to  the  glory  of  mankind  and 
the  satisfaction  of  her  hostess.  And  she  must  never  shDW 
by  so  much  as  the  quiver  of  an  eyelash  that  she  is  not  hav- 
ing the  time  of  her  life. 

Most  uuest-  manage  to  get  along  very  nicely  on  a  long 
\isit  by  bringing  very  few  clothes  of  their  own  and  borrow- 
ing lavishly  from  the  choicest  stock  of  their  hostess.  But 
the  perfect  guest  is  barred  from  any  such  privileges  and  can 
never  indulge  herself  in  such  pleasant  and  profitable  variety 
of  wardrobe.  She  must  carry  her  own  extra  coats  and  hats 
and  wear  her  own  little  old  gray  shawl,  without  a  murmur. 
But  one  of  the  most  important  of  all  her  qualifications  is 
the  freedom  with  which  she  tosses  about  her  precious  lucre; 
being  a  paying  guest  in  a  hotel  is  frequently  far  less  expen- 
sive  than  being  a  perfect  guest  in  a  private  home.  She  must 
.its  tor  her  hostess  and  all  the  dear  little  children 
and  she  must  never  forget  the  ever  present  and  often  nu- 
merous servants,  no  matter  what  they  do  not  do  for  her. 
Pay  as  you  enter  and  pay  as  you  go,  might  well  be  her  given 
motto.  If.  however,  she  should  visit  in  the  servantless 
home,  she  may  spare  herself  in  tips  but  not  in  labor,  for  in 
order  to  be  thoroughly  welcome  she  must  force  herself  to 
do  what  would  at  least  be  the  equivalent  of  two  perfect 
maids.  i Continued  on   Page  Hi 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  16,  1926 


THE  AGONY  OF  THE  PERFECT  GUEST 

(Continued  from  Page  13) 

Always  her  hand  must  be  ready  to  loosen  her  purse 
strings  for  the  benefit  of  those  whom  she  visits.  She  must 
pay  for  the  taxis  when  her  hostess  leaves  her  pocket  book 
at '  home,  and  must  never  forget  to  remunerate  the  dear 
children  if  they  pick  up  her  handkerchief  or  carry  her  eye 
glasses  from  an  adjoining  room.  And  when  the  precious 
little  ones  cast  their  eyes  upon  a  new  toy  which  they  covet, 
she  must  buy  it  with  a  forced  smile  and  laugh  raucously 
when  they  stamp  on  it  five  minutes  later. 

She  must  finance  her  hostess  when  she  runs  out  of  funds, 
and  with  a  jest  on  her  lips  refuse  to  accept  repayment.  But 
most  agonizing  of  all,  she  must  pay  for  her  own  long  dis- 
tance telephone  calls  and  supply  her  own  postage  stamps, 
without  a  struggle.  And  pay  up  her  just  debts  like  a  busi- 
ness man  instead  of  a  visiting  lady.  In  fine,  she  must  learn 
to  spend  money  like  water,  as  if  it  did  not  hurt,  and  as  if  a  dol- 
lar were  a  mere  drop  in  a  bucket  that  was  already  well  run- 
ning over. 

Then  after  she  has  done  all  this  perhaps  you  may  wonder 
what  may  be  her  reward.  Why,  to  hear  someone  say  to 
her :  "My  dear,  Mrs.  Lummix  tells  me  you  are  simply  a 
perfect  guest."  After  a  few  years  of  constant  repetition  of 
this  kind,  she  may  smile  serenely  in  the  happy  thought  that 
after  all,  the  good  die  young. 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 

by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  in  the  special  car  of  Mr.  Piatt,  vice- 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road of  Salt  Lake  City.  Among  others  present  were  General 
M.  H.  Sherman  and  Harry  Chandler,  and  many  prominent 
in  social  and   financial  circles  of  the  south. 


WOMEN  AND  THEIR  ACTIVITIES 

(Continued  from   Page  11) 

international  peace,  and  with  earnestness  of  purpose  she 
enters  into  the  discussions  typical  of  a  profound  thinker 
and  leader. 

Musical  offerings  last  Thursday  at  Cap  and  Bells  were  of 
a  high  standard,  including  piano  solos,  delightfully  played 
by  Dorothy  Wines  Reed.  She  also  accompanied  Leila  Neil- 
sen  Druhe,  who  charmed  the  audience  with  her  songs.  Mrs. 
Thomas  Alexander  East,  the  first  vice-president,  presided  at 
the  meeting.  

PROMINENT  MEN  AND  THEIR  BIG  EVENTS 

(Continued  from   Page   11) 

Agriculture  Extension  Service  was  held  last  week  at  the 
University  of  California.  Dr.  Webber  described  the  horti- 
culture of  South  Africa,  dwelling  upon  the  citrus  and  de- 
ciduous fruit  productions. 

Dean  K.  D.  Merrill,  in  his  reviews,  spoke  of  problems  of 
the  College  of  Agriculture,  covering  as  it  does  a  state  larger 
than  a  considerable  group  of  New  England  and  North  At- 
lantic states. 

Forty-two  counties  of  California  now  have  the  agricul- 
tural extension  service,  according  to  the  authentic  reports. 
The  workers  are  paid  by  the  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture  and  the  University  of  California,  while  offices, 
automobiles  and  expenses  are  provided  by  the  counties  in 
which  they  work.  These  workers  include  farm  advisers, 
assistants,    club   leaders   and   home   demonstration    agents. 

H.  C.  Carr  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Porterville,  ad- 
dressed the  conference,  making  a  definite  urge  in  his  ad- 
dress for  more  personal  attention  by  the  farmers  to  their 
farming  operations. 

W.  J.  Norton,  specialist  in  illustrative  material,  told  the 
conference  of  the  success  of  the  Farm  Center  exhibits  in 
Stanislaus  County. 


Nothing  Changed 

An  undergraduate  at  Cambridge  University,  contrary  to 
regulation,  was  entertaining  his  sister,  when  they  heard 
someone  on, the  stairs.  Hastily  hiding  the  lady  behind  a 
curtain,  he  went  to  the  door  and  confronted  an  aged  man 
who  was  revisiting  the  scenes  of  his  youth. 

(  Ibtaining  permission  to  look  around,  he  remarked :  "Ah, 
yes,  the  same  old  room." 

Going  to  the  window,  he  said:  "The  same  old  view"; 
and  then,  peeping  behind  the  curtain,  "The  same  old  game!" 

"My  sister,  sir,"  said  the  student,  indignantly. 

"Oh.  yes,"  continued  the  visitor,  "the  same  old   story." 


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Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.    Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

THE  history  of  transportation  is  one 
of  the  romantic  stories  that  lie  with- 
in the  domain  of  truth.  Preserved  in 
bas-relief  on  ancient  coins,  in  painting 
and  sculpture,  outlined  on  vases  as  old 
as  the  Pharaohs  and  the  epoch  of  Baby- 
lon, the  history  of  transportation  is  the 
more  remarkable  in  that  the  most  rapid 
progress  in  this  important  phase  of  life 
has  been  within  the  last  twenty-five  years. 
The  Automobile  Show  is  the  mark  of 
the  progress  of  civilization  to  a  stage 
Where  luxury  and  comfort  are  not  only 
for  the  favored  few.  but  are  broadcast 
throughout  the  world.  Within  the  last 
few  months  we  have  seen  the  Oriental 
boolie  and   his  balanced  load   disappear 

and  the  light  truck  and  llivver  take  his 
place.  Manx  a  limousine  graces  the  gar- 
age of  the  rich  Chinese  merchant,  many 
a  man  who  never  rode  before  is  now 
driving  about  his  coach  and  four  in  the 
Shape  of  a  gasoline  driven  vehicle. 

It  is  too  bad  that  the  record--  are  SO 
dim  in  the  early  days  that  we  of  the  pres- 
ent day  cannot  do  full  homage  to  that 
ingenious  man  who  first  invented  the 
wheel.  For  the  wheel  has  played  the 
greatest  role  in  the  advance  of  transpor- 
tation and  "it  Still  i-  an  important  element 
in  this  age  of  speed. 

Transportation  starts  with  the  primal 
man  dragging  his  -led  loaded  with  his 
possessions  from  place  to  place  Then 
i  genius  and  the  wheel  offered  new 
possibilities  for  travel  and  transport.  The 
chariot  was  popular  in  Egypt,  in  Greece 
and  Rome.  But  the  expense  of  keeping 
up  a  horse  limited  its  use  to  the  wealthy 
s.  Some  did  not  like  the  jolting  of 
the  chariot  over  rough  e-ountry  and  the 
liter.  the  shoulders  of  slaves, 

vied  in  popularity  with  the  open  chariot. 


In  the  Middle  Ages  the  litter  was  com- 
bined with  the  chariot  to  form  a  four- 
wheeled  vehicle,  often  enclosed.  Early 
in  the  nineteenth  century  we  find  the 
steam  carriage  coming  into  vogue,  but 
legislation  held  back  its  progress.  Every 
steam  carriage  in  England  was  required 
to  have  a  runner  ahead  to  announce  the 
coming  of  the  boiling  behemoth  and  six 
miles  an  hour  was  its  maximum  of  speed. 
The  gasoline  vehicle  dates  from  the  noisy 
nineties,  but  its  rapid  progress  awaited 
the  development  of  methods  of  manufac- 
ture and  the  standardization  of  parts. 
The  last  decade  has  seen  more  improve- 
ments and  an  almost  perfected  machine, 
prepared  for  all  kinds  of  weather  and  able 
to  stand  a  great  deal  of  abuse. 


Safety  Alphabet 

is  Authority  you  should  respect 

is  the  Bumper,  you  should  not  neglect 

is   for    Crossings    you    always    should 

heed 
is  the  Danger,  attendant  on  speed, 
is  the  Emphasis  placed  on  discretion, 
is  the  Fault  that  becomes  an  obsession 
is  for  Gas  Fumes  you  must  not  inhale 
is  the  Horn  which  never  should  fail 
is  the  Instinct  the  new  driver  lacks 
is  the  Judge  who  says  "Fifty  Smacks!" 
is  the  Knock  which  tell  something  is 

busted 
is   for    Lights,    see    they're    always 

adjusted 
is  for    Motor    Cops,    they     are     your 

friends 
is  for  the  Narrow    Road,  sound  horn 

on  bends 
is  for  (id.  a  supply  you  should  carry 
is      the    Puncture    you   hate    like   (  >ld 

I  tarry 
is   for  Quiet  in  Hospital  Zone-, 
is   for    Reason,    which     saves     broken 

bones, 
is   for  Signals,  you  always  should  give 
is    for    Traffic    Rules,    obey   them   and 

live 
is   for  Uniform  Courtesy  and  care 
is  for  Vigilance  everywhere 
is   for  Windshield  which  must  be  kept 

clear 
is  the  Unknown  that  most  of  us  fear 
is    for    the    Youngsters,   away    from 

them  draw- 
is   for  Zeal  in  obeying  the  law. 


The  Redwood  Highway  Banquet 
Money  was  the  motif  of  the  banquet 
given  by  tlie  Redwood  Highway  Ass 
Bon,  the  Down  Town  Association  and 
other  civic  and  county  organizations,  at 
the  St.  Francis  Hotel,  last  Friday,  Har- 
vey M.  Toy  presiding  as  chairman  ami 
toastmaster. 

Toj  stated  that  the  sum  of  $11,000,000 
was  needed  to  carry  on  the  construction 
of  the  Redwood  Highway,  and  that  the 
Slate's  road  treasury  was  like  "Old 
Mother  Hubbard's  cupboard,"  quite  bare 
of  funds,  instead  of  f 

He  also  told  his  audience  that  the  State 


of  Oregon  intends  to  spend  so  much 
money  for  good  roads  that  he  was 
ashamed  to  announce  the  figures,  in  the 
face  of  California's  lack  of  lucre  for  its 
highways.  He  ended  by  appealing  to  those 
(Continued  on  Page  16) 


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Stand  (ne/'r  Jbus/ftess 


This  means  that  you 
can  dispense  with  all 
worries  as  to  personal 
security  when  usingr 
our  cars.  Our  drivers 
are  careful  and  they 
never  violate  your  de- 
sires for  safety. 


Phone  Grnystone  27 

1«2»   Pine   Street 

Sou    Franctnco 


«MP« 


-the  better  it  gob- 


GEO.  \V.   CASWELL 

Sutter  6654  or  Oakland  1017 

Telephone  Direct 

1.8O0.0OO  cup*  were  aerved  at  tae  Panama 

Pacific   International    Exposition 


16 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  16,  1926 


The  Redwood  Highway 

By  Clyde  Edmondson 
Manager-Secretary  Redwood  Highway  Association 


Publicity  and  Advertising  Plans  of 
Redwood  Highway  Association 

The  Redwood  Highway  Empire  of- 
fering as  it  does,  every  conceivable  re- 
creational facility  and  scenic  attraction, 
lends  itself  to  wonderful  treatment  in  the 
matter  of  designing  advertising  and  pub- 
licitv  which  will  create,  divert  and  at- 
tract a  larger  volume  ot  tourists,  vaca- 
tionists and  prospective  settlers  over  the 
Redwood  Highway. 

This  "Redwood  Highway  Empire"  is 
destined  to  be  one  of  the  outstanding 
play-grounds  of  the  West,  as  well  as  the 
best  known  main-line  named  highway 
anywhere — because  of  its  giant  Redwood 
forests  alone.  Do  you  know  that  you 
may  ride  through  over  one  hundred  miles 


ami  reach  Mr.  Brown  and  Mr.  Smith  in 
the  East,  Northwest,  in  the  South,  or  in 
foreign  ports,  before  they  leave  on  their 
proposed  trip  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  We 
will  place  in  their  hands  folders  and 
maps  of  the  Redwood  Highway.  We 
will  call  attention  to  the  Redwood  High- 
way through  the  medium  of  publicity  in 
the  newspapers,  and  specially  prepared 
illustrated  articles  in  national  vacation 
and  outing  magazines,  as  well  as  through 
other  sources. 

llefore  any  itinerary  N  written  to  the 
Pacific  Coast,  we  hope  to  have  various 
travel  bureau  agents,  railroad,  steam- 
ship and  Mage-line  ticket  agents  so  sold 
on  the  idea  'if  including  the  Redwood 
Highway  in   Pacific  Coast   routings  that 


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GOLDEN  GATE  FERRY 
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One  of  (lie  new  Guillen  Gale  Ferry  slenmers.  the  "Hurry  I-:.  Speus.' 


of  giant  Redw 1    Trees  without  leaving 

the  main    Redwood    Highway  ? 

The  territory  bordering  the  Redwood 
Highway  in  Northwest  California  and 
Southwest  Oregon  offers  the  finest  and 
sportiest  hunting  and  fishing  to  be  found 
anywhere.  It  is  veritably  the  "anglers' 
and  nimrods'  paradise,"  although  few 
people  realize  it. 

Furthermore,  in  addition  to  the  vaca- 
tion and  sport  element,  there  are  rivers, 
streams,  lagoons.  Indian  Reservations, 
whaling  stations,  marble  caves,  lakes  ri- 
valing those  in  Switzerland,  petrified  fi  ir- 
ests,  and  innumerable  other  points  of  in- 
terest, all  concentrated  in  this  one  great 
Empire  of  the  Redwood  Highway. 

We  now  have  wonderful  transporta- 
tion facilities  through  the  Redwood  1  ligh- 
wav.  The  Northwestern  Pacific  Rail- 
road offers  first-class  day  and  night  rail 
service.  Pickwick's  Redwood  Highwaj 
stages  and  all  connecting  stage  lines  of- 
fer equally  fine  transportation.  All  the 
ferry  companies  offer  the  finest  trans- 
portation between  San  Francisco,  in  par- 
ticular the  Golden  Gate  Ferry,  and  the 
Redwood  Highway;  which  has  given, 
since  its  inception,  the  very  finest  ser- 
vice, in  every  way. 

We  plan  to  get  at  the  soufte  of  travel. 


they  will  recommend  the  Redw 1  trip  to 

their  various  patrons. 

In  other  words,  we  ,xre  planning  t" 
build  up  a  tremendous  "personal  sales 
organization"  among  those  who  control 
traffic,  including  not  only  the  ticket  and 
travel  agents  at  points  mentioned,  but 
also  the  information  clerks  handling  tour- 
ing bureaus  for  automobile  clubs  through- 
out the  country,  and  through  hotel  clerks 
— at  least  must  of  those  on  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

A  general  folder  is  in  process  of  prep- 
aration showing  standard  trip  itineraries 
over  the  Redwood  Highway  by  auto- 
mobile,  train,  or  stage.  Also  in  this 
folder  will  be  included  a  description  of 
the  very  fine  hotel  and  resort  accommo- 
dations; and  a  treatise  on  fishing  and 
hunting.  These  folders  will  receive  a 
wide   distribution. 

These  are  hut  a  few  of  the  advertis- 
ing  plans  we  now  have  in  mind. 

In  San  Francisco,  to  take  care  of  all 
inquiries  and  to  handle  the  traveler  on 
arrival,  we  hope  to  establish  a  complete 
free  Redwood  Information  Bureau  which 
will  dispense  complete  information  re- 
garding trips  and  tours  in  the  Redwood 
Highway  Empire,  agricultural,  industri- 
al and  commercial  opportunities,  etc.     It 


will  write  complete  itineraries  free  of 
charge ;  make  all  necessary  hotel  and 
other  reservations,  and  will  offer  every 
possible  assistance  in  making  pleasurable 
the  trip  over  the  Redwoud  Highway. 

Itineraries  will  be  written  to  all  points 
of  interest  on  the  entire  Pacific  Coast, 
using  the  Redwood  Highway  as  an  "op- 
erating base,"  or  main-line  artery  be- 
tween California  and  the  Pacific  North- 
west. 

By  co-operating  in  the  matter  of  ex- 
change prospect  lists  with  the  various 
Chambers  of  Commerce  in  the  Empire, 
and  a  defini'e  system  of  follow-up,  we 
plan  to  cinch  the  sale  of  every  possible 
trip   oxer  the   Redwood   Highway. 


PETROL  PARAGRAPHS 

(Continued  from  Page  15) 

present  to  see  that  at  least  $12,000,000 
annually  for  new  construction  be  made 
available  by  an  initiative  measure.  Upon 
which  Supervisor  Warren  Shannon 
pledged  San  Francisco  to  every  effort 
toward  an  early  completion  of  the  scheme. 
Each  of  the  eight  counties  comprising 
the  Redwood  Highway  Empire,  as  well 
as  representatives  from  Oregon  were 
manifested  by  enthusiastic  orators  who 
advanced  various  stunts  and  advertising 
suggestions,  to  further  the  movement, 
and  if  faith  and  belief  in  a  subject  will 
firing  about  its  fruition,  then  the  banquet 
in  question  should  accomplish  wonderful 
results   for  its  worthy  cause. 


Ornithological  Note 
We  bear  of  a  pair  of  robins  that  have 
nested  within  a  few  feet  of  a  black- 
smith's anvil.  Their  extraordinary  in- 
telligence told  them  that  to  nest  on 
the  anvil  itself  would  be  to  risk  having 
their    eggs    smashed. — Lemon    Punch. 

ANNUAL  MKBTING 
tiik  joshi  a  hi;xuv  mux  works 


The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stock- 
holders 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  9th  day  "f  February,  1926,  at  the 
hour  "l"  In  o'clock  a.  m..  for  the  purpose  of 
electing  a  Board  of  oirectors  to  serve  for  the 
ensuing  year,  and  the  transaction  of  such 
Other  business  as  may  come  before  the  meet- 
in  i-'. 

CHAS.  C.  GARDNER.  Secretary. 
Oltice:  7."  Fomont  Street. 
San  Francisco,  California. 


The  Nicest  Business 
Lunch  in  Town 


San 
Francisco 


lanuarv  16,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


THE  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY,  CALIFORNIA, 
FLOWER  LOVERS'  CLUB 


THIS  Club  was  organized  February  21st,  1919,  with 
22  charter  members.  After  six  years  of  ceaseless  ac- 
tivity it  now  (February  21st,  1925)  numbers  approximately 
1400  members.  Its  meetings  are  held  every  second  Wed- 
nesday at  2:30  p.  m.  throughout  the  year.  At  these  meet- 
ings discussions  of  many  phases  of  flower  culture  are  par- 
ticipated in  by  those  present.  Lectures  and  talks  are  en- 
joyed occasionally. 

In  consideration  of  the  practical  work  of  the  club  in 
demonstrating  the  results  that  may  be  obtained  in  flower 
culture  in  this  county,  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  very  ap- 
propriately co-operates  with  the  club  by  furnishing  it  with 
halls  for  its  meetings  and  shows.  Occasionally  a  meeting 
is  held  at  the  residence  of  some  member  who  has  some  par- 
ticular flowers  that  are  of  general  interest. 

About  seven  shows  are  held  each  year  beginning  with 
a  midwinter  show  in  the  middle  of  January,  followed  by 
a  daffodil  show  in  March,  an  iris  show  in  April,  a  rose 
show  in  May,  a  midsummer  or  gladiolus  show  in  July,  a 
dahlia  show  in  September  and  a  chrysanthemum  shew  in 
November.    All  shows  arc  free  to  the  public. 

The  club  was  organized  to  promote  the  planting  of  flow- 
ers about  the  homes  of  the  citizens  of  Santa  Clara  County. 
That  its  activities  will  extend  more  and  more  into  the  realms 
of  shrubs  and  tree  planting  seems  to  be  assured. 

The  officers  of  the  club  are:  A  president,  a  vice-presi- 
dent, a  secretary,  a  treasurer  and  one  communit)  vice-presi 
dent  for  each  community  in  the  county  with  >ix  or  more 
members.  There  are  now  nine  community  vice-presidents. 
Two  branch  clubs  are  now  organized.  The  president  of 
each  club  becomes  automatically  a  community  vice-presi- 
dent and  all  members  becomes  members  also  of  the  county 
club,  which,  however,  dues  not  prevenl  their  independent 
action  in  holding  meetings  and  sales  in  their  own  com- 
munities. 

There  are  no  dues  or  fees  charged  to  members,  Revenue 
for  running  expenses,  show  equipment,  etc.,  is  obtained  by 
holding  annual  sales  of  flowering  plants,  shrubs  and  bulbs. 
Such  stock  is  contributed  by  the  members  or  sold  on  com- 
mission from  nurseries.  In  addition  to  providing  the  money 
for  the  club's  use,   a    large   number  of   plant-,     shrubs    and 

bulbs  are  annually  sold  and  therefore,  planted  for  the  beau- 
tification  of  many  homes. 

For  six  years  the  president  has  been  Mr.  Horaa  G.  Kees- 
ling  who  year  after  year  has  been  re-elected  to  his  office. 

The  meetings  ate  every  other  Wednesday  afternoon, 
summer  and  winter,  and  the  club  takes  no  vacation.  With 
the  co-operation  of  all  lovers  of  flowers  and  general  beauti- 
lication  their  greatest  aim  is  to  make  Santa  tiara  County 
the  leading  county  in  the  -talc  for  roses.     They  place  great 

importance  on  good  varieties  and  those  not  subject  to  mil- 
dew and  various  rose  diseases  They  join  with  the  Fed- 
erated Women'.-.  Clubs  in  the  desire  t"  scatter  California 
popp}  seeds  as  well  a-  other  wild  flower  seeds  when  on  a 
picnic  or  a  trip  through  the  country. 

After  six  years  trial,  it  seems  that  the  plan  of  this  or- 
ganization would  work  in  other  communities  of  California. 

From  "1  tome  Designer." 


The  doctor  applied  his   stethoscope   to  the  young    - 
boy's   heart. 

"Does  angina  pectoris  trouble  you  at  all?"  he  asked. 

"No,"   said   the  clerk,   "but   Dolly   Green   does,  a   lot.'  — 
Toronto  ( ioblin. 


CAFE  MARQUARD 

Adjoining  Wii.kes  and  Curran  Theaters 

GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

^REVUE^ 

Nightly 
THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


WIGS  and  TOUPEES 

Also  transformations,  are  made  from  the  purest  and 
finest  hair,  ventilated  and  porous.  You  can  sleep  in 
them. 

Mrs.  Lederer  in  charge  of  gentlemen's  wig  department. 

G.  LEDERER 

561  Sutter  St.,  Between  Powell  and  Mason  Sts. 

Firm  Established  1866 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

Sonoma,    Cal. 
The  finest  meals  in  the*. 

VALLEY  of  the  MOON 

Our    Specially —"Steaks    With    Mushrooms." 

Clean     R«om»,     Clrun     Linen,     Clean     Everylliing 
Viall     Sonoma     Cowiljr'i      Famoiu     Kctnrl*     and     Mnirrnl     (Warm     W..er)      Sw 
Tank*    From  Thii    llolel. 

Ratei      Except  ion  ally      Reasonable. 

Telephone  110 


J.  SPAULDING  &  COMPANY 

Thm  Original  Pioneer  Carpal  Cleaner* 

r  HBUIIIKB  1864 

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tt'e    Are    in    No    Way    Connected    With    Any    Olher    Firm    Liing    Nana   mt    SPAULDING 

337  Tkhama  Ptrt.et—  Phom  Douglas  3084 


We  have  served  customers  generation  after  generation 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

'"Tlii*  Krenmmcndrd    Laundry" 

230  Twelfth  St..  Sw  Francisco  Thome  Mvrket  916 


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AGU  A  C  ALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why? 

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tions.    Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
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i     CORAM,   Agua  Caliente,  Sonoma  County,  or  see  Peck-Judah. 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  16,  1926 


WIELANDS  BREW 

WITH  YOUR   MEALS— IT  HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from  your  grocer 

Established  1868 

am    Office,  240    Second   Street,   San    Franeiico,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


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EL  PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  ts  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer  or  sta- 
tioner to  show 
you  samples. 


BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1855 
41   First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

r 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 

Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES  I 

Sun    Francisco —  llurllnuii 

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Phone  SurrEF  3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly  with  Shreve  &  Company) 

Clockmalcert  and  Watchmakers 

CHIME.   ANTIQUE   AND   COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY 

20D   IV.m    Street  at   Grant   Avenue 

San  PranclHco,  Calif. 

Call  and  Deliver   in  San  Francisco,   Alameda 
and  San   Mateo   Counties 


875    FOLSOM   ST. 


818  Emerson  St. 


SAN    MATEO— PHONE    1254-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
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San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way- 
Points  Twice  Daily 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 
St.  Francis 

"Moana"  a  tale  of  the  South  Seas,  is 
a  record  of  life  in  the  tropics.  It  is  a 
story  of  active,  joyous  life,  vivid  and  gay 
and  weaves  a  spell  of  romance  on  its 
audience.  There  are  plenty  of  thrills,  in- 
cluding the  snaring  of  a  wild  hoar  and 
the  capture  of  a  giant  tortoise. 


Imperial 

The  Imperial  reports  packed  houses  as 

the  rule  for  "The  Gold  Rush,"  Charlie 

Chaplin's  latest,  and  in  many  respect,  his 

best  picture. 

*     *     * 

S.  F.  Symphony  Orchestra 

Last  Sunday  there  was  a  large  audi- 
ence present,  in  spit  of  the  unusual  cold 
weather,  to  hear  the  fifth  popular  con- 
cert of  the  San  Francisco  Symphony  Or- 
chestra. It  was  a  delightful  program, 
and  every  number  was  encored  to  the 
echo. 

Sunday  will  be  the  second  concert  of 
the  Seventh  Pair  of  Symphony  concerts. 
Haydn's  Symphony  in  D  Minor,  "The 
Clock"  will  be  presented  for  the  first 
time ;  as  will  also  the  Dance  Rhapsody 
by  Delius ;  memorial  selection  will  be 
given  for  Emmanuel  Siegfried  Heller  in 
Strauss'  Death  and  Transfiguration. 


Elwyn  Concert  Series 

A  splendid  large  audience  greeted  the 
eminent  Russian  pianist.  Benno  Moisei- 
witsch,  at  the  Auditorium  last  Thursday 
evening. 

The  next  attraction  will  be  Margaret 
Matzenauer,  prima  donna  of  the  Metro- 
politan Company,  who  will  be  heard  here 
on  February  15th.  Madame  Matzenauer 
is  known  not  only  as  one  of  the  reigning 
divas  of  opera,  but  also  as  a  foremost 
figure  of  the  contemporary  concert  stage. 
Of  splendid  physique,  she  posseses  one 
of  the  most  phenomenal  of  voices. 

Since  coming  to  America  in  1911,  at 
the  request  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
Company,  where  she  scored  a  sensational 
success  as  Amneris  in  "Aida,"  <he  has 
won  distinct  triumphs  wherever  she  has 
been  heard. 


(.1  um.i   <      Homi  ii 


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Reports.   Botikkeepinf    (Part    Time  Service) 


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New   Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

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To  better  serve  our  many  friends  and  patrons 
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No.  4 


gambling 

With  E.  FARRAND  ROSS 


Prohibitions 

A  certain  inborn  trait  among  a  goodly  number  of  Ameri- 
cans, probably  inherited  from  our  New  England  ancestors, 
restrains  us  too  often  in  expressing  our  real  emotions,  our 
real  admirations,  our  real  "honest-to-God"  selves.  This  in- 
hibition, heaven  be  praised,  is  less  developed  (if  one  can 
speak  of  an  inhibition  as  being  developed!)  in  Califormans 
than  in  the  easterners  and  middle  westerners  that  I  have 
met ;  but  the  fact  is  that  the  Federal  government,  functioning 
generally,  under  the  influence  and  people  of  its  environment 
(which  is  eastern)  is  taking  back  into  its  own  hands  so 
many  of  our  "personal  liberties,"  and  laying  upon  us  so 
many  prohibitions,  we  tremble  at  the  outcome  as  visua- 
lized, and  mentally  conjure  up  a  back-boneless  race  of  auto- 
matons, probably  in  some  sort  of  hideous  uniform,  and 
quite  possibly,  answering  to  numbers,  instead  of  names. 

A  Beauty  Cult  Is  Needed 

There  is  a  narrow-minded,  Puritanical  bunch  of  "re- 
formers," whom  some  writer  designates  "the  Invisible 
Few,"  who  are  only  too  apparently  influencing  the  "visible 
many."  This  has  been  demonstrated  most  conspicuously  in 
the  futile  Volstead  Act,  which  has  been  the  cause  of  increas- 
ing crime,  instead  of  decreasing  it,  which  was  one  of  its 
much  heralded  motives;  and  another  flagrant  case  may  be 
cited  in  the  silly  prosecution  regarding  the  teaching  of  evo- 
lution in  public  schools,  which  took  place  not  SO  long  ago, 
in  a  Tennessee  town. 

Have  you  been  unfortunate  enough,  I  wonder,  to  meet 
many  "reformers"  of  this  class?  1  do  not  mean  people  who 
want  to  reform  in  a  large-hearted,  humanitarian  way;  peo- 
ple who  believe  that  bringing  beauty  and  happiness  into 
thousands  of  homes,  is  the  best  reform  to  be  instituted  on 
this  old  globe.  I  mean  the  picayunish.  petty,  one-cylinder 
(and  that  cylinder  with  a  screw  loose,  somewhere)  folk, 
the  "nosey"  folk,  always  on  the  watch  for  some  ignominious 
fall  to  come  to  their  neighbors,  people  who,  having  fright- 
ened and  repressed  their  own  natural  feelings  into  insen- 
sibility, are  possessed  with  the  desire  to  Force  their  repres- 
sions upon  others. 
"Glooms" 

L>ne  finds  an  expression  of  this  in  old  women  who  >it  in 
chimney  corners,  figuratively  sneaking,  who  have  no  pos- 
sible way  of  viewing  life  as  it  is,  and  who  mumble  foolishly 
about  "Prohibition  being  a  wonderful  thing  for  the  'rising 
generation — '  "  (the  "rising  generation"  meanwhile  with  a 
flask  on  its  hip!)  Old  women  who  deplore  the  beautiful. 
free  ami  easy,  health-giving  garb  of  the  modern  woman, 
as  "indecent."  as  compared  to  the  dress  of  the  "good  old 
days,"  when  women  padded  their  hair,  their  hips,  their 
busts,  and  repressed  their  waists  until  it  is  a  miracle  that 
they  ever  had  any  organs  left  intact. 


J |  Metaphorically  speaking,  there  are  too  many  of  these 
| 'old  women-men"  in  the  Congress  of  our  government;  men 
of  the  Sunday  school  teacher  type ;  long-faced — the  kind 
of  men  that  David  Grayson  portrayed  in  his  "Friendly 
Road."     Do  you  remember? 

He  is  sitting  on  the  bank  of  a  rippling  stream,  one  lovely 
Sabbath,  in  the  hills,  and  worshipping  God  through  the 
untouched  and  undesecrated  beauty  of  the  country  side, 
and  he  is  approached  presently  by  a  long,  lank,  sad  looking 
individual,  dressed  in  black,  who  apparently  is  harboring 
some  devastating  grief,  and  who  turns  out  to  be  the  village 
parson. 

"What's  the  matter?"  asks  David  Grayson  of  this  gloomy  in- 
dividual, "Is  God  dead?" 


Reforming  the  Clock 

I  have  been  trying  to  find  out,  to  the  best  of  my  ability, 
the  object  or  advantages  of  the  Daylight  Saving  plan,  which 
has  been  proposed  by  members  of  the  Stock  Exchange  as 
an  initiative  measure  to  place  before  the  voters  of  Califor- 
nia, and  in  my  peregrinations  around  the  city  have  asked 
various  and  sundry  good  citizens  their  opinions  of  this  prop- 
osition. 

He  is  a  prosperous  and  practical  business  man,  and  when 
I    questioned    him    anent    the    above,    he    answered:      "Why 
it  will  save  gas  and  electric  power,  of  course!" 
I  pondered  this. 

"If  you  get  up  an  hour  earlier  in  the  morning,  that  is  to 
say,  when  it  is  still  dark,  you  will  have  to  light  up,  won't 
Mm?"  I  asked.  "You  will  be  using  gas  or  electricity  an 
hour  more  in  the  morning,  than  in  the  evening,  that's  all." 
"It  will  give  men  more  time  to  work  in  their  gardens,  after 
they  come  from  the  office,"  replied  the  next  person  I  ques- 
tioned. 

"All  right  for  suburbanites,  perhaps,"  said  I.  "But  the 
tired  city  worker  has  no  garden  to  work  in." 

"Well,  he  can  play  golf,  then,"  answered  my  friend. 
"What  do  I  think  of  the  Daylight  Saving?"  exclaimed  the 
pretty  business  girl,  scowling  slightly  under  her  tight  little 
felt  hat.  "I  think  its  the  bunk!  It  just  means  to  us  work- 
ing girls,  an  hour  earlier  to  hop  out  of  bed!  Why  not  let 
us  off  at  four  o'clock  every  day  during  the  summer?  There's 
some  sense  to  that!" 

Xot  very  satisfying,  eh,  what?  I  will  just  add  that  if  the 
powers  that  be  put  this  through,  should  the  people  in  gen- 
eral veto  it.  at  least  let  us  hope  that  it  will  be  a  Federal 
law ;  otherwise,  it  will  be  anything  but  a  /im^-saving  scheme.. 
Imagine  what  a  lot  of  calculating  it  must  take,  when  some 
communities  put  it  into  effect,  and  others  refuse  to  change 
the  faces  of  their  time  pieces! 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  23,  1926 


In  a  few  days  now  there  will  be  a 
The  Community  Chest  direct  drive  made  upon  the  busi- 
ness and  other  institutions  of  the 
city  as  well  as  upon  the  private  homes,  for  the  support  of 
the  '■community  chest"  so-called.  There  will  be,  unfortu- 
nately, a  considerable  amount  of  pressure  employed  and  a 
great  deal  of  indirect  threatening,  with  some  bullying,  which 
seems  to  have  been  a  legacy  from  the  late  war  in  the  get- 
ting of  Liberty  Bond  subscriptions.  We  do  not  raise  any 
great  objection  to  that,  as  such  methods  are  quite  insepar- 
able from  a  public  collection,  supported  by  public  en- 
thusiasm. 

We  have  no  objection,  either,  to  the  principle  of  the  com- 
munity chest.  We  realize  that  pooled  charities  are  better 
than  a  congeries  of  individual  charities.  We  know  from  com- 
mon experience  that  it  is  better  to  have  a  considerable  sum 
under  intelligent  direction  than  to  have  a  number  of  peddling 
little  sums  that  are  expended  hither  and  yon.  without 
knowledge  and  without  any  plan.  So.  as  far  as  principle 
is  concerned,  we  are  with  the  community  chest. 

What  is  bothering  us  is  the  way  in  which  it  works  out. 
We  understood  that  the  community  chest  would  meet  the 
matter  of  street-begging  by  providing  for  the  relief  of  beg- 
gars. But  it  does  not  so  act.  A  man  meets  us  on  the  street 
and  begs.  We  cannot  tell  him  where  he  can  get  a  free  meal, 
for  the  community  chest  does  not  let  us  know.  We  cannot 
endure  to  let  the  man  go  hungry.  We  paid  the  community 
chest  to  rid  us  of  that  pain.     We  pay  twice. 

Again,  the  community  chest  promised  that  it  would  look 
after  cripples  and  such  people,  who  offend  the  sensibilities 
and  make  life  miserable.  But  the  lame  still  sell  on  the 
streets,  the  blind  still  play  mournful  music,  the  disfigured 
still  leer  at  one  through  bandages.  We  cannot  endure  it. 
We  pay  twice  again. 

There  is  something  wrong  about  the  community  chest, 
something  quite  unsatisfactory. 


Citv  Attorney  John  L.  O'Toole  has 
Municipal  Economy  advised  that  $1,400,000  Hetch  Hetehy 
revenue  cannot  be  included  in  the 
city's  general  fund  for  budget-items  in  the  present  fiscal 
year.  This  has  come  to  the  finance  board  of  the  supervisors 
as  a  decided  blow,  and  so  they  have  been  skirmishing  to 
meet  the  situation.  The  upshot  is  that  the  finance  com- 
mittee has  put  up  to  the  board  a  list  of  items  amounting  to 
$2,141,000.  from  which  the  board  will  be  asked  to  designate 
special  items  of  expense  to  be  deducted  in  order  to  meet 
the  power-revenue  deficit. 

Chairman  of  the  finance  committee.  James  B.  McSheehv. 
says  that  the  city  auditor  will  not  honor  any  expenditure 
which  might  be  made  within  the  $1,400,000  deficit.  There 
is  no  doubt  about  the  correctness  of  this  attitude  in  view 
of  the  advice  of  the  city  attorney.  Then  the  question  arises. 
as  to  what  items  are  to  be  eliminated. 

We  cannot  say  that  we  are  really  sorry  that  this  has  hap- 
pened; rather  the  contrary.  We  have  always  been  stick- 
lers for  reasonable  economy  in  the  government  of  the  city, 
(not  for  penuriousness  nor  inadequate  expenditure i.  such 
as  becomes  a  city  of  our  size  and  dignity.  But  we  always 
have  taken  the  position  that  public  expenditure  should  be 
as  well  guided  in  municipal  affairs  as  in  any  well-conducted 
business.  And  now  an  opportunity  has  come  when  the  ex- 
penditure can  be  carefully  examined  and  restrained  within 
reasonable  limits. 

That   does  not  mean  that  school   improvements   should   be 


stopped.  On  the  other  hand,  money  spent  in  schools,  prop- 
erly conducted,  is  in  the  long  run  money  saved.  Neither 
does  it  mean  that  there  should  be  any  strangulation  of  street 
improvement,  for  streets  are  the  arteries  and  veins  of  our 
municipal  life. 

But  it  does  mean  that  expenditures  must  be  carefully 
watched  and  discreetly  indulged  in.  This  will  mean  great 
saving  without  frugality. 


Judge  Charles  Burnell  has 
The  Parole  Question  Again     come  out  with  a  severe  attack 

from  the  bench  of  his  court  on 
the  parole  system.  He  sentenced  a  defendant  to  imprison- 
ment in  the  County  Jail  of  Los  Angeles  rather  than  to  San 
Quentin,  upon  the  ground  that  it  would  be  a  more  severe 
sentence.  He  said:  "I  will  not  send  a  man  to  San  Quentin 
because  he  will  do  more  time  at  the  County  Jail  than  he 
would  in  prison.  If  he  goes  to  San  Quentin  the  chances 
are  the  prison  board  will  lose  no  time  in  turning  him  loose." 
Referring  to  the  Prison  Board,  the  irate  jurist  remarked: 
"If  that  bunch  of  politicians  want  to  turn  them  loose,  I 
am  powerless  to  prevent  it.  The  bigger  the  crook,  the  more 
he  seems  to  be  favored  in  this  manner." 

This  attack  on  the  part  of  the  court  ha-  produced  natural 
irritation  among  members  of  the  Prison  Board,  one  of 
whom  -ays  that  the  jurist  is  badly  informed,  and  uses  the 
short  and  ugly  word. 

We  have  always  taken  a  stand  in  favor  of  the  parole-law, 
because  we  are  convinced  that  on  the  whole  the  operation 
of  the  law  has  been  successful  and  that  it  is  better  even  to 
err  on  the  side  of  humanity,  than  to  take  an  implacable  at- 
titude with  respect  to  criminals. 

But  this  stand  i-  predicated  on  the  assumption  that 
paroles  will  be  given  with  discretion  and  that  the  Prison 
Board  will  not  allow  -ocial  or  political  motives  to  play  any 
part  in  its  decisions.  And,  we  may  say  at  once,  that  latterly 
we  have  by  no  means  felt  certain  that  improper  motives  have 
not  played  an  irregular  part  in  the  decisions  of  the  board.  The 
"Big  Hutch"  case  is  by  no  means  reassuring,  and  there  are 
other  cases  which  bear  upon  their  face,  at  least,  extrinsic  evi- 
dence of  the  operation  of  motives  which  should  have  no  part 
in  the  operation  of  the  parole  law. 

Not  to  be  captious,  we  have  an  idea  which  is  rapidly  be- 
coming a  certainty,  that  there  are  powers  and  influences  oc- 
nally  at  work  in  the  operation  of  the  law.  and  that 
these  powers  and  influence-  are  on  the  side  of  those  who 
have  sufficient  social  or  political  backing. 


1'olitics  are  proverbially  unsatisfactory, 
Weird  Politics  they  are  also  peculiar.  It  is  one  of  the 
marked  characteristics  of  politics  in  action 
that  they  produce  results  which  are  not  only  unanticipated 
but  altogether  incapable  of  being  anticipated.  Hence  the 
element  of  uncertainty  which  has  always  attracted  men  of 
romantic  disposition  to  the  pursuit  of  politics. 

Taking  the  matter  of  airplane-flying,  for  example;  given 
planes  ami  flyers  and  practically  the  same  territory,  one 
would  think  that  two  branches  of  the  government,  using 
airplanes,  would  produce  practically  similar  results.  But 
such  is  not  the  case.  Two  governmental  organizations 
using  planes  and  men.  give  us  different  results,  so  that  one 
marvels  at  the  difference. 

for  example,  the  army  and  navy  use  planes.  Result — ac- 
cidents occur,  men  are  killed,  the  service  is  discouraged, 
complaints  are  made  that  flyers  do  not  get  fair  play,  one 
distinguished  officer  is  disciplined  for  urging  a  new  form 
of  air  organization,  the  whole  matter  is  in  confusion  and 
--in'  thing  very   like  scandal   cn-uc-. 

Again,  the  post  office  uses  planes.  Result — men  carry 
mail  day  after  day  without  accident,  without  complaint, 
without  dispute  and  the  mati  steadily  and  regu- 

larly as  a  good  clock.     There  are  practically  no  losses.  The 


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mail  has  carried  6,000,000  pi  minis  through  the  air  and  lias 
travelled  10.000.000  miles  during  1925  and  has  lost  one  life. 
The  post  office  flyer  has  to  work  on  schedule  time  and  he 
keeps  his  schedule  through  all  sorts  of  weather.  The  post 
office  has  built  up  a  corps  of  flyers,  of  excellent  discipline 
and  skill.  It  has  mapped  its  routes  and  marked  them,  it 
has  made  driving  an  airplane  about  as  safe  as  driving  a 
truck. 

There  is  no  doubt  about    the    facts.     What    about    the 


Constitutionally  there  should  he  a  re- 
Reapportionment  apportionment  of  senatorial  and  as- 
sembly districts  following  the  last  cen- 
sus, and  as  yet  no  steps  have  been  taken  to  that  end.  They 
should  be  begun.  The  legislature  has  met  three  times  since 
the  census  and  no  progress  has  been  made  in  this  very  im- 
portant matter.  The  reason  is  obvious.  It  lies  in  the  politi- 
cal struggle  between  the  urban  and  the  rural  districts ;  but 
that  is  no  valid  reason  for  not  obeying  the  law. 

The  cities  cannot  be  brought  into  line  and  the  country 
fears  loss  of  power.  San  Francisco  would  lose  votes  in  pro- 
portion to  Los  Angeles,  and  the  country  would  markedly 
lose  by  the  growth  in  relative  importance,  of  the  more  im- 
portant centers  of  population.  Unless  these  differences  are 
so  modified  that  some  sort  of  an  agreement  can  he  reached, 
the  State  will  be  without  its  reapportionment  for  growth 
since  the  last  census. 

The  same  set  of  facts  is  obvious,  also,  in  matters,  re- 
lating to  the  federal  congress.  The  swing  of  people  from  the 
rural  districts  into  the  cities  has  caused  the  same  sort  of 
reaction  throughout  the  country  as  wc  have  noted  in  this 
state.  Older  localities  have  lost  population;  newer  states 
have  gained  it.  The  western  seaboard  has  grown  in  im- 
portance and,  naturally,  the  older  states  are  nol  pleased  to 
play  a  subordinate  role. 

We  should  have  a  greater  representation  in  Congress 
than  we  now  have.  It  is  of  essential  importance  thai  we 
realize  this  representation,  for  we  never  know  when  we 
may  have  to  insist  upon  the  result  of  our  growth  and  our 
increased  wealth. 

If  the  present  method  of  reapportionment  does  not 
fy  sufficiently  for  us  to  get  results  from  it.  then  surely  some 
method  should  be  devised.     Reapportionment  both  for  the 
state  and  nation  has  become  a  crying  necessity.    The  con- 
stitution provides  for  it  and  it  is  our  right. 


It  is  very  seldom  that  two 
Our  Strong  Representative  weeks  running  any  representa- 
tive of  ours  in  Congress  should 
provoke  our  anient  admiration  and  express  approval.  But 
such  is  the  case  with  Mrs.  Florence  Kahn.  our  congression 
al  representative,  who  is  showing  a  force  and  individuality 
which  few  of  our  congressmen  appear  to  po 

Last  week  she  was  strong  on  the  prohibition  question 
and  came  out  without  any  hesitation  for  a  light  wine  and 
beer  amendment  to  the  Volstead  Act.  This  week  she  has 
come  out  in   favor  of  the   immigrant.      She   is  agitating   for 

permission  to  husbands  of  American  citizens  t"  enter  the 
country,  irrespective  of  the  quota,  and  has  proposed  an 
amendment  to  the  immigration  act  to  that  effect. 

There  is  no  doubl  that  the  law  at  present  has  been  the 
!i   for  man}    injustices.      The   wives  of   American   citi- 
zens arc  allowed  in.  independent  of  the  quota,  and  there 
not  seem  to  he  any  justification  for  not  applying  the 
^anie  rule  to  the  foreign   husbands  ><i  American   wi> 

Mrs.  Kahn  goes  a  step  further  than  this,  for  she  is  in 
favor  of  the  parents  of  American  citizens  being  put  also  in 
the  non-quota  class,  as  well  as  the  husbands,  wives  and 
minor  children  of  aliens  in  this  country,  who  have  declared 
their   intention   of   becoming   America! 

These  proposals  do  her  credit  and  it  adopted  will  abolish 
the  scandalous  dislocation  of  the  family  caused  by  the 
ent  application  of  the  law.     \\  c  are  heartily  with  her. 


Art  Shows  and  Bill  Boards 


By  John  Brayton 


HAVE  you  ever  come  out  of  an  art  gallery,  worn  ragged 
mentally  with  trying  to  appreciate  the  Art  (capital  A) 
of  some  master  mind  with  a  penchant  for  misrepresenting 
disgustingly  fat  female  nudes,  and  then  met  with  a  poster 
on  the  board  advertising  a  country  resort  or  a  railroad  trip? 
And  have  you  breathed  a  sigh  of  relief,  though  a  bit  shamed 
inwardly,  and  told  yourself  that  here  was  something  you 
could  understand?  And  have  you  analyzed  that  sigh  and 
the  relief  it  expressed? 

Now,  don't  tell  a  soul  where  you  got  this,  but  the  simple 
truth  is  that  the  poster  represented  more  art  than  all  the 
drawings  that  tortured  you  in  the  gallery.  We  are  not 
speaking  here  of  all  art  exhibits:  we  are  treating  of  some 
shows  that  are  forced  upon  us  as  Art.  The  poster  must  pass 
the  scrutiny  of  a  board  of  well-paid  and  thoroughly  trained 
artists  before  it  can  make  its  appearance,  for  there  is  a  con- 
siderable price  involved.  And  because  of  this  financial 
consideration,  this  scrutiny  is  more  penetrating  than  many 
paintings  could  bear.  The  commercial  aspect  is  import- 
ant. Thus  the  final  product  is  artistic.  Oh,  that  there 
were  some  strong  power  with  a  huge  club  to  curb  the  fury 
of  many  of  our  so-called  artists! 

How  many  a  time  and  oft  we  have  been  lured  to  the  gal- 
lery by  the  critic  only  to  he  disappointed!  This  critic  per- 
son seems  to  he  lacking  in  feeling  and  respect  toward  us, 
for  more  than  once  he  calls  upon  us  to  worship  at  the  shrine 
of  some  newly  discovered  genius — wdio  would  benefit  the 
world  vastly  more  by  putting  in  his  time  painting  barns. 
It  is  highly  desirable,  of  course,  that  individual  expression 
be  encouraged  and  fostered  ;  hut  it  is  greatly  to  he  regretted 
that  this  must  he  done  at  SO  great  annoyance  to  the  public. 
If  only  commerce  could  enter  here  with  her  exacting  stand- 
ards there  would  he  less  eye  strain  for  the  people  to  under- 
go. If  the  reward  of  commerce — and  it  is  an  intrinsic  one, 
could  be  withheld  until  these  standards  are  met  there 
would  he   fewer  explosions    "i  genius  to  alarm   us. 

It  is  becoming  recognized  generally  that  commerce  in 
America  is  going  far  toward  making  an  American  art.     All 

we  need  do  is  to  recall  the  advertisements  and  posters  of  a 

few  years  back  to  catch  the  idea.  Thos<  ol  I  "day  are  much 
superior;  many  of  them  are  works  of  art.  The  persons 
who  decry  the  influence  of  commerce  on  art  are  not  think- 
he  matter  through.  Commerce  is  one  of  the  greatest 
influences  for  civilization  and  advancement,  and  the  Old 
World  would  do  well  to  look  to  her  artistic  laurels  when 
rides    America   as   that   "basely   material   nation." 

insiders  the  audience,  and  this  is  an  import- 
ant detail.  The  inspired  young  lady  who  jumbled  words 
together  for  the  mere  sake  of  sound  without  thought  to 
their  significance,  may  have  produced  a  kind  of  poetry; 
hut  her  audience  failed  to  grasp  the  idea  and  her  efforts 
edly  fell  flat.  What  we  are  accustomed  to  seems 
good  to  us  until  we  can  he  convinced  there  is  something 
better  to  he  had.  And  wc  are  not  easily  stampeded.  Commerce 
cannot  affbl  therwise  than  consider  the  audience. 

It  is  difficult   to  separate  lite  and  art  and  commerce.     It 
en   asserted   that   commercial   periods   produce  artis- 
Ihe  literature  of  the   Elizabethan  period  of  F.ng- 
land — pattern  for  all  time! — flowered  from  an  intensely  ac- 
tive commerce.      When   a  nation  business    spirit 
i:  fall-  into  artistic  decay.     (  Uir  American  business  is  top- 
ping the  world  and  invading  tbose  old  countries  that  taught 
ns  our  trades.     Is  it  not  reasonable,  then,  to  look  forward 
to   an    all-surmounting                         :rt    for    this,    our   young, 
rous,  restless  and   business-like  country? 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  23,  1926 


>LMSURE$W4ND 


OBEY   NO   WAND  BUT  PLEASURE'S 

_  Tom  Moor>e. 


Wilkes 

SAN  FRANCISCO  is  at  last  to  have 
an  opportunity  of  seeing  "The  Big 
Parade,"  conceded  by  everyone  who 
has  seen  it, 
to  be  the  suc- 
cess of  the 
decade,  when 
it  opens  at 
the  Wilkes 
Theater  to- 
morrow eve- 
ning with  a 
large  orches- 
tra and  spe- 
cial score  un- 
der the  able 
direction  of 
CI  ar en  c  e 

■Catherine  Schwartz  West,      the 

musical   director,    sent   on    from    New 
York  for  this  occasion. 

There  is  an  interesting  story  in  con- 
nection with  this  great  picture,  as  to 
how  it  happened  to  be  sent  on  tour  as 
a  "road  show."  When  J.  J.  McCarthy, 
the  astute  New  York  showman,  who 
handled  such  road  tours  as  the  notable 
successes,  "The  Birth  of  a  Nation," 
"Intolerance,"  "Way  Down  East." 
"The  Covered  Wagon."  and  "The  Ten 
Commandments,"  was  in  Los  Angeles 
last  summer  to  view  the  making  of 
"Ben  Hur,"  he  happened  to  be  in  the 
projection  room  when  two  reels  of 
"The  Big  Parade"  were  being  screened. 
He  viewed  the  first  reel  in  a  detached 
manner,  but  when  the  second  reel  was 
being  shown,  he  came  to  life  with  a 
start.  Turning  to  Marcus  Loew  of  the 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  corporation,  he 
asked  the  name  of  the  picture.  "\\  e 
have  about  decided  to  call  it  'The  Big 
Parade,'  "  answered  Mr.  Loew,  "but  that 
title  may  be  changed  later  on,  as  we 
have  just  started  making  the  picture." 
McCarthy  became  enthusiastic,  and 
made  the  statement,  that  if  the  picture 
was  carried  on  with  the  same  deft 
touch,  and  the  heart  interest  main- 
tained, it  would  prove  to  be  the  best 
thing  since  "The  Birth  of  a  Nation." 
He  met  King  Vidor,  the  director,  prais- 
ing him  highly  on  his  craftmanship, 
and  predicting  that  if  he  kept  on  as 
he  had  started,  he  would  have  a  world 
beater. 

Mr.  Loew,  at  first,  was  a  bit  skepti- 
cal as  to  the  advisability  of  withdraw- 
ing "The  Big  Parade"  from  the  ordi- 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

nary  channels  of  presentation  and  turn- 
ing it  into  a  two  dollar  road  show,  but 
McCarthy's  judgment  has  invariably 
been  one  hundred  per  cent  in  such  mat- 
ters, and  so  the  verdict  finally  was,  "Go 
ahead." 

The  rest  is  history.  "The  Big  Pa- 
rade" was  presented  at  the  Astor  The- 
ater, New  York  in  November,  and  its 
success  was  enormous  from  the  start ; 
it  is  still  showing  there  to  capacity 
houses.  Showmen,  newspapermen  and 
others  of  seasoned  judgment  predict 
that  "The  Big  Parade"  will  stay  in 
New  York  for  two  years  at  least.  Im- 
mediately following  the  New  York  pre- 
miere. McCarthy  organized  road  com- 
panies as  fast  as  possible,  and  it  is  now 
showing  in  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  Bos- 
ton, Detroit,  and  last  week  it  opened  in 
Washington,  D.  O,  where  a  distin- 
guished audience,  including  President 
Coolidge,  the  entire  cabinet,  members 
of  the  diplomatic  corps  and  foreign  cor- 
respondents were  present.  In  every 
place  it  has  scored  an  immense  suc- 
cess, and  created  a  sensation,  and 
praise  for  it  has  been  unanimous. 

Much  praise  goes  to  J.  J.  McCarthy 
for  his  marvelous  ability  in  being  able 
to  discern  a  "winner." 


S.  F.  Symphony 

Haydn's  Symphony  in  D  Minor. 
"The  Clock,"  occupied  a  distinctive 
part  of  the  program  of  the  seventh  pair 
rif  symphony  concerts  at  the  Curran 
Theater  last  week.  This  is  one  of  the 
oldest,  as  well  as  one  of  the  best  of  the 
Haydn  symphonies,  overflowing  with 
melodies,  and  containing  a  beautiful 
four  part  counterpart  harmony,  which 
Alfred  Hertz,  who  is  undeniably  a 
lover  of  the  old  masters,  conducted  in 
a  particularly  sympathetic  manner. 

A  Dance  Rhapsody  by  Delius,  which 
opened  the  second  part  of  the  concert 
was  a  distinct  contrast  from  the  old  to 
the  new — beautifully  orchestrated  with 
a  view  to  bringing  out  that  which  is 
best  in  a  modern  symphony  orchestra. 

Strauss'  beautiful  tone  poem,  "Death 
and  Transfiguration"  was  played  as  a 
memorial  tribute  to  Emanuel  Siegfried 
Heller,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  San 
Francisco  Symphony,  and  its  warmest 
friend.  It  is  too  bad  that  this  beautiful 
thing  should  have  been  played  without 
one  word  of  applause,  but  that  same 
lack  of  applause  was  due  to  the  deep 


feeling  apparent  throughout  the  large 
audience  which  attended  these  con- 
certs, and  not  from  any  lack  of  appre- 
ciation on  the  part  of  its  hearers. 

Curran  *     *     * 

Tomorrow  evening  at  the  Curran, 
Kolb  and  Dill,  two  names  synonymous 
with  laughter,  will  open  in  their  latest 
fun  concotion,  "Pair  o'  Fools,"  a  new 
musical  comedy  from  the  pen  of  John 
Emerson  and  Anita  Loos,  with  a  lilting 
musical  setting  by  Arthur  Freed.  An 
ever  welcome  Kolb  and  Dill  chorus,  an 
array  of  beauty,  talent  and  captivating 
dance,  the  whole  flanked  by  orchestral 
strains  which  will  live  long  in  memory, 
combine  to  make  this,  their  latest  ve- 
hicle, a  great  hit. 

Reports  from  the  Northwest  state 
that  the  house  has  been  sold  out  before 
the  company  had  even  reached  the 
town. — the  news  having  traveled  ahead 
that  Kolb  and  Dill  had  the  best  show 
they  have  been  seen  in  for  years. 

There  is  a  splendid  cast  in  support 
of  the  two  popular  stars,  including  May 
CloVj   Julie   Blanc   and   others. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"Little  Jessie  James,"  a  musical  com- 
edy with  a  bright  galaxy  of  players  for 
the  principal  roles,  and  a  fast-stepping 
chorus  of  "beautiful  bobbed  hair 
bandits"  opens  at  the  Alcazar  tomor- 
row evening. 

This  is  Henry  Duffy's  second  ven- 
ture into  the  musical  comedy  field,  and 
those  who  viewed  "Irene,"  with  its 
record  run  of  ten  weeks  last  summer, 
will  want  to  be  sure  and  see  this  of- 
fering. 

Dale  Winter  will  have  the  title  role, 
and  she  will  again  be  heard  in  some  of 
the  catchy  musical  numbers.  A  new- 
comer to  the  cast,  but  well  known  to 
San  Franciscans  is  Lorraine  Sands 
Mullins;  Roy  Purviance  is  the  tenor; 
Phil  Tead  the  juvenile;  William  David- 
sun.  Betty  Laurence,  William  Mac- 
auley,  Florence  Roberts  and  Dorothy 
LeMar  are  all  cast  acceptably. 

*  *     * 
President 

"Dancing  Mothers,"  sensational  com- 
edy of  the  current  season  in  New  York, 
opens  at  the  President  tomorrow  after- 
noon with  one  of  San  Francisco's  fa- 
vorite actresses,  Florence  Roberts,  in 
the  principal  role. 

A  cast  of  unusual  excellence  has  been 


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Frnuol<(cii   s>  m  |t1wtn>    Orchestra. 

"What's    the    difference    between    a 

n  and  an  old-fashioned  kiss?" 
"About   live  minutes." — Clarion. 


selected  by  Mr.  Duffy  for  this  produc- 
tion. Leneta  Lane  will  be  seen  in  one 
of  the  most  interesting  parts  she  has 
portrayed  here.  Frederic  Vogeding, 
leading  man  for  Lenore  Ulric  in  Kiki, 
will  be  seen  in  an  important  part;  Ken- 
neth Daigneau  is  also  featured.  Others 
in  the  company  are  Francis  Fraunie, 
Earl  Lee,  Olive  Cooper,  Helen  Gill- 
more,  John  Junior.  Maylian  Mercereau, 
Eloise  Keeler,  Richard  Ehlers,  and  a 
host  of  others. 

*     *     * 
Orpheum 

Heading  the  bill  for  a  second  big 
week  is  the  ever  popular  Nora  Bayes, 
who  will  present  several  entirely  new 
numbers,  as  only  she  can  do.  Since 
her  last  appearance  here,  Miss  Bayes 
has  been  traveling  from  London 
throughout  the  continent,  jumping  here 
directly  from  London.  Louis  Alter  and 
his  wife  assist  her  at  the  piano. 

Powers'  Dancing  Elephants,  the 
same  troupe  that  created  such  a  sen- 
sation here  last  year,  are  another  big 
feature  on  the  bill.  These  wonderfully 
trained  animals  are  said  to  be  the  most 
intelligent  of  their  species,  performing 
their  difficult  stunts  with  great  ease. 

Ben  Meroff,  clever  comedian  and  his 
new  organization  called  "The  High 
1  Fitters"  is  also  featured;  George 
Watts  and  Belle  Hawley,  she  of  the 
beautiful  face  and  figure,  present 
"Laughs  Coated  with  Melodies";  Rich 
Haves  and  "bis  valet"  have  a  novelty 
turn  of  the  highest  order;  the  Les 
Ghezzis,  equilibrists,  have  been  re- 
tained for  another  week,  promising 
several  new  stunts. 

*     *     * 

Golden  Gate 

Benny  Leonard,  famous  lightweight 
boxing  champion,  headlines  the  bill  at 
thi-  theater  for  the  coming  week,  ap- 
pearing in  a  --ketch  called  "The  Pro- 
fessor," in  which  he  is  assisted  by 
Charles  Leon  and  a  strong  supporting 
cast. 

Yal  and  Ernie  Stanton,  the  English 
boys  from  America,  are  prime  come- 
dians always  being  great  favorites 
lure,  ami  present  a  new  act  called 
I  nder  Your  Flat."  said  to  he  their 
funniest 

Tom  Bryan  and  Lillian  Fairchild 
bring  "Billboard  Steps,"  a  speedy  dan- 
cing act.  in  which  they  are  assisted  by 
Lvnn  Bruno:  Gaston  Palmer,  a  jug- 
gler of  great  talent,  as  well  as  a  clever 
monologist,  is  al<o  on  the  bill;  Keller 
Sisters  and  Lynch,  well-known  phono- 
graph artists,  have  a  clever  act ;  Ed  and 
Jennie  Rooney,  aerialists,  call  their  of- 
fering "Up  in  the  Air." 

The  screen  feature  is  the  first  show- 
ing here  of  "The  Fighting  Heart."  with 
San    Fran  vn   George  O'Brien 

in  the  star  role,  assisted  by  Billie  Dove 
and  a  notable  cast 


Loew's  Warfield 

William  Hart  will  be  seen  in  a  brand 
new  play  called  "Tumbleweed,"  begin- 
ning tomorrow  at  the  Warfield.  Many 
people  are  curious  to  know  why  the 
play  was  named  "Tumbleweed." 

Here's  the  answer ;  During  the  set- 
tling of  the  Cherokee  Land  Strip  be- 
tween Kansas  and  Oklahoma  way  back 
in  '89,  the  cow  punchers  had  to  seek 
new  fields  and  pastures,  because  the 
cattle  barons  on  the  strip  were  forced 
to  move  and  the  cattle  were  dispersed. 
Hal  G.  Evarts,  author  of  the  story,  says 
the  cowboys  referred  to  themselves  as 
"tumbleweeds"  because  they  were  con- 
tinually on  the  move,  and  pointed  with 
disdain  to  the  lowly  squash  anchored 
to  its  vine  till  somebody  cut  it  loose  for 
cooking  purposes.  Here  is  their  song: 
"I  never  cease  my  roamin' 

I'm  always  hard  to  catch; 
But  the  "punkin"  stays  forever, 
In  the  same  ole  garden  patch." 

On  the  stage  Walt  Roesner  will  play 
his  own  "Evolution  of  Jazz,"  contain- 
ing the  much  discussed  number  "Rhap- 
sody in  Blue"  by  Gershwin.  Roesner 
is  using  in  this  act  a  Duo  Art  piano 
playing  the  Gershwin  record.  Fanchon 
and  Marco  present  the  famous  Fords, 
called  "The  Four  Fords,"  assisted  by 
Sherry  Louise  Marshall  in  "A  Music 
Box  Revue."  As  an  added  feature, 
Angelus  Babe,  famous  colored  Charles- 
ton dancer  will  entertain  also. 


Granada 

The  Granada  is  featuring  a  "3-s'tar" 
show  the  coming  week,  starting  today. 
Tom  Mix  in  "The  Best  Bad  Man"  is 
the  screen  feature,  while  Mack  Sen- 
nett's  newest  comedy,  "Wide  Open 
Spaces"  with  Ralph  Graves,  will  be  an- 
other important  offering.  On  the  au- 
tomatic stage  will  be  the  1926  edition 
of  "Twenty  Minutes  at  Coffee  Dan's." 
(Continued  on  Page  15) 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  23,  1926 


"Stepping  Out" 

B(  >STON  correspondents  of  the  daily  press  are  accredited 
with  the  statement  that  handsome  young  John  Cool- 
idge, son  of  President  and  Mrs.  Coolidge,  emulates  the 
Prince  of  Wales  in  his  tendency  for  social  diversions. 

Why  not?  There  is  certainly  nothing  startling  in  the  an- 
nouncement that  a  line,  stalwart  young  American  boy 
should  like  society.  There  certainly  is  nothing  out-of-the 
way  about  that  young  boy's  desire  to  dance,  to  go  to  parties, 
to  entertain  a  pretty  young  miss.  In  fact,  it  is  the  most 
wholesome  and  natural  thing  in  the  world  for  a  full  fledged 
young  chap  to  do.  And  so  we're  glad  that  young  John 
Coolidge  is  giving  evidence  of  his  fondness  for  society — 
that  means  he  is  going  to  keep  his  head;     Now  doesn't  it? 

The  Prince  of  Wales  is  dearly  loved  for  his  manly  attri- 
butes, for  his  human,  his  natural,  boy-like  interest  in  the 
world  and  the  activities  of  the  world.  In  fact,  the  Prince 
of  Wales  has  friends,  real  friends,  not  just  because  lie  is 
heir  to  the  throne  of  England,  but  because  he  is  so  delight- 
fully human  and  close  to  the  world  of  a  living  and  breath- 
ing humanity. 

Let's  honor  this  stalwart  young  son  of  the  President  of 
these  United  States,  for  with  the  stability  of  character 
which  is  his  heritage,  and  the  mental  balance  which  is  his 
by  right  of  inheritance.  Mr.  John  Coolidge  is  going  to  find 
a  lot  of  real,  genuine  joy  in  discovering  friends  who  rejoice 
in  him  not  only  because  he  is  the  son  of  the  President,  hut 
also  because  he  is  a  true,  radiant-hearted  young  man  who 
wants  to  find  his  measure  of  happy  enjoyment  in  the  social 
life  of  the  greatest  nation  on  the  face  of  the  earth. 

All  honor  to  this  student  of  Amherst  and  may  his  "step- 
ping out"  be  accompanied  by  the  best  wishes  of  real  friends 
who  will  assist  in  his  natural  and  wholesome  happiness. 

Peninsula  Lures 

So  many  alluring  affairs  have  engaged  society  among 
the  peninsula  set  within  this  past  week,  that  it  is  difficult 
to  fasten  one's  thoughts  on  any  one  outstanding  event.  It 
has  just  been  one  delightful  lure  after  another,  particularly 
out  in  the  crisp  open  air. 

The  "paper  chase"  seems  to  be  the  most  popular  and 
striking  diversion  among  the  social  set  just  now,  and  the 
thrill  of  it  all,  the  novelty  of  the  activity,  and  really  the 
health-giving  glow  of  it  all,  make  it  one  of  the  most  popular, 
if  not  the  most  engrossing,  of  all  the  present  moment  gay- 
eties. 

The  riding  luncheon  given  during  the  past  week  in  com- 
pliment to  Miss  Mary  Clark,  when  the  charming  Mrs.  \\  il- 
liam  Bowers  Bourn  entertained  at  the  San  Mateo  home  of 
the  Bourns,  "Filoli"  was  not  only  a  memorable  gathering, 
but  it  had  its  quota  of  little  novelties  too. 

To  begin  with.  Miss  Clark,  herself,  is  the  incentive  for 
enthusiasm  and  all  the  paper  chasers  were  heartily  in  attune 
with  everything.  Guests  at  the  riding  luncheon  included: 
Mrs.  Celia  Tobin  Clark  and  Miss  Mary  Clark,  Mr.  and  Mrs, 
Cyril  Tobin,  Mr.  and   Mrs.  Corbett  Moody.   Mr.  and   Mrs. 

COLONIAL  HOTEL 

030    Bush    Street,   Between    Powell    find    Stockton,    San    Franctaco 

Telephone  Sutter  3560 
HOWARD  T.  BLETHER  Proprietor 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 

William  Gregory  Parrott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Tobin, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  McCreery,  Miss  Katherine  Kuhn, 
Mr.  Richard  Tobin,  Mr.  Richard  Schwerin  and  Mr.  William 

Tevis,  Jr. 

*     *     * 

Studio  Surprise 

Another  San  Mateo  function  given  this  past  week  which 
took  on  the  glamour  and  charm  of  novelty,  was  a  studio 
surprise  party  given  by  Mrs.  Gerald  Williamson,  who  en- 
tertained in  honor  of  the  birthday  of  her  husband,  and  also 
of  the  birthday  of  Mr.  Edward  H.  Clark,  Jr.,  which  happens 
to  fall   on  the  same  day. 

Tacking  boxes  served  as  chairs  for  the  guests  in  a  room 
arranged  like  a  studio.  A  cake-walk  skit  was  part  of  the 
evening's  spontaneous  pleasure.  Informal  supper  service 
added  to  the  novelty  of  the  merry  event. 


"See  America"  Slogan 
Of  Notable  Luncheon 

Six  specific  purposes  are  outlined  by  the  Hotel  Women's 
Unity  Club,  of  which  Mrs.  Perlev  Andrew  Young  is  the 
president.  All  of  these  purposes  will  be  definitely  presented 
at  the  annual  luncheon  of  the  organization  when  the  mem- 
bers gather  for  their  International  Day  on  Thursday,  Jan- 
uarv  28,  in  the  Terrace  Room  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel  at 
12:30  o'clock. 

The  primary  object,  "to  create  a  better  understanding  and 
a  more  friendly  and  social  feeling  between  the  women  of 
the  bay  cities  hotel  fraternity,"  finds  its  paramount  pur- 
pose to  be  that  of  co-operation  with  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  the  "See  America  First"  movement. 

Diplomats  and  consuls  will  be  guests  at  the  International 
Luncheon  when  the  hostesses  will,  in  returning  compliment, 
decorate  their  various  tables  with  the  color  schemes  and 
the  insignia  of  the  various  countries  represented.  They 
will  also  wear  the  costumes  of  the  different  nations.  The 
president  is  to  appear  in  her  costume  of  Columbia. 

Mrs.  John  Zeeman,  who  is  acting  as  chairman  of  the  re- 
ception committee,  will  have  charge  of  the  French  table 
and  wear  the  costume  of  France,  all  her  guests,  also  wear- 
ing the  costumes  of  France.  Mrs.  Florence  Lombard,  who 
owns  the  Commodore  Hotel,  also  the  Hotel  Lombard,  which 
opened  this  week,  will  preside  over  the  Holland  table.  Mrs. 
O.  L.  Becker  will  have  a  table  done  in  the  colors  of  Spain. 

The  Chinese  table  will  be  presided  over  by  Mrs.  Henrv 
Barker,  and  Mrs.  James  Flannery  will  also  'have  an  elab- 
orate table  decorated  in  the  Chinese  designs.  Mrs.  Carl 
Gardner  will  preside  over  one  of  the  tables.  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Rothchild  will  have  the  Swedish  table  and  announces  a 
great  "surprise"  for  her  decorative  scheme. 

Mrs.  George  Wilson,  secretary  of  the  Unity  Club,  will 
have  the  Japanese  table  and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Snider  will  be 
hostess  at  the  German  table.  An  Esperanto  table  will  be 
one  of  the  unique  schemes  of  this  unusual  luncheon  with 
Brewster  Ames   and   his  daughter  in   charge.      Mrs.   SteUa 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 

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fanuary  23,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Vought  will  be  the  singer,  and  Re\ 
Racier  the  principal  speaker. 


William 


HOTEL    CAN 

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Consuls  Will  Attend 

Many  consuls  will  be  honor  guests  at  the 
Hotel  Women's  Unity  Luncheon,  which  will 
bring-  together  both  men  and  women  identified 
with   the   hotel  fraternity,  Thursday.   January 

2S  at  the  Fairmont. 

*     *     * 

Vocal  Numbers 

Mme.  Stella  Vought,  the  vocalist  of  this  de- 
lightful luncheon  of  hotel  people,  will  be  heard 
in  a  group  of  songs,  "The  South  Winds  Are 
Blowing,"  Densmore;  "When  I  Was  Seven- 
teen," Swedish  Folk  Song  with  Miss  Jean  Do- 
rothy Rouse  at  the  piano. 


Clark  Ball  Attracts 
Folks  From  Pebble  Beach 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Gordon  Moore  and 
Mrs.  Helen  Hobbs,  who  attended  the  beautiful 
Clark  Ball,  have  returned  to  their  home  at 
Pebble  Beach,  where  many  of  the  smart  set 
from  the  Monterey  peninsula  are  guests  over  the  week-end 
for  interesting  gatherings  in  the  lovely  home  of  the  Moores. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  gave  a  dinner  party  at  the  San  Mateo 
Club,  entertaining  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fentriss  Hill,  Mir.  and  Mrs. 
Gregory  Parrots  Mr.  ond  Mrs.  Arthur  Brown.  lr.,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Corbett  Moody,  Mr.  William  S.  Tevis,  Jr.  and  Mr. 
Gordon  Tevis  and  Mr.  Lansing  Tevis. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lorenz  Avenali  gave  a  dinner  party  this 
week  at  their  attractive  Russian  Hill  home. 

*  *     * 

A  luncheon  party  will  be  given  by  Mrs.  Charles  Deering 
at  the  Francesca  club  rooms  on  Sutter  Street,  Thursday. 
lanuary  28,  in  compliment  to  friends,  some  of  whom  have 
recently  returned  from  abroad 


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Family  Hotel 

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*       *       * 

given  at  the  Fairmont  Motel,  Friday, 


A  tea  was  given  at  the  Fairmont  tiotei,  fnaay,  for  the 
guarantors  of  the  Greater  San  Francisco  Conservatory  "I 
Music,  of  which  Mr,  Ernest   Bloch  is  the  artistic  director 

and  tlie   Misses    Ada   Clement.    Lillian    Hodghead,   assistant 

directors. 

*     *     * 

Mrs.  George  Harry  Mtendell  entertained  at  luncheon  in 
her  home  in  Pacific  Avenue  and  later  took  her  guests  to 
the  San  Francisco  Symphony. 


*     * 
gave  a  charming  luncheoi 


Mrs.  R.  P.  Merillion  gave  a  charming  luncheon  at  her 
home  last  week,  her  guests  afterwards  going  \<>  the  bridge 
party  at  Hotel  Whitcomb.  Mrs.  Eustace  Cullinan,  Mrs. 
Paul  C.  Butte  and  Mrs.  W.  Harold  \\  ilson  were  the  lunch- 
eon guests. 
Dr.  Jordan's  Birthday 

The   seventy-fifth   birthday  of  a  great    man   in   California. 

Dr.  David  Starr  Jordan,  lias  attracted  the  attention  of  p 
nent  personages  throughout  the  entire  world.  For  Dr.  Jor- 
dan is  a  great  man.  a  man  of  magnificent  intelligence,  bul 
in  addition  to  the  master  mind  which  has  long  made  him 
an  outstanding  example  of  linn  purpose  and  stability  of 
character,  brilliancy  of  intellect  and  supreme  activity,  he 
is  also  an  inspiring  guide  to  those  who  in  their  turn  shall 
follow  him. 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

S  wr  v  Maria,  Cai  ifornm 

<)•,    ihr  Ctm»    Hi«hw«T    H«lf««»    (!'<»'•"    S«o    NMlM    and    I  »•    An«#ln 
An  Inn  of   I  noiual   Excellent*. 

»■«■#  or  uritf  for  r*»«rr«M>iu  ©n   y**'   "*«*   "•»  »»•*•* 


At  his  home  on  the  campus  of  Leland  Stan- 
ford, Jr.  University,  Dr.  David  Starr  Jordan 
was  literally  showered  with  telegrams  of  con- 
gratulation from  various  parts  of  the  world 
on  Tuesday,  his  birthday.  But  with  all  these 
praiseworthy  briefs  from  admirers  in  all  lines 
of  human  endeavor,  the  "grand  old  man"  of 
Stanford,  was  as  full  of  new  plans  and  future 
activities  as  if  he  was  just  starting  out  on  life's 
journey  instead  of  just  rounding  his  seventy- 
fifth  birthday. 

Dr.  Jordan  was  president  of  Leland  Stanford 
Junior  University  from  the  time  of  its  founda- 
tion in  1891  until  his  retirement  in  the  year 
1913.  During  that  time  he  created  a  world- 
wide reputation  for  literary  achievements  and 
for  all  other  branches  of  scholarly  work. 

The  home  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jordan  is  the 
scene  of  some  of  the  most  memorable  gather- 
ings of  distinguished  personages  on  the  Stan- 
ford campus,  where  their  hospitality  is  pro- 
verbial. *  *  * 
Family  Joins  in  Celebration 

The  family  of  the  noted  educator.  Dr.  David 
Starr  Jordan  and  Mrs.  Jordan,  presided  over  the  birthday 
celebration,  quiet  and  dignified  as  it  was,  with  an  atmos- 
phere of  felicitations  prevailing  throughout,  last  Tuesday 
night,  where  intimate  friends  of  the  Jordan  family  gathered 
to  I'.ii  honor  to  the  president  emeritus.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Na- 
thaniel Dartner  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knight  Starr  Jordan 
vcix  .if  the  family  group.  Mrs.  Dartner  is  the  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jordan.  Their  other  son  was  detained 
in  Mexico  on  professional  duties  but  is  expected  at  the  Jor- 
dan home  this  week,  when  another  big  family  gathering 
will  be  held  as  a  post  celebration  of  the  birthday  of  the 
noted  naturalist  and  educator. 

*     *     * 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Michie 
Entertain  Literary  Folks 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  Michie  entertained  a  coterie  of 
writers  at  their  charming  home  in  the  Russian  Hill  district 
last  week,  their  guests  including  many  prominent  people 
nf  the  bay  and  peninsula  cities.  The  Michie  home  is  famed 
for  the  cordiality  of  the  hosts  and  those  who  are  of  the  num- 
ber included  at  their  delightful  "home"  events  always 
erly  welcome  the  bidding  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Michie's. 

Last    week's    guests    included    Mr.    and    Mrs.    Fenwick 

Holmes,  both  of  whom  are  well  known  in  the  lecture  field. 
Mr.  Holmes  ha>  just  returned  from  a  tour  of  eastern  lit- 
erarj  centers  where  he  gave  lecture-  on  psychology.  Kath- 
I  ggleston  Holme--,  the  brilliant  fiction  writer  is  now 
completing  her  eighth  novel,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Malanmth.  the 
latter  of  whom  is  Joan  London,  talented  daughter  of  Jack 
London,  Mr  .and  Mrs.  Ray  Mjarshall,  now  of  this  city.  Mr. 
Marshall  being  a  well-known  newspaper  editor  recently  re- 
turned from  the  Orient;  Barrett  Willoughby.  author  of 
"Rocking  Moon."  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mateo  Mezquida,  the  lat- 
ter of  whom  is  Anna  Pdake  Mezquida.  well-known  poet, 
author  and  short  story  writer. 

Mr.  and   Mrs.  Thomas  Nunan  were  guests.  Mrs.  Nunan. 
US   as   the    "petite  princess  of  the   piano,"   Mr.   Nunan 
of  the  editorial  staff  of  the  "Examiner."  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L. 
Young   i  Anna  Young,  prima  donna  I.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
\\  .   Harold   Wilson  of  local  literary  circles:  Mr.  and   Mrs. 
F.   Ellis   Miller,  prominent  in   society  circles  of   Piedmont. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pari  Ennis,  Mr.  F.nnis  of  the  editorial  staff  of 
'Bulletin,"  Miss   Helen   Ennis  of  the  "Chronicle."  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Walter  Jones,  Miss  Geneve  Shaffer,  writer,  trav- 
el realtor.  Mr.  Lund,  prominent  in  university  circles, 
were  all  guests  at  the  Michie  supper  party  where  literary 
themes  were  topics  of  the  evening's  fascination. 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  23,  1926 


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By  Fred  Blair 


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How  the  Judges  and  Lawyers  Stacked 
Up  When  They  Met  at  the  Presidio 

HARRY  STAFFORD  asks  why  should  he 
play  golf  with  the  judges  for  nothing, 
when  he  gets  paid  for  talking  to  them  ? 


Cy  Appell  showed  up  with  a  pair  of  number 
twelve  shoes.  (Cy  ought  to  be  able  to  do  a  Charleston 
with  those  immense  gunboats). 

*  *     * 

Percy  Henderson  is  sore  at  Colonel  Griffith. 

*  *     * 

Judge  Harry  McKenzie,  who  wrote  the  songs  and  lyrics 
for  Billy  Jaxton's  show,  says  training  the  chorus  keeps  him 
too  busy. 

*  *     * 

The  American  Legion  always  knows  a  good  golfer ;  that 
is  why  they  presented  Judge  Fitzpatrick  with  a  flag. 

*  *     * 

Louis  Ferrari  is  a  sea  lawyer;  he  handles  cases  off  ship;;. 

*  '*     * 

Bill  Manaton  says  when  Archie  Treat  can  golf  like  he 
toast-masts,  he  can  plav  Marin  in  par. 

*  *     * 

Harry  Stafford  was  granted  a  postponement.  The  ten  Eng- 
lish rockets  are  all  for  vou  Harry ! 

*  *  '  * 

Judges  Fitzpatrick  and  Graham  were  happy  last  Friday 
when  Mother  Machree  Sales  the  River  Shannon. 

*  *     * 

Hall  Ross  of  San  Mateo,  suggested  that  no  speeches  be 
made.     Hall  said  the  "Bull"  would  be  carved  at  the  table. 

*  *     * 

Hugo  Newhouse  got  so  excited  when  he  discovered  that 
he  was  third  low  net,  that  he  had  to  get  a  shoe  horn  to  put  his 
hat  on  with. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Hasswell  said  the  reason  he  didn't  win  was  because 
he  couldn't  get  a  proper  stance.     His  shoes  weren't  mates. 

*  *     * 

Dave  Livingstone  had  a  legitimate  alibi.  Dave  mistook  the 
guide  posts  for  the  flag,  but  they  were  on  the  wrong  fairway. 

*  *     * 

Walter  Shelton  apparently  doesn't  belong  to  the  union.  He 
was  caught  digging  in  a  sand  trap  after  the  five  o'clock  whistle 
blew.  *     *     * 

Bill  Gleeson,  from  Oakland,  got  off  to  a  bad  start ;  the  jockey- 
lost  his  whip.  *     *     * 

Joe  Hyman  was  so  greased  up  that  he  slipped  away  from  the 
gang-  *     *     * 

Dick  Shannon  puts  everyone  out  of  step  when  he  plays.  Dick 
sings  that  refrain,  "Oh,  Baby." 

*  *     * 

Ed  McCurdy,  the  San  Mateo  nightingale,  didn't  show.  He 
got  winged  on  his  way  up. 

*  *     * 

John  Barratt  claims  they  ought  to  have  all  lady  jurors.  New- 
house  says  the  only  place  to  have  them  is  at  Jack's. 

*  *     * 

E.  B.  Spofford  says  no  matter  how  rotten  you  play  you  can 
have  a  handicap  to  match. 


Judge  Graham  made  a  motion  to  strike  out,  but  was  over- 
ruled. John  Barratt  said  the  only  place  the  judge  could  strike 
out  was  in  a  bunker. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Brennan  wouldn't  play  with  Jim  or  Jim  with  Charlie. 

Hugh  McKevitt  played  like  a  peasant.  He  turned  in  a  card 
of  124,  less  10  pounds  off  for  weight. 

*  *     * 

Judges  Frank  Deasy  and  Jim  Conlan  were  barred  on  the 
ground  that  the  justice  of  the  peace  is  not  a  lawyer. 

*  *     * 

John  Barratt  left  word  at  his  office  that  he  was  in  the  Su- 
preme Court,  but  we  saw  him  at  the  14th  tee. 

*  *     * 

Ralph  Duval  of  the  P.  G.  and  E. 

Cleaned  up  the  boys  with  his  ready-made  tee. 

*  *     * 

Hugo  Newhouse  claims  he  is  the  low  net  lawyer.  So  is  Pala- 
dini  among  the  fishermen. 

fudge  Graham  sang  his  song  en- 
titled. "The  80  and  90  Players  Make 

Over  100  With  Me." 

*  *     * 

Some  say  they  play  in  80, 

And  some  in  90  too; 

However   when   they  play  with  me 

Their  game  is  not  so  true. 

fliey   hook   and   slice   and   pull   and 

top 
And  in  the  cup  the  ball  won't  drop. 

*  *     * 

Stafford  and  Ferrari  got  sore  when 
the  fog  lifted  and  didn't  show  any- 
thing. They  wanted  to  take  a  crack 
at  the  judges. 

Juder  Thomnt*  F.  Graham  *       *       * 

The   world's   greatest 

reconciler.  Billy  McMalion,  the  tailor-lawyer, 

wore  a  checker  vest  so  that  he  could  keep  check  on  himself. 

When  Percy  Towne  heard  that  Jim  Brennan  would  be  there 
he  left  for  Los  Angeles. 

*  *     * 

Stafford  says :  The  only  time  any  judge  speaks  to  Louis 
Ferrari  is  when  they  shout  "fore"  on  a  golf  course. 

*  *     * 

Chief  Dan  O'Brien  says  he  is  going  to  look  over  the  next 
tournament  very  carefully. 

*  *     * 

John  Barratt  said  Judge  Fitzpatrick  should  probate  the  Pre- 
sidio golf  course. 

*  *     * 

Louis  Goodman  said  he  never  knew  there  were  so  many  traps 
on  a  golf  course. 

*  *     * 

Bush  Finnell,  who  arrived  in  time  from  the  Fiji  Islands, 
via  Del  Monte,  shot  his  bolt  on  the  19th  hole. 

*  *     * 

Ralph  Robinson,  the  champion  handball  player  from  Spok- 
ane, volleyed  them  all  over  the  lot. 

*  *     * 

Lawrence  Livingstone  forgot  his  horse,  but  the  pace  he  set 
burnt  up  the  course. 

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January  23,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


AS*. 


THE  BRAVE  and  THE  FAIR 


&& 


By  Josephine  Wilson 


[NOTE:    This  department  will  publish,  each  week,  the  most  distinctive  events  In  men's  and 

women's  organizations. 


J.    n 


JOSEPHINE 
WILSON 


PROMINENT  MEN  AND  THEIR  BIG  EVENTS 

rHERE  is  considerable  interest  and 
many  congratulations  surrounding 
James  Rolph  III,  over  the  recent  announce- 
ment that  he  has  been  reappointed  as  editor- 
in-chief  of  the  "Blue  and  Gold,"  year  book  of 
the  University  of  California.  Young  Rolph 
was  the  former  editor  of  the  prize  number 
of  "Blue  and  Gold,"  which  in  1925  won  the 
first  honors  among  college  publications. 
James  Rolph  111,  succeeds  Joseph  G. 
Murphy  and  his  selection  as  editor-in-chief  at  this  particular 
time,  is  especially  important  for  the  new  year  book  will  re- 
quire unusual  skill  and  adaptation.  The  son  of  Mayor  and 
Mrs.  Tames  Rolph  of  San  Francisco  is  not  only  one  of  the 
most  popular  and  highly  respected  of  the  college  students  at 
the  University  of  California^  but  he  has  balance  of  mind,  a 
vision  of  far-reaching  scope  and  is  rated  as  one  of  "fair- 
minded"  and  big-thought  men  of  the  fraternity. 

We  shall  look  with  keen  interest  for  the  issue  of  1926, 
when  the  "Blue  and  Gold"  will  again  claim  the  attention  of 
publishers  throughout  the  world.  "James  Rolph  III,  is 
just  like  his  dad,  in  his  exceptional  understanding  of  people 
and  important  things,"  say  his  constituents,  who  always 
add,  "Look,  what  a  wonderful  mother  he  has  too.     He  has 

heritage,  that  boy." 

*  *     * 

For  the   fourth   time,    Harold    L.    Zellerbach   has   been 

elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  Young  Men's  and  Young 
Women's  Hebrew  Association.  Vice-presidents  are,  Mrs. 
M.  S.  Koshland  and  Joseph  Leo  Hyman.  A.  Katschinski 
is  the  treasurer.  With  due  appreciation  for  his  work  dur- 
ing the  past  four  years,  Mr.  Harold  Zellerbach  was  accorded 
an  ovation  by  his  associates  and  those  with  whom  he  has 
carried  on  the  extensive  work  of  the  Hebrew  Association. 
The  success  of  the  association  and  its  far-reaching  influence 
in  the  community  was  made  the  topic  of  the  evening's  dis- 
course and  the  pleasant  and  encouraging  subject  for  con- 
sideration. Congratulations  were  made  to  all  of  the  execu- 
tives for  their  excellent  co-operative  work. 

*  *     * 

America's  influence  in  the  commercial  affairs  of  Europe 
was  the  subject  of  an  address  given  before  the  Foreign 
Trades  Club  this  past  week  by  the  Hon.  R.  M.  Tobin,  minis- 
ter to  the  Netherlands.  The  luncheon  held  in  the  rooms  of 
the  Commercial  Club  was  attended  by  prominent  men  from 
the  bay  cities. 

"The  Dawes  plan,"  said  Tobin.  "has  put  Europe  on  its 
feet.  Never  have  1  seen  a  more  hopeful  spirit  than  that 
which  now  prevails."  The  plan  which  provides  for  the 
French  evacuation  oi  the  Ruhr,  was  quoted  as  responsible 
for  this  prevailing  condition  and  the  Locarno  pact  cou!d 
not  have  been  perfected  unless  the  Dawes  plan  had  first 
the    way,    according   to    the    speaker   at    the    Foreign 

Trades  Club. 

*  *     * 

General  Manager  McCains  of  the  Market  Street  Railway 

w  i  11  have  for  his  assistant,  Frank  J.  Linforth.  according  to 

announcements  made  a  few  days  ago.     The  new  appointee 

has  been  superintendent  of  employment  in  the  company  be- 

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WOMEN  AND  THEIR  ACTIVITIES 

LAUREL  HALL  CLUB,  of  which  Mrs.  John  G.  Jury  is 
the  president,  is  claiming  the  attention  of  local  club- 
dom with  the  high  standards  of  their  programs,  their  his- 
torical studies  and  the  criterion  established  by  their  anni- 
versary affairs. 

This  is  the  first  club  of  San  Francisco,  historically,  and 
takes  the  name  of  "the  oldest  club"  from  the  date  of  its 
formation.  Readable  books,  current  events,  and  other  in- 
teresting data  were  discussed  at  the  meeting  held  on  Wed- 
nesday of  this  past  week  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  Mrs. 
Charles  Harley  Frost  was  the  chairman. 

"Marvelous  California  and  Its  Possibilities  for  Develop- 
ment" was  the  significant  subject  ably  presented  by  Mrs. 
Jury,  the  president,  who  has  but  lately  returned  from  a  long 
tour  of  European  centers  of  culture.  Her  comparative  ref- 
erences and  her  keen  observations  made  the  subject  one  of 
increased  interest  and  renewed  zeal  on  the  part  of  Cali- 
fornians. 

Miss  Christine  Hart,  a  former  president  of  Laurel  Hall, 
was  assigned  the  subject,  "California,  Past  and  Present," 
with  special  stress  placed  on  future  California.  Vocal  and 
instrumental  solos  were  given  under  the  direction  of  Mrs. 
Charles  B.  Lamp  with  Miss  Lillian  Clark  and  Lester  Schivo 
the  soloists.  The  reception  committee  of  the  day  included, 
Mrs.  A.  G.  Stoll,  Mrs.  H.  L.  Dewey,  Mrs.  John  Farnham, 
Mrs.  John  S.  Gray  and  Mrs.  M.  R.  Parnell. 

Mrs.  I..  A.  Peiffer,  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of 
Laurel  Hall  and  also  an  officer  of  the  club  and  the  League 
of  American  Pen  Women,  has  a  number  of  friends  as  her 
guests  at  the  noteworthy  day.  The  Laurel  Hall  Club  is 
planning  a  memorable  anniversary  breakfast  on  February 
2  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  when  club  executives  from  sister 
organizations  will  be  honor  guests  and  who  will  partici- 
pate in  happy  memories  of  their  splendid  club  and  the 
progress  it  has  made  under  its  able  executives. 

*     *     * 
Dramatic  Event 

The  dramatic  section  of  Cap  and  Bells  Club  is  planning 
a  noteworthy  presentation  of  "She  Stoops  to  Conquer"  under 
the  supervision  of  Mrs.  Edward  J.  Morser.  chairman  of  the 
section  with  the  president  of  the  club,  Mrs.  Marshall  C. 
Harris,  directing  the  reception  of  members  and  the  many 
uur-ts  expected  for  this  outstanding  event. 

Each  year  the  Cap  and  Bells'  dramatic  section  has  a  dra- 
matic evening  and  so  closely  touching  the  professional  life 
of  the  theatrical  world  are  these  events  rated,  that  they 
claim  the  attention  of  the  entire  bay  region.  This  year's 
event,  which  takes  place  next  month  will  be  held  in  the  St. 
Francis  Hotel. 

Rehearsals  have  been  under  way  for  some  time  and  as 
the  cast  includes  many  of  the  most  talented  members  of 
Cap  and  Rells.  there  is  every  reason  to  expect  a  splendid 
presentation  of  the  play  chosen  for  the  dramatic  evening. 
The  Cap  and  Bell  orchestra.  Mrs.  J.  A.  Kuykendall,  chair- 
man, will  contribute  its  part  of  the  musical  program. 

»     *     * 
Card  Party 

One  of  the  largest  card  parties  of  the  season  will  be  given  at 
Thursday.  January  28,  at  the   Fairmont  Hotel,  under  the 
direction  of  Mrs.   f.  E.  Gilson,  and  according  to  the  number 
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12 


SAN  FRAXCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  23,  1926 


THE  Federal  Power.  Commission  has  approved  the 
transfer  to  the  Pacific  (.as  and  Electric  Company  of  a 
license  for  the  development  of  water-power  projects  on  the 
upper  reaches  of  the  Mokelumne  River. 

*  *     * 

"It  is   safer  to  travel  than  to  stay  at  home."  said  R.  J. 

Clancy,  assistant  to  the  general  manager  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company  in  announcing  that  the  Pacific  lines  ol  the 
company  are  entering  their  seventh  consecutive  year  with- 
out fatality  to  a  passenger  in  a  steam  rail  accident. 

*  *     * 

— Traffic  exports  predict  a  great  increase  in  tourist  travel 
for  the  Pacific  Coast  in  1926.  Better  equipment  and  ser- 
vice as  well  as  increase  in  population  and  greater  skill  m 
organizing,  arc  given  as  reasons  for  the  anticipated  increase. 

*  *     * 

—The  railroads  of  the  United  States  had  ten  new  records 
to  their  credit  in  1925.  These  include  amount  of  freight, 
distance  traversed,  number  of  cars  and  amount  of  taxes. 
It  was  the  greatest  showing  made  in  history. 

*  *     * 

— The  oil  companies  of  California  have  done  magnifi- 
cently this  year.  It  is  the  best  year  since  1919  and.  for 
most!  the  best  year  in  their  history.  Some  of  the  oil  com- 
panies doubled  their  earnings  in  the  year  and  the  great  ma- 
jority show  large  advances. 

*  *     * 

—The  raise  in  rates  of  the  Key  System  has  produced  great 
feeling  across  the  Bay.  but  the  Railroad  Commission  says: 
"We  estimate  that  the  additional  annual  revenue  necessary 
to  so  secure  public  confidence  as  to  attract  this  amount  oi 
investment   capital     (.fo. 000 ,000)     will     not    be     less     than 

100." 

*  *     * 

— January  has  so  far  been  one  of  the  greatest  reinvest- 
ment months  in  history.  There  is  a  very  excellent  market 
for  bonds  with  few  i-sucs  to  supply  the  demand. 

*  *     * 

— A  notable  feature  of  recent  bond  transactions  i^  the  ex- 
tent to  which  California  municipal  bonds  are  attracting 
the  attention  of  Eastern  houses.  There  is  close  bidding 
for  these  bonds,  a-  a  recent  offering  of  Los  Angeles  bonds 
clearly  shows.  There  L  pending  an  offc-ing  oi 
San  Francisco  School   bonds  and  an    issue    of    $1,000,000 

Hetch  Hetchv  bonds. 

*  *     * 

— The  Western  Pipe  and  Steel  Company  of  California 
has  been  greatly  extending  its  activities.  Its  plant  at  Phoenix 
produces  water-pipe,  storage  tanks,  galvanized  tanks,  smoke 
stacks,  irrigation  gates,  gas  holders,  trailer  dump  bodies 
and  a  full  line  of  screens  for  rock-crushing  plants.  It  is  a 
wonderfully  equipped  concern. 


— Automobile  stocks  gained  105  points  in  1925 
lost  3l  i.4  points 


ind  then 


— In  a  recent  address  at  Santa  Rosa  Luther  Burbank 
made  the  following  wise  remarks:  "Those  who  would  legis- 
late against  the  teaching  of  evolution  should  also  legislate 
against  gravity,  electricity  and  the  unreasonable  velocity 
of  light,  and  also  should  introduce  a  clause  to  prevent  the 
si  oi  i!  i  telescope,  the  microscope  and  the  spectroscope 
or  any  other  instrument  of  precision  which  may  in  the  fu- 
ture be  invented,  constructed  or  used  for  the  discovery  of 
truth." 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH,   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1S2S 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  RRANCII Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PAHK-I'UESIOHI  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

II  Aid  IT  STREET  RRANCII Ilaicht  nnd  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH Wot  Portal  Ave.  and  Ullon  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  f.he  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONJ:-QUARTER  (4J4)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


'JhosEKeal 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONM 

Shirts 

Pajamas 

Night  Robes 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO.  CANADA 
Paid   t  1>  Capital  S-II.OIMUKIO  $20,000,000  Hchth-   Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL,  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought.  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued,  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  HATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THKU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON.  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,    ORE.;     SEATTLE.    WASH.;     MEXICO    CITY,     MEXICO. 

San  Francisco  omce:  450  CnllCornin  Street 
BRUCE  IIEATHCOTE  W.  J.  COUI.THARD 

Mnnnccr  Asm,  Manager 


Compensation,    General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douclas  2244 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

Manufacturers  of 
RIVETED     STEEL    PIPE,    TANKS,    <  I  I.VERTS.    PENSTOCKS. 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 
San  Francisco,  Calif.  Lou  Ann-elcn,  Calif. 

Ml   Market   Street  r>717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 
Zi  K>  arny  Street  Phone  Kearny  3714 


January  23,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


GOLF 

(Continued  from  Page  10) 

Someone  said  that  Charlie  McLaughlin  alwaps  kept  his  eve 
on  the  ball.  They  were  mistaken,  it  was  the  ready-made  tees 
he  was  watching. 

*  *     * 

Louis  Goodman  said  after  looking  over  the  Presidio  course, 
he  was  glad  they  made  sand'traps  out  of  the  divots  he  made. 

I  ,ouis  Ferrari,  the  Italian  banker-lawyer,  said  one  of  the  pay- 
ing tellers  got  arrested.  His  approach  to  the  green  was  very 
good. 

*  *     * 

Courtney  Moore  claims  that  the  only  birdie  Harry  Stafford 
ever  shot  was  in  a  five  cent  shooting  gallery. 

*  *     * 

Cy  Appell  is  gaining  weight ;  he  eats  with  Colonel  Griffith 
every  day. 

*  *     * 

Billy  McMahon  was  proud  of  his  sartorial  appearance,  but 
not  of  his  game.    Bill  is  the  Beau  Brummel  of  Presidio. 

E.  L.  "Dit"  Heyes  said  he  should  have  won  again ;  but  after 
taking  12-13,  he  blew  up  completely. 

Judge  Graham,  after  acting  as  toastmaster  at  the  banquet, 
brought  the  meeting  to  a  close  by  singing  his  favorite  song 
"What  Has  Become  of  Sally."  The  boys  gave  the  judge  a  rous- 
ing cheer. 


PROMINENT  MEN  AND  THEIR  BIG  EVENTS 

(Continued  from  Page   11) 

ginning  his  work  for  the  company  as  a  conductor  on  the 
Fillmore   Street   line.      lie  was   formerly  a   captain  of  con- 
stabulary in  the  Philippine  Islands. 
*     *     * 

San  Francisco  Council,  No.  615.  Knights  of  Columbus, 
have  their  twenty-fourth  anniversary  banquet  and  enter- 
tainment in  Knights  of  Columbus  Hall,  150  Golden  Gate 
Avenue  with  many  prominent  members  in  attendance.  Ad- 
dresses and  plans  for  the  new  fiscal  year  were  presented  be- 
fore the  organization. 


WOMEN  AND  THEIR  ACTIVITIES 
(Continued  from   Page   11) 

of  reservations  already  made,  this  event  will  probably  be 
the  record  party  of  the  season  in  point  of  numbers  and  in- 
teresting adjuncts.  The  chairman  is  being  aided  by  promi- 
nent  members    who   have   taken   an   active   part   in   the   base 

hospital  work  and  the  maintenance  of  a  room  for  the  war 
veterans  at  Palo  Alto. 

*     *     * 

Art  Studies 

Mrs.  William  D,  Shea  directed  a  day  devoted  to  the  study 
of  pottery  last  week,  when  members  of  the  art  section,  spent 

a  memorable  afternoon  in  the  studios  of  Messrs.  Jahani- 
vich  and  Olsen,  2840  Baker  Street.  Mis.  Bertha  Stringer 
Lee,  noted  artist,  aided  in  receiving  the  members  and  thejr 
guests.  A  brilliant  talk  was  given  at  this  meeting  by  Man- 
uel I'"..  Jahanivich  on  "Pottery"  and  the  guests  were  shown 
how  pottery  is  made. 


— We  note  the  following  from  the  annual  report  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Slock  Exchange:  "A  stock  exchange  is  one  o( 
the  most  essential  units  in  the  financial  structure  of  civilized 
nations,  and  a  peculiarly  sensitive  and  intricate  piece  ol 
mechanism,  indispensable  for  the  convenient  buying  and 
selling  of  securities,  in  an  orderly  manner  impossible  to  lie 
efficiently  or  economically  in  any  other  way." 


Ave,  Rex  Americanus 

By  Otto  E.  A.  Schmidt 


THE  warm  mid-December  sunshine  lay  like  a  golden 
benison  on  a  placid  bay  and  a  smiling  land.  Above 
the  northern  portal  of  the  new  sub-way  that  carries  the 
traffic  of  the  Embarcadero  across  the  throbbing  end  of  San 
Francisco's  main  artery,  nooning  idlers  dallied,  indolently 
plying  the  splintery  toothpick  as  first  aid  to  an  overworked 
digestive  economy.  While  some  merely  lolled  about,  smok- 
ing, others  hung  over  the  parapet  to  watch  the  ever-chang- 
ing panorama  in  the  sunken  approach  to  the  tube.  On  the 
one  hand  an  endless  stream  of  vehicles  appeared  swiftly 
dropping  down,  down,  as  they  approached — like  well- 
handled  planes  settling  to  earth — to  disappear  beneath  the 
onlookers'  feet,  while  on  the  other  side  of  the  dividing  rail 
black  masses  rapid-fired  forth  from  the  cavernous  opening- 
like  the  proverbial  bat  out  of  hell. 

"Makes  me  dizzy,"  drawled  one  of  the  spectators,  "I 
wanna  hang  onto  my  goulash  an'  pie  an'  Java  for  a  while 
longer,"  and  he  turned  his  back  on  the  giddy  spectacle. 

The  new  viewpoint  presented  to  the  qualmish  speaker's 
eye  a  scene  better  calculated  to  assure  the  tranquil  assimila- 
tion of  his  luncheon.  The  bridge  that  projects  the  norther- 
ly sidewalk  of  Market  street  across  the  Embarcadero  to  the 
second  story  of  the  Ferry  Building  carried  a  '"thin  waver- 
ing line"  of  strolling  wayfarers  while  a  scant  fringe  of  loiter- 
ers festooned  its  high  netted  railing.  Like  slow  heart-beats 
of  commerce  the  yawning  arches  of  the  terminus  below 
leisurely  spewed  their  sporadic  crowds  as  the  ferries  brought 
over  the  passengers  of  successive  trains ;  swooning  street 
cars  gently  swung  their  empty  shells  around  the  wide- 
spreading  loop  the  while  their  humble  rivals,  the  jitneys,  now 
tenantless,  brooded  tier  after  tier,  three  and  four  abreast, 
in  the  somnolent  warmth  until  the  magic  touch  of  patron- 
age should  waken  them  to  their  normal  state  of  furious  ac- 
tivity. 

All  was  peace  and  serenity  ;  the  terrific  rush  and  jam  and 
scurry  of  the  morning  and  evening  hours  was  suspended 
and  the  splendidly  curving  water-front  drowsed  away  in 
its  daily  noon-time  siesta. 

Suddenly  the  lumbrous  air  vva>  split  by  a  weird  cry  that 
rose  from  gutteral  depths  to  the  dizziest  peaks  of  sound 
and  back  like  the  shriek  of  a  lost  soul  given  to  the  torture. 

"Fire!"  cried  Smith,  "sonic  guy  dropped  a  '111111'  on  a 
wooden  clock.  I  guess."  An  incipient  interest  appeared  in 
the  eves  of  the  idlers  as  they  scanned  the  visible  horizon 
of  "the  front"  from  south  to  north.  But  no  black  smoke  or 
leaping  flames  greeted  their  gaze. 

lin  the  horrible  distortion  of  sound  broke  on  their 
tingling  ears,  but  this  time  it  appeared  duller  as  though 
softened  by  distance  or  muffled  by  thick  walls.  "Ambu- 
lance!" quoth  Jones,  "stevedore  fell*  down  a  hatch  or  some- 
thin'."  But  to  their  straining  sight  no  black  mass  of  ex- 
cited humanity  disclosed  the  locale  of  one  of  those  sad 
tragedies  that  occasionally  occur,  alas,  in  the  marts  of  a 
great  city. 

(  Ince  more  the  terrifying  scream,  closer,  louder,  more 
eerie.  "Black  Maria!"  cried  Robinson  to  the  now  excited 
crowd,  "betcha  they  'knocked  over'  another  bootlegger." 

This  time  the  location  of  the  sound  was  clearly  evident. 
"In  the  tunnel'"  shouted  Brown.  With  one  accord  the 
agitated  multitude  crowded  to  the  parapet  and  leaned  over 
in  breathless  expectancy.  As  the  echoing  sounds  came 
the  moaning  and  wailing  and  shrieking  grew  louder 
and  faster  and  more  furious  until  a  very  cascade  of  soul- 
affrighting  noise  assailed  their  quaking  se: 

And  then — from  that  somber,  traping  orifice  issued  forth 
vereign  majesty.  American  Boy,  nonchalantly  riding  his 
bike  and  working  his  screaming  siren  for  all  it  was  worth. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  23,  1926 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 

At  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 

Mr.  Eugene  Stern,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Stern, 
pioneer  residents  of  Hollywood,  was  married  recently  in 
San  Francisco  to  Miss  Emma  Walbeck  of  the  bay  metropo- 
lis. Mrs.  Elsa  Jacoby,  a  sister  of  the  groom,  Mr  and  Mrs. 
Harold  Stern  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Stern  came  to  San 
Francisco  for  the  wedding.  Mr.  Stern  and  his  son  own 
the  new  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel  in  Hollywood  and  have 
other  valuable  holdings  in  the  southland. 

Allan  Dwan,  Lasky  director,  is  stopping  at  the  Hollywood 
Plaza  with  his  brother.  Dr.  Dwan.  Nils  Chrisander,  actor 
and  director  from  Sweden,  who  was  leading  man  with  Pola 
Negri  in  her  first  four  European  pictures,  is  stopping  here. 
Other  well-known  picture  folk  at  this  hotel  are :  Benny  Zied- 
man,  Warner  executive ;  Betty  Gardner,  Lasky  writer ;  F.  Hugh 
Herbert,  M.  G.  M.,  scenario  writer ;  Ralph  Spence,  playwright 
and  author  of  "The  Gorilla,"  now  playing  coast  theaters ;  Larry 
Hughes,  writer ;  Ralph  Cedar  and  Walter  Lang,  directors ;  Allan 
Hart  Simpson,  formerly  famous  as  the  Arrow  collar  model,  who 
is  now  to  star  in  the  films;  and  Charlotte  Bird,  Lasky  star, 
Gertrude  Livingston,  Mildred  June,  Dorothy  Dunbar,  Mar- 
tin Fredericks  and  other  players.  Adele  Whitely  Fletcher, 
editor  of  Movie  Magazine  recently  stopped  at  the  Holly- 
wood Plaza  when  she  came  West  on  business  and  she  was 
entertained  in  Hollywood  by  Mrs.  Antonio  Moreno,  Ruth 
Roland.  Corinne  Griffith  and  other  stars. 

James  Rolph  III ,  of  San  Francisco  was  a  recent  visitor 
at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel.  Other  recent  arrivals  in- 
clude the  following  golfers  who  competed  in  the  $10,000 
Los  Angeles  open  tourney.  They  were:  Ian  JVIacDonald 
of  Modesto ;  John  Black  and  Dave  Trufelle  of  Wichita. 
Kansas;  Paul  Dozier,  J.  D.  Whiting  and  Sam  Whiting. 
Arthur  East  and  Alfred  Nagel  of  San  Francisco;  Leslie 
Davies  of  San  Rafael;  F.  M.  Connoly,  Galesburg,  Illinois; 
Joe  Mozel,  Marysville ;  Arthur  Brooks,  San  Jose ;  Joe  No- 
vak, Berkeley ;  Earl  Fry  and  F.  R.  McDonald  of  Oakland  ; 
F.  M.  Osbourne  of  Boulder,  Colorado;  Dave  Ayton  and 
D.  L.  Black  of  Vancouver  and  Phil  Taylor  of  Victoria. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Jeanette  L.  Boynton,  Mrs.  Aymer  L.  Knights  and 
Miss  Mary  T.  Wright  sail  from  New  York  January  30th 
for  a  tour  of  the  Mediterranean  countries,  returning  in  May. 

*  *     * 

Among  the  people  of  note  who  have  been  guests  of  the 
Santa  Maria  Inn  recently  are: 

Mrs.  Henry  St.  Goar,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  R.  Tousey  of  San 
Francisco;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  C.  Allen  of  Los  Angeles; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Saunders  of  Santa  Cruz  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  BufFum  of  Oakland,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  S.  Mat- 
thews of  Berkeley. 


Nephew  of  Mark  Hopkins  Passes 
At  the  family  residence,  2099  California  Street,  Edward  W. 
Hopkins,  nephew  of  Mark  Hopkins,  passed  away  last  Tuesday 
evening.  Mr.  Hopkins  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Cen- 
tral Pacific  Railroad,  and  succeeded  his  uncle  as  treasurer  of 
the  railroad  company;  in  recent  years  he  was  president  of  the 
Union  Ice  Company,  and  was  a  leading  clubman,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pacific  Union,  Bohemian,  University,  Olympic, 
Menlo  Country  Club  and  San  Jose  Country  Club. 

He  was  an  active  participant  in  the  organization  of  various 
banks  in  San  Francisco,  being  director  of  the  Bank  of  Califor- 
nia, and  having  served  for  a  time  as  vice-president  of  the  Mis- 
sion Bank  and  the  Mercantile  Trust  Company.  He  was  born  in 
St.  Clair,  Michigan,  in  1848,  and  was  a  descendant  of  a  long 
line  of  distinguished  New  England  ancestors.  He  leaves  a 
widow,  Mrs.  Helen  Thompson  Hopkins,  and  three  daughters, 
Mrs.  Augustus  Taylor,  Mrs.  Stewart  S.  Lowery,  Mrs.  J. 
Cheever  Cowdin  and  one  son,  Samuel  Hopkins. 


Golden  Gate  Ferry  Estuary  Offer  Wins 
As  an  emergency  measure  the  Railroad  Commission  of 
California  today  granted  permission  to  Harry  Speas,  vice- 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Golden  Gate  Ferry 
Company,  to  operate  a  ferry  service  between  Alameda  and 
Oakland  to  transport  passengers  and  automobiles  that  have 
been  using  the  Webster  Street  bridge,  which  collapsed  re- 
cently when  it  was  rammed  by  a  steamship. 

Rates  to  be  charged  on  the  ferry  are  5  cents  for  individ- 
ual passengers,  10  cents  for  motorcycles,  15  cents  for  autos, 
20  cents  for  trucks  and  20  cents  a  ton  for  freight. 


LARKINS  DUCO 
Has  Lustre 

Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.    Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

LARKINS  &  CO. 

First  Avenue  at  Geary  Street 


Metnl  Work  Apper- 
taining to  Automo- 
bile* < —  Oxy-Acetylene 
Welding  —  lilnck- 
Jtmlthing. 


AUTO   FENDER  AND  RADIATOR  WORKS 


CHAS.  J.  EVANS 

PALACE  GARAGE 

Opposite  Palace  Hotel 
HAVE   YOUR   CARS   WASHED  AND   GREASED 

"THE  PALACE  WAY" 

HriUs:  35c  per  dayf  97.SO  per  month 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  24  3 

Six  Floors  for  Service  and  Storage  of  Automobile* 


W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY  PUBLIC— INSURANCE  BROKER 

208  Crocker  Building  (Opposite  Palace  Hotel),  San  Francisco 

Phone  Kearny  391 


DENMAN  GARAGE 


902   Buih   (eor.  Taylor) 


I  convenient  location  for  cttib  members 


January  23,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

THE  license  plate  distribution  from 
the  offices  of  the  National  Auto- 
mobile Club  at  362  Pine  Street,  has 
been  a  great  help  to  motorists  in  the 
downtown  district.  Thousands  of  mo- 
torists secured  their  new  licenses  at 
the  club  headquarters,  without  the 
necessity  of  standing  in  line,  this  being 
a  free  service  of  the  club  to  the  motor- 
ing public. 

*  *     * 

The  National  Automobile  Club  will 
be  represented  at  the  automobile  show, 
which  opens  in  the  Civic  Auditorium, 
January  30,  supplying  touring  informa- 
tion to  the  general  public.  The  new- 
reductions  in  automobile  collision  in- 
surance available  to  members  of  the 
National  will  be  explained  by  experts. 
The  club  booth  will  be  located  in  the 
accessory  section  on  the  second  floor. 

*  *     * 

The  blossom  season  is  already  at 
hand.  Last  week  a  rancher  from  the 
Santa  Clara  Valley  brought  into  the 
office  of  Californians,  Inc.,  a  spray  of 
blossoms,  the  first  of  the  year  and  the 
first  rain  will  bring  many  a  tree  into 
bloom  that  marks  the  advent  of  the 
touring  season. 

Tours  in  search  i<i  blossoms  arc  in- 
teresting at  this  time  of  the  year,  espe- 
cially when  the  tang  of  the  winter  is 
still  lingering  in  the  air  anil  the  snow 
covers  the  mountain  tops. 

The  almond  trees  are  the  first  to 
break  into  blossom  and  in  the  warm 
belts,  which  arc  sheltered  from  the  cold 
winds,  blossoms  may  be  found  in  quan- 
tities within  the  next  ten  days.  The 
best  places  to  look  for  early  blossoms 
are  the  Calaveras  district,  east  of  San 


Jose,  the  district  about  Saratoga  and 
certain  portions  of  Sonoma  County. 
Napa  County  is  also  an  early  blossom 
district  as  well  as  Contra  Costa  and 
lower  Alameda  Counties.  Cherry  blos- 
soms will  be  out  soon  in  the  Vaca  Val- 
ley on  the  road  to  Sacramento. 
*     *     * 

The  Automobile   Show 

With  the  Spring  just  'round  the  corner, 
Where  the  budding  blossoms  blow, 

When  the  Open  Road  is  calling, 
Comes  the  Automobile  Show. 

There's  a  store  of  health  and  pleasure 
There's  a  wealth  of  beauty  rare, 

There's  the  key  to  Nature's  bounty, 
In  those  sparkling  coaches  there. 

You  can  vision  purling  rivers 

And  the  mountains  towering  height 

The  eternal  snows  of  Whitney 

And    the     cloud-wreathed     Shasta's 
might. 

You  can  sense  the  fragrant  odor 

Of  the  cedar  and  the  pine 
Or  the  wild  flower-spudded  meadows 

From  the  rolling  hill's  incline. 

See  the  Highways  of  the  Giants, 
Redwood  groves  that  ages  span, 

Mlighty  links  of  forest  beauty, 
With  the  days  of  primal  man. 

Here  the  dreams  of  bygone  ages 
By  the  hand  of  genius  wrought, 

Tribute  to  the  men  who  made  it, 
Masterpiece  of  human  thought! 

With  the  Spring  around  the  corner, 
Where  the   budding  blossoms  blow, 

When  the  Open  Road  is  calling. 
Von  should  see  the  Auto  Show. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 
Cameo 

The  feature  at  this  theater  the  com- 
ing week  i^  lack  Hoxey  in  "Two- 
Fisted  Jim"  and  Hal  Lloyd's  "I  Do." 
There  is  a  splendid  enlarged  orchestra 
under  the  direction  of  Edgar  Roem- 
held  with  special  features  on  the  stage 
twice  a  week. 

*  *     * 

Paul  Whiteman 

Paul  Whiteman  and  his  famous  band 
will  be  one  oi  the  leading  attractions 
at  the  Tenth  Annual  Pacific  Automo- 
bile Exposition,  opening  here  late  in 
January,  for  an  eight-day  engagement. 

*  *     * 
St.  Francis 

Another  world  premiere  was  given 
here  when  Peggy  Hopkins  Joyce's  new 
picture  was  shown  here  last  night, 
"The  Sky  Rocket."  This  is  the  first 
production  of  the  internationally  fa- 
mous beauty.  The  picture  was  dW 
rected  by  Marshal  Xeilan. 


Imperial 

Charlie  Chaplin's  masterpiece,  "The 
Gold  Rush,"  has  been  shown  to  over 
150,000  people  and  still  plays  to  packed 
houses.  Everyone  should  see  this  pic- 
ture. 


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January  23,  1926 


The  San  Francisco  Auto  Show 


Facts  and  Figures  About 
San  Francisco  Auto  Show 

Dates — January  30  to  February  6th 
inclusive. 

Auspices — San  Francisco  Motor  Car 
Dealers'  Association. 

Manager — George   Wahlgreen. 
Place — Exposition   Auditorium,    San 
Francisco. 

Music — Paul  YVhiteman,  "King  of 
Jazz"  and  his  28-piece  orchestra,  direct 
from  New  York.  (Only  appearance  in 
California  this  year). 

Decorations — Specially  designed  by 
staff  of  artists  to  uphold  reputation  of 
San  Francisco  as  having  the  most 
beautiful  auto  show  in  the  world. 

Motor  Display — Latest  models  of  all 
the  big  automobile  manufacturing  con- 
cerns. 

Exhibits — Shipped  direct  from  New 
York  or  duplicates  of  the  spectacular 
New   York  Auto    Shop   displays. 

Accessories — Complete  showing  of  ac- 
cessories and  motor  trucks  in  the  base- 
ment and  on  the  second  floor  of  the 
Auditorium. 

Admission  Price — No  increase  in 
prices  over  last  year.  Admission  in- 
cluding tax,  75c.  Reserved  seats  in  the 
balconies  may  be  purchased  for  after- 
noons and  evenings  for  50c  additional. 
This  is  an  innovation  that  will  be  wel- 
comed by  the  footsore  thousands  who 
throng  the  displays  and  will  welcome 
an  opportunity  to  view  the  spectacle 
from  above  and  listen  to  the  White- 
man  music. 

Special  Railroad  Rates — The  South- 
ern Pacific  has  announced  special 
round  trip  rates  to  San  Francisco  dur- 
ing the  big  motor  display. 

Hotels — Hotel  men  advise  that  res- 
ervations for  rooms  be  made  in  ad- 
vance. They  prophesy  the  largest  out 
of  town  attendance  in  the  history  of  the 
automobiles  shows  here. 

With  the  Tenth  Annual  Pacific  Au- 
tomobile Show  less  than  two  weeks 
away,  the  eyes  of  the  western  motor 
trade  are  focused  on  San  Francisco  for 
what  will  undoubtedly  be  the  biggest 
motor  display  ever  held  west  of  Chi- 
cago. 

With     the     San     Francisco     s  h  o  w 

dates  set  at  January  30th  to  February 
6th,  the  same  as  the  Chicago  show  and 
over  two  weeks  earlier  than   ever  be- 


fore, the  importance  of  the  local   dis- 
play is  much  greater  than  heretofore. 

It  means  that  coast  dealers  will  have 
the  same  chance  of  seeing  the  new 
models  and  receiving  the  new  trade 
gossip  as  the  dealers  of  the  Middle 
West  and  that  they  can  attend  trade 
meetings  here,  view  the  new  offerings 
of  the  industry  and  place  their  orders 
for  the  coming  year  without  traveling 
three  to  five  days  into  the  heart  of  the 
Middle  West  in  the  blizzard  and  zero 
weather  which  generally  ushers  in  Feb- 
ruary in  that  section  of  the  country. 

The  earlier  show  dates,  the  fact  that 
nearlv  all  of  the  big  factories  are  dup- 
licating their  New  York  exhibits  at  the 
San  Francisco  display  and  the  enthu- 
siasm of  the  big  distributors  in  calling 
special  trade  meetings  for  the  show 
week,  have  combined  to  make  the  show 
outlook  better  than  ever  before,  from 
the  trade  standpoint. 

Greater  interest  by  the  public  and  an 
increasing  attendance  is  also  indicated. 
Reports  from  the  New  York  show  in- 
dicate that  record  breaking  crowds 
were  in  attendance  at  that  display.  In- 
terest of  the  fans  in  the  improved 
models  that  are  being  offered  by  many 
of  the  factories  and  the  fact  that  seven 
new  cars  or  new  designs  of  old  makes, 
will  be  shown  here  for  the  first  time  at 
the  show  will  undoubtedly  make  for  a 
new  high  attendance  record. 

Decorations,  always  a  feature  of  the 
San  Francisco  show,  will  again  be  a 
headline  feature  of  the  tenth  annual  ex- 
hibit. George  Wahlgreen.  veteran 
show  manager  and  decorative  wizard 
has  been  working  with  a  corps  of  ar- 
tists, decorators  and  designers  to  make 
this  year's  show  even  more  beautiful 
and  more  spectacular  in  lighting  and 
decorative  effects  than  these  that  have 
preceded  it.  It  is  freely  predicted  that 
this  city  will  again  win  the  distinction 
pi  having  the  most  beautiful  show  in 
America. 

An  outstanding  feature  of  the  auto- 
mobile shuw  will  be  its  music.  Paul 
Whiteman,  outstanding  national  figure 
and  one  of  the  foremost  musicians  of 
the  world  has  been  engaged  at  a  re- 
puted stipend  of  $25,000  to  play  for  the 
show.  Me  comes  direct  from  New 
York,  the  scene  of  his  latest  triumphs 
and  leaves  directly  after  the  close  of 
the  auto  show  for  Florida,  where  he 
will  play  at  one  of  the  famous  Florida 
hotels  for  a  remuneration  that  makes 
a  king's  ransom  look  small. 


At  Paul  Elder's 

An  Hour  With  the  Poets,  by  Clio 
Lee  Aydelott,  will  be  given  in  the  Paul 
Elder  Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon, 
January  30th.  Mrs.  Aydelott's  pro- 
gram will  include :  "The  Prince  of 
Sleep,"  by  Walter  de  La  Mare;  "The 
Rose  in  the  Garden,"  by  Austin  Dob- 
son  ;  "One  Heart,  One  Face  and  One 
Name,"  by  Father  Ryan  ;  "The  Music 
of  the  Winds,"  by  Northrup,  and  other 
selections.  As  a  pleasing  and  artistic 
background,  there  will  be  musical  ac- 
companiments consisting  of  adapta- 
tions from   the  music  masters. 


Darkened  Theaters  a  Menace 
The  President's  Council  of  the 
Northern  California  Districts  of  the 
California  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs  is  a  forum  for  discussion  and  nut 
a  body  empowered  to  legislate  for  the 
clubs  which  they  represent,  according 
to  the  decision  of  the  meeting  at  the 
Bank  of  Italy  Auditorium  Friday  of 
last  week,  in  San  Francisco.  The  de- 
cision was  made  following  a  discussion 
of  a  possible  resolution  directed  to  Will 
C,  Hays  about  the  lighting  of  moving 
picture  theaters  in  order  to  stop  the 
lni~Mhle  evils  that  arise  in  darkened 
theaters  attended  by  young  people. 

"It  was  the  influence  of  the  Fed- 
erated Clubs  that  made  the  Juvenile 
Court  nf  San  Francisco  possible  and  it 
is  part  of  their  duty  to  further  that 
work  in  every  way  possible."  was  the 
dictum  of  Mrs.  E.  R.  Baldwin,  referee 
(if  the  Juvenile  Court  of  San  Francisco, 
who  was  the  principal  speaker  at  tin- 
meeting  on   Friday. 

"Club  women  may  aid  through  a 
thorough  understanding  of  the  law,  and 
development  of  a  sense  of  civic  respon- 
sibility toward  youth,"  said  Mrs.  Bald- 
win. 


\  \  M   \I.  MEETING 
THE  JOSH1  A   BKNDI   IRON  WORKS 


Tin-  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stock- 
holders 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  9th  day  of  February.  1926,  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  the  transaction  of  such 
other  business  as  may  come  before  the  meet- 

CHAS.  C.  GARDNER,  Secretary. 
Office:  75  Fremont  Street. 
San  Francisco,  California. 

The  Nicest  Business 
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fanuary  23,  1926 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Dancing 


THERE  are  two  kinds  of  dancing' — graceful  and  other- 
wise. The  Charleston  is  to  be  included  in  the  latter 
class  for  various  reasons,  the  principal  one  being,  perhaps, 
the  fact  that,  so  far,  the  writer  has  been  unable  to  master 
more  than  one  or  two  steps — these  poorly.  There  are  just 
as  many  sour  grapes  in  Charleston  as  in  San  Francisco, 
though  fewer  good  dancers.  The  "good"  may  be  taken  as 
you  wish. 

A  person  able  to  dance  the  fox  trot  with  variations  and 
the  waltz  with  innovations  used  to  be  considered  somewhat 
desirable  by  the  better  looking  and  more  lively  young  ladies 
at  balls,  dances  or  plain  struggles.  Men,  up  to  a  few  months 
ago,  had  little  trouble  piloting  their  partners  around  the 
floor  and,  in  consequence,  experienced  a  minimum  of  fatigue. 
Dancers  in  those  days  seldom  accidentally  kicked  one  in 
the  knee  or  thigh  as  they  now  do,  the  ankle  or  calf  being 
the  usual  limitation. 

Tilings  are  different  at  present  and  a  girl  becomes  quite 
bored  with  the  lout  who  is  either  too  awkward  or  consider- 
ate to  kick  up,  shake  and  weave  in  the  approved  Charles- 
rbnian  manner.  Many  a  fellow's  evening  has  been  spoiled 
by  the  advent  of  some  adept  youth  and  maiden,  who  pride 
themselves  in  their  versatility  and  do  not  hesitate  to  show 
it.  Within  a  few  minutes,  you  can  wager  safely,  one-third 
of  the  couples  will  be  trying  the  same  thing  with  more  or 
less,  mostly  less,  success.  Inasmuch  as  women  are  sup- 
posedly much  more  brilliant  than  the  average  man  in  such 
matters,  male  wall-flowers  are  the  result.  Since  posies 
have  petals,  and  petals  form  at  the  posies'  tops,  and  Charles- 
ton dancers  have  clever  pedals,  one  may  naturally  deduce 
that  some  people  have  brains  in  their  feet. 

One  of  our  richest  Americans  lately  took  up  a  voluntary 
campaign  to  bring  old  fashioned  dances  back  into  vogue. 
If  he  spends  enough  money  he  may  get  them  into  Vanity 
Fair  and  Physical  Culture,  too.  It  is  to  be  doubted  whether 
he  will  be  successful  in  this  entirely  laudable  enterprise. 
You  know  it  is  much  more  difficult  to  turn  out  condensed 
dancing  lessons  than  to  manufacture  automobiles  for  the 
masses.  The  popular  theory  in  this  regard  serins  to  be  "A 
lesson  a  day  will  keep  the  fox  trot  in  sway"  so  far  as  the 
polka,  schottische,  lancers  and  Virginia  Keel  are  concerned. 
Vpropos  to  the  latter  thought,  there  are  more  reels  caused 
by  prohibition  than  could  be  attributed  to  this  most  ro- 
mantic state  in  the  Union,  in  a  million  years. 

Our  hotels  used  to  In-  maintained  principally    for  sleep- 
ing  purposes.     Today   they   are  devoted   to   dancing,   synco- 
pated   music    and    convert    charges.      The   tunes    to    which    the 
more  fortunate  dance  are  purchased  at  so  much  per  bat 
the   average   modern   youngster   spends    more    per    bar   than 

his  daddy   used  to.     Not   that  hotels  are  patronized   wholly 

b\    the   younger  set.     There   are   plent)    of   settees    wh 
quite  a  kick  out  of  just  watching  and  panning  trippers  of 

tailed  light  fantastic.  It  takes  pisi  >,,  man}  shots,  how- 
ever, to  get  even  these  people  on  thi    Bo         Fallen  arches 

are  no  draw -back  to  dancing  in  the  modern  flat-footed  man- 
ner. 

Well   informed   writers  on  our  daily   papers   tell   ti- 
the wall/  is  coining  back  into  favor.     If  this  is  true,  we  must 
i]    a  general  hegira  of  elders  to  such  palace-  of 
amusement  as  are  s'ill   retained.      Most   of  die   grandp 
will   ni  ise  flappers  to  waltz  with,  in   spite   of  their 

continual  harping  about  the  girls  of  yesterday.  They  for- 
get that  they  leave  the  latter  either  at  home  or  watching 
the  bottles  at  their  tables.  Times  have  changed  and  will 
continue  to  change.  Please  note,  in  passing,  that  one  can't 
change  time  in  dancing  without  .stepping  on  some  one  or 
other's  foot. 


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GEARY  AND  MASON 

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WIGS  and  TRANSFORMATIONS 

Also  toupees  of  my  make  can  be  worn  day  or  night, 
because  I  make  them  ventilated  and  porous,  from  the 
finest  and  purest  hair. 

G.  LEDERER 

561  Sutter  St.,  Between  Powell  and  Mason  Sts. 
San  Francisco,  California. 

Firm  Established  1866 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

Sonoma,    Cal. 
The  finest  meals  in  the*** 

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Our   Specialty — "Steaks    With    Mushrooms" 

Clean    Rooms.    Clean    Linen,    Clean    Everything 

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Rates      Eicc[Mionolly      Reasonable. 

Telephone  110 


J.  SPAULDING  &  COMPANY 

The  Original  Pioneer  Carpel  Cleaners 

BvwuauD  1864 

Olilf-t    and    Largest    Establishment   on   the    Pacific    Coast 

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337  Tehama  Street — Phone  Douglas  3084 


Economy  from  every  angle 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

"The  Reroininrnded  Laundry" 
250  Twelfth  St.,  San  Francisco  'Phone  Market  916 

Parisian  Dyeing  and   Cleaning 

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January  23,  1926 


WIELANDS  BREW 

WITH  YOUR   MEALS— IT  HELPS 

Order  by  th»  case  from  your  grocer 

Establishes  1868 

Main  Office,  240  Second  Street,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

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BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1866 
41   First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

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Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
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(A  8oft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES: 
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Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly  with  Shreve  &  Company) 

Clockmakers  and  Watchmakers 

CHIME,  ANTIQUE  AiNU   COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

AND   WATCHES   A    SPECIALTY 

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San  Frnnclnco,  Calif. 

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San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


Exhibit  of  Painting 

At  the  Hotel  Claremont  Gallery  in 
Berkeley  is  being  shown  a  collection  of 
paintings  which  should  delight  that 
portion  of  the  public  which  finds  little 
pleasure  in  the  extreme  radicalism 
which  has  been  rampant.  The  direc- 
tor, Harry  Noyes  Pratt,  believes  the 
time  ripe  for  a  return — not  to  the  ex- 
treme of  conservatism — but  to  that 
middle  ground  which  holds  the  best  of 
the  old  and  the  new.  There  are  a  few 
examples  of  the  Academician,  as  well 
as  a  few  of  the  more  abstract  things  of 
the  Ultra-modern,  but  the  majority  of 
the  canvases  shown  meet  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  painter  and  of  the  pub- 
lic. They  are  within  the  comprehen- 
sion of  the  mass. 

Dominating  the  gallery  is  a  large 
painting  by  M.  Hibi,  "African  Wilder- 
ness." This  young  Japanese  combines 
quite  successfully  the  elements  of  Ori- 
ental and  Occidental  art  in  this  lion- 
ess whose  eyes  glow  with  watchful 
flame.  Close  by  hangs  a  large  land- 
scape by  Douglas  Fraser.  This  Val- 
lejo  painter  is  not  as  well  known  as  he 
should  be,  and  as  he  will  be.  His 
handling  of  the  misty  atmosphere  of 
summer  is  most  successful.  Calthea 
Vivian  shows  a  typically  colorful 
group  of  trees.  Ferdinand  Burgdorff 
is  represented  by  his  large  "Bay  of 
Carmel,"  and  from  the  art  colony  about 
Monterey  come  also  Armin  Hansen, 
Edith  Maguire  and  Myron  Oliver,  all 
with  adecmate  examples  of  their  work. 
MacLeod  Batten  displays  one  of  her 
unusual  and  powerfully  decorative  ef- 
fects. Rowena  Meeks  Abdy  has  a 
large  watercolor,  rich  in  beauty,  her 
"Main  Street  in  Old  California,"  to- 
gether with  several  smaller  things, 
gem-like  in  quality.  Helen  Forbes 
demonstrates  the  latent  power  of  water- 
color  in  her  "Cloudy  Weather,"  pos- 
sibly one  of  the  best  among  the  many 
good  things. 

Others  showing  are  G.  Piazzoni, 
Ralph  Stackpole,  Wm.  Gaw,  L.  P. 
Latimer,  Tilden  Dakin,  H.  N.  Poole, 
Laura  Adams  Artner,  DeNeale  Mor- 
gan, Hal  Boyd,  A.  W.  Best,  Frederick 
S,  Lamb,  Phillips  Lewis  and  Isabelle 
Percy  West. 

The  Gallery  has  been  opened  by  the 
hotel  management  and  made  a  perman- 

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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF..  JANUARY  30,  1926 


No.  5 


The  ^Automobile  Show 


By  E.  V.  WELLER 
National  Automobile  Club 


MUSIC,  color,  and  a  thousand  dancing  lights !   Crowds,  curious  crowds,  talkative  crowds,  buying 
crowds!     Motor  cars,  rainbow  hued.  gorgeous  limousines  and  jaunty  pleasure  vehicles,  power- 
ful trucks,  the  wings  of  trade!     Accessories,  a  whole  floor  full,  cigarette  lighters,  safety  devices, 
horns,  camping  equipment,  oils  and  polishes, — the  catalogue  is  infinite. 

On  the  lower  floor  of  the  Civic  Auditorium,  in  San  Francisco's  Civic  Center,  the  latest  mechanical 
masterpieces  are  arrayed  in  a  brilliant  setting.  On  the  floor  below  are  machines  of  business  and  of 
transport.  On  the  floor  above  are  the  things  that  make  motoring  safer  and  more  comfortable.  And. 
on  all  three  floors  you  will  find  a  clamorous  eager  throng;  the  society  belle  and  the  business  man,  the 
doctor  and  baker,  the  man  of  affairs  and  the  laborer,  all  intent  upon  viewing  as  in  a  great  museum  the 
triumphs  of  the  automobile  manufacturer. 

The  Automobile  Show  is  typical  of  the  present  generation  as  the  things  on  display  are  the  prod- 
ucts of  this  generation.  It  is  a  festival  in  honor  of  the  Cod  of  Invention.  It  is  a  social  as  well  as  an 
economic  event.  The  love  of  comfort  and  luxury  is  innate  within  all  of  us.  The  desire  for  speed  and 
power  is  part  and  parcel  of  our  characters.  Here,  at  the  Automobile  Show,  we  may  satiate  ourselves 
on  these   important   elements  of  the  life   of  today. 

Xot  a  small  part  of  the  interest  centers  in  the  musical  program  put  on  by  the  King  of  Jazz.  Paul 
Whiteman.  Xot  a  small  portion  of  your  time  will  be  given  over  to  the  enjoyment  of  listening  to  the 
music  of  today  by  a  music  master  who  knows  the  harmonies  of  the  twentieth  century  and  who  knows 
how  they  should  be  played.  There's  a  wonderful  purchasing  power  in  the  lilt  of  jazz.  The  dealers 
exhibiting  at  the  show  will  find  automobile  selling  easier  when  the  customer  is  engaged  in  the  intrica- 
cies of  the  Charleston. 

( ieorge  Wahlgreen,  master  of  ceremonies,  predicts  a  record  attendance.  Chester  X.  Weaver,  presi- 
dent of  the  Motor  Car  Healers'  Association,  predicts  an  exhibition  far  ahead  of  anything  that  the  Pa- 
cific Coast  has  ever  known,  and.  as  for  me.  1  venture  the  prediction  that  you  will  be  highly  delighted 
with  exhibits  with  music  and  with  the  colorful  setting  of  Oriental  design,  whether  you  go  to  buy  a  car 
Or  for  entertainment's  sake.  The  show's  the  thin-1  That's  what  Hamlet  would  say  if  he  were  solilo- 
quizing nowadays. 


SAX  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER 


lanuary  30,  1926 


The  San  Francisco  alS(e'WS  Letter  depicts  to  its  readers  a  number  of  the 

popular  models  of  motor  cars  which  will  be  on  exhibition  at  the 

Civic  Auditorium,  from  January  30th  to  February  6th 


C'OURTRSV  T.  W.  IF  WITT  CO. 


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SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


COURTESY  J.  W.  IE  WITTCOMPWV 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Tanuarv  30.  1926 


COURTESY  OF  DOS'  l.EE 


January  30,  1926 


SAN  FRANl  [SCO  NEWS  LETTER 


COURTESY  EDWARD  LOWE  MOTORS  CO. 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  30.  1926 


The  Rickenbacker 

Super  Sport  Sedan  Roadster. 

$'5450.00  delivered  at  San  Francisco. 
The   fastest   stock    car   in    America.     A    100- 

H.  P.  (guaranteed  ninety  miles  per  hour. 
The  sensation  of  the  New   York  Automobile 

Show. 


Rickenbacker 

Six-cylinder,  live-passenger  Sedan. 
Price,   $2395.00,   delivered    at   San   Francisco. 

Custom-built  Chassis. 

Custom-built  Body. 
Built  up  to  a  standard,  not  down  to  a  price. 


Rickenbacker  Eight-cylinder  Seda/i. 
Price,  $2845.00,   delivered    at    San    Francisco. 

Custom-built  Chassis. 

Custom-built  Body. 
Built  up  to  a   standard,  not  down   to   a  price. 


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Price,   $1975.00,    delivered    at   San   Francisco. 

Custom-built  Clin* sis. 

Custom-built  Body. 
Built  up  to  a  standard,  not  down  to  a  price. 


The  Rickenbacker  Sales  Company 

Distributors 

1 1  55  Van  Ness  Ave. 

San  Francisco.  California 


lanuary  30,  1926 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


THE   JORDAN    LINE 
EIGHT   PLAYBOY 

Everybody  knows  that  the  Jordan 
Playboy  started  the  roadster  craze  all 
over  again  in  this  country. 

It  was  built  for  red-blooded  Americans 
who  never  groiu  old. 

It  dominated  its  field — and  of  course 
was  imitated. 

But  there  has  always  been  something 
distinctive  about  the  Playboy.  Something 
in  its  lines  —  something  in  its  charm  — 
something  in  the  way  it  carries  itself 
along  the  road  which  makes  it  the  leader 
among  the  style  sport  cars  of  America. 

Now  it  is  lighter— with  a  Line  Eight 
motor — ample  flowing  power.  A  little 
smaller.  A  little  more  compact.  Easier 
to  handle.  Easier  to  park.  Turns  around 
on  a  dime. 

The  Playboy  delivered  San  Francisco. 
$1995.00  fully  equipped  including  4 
wheel  hydraulic  brakes,  front  and  rear 
bumper,  spare  tire,  lube  and  tire  cover. 


THE  JORDAN    LINE 
EIGHT  SEDAN 

Imagine  the  lightest,  most  agile  motor 
car  of  its  size  you  ever  drove  with  Jor- 
dan quality — Jordan  dependability — Jor- 
dan speed — Jordan  good  looks — and  at  a 
price  lower  than  has  ever  been  placed  on 
a  Jordan  enclosed  car. 

A  Line  Eight  motor  of  course.  Jordan 
experience  has  proved  that  the  tight- 
cylinder  is  the  choice  of  people  0/  good 
judgment  and  good  taste. 

The  body  is  all-steel,  and  patented. 
It's  more  quiet,  with  less  rumble — all 
one  strongly  fabricated  piece. 

The  Sedan  delivered  San  Francisco, 
$2190.00  fully  equipped  including  4 
wheel  hydraulic  brakes,  front  and  rear 
bumper,  spare   lire,  tube  and  tirt   I 


Chase-Morrill  Com p ami 

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Distributors  of 

JORDAN  AUTOMOBILES 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  30,  1926 


COURTESY  LLOYD  S.  JOHNSON 


January  30,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Junior  Eight  Coupe. 
$2635.00  at  San  Francisco. 

A  closed  model  10  flic  ft  has  been  added  to  the 
line  with  most  appealing  requirements  to  the 
lovers  of  sport.  Built  by  Locomobile  Com- 
pany of  America. 


Junior  Eight  Sedan. 
$2635.00  at  San  Francisco. 

For  cross-country  or  town  use  this  model 
lends  itself  to  maximum  comfort  for  those 
concerned.  Built  by  Locomobile  Company  of 
America. 


Model  "00"  COURTESY  LOCOMOBILE  COMPANY  OFCM-IFORMA 

The  netc  Locomobile  enclosed  drive  is  truly  a  'tiasterpiece  of  Luxurious  Transportation. 
Severe  low  attractive  bodies  mounted    »  a  chassis  equal  to  any  occasion 


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January  30.  1926 


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January  30,  1926 


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COURTESY  OF  OVERLAND  KNIGHT  SALES  CO. 


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January  30,  1926 


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lanuarv  30,  1926 


THE  TENTH  ANNUAL  IS  THE  TOP  NOTCH 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


TODAY  marks  the  opening  of  the  Tenth   Annual    Pacific 
Automobile  Show  at  the  Civic  Auditorium. 
Cp  goes  the  curtain  today,  on  as  beautiful  a  motor  car  ex- 
hibition as  San  Francisco  ever  staged,  and  when  you  say  that, 
you  sav  a  mouthful ! 


Kleibtr  Brougham,  five-passenyer,  fully  equipped  $2350,  S.  /•*. 

Every  year  the  show  seems  to  eclipse  the  last ;  every  year 
the  new  models  far  surpass  the  old;  every  year  the  decorations, 
the  lights,  the  interested  throng  of  spectators,  the  whole  atmos- 
phere of  the  exhibit  seem  more  brilliant  than  the  preceding 
years;  and  every  year  society  and  its  followers  demonstrate 
their  approval  inure  s'.rongly,  by  greater  numbers  and  in- 
creased enthusiasm. 

Not  only  is  the  interest  increased  tremendously  on  both  the 

part  of  the  motor  car  dealer-  and  distributors,  but  the  interest 
of  the  public  throughout  the  whole  northern  section  of  Cali- 
fornia has  been  aroused  by  this  most  important  event  in 
motordom. 

Then,  too,  a  big  musical  event  is  scheduled  in  the  form  of 
Paul  Whiteman's  orchestra,  for  Mr.  Whiteman  is  the  foremost 
exponent  of  jazz  in  the  United  Sta'es  and  is  an  outstanding 
leader  in  his  own  particular  art.  I  [is  orchestra  boasts  28  pieces 
and  is  paid  (so  it  is  whispered)  the  largest  sum  ever  received 
by  any  orchestra  in  the  country  for  it-  week  of  music  at  the 
Auditorium. 

For  weeks  pas:,  expert  workmen  in  their  line  have  been  la- 
boring to  transform  the  interior  of  the  great  building  into  a 
huge  show  room  with  its  decorated  displays  of  America's  finest 
nic  tor  car  offerings. 

The  manager  of  the  bit;  -In  vv,  Ge  irge  Wahlgreen,  made  the 
statement  this  week,  tin'  the  ('ecorative  an!  lighting  effects 
will  surpass  al|  former  efforts  in  motor  -hows  and  will  demon- 
strate the  fact  mere  clearly  than  ever,  thai  San  Francisco's  au- 
tomobile expositions  have  no  peer. 

The  Most  Spectacular  Show 

Even  t<  the  absolutely  unini  dated  in  motor  wisdom,  the  per- 
son who  does  not  know  the  difference  between  a  differential 
and  a  radiator  cap.  there  is  a  lure  in  the  long,  shining  lines  of 
an  elegant  -e  Ian,  or  the  sporty  shape  of  a  roadster,  and  a  dream 
is  evolved  in  a  son  ,,f  subconscious  way  of  the  kind  of  auto- 


mobile one  will  drive  when  be  can  afford  it!  For  the  Auto- 
mobile Show  is  a  creator  of  many  a  "pipe  dream"  that  some- 
times conies  true ! 

Today,  the  show   is  the  thing! 

Downtown  hotels  are  crowded  with  visiting  motor  chiefs 
and   in   Automobile   Row  the  voice  of   the  salesman   is   silent. 

1  is  -aid  that  never  were  such  wonderful  values  as  are  to 
be  found  today  at  the  Auditorium,  and  never  such  a  range  of 
price-  an  1  styles,  from  the  lowest-priced  car  to  the  automobiles 
thai  sell  in  liie  ten  thousand- dollar  class  and  higher:  from  the 
open  models  of  the  four-cylinder  makes  to  the  luxurious  ap- 
pi  in  ed  limousines  that  boast  eight  cylinders  under  the  hood; 
every  machine  in  the  huge  show  rooms  has  something  new. 
something  novel  to  interest  the  eyes  of  the  prospective  car 
i  wner. 

d  he  how  from  a  motorcar  standpoint  is  the  most  spectacu- 
lar that  has  ever  been  staged  in  this  ci'y  or  on  the  coast.  Xew 
cars  newer  before  seen  here  make  their  debut  today.  New 
mo  'el.  onl\  introduced  at  Xew  York  two  weeks  ago  an  1  being 
shown  lor  the  lirst  time  at  Chicago  today,  make  their  appear- 
ance at  the  same  time  in  San  Francisco. 

The  advancing  of  Ihe  show  dates  was  a  move  that  nette  '  San 
Francisco  equal  attention  with  the  great  national  show  cities 
of  Xew  V'ork  and  Chicago  ami  serves  to  emphasize  the  im- 
portance of  this  city  as  an  automobile  distributing  point 

\  hurriel  preview  of  the  show  last  nigh1  revealed  many  fea- 
tures of  interest  to  the  general  public.  The  prices  on  most 
cars  are  lower  than  they  were  a  year  ago.  The  quality  ap- 
pointments and  special  fitments  on  all  closed  cars,  regardless 
of  price,  are  most  noticeable  and  the  observer  wonders  bow- 
it  has  been  possible  to  bring  down  prices  on  these  cars  in  the 
face  of  rising  material  and  labor  costs,  while  at  the  same  time 
improving  them  to  the  extent  that  these  cars  have  been  im- 
pi'i  ived. 

In  decorative  ami  lighting  effects  Manager  George  Wahl- 
green has  again  set  the  pace  for  the  rest  of  the  American  auto- 
mobile show  managers.  It  is  easy  to  see  that  this  show  will 
again  he  the  most  beautiful  exhibit  in  America  in  l''2<>. 

Motor  Trade  Experts  Enthusiastic 

Wahlgreen  has  put  forth  every  effort  to  make  this  tenth  an- 
nual exposition  one  that  will  live  long  in  the  memory  of  Pa- 
cific Coast  motor  fans  and  one  that  will  attract  hundreds  of 
dealers  from  all  coast  points  to  the  city   for  the  event. 


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Kleibi  r  Coupe,  four-passi  nger,  fully  equipped  $2475 


Januarj  30,  1926 


SAX  FRAN(  [SCO  NEWS  LETTEE 


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Members  of  [lie  show  committee  of  the  Motor  Car  Healers' 
Association  who  have  co-operated  heartily  with  Wahlgreen,  de- 
clare that  never  before  has  so  great  importance  been  attached 
to  the  San  Francisco  display  and  as  a  result  of  this  enthusiasm 
on  the  part  of  the  trade,  scores  of  trade  meetings  have  been 
scheduled  by  automobile  men  for  the  week  of  the  show.  Fac- 
tory executives  will  come  here  expressly  for  the  purpose  of 
attending  the  exposition  and  being  present  at  the  sessions  which 
have  been  planned.  Dealers  and  distributors  from  all  Pacific 
Coast  points  will  be  on  hand  to  at  end  the  meetings  and  to  give 
their  views  on  conditions  as  they  find  them  in  their  territories. 

This  is  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  San  Francisco  show 
that  i's  dates  coincide  with  those  of  the  Chicago  show,  so  it  is 
expected  that  both  events  will  reflect  to  the  keen  eyes  of  motor 
trade  experts  the  buying  tendencies  of  the  automobile  public 
for  1926. 

Several  manufacturers  are  sending  their  la'.est  models  here 
to  make  their  debut  before  the  Pacific  Coast  motoring  public 
as  well  as  the  dealers  and  distributors  who  attend  the  show. 
It  is  declared  that  this  is  the  reason  why  so  much  interest  has 
been  aroused  in  tra'e  circles  concerning  the  exposition. 


Facts  and  Figures  About 

Tenth  Annual  Pacific  Automobile  Show 

Dates — January  30  to  February  6th,  inclusive. 

Auspices — San  Francisco  Motor  Car  Dealers'  Association. 

Manager — George   Wahlgreen. 

Place — Fxposition  Auditorium,  San   Francisco. 

Music — Paul  Whiteman,  "King  of  Jazz,"  and  his  28-piece 
orchestra  direct  from  New  York.  (Only  appearance  in 
California  this  year). 

Decorations — Specially  designed  by  Staff  of  artists  to  up- 
hold reputation  of  San  Francisco  as  having  the  must  beau- 
tiful auto  show  in  the  world. 

Motor  Display — Latest  models  of  all  the  big  automobile 
manufacturing  concerns. 

Exhibits — Shipped  direct  from  New  York  or  duplicates 
of  the  spectacular  Xew  York  auto  show  displays. 

Accessories — Complete  showing  of  accessories  and  motor 

t  ticks  in  the  basement  an. I  on  the  second  fl. x >r  of  the  Audi- 
torium. 

Admission  Price — No  increase  in  prices  over  last  \ear. 
Admission  including  tax  75c  Reserved  scats  in  the  bal- 
conies may  he  purchased  for  afternoons  and  evenings  for 
50,  additional,    ddiis  is  an  innovation  that  will  he  welcomed 


by  the  footsore  thousands  who  throng  the  displays  and  will 
welcome  an  opportunity  to  view  the  spectacle  from  above 
and  listen  to  the  Whiteman  music. 

Special  Railroad  Rates— The  Southern  Pacific  has  an- 
nounced special  round  trip  rates  to  San  Francisco  during 
the  big-  motor  display. 

Hotels — Hotel  men  advise  that  reservations  for  rooms 
he  made  in  advance.  They  prophesy  the  largest  out-of-town 
attendance  in  the  history  of  the  automobile  shows  here. 


The  Mctor  Industry 

The  New  York  Automobile  Show  has  been  declared  as  hav- 
ing had  the  most  successful  attendance  record  in  the  history  of 
big  automotive  events;  and  now  the  automobile  men  have 
turned  their  thoughts  and  directed  their  attentions  towards  the 
next  two  big  motor  events.— the  Chicago  motor  car  display  and 
the  Pacific  automobile  show,  both  of  which  are  national  in  im- 
portance. 

Numerous  advices  indicate  that  the  motor  industry  has  en- 
tered on  its  greatest  year.  Outstanding  manufacturers  and 
trade  leaders  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  next  few  months  will 
find  the  great  motor  car  manufacturing  industry  at  its  peak. 
Already  factories  are  planning  their  biggest  productions,  and 
expansion  programs  are  being  freely  discussed. 

Said  the  Master  of  the  shi  iw,  .Mr.  Wahlgreen,  a  few  days  ago : 

"We  are  confident  that  we  will  have  the  most  pleasing  dis- 
play from  an  automotive  standpoint  that  has  ever  been  seen 
at  a  San  Francisco  motor  car  display.  With  plans  now  per- 
fected for  the  big  show,  we  have  sold  all  available  space  for 
the  passenger  car  display  and  the  accessory  and  truck  depart- 
ment will  undoubtedly  he  over-sold  before  the  end  of  this 
wee '^. 

"Theatrical  men  assure  die  --how  committee  that  the  secur- 
ing of  Paul  Whiteman  an  1  Ins  orchestra  is  a  great  asset  to  the 
shi  u  Fn  in  the  standpoint  of  interest  and  that  ihis  superb  music 
in  connection  with  the  finest  display  of  motor  cars  ever  shown 
on  the  coast  is  certain  to  attract  the  biggest  crowd  in  the  his- 
tory of  coast  automotive  displays." 


Registration  Closes 

With  the  fiscal  year  of  the  Division  of  Motor  Vehicles 
changed  to  correspond  with  the  calendar  \  ear,  motorists 
have  less  time  this  year  than  he.etofore  to  secure  new 
license  plates  for  their  cars. 


Willys-Knight  M  '70"  Six-cylin 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  30,  1926 


Stutz — New  vertical  eight  two-passenffer  coupe  by  Brewster. 

Total  height  is  only  seventy  inches.  SO  that  hotly  is 

fire  inches  nearer  ground 

January  30  is  the  dead  line  this  year.  After  that  dale  motor- 
ists whi  have  not  applied  for  their  1926  blue  and  while  plates 
will  he  required  to  pay  a  100  per  cent  penalty,  a  doubling  of  the 
So  registration  fee  for  ordinary  passenger  cars  ad  the  higher 
fees   for  commercial  vehicles  and  trucks. 

Continuing  the  service  which  it  has  furnished  for  several 
years,  the  California  State  Automobile  Association  is  again  issu- 
ing plates  for  passenger  cars  to  its  60,000  members  in  Northern 
and  Central  California.  "Phis  service  which  is  given  without 
charge  eliminates  delays  waiting  in  line  anil  troublesome  cor- 
respondence for  members  of  the  Association.  Plates  are  be- 
ing issued  from  the  general  headquarters  in  San  Francisco  and 
from  all  of  the  twenty-tour  district  branches  except  the  one  lo- 
cate 1  at  Sacramento,  the  headquarters  of  the  Division  ol  Motor 
Vehicles. 

While  the  Association  cannot  issue  plates  direct  to  the  owners 
of  commercial  vehicles  and  trucks,  members  may  present  their 
applications  for  plates  for  such  vehicles  at  Association  offices 
and  they  will  be  received  and  forwarded  to  the  Division  of 
Motor  Vehicles  at  Sacramento. 


Thousands  Receive  Plates 

Already  thousands  of  members 
advantage   of   tb 


f  the  Association  have  taken 

distinctive   service,   and    extra   clerical    help 

ffices  has    facilitated  the  work  of  issuing  new 


in  the   vani  MS 
plates. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  present  tlie  pink  certificate  of  owner- 
ship for  renewal  this  year,  unless  a  change  in  legal  title  is  in- 
volved. Where  a  change  in  legal  title  merely  involves  the  re- 
lease nf  a  former  legal  owner,  the  Association  can  i-sue  plates 


knotty  problems  members  may  have  in  connection  with  their 
renewal  registration. 

In  presenting  the  white  certificate  of  registration  which  is 
used  as  a  form  of  application,  the  motorist  should  take  care 
in  see  that  the  address  on  the  certificate  is  his  present  address 


Garford  Type  K  Is  De  Luxe  Coach.  Fifteen  Passengers.  0  is  specially 
designed,  from  the  efficient,  six-cylinder  engine,  unequalled  in  power 
and  pick-up  for  motor  coaches  of  this  capacity,  to  the  hag  gage  compart- 
ment in  the  rear.  It  is  exceptionally  tow-hung,  handsome,  comfortable 
and  reliable.  For  additional  information  see  it  at  Garford  Factory 
Branch,  Eighth  and  Howard  streets.  Phone  Market  520.  Heavy  Duty 
Trucks  and  Motor  Coach  Chassis. 

upon  presen'ation  of  a  properly  signed  certificate.  However, 
if  there  is  a  transfer  of  legal  title  to  a  new  legal  owner  or  a 
transfer  of  the  registered  ownership  involved,  the  transaction 
must  go  through  the  Division  of  Motor  Vehicles.  Ilnwever. 
Association  representatives  in  every  office  who  are  familiar 
with  the  registration   procedure  are  in  a  position   to  solve  any 


A  special  Parlor  Car  model  Fageol  Safety   Coach  in  de  luxe  tour 

service  between  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles.     The  conch  seats 

IS  passengers,  and  is  fitted  with  every  luxury  known  in  motor  cars. 

including  reclining  back  chairs  and  ice  water. 


in  order  that  the  new  certificate  which  is  sent  by  mail  will  reach 
its  proper  destination. 

1  ifficials  of  the  Division  of  Motor  Vehicles  expect  twice  as 
many  delinquent  applications  this  year  as  last  A\\^  to  the  chang- 
ing of  tlie  deadline  from  March  1  to  January  30.  They  estimate 
dial    penalties   will   total  8100,000. 

Members  of  the  Automobile  Association  can  avoid  such  pen- 
alties by  taking  advantage  before  January  30  of  the  convenient 
service  of  the  Association  furnished  in  twenty-four  cities  which 
practically  blanket  Northern  and  Central  California. 

When  placing  their  new  number  plates  on  their  car.  mo- 
torists are  advised  to  attach  them  in  accordance  with  the 
provisii  in  i  >i  the  law. 


Lynch  Is  Sons  have  stand/prized  on  Sterling  Equipment  throughout. 
Picture  shows  Model  E.  II'.  No.  23. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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PHOTO  BY  MOULIN 


Briiliil  Veil  I  nils.  Yosemiti  Valley,  California. 

The  Motorist'-.  Paradise. 


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SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Tanuarv30,  1926 


There  is  no  doubt  that  we  are  making 
A  Building  Code  progress  toward  what  is  becoming  a 
necessity  in  this  rapidly  growing  part 
of  the  world,  a  definite  and  well  considered  building  code, 
which  will  be  of  uniform  application  and  which  will  deliver 
us  from  the  carelessness  of  shoddy  construction  anil  the 
swindling  of  building  for  mere  appearances.  Building  in- 
spectors from  most  of  the  important  centers  in  Northern 
California  have  already  met  and  the  first  tentative  steps  to 
a  movement  of  such  importance  are  being  taken. 

Twelve  of  the  largest  cities  of  the  Pacific  coast  in  various 
states  have  already  stated  their  intention  of  adhering  to  such 
a  code  as  may  be  drawn  up  by  the  inspectors  and  making 
it  uniform. 

The  suggestions  at  the  first  meeting  were  necessarily 
quite  technical  and  dealt  with  problems  of  construction  of 
wood-joist,  brick-walled  buildings,  frame  construction  of 
buildings,  regulations  for  buil  'ings  according  to  use  and 
occupancy,  and.  what  is  verv  important  indeed,  means  of 
egress  and  ingress  with  relation  to  public  buildings 

"Flic  accidents  which  have  occurred  recently  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  more  particularly  the  terrible  collapse  of  a  grand- 
stand at  Pasadena  during  the  rose  festival,  have  turned  the 
attention  of  professional  inspectors  more  closely  to  the  mat- 
ter of  buildings.  It  is  felt  and  with  much  reason,  that  under 
any  rational  and  properly  correlated  system  such  an  acci- 
dent as  the  San  Francisco  one  or  that  at  I'a  adena.  would 
never  have  occurred  and  it  is  more  or  less  a  disgrace  to  the 
citizenship  that  it  should  have  occurred.  This  happy-go- 
lucky  way  of  dealing  with  the  lives  of  the  public  belongs 
to  a  more  infantile  and  less  responsible  time  and  has  no 
place  in  a  community  which  now  ranks  among  the  first  in 
the  world. 


The  wife's  right  to  the  community 
Ccmmunity  Property  property  is  now  a  very  burning 
question  in  the  state  ami  carries 
with  it  implications  in  taxation  which  amount  to  many  mil- 
lions of  dollars.  We  have  already  discussed  the  attitude  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  in  the  Robbins  case, 
where  it  was  held  that  the  wife's  interest  was  merely  an  ex- 
pectancy, and  that  her  portion  of  the  community  property 
i  oul  I  not  lie  separate'l  from  that  ol  her  husband  for  purposes 
of  taxation. 

The  same  question  has  rome  up  again  in  Los  Angeles,  It 
is  true  that  this  later  manifestation  has  not  yet  shown  itself 
beyond  the  Sune  ior  Court,  but  it  is  a  beginning.  A  case- 
was  brought,  clled  Frances  Fee  Stewart  vs.  her  husband 
E.  A.  Stewart,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  inte  est  of 
the  wife  in  the  community  p-operty,  under  the  California 
law.  The  wife  brought  suit  to  establish  her  iucrest  in  and 
to  a  certain  five-acre  ranch.  Judge  Stephens  held  that  the 
wife  had  a  "vested  community  interest." 

The  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  held  that  the 
wife  did  not  have  the  right  to  file  separate  income  tax  re- 
turns, as  the  California  community  property  law  only  gave 
her  an  expectancy.  Now,  we  have  a  flat  decision  that  the 
law  gives  her  "a  vested  community  interest."  The  matter 
will  have  to  go  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  where  it 
is  expected  that  a  rapid  decision  will  be  reached  and  the 
matter  settled.  The  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States 
has  held  that  the  California  decisions  have  nowhere  held 
that  the  wife  had  a  "vested  right."  but  that  the  rights  were 
only  "expectant." — this  referring  to  the  possible  division  of 


the  estate  through  divorce  or  in  the  event  of  the  death  of 
the  husband. 

If  separate  returns  can  be  filed  as  a  result  of  the  decision 
of  our  Supreme  Court  that  the  right  is  vested  and  not  a  mere 
expectancy,  it  will  result  in  great  saving  to  California  tax- 
payers, by  reason  of  the  surtax. 

Meanwhile  the  matter  is  in  the  greatest  confusion. 


( Gradually  but  certainly  the  national 
A  Menace  to  Morals  surveys  which  have  been  under- 
taken by  various  social  and  pub- 
lishing bodies  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  effect, 
physical  and  moral,  of  the  operation  of  the  Volstead  Act 
are  coming  in.  These  reports  are,  one  and  all,  to  practically 
the  same  effect.  They  show  a  wddes-spread  dissatisfaction 
with  the  law  and  a  con'empt  for  the  enforcement  of  the  law 
which  is  really  quite  dangerous  to  a  democratic  government. 
It  is  a  curious  thing  that  people  who  call  themselves  be- 
lievers in  popular  government  should  have  imagined  that 
they  were  able  by  a  mere  fiat  to  place  a  yoke  upon  the 
shoulders  of  the  masses  to  cbive  them.  They  have  done 
more  to  discredit  that  unity  between  people  and  govern- 
ment than  anything  which  has  ever  occurred  in  our  history 
before.  They  have  made  it  obvious  that  merely  getting  a 
majority  in  the  legislatures  and  terrorizing  the  community 
will  not  compel  free  men  to  obey  laws  which  they  know  to 
be  vicious  and  which  rest  upon  no  foundation,  other  than 
political  chicanery.  There  is  no  tyranny  to  our  knowledge 
which  woul  I  have  so  senselessly  affronted  the  intelligence 
and  the  feeling  of  the  mass.  The  results  are  obvious.  The 
mass  refuses  to  obey  and  so-called  popular  government  is 
flouted  by  the  people  who  are  supposed  to  be  the  origin  and 
support  of  its  power. 

The  moral  effect  of  this  upon  the  country  in  general  is 
very  bad.  We  all  agree  upon  that  point.  Anything  that 
differentiates  between  the  popular  wish  and  the  governmen- 
tal power  in  a  detnoc  acy  is  in  the  extreme  degree  verv  dan- 
gerous. It  teaches  people  to  flout  the  power  of  the  govern- 
ment and.  since  the  government  in  that  last  analysis  rests 
upon  the  people,  the  flouted  government  begins  to  rest 
Upon  a  select  class  of  paid  janissaries.  That  is  happening 
now.  The  janissaries  demand  to  be  armed  and  paid  and 
=o  the  vicious  circle  is  almost  complete. 


Corporation  O  mmissioner  Daugherty 

A  Swindle  in  Marks  has  issued  a  warning  against  the 
new  form  of  fraud  in  Ge-man  mark 
transactions.  These  are  based  on  a  misrepresentation  of 
the  application  of  the  German  revaluation  law  to  holdings 
of  pape  -mark  bond.,  especially  post-war  bonds. 

There  F  a  concerted  movement  on  the  part  of  the  New 
York  S'o  k  Exchange  and  the  German  language  newspapers 
in  t'd-  erupt  v  t  .  co-opera  c-  with  the  S'ate  Department 
of  Corporations  in  a  warfare  against  the  swin  Her-  who  are 
usitv;  the  mails  All  the  respectable  agencies  a  e  busy  try- 
in"  to  warn  prospective  purchasers,  numbers  of  whom  will 
doubtless  be  taken  in,  in  spite  of  all  precautions  to  the  con- 
trary. 

The  warning  of  the  State  Commissioner  is  to  the  effect 
that  certain  firms  throughout  this  country  are  p  omoting 
'he  sales  of  German  securities  by  the  representation  that 
both  pre-war  and  post-war  bonds  will  be  revalued  on  the 
basis  of  15  per  cent  or  more  of  their  face  value.  This  is  not 
true,  for  there  bonds  may  only  be  revalued  at  a  fraction  of 
that  aim  unit. 

An  instance  is  given  ol  a  United  German  mortgage  bond 
on  1923  with  a  face  value  of  10,000.001)  mark-.  It  would  ap- 
pear from  the  statements  of  the  swindling  firms  that  15  per 
cent  of  the  face  value  of  that  bond  could  be  realized,  and 
would  be  computed  in  relation  to  the  amount  on  the  lace 
of  the  bond.     This  is  not  so.     The  revaluation  law    savs  that 


January  30,  1926 


SAX"  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


23 


computation  is  to  be  made  on  the  gold  mark  valuation  of  the 
build,  which  would  amount  to  273  gold  marks  for  each  10,- 
000,000,  and  this  as  you  will  see  at  once,  is  a  horse  of  quite 
another  color. 

These  bonds,  then,  are  practically  valueless  and  we  are 
to  be  congratulated  Upon  having- an  alert  and  conscientious 
corporation  commissioner  to  put  us  on  our  guard.  Never- 
theless, some  will  be  stung. 


A  Winter  Morning  From  a  Car  Window 

By  John  Brayton 


Conditions  are  again  shaping  them- 
Chinese  Unrest  selves  in  China  for  conflict.  The 
armies  of  Chang  appear  to  be  trying 
the  offensive  again  and,  as  these  armies  are  considered, 
with  ample  justification,  to  be  armies  which  support  the 
"imperialistic"  powers,  the  nationalistic  elements  are  mass- 
ing themselves  for  what  may  be  a  world-conflict,  in  the 
last  analysis. 

It  would  appear  as  if  there  were  trouble  brewing  over  the 
Eastern  Railroad  which  is  now  practically  in  the  hands 
of  the  Soviet  government.  The  latter  took  it  over,  as  a 
legacy,  from  the  Tsaristic  government,  which  had  con- 
structed it  mostly  as  a  strategic  road.  There  is  no  doubt 
that  the  road  is  of  importance  to  the  military  situation, 
for  it  has  acted  as  the  artery  for  the  transmission  of  sup- 
plies to  (ieneral  Feng,  who  is  the  nationalist  leader.  Me 
is  supposed  to  be  friendly  with  the  Soviet  government 
and,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  does  get  his  supplies,  to  a  great 
extent,  from  that  government.  This  is  mostly,  however, 
because,  as  he  is  distant  from  the  coast,  he  finds  it  impos- 
sible to  get  supplies  in  from  overseas  as  the  foreign  gov- 
e  mnents  who  aid  Chang,  and  more  particularly  the  Jap- 
anese government,  interfere  with  the  delivery  of  the  war 
supplies.  Such  as  he  gets,  therefore,  come  mostly  through 
Russia  and  by  the  Siberian  and  Eastern  railroads. 

But  there  is  no  reason  to  draw  the  inference  that  Feng 
is-  a  communist.  On  the  contrary,  he  treats  the  idea  .if 
communism  or  bolshevism  of  any  shade  in  China  with 
the  most  utter  contempt.  lie  dismisses  the  notion  of  a 
Chinese  communistic  state  as  utterly  chimerical.  lie  is 
a  nationalist.  As  there  have  been  at  times  in  European 
historv,  statesmen  who  have  striven  for  national  identity 
and  unity,  so  does  Feng  strive  for  Chinese  unity  and  na- 
tionality. The  war  is  one  concerning  the  independence 
of  China,  a  great  question. 


The   sentence   imposed   upon   Colo- 
The  Mitchell  Verdict       nel  William  Mitchell  by  the  court 
martial    that    tried    him    for    criti- 
cal attacks  upon   the  administration  management   of  the  air 
force,  has  gone  through  the  first  reviewing  board. 

The  board  of  review,  which  is  composed  oi  officers  of  the 
War  Department,  that  is  to  say,  law-officers  of  that  depart- 
ment, has  approved  the  sentence  of  live  years  suspension 
and  forfeiture  of  pay,  and  has  now  passed  the  matter  along 
to  the  judge-advocate-general  of  the  army  for  transmissi*  n 
in  the  Secretary  of  War,  wh  I  in  turn  has  given  the  matter  into 
the  bands  of  the  Pn  iident  ;  the  fin  lings  have  been  approved  by 
the  1'resi 'ent.  and  Michell  will  be  given  one-hall  his  salary, 
instead  of  forfeiting  the  whole  amount. 

In  the  meantime,  the  work  of  Colonel  Mitchell  is  making 
headway.  Secretarv  of  War.  Davis,  is  submitting  a  bill  to 
Congress  providing  fur  changes  to  meet  the  criticisms  "I 
Colonel  Mitchell.  This  bill  follows  closely  the  recommen- 
dations of  the  Mi  rrow  air-craf-  board  and.  though  it 
not  meet  the  full  demands  -  f  Colonel  Mitchell,  it  will  prob- 
ably go  a  long  way  towards  reducing  the  discontent  among 
the  flv  ers. 

Thus,  we  get  the  usual  spectacle  of  the  man  who  did  the 
work  getting  the  punishment  and  the  rest  of  us  the  benefit, 
which  seems  to  be  quite  in  accordance  with  things  as  they 
are. 


Tl  I  EY  are  pruning  trees  and  vines  in  the  country.  Frost 
is  king  there  now.  Wonderful  sketches  could  be  made 
of  the  frost-covered  weeds;  but  fruit  farmers  are  not  sketch 
artists.  Their  interests  lie  in  more  concrete  lines.  They 
blow  their  nails  these  cold  dawns  while  they  make  toward 
the  orchard,  the  pruning  shears  tucked  under  the  arm. 

To  the  confirmed  commuter  this  is  a  strange  race  of  men. 
They  all  seem  to  have  plenty  of  time.  They  do  not  fear 
the  train,  do  not  run  to  catch  it ;  they  wave  their  hands  in 
a  friendly  way  and  let  it  go  by.  Not  one  of  them  sits  on  his 
front  porch,  taking  his  coffee  and  toast  there  for  fear  he 
might  miss  the  train  and  be  late  at  the  office.  In  a  leasurely 
manner  they  drop  down  the  road  while  their  dogs  chase 
jack  rabbits  through  the  vineyards  in  a  hopeless  though  en- 
ergetic way.  These  dogs  know  they  cannot  catch  the  jacks, 
but  they  hunt  them  anyway,  for,  like  their  masters,  they 
have  time  to  follow  idle  impulses. 

Beautiful  smoke  wreaths  rise  in  the  distance  as  the  red 
ball  of  the  sun  comes  unhurriedly  over  the  mountain.  Spicy 
scents  of  burning  twigs  penetrate  the  closed  cars  when  we 
stop  at  the  cross  roads  for  the  lady  with  the  basket  of  eggs. 
If  your  powers  of  scent  be  at  all  educated  you  can  separate 
these  different  odors  and  says  "that  is  peach,"  or  "they  are 
burning  prune  clippings  here."  or  "That  smoke  is  certainly 
l  ii  m i  grape  cuttings." 

And  these  men  know  how  to  prune.  Even  though  you  are 
city  bred  and  have  no  closer  acquaintance  with  trees  than 
the  fruit  markets  give  you,  yon  know  this  is  real  trimming. 
The  appearance  of  the  trees  tells  the  story.  There  is  some- 
thing finished  and  artistic  in  the  way  they  stand  after  the 
shears  have  been  applied.  They  arc  like  slender  ladies,  very 
graceful  and  well  bred.  And  the  vines  along  the  trellis 
wires — see  them  before  and  after  and  you  would  say  a  bar- 
ber had  been  along  with  his  clippers  and  razor,  so  smooth  do 
they  h  ink. 

Down  alternate  rows  go  two  dignified  horses  in  a  most 
deliberate  manner  drawing  an  incinerator  by  a  long  chain. 
This  is  a  crude  iron  pot  on  iron  wheels.  Into  this  the  men 
pile  the  cut  branches  to  burn  as  they  move  up  and  down 
the  field. 

This  is  not  toil  :  it  is  contented  work.  Though  there  is  no 
present  remuneration  from  it.  the  matter  is  looked  upon  as 
i.ne  in  a  chain  of  very  profitable  duties.  (  If  the  resources 
i,l  California,  fruit  is  one  of  the  greatest  and  vies  well  with 
nil  as  an  export.  The  advantage,  of  course  lies  toward  fruit 
culture,  for  its  production  is  near  inexhaustible  and  where 
u  modifies  the  landscape  it  is  on  the  side  of  beauty. 

The  traveler  takes  great  interest  in  this  business  of  prun- 
li  i-  evident  that  from  their  very  youth  trees  and  vines 
are  trained  in  the  wav  they  should  go.  it  i-  a  delight  to 
sigh!  a  well-kept  orchard  where  the  trees  arc  all  much  alike 
in  shape,  all  branching  from  within  a  foot  of  the  ground. 
all  pruned  year  after  year  in  such  a  manner  as  to  keep  the 
fruit  within  reach  of  pickers  on  the  ground.  And  here  a 
peculiaritj  appears.  Where  the  orchard  me  i  nee  1  a  step 
ladder  they  use  one  with  only  one  supporting  leg.  We  city 
people,  wlii i  live  in  a  realm  of  paved  streets  and  side  walks 
ire  accustomed  to  find  stepladders  with  two  back  support- 
ing legs.  But  here  the  ladder  has  only  one.  Whether  this 
is  because  the  ladder  stands  better  in  the  rough  ground,  or 
some  facetious  primer  cut  off  the  other  leg  and  so  set  a 
fashion,  or  whether  some  old  ancestor  ladder  lost  its  leg 
and  persuaded  all  other  ladders  to  sacrifice  theirs  the  same 
way  there  are  no  statistics  to  show.  But  the  ladders  are 
ust  as  safe  as  those  with  more  h  E 


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January  30,  1926 


ocier 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Princeton  "Huddle," 
Latest  Adopted  Fad 

THE  Princeton  "huddle"  is  becoming  quite  the  fashion 
and  one  of  the  latest  adopted  fads. 

We  (or  at  least  some  of  us),  had  our  first  view  and  intro- 
duction to  the  "huddle"  and  its  purposes  at  the  '25  football 
games  in  tin*  Memorial  Stadium,  University  of  California, 
when  the  California  team  met  the  "Huskies"  from  Wash- 
ington. Then,  we  saw  more  of  the  huddle  system  at  the 
big  game  between  LJ.  C.  and  Stanford. 

We  had  been  used  to  hearing  the  calling  of  secret  numerals 
at  the  football  games  and  so  when  the  huddle  system  was 
used  we  (this  same,  some  of  us)  were  inclined  to  wonder 
what  it  all  meant,  and  thought,  at  first,  that  it  was  Washing- 
ton's own.  Now,  it  seems  that  the  heroes  of  Harvard  and 
Yale  cleverly  used  the  system  some  time  ago. 

The  "huddle"  in  a  football  game.  1  might  herein  inscribe, 
means  the  getting  together  of  the  football  players  who  Stoop 
in  a  huddle,  putting  their  heads  close  Up  to  one  another  and 
decide  what  move  to  make  next  in  their  contest.  In  other 
words,  they  huddle  in  conference  instead  of  calling  out 
the  secret  numbers  for  their  play. 

Fashionable  adaptation  of  the  "huddle"  according  to  the 
ethics  of  eastern  society,  now  implies  the  getting-together 
of  congenial  groups  for  special  events  and  society  affairs. 

The  smart  set  use  the  term  and  give  a  huddle  which  may 
include  a  few  intimate  friends  for  tea,  for  luncheon  or  for 
an  afternoon  at  bridge.  It  has  many  pleasant  ramifications. 
Sometimes,  the  huddle  is  a  large  affair  including  a  long  list 
of  friends  who  may  be  invited  to  a  dinner  dance,  a  reception, 
or  an  announcement  party.  The  term  has  numerous  pleas- 
ing avenues  and  has  seemingly  quite  departed  from  the 
Webster  definition  of  "huddle"  :  a  confused  crowd  ;  a  tumult. 

A  huddle  today  is  something  fascinating  and  pretentious 
and  may  offer  any  number  of  surprises  or  punts,  in  foot- 
ball phraseology. 

*     *     * 

Some  of  the  fashionable  hotels  have  introduced  a  "huddle" 
salad,  the  delicious  ingredients  of  which  is  the  secret  of  their 
chefs. 

The  "jazzy  huddle''  is  also  on  the  dancing  floor,  so  we  have 
been  authentically  told.  Four  or  five  couples  huddle  and 
then  break  into  some  of  the  new  steps;  sometimes  it  is  the 
glamoured  Charleston,  sometimes  it  is  the  revived  three- 
step,  or  some  other  improvised  dance  of  the  moment  con- 
tributary  to  the  huddle. 

Yes,  there  is  largely  something  new  under  the  sun,  or 
at  least  something  has  a  new  name — and  that  is  the  pro- 
pelling line  which  makes  society  and  its  constituents  alive 
to  happy  impulses  of  the  hour  and  keenlv  alert  to  make 
artistic  adaptations  of  trustful  terms. 


Colonel  and  Mrs.  William  M.  Morrow  were  hosts  at  a 
dinner  given  past  week  in  compliment  to  Major  and  Mrs. 
George  Beach  of  Letterman  Hospital  and  to  Colonel  Willis 


COLONIAL  HOTEL 

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HOWARD  T.  BLBTHEN,  Proprietor 


L'line  and   Lieut.   C.    B.    Lee   of   the   30th    Infantry   and   Mrs. 
Lee. 

*  *     * 

Engagement  of  Miss  Roper 

And  Mr.  Eric  Jordan  Announced. 

Stanford  circles  are  happily  discussing  the  recent  an- 
nouncement of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Roper 
and  Mr.  Eric  Jordan,  youngest  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  David 
Starr  Jordan. 

They  are  to  be  married  on  February  6  in  the  Stanford 
Memorial  Chapel,  the  shrine  before  which  so  many  campus 
romances  reach  their  zenith  in  the  marriage  vows.  Dr.  D. 
Charles  Gardner,  university  chaplain,  will  read  the  cere- 
mony. Miss  Margaret  Roper  will  be  her  sister's  maid  of 
honor.     Knight  Starr  Jordan  will  be  his  brother's  best  man. 

The  bride-to-be  is  a  Stanford  graduate  and  both  her 
parents  graduated  from  the  same  university.  Her  father 
received  his  degree  in  engineering  in  lX9f>  and  her  mother, 
who  was  Miss  Annie  llervev.  graduated  witli  the  class  of 
1897. 

Miss  Roper  majored  in  education  and  has  been  a  leader 
in  many  student  activities  identifying  herself  with  the 
"Chaparral,"  the  humorous  college  monthly  in  which  many 
of  her  original  drawings  and  articles  appeared.  She  is  a 
member  of  Alpha  Phi  Sorority. 

Eric  Jordan,  graduated  in  zoology  and  is  now  on  a  scien- 
tific expedition  off  the  coast  of  Mexico.  Like  his  distin- 
guished father,  he  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Upsilon  fra- 
ternity. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Bostwick  Is  Little 
Queen  at  Beautiful  Party 

Seldom,  if  ever,  has  there  been  a  prettier  or  more  charm- 
ing party  in  society's  realm  than  the  lovely  affair  given  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Rice  Bostwick  in  honor  of  their  daugh- 
ter, Miss  Florence  Bostwick.  which  took  place  last  Friday 
evening  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

Miss  Bostwick  was  a  veritable  little  queen  and  so  gracious 
and  charming  that  everyone  sounded  her  praises  through- 
out the  entire  evening  with  even  more  than  the  customary 
courteous  demeanor.  She  looked  as  sweet  as  a  flower, 
although  a  certain  dignity  of  manner  and  address  are  part 
of  her  personality. 

The  Gold  ballroom  of  the  Palace  was  adorned  with  the 
blossoms  of  early  spring,  giving  a  lightness  of  touch  to  the 
atmosphere  and  inspiring  the  company  with  its  buoyancy 
and  lure.  Supper  parties  at  the  dance  were  seated  at  small 
tables  all  decorated  differently.  There  were  three  hundred 
guests.  Exquisite  place  cards  told  them  where  they  were 
to  "huddle." 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bostwick  entertained  some  of  their  friends 
at  one  of  the  large  tables,  their  guests  including  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Edward  N.  Short,  Messrs.  and  M-esdames  Harry  Hunt. 
Frank  Bostwick,  Le  Roy  Ryone,  Halsey  Manwaring,  Her- 
bert Colebran  of  Denver  and  Mrs.  Jessie  Kerrigan. 


HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 

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Miss  Eleanor  Morgan  gave  a  dinner  at  the 
homo  of  her  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  W. 
Morgan  on  Washington  Street,  to  a  group  ol 
her  friends  who  afterwards  attended  the  dan- 
cing party  of  Miss  Most  wick. 

Picturesque  Plan  Carried 
To  Successful  Fruition 

Purposeful  and  picturesque  was  the  plan  pre- 
vailing throughout  the  entire  program  of  the 
elaborate  luncheon  given  on  Thursday  of  this 
past  week  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Hotel  Women's  Unity  Club  of 
which  Mrs.  Perley  Andrew  Young  was  the 
presiding  genius. 

Seldom,  if  ever,  has  a  group  of  women  enter- 
tained so  many  of  the  consuls  and  consul-gen- 
erals as  those  who  assembled  as  the  guests  of 
the  Unity  Club  when  their  "International 
Luncheon"  was  the  motif.  While  making  much 
of  the  scenic  advantages  of  America,  the  mem- 
bers and  the  guests  eagerly  learned  of  other 
countries  and  the  beauties  and  historical  scenes 
there. 

Mrs.  Young  was  dressed  in  a  magnificent  robe  represent- 
ing Columbia,  while  seatetl  before  a  magnificent  American 
flag,  the  flags  of  the  different  nations  adorned  the  center 
of  the  table,  in  compliment  to  the  representatives  as  honor 
guests. 

Mrs.  John  Zeenian  and  her  guests  all  attired  in  costumes 
of  the  French  court,  sat  at  the  French  table,  elaborately 
decorated  with  flowers  and  streamers.  Miss  Margaret  Mary 
Fennelly,  of  Notre  Dame,  the  pianist,  whose  numbers  delighted 
the  guests,  wore  a  handsome  French  costume.  Mrs.  I.  A. 
Baldi  presided  at  the  table  designating  Ireland  and  was  par- 
ticularly admired  For  her  costume  carrying  out  in  detail  the 
land  she  represented.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Roberts  represented 
Argentine  and  wore  a  beautiful  lace  gown  of  blue  and  white. 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Mulpeler  bad  a  Mexican  table  and  was  attired 
in  a  handsome  dress  of  Mexican  coloring. 

(  Ither  tables  which  aroused  admiration  were  those  of  Mrs. 
George  Wilson,  secretary,  who  bad  the  Japanese  table.  Mrs. 
Henry  Marker  of  the  Key  Route  Inn.  who  ba.l  the  Chinese 

table  and  Mrs.  James  Flannery,  who  presided  over  the 
Chinese  table  with  its  gorgeous  colorings  and  draperies, 
Mrs.  W,  1..  Rothschild's  Swedish  table  was  very  clever  and 
Mrs.  Rothschild  appeared  in  a  prett\  costume.  Mrs.  Florence 
Lombard  had  the  charming  Holland  table,  with  its  quaint 
appeal  and  decorative  scheme. 

Mine.  Stella  Nought  delighted  the  audience  with  her  song 
selections  and  the  little  girls  who  danced  received  plaudits 
of  praise,  llenerietta  Schwartz  and  Florencita  t  hare/  be- 
ing the  little  charmers. 

*      *      * 

Society  and  Motors 

Society  will  actively  appreciate  and  participate  in  the  automo- 
bile show  this  year  of  1926  as  societ)  ever  has  tlone  in  the  many 
periods  of  displays  of  milady's  car. 

With  her  own  ideas  about  just  what  kind  of  a  car  she  wants, 
and  with  certain  color  schemes  and  accommodations  as  to  the 
latlv's  favorite  cars,  no  one  knows  more  definitely  than  does 
the  dealer  himself,  who.  now-a-days,  reckons  considerably  with 
the  lady  of  the  household. 

Husband  may  pay  for  the  car.  iii  course.  But,  after  all.  it 
is  wife  who  finally  makes  the  decision  just  what  car  to  buy. 


While  the  man  of  the  household  may  argue  about 
the  "kind  of  an  engine,"  a  car  has.  the  woman  by 
his  side  usually  inquires  more  about  the  looks,  the 
simplicity  of  handling  the  car,  and  a  thousand 
other  queries  to  actually  make  the  man  pause  and 
ponder. 

So  when  automobile  shows  are  at  hand,  so- 
ciety invariably  makes  itself  known  and  really 
stages  a  little  style  show  all  of  its  own  in  attend- 
ing the  annual  displays.  This,  too.  the  dealers 
know  full  well,  and  so,  this  year  it  is  safe  indeed 
to  predict  that  there  will  be  more  and  more  hand- 
some machines  appealing  to  the  girl  or  to  the 
matron  in  the  smart  set,  than  ever  in  all  the  great 
progress  of  the  industry. 

Society  will  he   there — at  the  show,   with  the 

handsomest  attire  of  the  season  adding  beauty, 

enthusiasm,  youth  and  charm — to  the  resplendent 

*.    array  of  machines  we  are  even  more  curious  now 

to  see,  to  praise  and  to  buy! 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

Santa  Maria,  California 

On   lb*  Cuil   H,ih»«T    Halfway    Balwaao   San    Frirciiw   and   I  ••    Aafalaa. 
Ad  Inn  of   Cnoaaal  Exeallaoca. 


fat  «r  iar*a  /• 


-vatfaaiM   an   r°w    *«at   "*P  aeml*. 


At  the  Aladdin  Studio 

Theatrical  night  at  the  Aladdin  Studio,  which 

is  every  Wednesday,  has  attracted  the  attention 
of  San  Francisco  society,  which  turns  out  in  great  numbers  to 
see  the  celebrities  of  the  stage.  Last  Wednesday  evening,  Belle 
Bennett,  famous  screen  star,  direct  from  her  triumph  in  "Stella 
Dallas,"  was  honor  guest.  Among  the  society  people  who  were 
present  were:  Tallant  Tubbs,  state  senator,  host  to  a  party  of 
friends,  including  Miss  [Catherine  Kuhn,  recent  queen  of  the 
Manli  (Iras;  Kenneth  C  Beaton  (K.C.B.),  famous  newspaper- 
man, Dave  I'heiinig  and  Dave  Murray  with  their  brides,  and 
Ernest  Morrison  of  the  Granada  Theater,  who  entertained  a 
party  of  friends. 

The  California  Spring  Blossom  and  Wild  Flower  Associa- 
tion is  planning  its  annual  exhibition  of  early  spring  blossoms 
in  the  new  Women's  City  Club  Building  on  Post  Street. 
Although  the  evenl  does  not  take  place  until  April  7  and  8, 
the  members  are  holding  sessions  preparatory  to  the  noteworthy 

affair.       Mice    EastW 1    and   her   club   executives   are  ably   at 

labor  on  the  schemes  which,  they  state,  will  excel  in  many  ways 
all  their  preceding  endeavor-. 

*  *      * 

Mis.  1-'..  I.  Butterfiel'd,  president  of  To  Kaloti.  held  several 
outstanding  meetings  this  months,  principal  among  them  being 
die    book    review    of    "Dear    I'.rutus"    by    Rev.    Walter   John 

Sherman. 

*  *      * 

Mr.  C.  Templeton  Crocker  was  elected  president  of  the  Cali- 
fornia 1  listorical  Society  at  their  formal  meeting  this  past  week. 
Mr.  Crocker  will  be  supported  by  a  board  of  officers  consisting 
of  Robert  I-'..  Cowan.  ('.  (>.<;.  Miller.  Sidney  M.  Ehrman,  vice- 
presidents,  and  T.  W.  Hubbard,  secretary-treasurer.  Directors 
include  Messrs.  Anson  S.  Blake,  Boutwell  Dunlap.  Charles  L. 
Camp,  Francis  1'.  Farquhar,  George  I'.  Lyman,  E.  J.  Molera, 
tail   1.  Wheat.  11   P.  B.  Soule,  D.  IT.  Troy  and  Helen  Troop. 


The  Perfect  Repartee 

"What  would  your  wife  say  if  she  knew  you  were  out 
with  me?" 

"Why  don't  you  ask  her?  She's  over  there  in  the  corner 
with  your  husband." — Brown  Jug. 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why? 

It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall.  Special  attrac- 
tions. Radioactive,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
ming pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
CORAN, Agua  Caliente,  Sonoma  County,  or  see  Peck-Judah. 


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Pleasure's  Ww 


OBEY    /VO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  75/77  Moore- 


Curran 

IT  wmld   be  a  dull  season   that  did 
not  bring   to   us  those   prime   fun- 
makers    Kolb  and    Dill,  and   iliis  year 
they    have   a 
r  o  1 1  i  ckin  g 

g 1   show. 

They  were 
given  a  n  13  al 
welconi  e  1  m 
their  open- 
i  n  g  night, 
and  there  is 
every  indica- 
tion that 
p  a  c  k  e  d 
houses    will 

Kntlierlne  Si-linnrlz  ])t>     the    rule 

during  their  engagement  here. 

As  usual.  Kolb  and  Dill  are  the 
whole  show,— and  the  large  audience 
mcked  with  glee  at  their  antics.  It  is 
good  Ui  see  Julia  Blanc  hack  with  the 
comedians  once  more.  She  always 
gives  a  splendid  characterization  of 
whatever  role  she  essays,  and  her  part 
in  this  show  just  suits  her.  May  Cloy 
as  the  moving  picture  queen  is  delight- 
ful :  she  wears  some  gorgeous  gowns, 
and  1  know  her  stunning  ermine  wrap 
was  the  envy  of  every  woman  present! 

George  Cunningham  is  certainly  a 
good  picker  of  girls.  The  chorus  is 
lovely, — Mich  pretty  girls,  and  how 
they  can  dance!  Whatever  you  do. 
go  and  see  Kolb  and  Dill  and  Julia 
Blanc,  assisted  by  the  beauty  chorus 
dance  the  Charleston!  It  is  great. 
Charles  Cunningham  does  some  clever 
<lancing  too. 

The  stars  have  gathered  'round  them 
a  splendid  cast  which  includes:  Doris 
Duncan,  prima  donna;  Jackson  Mur- 
ray. Fay  Tempest,  Clay  Hill,  Stanley 
Mack  and  Thomas  Hayes. 


S.  F.  Symphony 

The  sixth  popular  concert  given  at 
the  Curran  Theater  was  featured  by 
the  appearance  of  Leonid  Bolatine, 
assistant  concert  Meister,  as  soloist. 
He  is  one  of  the  newer  members  and 
comes  to  US  from  the  tutorship  of  the 
famous  pedagogue,  Leopold  Auer.  He 
played  the  Glazounow  A  Minor  Con- 
certo in  a  masterful  manner  and  dis- 
played splendid  technique. 

The  Charpentier  Suite,  Impressions 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

of  Italv.  was  a  most  enjoyable  closing 
number  and  a  novelty  at  these  con- 
certs. The  popular  Ivanow,  "In  the 
Village,"  in  which  the  English  horn 
and  viola  did  such  excellent  work,  was 
repeated  at  the  noisy  insistence  of  the 
audience.  The  (  »verture  to  Martha 
and  the  Sowerby  arrangement  of  the 
old  delightful  dance  tune.  "Money 
Musk"  completed  an  enjoyable  pro- 
gram. 


Loew's  Warfield 

Refilming  a  picture  that  has  been  a 
success  several  years  ago.  i-  much 
more  dangerous  than  transferring  a 
stage  play  to  the  screen.  So  says  Hen- 
ley, who  directed  "The  Auction  Block" 
the  Rex  Beach  story,  for  the  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer  interests. 

Charles  Kay  is  featured  in  this  new 
version  of  "The  Auction  Block"  sup- 
ported by  Eleanor  Boardman  with  a 
large  cast.  Charles  Ray  has  a  large 
Following  of  loyal  fans  who  will  be 
glad  to  see  "the  small  town  boy  who 
made  the  big  town  famous,"  come  back 
once  more  to  the  screen. 


St.  Francis 

"The  Skyrocket"  is  a  most  admir- 
able vehicle  for  Peggy  Hopkins  Joyce 
which  is  now  playing  at  this  theater. 
It  is  one  succession  of  gorgeous  gowns 
and  luxurious  settings,  and  has  a  very 
good  story.  Miss  Joyce  runs  the  ga- 
mut of  emotions  in  this  picture.  She 
is  a  beautiful  creature  and  acts  with 
realism.  Owen  Moore  and  Earl  Wil- 
liams are  the  supporting  players  and 
Gladys  Hulett  does  good  work  in  the 
role  of  Lucia. 


Cameo 

The  feature  at  the  Cameo  for  the 
coming  week  is  "Camille  of  the  Bar- 
bary  Coast"  with  Mae  Busch  and 
Owen  Moore  in  the  leading  roles  with 
a  large  company  of  talented  players. 


Alcazar 

Well  1  Dale  Winter  and  her  bobbed 
hair  bandits  have  simply  captured  the 
town  !  What  a  wow  of  a  show  "Terry" 
lias  given  us  in  "Little  Jessie  James"! 
From  start  to  finish  it  is  a  line  produc- 
tion. There  is  a  peppy  chorus  and  be- 
lieve me,  they  can  dance!  Dale  Win- 
ter is  a  winsome,  captivating  little  ban- 


dit, and  as  "Jessie  James"   from  <  )ska- 
loosa   she   won   everybody's  heart. 

Betty  Laurence  has  a  delightful  role 
and  her  exit  at  the  end  of  the  first  act 
i-  a  world  beater.  Lorraine  Sands  Mul- 
lin  is  in  splendid  voice  and  does  some 
very  nice  work.  Dorothv  Le  Mar  and 
Florence  Roberts  are  pleasing  in  their 
respective  roles,  and  oh!  the  gorgeous 
gowns  they  do  wear  in  this  show! 

When  I  read  on  the  program  that 
\\  illiam  Davidson  was  going  t..  sing  a 
song.  I  couldn't  imagine  him  doing  it. 
but  when  he  sang  "The  Blue  Bird"  he 
was  simply  great.  Roy  Purviancc  has 
a  tenor  voice  of  very  pleasing  quality 
and  is  excellent,  playing  opposite  to 
Miss  Winter.  Phil  Tead  the  juvenile 
is  splendid  in  the  role  of  Tommy  and 
gets  many  laughs  for  his  comedy.  Wil- 
liam   Macauly    has    a    g 1    part,    and 

makes  the  most  of  it. 

Harry  MacFayden  the  director.  Kav 
mond    Midgley   who  staged  the  dances 
and    Harry  James  and   his  splendid   or- 
chestra are  to   be   congratulated   upon 
the  result  of  their  efforts. 


California 

"The  Masked  Bride."  Mae  Murray's 
picture  of  Paris  life,  opens  at  the  Cali- 
fornia today.  Miss  Murray  plays  the 
part  of  a  Paris  dancer,  idol  of  the  cafes. 
who  becomes  enmeshed  in  an  Apache 
plot  that  endangers  the  life  of  the  man 
she  loves.  Francis  X.  Bushman,  R03 
D'Arcy,  Basil  Rathbone  ami  others  are 
in  the  cast.  Max  Dolin  will  play  se- 
lections from  "The  Merry  Widow"  and 
as  his  violin  solo  "Villa." 


Granada 

Adolphe  Menjou  in  "The  Grand 
Duchess"  comes  to  the  Granada  this 
week.  The  leading  role  i-  portrayed 
by  Florence  Vidor.  It  is  a  light  com- 
edy ami  should  make  splendid  enter- 
tainment. 

"Five  Rooms  ami  a  Bath"  is  the  title 
of  the  stage  production.  Verne  Buck 
and  his  men  will  be  on  hand  with  a 
new  program  of  songs  and  music. 


Imperial 

Rudolph  Valentino  in  "The  Eagle," 
his  first  production  since  his  associa- 
tion with  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Mary 
1'ickford  and  Charlie  Chaplin,  is  the 
new  feature  at  this  theater.  This  play 
is    a    decided    departure    for    Valentino. 


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Amusements 

NEXT  WEEK 


ALEXANDRIA                \                   p}Ctures 
ficnry  and  ISth                  \ 

ALCAZAR                      }  "Little    Jessie   James" 
O'Farrell  nr.  Powell    (    Henry   Duffy   Players 

CALIFORNIA                  /      „_...      .,       ,_,_..„ 
4«h  and  Market             \     "The  Masked  Bride" 

CAMEO                           |     "Camille  of  the  Bar- 
»:t«  Market  St.              f            bery  Coast" 

CAPITOL                        1       "Treasures  of  the 
Ellis  nr.  Market             i"                Vatican" 

CASINO                                 1 

Mason  and  Ellis            j                 Pictures 

CASTRO                             J 

•129  Castro  St.                 f                 Pictures 

curran                       (          Kolb  &  Dill  in 
Geary  nr.  Mason              <        "A    Pair   0'    Fools" 

Egyptian                   f                Pictures 

GOLDEN  gate            (              Vaudeville 
G.  G.  Ave.  <&  Taylor        ( 

GRANADA                           I    „The    Grand    Duchess" 
IIMin  Market  St.                ( 

haight                       I                pictures 
lliiiKht  nt  Cole                 ( 

IMPERIAL                     (    Rudolph  Valentino  in 
1077  Market  St.              f             "The  Eagle" 

LOEWS  WARFIELD               1    .._.           . 

,.__  „     ,                          l  "The    Auction    Block 
1188  Market  St.                  i 

MAJESTIC                           1 

Mission  between              ;                   Pictures 

20tl>nnd21st                       J 

METROPOLITAN                       ( 

20.15  Union  si.               (                Pictures 

NEW    FILLMORE          j 

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Pictures 

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ORPHEUM                              I                    W,„,.«„|||« 

O'Farrell  *  Powell       (               Vaudeville 

PANTAGES                            (                    ..         .„... 

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Mnrket  at  Mason             J 

1'OMPEH                                       Pictures 
Next  1o  Granada             \ 

PORTOLA                          1                     _.   , 
771.  Market  St.               |                  Pictures 

president                 1     Florence   Roberts  in 
Market  A  McAllister    \      "Dancing   Mothers" 

ROYAL                            ( 

ISM  Polk  St.                   (                 Pictures 

ST.  francis                '.  Peggy    Hopkins   Joyce 
085  Market  St.                *        "The  Skyrocket" 

SITTER                                1 

Sutter  and  Stelner          \                     Pictures 

UNION  SQUARE          1             Pictures  and 
n-Farrell  ar. Powell     \               Vaudeville 

wilkes                         1       "The  Big  Parade" 

Geary  and  Mason             f 

WIGWAM                            1 

Mission  and  22d             (                 Pictures 

They  say  he  never  looked  handsomer, 
and  that  the  play  is  full  of  action.  Yil- 
ma  Banky  plays  opposite  the  star. 
There  is  a  strong  supporting-  cast. 

President  

"Dancing  Mothers"  the  four  act 
comedy  sensation  which,  through  the 
foresight  of  Henry  Duffy,  San  Fran- 
cisco is  privileged  to  see  simultan- 
eously with  Chicago  and  London, 
starts  on  the  second  big  week  of  its 
engagement. 

Duffy  has  given  us  a  most  elaborate 
production.  There  are  twenty  speak- 
ing characters  in  the  cast,  and  three 
changes  of  scenery  in  the  four  acts. 
Interest  centers  in  four  central  charac- 
ters, each  assumed  by  a  player  of 
proven  ability. 

Florence  Roberts,  well  known  and 
beloved  by  the  older  theater-goers  of 
this  city,  Leneta  Lane,  vivacious,  mag- 
netic and  charming  actress,  Frederik 
Vogeding,  clever  actor,  and  recently 
leading  man  with  Doris  eKane  and 
Lenore  Ulric,  ami  Kenneth  Daigneau, 
young  and  brilliant  player,  have  the 
principal  roles. 

The  scenic  features  are  most  elabor- 
ate and  the  roof  club  of  the  second  act 
is  lavishly  presented.  Every  member 
of  the  supporting  company  has  been 
well  selected.  The  large  cast  include-- 
Helen  Gilmore,  fohn  Junior,  Francis 
Fraunie,  Olive  Cooper,  Earl  Lee.  Rich- 
ard Ehlers,  Eloise  Keeler,  Maylian 
Mercereau,  Marie  Sorrille,  Richenda 
Stevie,  John  Mackenzie,  Norvell 
Thompson,  Gait  Bell  and  Frank  Alex- 
ander. 


CONCUR  I ■> 
Ctlrrnn  Thcnlrr — Minilil?    ittHlHI  -:4."..  S:in 

Pranelaco  Symphom    Oreaeatra. 


Golden  Gate 

Four  headline  attractions  are  the  of- 
fering at  tilt—  popular  theater  the  com- 
ing week.     "Danceland,"  a  beautifully 

Staged     SOng     and    dance    act,    -tarring 

Muriel    Kaye,    supported    by    Mildred 
Burns  and  a  host  of  others  is  one. 

Florrie    Le    \  ere.    assisted    by    the 
popular    -"ug    composer,    Lou    Hand- 
man,  offer  "Celebrities"  a   pot   pourri 
mg  and  dame  in  which  -he  imper- 
sonates many  -tar-  of  the  musical  suc- 

The  Four  Diamond-  also  have  a 
clever  song  and  dance  number,  sure  to 
be  one  of  the  big  hits  of  the  bill  :  Bert 
Yorke  and  Ed  Lord,  hokum  comedy 
artists,  will  offer  "Gentlemen  Never- 
theless"; Edwin  George,  well  known 
ler,  returns  with  his  popular  nov- 
elty "A  Corned)  of  Errors"  and  the 
Kiewnings  are  serial  stars  who  special- 
ize in  thrills. 

The  screen  offering  is  "The  Circle" 
an  adaptation  of  the  Broadway  stage 
success  of  the  same  name.  Eleanor 
Boardman  i-  -tarred  with  a  large  sup- 
porting cast.  Short  films  and  music 
featured  by  Grace  Rollins  Hunt,  or- 
ganist and*  Claude  Sweeten  and  his 
splendid  orchestra  complete  the  bill. 


Orpheum 

Miss  Nora  Bayes  has  been  persuaded 
to  remain  over  for  the  third  and  posi- 
tively    final     week     at     the     Orpheum 

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January  30,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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IE  writer  offers  a  few  illustrated  hints 
on  salesmanship,  how  to  improve  your 
business  capacity  whilst  playing  a  round  of 
golf  with  a  prospective  buyer. 
Foreword 
Si  range  to  say,  the  ancient  game  of  golf 
finds  its  prototype  in  many  ways  in  the  va- 
rious angles  of  the  selling  game.  Starting  at 
the  first  "tee"  your  hopes  are  elevated  upon  the  tee  of  pros- 
pect and  uncertainty.  You  have  a  clear  "fairway"  before 
you,  studied  with  "hazards"  of  all  kinds.  "Bunkers,"  "sand 
traps."  "lakes."  and  "rough"  all  exemplified  by  the  varioed  tem- 
peraments of  the  buyers.  Like  in  golf  the  objectives  are  the 
same,  namely,  the  final  "holing  out"  in  a  few  strokes 
as  possible.  Likewise,  the  success  of  selling  lies  in  how 
straight  and  true  you  can  perform  your  task  and  as  a  finality 
carry  away  the  trophies  in  the  form  of  substantial  com- 
mission checks. 

The  Approach 
In  approaching  a  business  prospect  with  the  object  of 
getting  more  of  the  long  "green"  should  you  find  yourself 
"stymied"  by  ai  competitor  make  a  "dog-leg  play"  around 
another  aisle  and  wait  until  he  has  had  his  "second  shot." 
After  he  "picks  up."  approach  cautiously.  Don't  look  for 
"distance."  as  this  is  a  deceptive  hole  and  requires  several 
delicate  "strokes"  of  policy.  In  this  play  do  not  keep  your 
head  down.  (The  buyer  may  not  be  able  to  recognize  you). 
Don't  "putter"  around,  ['lav  straight  for  the  "hole"  and 
see  that  every  "shot"  counts.  If  you  find  yourself  in  the 
"rough"  don't  take  NO  for  an  answer,  liive  him  a  good 
argument  and  you  will  find  yourself  in  a  "fairway"  to  an 
•  irder. 

Teeing  Off 
In  approaching  a  lady  buyer  put  your  weight  flatly  upon 
both  feet.  Bring  your  right  arm  out  straight,  bend  your 
elbow,  inclining  your  hand  toward  your  hat.  Remove  same 
gracefully  and  in  making  the  "downward  stroke"  bring  your 
hand  holding  hat  to  a  position  at  your  right  side,  shoulders 
erect,  facing  the  buyer.  Relax  your  face  with  a  tendency 
to  smile  and  you  are  liable  to  overcome  the  "bogey"  that 
she  is  a  tough  customer. 

Timing 
In    quest   of   business,    it    is   a   good    thing   to   "time    your 

stroke."     (let  to  the  first  "tee"  g 1   and  early  before  "the 

course  is  congested."  as  the  early  hours  are  more  likelv 
to  find  your  buyer  able  to  concentrate  on  your  proposition, 
which  is  all  important  in  the  selling  game.  The  early  bird 
catches  the  worm  and  the  earlv  player  finds  the  most  "lost 
balls." 

Out  of  the  Sand  Trap 
If  you  have  the  proper  sand  in  your  makeup,  you  do  not 
have    to    trap   your   prospect   by   untruth.      Play   the   game 
straight  and  pin  your  buyer  down  to  real  facts  and  you  will 
have  results  "par"  excellence. 

The  Drive 
If  the  buyer  is  a  large  user  of  merchandise,  it  is  often  ad- 
visable to  have  a  "good  drive"  handy  to  show  him. 

Stance 

In  taking  your  "stance"  before  a  prospective  customer, 
try  to  be  natural.  Don't  drop  your  left  knee.  It  is  a  bad 
"stroke"  of  policy  to  be  ungraceful. 

Pivot 

In  taking  leave,  "pivot"  on  your  right  foot  with  a  slight 
turn  at  the  waist  line.    Bring  your  left  foot  in  same  position 


as  your  right,  facing  the  door,  which  will  give  you  perfect 
"direction"  in  making  exit.  Don't  say  aloud  what  you  think. 
It  may  disturb  the  next  player.  Learn  to  lose  a  hole  with 
good  grace. 

Make  Every  Stroke  Count 

In  waiting  on  your  customer,  play  out  every  hole.  Make 
every  stroke  of  the  pencil  count. 

If  he  is  a  number  taker,  pick  up  the  ball  and  "concede 
the  hole"  to  him  and  declare  it  no  contest.  (  Itherwise  you 
will  only  "top"  the  transaction  with  disappointment.  Good 
players  in  the  game  of  business  rarely  mention  their  score. 
As  in  golf,  their  reputation  usually  precedes  them. 
Slicing,  Hooking  and  Pressing 

If  you  should  get  a  good  slice  of  a  buyer's  business,  don't 
be  avaricious.     "Don't   press"   too  much,  for  you  may  get 
the  "hook"  and  find  yourself  eliminated  from  the  game. 
Chip  Shot 

It  frequently  happens  in  making  a  succession  of  perfect 
shots,  you  at  last  reach  the  "green"  only  to  find  yourself 
"stymied"  by  a  ball  called  confirmation.  This  is  often  over- 
come in  golf  by  making  a  "ship  shot"  over  the  ball  and 
into  the  hole.     In  the  business  game  this  is  not  advisable,  as 

it  is  i r  business  to  go  over  the  head  of  the  huye\     Take 

your  medicine  and  in  future  avoid  those  kind  of  trans- 
actions. 

Replace  Turf 

The  expression  "replace  turf"  suggests  to  the  traveller  to 

leave  things  as  he  finds  them.     In  other  words  "don't  write 

telephone  numbers  on  the  wall  and  don't  tabulate  your  sales 

on  the  sample  table."     It  might  discourage  your  competitors. 

Handicap 

Don't  "handicap"  yourself  and  the  buyer  with  too  much 
irrelevant  conversation.  Play  straight  for  the  pin,  other- 
wise, it  has  a  tendency  to  congest  the  business  course  and 
is  unfair  to  faster  players. 

Hole  in  One 

If  your  competitor  makes  a  "hole  in  one"  applaud  him. 
Show  that  you  do  not  think  you  have  a  monopoly  on  the 
world's  brains. 

Silence 

Don't     continually     shout     "fore"     without     provocation. 
Everyone  is  entitled  to  his  place  in  the  sun  and  because  you 
are  a  better  player  in  the  business  world  is  no  reason  why 
everyone  should  let  you  go  through. 
The  Caddie 

Don't  carry  your  own  clubs.  Engage  a  caddie.  It  is  a 
cheap  investment.  Nothing  belittles  a  man  more  in  the 
eyes  of  a  customer  than  l>>  approach  him  laden  down  like 
a  truck  horse.  Reserve  your  brain  and  energy  for  the  finer 
points  of  the  game. 

Don't  misquote  your  score.     It  is  no  disgrace  to  be  turned 

down  by  a  buyer. 


An  unusual  series  of  lecture-recitals  will  begin  on  Mon- 
day afternoon,  February  1st.  when  Edgcumb  Pinch'on,  the 
celebrated  English  essayist,  critic  and  lecturer,  will  deliver 
the  first  i  if  his  group  of  lectures,  entitled  "The  Son-  of 
the  Body,"  a  critic  on  the  dance.  Mr.  1'inchon  will  be  as- 
sisted by  Elise  Dufour  of  the  Dufour  School  of  Rhythm  of 
New  York  and  London  and  by  her  artist  pupil,  Lugenja 
Liczbinska.  Polish  danseuse. 

These  lectures  will  be  held  every  Monday  in  February  at 
3:45  in  the  studio.  317  Shreve  Building  and  are  under  the 
management  of  Lulu  J.  Blumberg. 


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inance 


IT  IS  with  great  regret  that  we  note  the  death  of  Tom  C. 
Grant  former  manager  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Department 
of  the  North  British  and  Mercantile.  He  was  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  the  insurance  business  on  the  coast,  entering 
business  in  San  Francisco  sixty  years  ago,  1  le  was  85  years 
old,  a  native  of  Charleston,  Ma-s. 

*  * 

— Tlie  number  of  tires  in  cotton  lias  led  to  the  rule  in 
Arizona  that  smokers  engaged  in  picking  get  safety  matches. 
The  attempt  to  prevenl  cigarette  smoking  by  pickers  was 
rendered  futile  by  tin-  objections  of  the  Mexicans,  who 
would  not  pick  without  their  tobacco,  ami  Mexican  labor 
i-  essential  in  the  Arizona  cotton  industry. 

*  * 

— The  California  Supreme  Court  has  ruled  that  a  work- 
man meeting  death  in  an  automobile  accident,  while  travel- 
ling at  a  higher  rate  of  speed  than  tile  law  allows  is  guilty 
of  will  fid  negligence  anil  his  dependents  are  not  entitled 
to  indemnity  under  the  compensation  law. 

■:=      * 

— (  in-  of  the  most  amazing  happenings  of  late  is  the  fact 
that  the  regents  of  the  University  of  L'tah  have  asked  per- 
mission to  take  out  an  insurance  policy  on  the  institution 
for  $200,000  against  explosion  damage,  threats  having  been 
made  by  radicals  to  destroy  the  buildings. 

*  * 

— "No  property  of  the  State  of  California  can  be  insured 
against  the  risk  of  damage  or  destruction  by  lire  except  the 
state  printing  office."  says  John  II.  Kiordan,  deputy  attor- 
ney-general, in  an  opinion  to  the  Stale  Board  of  Control, 
Presumably,  he  is  correct,  and  it  makes  a  pretty  commen- 
tary upon  the  commonsense  of  some  of  the  legislation  under 
which  we  stagger. 

*  * 

— The  value  of  gold,  silver,  copper,  lead  and  zinc  produced 
in  California  in  1925,  according  to  the  estimate  of  |.  M. 
Hill,   of   the    Bureau    of    Mines.    Department    of   Commerce, 

as  $22,893,500  a  decrease  <  >\  S44.1 .37.  compared  with  the 
value  of  metals  produced  in  1924.  There  was  a  decrease  in 
the  production  of  gold,  silver  and  copper  and  considerable 
increase  in  the  output  of  lead  and  zinc. 

*  * 

■ — Extension  of  the  automatic  train-control  system  C  be- 
ing made  by  the  Southern  Pacific  on  the  line  from  Tracy 
to  Fresno.  It  has  been  inspected  and  approved  by  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission.  It  is  impossible  for  an 
engine-man  to  run  past  a  signal  unless  he  makes  indication 
that  he  has  observed  the  signal  by  adjusting  the  mechanism 

of  the  stop  de\  ice  in  the  cab. 

*  *      * 

—The  United  States  Circuit  Court  of  Vppeals  for  the 
Fifth  District  has  held  that,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
a  clause  in  a  policy  provides  that  after  one  war  the  policy 
will  he  incontestable,  still  the  company  ha-  the  right  to  con- 
test a  double  indemnity  clause. 

*  *      * 

— Wholesale   charges   of   murder   of   Osage    Indians    by 

white  men  for  the  sake  of  insurance  money  are  being  probe.]. 
Several  Indians  worth  from  two  to  five  million-;  apiece  have 
been  found  in  the  (  Isage  hills  with  a  bullet  or  knife  wound, 
a-  the  sole  mean-  of  death.  Insurance  people  are  pointing 
to  these  murders,  a-  -bowing  the  danger  of  granting  policies 
to  people  with  onl)  a  financial  interest  in  the  insured. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY   I0TH,   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

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Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

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FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 

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January  30.  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


31 


THE  BRAVE  and  THE  FAIR 


By  Josephine  Wilson 


[NOTE:    This  department  will  publish,  each  week,  the  most  distinctive  events  in  men's  and 
women's  organizations. 


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,I(1SI!P"ive 
WILSON 

were    typical 


PROMINENT  MEN  AND  THEIR  BIG  EVENTS 

R.  P.  A.  YOUNG  was  unanimously  re- 
elected to  the  presidency  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Hotel  Association  at  the  delightful 
dinner  dance  given  last  Thursday  night, 
when  the  new  roof  garden  and  lounge  room 
of  the  Gift  I  Intel  was  formally  opened. 

Mr.  Young  officially  opened  the  auspicious 
event  and  presided  as  toastmaster  of  the  oc- 
casion.  His  brilliant  remarks,  his  well 
chosen  theme  and  the  manner  of  his  address 
if  the  executive  whose  efficient  work  has 
again  placed  him  at  the  head  of  this  group  of  prominent 
Califo  nia  hotel  men.  Hundreds  of  hotel  people  from  all 
parts  of  the  siate  with  their  families  and  Special  guests  filled 
to  capacity  the  handsome  new  rooms  of  the  Gift  and  the 
ballroom  had  to  be  pressed  into  service  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  guests. 

In  his  apartment  at  the  Hotel  Turpin.  yesterday.  Mr.  Young 
stated  that  the  hotels  of  California  were  anticipating  in- 
creased business  for  there  was  every  indication  of  much 
travel  during  the  present  year.  "Plie  president  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Hotel  Association  was  accorded  a  hearty  ovation  by 
his  constituents  at  the  close  of  bis  address  and  placed  in 
tb"  executive  position  with  a  splendid  corps  of  officers.  They 
include:  George  1).  Smith,  first  vice-president;  II.  \Y.  Lake, 
secmd  vice-president;  Albert  Loeb,  secretary;  \Y.  E.  Smith, 
treasurer.  The  executive  committee  comprises  Messrs. 
Henry  Barker,  lb  Dickinson,  Crank  N.  Harper,  Kirk  Harris, 
George  W.  Hooper,  W.  C.  Jurgens,  J.  \Y.  FJannery,  J.  L. 
Flanagan,  |.  Levingston,  Albert  1.  Loeb,  George  I).  Smith, 
W.  I'-.  Smith,  John  F.  Shea.  I'.  A.  Young,  John  Zeeman,  Carl 
Stanley,  Charles  Hamilton  ami  II.  W.  Lake.  Mrs.  Emily 
Li  mg  is  on  this  committee. 


Dr.  Fletcher  Harper  Swift,  of  the  college  of  education. 
University  of  California,  received  the  announcement  this 
past  week  of  bis  appointment  as  the  California  member  ol 
the  western  regional  committee  of  the  Carnegie  Corpora- 
tion  for  the  Selection  of  fellows  and  Scholars  in  Arts. 

This  is  the  second  highest  honor  ever  conferred  upon  a 
University  of  California  professor,  according  to  those  who 
keep  such  information  under  close  surveillance.  Ten  West- 
ern states  are  represented  on  the  Carnegie  commitee;  these 
include  California,  Colorado,  Utah,  Oregon,  Montana.  Ne- 
vada,  Arizona,   New    Mexico.   Idaho  and   Washington. 

"Dr.  Swift  has  been  a  member  of  the  i  alifornia  faculty 
for  several  years,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  outstanding 

figures  in  the  field  of  education  in  the  West."  states  a  promi- 
nent contemporary. 

*     *     * 

The  California  idee  Club  is  planning  to  tour  Europe  dur- 
ing   the   summer   vacation   period,   according    to   announce- 
ments made  bv  the  director,  who  adds  thai  the  repertoire 
Cdce   Club   is   to   be   re-varnished   and   placed   in   a   shining 
Condition    for   the   tour.      It    is    -aid    that    there    will    be    many 
classical  and  semi-classical  selections  on  their  pi.     • 
grains.       I'hev  certainly   should   please,   for  their  voices  and 
their  manner  of  presentation  are  ringing  SUCC<  • 
ntlnned  i>n  Page  K) 


WOMEN  AND  THEIR  ACTIVITIES 
Sunshine  Society 

MRS.  FRFD  BENNETT,  the  first  president  and  founder 
of  the  Golden  ('.ate  Branch  of  the  National  Sunshine 
Society,  was  the  honor  guest  at  a  most  delightful  reception 
given  on  Monday  afternoon  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Maude  V. 
Anderson,  on  Nineteenth  Avenue,  when  a  large  number  of 
her  friends  called  to  pay  tribute  to  the  beloved  past-presi- 
dent. 

Mis.  Vallejo,  president,  of  the  Sunshine  Society,  headed 
the  receiving  line  at  the  handsome  affair  with  a  group  of 
active  members  and  chairmen  of  the  philanthropic  under- 
takings, assisting  her.  The  lovely  home  of  Mrs.  Anderson 
was  beautifully  decorated  in  honor  of  the  gracious  founder 
and  former  president. 

*  *      * 

The  Bertola  Assembly  of  California  will  give  a  reception 
and  luncheon  honoring  the  club  editors  of  the  San  Francisco 
daily  papers  on  February  11.  at  the  noon  hour,  in  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel.  Mrs.  E.  R.  (  I'Donnell,  president  of  the  Assembly 
and  Mrs.  William  II.  Urmy,  secretary,  are  in  charge  of  the 
event,  and  the  entire  plan  being  one  method  for  expressing 
their  appreciation  t<  .  the  talented  women  of  the  local   press. 

*  *      * 

Channing  Auxiliary  will  hold  its  Founders'  Day  on  Feb- 
ruary first,  with  Mrs.  I;.  R.  Keith  the  hostess  and  Mrs. 
A.  L.  Hart  presiding  at  the  tea.  Greetings  from  past-presi- 
dents   will    be   offered    and    early    reminiscences   of    the   early 

sixties  be  given  bv  Rev.  Charles  W.  Wendte,  founder  of 
the  auxiliary.  Mrs.  barker  S.  Maddux  will  precede  the 
bounders'  Day  tea  with  her  lecture  on  current  events. 

*  *     * 

Members'  Day  was  auspiciously  observed  on  Monday  at 
the  St.  Francis  Hotel  by  members  of  the  Soroptiinist  Club, 
with  talks  and  music  given  over  entirely  to  the  members 
whose  birthdays  occur  in  the  month  of  January. 

*  *     * 

Kappa  Alpha  Thct.i,  a  national  women's  college  sorority 
held  it-  Founders'  Day  luncheon  last  Saturday  at  the  Gift 
Hotel.  Mrs.  Hiram  T.  Hall  directing  the  program,  an  in- 
teresting feature  being  the  Theta  dance  presented  by  Miss 
Mary  Silva  Wiles  of  Beta  chapter. 

*  *    * 

Mis.  Hamilton  Riggins,  chairman  of  the  department  of 
civics.  California  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  is  further- 
ing the  present  movement  among  the  women  t •  >  enforce  all 
driver-  of  automobiles  to  carry  insurance. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  Mariana  Bertola,  president  of  the  California  Federa- 
tion of  Women's  Clubs,  was  royally  received  in  Washing- 
ton. D.  C,  according  to  constituents  returning  from  the 
capital.  Dr.  Bertola  went  to  Washington  to  attend  the 
meeting  of  the  General  Federation. 

*  *     * 

The  Sierra  Club  held  an  interesting  meeting  on  Tuesday 
when  Dr.  Saxton  T.  Pope  was  the  speaker,  on  the  subject  of 
"Hunting  Big  Game  in  Africa."  Dr.  E.  C.  Parks  presided 
and   many    prominent    women   were   among  the   inter 

listeners. 

minueil  on  Pas. 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  30,  1926 


Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Automobiles 


N(  )W  that  the  Auto  Show  is  with  us  again  and,  according 
tu  indications,  will  roll  to  a  new  victory  with  several 
score  motors  furnishing  the  power,  a  few  words  on  the 
subject,  from  an  unbiased  spectator  would  not,  perhaps,  be 
amiss,  ^\"c irtls  are  cheap,  and  automobiles  are  not.  Some- 
times a  fellow  may  sell  the  former  when  he  couldn't  begin 
to  turn  over  the  latter — this  is  one  of  those  instances. 

The  present  show  has  some  really  remarkable  features 
other  than  the  good-looking  and  often  magnificent  cars  on 
display.  There  is  Paul  Whiteman  and  his  orchestra.  His 
polite  jazz  should  make  the  most  parsimonious  motorist 
forget  the  price  of  rubber  quite  as  much  as  Mr.  Whiteman 
can  afford  to. 

There  is  always  a  certain  glamour  attached  to  a  showing 
of  the  latest  motor  cars  that  submerges  the  mechanical  as- 
pect of  the  exhibition  in  a  maze  of  day  dreams,  on  the  part 
of  visitors.  A  new  automobile,  like  a  spry  young  colt,  ra- 
diates a  gingery  feeling  that  makes  a  veteran  driver  long 
for  the  open  road  and  the  surge  of  power  of  a  clean,  vibrant 
— but  not  vigrating — motor.  The  lustre  of  the  sparkling, 
brand-new  bodies  reflects  the  American  love  of  beauty — and 
reacts  quite  forcibly  on  the  more  susceptible  man's  wallet 
— largely  through  his  wife's  reflex  action  as  a  particularly 
attractive  creation  is  about  to  be  passed  by. 

A  current  opinion  expressed  by  the  majority  of  people 
who  know  anything  at  all  about  motor  cars,  is  that  all  au- 
tomobiles must  be  pretty  good  nowadays  or  they  wouldn't 
sur\  ive  from  year  to  year — in  the  face  of  healthy  and  ag- 
gressive competition.  This  is  undoubtedly  true.  A  certain 
personal  element  must  enter  into  the  ability  of  a  horseless 
carriage  to  stand  up  to  the  promises  its  makers  extend  to 
their  patrons.  No  machine,  however  expensive,  will  stand 
continued  abuse  without  protest,  and  careful  adherence  to 
the  rules  of  the  game  laid  down  in  instruction  books  for 
drivers,  must  be  insured  before  the  best  of  the  best  of  all 
classes  can  survive  throughout  the  months  of  this  year  and 
next. 

At  all  auto  allows  you  will  encounter  the  knocker,  who 
goes  out  of  his  way  to  put  in  a  bad  word  or  two  for  certain 
makes  of  cars,  lie  i--  usually  a  person  who  has  never  owned 
an  automobile,  or  one  who  never  buys  a  new  car  and  prides 
himself  on  what  is.  in  truth,  an  exceedingly  elementary  knowl- 
edge of  mechanics,  or  someone  who  has  never  taken  the 
trouble  of  even  looking  under  the  driver's  -.cat  to  see  what 
i>  there.  A  human  hammer-man  is  just  as  bad  as  a  knock 
in  an  engine,  only  he  can't  be  eliminated  even  when  found. 
The  least  a  fellow  can  do,  on  meeting  one  of  these  critters. 
is  to  introduce  him  to  an  owner  of  a  car  for  which  he  seems 
to  have  an  unusual  antipathy.  Nature  will  then  take  its 
course. 

Little  time  seems  to  elapse  between  one  auto  show  and 
the  next.  Perhaps  this  is  true  because  we  are  living  in 
such  a  mad-cap  age.  The  smell  of  gasoline,  like  the  ozone 
of  the  high  Sierras,  is  about  as  harmless  a  mean.-,  of  becom- 
ing intoxicated  as  we  are  now  afforded.  Motorized  trans- 
portation has  brought  a  new  meaning  to  life  in  the  west 
and  the  lure  of  the  open  mad  lies  but  a  little  way  ahead  in 
vacation  land.  The  writer  assures  the  reader  that  he  would 
much  rather  have  it  "Mr.  Blabbitt  in  an  automobile"  than 
ditto  "<  in  automobiles." 


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helping  to  make  Pacific 
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January  30,  1926 


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SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


January  30.  1926 


FOOTBALL 

FACTS  AND    FICTION 

By  Dick  Smith 


WHEN'  the  San  Francisco  Tigers  trooped  on  the  field 
at  Kezar  stadium  last  Sunday  it  did  not  take  long  For 
them  to  get  the  range  of  Harold  E.  Grange  and  his  imme- 
diate associates.  In  the  Chicago  vernacular,  the  local  boys 
knocked  the  visitors  for  a  loop.  All  ibis  is  rather  dull  his- 
tory, coming  as  an  anti-climax  to  the  glorious  amateur 
American  football  season  that  we  have  conie  to  prize  so 
highly  in  the  West. 

There  was  a  certain  atmosphere  about  the  professional  game 
of  the  Tigers  and  Bears  that  rather  put  the  damper  on  any 
excitement  a  spectator  might  have  worked  up  on  his  way  out 
to  the  field.  A  few  petty  unsportsmanlike  acts  perpetrated 
by  one  member  in  particular,  of  the  Bears,  cinched  the  dis- 
favor of  a  large  number  of  spectators  on  the  already  foot- 
ball wearv  and.  we  suspect,  disgruntle  1  boys  from  back  East. 
Hard  riding  by  the  westerners  made  the  old  saddle  rub  until 
all  the  bruins  were  rather  out  of  sorts  by  the  time  the  gun 
popped,  ending  San  Francisci  -  first  professional  classic — 
or  primer — as  you  will. 

Grange  evidently  possesses  none  of  that  invaluable  quality 
called,  "showman's  instinct."  While  we  realize  that  the  -tram 
of  appearing  in  a  dozen  or  so  professional  games  on  top  of  a 
strenuous  college  season  must  tell  on  him  to  a  marked  degree. 
he  should,  like  a  true  actor,  school  himself  to  give  the  specta- 
tors their  money's  worth.  Probably  he  would  have,  had  it 
not  been  for  the  whale  of  a  game  put  up  by  "Buck"  Bailey 
and  his  seven-day  wonders.  <  irange,  when  fresh,  must  cer- 
tainly be  a  wonderful  player;  hut  when  tired,  he  seems  to 
lose  that  spark  of  something  that  has  kept  him  on  the  All- 
American  roll  of  honor  for  three  straight  years. 

The  lion's  share  of  the  Tigers'  glory  must  go  to  Wilson, 
Bradshaw  and  "Buck"  Bailey.  They  made  their  breaks  and 
beat  in  a  game  which  they  entered  as  under-dogs.  None  ol 
their  sparkling  play  would  have  been  possible  bad  it  not  been 
for  the  Tigers'  splendid  line,  of  which  Bailey  was  a  prime  fac- 
tor— mainly  because  he  did  not  have  to  keep  bis  eye  on  back- 
ing up  weak  positions  in  his  wall  of  football  brawn.  More 
power  to  the  men  on  the  Tiger  team,  although  we  feel  sort  of 
downcast  that  such  a  crew  of  football  men  should  be  barred, 
for  all  time,  from  the  amateur  game.  Money  talks  ami.  in 
these  davs,  talks  loud  but.  after  all.  no  greenback  or  bag  of 
shekels  can  make  as  loud  a  noise  as  a  western  crowd  at  an 
amateur  football  game — rooting  for  its  heroes. 

Perhaps  last  Sunday's  game  will  teach  ibis  year's  sweet 
boy  graduates  something  of  what  they  may  expect  if  they 
give  up  business  and  good  berths  on  amateur  teams  for  a 
bit  of  tinsel  and  a  dash  of  fleeting  glory. 


^Novelty 

Quaint  customs  of  other  lands  and  other 
peoples  —  queer  head  dresses  of  tribes 
who  wear  little  else — strange  and  enter- 
taining pictures  gathered  from  all  parts 
of  the  earth  are  shown  every  Sunday  in 
The  Chronicle  Rotagravure. 

Make  it  a  point  to  see  this  delightful 
pictorial  section  every  week.  Have  The 
Sunday  Chronicle  delivered  to  your 
home. 


Opening  of  Samarkand 

Friday  of  last  week,  the  22nd.  the  beautiful  Samarkand 
Hotel  at  Santa  Barbara,  opened  it^  doors  to  guests;  the 
formal  opening  taking  place  the  next  day.  Saturday,  the  23rd. 

This  hostelry,  with  its  terraces,  its  exquisite  garden,  its 
lovely  little  artificial  lakes,  is  more  enchanting  and  dis- 
tinctive than  ever,  and  its  formal  opening  was  an  affair 
that  scintillated  with  music,  vari-colored  lights,  and  beau- 
tifully gowned  women. 

'When  one  knows  that  the  Samarkand  is  "A  Linnard 
Hotel,"  the  fact  is  immediately  realized  that  this  appella- 
tion spells  all  that  is  superlative  in  service,  surroundings 
and  cuisine. 


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ROTAGRAVURE 

Golden  Gate  Ferry 
Company 

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WINTER  SCHEDULE 


Effective  October  1,  1925 


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Leave  Sausalito 

5:00  a.m. 

6:00  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

Every  Half 

Hour  Until 

10:00  p.m. 

Then 

11:00  p.m. 

12:00  p.m. 

1 :00  a.  m. 


Leave  San  Francisco 

5:30  a.m. 

6:30  a.  m. 

7:00  a.m. 
Every  Half 
Hour  Until 
10:30  p.m. 

Then 

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January  30,  1926 


Library  Table 


West  Winds 

A  dignified  and  worthy  effort  on  the  part  of  a  group  of 
students  of  poetry,  mostly  local  writers.  Professional 
writers,  teachers  of  English,  professors  of  mathematics, 
makers  of  auto  springs,  sign  painters,  printers,  are  repre- 
ented  here  with  many  others  who  take  time  and  leisure 
for  writing.  As  a  proof  of  the  widespread  interest  in  mod- 
ern poetry  it  is  an  excellent  example.  If  it  falls  short  of 
the  high  standards  of  enduring  poetry — why,  that  is  usual 
poet's  luck. 

Where  the  greatest  sincerity  is  shown,  there,  too  often,  is 
least  craftsmanship.  And  where  cleverness  and  finish  are' 
evident  is  to  he  found  a  lack  of  that  humbleness  and  devo- 
tion necessary  to  produce  real  art. 

But  the  hook  is  well  worth  reading  more  than  once,  fur 
the  appeal  of  poetry  too  frequently  depends  on  the  mood 
of  the  reader.  Derrick  Lehmer  and  Mrs.  Lehmer.  Harry 
Noyes  Pratt,  George  Sterling,  Anna  Kalfus  Spero  and  many 
other  well-known  names  are  there.  The  delicate  Katherine 
Sanders.  Kate  Q.  Foster,  John  Brayton  and  the  pure-spirited 
Claudius  Thayer — these  are  names,  not  so  well  known,  but 
wi  irthy  of  mention. 

"West  Winds";  Harr  Wagner,  publisher,  San  Francisco, 


"The  Lone  Hand" 

Joseph  B.  Ames,  author  of  "Loudon  From  Laramie"  and  nu- 
merous other  western  stories  of  the  more  literate  type,  has  made 
a  sure  place  for  himself  in  that  ever  fascinating  field  of  fic- 
tion. "The  Lone  Hand"  is  a  story  of  the  West — the  Wyoming 
cow  country — in  the  wild,  had  days  when  every  man  of  the 
plains  was  a  law  unto  himself. 

Brand  Larrigan,  young,  handsome,  a  bit  of  a  dandy  as  to 
dress  and  accoutrement,  riding  always  a  coal-black  stallion 
carrying  a  silver-trimmed  saddle,  and  popular  with  the  neigh- 
boring ranchers'  daughters,  is  the  victim  of  much  jealousy  and 
intrigue. 

Early  in  the  story  Larrigan  is  the  object  of  a  mysterious  plot 
to  "frame"  him  as  a  member  of  a  band  of  outlaws  operating  in 
that  section,  the  masked  leader,  a  man  of  Larrigan 's  build,  hav- 
ing been  seen  wearing  his  clothes,  and  riding  his  black  horse 
with  the  conspicuously  trimmed  saddle.  Forced  to  flee  a  threat- 
ened lynching,  Larrigan  finds  in  a  lonely  line-camp  gruesome 
evidence  of  the  work  of  these  marauders. 

He  launches  a  lone  campaign  against  the  unknown  outlaws 
and  especially  their  leader,  a  masked  enigma  even  to  his  own 
men.  Then  Larrigan  discovers  an  almost  unbelievable  clew 
to  the  leader's  identity  which  for  a  time  seems  likely  to  wreck 
the  romance  which  weaves  its  way  through  the  hero's  adven- 
tures Further  complications  ensue  and  Larrigan  works  his 
way  out  of  a  situation  loaded   with  danger  of  several  kind^. 

"Tlie  Lone  Hand"  is  an  exciting  yarn,  full  of  action,  sus- 
pense and  thrills,  probably  the  best  Mr.  Ames  has  vet  written. 
The  Century  Co.  ?2.00. 


THE  BRAVE  AND  THE  FAIR 

(Continued  from  Page  31) 

Dr.  Edward  Meslin  Hume,  professor  of  history.  Stanford 
University,  was  a  speaker  and  honor  guest  at  the  weekly 
luncheon  of  the  Commercial  Club  a  few  days  ago  his  sub- 
ject for  this  discourse  being,  "The  Big  Things  in  Life." 
Mr.  Fred  D.  Parr,  president  of  the  Parr  Terminal  Company, 
addressed  the  club  on  the  theme.  "East  Bay  Section  of  the 
Foreign  Trade  Club  in  California." 
*     *     * 

The  Business  and  Professional  Women's  Club  will  hold 
a  birthday  dinner  on  February  S  for  which  elaborate  prep- 
arations are  being  made.  Dr.  Susan  Hamilton  is  the  presi- 
dent. 


CAFE  MARQUARD 

Adjoining  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 

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January  30,  1926 

PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued   from  Page  27) 

Theater,  where  she  is  making  the 
greatest  hit  of  her  career.  She  seems 
fo  get  younger  and  more  charming 
every  season,  and  she  seems  to  enjoy 
her  work  more  and  more  each  appear- 
ance. She  is  assisted  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Louis  Alter,  and  is  offering  an  entire 
new  program  the  coming  week. 

( )ne  of  the  biggest  laugh  sensations 
of  all  times  is  Dr.  Rockwell  whose 
card  reads.  "Dr.  Rockwell,  Quack! 
Quack !"  He  is  said  to  have  the  guar- 
anteed prescription  that  will  cure  all 
ills! 

The  international  Lightning  Change 
Artist,  Doc  Baker,  is  another  big  fea- 
ture with  a  new  revue  in  which  he  is 
assisted  by  Harriet  Towne,  Miller  and 
Wilson  and  a  host  of  girls.  Jack 
Benny,  popular  monologist,  returns 
With  new  laughs  and  quips.  Charles 
Harrison  and  Sylvie  Dakin  with 
Benny  Oakland  offer  a  novelty  of  the 
highest  order  called  "The  Three  of 
Us";  Reynolds,  Donegan  and  Com- 
pany are  an  assembly  of  the  World's 
Champion  winners  who  offer  a  big 
New  York  sensation  "1920  Revue"; 
Dan  Stanley  and  Al  Birnes  are  said  to 
be  "Two  Bright  Lights  From  Broad- 
way" ;  the  Merediths,  Madelyn  and 
Hoyt,  have  a  number  of  dance  special- 
ties. 


Wilkes 

Don't  miss  "The  Big  Parade."  It 
must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated,  livery 
woman  who  sees  it  will  applaud  it.  It 
is  the  best  argument  against  war  that 
was  ever  known.  It  depicts  the  stark 
horror  of  war,  no  matter  who  the  par- 
ticipants may  be. 

From  start  to  finish  this  picture 
holds  you.  Its  comedy  is  irresistible, 
and  its  pathos  .grips  you  because  ol 
its  very  humanness.  <  >ne  moment  you 
are  laughing  outright  at  the  antics  of 
the  doughboys,  and  the  next  you  are  in 
tears  at  the  sheer,  useless  tragedy  of 
it  all. 

The  calm,  deliberate  wav  in  which 
the  men,  thrust  suddenly  into  this  hor- 
rible maelstrom,  walked  right  into  the 
very  jaws  of  death,  is  a  masterpiece  of 
direction.  The  scene  where  Jim  Ap- 
person    captures   a   German    soldier    in 


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the  dug-out,  only  to  find  he  cannot 
kill  him,  but  offers  him  a  cigarette  in- 
stead, is  a  stroke  of  genius. 

Lawrence  Stallings'  masterpiece  is 
human.  He  knew  intimately  of  the 
things  he  wrote,  and  King  Vidor  has 
transferred  it  to  the  screen  with  a  mas- 
terly touch  which  brings  out  the  hu- 
manness of  the  story.  It  is  indeed  a 
great  picture  which  these  two  men 
have  given  us. 

The  three  doughboys,  happy-go- 
lucky  buddies,  thrown  together  by  the 
war,  from  vastly  different  stations  in 
life,  are  replicas  of  hundreds  of  dough- 
boys as  I  knew  them,  as  anyone  knew 
them  in  those  stirring  days  of  the 
great  war.  John  Gilbert  as  Jim  Ap- 
person,  Karl  Dane  as  Slim,  and  Tom 
O'Brien  as  Bull,  comrades  to  the  end, 
are  wonderful ! 

And  Renee  Adoree !  One  cannot 
speak  too  highly  of  her  work  in  the 
role  of  Melisande,  the  little  French 
peasant  girl,  in  love  with  her  Ameri- 
can "Jimee." 

The  production  is  Al  in  every  re- 
spect. The  effects  used  in  this  picture, 
from  the  blowing  of  the  first  factory 
whistle  to  the  rumbles  of  the  great  mo- 
tor trucks  which  carry  the  boys  up  to 
the  front,  make  it  most  realistic. 

The  score  is  splendid,  and  under  the 
able  direction  of  Clarence  West,  the 
well  known  musical  director  from  New 
York,  the  orchestra  enhanced  in  no 
small  way.  this  soul-gripping,  epochal 
picture.  It  is  a  picture  that  everyone 
should  see.     Don't  miss  it ! 


Second  Great  African  Cruise  of 
Royal  Mail 

The  Royal  Mail  liner  "t  >rca"  sailed 
from  New  York  on  January  1(|  at  1  a.m. 
with  a  capacity  li-t  of  passengers  on  the 
First   »  .tea'    African  Cruise. 

Now  comes  telegraphic  advice  that  the 
Second  Great  African  Cruise  will  leave 
Xew  York  in  January,  1"27.  and  the  "  W- 
ttirias,"   the   world's    largest    motor   liner. 

recently  built  for  the  Royal  Mail  at  the 
yards  of  I  larland  X-  Wolff  at  Belfast,  has 
been   selected    for  the  cruise. 

The  "Astlirias"  is  of  32,000  tons  dis- 
placement and  has  S-cylinder  double-act- 
ing Diesel  motors  developing  20,000  h.p. 
on  two  shafts.  The  "Asturias"  was  built 
for  the  Royal  Mad  European  South 
American  service  and  is  exceptionally 
well  adapted  for  travel  in  tropical  cli- 
mates. The  suites  are  finished  in  Louis 
XVI  style  A  luxurious  ladies'  bair  dress- 
ing saloon  ami  Pompeiian  swimming-bath 
with  two  tiers  of  dressing  rooms  and  bal- 
cony are  a  few  of  the  special  features  on 
this  magnificent  liner. 

(  In  the  first  cruise  California  and  the 
Pacific  coast  we-  well  represented  and 
it  is  expected  that  the  second  cruise  will 
attract  even  a  greater  number  on  this 
unique  cruise  "i  "3  days,  covering  22.000 
miles,   visiting   the   West   Indies.    Brazil. 


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Uruguay.  Argentine.  South  Africa 
East  Africa,  Zanzibar,  Kenya.  Sudan, 
Egypt,  Riviera  and  Europe,  with  optional 
tours  to  Victoria  Falls,  Rhodesia  ami 
other  interesting  points. 


~)ctch  coro/^eroted^A 
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stand their  Aus/ness 


This  means  that  you 
can  dispense  with  all 
worries  as  to  personal 
security  when  using 
our  cars.  Our  drivers 
are  careful  and  they 
never  violate  your  de- 
sires for  safety. 


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Telephone  Direct 
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At  the  Elder  Gallery 
A  scintillating"  review,  "The  Influ- 
ence of  Women  in  the  Life  of  Anatole 
France"  will  be  given  in  the  Paul  Elder 
Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon,  February  6, 
at  2:30  o'clock,  by  Beatrice  Reynolds  Kin- 
kead.  Mrs  Kinkead  has  recently  returned 
from  France,  where  she  made  a  study  of 
the  life  and  works  of  the  great  French  lit- 
terateur. (  In  this  occasion  she  will  dis- 
cuss Brousson's  recently  published 
Boswellian    memoir    "Anatole    France 

1  limself." 

*     *     * 

The  Paul  Elder  Galleries  will  hang 
an  exhibition  of  etchings  to  open  Tues- 
day, February  second.  Four  contem- 
porary etchers.  Beurdelev.  Anns.  Orr 
and  Logan,  are  to  be  represented  with 
studies  of  scenes  principally  in  France 
— villages,  cathedrals,  courtyards  and 
other  picturesque  subjects. 


Medical  Professor:  "What  is  the 
first  thing  you  would  do  if  a  patient  of 
yours  were  blown  into  the  air  by  an 
explosion  ?" 

Medical  Student:  "Wait  for  him  to 
come  down." — Szczutek    (Lwowl. 


First  Youngster:  Say  do  you  be- 
lieve in  the  devil? 

Second:  Xaw.  It's  just  like  this 
Santa  Claus  business;  it's  your  father. 
— B.  H.  S.  Torch. 


"Take  care  of  your  teeth."  savs  an 
advertisement.  \\'e  have  nothing  but 
scom  for  the  careless  person  who 
leaves  them  smiling  in  the  bathroom. 
—Cold  and  Black. 


Jimmie:     "We've   got   a   new    baby 

down  at  our  house." 

Elderly  Neighbor:  "How  nice;  am! 
did   the   stork   bring    him?" 

Jimmie:  "Xaw.  he  developed  from 
a    unicellular  amoeba." — Xutlev   Attic. 


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SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


There  is  no  doubt  that  the  Mitchell 
The  Mitchell  Case  ease  has  produced  more  indignation 
in  this  country  than  anything  which 
has  happened  for  many  years.  There  has  been  a  grievous  af- 
front to  American  notions  of  I'air  play.  We  gather  from 
their  actions  that  the  court  was  not  only  unjust  hut  vin- 
dictive, and  that  is  an  accusation  which  can  seldom  be 
brought  against  any  reputable  body  in  the  country.  There 
seems  to  be  nothing  to  do  hut  admit  that  the  case  ha-  struck 
a  blow  at  the  prestige  of  the  army,  which  it  will  have  much 
trouble  in  overcoming. 

The  vindictiveness  lay  in  the  sentence,  which  contem- 
plated that  Colonel  Mitchell  should  be  kept  in  the  service 
under  a  muzzle  without  pay  or  allowance  for  five  years. 
The  amendment  of  the  President  that  he  should  be  allowed 
half-pay  did  not  help  matters  very  much.  Colonel  Mitchell 
was  to  be  held  down  and  gagged,  he  was  not  to  lie  allowed 
to  enter  private  employment  and  he  could  not  discuss  army 
affairs  without  permission.  Out  of  this  entanglement  Colo- 
nel Mitchell  broke  his  way  by  resigning. 

Xow.  his  resignation  has  been  accepted.     He  might  have 

profited  by  admitting  his  resignation  to  be  for  the  "g 1  of 

the  service."  a  deadly  thing  for  an  officer  of  high  standing. 
whose  work  has  been  distinguished  and  whose  martyrdom 
is  brought  about  by  his  zeal  for  the  good  of  the  service. 

(if  course,  if  Colonel  Mitchell  goes  back  to  private  life, 
he  has  a  magnificent  chance  to  prepare  the  public  mind  for 
the  changes  which  he  advocates.  Meanwhile,  we  are  not 
greatly  concerned  about  him.  He  is  able  to  look  after  him- 
self. But  what  about  our  army  and  the  men  who  command? 
If  we  are  to  punish  a  man  brave  enough  to  speak,  we  -hall 
lie  in  the  hands  of  a  stupid  ring. 


We  are  certainly  being  gov- 
Bureaucracy  Triumphant       erned,  make  no  mistake  about 

that.  Formerly,  we  had  a  no- 
tion that  we  governed  ourselves  and  that  this  country  was 
the  home  of  upstanding  citizens,  with  bodies  and  brain-  ca- 
pable of  meeting  the  conflicts  of  life,  without  any  govern- 
mental assistance  worth  Speaking  of,  except  to  keep  the  ring 
clear,  and  see  that  the  fight  was  fair  and  let  the  best  man 
win. 

That  is  all  over.  For  good  or  for  ill  the  government  has 
taken  us  in  hand  and  is  administering  to  us  the  amount  of 
pap  which  it  thinks  we  should  have  to  keep  going;  being  a 
sort  of  general  wet  nurse  and  convinced  that  by  a  strict 
course  of  keeping  our  feet  dry,  and  forbidding  us  things,  it 
will  turn  us  out  into  line  governmental  servants. 

We  have  had  a  lingering  notion  that  this  country  was  to 
be  the  home  of  upstanding  American  citizens,  who  made 
their  own  way.  who  were  not  aggressive  a-  against  other 
people,  but  were  ready  and  willing  to  maintain  their  own 
right-.  We  have  disposed  •.<{  that  notion  by  our  entr)  into 
the  World  Court  and  have  taken  the  position  that  we  are 
just  one  of  a  group  of  nations  and  will  take  the  orders 
of  the  rest.    So  much  for  the  outside  world. 

At  home  we  are  falling  more  and  more  into  the  hand-  of 
the  governmental  bureaucracy.  The  Court  of  Appeal  at 
Los  Angeles  has  actually  upheld  the  right  of  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Corporations  to  impose  such  restrictions  as  he- 
sees  necessary  in  a  permit  to  sell  stock. 

We  are  well  aware  that  the  unregulated  sale  of  stock  in 
securities  leads  to  fraud  on  the  public  and  that  the  blue-sky 
law  is.  in  a  measure,  necessary.  But  the  powers  placed  in 
the   hands   of   the    Corporation    Commissioner   are    too   great. 


There  is  one  thing  sure,  that  slow 
Women  of  Britain  as  the  British  may  be  to  take  up  new 
things,  when  they  do  take  them  up, 
there  is  no  comparison  anywhere  with  the  vigor  and 
strength  with  which  they  push  their  way.  Take  the  posi- 
tion of  women,  for  example.  It  is  only  yesterday  as  it  were, 
that  the  position  of  women  in  Britain  was  a  source  of  con- 
stant merriment  among  us  and  they  were  looked  down  upon 
as  an  inferior  and  abused  sex.  Today  they  have  secured  at 
least  equality  and  are  demanding  their  share  of  the  highest 
honors. 

The  Women's  Freedom  League  has  been  pointing  out 
that  women  do  not  get  the  titles  and  decorations  which  are 
theirs  by  reason  of  their  achievements,  and  show  that  cer- 
tain viscounties,  baronies,  privy  councillorships,  knighthoods 
and  other  distinctions  of  that  sort  have  been  showered  upon 
men  while  women  have  not  had  their  share  of  them.  They 
-how  that  this  is  not  due  to  any  lack  of  distinction  and  point 
out  as  worthy  of  decoration,  Mrs.  Alderton,  Mayor  of  Col- 
chester, Mrs.  Mercer,  Mayor  id"  Birkenhead,  Margaret  Bond- 
lield  and  Miss  W  intringham.  member-  of  Parliament,  Annie 
Horniman,  Sybil  Thorndyke  and  Lillian  Bayliss  for  the 
stage.  Cicely  Hampton,  writer  and  speaker,  Lucy  Kemp- 
ton  Welch,  artist,  Gertrude  Bell,  explorer,  Commandant 
Mary  S.  Allen,  organizer  of  women  police,  and  Maud  Roy- 
den,  preacher. 

This  is  a  very  distinguished  list  and  there  is  no  doubt 
that  every  member  of  it  is  worthy  of  special  note,  and.  if 
honor-  are  being  distributed  for  social  achievements  tend- 
ing to  the  upbuilding  and  glory  of  the  group,  every  mem- 
ber of  this  li-t  ha-  earned  those  honors  and  should  have 
them. 

But  think  of  the  progress  made  by  those  British  women 
since  one  of  their  agitator-  threw  herself  to  death  under  a 
race  horse  at  the  Derby  to  call  public  attention  to  their  agi- 
tation ! 


Dr.  Christian  Gauss,  dean  of  Prince- 
Volstead  and  the  ton  University,  has  come  out  with  a 
University  strong  blast  against  the  Volstead  Act. 

lie  is  not  alone  in  this,  but  is  one  of 
the  great  group  of  university  heads,  who  find  the  task  of 
bringing  up  young  men  under  their  charge  greatly  impeded, 
if  not  altogether  rendered  abortive,  by  the  operation  of  this 
idiotic  law. 

Dr.  Causs  says  that  repeal  or  modificati  in  of  the  present 
law  is  imperative  in  face  of  the  conditions  in  the  university. 
The  general  dry  law  is  destructive.  He  says  of  the  eigh- 
teenth amendment,  that  "it  is  lowering  the  morals  in  all  the 
universities  of  the  United  States."  Can  one  imagine  a 
greater  indictment  against  any  act  than  the  charge  of  lower- 
ing the  morals  of  the  youth  of  the  land  and  that  charge  sup- 
ported by  the  testimony  of  one  of  the  most  important  ex- 
ecutives in  the  teaching  profession? 

"We  cannot  deny  that  the  problem  of  drinking  is  a  very 
serious  one  at  Princeton,  as  at  all  other  universities,"  he 
said.  And  yet,  before  this  act  went  into  force,  the  drinking 
problem  was  solving  it-elf  and  the  excessive  use  of  intoxi- 
cants was  frowned  upon  generally. 

"In  the  time  when  you  men  attended  the  university,"  he 
remarked  "there  were  places  where  the  student  could  drink 
a  glass  or  two  of  beer  without  great  injury  to  themselves. 
Today,  if  they  want  to  drink  (ami  it  is  folly  to  say  that  they 
will  not  drink  I,  they  must  go  to  a  type  of  place  which,  if  we 
called  a  spade  a  spade,  would  be  designated  as  a  'dive'.  " 

There  is  the  thing  in  a  nutshell.  The  law  makes  out  of 
what  is  a  perfectly  natural  and  harmless  habit,  a  crime  and 
shame!  Men  and  places  come  into  being  to  satisfy  the 
desires  which  the  law  prohibits  and  dives  and  bootleggers 
are  the  logical  consequence  of  the  eighteenth  amendment 
and  the  Volstead  Act. 


February  6,  1926 


SAX   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Effects  of  Community 
Tax  Decision 


The  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court  at  Washington  in  the  mat- 
ter of  the  California  Community 
property  tax  is  stimulating  the 
Treasury  Department  to  an  offensive,  in  order  to  establish 
its  position  with  respect  to  the  community  property  taxes 
in  Louisiana,  Texas,  Arizona,  Washington,  Idaho,  Nevada 
and  New  Mexico.  All  the  states  have  community  property 
statutes.  It  is  thought  that  the  conditions  are  such  that  the 
government  may  gain  greatly  in  taxes  by  reason  of  the  de- 
cision in  the  California  case. 

Secretary  Mtellon  is  already  trying  to  get  the  opinion  of 
the  Departme'nt  of  Justice  as  to  the  rights  of  the  Federal 
government  under  the  statutes  of  each  of  these  states.  The 
attorney-general  is  to  be  asked  to  advise  the  department 
as  to  whether  the  government  can  compel  the  payment  of 
the  Federal  income  tax  levy  by  the  husband  on  the  joint 
income  as  a  unit  in  those  states,  as  it  now  can  in  California, 
and  in  those  states  where  there  is  no  community  property 
law. 

The  fact  appears  to  be  that  legal  opinion  based  on  the 
decision  in  the  California  case  is  inclined  to  hold  that  all  of 
these  states  will  come  under  the  California  decision  and 
that  the  government  will  be  able  to  collect  all  moneys  for 
taxes  calculated  upon  the  community  property  being  treated 
as  a  unit. 

The  stakes  are  enormous.  It  has  been  calculated  that  if 
the  decision  had  gone  the  other  way  and  if  the  Supreme 
Court  had  decided  in  favor  of  the  separate  taxation  of  the 
interests  of  husband  and  wife,  the  Federal  government 
would  have  to  restore  to  the  State  of  California  the  sum 
of  ,$77,000,000.  It  is  calculated,  also,  that  the  money  which 
the  Federal  government  will  receive  from  the  payment  of 
moneys  due  to  it  in  taxation,  if  the  rule  applies  to  these 
other  states,  will  amount  to  $250,000,000. 

Meanwhile,  there  is  some  doubt  as  to  the  method  which 
tin-  government  will  pursue  in  the  collection  of  taxes  on 
community  property  this  year. 


The  difficulty  connected  with 
Budget  Paring  Resented  the  limitation  of  local  expendi- 
ture becomes  very  evident  in 
the  debates  now  being  held  with  respect  In  the  reduction  of 
the  local  budget.  All  sorts  of  protests  are  pouring  into  the 
finance  committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

The  most  vehement  of  these  protests  i-  directed  against 
the  proposal  to  cut  oul  $50,000  Bernal  cut  appropriation. 
Timothy  A.  Reardon,  president  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works,  is  the  most  eager  opponent  of  this  proposition.  He 
maintains  that  it  will  be  a  serious  mistake  to  -top  the  pur- 
chase of  rights  of  way  for  the  Bernal  Heights  project  and 
that  if  the  reduction  is  made,  five  districts,  [ngleside,  Sunny- 
side,  the  Amazon  Tract  and  the  Excelsior  ami  Ocean  View 
districts,  will  all  suffer.  Then  come  other  protestors,  each 
of  whom  has  his  best  scheme  which  he  -co  likely  to  suffer 
bv  the  application  of  any  spirit  of  economy.     Net.  it  there 

are  economies  to  he  undertaken,  it  i-  very  obvious  that  such 
Economies  can  onlj  lie  made  at  the  expense  ot  some  one's 
desired  project. 

The  objections  to  the  limitations  of  educational  work- 
rest  upon  a  more  secure  foundation  and  have  much  more 
sympalln  from  ns.  We  take  the  position  thai  money  spent 
on  educational  work,  properly  spent,  of  course,  and  not 
ed,  is  of  itself  an  actual  saving  in  many  directions 
and  we  are  glad  to  >ec  that  Supervisor  Havenner  assured 
the  mothers  who  have  made  representations  to  the  hoard. 
that  necessan  school  building  will  not  lie  interferred  with. 
In  many  places,  school  accommodations  of  this  city  reflect 
no  credit  upon  us.  When  children  have  to  go  to  school 
half-time  because  proper  school  accommodation  is  not  pro- 
vided, it  is  by  no  means  a  good  showing  and  doe-  not  tend 
to  raise  our  position  among  the  cities  of  the  world. 


Amundsen  to  Give  Lectures 

captain  Roald  Amundsen,  who  thrilled  the  world  in  May 
last  by  his  attempted  airplane  flight  to  the  North  Pole,  has 
arranged  to  revisit  this  country  for  a  brief  tour.  In  a  stir- 
ring lecture  entitled  "(  )ur  Airplane  Dash  for  the  North 
Pole,"  on  Sunday,  February  14  at  2:30  p.  m.  in  the  Colum- 
bia Theater,  he  will  relate  the  amazing  story  of  his  aerial 
expedition  to  the  farthest  North,  and  his  miraculous  return 
to  civilization  when  all  hopes  of  his  safety  had  been  aban- 
doned. This  lecture  will  be  illustrated  throughout  with 
remarkable  stereopticon  pictures  showing  the  unprece- 
dented experiences  of  Captain  Amundsen  and  his  brave 
companions  in  the  frozen  Polar  Sea,  from  which  they 
emerged  after  a  titanic  struggle  with  the  grim  forces  of  na- 
ture. As  an  example  of  heroism  and  endurance  their  story 
has  never  been  surpassed  in  the  records  of  human  achieve- 
ment. 

In  addition  to  having  discovered  the  South  Pole  in  1911, 
Captain  Amundsen  was  the  first  navigator  to  sail  around 
the  north  coast  of  America.  In  1905  he  took  a  vessel  through 
the  Northwest  Passage  to  the  Bering  Straits  and  thence  to 
the  Pacific  Ocean.  At  that  time  he  also  succeeded  in  re- 
locating the  North  Magnetic  Pole.  For  the  greater  part 
of  his  life  he  has  been  constantly  engaged  in  exploring  vast 
areas  of  the  Arctic  and  Antarctic,  carrying  on  his  work 
with  a  contempt  of  danger  that  has  caused  him  to  be  termed 
a  modern  Viking.  In  the  last  ten  years  he  has  been  hon- 
ored by  every  nation,  decorated  by  distinguished  societies, 
and  hailed  everywhere  as  the  world's  most  famous  explorer. 


Why  Shouldn't  We  Have  Prettier  Homes? 

An  all-kind  providence  gave  San  Francisco  a  rich  setting 
of  ocean,  bay,  hills  and  valleys  and  made  flowers  bloom  all 
about  it.  It  also  gave  her  the  poetry  of  old  Spain  and  of  the 
days  of  the  Argonauts.  It  wasn't  a  city  intended  to  have 
straight  streets  and  rows  of  cement-front  houses  unrelieved 
1>\  tree-,  but  so  it  grew  and  since  the  fire  has  less  trees  than 
before.  Its  lingering  character  of  early  days  was  largely 
-wept  away  by  the  lire  and  prohibition  perhaps  did  its  part, 

for  g 1  or  ill.  in  closing  some  of  the  old  cafes  that  were 

reminiscent  of  a  delightful  past. 

But  the  new  i-  now  with  US  and  it  will  not  always  be  new. 
\\  hv  continue  to  build  houses  on  straight  streets  when 
there  is  Telegraph  llill  and  till  the  lovely  hills  of  the  Mis- 
sion District,  with  warmer  climate  and  with  view-  of  bay 
and  city  quite  unsurpassed?  There  are  also  the  hills  of  the 
Sunset  district,  now  inviting  new  home  owner-,  and  some 
still  in  the  Park-Presidio  district,  while  the  hills  in  the  beau- 
tiful St.  Francis  Wood  are  already  laid  out  with  winding 
and  garden-. 

Several   -  a  coterie  of  congenial  spirits  in  New 

York,  declining  to  live  always  in  cement-fronted  mediocrity. 
went  out  in  a  shabby  down-town  district  and  built  Sutton 
Place  and  made  lovely  gardens  where  there  were  old  back- 
vards.  The  gardens  -lope  down  to  the  east  river,  with  trees 
and  stone  -cat-,  arbor-  and  statuary  and  bra--  monkeys 
swinging  from  the  tree-.  Such  property  is  often  cheap  to 
buy  .and  has  character  and  great  personal  charm  about  it. 

(  >ur  Russian  llill  has  been  famous  for  years  with  its  beau- 
tiful Livermorc  garden  and  its  artistic  character.  <  >ne  of 
the  greatest  charms  of  London  is  to  be  found  in  its  little 
courts  where  people  live  in  lovely  garden-  and  houses  with 
blue  doors  and  green  doors.  They  have  perfect  seclusion. 
while  only  around  the  corner  are  the  busy  marts  of  trade. 
owners  of  the  houses  hardly  hear  the  rumble  of  the 
traffic  and  the  bird-  sing  as  undisturbed  by  their  lily  pools 
as  they  did  in  Kngland  in  the  days  of  Chaucer. 

Such  homes  are  less  expensive  than  rows  of  cement-fronts 
ami  it  takes  only  a  little  imagination  to  have  them.  Why 
shouldn't  we  have  more  of  them  in  San  Francisco-  Not 
only  for  the  joy  of  possessing  them,  but  because  from  the 
financial  standpoint,  they  are  well  worth  while. 


SAX   FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


San  Francisco  Symphony 

THE  eighth  pair  of  concerts  by  this 
great  orchestra  was  featured  by 
the  appearance  of  Madame  Liszniewska 
in  the  A  Mi- 
nor Concerto 
for  piano  by 
S  chu  mann. 
San  Fran- 
cisco music 
lovers  have 
rarely  heard 
this  master- 
piece played 
better,  and 
Madame  Lis- 
zniewska 
showed  her 
schooling 
and  techuic 
which  carried 
orchestra,  and 


Kntherlnc    Srhwitrt* 


in  the  heavy  passages 
so  distinctly  above  the 
in  the  phrasing  of  the  beautiful  melodies 
and  cadenzas,  which  make  this,  Schu- 
mann's only  concerto,  such  a  favorite 
with  concert  pianists. 

Second  in  interest  was  Mr.  Hertz's 
happy  reading  of  the  musical  nonde 
script  of  Debussy, — "Iberia,"  Images 
No.  2.  Mr.  Hertz,  conservative  su- 
preme pedagogue  that  he  is,  seemed 
delighted  to  play  with  this  revolution- 
ary number,  that  has  worked  its  way 
into  the  classics  and  might  safely  be 
called  the  forerunner  of  the  symphonic- 
jazz  arrangements  of  which  we  hear 
so  much  today.  Certainly  Debussy 
used  new  traps,  for  his  day,  and  if  he 
were  to  write  such  a  suite  today,  would 
still  invent  new  ones. 

The  Goldmark  Symphony  No.  1 
opened  the  concert,  and  the  variety  and 
musicianship  of  the  five  different  move- 
ments, while  destined  to  be  a  classic, 
is  none  the  less  orchestrated  to  please 
the  layman  as  well  as  the  professional. 
— Earl  Schwartz. 

*     *     * 
Auditorium 

Madame  Margaret  Matzenauer.  prima 
donna  contralto  of  the  Metropolitan 
I  )pera  Company,  wdio  appears  with  the 
San  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra  in 
an  all-Wagner  program,  next  Wednes- 
day evening,  will  be  heard  in  song  re- 
cital on  the  Elwyn  Artist  series  at  the 
Auditorium,  Monday  evening,  Feb- 
ruary 15th  also.  On  her  present  tour, 
Madame  Matzenauer  is  meeting  with 
brilliant  success. 


>LMSUi^$W4ND 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore- 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

The  next  attraction  of  the  Elwyn 
Series  will  be  the  first  performance  of 
the  San  Carlo  Grand  Opera  Company 
in  gala  opening  with  "Rigoletto," 
Thursday  evening,  February  18th.  Ce- 
cilia Hansen,  world-famed  woman  vio- 
linist, follows  tlie  San  Carlo  date  ap- 
pearing here  on  the  evening  of  March 
1,  after  which  comes  Roland  Hayes, 
negro  tenor,  on  March  23rd. 

Wilkes 

San  Francisco  has  found  out  what  a 
wonderful  picture  "The  Big  Parade" 
is  a?-  witness  daily  the  long  string  of 
people   who  are   buying  tickets. 

One  of  the  most  beautiful  bits  of 
acting  in  the  picture  is  the  love  making 
between  Renee  Adoree  as  the  little 
French  peasant  maid,  and  handsome 
John  Gilbert,  her  American  "Jimmee." 
"Jimmee"  tries  to  teach  her  to  chew 
gum.  but  alas,  she  always  swallows  it. 
Then,  after  she  and  her  family  have 
been  forced  to  leave  their  home  and 
are  seen  in  some  of  the  later  scenes, 
Melisande  and  her  mother,  plowing  a 
devastated  field,  a  close-up  of  Melis- 
ande sees  her  standing  there  dreaming. 
Somehow,  you  know  she  is  dreaming 
of  her  American  dough  boy.  Slowly 
she  pulls  a  piece  of  American  chewing 
gum  from  the  pocket  of  her  blouse  and 
chews  at  it  frantically — and  finally 
pulls  it  out  and  snaps  it,  a  la  the  Amer- 
ican youngsters  anywhere!  It  is  beau- 
tifully done,  and  expresses  all  the  long- 
ing and  the  fear  and  worry  that  the 
little  maid  has  for  her  lover,  who  has 
gone  to  the  front,  so  she  chews  her 
gum  ! 

The  picture  is  brimful!  of  these  lit- 
tle human,  natural  touches.  It  is  wdiat 
makes  it  a  great  picture. 

*     *     * 
Curran 

If  you  haven't  as  yet  seen  those  two 
prime  fun  makers.  Kolb  and  Dill  in 
their  latest  offering  "A  Pair  o'  Fools" 
do  so  by  all  means  as  tomorrow  starts 
the  third  of  their  all  two-short  engage- 
ment here. 

The  two  comedians  of  course  create 
all  the  fun  making,  but  they  are  ably 
seconded  by  Julie  Blanc  and  beautiful 
May  Cloy  as  mother  and  daughter  of 
the  rich  lumberman  from  Eureka! 
There  is  a  good  cast  in  support,  and 
a  bevy  of  beautiful  young  girls  in  the 
chorus  who  can  sing  and  dance.  Don't 


miss  seeing  Kolb  and  Dill  and  Miss 
Blanc  dancing  the  Charleston.  It  is 
a  riot! 

*  *     * 
Capitol 

One  of  the  rarest  things  known,  is  to 
be  seen  in  the  picture  now  being  shown 
at  the  Capitol.  "Treasures  of  the  Vati- 
can," when  several  episodes  and  close- 
ups  give  a  view  of  the  Pope.  The  pic- 
ture also  shows  the  famous  Raphael 
tor  mis  in  which  the  frescoes  are  un- 
rivalled by  and  save  those  of  Michel- 
angelo in  the  Sistine  Chapel. 

This  unique  film  was  made  possible 
through  the  ceaseless  efforts  of  Dr. 
Vicneza  Fago  to  secure  moving  pic- 
tures in  many  parts  of  the  Vatican,  to 
which  the  general  public  is  never  ad- 
mitted, and  to  which  a  select  few, 
rarely  gain  admittance. 

*  *     * 
President 

No  attraction  in  recent  months  lias 
caused  so  much  enthusiasm  as  that  of 
Henry  Duffy's  production  which  is 
now  running  at  the  President,  "Dan- 
cing Mothers"  with  Florence  Roberts 
in  the  leading  role.  There  has  been 
much  discussion  caused  by  the  fact 
that  Duffy  has  among  his  group  of 
players,  two  Florence  Roberts.  One 
hails  from  the  F.ast.  and  the  other  from 
the  West.  We  were  much  amused  the 
night  we  were  there,  to  hear  a  violent 
argument  over  whether  the  two  were 
one  and  the  same  person,  and  the  par- 
ties involved  in  the  argument  were  try- 
ing their  best  to  figure  out  if  it  were 
the  same  person,  how  on  earth  she 
managed  to  make  appearances  in  two 
theaters!  Florence  Roberts  of  the 
President  in  one  of  the  principal  roles 
has  added  to  the  interest  in  this  offer- 
ing, and  the  fact  that  Duffy  lias  given 
it  a  stellar  cast  of  players  enhances  its 

attractii  in. 

*  *     * 

Golden  Gate 

Miss  Kitty  Doner,  late  star  of  the 
musical  comedy,  "Lady  Be  Good"  and 
America's  foremost  male  impersonator 
heads  the  strong  bill  at  the  Golden 
Gate  this  week  in  a  sketch  called 
"Twenty  Minutes  in  Paris."  in  which 
she  is  assisted  by  Eddie  Fitzgerald,  a 
pleasing  and  capable  pianist. 

By  special  arrangement  with  the 
Greenwich  Village  Follies,  in  which 
they  star  yearly,  Fortunello  and  Ciril- 


February  6,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LET  I  i 


Amusements 

NEXT   WEEK 


ALEXANDRIA                 \                     Pictures 
Geary  and  18th                | 

ALCAZAR                    }     "Little    Jessie   James" 
O'Farrell  nr.  PoTrellf       Henry   Duffy   Players 

CALIFORNIA                   )        „_.              ,-               „       .„ 

j.u       i  ».     •_  i             f      "Three   Faces   East" 

4th  and  Market                \ 

CAMEO                           J         "The  Man  From 
938  Market  St.                  J                Red  Gulch" 

CAPITOL                        I       "Treasures  of  the 
Ellis  nr.  Market               |                   Vatican" 

CASINO                        ]                Pictures 

Mason  and  Ellis               \ 

CASTRO                                )                      _,    , 

420  Castro  St.                 J                 Pictures 

CURRAN                       (          Kolb  &  Dill  in 
Geary  nr.  Mason              (        "A    Pair   o'    Fools" 

EGYPTIAN                     f                 Pictures 

GOLDEN  GATE            (              Vaudeville 
G.  G.  Ave.  *  Taylor       (           and  Pictures 

GRANADA                     1  ..The  Enchanted   Hill" 
hmhs  Market  St.               ) 

haight                       I                Pictures 
lliilKlil  at  Cole                 J 

IMPERIAL                     \    Rudolph  Valentino  in 
1077  Market  St.              f             "The  Eagle" 

LOEWS  WARFIELD               (         „Dance    Madness,. 
088  Market  St.                  f 

MAJESTIC                            | 

Mission  between            ^                 Pictures 
20th  nnd  21st                     J 

METROPOLITAN                     ( 

aotiB  Union  St.               (                Pictures 

NEW    FILLMORE          i 

1820  Fillmore                I                Pictures 

NEW   MISSION                J 

anno  Mission                  ) 

ORPHEUM                     |               Vaudeville 
O'Farrell  *  Powell        J 

PANTAGES                         J                  Vaudev|||e 
Market  at  Mason             J 

i-OMi'Eil                       .                Pictures 
Next  to  Granada             | 

PORTOLA                                     Pictures 
770  Market  St.              j                Pictures 

PRESIDENT                 I     Florence  Roberts  in 
Market  &  McAllister   (      "Dancing  Mothers" 

ROYAL                                   I                      „.    , 

1520  Polk  St.                 (                Pictures 

ST.  FRANCIS                 !      "Behind  the  Front" 

065  Market  St.                    ' 

SUTTER                              I 

Sutter  and  Stelner          (                    Pictures 

UNION  SftUARE         \             Pictures  and 
O'Farrell  Br.  Powell      \                 Vaudeville 

WILKES                         1       ..Tne  Big  Parade" 
Geary  and  Mason            1 

WIGWAM                          ) 

Mission  and  22d                  (                        Pictures 

CONCERTS 

Curran  Theater.  Sunday  afternoon  2:45.  San 
Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra.  Auditorium. 
Wednesday  evening.  February  10th.  Madame 
Matzenauer  and  Symphony  Orchestra  in  all- 
Wagnerian  program. 


lino,  famous  Italians  will  present  their 
famous     acrobatic     act     "The     Happy 
Hooligans." 

Joe  Keno  and  Rosie  Green  return 
with  their  hokum  comedy  entitled  "A 
Hilarious  Hodge  Podge";  George 
Watts  and  Belle  Hawley  will  be  seen 
in  a  fun-provoking  song  offering;  Ger- 
ald Griffin,  famous  tenor  at  Covent 
Garden,  London,  will  offer  a  pleasing 
program.  Rex  McGough  is  his  pianist ; 
The  Three  Kiewings,  aerialists,  will 
thrill  with  their  stunts. 

On  the  screen  will  be  seen  the  first 
showing  of  Tod  Browning's  original 
story  of  "The  Mystic."  Aileen  Pringle 
and  Conway  Tearle  carry  the  leading 
roles. 

The  usual  short  films  will  be  shown 
and  there  will  be  musical  numbers  by 
Claude  Sweeten  and  his  men,  and 
Grace  Rollins  Hunt  at  the  organ. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"Little  Jessie  James,"  a  musical 
farce-comedy,  rich  and  rare  in  its  spicy 
situations  and  flavored  lavishly  with 
paprika  of  the  red  hot  variety,  begins 
its  third  week  tomorrow  evening. 
There  is  a  talented  array  of  principals 
and  a  peppy  chorus  of  "bobbed  hair 
bandits."  It  is  a  jolly  offering,  and  the 
last  word  in  jazzy  entertainment. 

There  is  a  real  plot  to  the  piece  and 
some  very  tuneful  numbers.  Mirth  is 
the  kevnote  of  every  situation,  and 
there  are  some  astonishing  ones. 

Dale  Winter  in  the  title  role  is  steal- 
ing the  hearts  of  her  many  admirers  in 
true  bandit  fashion.  Roy  Purviance, 
brought  on  from  New  York  by  Henry 
Duffv  to  play  opposite  her,  has  made  a 
great  hit  with  his  singing  and  acting, 
He  has  a  lovely  tenor  voice  of  pleasing 
quality.  William  Davidson  continues 
his  guild  work,  and  he  has  become  ex- 
tremely popular  here  and  his  singing  is 
a  scream.  Phil  Tead,  a  juvenile  with  a 
large  following  here  some  years  ago.  is 
having  a  reception  at  every  perfor- 
mance, and  Lorraine  M'ullins'  solo 
work  is  delightful. 

The  chorus  work,  both  in  the  songs 
and  dances  shows  the  careful  training 
of  Raymond  Midgley,  and  the  entire 
production's  success  is  largely  due  to 
the  efforts  of  the  director.  Harry  Mac- 
Fa  vden. 

*  *     * 

Imperial 

Vilma  Banky,  a  few  short 
months  ago  was  merely  a  pretty  girl 
in  Budapest.  Today  -he  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  most  promising  screen  beau- 
ties in  America,  making  fabulous  sums 
of  money,  and  attracting  nationwide 
attention.  In  "The  Fagle."  Rudolph 
Valentino's  new  starring  vehicle  now 
playing  at  the  Imperial.  Miss  Vilma 
plays  the  leading  feminine  role  and  act- 
ually "steals"  the  picture  from  the 
sheik  king. 


St.  Francis 

The  St.  Francis  was  the  scene  of  an- 
other world  premiere  last  night,  when 
the  first  showing  of  one  of  the  greatest 
of  comedies  was  given,  "Behind  the 
Front." 

California  *     *     * 

Henry  Walthall,  well  remembered 
star  of  "The  Birth  of  a  Nation"  and 
other  big  hits  open  at  the  California 
Theater  today  in  "Three  Faces  East," 
in  which  he  enacts  the  role  of  Sir 
George  Bennet,  British  secret  service 
head. 

There  is  a  strong  supporting  cast, 
including  Jetta  Goudal,  Robert  Ames, 
Clive  Brook  and  Edythe  Chapman. 

Victor  Herbert's  popular  "Babes  in 
Toyland"  will  be  the  feature  of  Max 
Dol in's  program. 

Granada  *     *     * 

Today  Peter  B.  Kyne's  story, 
adapted  for  the  screen  opens  at  the 
Granada,  "The  Enchanted  Hill,"  star- 
ring Jack  Holt.  The  cast  includes  Flo- 
rence Vidor  as  co-star,  George  Ban- 
croft, Noah  Berry,  Mary  Brian  and 
Brandon  Hurst. 

On  the  stage  Verne  Buck  will  be 
seen  in  his  farewell  week  at  this  the- 
ater, as  he  is  leaving  for  the  Metropoli- 
tan Theater  in  Los  Angeles.  The  title 
of  the  act  is  "Sultin'  the  Sultin'." 


Players  Guild 

The  SR(  )  sign  is  out  these  week  ends 
at  the  cozy  little  theater  on  Bush 
Street,  where  Reginald  Travers  is  pro- 
ducing Liiiom  with  a  fine  cast,  and  it 
is  a  very  much  worth-while  production 
in  every  way. 

*     *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

|a\       Kaufman,      well-known      New 
York     columnist     and     fiction     writer 
(Continued  on  Page  15) 

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SAX  FRAXCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


"Dolly  Madison"  Facts 
Foibles  and  Fancies 

S(  iCIETY,  generally,  and 
vi\  ing  "Dollv  Madison" 


debutantes  particularly,  are  re- 
foibles   and    fancies. 

The  dainty  mistress  of  the  White  House,  whom  the  pop- 
ulace called  "Queen  Dolly,"  during  that  administrative  per- 
iod when  James  Madison  was  President  of  the  United 
States,  was  SO  thoroughly  a  social  leader,  by  way  of  charm 
and  heritage,  that  some  American  girls  in  this  day  and  age 
strive  to  emulate  her  fascinations.  It  is  quite  smart  and 
proper,  too.  to  imitate  "Dolly  Madison." 

In  a  remarkable  book  entitled,  "Seventy-five  Years  of 
White  House  Gossip  From  Washington  to  Lincoln."  Edna 
M.  Colman  has  mirrored  feminine  traits  and  characteristics 
of  "Dolly  Madison"  a-  perhaps  no  other  writer  has  ever 
done.  Nils.  Colman  tells  us  in  her  book,  what  we  want  to 
knr.w  about  a  fascinating  and  delicious  bit  of  femininity. 
In  other  words,  she  lets  us  actually  make  friends  with  the 
wife  of  President  Madison  and  that  is  one  reason  why  so- 
ciety folks  are  reading,  aloud,  passages  from  this  book. 

"Born,  according  to  best  authority,  in  17o7,  of  an  English 
lather  and  Irish  mother  and  with  a  Scotch  grandmother,  the 
little  Quaker  girl  inherited  a  gift  of  grace  from  each,  which 
combined  to  give  her.  with  the  laughing  eyes  and  winning 
-mile  that  great  charm  which  made  her  the  most  popular 
mistress  the  White  House  has  ever  known."  writes  Mrs. 
Colman. 
Romance 

Xo  wonder  society  is  studying  I  lolly  Madison! 

"Never  a  strict  Quaker,  for  she  loved  pretty  clothes  too 
well,  she  was  always  gowned  in  the  most  attractive  style. 
(  Ine  windy,  icy  day  she  sallied  forth  to  market  with  her  trim 
little  feet  and  pretty  ankles  daintly  shod  in  white  silk  hose 
and  shining  new  high-heeled  slippers  with  glittering 
buckles.  A  Lose  bit  of  ice.  an  ankle  turned  on  treacherous 
heel,  a  flash  of  lacy  draperies  and  silk,  and  Dolly  lay  for  a 
minute  in  the  strong  clasp  of  a  strange  man  whose  admiring 
glance  was  not  wholly  submerged  by  the  sympathy  he  was 
expressing.  The  man  was  Madison,  and  after  assisting  the 
limping  lad_\  home,  be  made  haste  to  be  presented  properly 
and  thereupon  lost  no  time  or  effort  in  winning  her  hand, 
even  enlisting  the  interest  of  Mrs.  Washington  in  his  cause 
and  defying  Aaron  Burr  and  all  Others  to  take  her  from 
him." 

Isn't  that  description  of  Mrs.  Colman's  deliciousl)  ro- 
mantic?    Read  what  the  author  -ays  about  her  dress: 

"To  the  inaugural  ceremonies  at  the  Capitol  when  her  hus- 
band was  sworn  in  she  wore  a  'plain  cambric  dress  with  a 
long  train.'  The  customary  handkerchief  about  the  neck 
was  omitted,  the  dres-  being  plain  to  the  extreme.  Her 
bonnet  was  of  purple  velvet  ami  white  satin  with  handsome 
white  plumes. 
Inaugural  Ball  Dress 

"Her  inaugural  ball  dress  was  rich  enough  to  make  up  for 
the  plainness  of  .the  day  dress."  write>  Mrs.  Colman,  "for 
it  was  a  handsome  long  trained  robe  of  light  yellow  or  bull 


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a    Paris  turban  of  the  same  material  combined 
latin  and  a  bird  of  Paradise.     Her  jewels  were 


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with  white 
pearls." 

Mrs.  Colman  states,  in  her  book,  that  Dolly  Madison's 
special  hobby  was  turbans,  which  she  wore  constantly  all 
of  her  life.  They  were  made  of  the  finest  material,  match- 
ing her  dresses,  and  cost  her  at  the  rate  of  one  thousand 
dollars  a  years.  "Another  extravagance  was  her  footwear. 
Still  another  costly  fancy  was  her  love  of  jewels  of  which 
she  had  a  large  variety." 

Card  Games  and  Loo 

The  author  tells  us  that  "card  games  were  the  pastime 
everywhere,  loo  being-  the  fad  of  ladies.  Mrs.  Madison 
eventually  gave  up  card-  anil  expressed  regret  at  ever  hav- 
ing indulged  in  them.  She  dipped  snuff  and  used  rouge  to 
the  intense  disgust  of  some  ladies  who  remembered  her 
Quaker  origin. 

"Quite  imposing  were  the  New  Year  receptions"  con- 
tinues the  author  who  states  that  these  receptions  were 
great  winter  events  at  the  White  House  and  were  intro- 
duced by  President  Madison  to  the  delight  of  the  people, 
adding  that  "Here,  particularly,  did   Mistress   Dolly  shine." 

"She  ruled  her  court  with  her  charm,  desiring  to  please 
and  be  pleased,"  the  author  tells  us.  "The  embodiment  of 
tact  and  courtesy,  her  rare  memory  for  names  and  faces 
strengthened   her  popularity." 

Is  it  any  wonder  that  modern  society  misses  are  reading 
the  life  of  1  lolly  Madison?  Some  critically  inclined  person- 
age has  told  us  that  tin-  lovely  lady  was  not  unlike  the  flap- 
per of  our  time.  But  to  really  understand  more  of  her  life. 
her  brilliancy  and  forsooth,  her  dainty  foibles  and  fancies 
i  nr  should  read  "Seventy-five  Years  of  White  House  <  iossip — 
From  Washington  to  Lincoln."  There  is  much  valuable 
information  in  the  book,  unforgettable  information. 
*     *     * 

Although  Edna  M.  Colman  wrote  when  she  was  12  years 
old.  she  really  began  her  literary  work  at  seventeen  as  a  fea- 
ture writer  in  New  York.  Her  newspaper  work  continued  as  a 
member  of  the  staff  of  the  Washington  "Times."  In  speaking  of 
her  work  -In  says  "1  have  interviewed  over  a  thousand  people — 

men  and  women — and  covered  every  conceivable  subject  in  my 
stories,  which  have  found  publication  in  all  of  the  large 
newspapers  of  the  country  and  in  many  of  the  leading  maga- 
zine-." 

She  wrote  thi-  I k,  primarily  to  teach  her  own  children 

a  real  understanding  and  love  for  their  own  country,  "In 
order  that  their  patriotism  might  never  be  undermined  by 
alluring  propaganda  of  agencies  of  foreign  or  domestic 
origin,  that  seek  to  belittle  the  principles  and  traditions  of 
the  L'niled  Stall 

It  i-  a  book  one  can  use  for  campanionship. 

Edna  M.  Colman  is  national  president  of  the  League  of 
American  Pen  Women  with  headquarters  in  the  Shoreham 
Hotel.  Washington.  I).  C,  having  been  elected  to  this,  the 
highest    office    within    the     province    of    the    national     Pen 


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"She   is   one  of  the  most   beloved   and   highly 
esteemed   writers   of   the   nation,"   declare   her 
corps  of  constituents. 
Dinner  Party  *     *     * 

Mrs.  Joseph  Sadoc  Tobin  entertained  this 
week  at  a  dinner  party  given  in  her  home,  later 
taking  her  guests  to  the  French  Playhouse ; 
those  in  her  party  were :  Count  and  Countess 
Galcerand  de  Pins,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  La- 
tour,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixwell  and  Henri  de  la 
thapelle.  *     *     * 

Countess  Nocolai  Honor  Guest 

The  beautiful  Countess  Florenza  Nocolai 
was  the  honor  guest  at  a  musicale  and  recep- 
tion given  this  past  week  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emil 
Blanckenburg  at  their  home  on  Jackson  Street. 
Mrs.  Blanckenburg,  an  operatic  singer,  pre- 
sented the  program  with  a  number  of  artists 
contributing  the  numbers.  The  guests  in- 
cluded Prosper  Reiter,  consul  of  Luxemburg 
and  Mrs.  Reiter,  both  of  whom  are  well  known 
singers.  Other  guests  were:  Messrs  and  Mes- 
dames  H.  B.  Lister,  J.  F.  Ham,  Clayton  Salter, 
Richard  Abel,  William  McKay,  Dr.  H.  Edward  Castle,  and 
the  Mjisses  Geneve  Shaffer,  Leila  Saling,  recently  returned 
from  New  York.  Alice  Guthrie  Poyner,  Nan  Gould,  Mine. 
Pearl  Ladd. 

Surprise  Wedding 

Society  was  indeed  "taken  unawares"  this  past  week 
(something  that  does  not  usually  transpire)  at  the  wedding 
of  Mrs.  Jennie  Crocker  Whitman  and  Mr.  Robert  Hender- 
son, which  took  place  on  the  magnificent  estate  ol  her 
brother,  Templeton  Crocker,  in  Hillsborough. 

Their  engagement  bad  been  announced  only  three  days 
before  the  wedding  of  Saturday,  January  30,  and  so  "societj 
was  not  prepared  for  a  ceremony  so  soon." 

In  fact,  the  luncheon  to  which  some  of  Mrs.  Whitman's 
friends  bad  been  invited  was  supposedly  a  betrothal  party. 
Thev  were  somewhat  confused,  just  for  a  minute,  when  the 
bridal  pair,  upon  entering  the  room  was  introduced  as  "Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henderson."  The  wedding  had  taken  place  a  few 
minutes  before  the  luncheon  in  the  charming  little  church 
at  San  Mateo.  St.  Matthew's  Episcopal  Church,  the  Rev. 
Walter  II.  Cambridge  officiating. 

Mrs.    Whitelaw     Reid,    a    relative    of    the    bride's    mother. 

Mr.  Ogden  Mills,  Mr.  William  II.  Crocker,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  W.  Crocker,  Mrs.  \nsel  Easton,  Mr.  Henry  T.  Sett. 
Mr.  and  M'rs.  Walter  S.  Martin.  Alexander  Henderson,  the 
young  son  of  the  bridegroom,  were  present  at  the  wedding 
in  the  church. 
Charming  Attire 

'Pbe  bride  wore  an  exquisite  gown  of  cream  lace  and  a 
small  becoming  brown  hat  and  the  famous  pearl  necklace 
which  once  so  mysteriously  disappeared  but  wa-  later  recovered 
She  wore  slippers  of  satin  the  same  shade  of  her  hat  and 
can  ud  an  arm  bouquet  "f  orchids  shading  into  the  colors 
of  her  gown. 
New  Home  Planned  *     * 

Western  society  is  delighted  over  the  word  that  the  bride 
anil  groom  are  to  remain  here,  and  welcomed  the  announce- 
ment that  as  soon  as  they  return  from  their  honeymoon,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henderson  will  build  a  sumptuous  home  on  the 
peninsula  estate. 


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Alter  :i    lew    weeks   Mrs.   I  lenderson   expects 
to    go   lo    Xew    York    to   close    up   her   affairs 
there,  bringing  back   with   her  the  three  chil- 
dren,  Mary.    Fred  and   Tania  Whitman, 
*     *     * 

Mrs.  Henderson  obtained  a  divorce  from 
Malcolm  Whitman  in  Paris  last  year.  Whit- 
man was  a  millionaire  New  York  merchant 
and,  at  one  time,  an  amateur  tennis  champion. 

The  marriage  last  Saturday  of  Malcolm 
Whitman  and  Miss  de  Vescovi  in  New  York 
was  celebrated,  according  to  authentic  ac- 
counts, on  the  estate  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Whitman,  parents  of  the  bridegroom.  The 
new  Mrs.  Whitman  was  well  known  in  New 
York  as  a  concert  singer,  and  prominent  in 
musical  circles. 


Elaborate  Dinner 

The  Spanish  Court  of  the  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Andrewr  Welch  home  on  Broadway  was  the 
scene  of  a  most  attractive  dinner  party  last 
Friday  evening.,  when  the  complimented 
guests  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phillip  Paschel. 
Small  tables  beautifully  decorated  in  early  spring  blos- 
soms seated  the  honored  guests,  including  Messrs  and  Mes- 
dames  Hugh  Porter.  George  de  Latour,  George  T.  Cameron, 
Kenneth  Kingsbury,  Henry  F.  Dutton,  Harry  Jenkins,  Eu- 
gene Lent,  Julian  Thome,  John  F.  Drum,  Charles  McCor- 
mick.  foseph  <  ).  Tobin,  Latham  McMullin.  Mesdames  Roger 
Lapham,  Walter  Dillingham.  Harry  McFarlane,  Miss  Jen- 
nie Blair  and  Messrs.  James  Wilder.  Frank  Madison.  Colo- 
nel Harry  Howland  and  the  Hon.  James  I)   Phelan,  former 

United   States   Senator. 


Mrs.  George  Leib  entertained  informally  at  her  home  in 
Burlingame  last  Saturday  in  honor  of  Miss  Jean  Howard 
and  her  fiance,  Mr.  Thomas  Page  Maillard. 

*  *     * 

\n  anniversary  surprise  party  was  given  in  compliment  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  R.  \\  right  on  Saturday,  last,  in  honor  of 
their  fifteenth  wedding  anniversary.  Mr.  Wright,  well 
known    in    musical    circles,    sang  a   number  of   selections   at 

this  delightful  affair. 

*  *     * 

Two  noted  music  composers  from  Australia.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
\liivd  Hill,  are  visiting  this  city.  They  have  been  entertained 
h\  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Hertz,  Messrs.  Wallace  Sabin  and  War- 
ren D.  Allen. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  I  da  Waldrop  are  leaving  shortly  for  a  trip 
io  Europe,  expecting  to  be  abroad  for  several  months.  Many 
farewell  parties  are  being  given  in  honor  of  this  talented  and 
rite  couple"  who  may  count  their  admiring  friends  by  the 
thousands.  Mrs.  Waldrop  sings  divinely,  and  her  husband. 
Ida  Waldrop.  San  Francisco's  municipal  organist,  is  a  com- 
1"  iser,  pianist  and  organist. 

*  *     * 

Mr-.  Oscar  Fembach.  one  of  the  most  active  of  the  directors 
of  the  Woman's  Building  Association,  is  receiving  congratula- 
tions for  the  success  of  the  large  card  party  given  at  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel,  last  Thursday  as  a  contributary  part  toward  a 
memorial  In  noring  the  late  Mrs.  John  Mctealf. 

*  *     * 

Dr.    Mariana    I'.ertola   was   the  honored  guest  at  a  luncheon 
at  the  California  Club  on  Tuesday  of  the  past  week.  Mrs. 
fi  lin  F.  Phillips  directing  the  affair. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Alfred  S.  Klee,  wife  of  the  consul-general  of  Guate- 
is  an  attractive  young  matron,  who  has  been  considerably 
I  at  a  numl  rial  gatherings. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


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|NE  HUNDRED  MEMBERS  of  the  San 
Francisco  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange  held 
their  annual  banquet  and  golf  tournament  at 
the  Beresford  Golf  and  Country  Club  last  Sat- 
urday and  although  the  weather  was  all  against 
a  golf  tournament.  Sidney  Schwartz,  president 
of  the  organization,  and  several  of  his  com- 
rades weathered  the  storm,  which  was  one  of 
the  worst  that  had  visited  the  peninsula  for  years,  and  they 
played  18  holes  of  golf  with  the  result  that  the  president  col- 
lected the  event  after  putting  a  lot  of  water  in   the  stock. 

President  Schwartz  and  [rving  Lundberg  took  on  Emil 
Sutro  and  Edwin  Perl,  while  Chappie  De  Wolf  and  Carl 
Seller  entertained  Ned  Pond  and  Ed  Pringle. 

President  Schwartz  proved  to  be  a  real  mud  horse,  shoot- 
ing several  par  holes,  and  finishing  off  by  making  a  double 
eagle  on  the  nineteenth  hole.  This  was  too  much  for  his 
brother-in-law.  Emil  Sutro,  so  be  tried  to  take  his  revenge 
out  on  Gustave  Schwartz,  another  member  of  the  firm,  but 
he  met  with  the  same  result.  Emil  was  so  disgusted  at  be- 
ing humiliated  that  he  picked  up  his  war  clubs  and  beat 
it  to  the  city. 

Chappie  De  Wolf  arrived  in 
trip  to  the  old  country  just  in 
awful  trimming. 

Chappie  said  he  was  glad  he  was  able  to  give  this 
dollar  chaser  the  time  of  his  life  over  18  holes  of 
heart-breaking  golf.  He  said  he  pinched  him  so 
hard  that  the  eagles  squealed;  while  De  Wolf  was 
attending  to  Ed  Pringle.  Ned  Pond  was  taking  care 
of  Carl  Steber,  hooking  him  for  the  last  of  the  fam- 
ily plate. 

J.  L.  Osborne,  the  famous  southpaw  from  Se- 
quoyah Club,  issued  a  challenge  to  (ins  Schwartz 
and  Emil   Sutro.  that   was  accepted. 

1  Isborne  and  his  brother  "Togo"  are  open  to  take 
on  the  two  big  boys  from  Sutro  and  Co.  for  twenty 
shares  of  P.  i  i.  and  E.  stock — the  match  was  cemeted 
and  will  be  played  on  the  Beresford  Golf  and  Coun- 
try Club's  course  next  Sunday. 


the  city  from  a  six  months' 
time  to  give  Ed  Pringle  an 


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Banquet  Went  Over  Big 

After  the  players  were  thoroughly  soaked  on  the  course, 
they  retired  to  the  clubhouse,  where  they  were  entertained 
in  a  most  lavish  manner. 

The  banquet  and  the  thought  put  into  the  whole  affair, 
which  was  so  admirably  handled  by  Ed  Lyden,  the  ex- 
tremely popular  manager  of  the  Beresford  Club  was  the 
most  gorgeous  and  most  sumptuous  affair  thaat  one  could 
ever  dream  of.  The  setting  was  the  ballroom  at  the  club, 
which  was  decorated  to  represent  the  jungle,  ten  tons  of 
shrubbery  covered  the  entire  walls  and  ceiling  with  different 
colored  lights  bursting  forth  all  over  the  place,  while  live 
monkeys,  parrots  and  singing  canaries  flew  or  leaped  around 
the  forest.  This  novel  scheme  took  the  ingenious  Ed  Lyden 
and  a  corp  of  ten  men  just  one  week  to  accomplish,  but  Ed 
got  as  much  kick  out  of  it  as  if  the  party  was  given  in  his 
honor.  *     *     * 

Splendid  Orchestra 

Phil  Sapiro  and  his  famous  orchestra  furnished  most  of 
the  music,  which  was  specially  written  for  the  occasion. 
Phil  was  in  a  very  happy  mood  and  his  work  was  greatly 
appreciated. 

Miss  Reusch  and  her  ballet  of  50  beautiful  dancing  dolls 


put  over  some  clever  stunts,  while  Meredith  Parker  ren- 
dered some  very  fine  song  hits  in  his  delightful  tenor  voice. 
The  three  famous  Spanish  serenaders  also  gave  some  classy 
selections  on  the  mandolin  and  guitar.  The  big  feature 
of  the  whole  affair  was  that  the  party  started  out  as  a  stag 
banquet,  but  when  the  dancing  dolls  got  through  with  their 
program  it  became  a  masque  party,  the  girls  joining  in  and 
it  was,  "all  for  you."  Everyone  picked  his  own  partner  and 
the  music  and  dancing  went  on  until  early  morning. 

The  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange  members  ought  to  feel 
mighty  proud  of  having  two  such  capable  members  as  Mil- 
ton Bremer  and  Harold  Brayton  in  their  organization.  For 
it  was  Bremer.  Brayton  and  Ed  Lyden,  manager  of  the 
Beresford  Club,  wdio  engineered  the  whole  affair,  and  those 
who  were  fortunate  enough  to  have  been  there  voted  that  it 
was  without  doubt  the  most  successful  partv  ever  pulled  off. 
*     *     * 

Muscovites  Move  on  Lakeside 

Golfers  on  the  Olympic  Club  links  at  Lakeside  had  been 
wondering  about  the  giant  who  had  been  roaming  about  the 
course.  Echoes  of  a  strange,  strong  language,  sometimes 
violent,  with  occasional  bursts  of  song  from  a  tremendous 
bass  voice  aroused  much  curiosity  as  to  the  identity  of  the 
stranger.  Finally,  hearing  a  few  strains  of  music  familiar 
to  thousands  from  the  Volga  Boat  Song,  the  singer  was 
recognized  as  the  famous  Russian  basso,  Chaliapin, 
who  has  been  staying  at  the  beautiful  new  club  as 
a  guest  of  Harold  Pracht  of  Wiley  B.  Allen  Co. 

Playing  the  Scotch  game  with  a  heavy  Russian 
accent  (not  Bolshevik  |  Chaliapin  has  made  himself 
very  popular  with  some  of  the  Olympians. 

Frank  Foran,  the  genial  secretary  was  inclined  to 
be  "Ritzy"  when  the  great  Russian  added  his 
glorious  bass  to  Frank's  dulcet  tenor,  in  harmonious 
duet. 

Benno  Moiseiwitsch,  one  of  the  world's  greatest 
pianists  and  also  a  Russian,  proved  a  surprise  to 
several  golfers  who  scoffed  at  the  idea  of  an  artist 
playing  golf. 

I 'aired  with  Harold  Pracht.  he  succeeded  in  separating 
Jim  Black  and  Lawrence  Lindsey  from  the  price  of  a  case 
of  vodka. 

Since  the  visits  of  these  artists,  the  Lakeside  players  are 
all  practising  the  new  Russian  pivot  on  the  tee. 


Realtors  to  Hold  Tourney 

The  San  Francisco  realtors  will  hold  their  semi-annual 
golf  tournament  at  the  California  (iolf  and  Country  Club 
with  a  four  days'  tourney  March  3-4-5  and  6.  This  tourna- 
ment entitles  all  members  and  associate  members  to  play. 

Hugo  Ramacciotti  is  chairman  of  the  affair,  assisted  by 
i  iscar  Turnbladt,  W.  11.  Manaton,  Chic  Chaqnette,  Rosie 
Rosenstern,  Leslie  Burkes  and  Felix  Kahn. 

Fred  Blair  is  chairman  of  the  tournament  committee  with 
Joe  Loughrey  as  legal  advisor.  There  will  be  flights  of 
sixteen  handicap,  and  trophies  will  be  awarded  to  the  best 
gross  and  low  net  scores,  the  winners  and  runners-up  in  each 
flight.  A  banquet  will  follow  at  the  conclusion  of  the  first 
day's  play.  Fill  in  your  cards  and  mail  a  check  for  $5  to 
Hugo  Ramacciotti.  Mills  Building.  San  Francisco  as  soon 
as  possible. 


February  6,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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By  C.  J.  Pennington 

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I  NoTe — The  San  Francisco  News  Letier 
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advance  programs  from  the  various  radio 
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BROADCAST  SCHEDULE  FOR  NEXT  WEEK 


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will  give  valuable  advice  to  radio  fans  in 
regard  to  the  purchasing  and  operation  of 
radios. ) 

What  Set  Shall  I  Buy? 

ALMOST  every  radio  publication 
on  the  market  today  has  given 
that  question  a  hearing.  However,  al- 
though they  go  into  details  to  explain 
the  different  makes,  they  leave  the  be- 
wildered readers  to  choose  for  them- 
selves. 

The  broadcasting  of  programs  cre- 
ated such  a  demand  lor  sets  that  the 
radio  companies  were  unable  to  sup- 
ply that  demand,  and  a  number  of  new 
manufacturers  commenced  to  produce 
radios.  The  result  was  that  a  large 
quantity  of  poor  quality  radio  sets  were 
placed  on  the  market.  Some  of  the 
manufacturers  were  honest  enough, 
but  they  lacked  the  actual  manufact- 
uring experience.  The  dishonest  ones 
did  not  hesitate  to  copy  some  well- 
known  set,  using  parts  of  a  poor  qual- 
ity, and  then  placed  their  product  on 
the  market  under  a  name  somewhat 
similar  to  that  of  the  genuine  article. 
This  sort  of  thing  could  not  produce 
anything  but  a  poor  receiver. 

If  every  one  was  an  expert  on  radio, 
there  would  be  no  doubts  as  to  which 
particular  set  to  purchase,  but  the  ma- 
jority arc  not  versed  in  radio  knowl- 
edge, although  they  do  enjoy  listening 
to  the  wonderful  programs  that  are 
broadcast  daily.  At  present  develop- 
ments, many  good  radio  sets  are  on 
the  market,  all  having  practically  the 
same  initial  cost.  Some  buyers  pur- 
chase a  reasonably  good  set,  but  they 
make  the  mistake  of  selecting  poor 
equipment  to  go  with  it,  and  no  radio 
>et  is  any  better  than  its  loud  speaker, 
tubes  or  aerial. 

No  one  can  pay  one  or  two  hundred 
dollars  for  a  radio  set  and  then  equip 
it  with  a  S3. 50  loud  -peaker  and  expect 
excellent  reception  :  nor  can  the  same 
set  he  supplied  with  cheap  tubes  and 
the  user  expect  the  same  results  that 
are  obtained  from  first-class  tubes. 

No  aerial  can  be  constructed  in  a 
haphazard  manner  and  then  bring  in 
stations  correctly.  A  radio  set  is  a 
delicate  instrument  and  should  be 
used  as  such.  When  installing  a  radio, 
care  should  be  exercised  as  to  the 
equipment  and  how  it  is  installed.  A 
poor  ground  connection  has  been  found 
responsible  for  a  great  many  defects 
in  radio  reception.  Details  could  be 
entered  into  explaining  many  reasons 
(Continued  on  Page  15) 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


Till".  American  people  bought  a  greater  amount  of  life 
insurance  in  December,  1925.  than  at  any  preceding 
period  of  our  history.  Measured  in  terms  of  life  insurance 
people  were  20  per  cent  more  thrifty  in  1925  than  in  1924. 

*  *     * 

— John  Marshall  Holcombe,  for  more  than  twenty  years 
president  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life,  died  recently  at  the 
age  ol  77  rears. 

*  *     * 

— Suggestions  are  being  made  that  the  state  should  com- 
pel a  man  on  marrying  to  lake  out  a  life  insurance  policy. 
Seeing  that,  even  now,  the  marriage  statistics  arc  declining, 
it  would  be  dangerous  to  speculate  on  the  effect  of  such  a 
law  upon  the  population  question. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.  1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  nnd  21st  Streets 

PARK-I'KESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

IIAICHT  STREET  BRANCH Ilnight  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ON^-QUARTER  (4 14)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


— The  Southern  Pacific  Company  is  giving  notice  that 
the  new  Hotel  Del  Monte  will  be  open  on  April  10th.  There 
will  be  100  rooms  and  baths  and  the  main  section  includes 
many  conveniences  and  luxuries,  including  are  gallery, 
amusement  rooms  and  children's  play  rooms. 

*  *     * 

— Herbert  Hoover,  in  a  recent  statement  issued  by  the 
U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce,  says  that  at  present  there 
are  governmentally  controlled  combinations  in  nine  raw 
materials,  Egyptian  long-stapled  cotton,  camphor,  coffee, 
iodine,  nitrates,  potash,  mercury,  rubber  and  sisal.  These 
commodities  will  cost  this  country  about  $1,200,000,000  for 

1926. 

*  *     * 

— Attention  is  being  directed  to  the  problem  of  increasing 
the  recovery  of  old  rubber  and  the  improved  methods  of  its 
use.  It  may  be  that  we  shall  be  able  to  receive  about  400,- 
000,000  pounds  of  old  rubber  per  year.  This  does  not  have 
the  value  of  new  rubber,  but  great   use  car,  be  made  of  it. 

*  *     * 

— It  is  to  be  noted  as  an  achievement  of  considerable 
merit  that  German  currency  has  been  maintained  at  par 
by  resolute  and  capable  management.  In  this  connection, 
we  note  that  there  are  representatives  of  the  United  States 
upon  the  board  of  the  hank  of  issue  to  supplement  the  dis- 
tinguished efforts  of  the  president  of  the  Reichsbank,  Dr. 
Horace  Greeley  Hjalmar  Schlacht. 


— It  must  be  understood  that  the  pronounced  credit  ex- 
pansion of  1925  was  almost  wholly  through  loans  secured 
by  stocks  and  bonds.  There  was  a  great  expansion  of  credit 
lor  the  purchase  of  stocks  and  bonds  and  a  very  moderate 
use  of  credit  in  regular  trade  and  industry. 


— One  noticeable  fact  about  recent  buying  is  that  it  is 
growing  more  and  more  to  be  of  what  is  called  the  "hand- 
to-mouth"  variety.  The  value  of  trade  increases,  but  the 
purchases  arc  more  numerous  and  less  in  quantity  per  pur- 
chase. Stocks  are  not  accumulated. 
*     *     * 

—The  prospect  of  gold  imports  this  year  is  not  as  g 1 

as  it  was  a  year  ago,  for  the  favorable  trade  balance  will 
not  be  as  large.  It  shows  marks  of  diminishing  as  Europe 
gets  to  work.  But  the  most  notable  factor  in  this  matter  is 
the  increasing  amount  which  goo  to  Europe  in  the  form 
of  loans  and  which  consequently  lends  to  diminish  our  bal- 
ance.   This  is  financially  quite  sound. 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid  I  l>  Capital  V20.000.O0O  «ZO,000,000  Reserve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL,  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought.  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG:  NEW  YORK:  PORT- 
LAND.    ORE.:     SEATTLE.     WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY,     MEXICO. 

San  Franclnco  Offloe:  450  California  Street 
lilt  l  I  i;    lit:  \  l  in  ti  I  I:  W.  J.  COULTHARD 

Manager  Aast.  Manager 


Compensation,   General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident    and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,   Burglary,   Automobile    Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phone  Douclas  2244 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California  j 

Manufacturer*  ot 
RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE,    TANKS.     CULVERTS,     PENSTOCKS, 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 
Snn  FranciHro,  Calif.  Loa  Angelea,  Calif. 

1+4  Mnrket  Street  r.717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 

^ jjjjfy   \ ,  i<  i  s   mUKiv 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 
25  Kearny  Street  Phone  Kearny  3714 


February  6,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Id 


Travel  Tid-Bits 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER,  by  popu- 
lar demand,  is  going  to  publish  weekly  articles  dealing 
with  travel  to  different  parts  of  the  world,  which  we  are 
sure  will  be  of  considerable  interest  to  our  readers. 

Travel  since  the  war  has  increased  enormously,  and  it 
may  interest  Californians  to  know  that  over  five  thousand 
passports  were  issued  at  the  passport  bureau  in  San  Fran- 
cisco during  1925.  To  give  an  idea  of  the  growth  of  travel, 
we  may  mention  that  during  this  winter  six  cruising 
steamers  have  left  New  York  for  around  the  world  cruises, 
namely:  The  "Empress  of  Scotland"  of  the  Canadian  Pa- 
cific, the  "Carinthia"  of  the  Cunard  line,  the  "Laconia"  of 
the  Cunard  line,  the  "Belgenland"  of  the  Red  Star  line,  the 
"Franconia"  of  the  Cunard  line,  and  the  "Resolute"  of  the 
United  American  line.  In  addition  to  these  cruises  the  Dol- 
lar line  maintains  a  continuous  service  around  the  world, 
and  these  steamers  are  always  heavily  booked,  showing  the 
popularity  of  around  the  world  travel.  The  Dollar  line 
steamers  are  so  arranged  that  one  can  remain  over  for  two 
weeks  or  longer  at  any  of  the  ports  of  the  various  countries 
visited. 

The  Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet  Company,  realizing  that 
the  traveling  public  required  something  new  in  cruises,  sent 
the  "Orca"  this  winter  from  New  York  to  South  America, 
thence  to  South  Africa,  returning  via  Egypt  to  New  York. 
[This  cruise  was  a  great  success  and  was  booked  to  capacity. 
Announcement  has  been  made  of  a  second  cruise  next  Jan- 
uary by  the  new  steamer  "Asturias." 

Steamers  sailing  to  the  Mediterranean  ports  have  become 
exceedingly  popular,  as  evidenced  by  the  great  number  of  peo- 
ple travelling  this  winter  to  Egypt.  The  Navigazione  Gen- 
erate Italiana  line  and  the  Lloyd  Sabaudo  line  maintain  a 
service  of  express  steamers  superbly  equipped  between  New 
York  and  Naples,  and  these  steamers  have  become  so  popu- 
lar, that  it  is  necessary  to  make  reservations  months  in  ad- 
vance. We  would  especially  draw  the  attention  of  intend- 
ing travelers  to  make  reservations  whether  crossing  the  Pa- 
cific, or  crossing  the  Atlantic,  as  early  as  possible,  as  in 
many  eases  travelers  have  been  disappointed  owing  to  the 
fact  that  they  have  been  unable  to  secure  the  accommoda- 
tion desired  when  they  finally  applied  for  reservations. 

There  are  man)   cruises  that  will  appeal  to  the  travelling 
public  this  year,  notably   Raymond  and  Whitcomb's  spring 
tour  on  the   new    Cunard  steamer,   the-  "Carinthia,"   leaving 
New  York,    \pril  3rd,  visiting  Mediterranean  ports,  includ- 
n     i  Ireece;  Thos.  Cook  &  Son's  cruise  on  the  "California," 
leaving   New    York   July    1st.   for   a   summer    Mediterranean 
cruise,  including  Egypt  and  the  Holy  Land,  also  the  "Lap- 
land" of  the  Red  Star  line,  leaving  July  8th.     Frank  C.  Clark 
;  will  also  offer  a  wonderful  summer  cruise  to  the  Mediter- 
ranean   and    Norway    by    the    new    Cunard    steamer   "Lan- 
castrian  and   the    Raymond   ami    Whitcomb   Company  are 
■  offering  a  special    Norway  cruise   leaving  New  York,  June 
I  29th  on  the  "Carinthia"  also  of  the  Cunard  line.     In  addi- 
tion to  these  the  Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet  Cdmpany  operate 
|  cruises  of  all  description  to  Norway  and  the  Midnight  Sun. 
'The    United     American     line    around-the-world     steamer 
"Resolute"  will  arrive  in  San   Francisco  on   February  8th, 
I  and  will  be  leaving  on    February  l'th   westward  across  the 
|  Pacific,  and  it  will  be  a  wonderful  opportunity  tor  San  Fran- 
ciscans to  visit  tliis.  steamer.     A  limited   number  of  invita- 
tions will  be  issued  and  application  should  be  made  to  Mr. 
T.    11.    Jacobs,    Pacific    toast    manager.    United    American 
Line.  574  Maiket  Street 


An  opportunity  for  Californians  to  travel  through  the 
canal  on  a  direct  steamer  to  England  is  offered  by  the  Ca- 
nadian Pacific  this  year.  The  "Empress  of  Scotland,"  fin- 
ishing a  cruise  around  the  world  will  leave  San  Francisco, 
March  22nd,  calling  at  Los  Angeles,  through  the  Panama 
Canal  to  Havana,  spending  four  days  in  New  York,  where 
passengers  can  be  provided  with  transfers,  hotel  accommo- 
dation, and  meals  at  reasonable  prices  and  arriving  in  Eu- 
rope April  20th. 

(  We  shall  be  glad  to  answer  travel  questions  for  you  through 
these  columns  and  welcome  inquiries.) 


Free  Cooking  Schools 

All  the  modern  methods  of  cookery  will  again  be  demon- 
strated during  February  at  two  Market  Street  furniture 
stores.  Mrs.  D.  R.  Withers,  home  economist  of  the  Pacific 
Gas  &  Electric  Company  will  give  classes  at  the  Sterling 
Furniture  Company  from  2  to  4  p.  m.  on  February  1  to  5, 
inclusive  and  at  the  Ellis  Market  Furniture  Company  at  the 
same  hours  from  February  15  to  19,  inclusive.  Every  house- 
wife in  San  Francisco  is  invited  with  no  obligation  on  her 
part. 

The  mechanics  and  art  of  modern  cookery  is  pains- 
takingly explained  by  Mrs.  Withers,  whose  ten  years  ex- 
perience with  gas  ranges  fits  her  for  the  role  of  expert.  You 
will  be  amply  repaid  for  the  time  spent  in  her  classes.  Act- 
ual cooking,  explanations,  question  answering  and  expert 
demonstration  will  help  you  iron  out  many  of  your  kitchen 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


The  Automobile  Show 

By  E.  V.  Weller,  Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 


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AT-A-TAT-TAT  goes  the  drum,  rootle-tee-tootle  the 
life!"  If  Robert  Browning  had  ambled  into  the 
Civic  Auditorium  this  week  and  looked  over  the  automo- 
bile show  he  couldn't  have 
evolved  any  better  verse 
than  that.  Browning  was 
the  real  instigator  of  our 
modern  jazz,  you  know,  so 
his  description  of  a  Roman 
carnival  night  ought  to  be 
in  line  with  our  ultra-mod- 
ern ideas.  Browning  wrote 
some  things  that  critics 
have  been  trying  to  inter- 
pret unsuccessfully  ever 
since.  Even  Browning  him- 
self forgot  what  they  were 
all  about.  But  the  line 
quoted  above  is  eloquent 
testimony  that  our  Victor- 
ian poet  knew  something 
about  jazz  and  was  a  pretty 
E.  v.  weiier  fajr  prophet  of  the  automo- 

bile show  of  the  twentieth  century. 

Now,  when  the  drum  and  the  life  were  busy  at  the  com- 
mand of  one  portly  individual.  Paul  Whiteman  by  name,  the 
crowd  did  not  concern  itself  very  much  about  things  me- 
chanical or  motors  cars  in  general.  But  when  Paul  and 
his  cohorts  were  silent,  the  crowd  looked  under  hoods,  tink- 
ered with  lamps  and  carburetors  and  gears,  played  a  few 
strident  notes  on  the  horn  and  then  comfortably  settled  back 
into  the  upholstery  to  imagine  itself  out  on  the  (  >pen  Road 
watching  the  California  scenic  panorama  with  its  multitudi- 
nous reels  of  infinite  beauty  flash  by. 

Successful  as  a  festival  of  beauty  and  color,  successful 
as  a  stimulant  to  trade,  successful  in  the  development  of 
interest  in  the  motor  car  and  the  motor  transport,  the  tenth 
annual  Pacific  Automobile  Show  passes  into  the  historical 
file  today  as  one  of  the  best  exhibitions  of  its  kind  the  world 
has  ever  seen.  The  great  eastern  exhibits  had  no  such  mu- 
sical program  as  this;  they  were  not  housed  as  comfortably 
ni ir  were  the  decorations  to  be  compared  with  the  pic- 
turesque motif  of  this  western  display.  The  motor  cars 
composed  the  only  point  of  resemblance  between  the  East 
and  the  West  in  this  year's  show. 

The  whole  family  was  tickled  pink  with  the  gorgeousness 
of  the  vehicles  and  the  colorful  setting.  Matron  and  maid 
sighed  over  the  luxurious  limousine  with  its  mirrors  and 
powder  puffs  and  its  cute  little  thing-um-a-gigs  for  milady 
who  smokes.  The  business  man  disguised  bis  eagerness 
under  a  frown  and  looked  wisely  over  the  engine  and  the 
body  (•instruction  the  while  he  harkened  and  nodded  now 
and  then  to  the  palaver  of  the  salesman.  The  college  youth 
and  his  lady  drank  heavy  drafts  of  joy  in  the  inspection  of 
the  cut-away  roadster  with  the  loud  stripes  and  the  babes- 
in-arms  struggled  and  howled  for  the  horn  button.  It  was 
a  grand  gorge  of  beauty,  mates,  and  if  wishes  were  automo- 
biles every  one  of  the  hundred  and  one  cars  on  the  floor 
would  have  been  driven  away  on  the  first  day  of  the  exhibit. 
The  automobile  show  really  means  a  lot  in  our  young 
life.  You  can  feel  the  pulse  of  a  nation's  business  in  wan- 
dering around  the  aisles  at  this  annual  display  of  mechani- 
cal products.  The  thrill  that  comes  with  a  new  car  is  mag- 
nified a  thousand  times  when  you  find  cars  on  every  side, 
machines  for  rich  and  poor,  vehicles  to  meet  every  one's 


need  and  everyone's  pocketbook.  The  public  that  conies  to 
hear  and  to  see  is  not  the  only  element  to  feel  the  thrill  and 
wax  enthusiastic  over  the  outlook  ;  the  salesman  and  the 
dealer  find  in  the  automobile  show  a  remarkable  oppor- 
tunity for  imbibing  a  spirit  of  optimism  that  lasts  well  into 
the  spring  season.  Yes,  even  Paul  Whiteman,  behind  the 
screen  of  his  music,  apart  from  those  vehicularly  inclined, 
must  have  felt  a  little  of  that  enthusiasm  exuded  by  the 
great  throngs  on  the  floor.    At  least,  he  played  like  it. 

Interest  in  things  mechanical  was  more  alive  than  ever. 

The  cut-out  chassis,  the  lecture  rooms,  the  skeletons  that 

brought   out   the  anatomical    peculiarities   of   this  car  and 

that,   were   a   continual   attraction.     There   was   something 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


IS 


almost  morbid  in  the  way  the  specta- 
tors crowded  around  to  see  the  poor 
vehicles  dissected.  <  >ne  dealer  sawed 
pne  of  his  ears  completely  in  half  and 
the  poor  thing  seemed  to  be  costinually 
craning  its  neck  about  the  auditorium 
in  search  for  the  rest  of  its  anatomy. 
'•Twas  a  sorry  sight.  For  ray  part.  I 
hate  to  be  confronted  with  the  "in- 
nards" of  a  motor  car  whether  at  an 
automobile  show  or  out  on  the  road. 
It's  a  skeleton  that  always  belongs  in 
the  closet  and  most  motor  cars  just 
like  many  people  nowadays  are  bought 
and  sold  more  on  appearance  than  per- 
formance. 

A  goodly  percentage  of  the  crowd 
visited  the  basement  display  of  the  big 
brothers  of  the  passenger  cars,  busses 
and  tractors,  trucks  and  trailers.  The 
vision  of  the  motorized  world  of  the 
future  is  incomplete  without  including 
this  phase  of  the  exhibit.  That's  how 
the  young  hopeful  who  lives  out  in  the 
country  will  be  enjoying  the  advan- 
tages of  first-class  schooling,  that's 
how  the  great  engineering  projects  of 
the  state  will  be  rushed  to  completion, 
that's  how  a  great  many  of  us  will  be 
traveling  from  place  to  place  in  the 
near  future — these  are  important  fac- 
tors of  the  transportation  of  the  world. 
There  were  some  boats  downstairs  to 
attract  the  aquatically  inclined  and 
some  motors  to  carry  along  on  an  au- 
tomobile trip  to  drive  the  skiff  up  the 
stream  from  camp.  But  the  most  in- 
teresting of  all  the  basement  exhibits 
were  the  massive  trucks  and  luxurious 
passenger  coaches  that  gave  the  spec- 
tator a  feeling  of  awe. 

Upstairs,  there  were  a  hundred  and 
one  displays  of  the  things  that  make 
motoring  more  comfortable  and  safer. 
Moving  exhibits,  most  of  them  were, 
everything  from  a  wrench  that  knew 
every  bolt  and  nut  by  name  to  horns 
with  organ  voices  that  played  jazz 
almost  as  well  as  Paul,  himself,  on  the 
main  floor.  The  accessory  exhibits 
were  arranged  in  a  circle  around  the 
mezzanine  and  the  visiting  public  re- 
alized the  circular  part  of  it  by  the  time 
they  had  gone  the  rounds.  1  came  out. 
myself,  with  enough  reading  matter  to 
last  me  the  rest  of  my  life,  almost.  If 
it  was  not  quite  as  enlightening  as  a 
five-foot  shelf  of  the  world's  best  1 
think,  by  spending  an  hour  a  day,  as 
they  say  in  the  advertisements,  1  can 
probably  pass  an  examination  in  a  lew 
/ears  that  will  give  me  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  publicity. 

The  observer  at  the  show  will  be 
confronted  by  a  few  very  interesting 
lusions,  ,,ne  ni  which  is  a  bit  shop- 
worn. It's  a  bromide  nowadays  to  re- 
mark on  the  prevalence  of  the  closed 
car  model  but  it  was  very  much  in  evi- 
dence at  the  1926  show,  more  so  than 
it  was  last  year.  The  motorist  of  to- 
day  keens   his  weather  eve  open — in  a 


closed  job.  Another  observation  is 
that  a  great  many  motorists  know  a 
little  something  about  what  makes  the 
car  go  and  what  makes  it  stop.  A 
point  in  engineering  design  on  the  in- 
side of  the  car  may  sell  a  prospective 
purchaser  where  a  few  years  ago  the 
inside  of  the  car  was  a  mystery  to  the 
buyer  and,  for  that  matter,  to  the  sales- 
man and  the  dealer  as  well. 

Each  year  sees  a  greater  amount  of 
standardization  in  motor  car  construc- 
tion. You  have  to  look  a  little  bit 
closer  at  the  name-plate  on  motor  cars 
nowadays  to  know  whether  it  is  sell- 
ing in  the  thousand  dollar  class  or  five 
times  higher.  The  low-priced  models 
are  smart  looking  affairs  one  and  all 
and  the  high-priced  cars  haven't  been 
marking  time,  either.  They  fitted  in 
well  with  the  Oriental  rugs  and  the 
dignified  salesmen  in  spick  and  span 
evening  clothes. 

The  automobile  show  of  1926  goes 
into  the  book  as  a  success.  The  cars 
that  were  all  shined  up  for  the  show 
will  soon  be  skimming  up  and  down 
California's  highways  in  answer  to  the 
stridcntCall  of  the  Open  Road.  The  spring 
is  just  around  the  corner,  you  know; 
you  can  almost  hear  that  medley  of 
horns,  playing  Paul  Whiteman's  tunes 
on  the  Gypsy  Trail,  for  this  year  will 
mark  up  a  new  record  for  automobile 
travel  in  California.  The  motorists  of 
this  state  traveled  over  ten  million 
miles  last  year  within  the  borders  of 
California  and  this  year,  if  indications 
in  evidence  at  the  automobile  show  are 
any  criterion,  the  record  will  be  many 
miles  higher.     Let's  go! 


China  Society  Will  Hold  Meeting 

The  China  Society  of  San  Francisco 
will  hold  its  monthly  meeting  next 
Tuesday  evening,  February  the  ninth. 
I  hi  subject  for  the  evening  will  be 
"Chinese  Humour."  presented  by  Mr. 
Y.  I'.  Clowe,  a  forme:-  resident  in  China 
for  fourteen  years  in  the  consular  serv- 
ice. The  meeting  will  take  place  at 
573    California    Street    at   8:00. 

Chinese  current  events  will  be  dis- 
cussed. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
i  Continued  trom  Page  7) 

wrote  the  story  "Dance  Madness" 
which    is    the    feature    picture    at    the 

Warfield    beginning    today.       Leonard, 

one  >>i  the  most  consistently  success- 
ful directors  in  the  business  has  turned 
out  a  sensational  entertainment  feature 
in  this  picture. 

Claire  Windsor  and  Conrad  Xagel 
have  done  brilliant  work  in  this  fast- 
moving,  syncopated  comedy  of  honey- 
moon life'  in  Paris.  (  laire  Windsor 
has  been  widely  heralded  as  the 
screen's  most  beautiful  woman,  and  Con- 
rad Xagel  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
leading  men  on  the  screen. 


There  will  be  another  super  idea  of 
Fanchon  and  Marco's  on  the  stage,  and 
Walter  Roesner  and  his  orchestra  will 
entertain  with  some  entirely  new  and 
novel   numbers. 

*      *      * 

Paul  Whiteman 

While  the  auto  show  is  marvelous 
and  crowded  nightly,  the  center  of  at- 
traction is  Paul  Whiteman  and  his 
wonderful  band.  The  story  of  how  this 
Denver  lad  came  here,  underwent 
many  and  varied  experiences,  and  fi- 
nally got  to  New  York,  where  he  se- 
cured an  engagement  at  the  Palais 
Royal,  reads  like  a  fairy  tale,  but  it 
isn't,  and  if  you  could  get  Paul  in  a 
corner  and  make  him  tell  you  about  it, 
you  would  be  sure  you  were  dreaming. 
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Lunch  in  Town 


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Francisco 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


Paul  is  at  the  "Top  of  the  World"  now, 
but  he  still  remembers  dear  old  San 
Francisco,  and  San  Francisco  always 
welcomes  him  with  open  arms. 

*     *     * 
Orpheum 

Two  notable  stars  share  headline 
honors  at  the  Orpheum  this  week — Henry 
Santrey  and  his  orchestra  and  Miss 
Alice  Lloyd.  Santrey  is  one  of  the  pio- 
neers in  the  jazz  band  field,  and  he 
manages  to  be  always  a  step  ahead  of 
other  organizations.  For  his  coming 
engagement  he  promises  several  new 
and  novel  stunts.  Miss  Lloyd,  who  is 
making  her  first  American  tour  in  sev- 
eral years  offers  a  program  of  her  past 
and  present  song  successes,  which  will 
recall  fond  memories  to  those  who  have 
ever  witnessed  a  performance  of  this 
greatest  of  all  singing  comediennes. 
She  will  be  assisted  at  the  piano  by 
Robert  Hurly. 

Two  of  vaudeville's  greatest  fa- 
vorites are  also  on  the  bill, — Harry  and 
Anna  Seymour  with  breezy  bits  of 
mirth  and  melody;  the  Templetons, 
Mercer  and  James  offer  "Yes.  We 
Have  No  Charleston"'  assisted  by  a 
charming  miss  by  the  name  of  Adelaide 
Bendon  and  Charles  Embler;  Moore 
and  Freed  will  be  seen  in  a  clever 
comedy  number  called  "Spooning  and 
Ballooning" ;  William  Bruck  and  his 
company  will  be  seen  in  sensational 
risley  and  tramboline  stunts  ;  Dr.  Rock- 
well, the  greatest  laugh  doctor  the 
world  has  ever  known  is  chasing  away 
all  the  ills  of  the  throngs  that  are  at- 
tending the  Orpheum  daily,  and  he  i; 
being  held  over  for  a  second  big  week 
of  side-splitting  mirth;  The  Merediths, 
Madelyn  and  Hoyt,  famous  dancers, 
are  also  remaining  for  a  second  big 
week  and  will  have  a  goodly  amount  of 
comedy  injected  into  their  offering  by 
Dr.  Rockwell. 


RADIO 

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why  good  sets  fail  to  function  prop- 
erly. 

The  radio  staff  of  the  News  Letter 
cannot  publish  the  different  makes  of 
sets  and  equipment  which  they  feel 
they  can  recommend,  but  we  are  con- 
ducting a  department  through  personal 
letters  addressed  to  the  Radio  Editor, 
The  News  Letter,  235  Montgomery 
Street,  San  Francisco,  California,  to 
help  any  of  our  readers  to  make  their 
selection. 

We  feel  that  if  we  can  be  of  any  bene- 
fit to  any  prospective  purchaser  of  a 
radio  set  and  if  we  can  help  them  to 
make  their  selection  it  will  give  us 
pleasure  to  be  of  service. 

*     *     * 
KFWI's 
Pajama  Party 

How  late  will  a  radio  fan  stay  up  to 


listen  to  the  programs  picked  out  of 
the  air? 

Tom  Catton,  president  of  the  Radio 
Entertainments,  Inc..  owners  of  the 
new  San  Francisco  station,  KFWI, 
thought  he  could  find  the  answer  when 
he  inaugurated  a  "wee  sma'  hour"  pro- 
gram of  dance  music  last  Sunday  morn- 
ing. The  jazz  started  rolling  out  En  im 
the  KFWI  antenna  at  1:30  a.  m.  "We 
will  remain  on  the  air  as  long  as  re- 
quests keep  coming  in  for  selections," 
Catton  announced. 

It  was  4  a.  m.,  the  jazz  band  was 
drooping  with  weariness,  Catton  was 
fatigued  from  announcing,  and  the  tele- 
phone and  telegraph  wires  leading  into 
the  studio  were  still  hot  with  requests 
from  listeners  who  desired  to  hear  their 
favorite  selection  played.  KFWI  signed 
off  a  few  minutes  past  4. 

The  program  will  be  repeated  every 
Sunday  morning,  at  the  same  time.  Be- 
cause so  many  fans  wired  in  that  they 
were  listening  to  the  program  in  their 
pajamas,  the  program  will  be  known  in 
the  future  as  the  "Pajama  Party." 


Lectures  by  Pinchon 
"The  Song  of  the  Body"  is  the  unique 
title  for  a  series  of  four  lecture-recitals 
that  will  be  given  by  Edgcumb  Pin- 
chon, the  English  essayist,  critic  and 
lecturer  on  Mondays  in  February  at 
3:45  p.  m.  at  the  studio,  317  Shreve 
Building  under  the  direction  of  Lulu 
J.  Blumberg. 

The  individual  subjects  for  each  lec- 
ture are:  (1)  "Ethics  or  Ecstasy?"  (2) 
"Jazz — the  Lost  Genius,  (3)  "Bodily 
Rhythm  and  the  Arts  of  the  Stage," 
and  (4)  "The  Rhythmic  Life."  Elise 
Dufour  of  the  Dufour  School  of  New 
York  and  London  and  her  artist-pupil 
Eugenia  Liczbinska.  Polish  danseuse 
will  illustrate  the  lectures.  Miss  Du- 
four the  creator  of  the  natural  rhythmic 
technique  of  the  body  maintains  that 
"bodily  rhythm  is  the  foundation  of  all 
the  arts  of  expression."  The  results  of 
her  work  are  now  receiving  the  warm- 
est welcome  in  the  art  centers  of  the 
United  States  and  Europe,  where  she 
maintains  studios.  She  is  now  estab- 
lishing a  school  of  this  kind  in  San 
Francisco   at   317   Shreve   Building. 

Mr.  Pinchon,  the  lecturer,  is  the  au- 
thor of  a  number  of  essays,  plays, 
stories  and  poems.  He  has  contributed 
articles  to  many  of  the  leading  maga- 
zines and  was  staff  contributor  to  the 
Editorial  Department  of  the  United 
Press. 


European  Humor 

In  a  hotel  at  Partenkirchen,  Ba- 
varia, a  placard  announces  in  large  let- 
ters :  "Tourists  undertaking  to  climb 
the  higher  mountain  peaks  are  respect- 
fully requested  to  settle  their  accounts 
in  advance." — Denver  Parrakeet. 


PETROL  PARAGRAPHS 
By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

THE  California  motorist  is  better 
off  than  the  motor  car  owner  in 
other  parts  of  the  world.  He  has  a  va- 
riety  of  places  to  go  with  a  scenic,  ro- 
mantic and  historic  attraction;  he  has 
a  remarkable  series  of  improved  high- 
ways over  which  to  travel,  and  he 
doesn't  have  to  worry  about  mechan- 
ical trouble  enroute. 

Protection  for  the  motorist  on  the 
road  dates  from  June  1st,  1924,  when 
the  National  Automobile  Club  was  or- 
ganized. It  provides  a  roadside  service 
to  members  without  distance  limita- 
tion; without  annoying  zone  limits; 
tow  service  and  a  half  hour  of  free  me- 
chanical aid,  tire  change  and  free  trans- 
portation of  gasoline  and  oil. 

The  high  class  of  the  service  units 
of  the  club  and  the  dependable  service 
which  they  have  rendered  in  the  last 
vear  caused  the  insurance  companies  to 
place  the  car  protected  by  the  emblem 
of  the  National  in  a  preferred  class. 
A  National  Automobile  Club  member 
enjoys  a  20  per  cent  reduction  on  his 
mollified  coverage  policy  and  a  15  per 
cent  reduction  on  his  full  coverage 
premium. 

Within  eighteen  months  this  club 
has  built  up  a  membership  of  25,000 
and  January  set  a  new  month's  record 
for  new  applications.  The  club  is  co- 
operating with  Chambers  of  Commerce, 
supervisors  and  civic  organizations  to 
promote  travel  in  California  and  to 
improve  traffic  conditions. 

William  Deans  is  the  president  of 
the  club  and  Arnold  Hodgkinson  the 
general  manager.  Ben  Blow,  vice-presi- 
dent and  manager  of  the  Victory  High- 
way Association,  recognized  as  the 
leading  authority  on  road  building  in 
America  has  recently  been  named  as 
field  secretary.  Major  James  S.  Greene 
is  the  chief  engineer  and  W.  E. 
Schoppe,  superintendent  of  the  club's 
Theft  Bureau,  which  is  the  largest  or- 
ganization of  its  kind  in  the  world, 
operating  in  eight  Western  States,  Ha- 
waii  and   Alaska. 

Detective  Work  Done 
By  Club 

Recognized  by  the  United  States 
government  as  a  potent  force  in  the 
detection  of  crime,  the  Theft  Bureau  of 
the  National  Automobile  club  was 
commended  for  its  great'  assistance  in 
the  apprehension  of  Martin  Durkin, 
the  automobile  thief  and  slayer.  Dur- 
kin's  whereabouts  were  discovered  by 
a  National  Automobile  Club  operative 
by  a  tedious  check  of  the  files  of  the 
State  Motor  Vehicle  Department.  The 
information  was  wired  to  East  St. 
Louis.  Illinois  and  Durkin's  arrest  fol- 
lowed. 


February  6,  192(> 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NFAYS  LETTEE 


17 


Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Applesauce 


Driver:     "Madam,  I  am   very  sorry   I   killed  your  dog. 
Will  you  allow  me  to  replace  him? 

Madam:    "Oh,  dear.    This  is  so  sudden."— Pitt  Panther. 


APPLESAUCE  used  to  be  a  staple  article  on  the  tables 
of  the  more  unsophisticated  Americans,  and  being  a 
staple,  it  necessarily  has  two  points  in  its  favor.  One,  its 
taste ;  the  other,  the  fact  that  you  do  not  have  to  chew  it. 
So,  with  the  advent  of  this  delightful  name  into  the  realm 
of  Yankee  slang,  the  meaning  hasn't  changed. 

Pleasant  sayings  are  much  more  valuable  than  famous 
sayings  to  the  average  person,  because  they  flatter  the  per- 
son to  whom  they  are  directed,  while  famous  sayings,  which 
are  the  direct  opposites  of  applesauce,  flatter  only  the  van- 
ity of  their  authors.  Where  a  famous  wise  crack  may  live 
for  ages,  a  graceful  bit  of  banter  lives  but  for  the  time  it 
takes  to  say  it,  leaving-  in  its  wake  a  blush,  a  flutter,  some 
puffing  and  not  a  little  gratitude. 

Please  do  not  get  the  idea  that  the  substance  of  apple- 
sauce is  not  sustaining,  or  that  it  is  too  ephemeral  to  be 
indulged  in  by  the  more  dignified  matrons  and  masters.  If 
you  ever  have  seen  a  bowl  of  old-fashioned  applesauce,  lib- 
erally sprinkled  with  cinnamon,  and  waiting  quite  calmly 
and  coldly  for  the  drop  of  the  spoon  that  will  send  it  on  its 
way,  you  have  a  good  idea  of  how  substantial  this  creation 
of  Eve's  fruit  may  really  be.  If  you  are  not  too  bound  by 
the  conventions  and  books  of  etiquette,  you  must  know  in 
how  many  ways  applesauce  may  be  utilized  as  a  food.  For 
instance,  it  may  be  spread  upon  bread,  eaten  with  cottage 
cheese  or  sampled  with  cream.  It  is  usually  sweet,  although 
sometimes  the  fruit  of  which  it  is  made  retains  its  tartness. 
even  after  cooking,  so  that  a  pleasing  tang  follows  each 
taste.  This  remarkable  product  of  American  culinary  art 
may,  through  wrong  treatment  and  over  cooking  be  made 
into  an  insipidly  sweet  mess,  without  body  and.  hence,  lit- 
tle consistency. 

These  rules  apply  quite  as  truly  to  verbal  applesauce;  for 
what's  sauce  for  the  goose  in  the  kitchen  should  equally  lie 
sauce  for  the  grander  in  business  and  social  duties,  lust 
as  you  have  to  get  under  an  apple's  skin  to  gel  the  best  out 
of  it.  so  must  you  get  under  a  person's  hide,  if  such  a  word 
may  be  politely  used,  to  make  a  friend  I  nit  i  if  him.  The  i  ml_\ 
point  of  difference  is  that  where  an  apple  must  be  cut  to 
be  made  into  sauce,  a  person  must  never  he  cut.  lesl  he 
think  you  are  too  saucy.  The  successful  purveyor  of  apple- 
sauce should,  therefore,  go  right  to  the  core  of  hi^  SU 
vanity,  and   keep  the   pot    boiling  until   the   tiling   is  done. 

It  used  to  be  a  young  lady's  custom  to  reply  to  a  bit  of 
pleasantry  b)  saying,  "I  >h,  sir,  you  are  but  a  flatterer!"  The 
modern  miss  simply  arches  her  eyebrows,  and  with  a  thrill 
and  a  smile,  says  quite  simply,  although  not  as  simply  as 

you  might  think.  "Applesauce!" 

From  all  indications  it  seems  that  our  slang  phrases  anil 
woids  are   rooted   in   something   worth    while.       The   roots   con 
tinue   while  the   fruit,  apples,  in   this  case,   wither  ami  drop 
oft  alter  serving  the  purpose  intended. 

In   the   interest   of   happiness,  and   the  continuance  of  the 
elusive  art  of  pleasantry,  applesauce  should  be  made  a 
item  of  everyone's  mental  store.     It  need  not  be  canned,  for 
it  never  spoils  and.  hence,  can  be  kept  continually  on  tap. 
as  long  as  there  are  those  who  relish  a  bit.  now   and   then. 

Remember,  everything  went  well  with  Little  Red  Riding 
until  she  said  naively  to  the  wolf.  "What  a  big  mouth 
yon  have,  grandma!"  I..  R.R.I  1.  had  the  wrong  idea — she 
Wasn't  old  en. nigh  to  know  the  difference  between  real 
applesauce  and  synthetic.  What  self-respecting  wolf 
wouldn't  get  mad  at  such  a  statement? 


CAFE  MARQUARD 

Adjoining!  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 
GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

m^f  REVUE  ^ 

Nightly 

THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


WIGS  and  TOUPEES 

Also  transformations,  are-  made  from  the  purest  and 
finest  hair,  ventilated  and  porous.  You  can  sleep  in 
them. 

Mrs.  Lederer  in  charge  of  gentlemen's  wig  department. 

G.  LEDERER 

561  Sutter  St.,  Between  Powell  and  Mason  Sts. 

Firm   I   ■  r .,!.[,   |,,-,|   1866 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

Sonoma,   Cal. 
The  finest  meals  in  the—* 

VALLEY  of  the  MOON 

Our   Specialty — "Steaks    With    Mushroom*." 

Clean     Roomi,     Clean     Linen,     Clean     Everything 
ViiiI      Sonoma      Counly'i      t'amnui      Ketortt      and      Mineral      (Warm      W».rrl      Sw 
Tanki    From  Thit   Holal. 

Rale*     Exceptionally     Reaionabla. 

Telephone  110 


Right  NOW  is  a  good  time  to  'phone 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

4*The  Recommended  Laundry*1 
250  Twelfth  St-  Saw  Francisco  'Phone  Market  916 


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|  AGUACALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why? 

It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall.  Special  attrac- 
tions. Radioactive,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
ming pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
CORAN,  Agua  Caliente,  Sonoma   County,  or  see   Peck-Judah 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  6,  1926 


WIELANDS  BREW 

WITH  YOUR  MEALS— IT  HELPS 

Order  by  the  casa  from  your  grocer 

Established  1868 

Main   Office,  240   Second  Street,  San    Francisco,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


LOM»*.  Name   PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer  or  sta- 
tioner to  show 
you  samples. 

BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1865 
41  First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 

Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES  i 

Sun    Francisco—  Burllnfpanie 

WeK,     793  478 


Phone  Sutter  3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

(Formerly  with  Shreve  &  Company) 

Clockmakers  and  Watchmakers 

CHIME,  ANTIQUE  AND   COMPLICATED  CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY 

200  Post  Street  at  Grant  Avenue 

San  Franc  toco.  Calif. 

Call  and  Deliver    in  San   Franciico,    Alameda 
and  San   Mateo   Counties 


875    FOLSOM   ST. 


818  Emerson  St. 


SAN    MATEO— Phone    1251-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

j  San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


"Do    you    find    it    hard    meeting    ex- 
penses ?" 

"Gosh,  no,  1  meet  them  everywhere." 
— Pitt  Panther. 


"I  think  the  Charleston  is  awful." 

"I  can't  learn  it  either." — Brown  Jug. 


"The  crying  need  of  our  day  is  more 
handkerchiefs!"  shouted  the  manufac- 
turer.— Denison  Flamingo. 


My  friend  Dora  is  off  again.  She  thinks 
that  the  hemlock  is  an  attachment  for 
a  sewing  machine. — Cornell  Widow. 


American  divorces  are  more  or  less 
cut  and  dried,  so  why  not  call  them  hay- 
widows? — Notre  Dame  Juggler. 

Big  Hearted 

Prisoner — This  is  the  end !  I  go  to  the 
electric  chair  tomorrow. 

Sweetheart — Don't  give  up  all  hope 
yet,  dear.  I've  brought  you  a  pair  of 
shock  absorbers. — Oregon  Orange  Owl. 


Mother — Pet,  what  are  you  thankful 
for  today? 

Pet — Oh,  I'm  thankful  daddy  gave  me 
$5  when  I  didn't  see  him  kiss  nursie. 
— Vanderbilt  Masquerader. 


Father  (reading  letter  from  son  at 
college) — I'm  a  quarterback  of  the 
football  squad  now. 

Mother — Send  him  two  bits  to  gei  out 
of  debt,  Pa. — Texas  Ranger. 


He — Haven't  I  seen  you  some  place- 
before  ? 

She — You  do  seem  rather  fresh  in  my 
mind. — Wisconsin  Octopus. 


She  laughs  at  his  wit. 

But  it's  not  from  delight. 
He  has  not  made  a  hit. 

She  has  teeth  that  are  white. 
M.l.T.  Voo  Doo. 
Koncoct  a  klause  kontaining  Virginia. 
You  have  to  pay  more  Virginia  do  for 
beer. — Colgate   Banter 


"You  should  have  seen  Mabelle  dance 
the  Charleston   last  night." 

"Dance  nothing!  She  was  just  standing 
there  watching,  and  a  June  bug  fell  down 
her  back." — .Michigan  Gargoyle. 


Ckohck  C  Homkh 


' .  I.    2024 


The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment,  Current   Delinquent  Accounts,  Legal  Aid, 

Audits-Systems,     Financial     Statements,     Income     Tax 

Reports,  Baokke>ping   (Part  Time,  Service) 


De  Young  Building 


San  Francisco 


Absent-minded  parson  (to  disconso- 
late widower)  :  "Well,  Mr.  Brown, 
how  is  your  wife  standing  the  heat  this 
summer?" — Panther. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New   Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Ofllce  and  Works  1S23  Mission  St. 

Phone  Market  7013 

Branch   Ofllce:  7U0    Sutter   St. 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Bids;.) 

Phone   Prospect  8845 

Work   Called   For  and   Delivered 


N.    W-   CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


NEW  ORLEANS 

Nen>St%rles 

To  better  serve  ourmany  friends  and  patrons 
over  '300.00000 has  been  expended  in  recon- 
struction and  rehabilitation  to  maintain  this 
famous  hostelry  as 

One  of  America's  Leading  Hotels 

The  large  well  ventilated  high  ceiling  rooms 
have  been  retained  and  modernized'*'1*' 

AC00MM0OT1NG  OVER  1000  GUESTS 

Seiidfa'Descriptive  Hotel  Folder: 

lllusa'dtedMardi-CrasPn^rainlortheasldni 

Alfred  S.Aivier  «™Co,itd. 

NEW     OFU-EANS.LA 
■^-Ticket  Offices  of  all  Transportation  lino  in  lobby 


, 


WHERE  TO  DINE 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The  City's  Mosl  Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

50c.  75c,  $1.00       35c.  50c.  75c    $1.00,S1.SO         a  la  carte 
Dancing   7:00   P.    M.   to    1:00   A.   M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

special  parties  arranged 
headquarters  for  theatrical  people 

hattie  mooser  minnie  c  mooser 


ICE  CREAi% 
CANDY 
PASTRY 


t  CALIFORMA  STS 
GrayBtone 

3101         3102 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


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t)feanor.5 


I         445  Powell  Street 
I  San  Francisco 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:50 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 

Douglas  7118 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast. 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:   Dinner. 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50— Also  a  la  Carte 


Merchants'  lunch   11   a.  m.   to   2   p.   m.    (a   la   carte).    Private  din- 
rooms    for    banquets   and    parties,   seating    75    to   100   people. 


J     ing 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


O'Fnrrell  and  R  I        A    T\I  ■(""  C\  '  ^  pl">n« 

LarkinSls.  *-*  *-• **■  *  ~   ^-»  V-'     *-*  Franklin  « 

Luncheon   (11:30  to   2   p.  m.) $   .75         No   Vi.ilor   <honl.t   Leave   the  City   Wilh- 

Sunday    Luncheon  1.00  out   Dining   in   the   Finest  Cafe 

Dinner.    Week    Days _ $1.50  in   America 

Dinner.    Sundays    and    Holidays 1.75 

DANCING  SUNDAY  KVKN1NCS 


NO  A  H'S 
ARK 

11.1  Third   Avenne,  SV\   MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cooki 

Open  From 

11:30  a.  m.  to  I  00  p.  m. 

p    m.   to  8:30  p.   m 

Sundays  and   Holidays 

4  .10   |o  S:30  p.   m.  only 

CLOSED  BVRB1'   MONDAY 

Half    111...  k   from    lllchnay 


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UMu«  Hoi.i 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

open  8:00  a.  m.  to  11  -00  p.  m. 

i  n5dkpasskd  ct  isine 

Carl  Leonhardt 

formerly  of 
Golden  Gate  Park  Casino 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  brushing  once  or  twice  a  day  is 
taking  very  good  care  of  them.  Brushing  is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you, 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL  DENTIST" 
908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions;     Crowns;     Self    Cleaning     Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of   the    Sisters    of    St.    Dominic. 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12,  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Building,  Powell  and  Market  Sts.,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


Make  yourself  at  home  at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.   2  Tillmann  Place,  at  241   Grant  Ave. 

The   Home   of   the   Book   Lover 

Rare    Books — First    Editions — Fine    Bindings 

Importations   from   Zachnsdorf,    Root,    Morrell,    etc.,   of    London 

Commissions   in   London   Executed 

Single  Books  and  Libraries  Purchased 

Phone  Kearny  5816 


*     Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the  News  Letter  can  be  obtained 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 

t>'D  PAUL  ELDER'S  LIBRARY 

|     239  Post  Street 


San  Francisco,  Calif.     J 


!•--■■• 

Elkan 

323  G 

San 

— — 

DR. 

Gunst  Building 
eary  at  Powell 
Francisco 

B 

.  W.  HAINES 

DENTIST 

Telephone 

Hours:  9  to  4 
Douglas  2949 

........ ■ .< 

GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

Chapel— 771   to  777  Valencia  Street.  Bet.  18th  and    19th   Sta., 

San  Francisco.    Phone  Market  64 


MOUNTAIN  SPRINGS  WATER 

"Bottled  at  the  Sprinet" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 


?3<s  rijr.  •Sir#n.-r.arfi*Id  S 


^Novelty 

Quaint  customs  of  other  lands  and  other 
peoples  —  queer  head  dresses  of  tribes 
who  wear  little  else — strange  and  enter- 
taining pictures  gathered  from  all  parts 
of  the  earth  are  shown  every  Sunday  in 
The  Chronicle  Rotagravure. 

Make  it  a  point  to  see  this  delightful 
pictorial  section  every  week.  Have  The 
Sunday  Chronicle  delivered  to  your 
home. 


V>(omradeship 
reigns  in  this  organiza- 
tion and  is  reflected  in 
the  service  rendered.  The 
employees  are  part  own- 
ers— and  service  is  given 
with  a  smile. 


PACIFIC  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


§>an  iFrattriarn 

(fttjnmtrb 


"PACIFIC    SERVICE 


Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 


ROTAGRAVURE 

winter 

excursion 

*ares 

to  many  points 

Save 
money*— , 

Week-end  tickets,  on 
sale  Friday,  Satur- 
day and  Sunday— 
16-day  return  limit. 
Season  tickets,  on 
sale  daily — return 
limit  90  days. 

For  full  information, 
ash— 


Southern 
Pacific 


Ferry  Station  Third  Street  Station 

65  Geary  Street 

Or  Phone  Sutter  4000 


Golden  Gate  Ferry 
Company 

S 

WINTER  SCHEDULE 

Effective  October  1,  1925 


Leave  Sausauto 

5  :00  a.  m. 

6:00  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

Every  Half 

Hour  Until 

10:00  p.m. 

Then 

11:00  p.m. 

12:00  p.m. 

1 :00  a.  m. 


Leave  San  Francisco 

5:30  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

7 :00  a.  m. 
Every  Half 
Hour  Until 
10:30  p.m. 

Then 

11:30  p.m. 

12:30  a.m. 

1 :30  a.  m. 


Saturdays  and  Sundays  Only 
2:00  a.m.  2:30  a.m. 

ON  SATURDAYS,  SUNDAYS  AND  HOLIDAYS 

There  will  be  extra  trips  if  traffic  warrants. 

A.  O.  Stewart  Harry  E.  Speas 

President  Vice-Pres.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


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PRICE  10  CENTS 


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Medicos  and  Dentists 

By  Fred  Blair 

RADIO 

(The  B.  T.  "Counterphase"  Six) 

By  C.  P.  Pennington 

TRAVEL 

Special  Trips  for  Spring 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

SOCIETY 

Valentine  Parties,  Etc. 

By  Antoinette  Arnold 

PROHIBITION 

Crimes 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 

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PLEASURE'S    WAND 

By  Katherine  Schwartz 


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ORIGINAL        ST    RAIGHT       EIGHT 


ihere  is  no  better  proof  of 
Duesenberg  supremacy  than 
its  owner  group.  Men  who  have  "ar- 
rived." Level  headed  and  distinguished  .  . 
outstanding  successes.  H  Women  who  are  lead- 
ers ..  .  in  activities,  clubs  and  social  prominence. 
Families  of  faultless  taste   and   judgment. 
*JSuch  are  the  people  who  drive  in  Duesenbergs.  They 
look  for  power,  comfort  and  individual  appearance.  1  They 

are  not  penny  wise  and  pound  foolish for  they 

realize  that  altho  Duesenberg  does  cost  more  it  is  a  lifetime 
purchase  and  a  dollar  for  dollar  economy   .   .   .   . 

You  are  cordially  invited  to  inspect  the  Dues- 
enberg models  which  aroused  such  favorable 
comment  at  the  recent  Automobile   Show 


Lloyd  S.  Johnson  Company 

Duesenberg  and  Auburn 
Van  N  f.ss  at  Jackson 


EsUMUfud  July  10.  I*M 


Devoted  to  the  Leading  Interests  of  California  and  the  Pac  flc  Coast. 


Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF..  FEBRUARY  13,  1926 


No.  7 


Prohibition !      Prohibition ! 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


Some  time  before  war  on  the  "Demon  Rum"  was  started, 
one  of  my  in-laws  remarked  that  the  liquor  interests  were 
for  Prohibition.  At  that  time,  I  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  he  wasn't  right  in  his  head  ;  but  recent  events  have 

shown  me  that  he  knew  whereof  he  spoke. 

*  *     * 

"Prohibition  is  a  wonderful  thing-  for  the  rising  genera- 
tion," mumbles  the  old  crone  by  the  fire-place;  and  the 
"rising  generation"   winks  at   the   bulge   in   its   hip   pocket. 

*  *     * 

In  the  Deficiency  bill  of  the  present  Congress,  to  supple- 
ment funds  now  available,  which  was  passed  this  week,  an 
appropriation  of  $3,900,000  was  included  for  new  coast 
guard  vessels  for  use  against  ruin  runners.  Why  not  put 
into  commission  the  hundreds  of  vessels  formerly  owned 
by  the  U.  S.  Shipping  Board,  that  are  now  rotting  in  various 
locations  or  being  scrapped,  and  divide  this  sum  among 
the  dependents  of  men  and  women  who  have  been  murdered 
or  blinded  or  otherwise  incapacitated  by  the  futile  Volstead 

Act  ? 

*  *      * 

Six  soldiers  killed  and  six  made  severely  ill  at  Schofield 
Barracks,  Honolulu,  through  drinking  bay  rum  which  con- 
tained (<7  per  cent  of  wood  alcohol,  not  labeled  "poison." 
Some  of  that  $3,900,000  might  be  appropriated  for  the 
widows  and  children  of  these  men. 

*  *     * 

The  1'rohis'  most  important  witness  in  the  big  New  York 
rum  round-up,  Hans  Fulirman.  has  been  found  murdered. 
Fuhrman  was  a  nun  runner  up  to  last  Summer,  when  he 
went  over  to  the  drys.  Possibly  he  concluded  that  there 
was  less  trouble  involved  in  the  securing  of  "booze"  as 
a  Prohi  than  as  a  rum  runner,  and  such  a  thing  as  his  own 
murder  never  occurcd  to  him.  Mrs.  Fuhrman  should  apply 
for  her  share  of  that  $3,900,000 

*  *      * 

Mos>  Lauding  is  again  in  the  limelight;  now  the  scene 
of  an  attempt  to  kill  William  Sandholdt.  whose  name  has 
been  linked  with  the  investigation  of  the  "bootleg  battle" 
of  that  burg,  which  look  place  last  July,  and  resulted  in  the 
murder  of  an  officer  and  two  other  person-. 

*  *      * 

Ned  M.  Green,  head  of  the  local  Prohibition  force,  is  criti- 
cized by  1'rohis  at  Washington  for  the  reason  that  he  has 
not  "padlocked"  big  hotels  and  clubs  in  San  Francisco.   His 

defence  is  that  he  is  "following  the  policy  of  common  sense 
that  the  administration  laid  out" — whatever  he  may  imply 
by  that.  The  same  universal  policy,  perhaps,  that  is  car- 
ried ^<n  in  other  phases  of  jurisprudence;  that  of  letting  the 


big  robber  go,   and  jailing  the   man   who   steals  a   loaf  of 
bread. 

*  *     * 

The  new  "Action"  in  Congress,  which  would  make  every 
citizen  a  potential  dry  agent,  will  no  doubt  be  welcomed  by 
those  who  fully  appreciate  the  prerogatives  of  the  "Prohis." 

*  *     * 

Novel  suit  for  divorce — man  claims  his  wife  won't  give 
up  the  fascinating  occupation  of  bootlegging,  and  when  he 
urged  her  to  give  up  her  nefarious  practice,  she  sent  a  shot 
alter  him  (pistol  shot,  we  mean,  of  course)  and  then  pro- 
ceeded to  chase  him  to  the  family  ranch,  where  he  had  taken 
refuge,  and  started  to  massacre  the  whole  outfit.  Prohibi- 
tion can't  be  beat  when  it  comes  to  producing  variety  in  the 
way  of  marital  excitement. 


Representative  Celler.  Democrat  from  New  York,  intro- 
duces a  Nationwide  referendum  on  beer  and  light  wines. 
Awfully  suitable  name  for  the  chappie,  eh.  what? 

*  *     * 

A  "definite  plan  for  government  control  under  a  modified 
form  of  prohibition,  designed  to  end  the  reign  of  the  boot- 
legger and  other  evils,"  lias  been  proposed  at  Washington. 

Uncle  Sam  is  beginning  to  find  out  that  he  must  choose 
"the  lesser  of  two  evils,"  and  the  "lesser"  in  this  case  is 
a  moderate  allowance  of  liquor,  rather  than  the  continuance 
of  bootlegging  and  moon  shining,  and  their  attendant  crimes. 

*  *      * 

From  the  cultured  city  of  Boston  to  the  romantic  shores 
of  Marin,  is  a  far  cry  ;  but  just  the  same,  the  Mayors  of  the 
"Hub"  and  of  the  pretty  little  town  of  Sausalito.  are  both, 
jusl  now,  involved  in  the  same  sort  of  "rum"  affair. 

*  *     * 

Prohibition  has  become  such  a  criminal  farce  that  even 
"men  of  the  cloth"  have  taken  up  the  subject  from  their 
pulpits,  and  base  denounced  it  for  the  failure  that  it  is. 
Says  Bishop  Alexander  Mann  of  the  Episcopal  Dioce 
Pittsburg:  "Personally.  I  do  not  believe  in  the  Eighteenth 
Amendment,  and  I  think  the  Volstead  Act  is  a  very  bad 
law.  Prohibition  cannot  possibly  be  enforced.  The  law 
is  resented  by  many  persons,  good  and  bad.  who  feel  it  an 
infringement." 

*  *     * 

"Prohibition!  Prohibition)  What  crimes  are  committed 
in  thy  name!"  as  Madame  Roland  would  say.  were  she  be- 
ing haled  into  court,  in  these  days  of  restrictions  and  in- 
hibitions. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February   13.  1926 


"Plague  cf  Legislation" 


That  was  the  admirable  defi- 
nition of  what  is  taking  place 
in  this  country  in  the  words  of 
Henry  S  Ives,  secretary  of  the  Casualty  Information  Clear- 
ing House  of  Chicago,  and  a  nationally  recognized  econo- 
mist,at  a  recent  joint  luncheon  of  the  San  Francisco  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  the  Commercial  Club. 

Mr.  Ives  was  speaking  on  "Government  in  Business.  He 
said  that  this  was  a"jazz  aye  of  laws."  He  pointed  out  what 
we  are  not  in  the  habit  of  remembering  that  there  are  in 
this  country  100.000  people  whose  business  it  is  to  make 
laws  who  arc  "hands"  in  a  "law  factory."  How  could  it  be 
other  than  that  we  should  suffer  from  a  plague  of  laws,  with 
all  these  people  dependent  for  a  living  upon  the  turning 
out  of  a  steady  stream  of  legislation,  go,  id  and  otherwise, 
mostly  otherwise? 

He  was  categorical  on  the  subject  of  public  ownership. 
"Government  ownership  simply  means  the  substitution  of 
a  government  deficit  for  private  profits,  for  the  government 
never  created  anything  except  wdiat  private  enterprise 
started."  That  is' an  admirable  statement  of  what  is  un- 
deniably true. 

But.  as  the  speaker  pointed  out.  the  governmental  owner- 
ship idea  makes  some  headway,  because  business  men  are 
not  a  unit  in  opposing  it.  If  there  is  a  movement  in  the 
direction  of  governmental  ownership  of  a  business  or  a  pub- 
lic utility,  those  business  men  who  arc  not  themselves  en- 
gaged in  that  business  are  quite  ready  to  join  in  the  cry  for 
government  ownership,  even  though  they  themselves  would 
be  utterly  opposed  to  governmental  ownership  or  control 
of  the  business  which  they  are  managing. 

Thus,  the  resistance  to  governmental  control  must  In- 
organized  and  business  men  as  a  body  must  be  convinced 
that  it  is  necessary  to  oppose  the  entry  of  the  government 
into  business,  whether  in  the  form  of  the  control  of  public 
utilities  or  in  any  other  way. 


"The  fact  that  every  bootlegger  would  vote  for  continu- 
ance of  the  Volstead  law  is  proof  that  it  is  not  a  good  law. 
Understand  me  plainly.  I  do  not  believe  in  breaking  any 
law,  I  believe  in  keeping  the  law.  once  it  is  passed,  but  I 
do  believe  tliat  bad  laws  sin  mid  be  modified.  But  as  long  as 
the  law  remains  in  force  it  should  be  kept.  I  think  it  should 
be  modified  and  light  wines  and  pure  beer  permitted  fur 
public  consumption." 

It  would  be  difficult  to  make  a  better  statement  than  that 
nr  one  more  calculated  to  impress  the  community.  It  is 
gradually  growing  into  the  national  consciousness  that  the 
law  is  a  bad  law  and  a  tyrannical  law.  Such  being  the 
case,  the  Volstead  Act  cannot  last. 


We  have  called  attention 
The  Volstead  Act  Shaking       several    times    lately    to    the 

breaking  up  of  the  forces 
which  succeeded  in  imposing  the  Volstead  Act  upon  the 
community.  The  demoralization  of  thuse  forces  is  growing 
more  and  more  evident.  For  some  reason  or  other,  the  pro- 
ponents of  the  prohibition  movement  were  able  to  inspire 
a  great  amount  of  fear  among  public  men.  Politicians  and 
clergymen  positively  shivered  at  the  thought  of  incurring 
the  hostility  of  the  prohibition  forces.  Now  that  fear  is 
passing.  Our  congressional  representative,  Mrs.  Florence 
Kahn.  has  let  the  world  and  the  prohibitionists  know  that 
she  is  not  afraid.     Now.  the  clergy  are  following 

It  is  interesting  to  note  the  way  in  which  the  statement 
of  Dr.  Empringham  of  the  Episcopal  Church  has  been  re- 
ceived. The  "prohis"  claim  that  he  has  no  right  to  speak 
for  the  social  service  department  of  church  work.  But  there 
has  been  a  notable  rallying  of  distinguished  clerics  and  lav- 
men  to  his  side.  But  more  notable  than  the  average  is  the 
statement  of  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Mann,  bishop  of  the 
Pittsburgh  diocese  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  He 
said : 

"Personally  1  did  not  believe  in  the  Eighteenth  Amend- 
ment and  I  think  the  Volstead  Act  is  a  bad  law.  Prohibi- 
tion cannot  possibly  be  enforced.  The  law  is  resented  by 
many  persons,  good  and  bad,  who  feel  it  is  a  serious  infringe- 
ment of  personal  liberty. 


We  arc  lucky  to  have  Doctor  Jordan  still 
Doctor  Jordan  with  us.  His  words  of  wisdom  are  worth 

while  in  this  age  and  generation.  The 
carefulness  of  the  scientist  is  his,  and,  however  the  heathen 
may  rage  and  the  people  imagine  a  vain  thing,  his  mind 
works  with  precision  ami  his  words  fall  with  dignity  and 
strength.  Not  that  we,  by  any  means,  think  he  is  always 
right,  but  courage  is  his  and  knowledge  and  epiietness,  and 
that  peculiar  strength  which  comes  with  age  and  watch- 
ing the  acts  of  men  with  sagacity  and  discrimination. 

lie  comes  out  for  the  young.  He  believes  in  the  young. 
He  does  not  think  that  youth  is  going  to  the  eternal  bow- 
wows because  it  likes  bright  colors  and  loud  noises  and 
loves  to  leave  the  march  for  a  dancing  tling  all  to  itself  on 
the  sidewalk  or  in  a  by-way  of  its  own  choosing.  "Trying 
it  out"  he  calls  it,  "acting  like  idiots."  The  word  "idiots" 
in  this  sense  carries  with  it  something  of  the  old  ( Ireek 
meaning.  of  a  person  trying  to  lie  himself,  independent  of 
the  group.  They  will  see  the  folly  of  this  and  fall  into  line, 
says  the  old  scientist.  And  we  hope  he  says  it  a  bit  regret- 
fully. 

This  falling  into  line  is  necessary.  The  inarch  must  go 
on  and  it  cannot  go  on.  without  some  degree  at  least,  of 
discipline  and  co-ordination.  But  how  much,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  in  our  heart  of  hearts,  we  love  those  that  get  out  of 
line  a  little!  Read  George  Sterling's  article  on  Joaquin  Mil- 
ler in  the  recent  number  of  the  "American  Mercury."  and 
think  how  much  better  you  like  the  old  poet  for  his  lapses 
f  om  the  narrow  path!  When  Dr.  Jordan  says  that  youth 
will  be  all  right,  we  hope  that  he  does  not  mean  that  all 
youth  will  take  program.  There  is  much  joy  in  the  con- 
templation of  those  who  never  take  program,  to  whom  the 
world  and  its  glory  are  ever  foreign,  who  have  no  liking 
for  the  prizes  of  life.  We  cannot  read  of  Anatole  France 
for  example,  becoming  a  member  of  the  academy  without 
a  shudder  of  impatience  that  he  should  have  taken  program. 


The  program  which  included  a  great 
Reduction  of  Taxes  reduction  in  stir-taxes  has  come  un- 
expectedly upon  opposition  at 
Washington.  There  was  contemplated  a  total  reduction  in 
taxation  which  would  amount  to  $352,000,000.  Now  there 
has  arisen  a  militant  minority,  which  is  endeavoring  to 
thwart  the  will  of  the  President  in  all  possible  ways. 

Senators  Norris.  and  C'ouzens,  who  are  counted  as  Repub- 
licans, are  in  this  group  opposing  the  reduction.  It  is  not 
astonishing  to  find  Senator  Shipstead  of  the  Farmer-Labor 
Party  of  Minnesota,  taking  that  attitude,  and  Democrats 
such  as  King  of  Utah  and  Walsh  of  Montana  might  be  cal- 
culated upon  as  opponents.  The  latter  two,  indeed,  had 
made  themselves  the  authors  of  amendments  raising  the 
minimum  surtax  to  25  per  cent  and  increasing  the  schedule 
gradually  above  the  $100,000  income  mark. 

1 1  i^  pointed  out  that  the  committee's  surtaxes  will  give 
a  32  per  cent  reduction  in  taxes  on  incomes  over  $100,000; 
a  17  per  cent  reduction  on  incomes  to  $50,000  and  only  a 
10  per  cent  reduction  on  $30,000  incomes.  The  opponents 
of  the  measures  of  the  government  have  drawn  up  a  table 


February  13,  1926 


SAX    FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


5 


showing  that  on  an  income  of  $10,000,  the  reduction  woulil 
only  amount  to  $63.75  and  on  an  income  of  $1,000,000  the 
reduction  would  amount  to  $188,516.25. 

It  is  obvious  that  the  opponents  of  the  governmental  pol- 
icy are  trying  in  this  way  to  get  the  support  of  the  small 
men  and  represent  the  interests  of  the  small  trader  and 
manufacturer.  The  complaint  is  that  this  class  is  mulcted 
to  the  advantage  of  the  greater  and  richer  portion  of  the 
population. 

This  might  have  been  a  good  argument  once  but  is'  so 
no  longer.  The  great  sums  which  are  released  by  the  re- 
duction of  the  surtax  are  socially  of  very  great  value,  as 
they  find  their  way  back  into  productive  industry  and  add 
to  the  wealth  of  the  community  besides  providing  employ- 
ment. It  thus  becomes  of  paramount  importance  that  they 
should  be  saved. 


We  have  recently  called  atten- 
Corporation  Commissicn       tion  to  the  powers  exercised  by 

the  Corporation  Commission 
and  the  tremendous  authority  which  it  enjoys  in  this  state. 
A  recent  report  by  Commissioner  Edwin  M.  Daugherty 
shows  the  great  scope  of  its  activities  and  the  wide  ground 
covered  by  its  operations  in  the  year  just  past. 

Duiing  the  twelve  months,  a  total  of  5190  permits  were 
granted  to  companies  engaged  in  the  issuance  and  sale  of 
corporate  securities  after  investigation  by  the  Corporation 
Commission.  This  was  out  of  a  total  of  applications  in 
number  5362.  This,  which  would  seem  to  be  the  chief  ob- 
jective of  the  commission,  is  only  a  portion  of  it-  «  ork. 

Thus,  it  issued  10,546  agents'  licenses  ami  936  broker--' 
certificates.  Applications  of  all  kinds  handled  by  the  de- 
partment totalled  22.'-)o4  and  the  records  show  that  there- 
were  in  addition  2474  miscellaneous  orders  issued. 

Now,  for  the  punitive  side  of  the  operations  of  the  com- 
mission: Four  hundred  and  thirty-three  permit-  were  sus- 
pended, and  121  application-  for  permits  were  denied  In 
addition,  revocation  orders  to  the  number  of  1906  w  ere 
made.  These  included  22?i<  companies,  1787  agents  and 
119   brokers. 

This  will  give  some  idea  of  tin  position  which  tin-  gov- 
ernmental bureau  occupies  and  i-  additional  testimony  to 
the  fact  of  bureaucratic  power,  that  bureaucratic  power 
which  we  have  so  often  regretted.  It  must  be  remembered 
that  the  decisions  of  this  board  are  not  made  in  accordance 
with  the  strict  law-  governing  judicial  proceedings  ["here 
is  a  laxity  about  tin-  method-  which  is  appalling.  The  ex- 
aminations, which  are  preliminary  to  the  deprivation  of  cor- 
poration property  in  it-  capital  b)  the  revocation  of  permits 
to  sell  stock  or  the  deprivation  of  individual  property  by  the 
revocation  of  a  permit  to  follow  the  occupation  of  ai. 
or  broker,  are  vcrv  free  and  easy  affairs,  -tub  a-  no  court  in 
the  land   would    t<  'lei  ate. 

If  we  are  to  have  a  bureaucracy,  let  it  be  fair. 


The  Community  Chest  drive  is  on 
The  Community  Chest  again  this  year,  a-  it  will  be  indefi 
nitely,  and  we  cannot  do  otherwise 
than  recommend  our  reader-  to  subscribe  fi  r  the  I  best,  to 
the  best  extent  of  which  thej  are  capable.  There  i-  no  ilonb: 
about  the  value  <<i  the  Community  Chest  idea,  none  at  all.  The 
accumulation  of  fun'-  under  one  heal  by  responsible  mem- 
ber- oi  our  social  group  i-  an  accomplishment  of  very  con- 
siderable merit  and  has  our  complete  approval  and  support. 

Hut  we  must  register  a  tinst  am  <  I  e-ti- 

matcs  as  to  what  the  Community  Chest  actually  accomplishes. 
That  it  aid-  worthy  charities  i-  quite  true:  that  it  saves  mono 
by  preven  ing  rival  organizations,  which  would  otherwise  exist, 
is  also  true;  that  it  i-  the  beginning  i  I  a  new  system  of  relief 
is  probably  true  also.  But  it  doe-  m  t  do  all  that  it-  exponents 
say  that  it  does,      rim-  our  good  an  1  able  contemporary  "The 


Recorr'er"  say-:  "By  thus  making  one  effort  to  secure  funds 
for  the  city's  charities,  the  people  are  saved  from  the  annoy- 
ance of  continual  demands  for  money  for  charitable  or  phil- 
an'hropic  purposes." 

But  such  is  not  the  ca-e.  We  give  to  the  Community  Chest. 
most  of  us,  in  fact,  a  little  more  every  year,  but  the  demand 
for  charitable  purposes  still  continues.  Beggars  assail  us  in 
the  stree  ,  itinerant  musicians  pester  us  for  alms,  Christmas  ami 
Thanksgiving  come  with  no  diminution  of  the  old  demands 
and  we  give  quickly,  as  we  give  twice. 

Let  us  he  candid  about  this.  If  the  Community  Chest  is  to 
lake  in  hand  the  relief  of  our  in  ligent  poor,  let  it  lake  the  job. 
Then  if  there  are  beggars  and  the  like,  let  them  be  proceeded 
against  by  the  law  and  our  conscience  will  be  at  rest,  because 
the  Community  Chest  is  providing  for  them.  If  the  Community 
Chest  does  not  provide  for  them,  let  it  be  understood  that  we 
give  to  that  institution  and  at  the  same  time  carry  the  burden 
of  private  beneficence. 


"From  Brighter  Pens  Than  Ours" 

Senator  Borah  took  dinner  at  the  White  House  Tuesdav, 
but  so  far  has  found  no  fault  with  Mrs.  Coolidge's  house- 
keeping—  Dallas  News. 

*  *      ■■;■• 

The  lucky  woman  who  found  a  diamond  in  the  Christmas 
turkey  will  be  just  about  able,  with  a  little  economy,  to  pay 
the  butcher. —  Portland  Oregonian. 

*  '  *     * 

Some  people  tell  us  that  wild  life  is  disappearing  in  the 
country.  Our  own  observations  lead  us  to  believe  that  it 
is  ju-t  moving  to  the  city . — Buffalo  I'ost. 

*  *      * 

Constantinople  telephone  girls  have  gone  on  a  telephone 
strike  for  higher  wages.  It  must  be  pretty  hard  work  to  be 
a  telephone  girl  in  Turkey,  where  they  probably  have  two 
harems  on  a  part)   linear- Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

*  *     * 

"<  If  radical  magazines  there  is  no  end."  savs  "Time."  On 
the  contrary,  every  radical  magazine  has  two — a  front  and 
a  rear  -and  sometimes  the)  are  so  close  together,  you'd  be 
surprised.— The  New  Yorker. 

*  *     * 

In  the  old  days  the  -laughtei-boii-e-  used  to  boast  that 
every  part  of  a  pig  wa-  utilized  except  his  squeal.  Now- 
adays, the  jazz  bands  are  using  even  that.  —  New  York 
American. 

*  *      * 

Ladies  who  went  in  bathing  used  to  dress  like  Mother 
Hubbard.  N'ovv  they  dre-s  more  like  Mother  Hubbard's 
.  uphoard.     Tampa  Tribune. 

*  *     * 

Experiments  conducted  in  the  laboratory  of  the  Univer- 
sity <>f  Illinois  have  produced  a  one-eyed  fish.  This  certainly 
represents  progress  if  some  other  use  has  been  found  for 
the  fish's  other  eve.      Detroit   News. 

*  *      * 

Th«  Prohibition  question  has  become  so  acute  that  we 
notice  a  m  isposition  among  our  prominent  public 

servants   who  have  got   to  run  again   to  regard  the   World 

Court  a-  the  paramount  issue.— <  Ihio  State  fournal. 

*  *     * 

It  is  -aid  that  Ireland  i-  now  enjoying  a  Peace  that  she  has 
never  before  experienced.  The  inhabitants  are  bearing  up 
tinder  it  a-  well  a-  can  be  expected. —  Punch. 

*  «     * 

During  excavation-  at  a  busy  We-t  End  street  corner  a 
male  skeleton  ha-  been  discovered  in  an  upright  position. 
To  the  last  he  probably  thought  that  his  wife  would  come 
out  of  the  door  -he  went  in  by.      I'unch. 

*  *      * 

The  modern  home  today  is  supplied  with  everything 
cept  the  family. — Buffalo  Pi 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February   13,   1926 


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OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore. 


Alcazar 

THE  fourth  week  of  the  fleet  and 
frisky  musical  farce-comedy,  "Lit- 
tle Jessie  James,"  begins  at  this  popu- 
lar theater 
tomorr  ow 
night.  Lively, 
tuneful  and 
funny  to  a 
high  degree, 
this  offering 
has  quite 
taken  the 
town  by 
storm,  and 
its  melodious 
tunes  are  be- 
ing hummed 
everywhere. 

Knlherlne    Schwnrtz  Harlan 

Thompson  wrote  the  book  and  lyrics 
for  the  show  and  he  has  created  some 
laughable  situations  that  are  handled 
by  the  talented  cast  selected  by  Henry 
Duffy  in  splendid  style.  The  musicby 
Harry  Archer  is  very  catchy,  and  the 
dancing  of  the  "bobbed  hair  bandit" 
chorus  is  great. 

Dale  Winter  in  the  title  role,  cer- 
tainly proves  her  right  to  be  called 
a  comedienne.  Her  performance  has 
a  zest  and  happy-go-luckiness  about 
it  that  endears  her  more  than  ever 
with  her  large  following.  Lorraine 
Mullins  sings  divinely  in  the  part  of 
Geraldine.  Roy  Purviance  does  some 
good  work.  Phil  Tead,  back  here 
again  after  a  long  absence,  is  a  big 
hit.  William  Davidson  and  his  song 
are  unusually  funny  ;  Betty  Laurence 
is  an  adorable  soubrette.  The  others 
in  the  cast  all  carry  their  roles  well. 

*     * 
Curran 

Tomorrow  starts  the  fourth  and  last 
week  of  the  popular  comedians,  Kolb 
and  Dill  at  the  Curran  Theater.  These 
popular  stars  have  been  playing  to  ca- 
pacity audiences  during  their  entire  en- 
gagement here.  Last  Tuesday  night 
the  house  was  filled  from  pit  to  dome 
by  the  Shriners  of  Islam  Temple,  who 
turned  out  to  see  the  boys  in  "A  Pair 
o'  Fools,"  one  of  the  best  vehicles  they 
have  ever  appeared  in. 

This  play  was  written  by  John  Emer- 
son and  Anita  Loos  and  affords  excel- 
lent roles  for  both  the  "boys"  to  do 
their  stuff.  They  even  do  the  Charles- 
ton !    Julia  Pilanc,  always  the  finished  per- 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

former,  is  seen  at  her  best  in  the  role  of 
the  rich  lumberman's  wife.  Beautiful 
May  Cloy  has  a  splendid  part  too,  as 
the  movie  queen,  and  does  it  very  well — 
the  women  simply  rave  over  her  gowns 
and  wraps.  I  assure  you  ! 

There  is  a  sprightly  chorus  and  some 
very  clever  numbers.  George  Cunning- 
ham trained  the  chorus  to  perfection, 
naming  them  very  appropriately  the 
"Sweet  Sixteen  Dancing  Girls." 

*  *     * 
Orpheum 

This  theater  presents  for  this  week  an 
all-new  bill  headed  by  the  celebrated  and 
ever-popular  American  tenor.  John  Steel. 
He  has  a  voice  of  rare  charm,  and  a 
most  pleasing  personality,  and  is  one  of 
the  outs'anding  figures  in  musical  cir- 
cles today.  He  is  assisted  by  Miss  Mabel 
Stapleton. 

The  Kelso  Brothers,  Joe  and  Harry, 
and  their  company,  including  Florence 
Darley  and  Maurie  Kelly,  offer  "The 
Crazy  Quilt  Revue."  which  is  a  riot  of 
laughter.  Jean  Boydell,  one  of  the  most 
popular  comediennes  known  on  the  Or- 
pheum circuit  as  "The  Unique  Pepolo- 
gist."  has  some  new  song  characteriza- 
tions, which  she  gives  in  her  own  inimi- 
table manner. 

Billy  De  Lisle  and  Company,  assisted 
by  Flo  Carroll  offer  a  hodge-podge  of 
everything  in  the  entertainment  line : 
"(  hitside  the  Circus"  is  the  title  of  a  skit 
woven  around  the  life  of  circus  perform- 
ers, and  is  said  to  be  most  unusual ;  Fur- 
tell's  Jungle  I. ions,  presented  by  Captain 
Louis  Furtell  is  a  thrilling  animal  acl  ; 
Ray  Hiding  is  a  dancer  out  of  the  ordi- 
nary :  Ernest  Mack  and  Margie  La  Rue 
will  complete  the  large  bill  with  their 
whirlwind  novelty,  in  which  they  fea- 
ture a  swivel-neck  twist. 

*  -  *     * 
San  Francisco  Symphony 

The  seventh  popular  concert  was  fea- 
tured by  the  two  cello  solos  played  by 
the  excellent  first  'cellist  of  the  organ- 
ization, Michel  Penha,  who  gave  the 
"Waldesruhe"  by  Dvorak  and  the 
brilliant  "Tarantella"  by  Popper;  we 
sometimes  wish  fur  a  bit  more  power 
from  Mr.  Penha,  but  his  technic  and 
phrasing  is  all  that  could  be  desired — 
he  is  a  great  favorite  at  these  concerts, 
and  justly  so. 

Popular  numbers  on  the  program 
were  the  better  known  Andante  of 
Haydn's     "Clock     Symphony"     and 


"Through  the  Looking  Glass"  by  the 
eminent  critic  Deems  Taylor.  The 
Don  Juan  (  iverture  by  Mozart  Prelude, 
"The  Afternoon  of  a  Faun,"  Debussy, 
and  a  Symphonic  Poem  by  Sibelius, 
completed  a  most  instructive  and  va- 
ried program. 

Tomorrow  we  are  looking  forward 
t<p  hearing  two  novelties.  Suite  for  or- 
chestra, No.  6  by  Bach-Wood,  and  a 
Rhapsody  by  Weismann  ;  also  the 
Tschaikowsky  Symphony  No.  4,  F 
Minor.  *     *     * 

A  record  audience  greeted  Madame 
Matzenauer  and  the  Symphony  Orches- 
tra last  Wednesday  evening  at  the  Au- 
ditorium whep  an  all- Wagnerian  pro- 
gram was  presented.  Madame  Mat- 
zenauer did  some  very  excellent  work 
during  the  evening.  Fspecial  mention 
must  be  made  of  the  splendid  way  she 
sang  in  the  Prelude  and  "Love  Death" 
from  Tristan  and  Isolde,  and  also  in 
the  Immolation  Scene  from  Die  C.otter- 
dammcrung.  Madame  Matzenauer  has 
a  richness  and  volume  of  voice  singu- 
larly suited  to  the  trying  Wagnerian 
mles.  and  with  Mr.  Hertz  to  accom- 
pany her  we  heard  Wagnerian  music 
at  its  best.  In  the  Flying  Dutchman 
Overture,  Parsifal  and  Siegfried's  Fu- 
neral Music,  Mr.  Ilcrtz  gave  us  a  read- 
ing of  Wagner  that  very  few  conduc- 
tors are  capable  of  giving. — Farl 
Schwartz. 

*     *     * 

Golden  Gate 

Jackie  Coogan  in  "Old  Clothes,"  is 
said  to  be  one  of  the  most  entertaining 
pictures  this  popular  little  star  ever 
made.  This  is  the  feature  picture  at 
the  ( ',<  ilden  ( late  the  c<  tming  week.  Joan 
Crawford  plays  the  leading  feminine 
mle.  The  story  is  by  Willard  Mack 
and  was  adapted  to  the  screen  by  lack 
Coi  >gan,  Sr. 

The    vaudeville    attractions    for    the 
week  include  Hughie  Clark,  the  rotund 
funster  and   song   interpreter,   assisted- 
by  Tommy  Monaco's  well-trained  band 
of  serenaders. 

Alice  Lloyd,  the  noted  English  com- 
edienne is  the  big  attraction  for  the 
week.  Moore  and  Freed,  comedians 
and  musicians  are  also  featured  in  a 
clever  act  called  "Spooning  and  Bal- 
looning"; William  Brock  and  his  com- 
pany in  a  sensational  Risley  and  Tram- 
poline attraction;  Jean  Southern,  a 
pleasing    and     attractive     singer     and 


February  13,  1926 


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dancer,  brings  a  brand  new  edition  of 
her  novel  act,  -"Girls  Will  Be  Boys"  ; 
Rich  Hayes,  the  elongated  juggler  who 
excels  in  the  art  of  pantomime  comedy, 
returns  with  a  new  routine  of  tricks. 

The  musical  program  will  be  given 
by  Claude  Sweeten  and  his  orchestra 
with  Grace  Rollins  Hunt  at  the  organ. 

•t     *     * 
Wilkes 

"The  Big  Parade,"  the  big  road  show 
picture  now  playing  at  the  Wilkes  is 
the  main  attraction  theatrically  these 
days.  It  is  a  big  stirring  drama  of  the 
war,  done  in  a  big  way,  and  everyone 
should  make  an  opportunity  of  see- 
ing it. 

The  play  is  so  human.  Its  dramatic 
action  is  natural.  It  is  hard  to  say 
whether  the  beautiful  love  story  or  the 
soul-stirring  battle  scenes  is  the  thing 
which  stays  with  you. 

Renee  Adoree  as  the  adorable  little 
peasant  girl,  must  have  lived  the  scenes 
which  she  depicts. 

Any  mother  who  gave  up  a  boy  to 
go  to  the  front  will  appreciate  the 
agony  of  the  mother  in  this  picture. 

There  are  so  many  things  one  could 
pick  out  to  write  about,  but  one  of  the 
outstanding  things'  is  the  bit  where 
the  three  doughboys  turn  in,  dog-tired 
after  a  long  march  and  forced  "mani- 
ruring  of  a  pig  sty"  before  they  can 
find  a  sleeping  place.  "Jimmee"  (John 
Gilbert)  has  received  a  cake  from  his 
American  sweetheart. 

The  pantomime  which  occurs  when 
he  unwraps  the  cake,  mouths  water- 
ing, eagerness  depicted  on  their  faces, 
only  to  discover  the  cake  is  so  hard 
thai  they  can't  cut  it  with  a  bayonet 
is  a  master  piece.  The  picture  is  just 
brimful  of  incidents  like  this,  and  that 
i>  one  of  the  great  reasons  why  it  will 
live  forever  in  the  memories  of  those 
who  view  it. 

*  *     * 
President 

"Dancing  Mothers."  the  twentieth 
century  comedy  at  the  President,  gives 
a  picture  of  cafe  life  and  the  modern 
tendency  to  seek  pleasure  away  from 
the  family  circle.  Indeed,  the  roof 
club  scent-  shows  a  crowded  Bohemian 
resort  in  the  early  morning  hours  with 
the  couples  leaving  their  tables  to 
dance  and  the  waiters  hurrying  to  and 
fro.     It  is  very  realistic. 

Florence  Roberts,  ever  popular  in 
San  Francisco,  has  a  real  artistic  touch 
which  adds  greatly  to  the  enjoyment 
of  one  of  the  most  unique  and  mirthful 
plays  of  the  season.  The  others  in  the 
very  large  cast  handle  their  characters 
with  skill  and  ease. 

*  *     * 
Cameo 

This   week-  feature  at  the  Cam. 
"Under  the  Rouge"  with  Owen   Moore 
and   Elaine  Percy  in  the  leading  roles. 


Walter  Roesner 

In  connection  with  the  Warfield,  and 
their  splendid  productions,  mention 
must  be  made  of  Walter  Roesner  and 
his  excellent  orchestra.  California  has 
produced  some  of  the  greatest  musical 
conductors — Paul  Ash,  who  is  a  sen- 
sation in  the  East,  after  a  phenomenal 
success  here ;  George  Lipschultz,  who 
is  now  playing  to  crowded  houses  in 
( >akland,  after  a  long  and  successful 
engagement  at  the  Warfield  Theater 
in  this  city,  and  now  Walter  Roesner, 
who  is  a  perfect  exemplification  of  the 
new  school  of  musical  leaders.  Now- 
adays, to  have  a  thorough  grounding  in 
music,  and  lie  able  to  wield  the  baton 
is  not  enough.  ( )ne  must  be  able  to 
dance,  to  sing,  in  fact  to  lie  an  actor  as 
well  as  a  musician.  All  these  arts  are 
possessed  by  Roesner.  who  combines 
with  it  all  a  charming  personality 
which,  in  the  short  time  he  has  been  at 
the  Warfield,  has  won  for  him  a  host 
of  friends  and  admirers. 


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"The  Cohens  and  the  Kellys"  is  said 
to  be  one  of  the  funniest  pictures  ever 
made,  and  opened  at  this  theater  yes- 
terday.    It  was  adapted  for  the  screen 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February   13,   1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


St.  Valentine  Pays  His  Visit  Again, 
Creating  Knots  for  the  Present  Year 

L(  >VERS'knots, sweetheart  games, sentiments  and  pulsa- 
tions of  the  heart  have  sway.  For  this  is  the  hour  pf  St. 
Valentine!  The  beginning,  ofttimes  of  life's  old,  old  story 
that  never,  never  can  grow  old — nor  change,  one  whit, 
throughout  the  everchanging  years. 

"All  the  world  loves  a  lover"  and  thank  goodness,  with 
many  modern  skepticisms,  lovers  are  with  us  yet.  For  that 
let  us  lie  duly  thankful! 

Have  you  received  your  valentine? 

If  you  have,  then  life  has  been  good  to  you.  Perha-ps  it 
was  from  your  dearest  one.  and  that  may  be  fiance,  fiancee. 
"just-a-friend,"  or  lucky-you.  your  valentine  may  be  from 
husband  or  wife— the  ones  who  value  sentimental  valentines 
more  and  more  as  years  go  gliding  along. 

Perhaps,  your  valentine  may  he  from  a  daughter  or  from 
a  son.  If  so,  how  your  heart  throbs  with  pride,  because 
you  are  remembered  with  tender  words — remembrances! 
Dads  and  mothers  both  like  their  valentines. 

For  don't  you  be  misled  and  for  one  minute  think  that 
all  the  valentines  are  for  the  school  boy  and  girl,  the  col- 
lege boy  and  his  Jane  or  for  the  debutante  or  the  "pair  en- 
gaged," alone-  Valentines  have  a  sentimental  force  within 
the  hearts  and  loves  of  old  and  young — not  in  the  same  way. 
of  course,  but  they  mean  the  same  thing  in  the  end.  1  know 
a  husband  who  gave  his  wife  a  valentine  today,  it  was  a 
house  and  lot.  a  complete  "surprise".     It  was  his  valentine'! 

I  know,  too,  a  mother  who  sent  her  absent  children  a 
"?adio,"  but  it  was  a  valentine,  and  a  lacy,  old-fashioned 
card  was  tied  to  the  radio  set.  I  happen  to  know  very,  very 
well  a  dad  who  set  his  son  up  in  business  today — it  was  his 
valentine! 

*  *     * 

No  More  Caricatures 

There  are  valentines  and   valentines. 

If  you  are  in  doubt  about  the  continuance  of  the  custom 
of  sending  valentines  in  this,  our  wireless,  progressive  age, 
make  inquiry  at  the  shops  and  you'll  find  that  just  as  many 
valentines  are  being  sold  today,  to  young  and  old,  as  in 
those  so-called  days  when  your  grandfolks  received  a 
"comic,"  which  either  made  them  laugh  or  made  them  ter- 
ribly, terribly  furious. 

Caricatures  are  relegated  to  oblivion.  Thank  goodness! 
They  have  long  ago  been  burned  on  the  pyre  of  intolerance. 

In  their  place  we  find  clever,  humorous,  clean-witted 
cards  of  amusement  or  with  happy  sentiments  and  "win- 
ning ways." 

*  *      * 

Flowers  for  Valentines 

Who  can  deny  that  flowers  with  their  fragrance  and  their' 
beauty,  a-e  foremost  in  the  list  of  lovely  "remembrances" 

•  m  St.  Valentine's. 

"Why  wait  until  the  final  day  in  sending  flowers  to  those 
we   love?"   asked    a    prominent    society    leader    who    has    a 


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COLONIAL  HOTEL 


J     ir.vi  HiikIi   sin-el.   Between  Powell  and   Stockton,  San    PrnnelH 

Telepl e  Sutter  3560 

HOWARD  T.   BLETI7EN,   Propi  it-tor 


thoughtful  trait  of  sending  flowers,  on  many  occasions,  as 
many  as  she  can  find  ;  "I  like  my  flowers  this  side  of  Jordan, 
and  so  I  send  them  as  valentines  to  relatives  and  friends, 
and  let  them  have  the  joy  of  them." 

Look  into  the  florist's  windows,  today,  and  select  your 
valentines!  Ypu  will  think  that  you  'nave  stepped  into  Para- 
dise, for  the  blossoms  this  year  seem  to  transcend  in  gor- 
geous beauty  and  variety  all  those  of  p-eceding  years.  The 
flowers  are  marvelous,  and  the  florists'  shops  magnificent! 
*     *     * 

Engagement  Announced 

Society  is  intensely  interested  in  the  announcement  made 
i his  past  week  of  Miss  Prudence  Ponsonby  of  London  to 
Mr.  Hugh  Tevis,  son  of  the  late  I  high  Tevis  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  of  Mrs.  Cornelia  Baxtcr-Tev  is  Toulman  now  of 
Paris. 

Miss  Ponsonby  comes  of  a  distinguished  English  family. 
One  of  her  cousins  is  Sir  Frederick  Ponsonby,  Comptroller 
of  the  King's  household.  Another  cousin  is  Arthur  Pon- 
sonby, firmer  Secretary  of  Foreign  Affairs.  Iler  father 
was  the  late  Captain  William  Ponsonby.  She  lives  in  Lon- 
don with  her  mother. 

While  in  America  a  short  time  ago,  Miss  Ponsonby  visited 
a  cousin,  Commander  Silgarth  Evans,  stationed  in  Florida. 
She  was  extensively  entertained  while  at  the  Royal  Pon- 
ciana  Hotel.  Palm   Beach. 

Hugh  Tevis  is  the  grandson  of  the  late  Lloyd  Tevis,  and 
a  nephew  of  William  S.  Tevis,  Dr.  Harry  Tevis  and  Mrs. 
Frederick  Sharon.  After  the  death  of  his  father,  young 
Hugh  Tevis  went  to  Paris  with  his  mother,  spending  most 
of  his  time  there  with  visits  to  his  grandparents,  whose 
home  is  at  East  Hampton,  Long  Island. 


The  Hon.  Richard  Tobin,  American  Minister  to  Holland, 
who  visited  California,  bis  home  state,  during  the  holiday 
season,  has  sailed  from  Xew  York  for  The  Hague,  to  re- 
sume bis  i  il'iicial  duties. 


Celebrities:  Entertained 

During;  their  short  sojourn  in  San  Francisco  and  the  bay 
Aties.  Miss  Willa  Roberts.  Associate  Editor  of  the 
"Woman's  Home  Companion,"  and  Miss  Label  Conover, 
Style  Editor,  were  entertained  by  writers  of  Northern  Cali- 
fornia. 

An  interesting  and  splendidly  planned  luncheon  was  given 
at  the  Hotel  Claremont,  Berkeley,  under  the  joint  auspices 
of  the  California  Writers'  Club  and  the  Berkeley  Branch, 
League  of  American  Ten  Women,  for  the  two  visiting 
writers.  The  plan  and  procedure  of  the  scholarly  event  was 
presented  in  a  distinctive  way. 

W.nnen  who  have  achieved  distinction  in  various  fields 
of  endeavor  made  the  addresses  of  the  day  telling  in  a 
two-minute  speech  the  bight  lights  of  their  special  work 
and  the  purposes  of  their  definite  activities. 


HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Mrs.  Derrick  Norman  Lehnier,  president  of 
the  Berkeley  Pen  Women,  presided  at  the 
luncheon  with  dignity  and  gracious  considera- 
tion. Mrs.  Harry  Noyes  Pratt  was  hostess  of 
the  noteworthy  event  and  Dr.  Mary  Roberts 
Goolidge,  director  of  the  California  Writers' 
Club  and  member  of  the  faculty  of  Mills  Col- 
lege, introduced  the  local  speakers.  Elise  Du- 
four,  writer  and  teacher  of  rhythmic  expression 
and  dancing,  introduced  the  editors  in  a  well- 
chosen  address,  paying  tribute  to  the  New 
York  women  of  distinction. 
Prominent  Speakers    *     *     * 

Prominent  speakers  at  the  Writers'  Lunch- 
eon were  Dr.  Olga  Bridgman.  psychiatrist  ; 
Miss  Violet  Richardson,  superintendent  physi- 
cal education,  Berkeley  schools ;  Mrs.  Edith 
Tibbetts,  Vice-President  Camp  Fire  Girls; 
Mrs.  May  Cheney,  Appointment  Secretary  of 
the  University  of  California;  Dr.  Agnes  Fae 
Morgan,  head  of  the  department  of  Home  Eco- 
nomics, University  of  California;  Miss  Anne 
Wade  O'Neill,  field  of  political  science;  Miss 
Cora  Williams  of  the  Cora  Williams  Institute  Rates 
of  Creative  Education;  Miss  Rosalind  Keep,  Mills  College; 
Annie  Little  Barry,  lecturer  and  prominent  California  Fed- 
eration Club  leader;  Katharine  Browning  Miller,  play- 
wright; Mrs.  Wilda  Wilson  Church,  director  of  radio  plays; 
Miss  Alice  Brainerd,  Executive  Secretary  of  Drama 
Teachers,  California;  Calthea  Vivian,  artist;  Mrs.  Beulah 
Mitchell  Clute,  maker  of  book  plates;  Victorine  Hartley, 
supervisor  music,  Berkeley  schools;  Mrs.  James  Wales, 
President  Political  Science  Club;  Esther  Birdsall  Darling, 
author  and  member  California  Writers'  Club;  Mrs.  F.  Ellis 
Miller,  President  Oakland  Civic  Center;  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Anderson,  police  woman  of  Berkeley. 

The  committee  in  charge,  headed  by  Mrs.  Harry  Noyes 
Pratt,  Social  Secretary  and  wife  of  the  President  ol  the 
California  Writers'  Club,  were  Mrs.  Frank  K.  Mott,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Ebell  Club;  Miss  Mary  Bird  Clayes,  California 
Vice-President  L.A.P.W.;  Elise  Dufour,  writer  and  dancer; 
Camilla  Kenyon,  novelist;  Gabrielle  Woodworth,  musician. 
Mrs.  T.  C.  Dennett.  Chairman  of  the  Book  Section.  I  lakland 

Civic  Center. 

*     *     * 

Murray    I. 

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Rea   Smith,   a   cousin   of    Mr.    Deering's.     The 

guests  wee  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  II.  Webb,  Mr. 

and    Mrs.    II.    \\\    Poett,    Mrs.  Ashton    Potter. 

Mr.  Jerome  Politzer  and  Mr.  Louis  Mullgradt. 
#     *     # 

Beautiful  Luncheon  For 
Mrs.  Whitelaw  Reid 

One  of  the  most  beautiful  luncheons  of  the 
social  season  was  given  this  past  week  by  Mrs. 
George  A.  Pope  at  her  home  in  Pacific  Avenue, 
in  honor  of  Mrs.  Whitelaw  Reid  of  New  York. 

Mrs.  Reid  has  been  spending  the  past  month 
at  her  home  in  Millbrae,  and  ever  since  she 
came  West  has  been  the  honor  guest  at  any 
number  of  delightful  affairs  where  her  many 
friends  have  assembled  to  extend  their  heart- 
iest "welcome  home." 

Those  at  the  luncheon  included  Mesdames 
Jennie  Crocker  Henderson,  Robert  H.  Smith, 
Edmunds  Lyman.  John  S.  Drum,  Henry  F. 
Dutton,  Walter  Dillingham,  Fentress  Hill, 
Charles  T.  Crocker.  Harry  Macfarlane.  Ross  A. 
Curran,  Arthur  Chesebrough  and  Miss  Eleanor 
Goss,    who   came    West    with    Mrs.    Whitelaw 


Lieutenant  and  Mrs. 
tained  friends  at  dinner 
niversarv.  the  charming 
Country  Club. 


Royar  recently  enter- 
bration  of  their  wedding  au- 
ntie, given  at  the  Mare  Island 


British  Vice-Consul  Gives  Farewell  Dinner 

The  British   Vice-Consul   and    Mrs.  C'vril    II.   lane  gave  a 

dinner  party  at  the  Fairmont    Hotel  last   week  in  compli- 
ment   to   twelve   of   their    friends.      Mr.   and    Mr-.    Cane   are 

leaving  shortlj    for  a   vacation  of  six  months  in   London. 

planning   to   return    to   this   city    in    August.      In    respect   to 

the  late  Dowager  Queen   Vlexandra,  the  dinner  given  by  the 
\  ice-Consul  and  his  wife  was  quite  informal. 


Mr.  and   Mrs.   Mil 

o  Rowcll  (nee  Sessions) 

have   taken   a 

house  at   Palo  Alto 

where  they  will  spend 

the   next    few 

months. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Deering  gave  a  dinner  party  at  their 
home   on    Larkin    Street    last    week    in   compliment    to    Mr- 


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Miss  Mary  McCone,  who  will  be  a  bridesmaid  at  the  wed- 
ding of  Miss  Maybelle  Brawner  and  Mr.  Paul  Wood  at  St. 
Luke's  Church,  Saturday  night,  was  hostess  at  a  beautifully 
appointed  supper  dance  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  last  Satur- 
day night. 

*      *      * 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Flood  gave  a  handsome  bridge  and  luncheon 
at  the  Fairmont  last  Saturday  in  compliment  to  a  number  of 
her  friends  of  the  Novo  Club  The  Gray  room  was  a 
ture  of  loveliness  with  decorative  scheme  of  early 
lib  issoms. 


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spring 


Mrs.    Ray    Lv  man 
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given  by  the  di  do  - 
cine   last    Monday. 
Mehrtens  and  Mrs. 


Wilbur,  wife  of  President  Wilbur  of 
University,   was   honor  guest   at   a   tea 

'  wives  of  the  Stanford  College  of  Modi- 
Mrs.    Walter   Boardman,   Mrs.    Henry 

Karl  Schaupp  had  charge  of  the  event. 


Mrs.  Alliert  \\  Stokes  presided  over  the  convention  of 
the  City  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  in  her  official  capa- 
city a,-  President,  which  held  an  all-day  session  in  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel  last  Saturday.  Dr.  Mariana  Bertola,  State  Presi- 
dent, recently  returned  from  Washington.  D.  C,  was  an 
honor  guest  and  speaker.  Mrs.  William  Lee  Sales.  Presi- 
dent .it  the  district  federation,  embracing  fourteen  counties, 
and  Annie  Little  Barry,  the  prominent  parliamentarian, 
were  special  guests  and  -peakers. 

*      *      * 
Breaking  the  Ground  for 
Their  Club  House 

With  the  realization  of  their  fondest  dream  "coming  true." 
thou.-and.-  of  eager  club  women  in  San  Francisco  and  in 
Fad  throughout  the  entire  state,  will  participate  in  the 
"ground-breaking"  ceremonies.  Sunday.  February  14,  when 
the  first  shovelful  of  earth  will  be  turned  for  the  erection 
of  the  San  Francisco  Woman'-  Building. 

Services  will  be  held  at  3  o'clock  in  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church.  Post  and  Mason  Streets,  followed  by  dedica- 
tion ceremi  nies  at  the  building  site,  Sutter  and  Mason 
Streets.  Dr.  James  Gordon,  pastor  of  the  church,  will  be 
assisted  in  the  ihu-ch  services  by  Rabbi  Louis  I.  Newman, 
who  will  deliver  the  day'-  address.  The  Rev.  Caleb  S.  S. 
Dutton  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church  will  also  participate  in 
the  church  ceremonies.  According  t"  official  announcement. 
it  is  hoped  that  Archibishop  1'dward  J.  Ilanna  will  return 
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10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February   13,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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^HE  medicos  and  the  dentists  of  the  North- 
ern California  Medical  and  Dental  Golf 
Association  met  in  the  annual  golf  team  match 
at  the  Lake  Merced  Golf  and  Country  Club  last 
Friday,  and  although  we  had  a  deluge  of  rain 
for  over  a  week,  it  cleared  up  sufficiently  to 
bring  together  forty  players  to  represent  each 
profession  and  a  very  enjoyable  day  was  spent 
on  the  world-renowned  Lake  Merced  course. 

As  a  preliminary  to  the  big  event,  the  dental  profession 
held  their  monthly  handicap  sweepstakes  tournament.  <  Hit 
of  the  40  players 'that  signed  up  there  were  30  that  turned 
in  the  score  cards  which  was  a  good  percentage  considering 
that  the  course  was  heavy  and  some  of  the  boys'  scores  suf- 
fered. 

Dr.  C.  1J.  Richards  proved  to  be  the  best  putter,  for  he 
was  the  only  player  who  landed  in  the  eighty  street.  Mis 
nearest  competitor  was  Dr.  J.  Chalfant,  wdio  had  an  even 
90.  Dr.  Richards  has  shown  on  several  occasions  that  he 
is  destined  to  become  one  of  Lakeside's  leading  dental 
golfers,  as  he  has  won  several  monthly  events. 

In  fait,  he  won  the  dental  tournament  the  last  time  the 
den'.ists  played  over  the  Lake  Merced  course,  and  In 
won  a  flight  in  the  Northern  California  handicap  tournamerrt 
last  August.     If  Dr.  Richards  keeps  up  this  steady  pace  of 
winning  he'll  have  no  place  to  put  them. 

Dr.  Chalfant.  who  was  the  low  net  winner,  scored  eight 
more  pulls  to  capture  a  trophy  in  the  Class  A  division,  but 
that  was  a  very  fair  record  considering  that  a  lot  of  those 
star-tooth  carpenters  fell  down. 

D  .  J.  H.  Conroy  led  the  field  in  the  B  class,  while  Dr. 
C.  A.  Meek  won  ;the  low  net  cups;  that  ended  the  program 
fo-  the  dentists. 

*  *     * 

Medicos  versus  Dentists 

The  annual  battle  between  the  medical  profession  and  the 
dentists,  which  is  always  decided  with  a  team  match, 
brought  out  forty  players  on  each  side  and  the  way  it  was 
fought  out  was  worthy  of  any  previous  contests  held  among 
the  members  of  the  Northern  California  Medical  and  Den- 
tal Golf  Association. 

It  was  Dr.  James  Eaves,  who  in  1415  during  the  exposi- 
tion year,  conceived  the  idea  of  Forming  AMA  Golf  Associa- 
tion to  which  he  was  unanimously  elected  the  first  President. 

To  show  his  appreciation  to  his  fellow  members,  who 
elected  him,  he  won  the  first  championship,  an  honor  which 
he  held  for  several  years. 

Since  that  time  nearly  every  business  and  professional 
organization  has  formed  a  golf  chapter  of  its  own.  all 
of  which  have  proved  a  qualified  success 

The  judges  and  lawyers  were  the  last  to  join  the  North- 
ern California  Golf  Association,  when  they  held  their  initial 
golf  tournament  at  the  Lake  Merced  Golf  Club.  Thanks  to 
the  Directors  of  that  Club,  who  have  so  graceouslv  offered 
thei-  cou-se,  these  different  organizations  can  hold  their 
tournaments  and  finish  off  the  day  with  a  banquet  which"!! 
the  most  enjoyable  part  of  the  program. 

*  *     * 

Drs.  Eaves  and  Walter  Star 

Getting  back  to  my  original  story  between  the  medicos 
and  the  dentists,  there  were  two  familiar  faces  who  headed 
the  medical  team:  Dr.  James  Eaves  and  Dr.  C.  11.  Walter, 
two  men  with  nationally  known  reputations.  Dr.  Eaves 
is  a  member  of  Burlingame.  Claremont  and  the  San  Fran- 


cisco Golf  and  Country  Club  and  has  been  a  prominent  fig- 
ure in  California  golf  for  over  fifteen  years;  while  Dr. 
Walter,  who  is  partial  to  the  Sequoyah  Country  Club,  has 
held  innumerable  golf  titles,  including  the  Northern  Cali- 
fornia championship. 

The  two  famed  medicos  were  pitted  against  Drs.  L.  D. 
Heacock  and  J.  C.  I  arc  is,  the  pick  of  the  dental  profession, 
Inn  no  matter  how  the  dentists  pulled  they  were  no  match 
for  Dr.   Eaves  and   Dr.   Walter,  losing  three  ways. 

Drs.  Eaves  and  Walter  had  a  best-ball  of  70,  two  under 
par.  Dr.  T.  E.  Bailly  and  Dr.  A.  II.  McNulty  were  the  first 
pair  to  arrive  at  the-  clubhouse  with  one  point,  followed  by 


Johnnie  McHugh  of  the  Lin- 
coln I' ark  Golf  Club,  San 
Francisco ,  warming  up  at  the 
crack  of  daiun  on  the  target 
course  on  the  grounds  of  the 
Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel  in 
Hollywood,  California.  Mr. 
McHugh  recently  competed 
in  tin  $10,000.00  open  golf 
tourney  held  in  Los  Angeles 
and  was  the  youngest  player 
listed  in  that  event.  He  was 
th.-  amateur  runner  up  who 
played  Con  Elm  and  won 
one  of  the  cups  awarded  dur- 
ing the  tournament. 


Drs.  Walter  Schallcr  and  George  Kinney  with  two.  It 
looked  as  if  the  docto- s  had  a  chance  to  grab  a  victory  but 
Dr.  T.  L.  Rogers  anil  Dr.  C.  R.  Kruse.  two  of  Berkeley 
Club's  best  bets  upset  the  apple  cart  taking  Drs.  I-"..  R. 
Best  and  R.  Leachman  down  the  line  three  ways.  The  same 
thing  happened  to  Dr.  Hans  Barkan  and  Dr.  Ed  Barratt. 
However,  Dr.  Wilhelm  Waldeyer,  the  big  chief  from  Mount 
Zion  Hospital  and  Dr.  Leroy  Brooks  from  St. 
Lukes  collected  a  couple  which  helped  considerably.  Dr. 
Herman  Schlagater  and  Dr.  Harry  Alderson  were  the  first 
pair  to  gather  the  whole  works,  they  did  it  so  easily  that 
Dr.  A.  W.  Ward  and  Dr.  S.  W.  Hussey  didn't  stand  a 
chance.  When  Dr.  John  Sperry  and  Dr.  Harold  Brunn 
brought  in  three  more  points,  which  tied  the  score,  the  bet- 
ting was  2  to  1  that  the  medicos  would  win,  and  especially 
when  Dr.  Herbert  Gunn  and  Dr.  Sol  Hyman  put  the  doctors 
three  points  up,  it  looked  like  a  cinch  but  the  dentists  proved 
goo.]  finishers  for  they  annexed  three-three's  in  a  row  and 
won  the  decision  by  19  to  IS. 

This  is  the  third  meeting  of  the  doctors  and  dentists,  the 
dentists  have  won  two  and  drawn  one.  It  was  rather  un- 
fortunate that  Dr.  .Max  Rothchild  was  reported  absent. 
Dr.  Max  is  a  very  busy  man,  dividing  his  time  between  Bur- 
lingame and  his  country  home  at  Napa.  Dr.  Max  is  build- 
ing an  lS-bole  golf  course  in  the  center  of  his  1000-acre 
(Continued  on  Page  14) 


February  13,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


(Note — The  San  Francisco  News  Letter  advance  /'roc/rams  from  the  various  radio 
has  added  a  new  feature  for  the  pleasure  broadcasting  stations  each  week,  and  will 
and  benefit  of  its  readers.     It  will  print     also  run  an  article  by  a  radio  expert,  who 


will  give  valuable  advice  to  radio  fans  in 
regard  to  the  purchasing  and  operation  of 
radios.) 


Hi  >\Y  many  times  have  you  read  a 
a  radio  advertisement  with  the 
words,  "Coast-to-Coast  Reception 
Guaranteed"?  How  many  times  have 
you  purchased  a  radio  with  that  sort 
of  a  guarantee  attached  thereto  (verb- 
ally, not  in  writing)  and  then  taken  the 
set  home  to  find  that  evidently  the 
salesman  meant  from  the  coast  of  Se- 
attle to  the  coast  of  San  Diego?     This 


misinterpreted    trans-continental    busi- 
ness hurts  radio  more  than  it  helps. 

At  the  present  stage  of  development 
in  radio  no  distance  should  be  guar- 
anteed. This  hurts  sales  by  misrep- 
resentation. They  do  get  distance  oc- 
casionally, but  how  many  nights  out 
of  the  week  will  a  person  sit  in  front 
of  a  radio  and  log  distance  consistently? 
Not     many!     Then     when     one     pro- 


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ceeds  to  show  his  next  door  neighbor 
what  a  wonderful  set  he  has,  the  thing 
refuses  to  bring  in  anything  farther 
away  than  300  miles  and  even  that 
comes  in  like  a  cage  full  of  canaries  and 
magpies. 

Why  turn  your  dials  to  try  and  lo- 
cate some  distant  station  that  will  fade 
out  about  the  time  one  gets  settled  in 
the  big  easy  chair?  Tune  in  your  set 
on  a  good  local  program,  sit  down  in 
the  easy  chair  and  enjoy  yourself  for 
an  evening's  pleasure.  That  is  what 
is  called  real  radio  reception. 

No  one  is  proud  of  a  set  that  howls 
so  loud  that  it  can  be  heard  all  over 
the  neighborhood.  They  are  merely 
the  victims  of  misplaced  confidence. 
Mam-  a  radio  set  works  splendidly  in 
one  location  and  the  same  set  refuses 
to  do  its  best  in  another  location.  The 
reason  is  not  with  the  set,  but  with  the 
atmospheric  conditions.  When  one  is 
contemplating  buying  a  set,  he  or  she 
should  not  be  misled  by  what  some  one 
else  is  doing.  I  lave  a  good  set  placed 
in  your  home  on  trial  and  do  your  own 
deciding. 

There  is  a  thrill  attached  to  sitting 
up  half  the  night  and  listening  in  to 
some  far-away  station  ;  we  all  do  that 
sooner  or  later,  but  when  we  do  get  a 
real  distant  station  it  quite  often 
sounds  like  a  bunch  of  alley  cats  en- 
gaged in  a  serenade  on  the  back-yard 
fence. 

What  the  public  wants  is  a  radio  that 
will  produce  good  results  from  the  sta- 
tions near  at  hand.  And  where  can 
any  one  find  better  programs  than 
those  that  go  on  the  air  every  night 
right  here  in  our  own  district. 

The  B-T  "Counterphase"  Six 
Through  the  courtesy  of  the  United 
Radio  Supply  Company.  693  Mission 
Street.  San  Francisco,  the  radio  staff  of 
the  News  Letter  has  been  given  the  op- 
portunity of  testing  the  new  B-T 
"Counterphase"  Six  Radio  Set,  manu- 
factured by  the  Bremer-Tully  Manu- 
facturing Co. 

This  is  a  six-tube  set  of  the  highest 
class  materials  and  workmanship,  set 
in  a  hardwood  case  noted  for  its  sim- 
plicity and  richness  of  design.  It  is 
attractively  lined  with  sheet  copper  for 
protection  against  near  by  interference 
(Continued  on  Page  161 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  13,  1926 


WE  REGRET  to  note  the  death  of  Benjamin  Waterfall, 
lcaling  producer  of  the  California  Sate  Life,  who  regu- 
larly accounted  for  $1,000,000  of  personal  business  each  year. 
He  was    found  deal   in   his  automobile,   result   of   a  gunshot 

woun  1.  apparently  suicide. 

*  *     * 

— The  settlement  of  the  estate  of  the  late  William  Rocke- 
feller disclosed  the  fact  that  he  had  approximately  S,  J )  i').i  H  I 
investe  1  in  the  various  Stan  lard  (  hi  Companies,  but  $43,000.- 
000  in  tax  exempt  securities. 

*  *     * 

— "The  increase  in  taxation  in  California  during  the  last 
fifteen  years  has  been  phenomenal  and  lias  created  a  condition 
which  is  alarming."  s  says  Rolland  A.  Vandegrift,  director  of 
re  earch  of  the  California  Taxation  Improvement  Association. 

*  *     * 

— The  items  of  expenditure  which  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
of  San  Francisco  has  indicated  it  will  abandon,  are  the  expu-i- 
tion  site  i  n.  the  Marina,  the  municipal  garage  and  the  munici- 
pal warehouse,  which  total  $447,700. 

*  *     * 

— The  bay  division  of  the  Helch  I  lelchy  aqueduct  will  be 
completed  by  the  end  of  this  month,  according  to  the  City  En- 
gineer This  will  increase  present  facilities  to  the  extent  of 
24  million  gallons  daily.  Under  an  agreement  between  the  city 
and  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Company,  the  company  is  per- 
mitted to  use  the  city's  conduits  to  bring  water  stored  in  the 
recently  completed  Calaveras  reservoir  in  Alameda  County, 
to  Crystal  Springs  reservoir,  San  Mateo. 

*  *     * 

— During  the  year  1''25  the  Santa  Fe  Railway  System 
handled  2,069,315  carloads  of  freight  of  which  1.052.544  cars 
were  loaded  on  the  company's  lines,  and  416.771  were  received 
From  connections.  Of  the  total  shipments,  the  Santa  Fe 
handled  102,488  cars  of  fruit,  vegetables  and  other  perishable 
freight.  Maintenance  of  cars  and  proper  distribution  are  es- 
sential elements  in  a  system  of  this  sort. 

*  *      * 

— The  Builders'  Exchange  of  San  Francisco  regards  the  re- 
•  em  pri  clamation  of  the  union  carpenters  that  they  will  not 
work  with  non-union  men  as  a  breach  of  the  American  Flan 
and  will  meet  any  effort  to  upset  present  arrangements  with  a 
campaign  for  the  open  shop. 

*  *     * 

—  Bradford  Kimball  and  Co.  have  announced  that  they  are 
the  exclusive  agents  in  Northern  California  for  the  handling 
of  "insured  Mortgage  Bonds  and  Certificates."  These  bonds 
and  certificates  are  distributed  by  a  nation-wide  group  of  in- 
vestment hankers. 

*  *      * 

— The  Federal  Court  has  recently  held  that  where  damage 
i"  cargo  resul  s  fn  m  rain  driven  against  it  by  the  force  of  the 
win  I.  the  wind,  which  is  a  peril  of  the  sea.  is  the  proximate 
cause.  The  o  her  side  had  contended  that  rain,  being  fresh 
water,  was  not  a  peril  of  the  sea. 

*  *      * 

— School  bond  issue  of  March  1st,  l'>23.  lb  the  amount  of 
$6,000,000  were  sold  this  month  to  a  syndicate  headed  by  the 
Anglo-London- Paris  Company  for  $6,329,340  and  accrued  in- 
terest thereon  at  date  of  delivery. 

*  *     * 

— The  Hoard  of  Supervisors  has  appropriated  $150,00 
of  the  County  Road   Fund  toward  the  widening  of  the  "bottle- 
neek"  south  of  Colma  on  the  peninsula  highway. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees*  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PARK-PRESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH H.-hkIu  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (4J4)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

VValte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phone  Douglas  2244 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid   l|i  Capital  K^d.lMlil.iKln  *20,000,000  Renerve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  BNG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND.    ORB.;     SEATTLE,     WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY,     MEXICO. 

San  FranclMco  Olllce:  450  Cnllfornln  Street 
BRUCE  in:  vi  iii  (i  i  i:  \\ .  J.  i  in  i/i  ii  mid 

Manager  Aast.  Manager 


Compensation,   General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

w.-iwt  ICTURBRS  Of 
RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE,    TANKS,    CULVERTS,     PENSTOCKS, 

PLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 
.Sun    PrnnclM Calif.  I.oh   AneeleM.   Calif. 

444  ihirk.i  Street  r,7i7  Santa  Fe  Avenne 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 


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Pajamas 

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February  13,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Id 


Travel  Tid-Bits 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 


Through  the  Panama  Canal  to  Europe 

INTENDING  trayelers  to  Europe  this  spring,  not  in  any 
particular  hurry  to  reach  Europe,  will  be  well  advised  to 
travel  on  the  new  Cunard  steamer  "Franconia"  leaving  San 
Francisco,  May  8th  and  Los  Angeles  May  10th,  calling  at 
Cristobal  (through  the  Panama  Canal)  Balboa,  Havana, 
and  New  York,  remaining  in  New  York  for  three  days;  the 
steamer  after  calling  at  Boston  arrives  in  Liverpool  June 
7th.  The  minimum  fare,  first  class  throughout,  is  $445, 
which  rate  includes  shore  excursions  at  Panama  Canal  ports 
and  Havana.  The  "Franconia"  is  024  feet  in  length  has 
gross  tonnage  of  20,000  and  displacement  tonnage  of  28,700. 

The  "Franconia"  is  quite  new,  comfortable  and  luxurious 
and  has  given  complete  satisfaction  to  those  accustomed  to 
the  best  in  travel.  One  of  the  most  striking  aspects  of  the 
"Franconia"  is  the  lavishness  of  space  devoted  to  the  en- 
joyment of  travelers.  The  beautiful  sports  arena  which  oc- 
cupies some  5000  square  feet  is  really  a  floating  stadium,  as 
it  consists  of  an  immense  swimming  pool,  with  many  in- 
dividual dressing  rooms,  as  well  as  a  large  number  of  shower 
baths  with  all  the  latest  appointments.  (  In  the  right  of 
the  swimming  tank  is  a  full  squash  court  running  up 
through  two  decks,  and  on  the  left  a  gymnasium  fitted  with 
every  kind  of  indoor  sporting  apparatus,  and  the  entire 
stadium  is  in  charge  of  an  expert,  in  each  separate  depart- 
ment. 

Since  the  "Franconia"  is  primarily  a  cruise  ship,  even 
though  she  makes  many  transatlantic  trips  each  year,  her 
stateroom  accommodations  had  to  be,  and  were,  meticu- 
lously thought  out.  I  lot  and  cold  running  water  makes  the 
staterooms  as  adaptable  to  comfort  as  a  room  in  the  finest 
hotel.       Generous     dressing     tables     and     wardrobes     large 

enough  to  satisfy  the  n,eids  of  the  most  fastidious  woman; 
any  number  of  private  bathrooms;  little  conveniences  such 

as   electric    fans,   and   bedsteads    with   quilted    satin    fittings, 

instead  of  ordinary  bunks      all  of  these  help  to  build  up  the 

outstanding  personality  of  the  "Franconia,"  which  is  re- 
garded by  all  who  have  traveled  on  her,  in  the  affectionate 
spirit   in   which  one  regards  a  cherished  abode. 

This  ship  will  be  completing  a  'round-the-world  cruise. 
and  a  number  of  passengers  have  intimated  their  intentions 
of  staying  over  in  California  and  traveling  overland  to  .New 
York.  There  is  therefore  an  opportunity  to  replace  these 
with  a  limited  number  of  through  passengers  from  San 
Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  to  Liverpool.    Early  application 

is  therefore  advisable  and  necessary,  as  desirable  space  is 
extremely   limited. 

Some  travelers  may  find  the 
to  their  requirements  and  to 
recommend  the  Panama  Mail 
line  operates  the  "\  enezuela," 
lombo"  from  San  Francisco  to  New  York,  calling 
Angeles  Harbor,  Manzanillo,  Champerico,  San  Jose  D« 
Guatemala,  Acapnia.  I. a  Libertad,  Corinto,  Balboa,  Cristo- 
bal and  Havana,  or  the  Panama  Pacific  Line  which  company 
operates  the  "Manchuria."  the  "Mongolia"  and  the  "Fin- 
land." On  account  of  the  frequent  sailings  of  the  various 
lines  from  New  York  almost  immediate  connection  can  be 
made  for  European  ports. 

Mam  travelers  may  not  wish  to  go  through  to  New  York 
and  connection  can  lie  usually  made  with  a  lay  over  of  a 
day  or  two  at  the  Panama  Canal  with  the  Royal  Mail  Steam 
Packet  Company's  famous  "O"  steamers  for  Spanish. 
French  ami  British  ports.  The  Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet 
Company  also  operate  steamers   (carrying  a  limited  num- 


"Franconia"  date  not  suitable 
these  passengers  we  would 
Steamship  Company,  which 
the  "Ecuador,"  and  the  "Co 


ber  of  passengers  from  San  Francisco  directly  through  the 
Panama  Canal  to   European  ports. 

In  addition  to  the  above  United  American  Line,  the  Hol- 
land-American Line  and  the  Johnson  Line  operate  a  regu- 
lar service  between  San  Francisco  and  Europe. 

It  is  necessary  to  make  immediate  application  for  accom- 
modation as  all  steamers  to  Europe  this  season  are  already 
rapidly  filling. 

Communications  should  be  addressed  to  the  San  Fran- 
cisco News  Letter  or  Ernest  F.  Rixon,  General  Agent, 
Messrs.  Dean  &  Dawson,  Ltd.,  544  Market  Street,  San 
Francisco. 


France   might   reach  deeper  in   her  pockets  if  she  didn't 
have  a  sword  in  her  hand. — West  Palm  Beach  Post. 
*     *     * 

It  is  reported  that  eggs  are  used  in  Armenia  as  currency. 
It  must  be  a  messy  job  getting  cigarets  out  of  a  slot-ma- 
chine.— Punch. 


AT  SINGLETON'S 

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CLUB  LUNCH  INN 


A  Nice  Hot  Business 

Lunch 
Delicious  Sandwiches 
Tasty  Salads 

A  Wonderful  Crab  Louie 
Home-Made  Pies  and 
Good  Coffee 

Lunch  served  from  11  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m. 


Escorted  and 
Indep  endent 


Tours  to  Europe 


Write  for  Program 


DEAN  &  DAWSON,  Ltd. 


ESTABLISHED   18"! 


ERNEST  F.  RIXON,  general  oAgent 

544  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Telephone  Sutter  2342 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February   13.   1926 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 

from  the  Ea.st  in  time  to  give  an  address  at  the  ground- 
breaking ceremonies. 

With  the  turning  of  the  first  spadeful  of  earth,  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward Dexter  Knight,  President  of  the  association,  will  make 
the  formal  dedicatory  address  in  behalf  of  the  women 
builders.  Mrs.  Minna  Gauley  will  act  as  master  of  cere- 
monies, assisted  by  Mesdames  Charles  Hawkins.  D.  E.  F. 
Easton.  Henry  Sahlein  and  Mrs.  Albert  W.  Stokes. 

Mrs.  D.  C.  Heger,  Chairman  of  the  Building  Committee 
and  other  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  will  serve 
during  the  afternoon  as  an  informal  reception  committee. 
An   invitation  has  been   extended  the  public  to  attend  the 

ceremonies. 

*     *     * 

La  Gaiete  Cotillion 

Handsome  little  announcement  cards  of  flaming  red  have 
been  sent  out  by  Rosetta  Baker  this  week,  calling  attention 
to  the  valentine  party  which  will  take  place  on  Saturday 
evening,  February  13,  in  the  Gold  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont 
Hotel,  when  this  month's  La  Gaiete  Cotillion  will  welcome 
the  guests. 

Mrs.  Baker,  the  genial  hostess,  aims  to  make  this  valen- 
tine's party  exceptionally  attractive  with  favors  of  hearts 
and  other  appropriate  symbols  of  the  sentimental  season, 
used  in  the  decorative  scheme. 


GOLF 

(Continued  from  Page  10) 


estate,  which  is  overlooked  by  a  palatial  mansion  the  "Crest." 

When  completed  the  doctors  will  celebrate  the  opening  with 

a  golf  tournament,  this  will   be  the  only  privately  owned 

18-rfole  golf  course  in  California  and  Dr.   Max  Rothchild  is 

looking    forward    to    the    opening    celebration    with    much 

pride. 

*     *     * 

Banquet  Big  Success 

A  successful  banquet  followed  the  tournament,  there 
were  sixteen  who  signed  up  to  stay  and  sixty  swapped  yarns 
across  the  banquet  board.  Possibly  this  big  attendance  was 
the  result  of  the  big  reputation  that  Mrs.  Williams,  the  man- 
ager of  the  club  has  for  preparing  toothsome  tidbits;  what 
ever  it  was  they  all  enjoyed  themselves. 

The  novelty  of  the  evening  was  that  there  was  no  chair- 
man appointed  so  Dr.  Herman  Schlagater  had  a  good  chance 
to  continue  his  speech  of  a  year  ago.  Dr.  Sumner  Hardy 
gave  an  interesting  talk  on  world  tennis  players.  Dr.  Hardy 
is  a  big  booster  for  Helen  Wills,  thinks  that  she  will  win 
from  Suzanne  if  they  ever  meet.  Dr.  Brooks  offered  3  to  1 
they  never  will.  Dr.  Alfred  McNulty  was  there  with  his 
hair  parted  in  the  middle  and  said  never  a  word.  Dr.  DeArcv 
Quinn  was  the  life  of  the  party.  At  the  stroke  of  twelve 
bells  the  doctors  and  dentists  decided  to  call  it  a  clay  and 
everyone  went  home  happy. 

At  the  Pebble  Beach  course  on  Thursday,  Friday  and 
Saturday,  the  Pacific  Coast  Plumbing  Supply  Jobbers  held 
their  annual  golf  tournament,  and  in  spite  of  heavy  rains, 
the  course  was  in  excellent  condition  and  some  very  com- 
mendable cards  were  turned  in. 

M.  M.  McElwaine  of  Seattle,  proved  to  be  the  outstanding 
player  in  a  field  of  30  and  won  the  qualifying  round  with 
a  card  of  78-4-74.  while  W.  S.  Babson  of  Portland  was 
runner-up  with  a  card  of  92-17-75. 

The  first  sixteen  men  who  qualified  were  as  follows: 

McElwaine,  Seattle 78      4 

Babson,  Portland  92     17 

Mcllreevy,  San  Francisco  91 

Day,  Sacramento  94 

Vance,  San  Diego 101 


Dalziel,  San  Francisco 103 

Durkee,  Los  Angeles 105 

Robertson,  San  Francisco 118 

Cruickshank,  Seattle  113 

Goodmon,  Los  Angeles 113 

Geddes,.  Los  Angeles 116 

Baxter,  Pasadena 113 

Hacker,   Los  Angeles 1 19 

Byrnes,   Los   Angeles 132 

Shinn.    Los   Angeles 134 

Boy n ton,  Los  Angeles 12c8 

FINALS 
FIRST  FLIGHT—  McElwaine   (0)    won   from    Day   (4)   by 

default. 

FINALS 
SECOND   FLIGHT— Dalziel    (0)   defeated   Durkee   (0)   2 

and  1. 


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87 

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88 

22 

91 

22 

91 

25 

91 

20 

93 

24 

95 

30 

102 

30 

104 

22 

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February  13.  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
Nntlonal  Automobile  Club 

NATIONAL  AUTOMOBILE  CLUB 

IT  IS  not  provincialism  that  prompts 
an  admiration  for  the  historical  back- 
ground which  belongs  to  California.  It 
is  rather  the  realization  that  human  in- 
terest enters  largely  into  the  pleasure  of 
touring.  Europe  has  capitalized  on  every 
stick  and  stone  about  which  any  frag- 
ment of  a  story  may  be  woven.  The 
path  of  the  continental  traveler  is  over 
the  well-beaten  routes  wb^ch  history  and 
romance  have  brought  into  the  limelight. 
California  has  a  great  opportunity  in 
making  capital  out  of  her  Indian  legends, 
her  Mission  era.  the  Bear  Flag  revolu- 
tion and  the  thrilling  days  of  '49. 

The  pageant  is  a  most  excellent  way 
of  bringing  back  the  atmosphere  of  the 
early  days.  I  lemet  plans  a  Ramona  pag- 
eant for  April  and  it  will  bring  thou 
of  visitors  from  every  part  of  the  state. 
Helen  Hunt  Jackson's  great  novel  has 
done  a  great  deal  to  in  crest  the  world  in 
California.  The  Mission  Ray  of  San  Ga- 
briel is  another  attractive  method  of  visu- 
alizing the  history  of  the  state.  The  Fi- 
esta  in   I  .os   Angeles,   the    Portola   in   San 

Francisco,  the  celebrations  of  the  lions 
of  Peralta  in  Oakland,  all  are  great  pub- 
licity features  for  California.  Most  of 
the  residents  of  ibis  state  are  not  familiar 
with  the  background  of  history  which 
California   possesses   and   the  tourist    is 

always  more  interested  in  the  human  fac- 
tors in  the  upbuilding  of  the  country  than 
the  scenic  wonderlands  so  often  featured 
by  our  propaganda  writt 

Know  California!  Travel  its  storied 
routes  prepared  to  find  history  and  ro- 
mance wherever  you  go.  Delve  into  the 
lore  of  California  and  you  will  find  a 
greater   delight   in    its    scenic   aspect 


i  ioing  touring?  The  season  is  already 
on  in  California.  A  few  clouds  in  the 
sky,  the  dust  all  laid  by  the  recent  rains, 
the  wild  flowers  already  peeping  out  of 
the  meadow  grass  and  the  atmosphere 
redolent  of  the  approaching  spring,  you 
can  find  no  better  season  for  touring  than 
now.  The  ground  hog  cast  himself  a 
good  shadow  on  February  2,  so  it  bodes 
well  for  the  year's  touring. 

Here  are  a  few  briefs  that  may  sug- 
gest some  objectives  for. your  early  spring 
touring: 

One  of  the  most  scenic  trips  in  the 
state  is  the  San  Marco  road  from  Santa 
Ynez  to  Goleta.  This  road  has  recently 
been  opened  and  is  in  good  condition. 

The  river  route  from  Madera  to  Yo- 
semite   Valley   is   passable  to   Oakhurst. 

The  Raymond  Road  from  Madera  to 
Yosemite  is  open  as  far  as  Cedar  Brook. 

The  Mother  Lode  Highway  is  holding 
up  unusually  well  under  the  recent  heavy 
storms.  The  road  from  Jackson  to 
Angels  Camp  via  Mokelumne  Hill  and 
San  Andreas  is  being  traveled  regularly 
and  reported  fairly  good  for  this  season 
of  the  year.  While  chains  are  not  neces- 
sary on  this  road,  it  is  good  policy  t<  i 
have  them  along.  The  road  from  Angels 
Cam])  to  Sonora  is  somewhat  slippery 
but  entirely  passable. 

Contrary  to  reports  which  have  been 
recently  circulated,  the  new  Merced  Can- 
yon Road  into  Yosemite  National  Park 
is  not  open  to  automobile  traffic.  A  nar- 
row advance  trail  was  opened  several 
weeks  ago  over  which  machinery  and 
supplies  have  been  moved  forward.  This 
has  since  been  closed  by  blasting.  The 
road  beyond  Briceburg  is  positively  close  I 
to  traffic  and  will  not  lie  opened  until 
the  highway  is  completed  sometime  next 
summer. 


Reconstruction  Work  on 
Redwood  Highway 

Nearly  six  miles  of  additional  re- 
construction work  on  the  Redwood 
Highway  in  Sonoma  I  ounty  was  pro- 
vided for  by  the  California  Highway 
Commission,  when  it  approved  an  ex- 
tension of  the  contract  of  J.  P..  (ial- 
braith  for  the  construction  of  a  "seeond- 
Story"  cement  pavement  from  Santa 
Rosa  northward  to  Mark  West  (.'reek, 
a  distance  of  approximately  ?.~  miles. 
The  existing  pavement  will  be  widened 
feet  and  thickened. 

Galbraith  is  now  completing  the  sec- 
tion from  Mark  West  (reek  to  Healds- 
burg.  and  the  extension  of  his  contract 
will  mean  the  continuation  of  the  work 
southward  as  soon  as  weather  permits, 
saving  of  two  months'  time  by  the 
elimination  ><i  advertising  for  bids  is 
expected  to  result  in  completion  of  the 
section  before  the  period  of  heavy  sum- 
mer traffic.  State  Highway  Engineer 
R.  M.  Morton  reported. 


At  the  Elder  Gallery 

Dr.  Charles  Upson  Clark,  formerly 
Director  of  the  American  Academy  in 
Rome,  and  widely  traveled,  will  give 
an  illustrated  lecture  in  the  Paul  Elder 
Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon,  February 
20th  at  2:30  o'clock  on  "France  and 
Spain  in  Morocco."  He  will  sketch  the 
romantic  history  of  Morocco  and  show 
pictures  of  its  grim  mountains  and  pic- 
turesque inhabitants. 

Dr.  Clark's  annual  visit  to  San  Fran- 
cisco and  his  scholarly  and  interesting 
pictures  are  pleasantly  anticipated  by 
many  who  have  heard  him. 


Each  Saturday  forenoon  at  1 1  o'clock 
a  Story  Hour  and  Appreciation  of 
Books  for  boys  and  girls  is  given  by 
Miss  Sadie  Hoffman  in  the  Paul  Elder 
Gallery.  Tlie  programs  are  varied, 
sometimes  including  siereopticon  slide 
travel  pictures  and  illustrated  visits  to 
the  art  galleries  of  Europe.  There  is 
no  admission  charge. 


Old  Lady — What  was  the  score? 
Apple — Nothing  to  nothing. 
"Then  I  didn't  miss  anything!" 
— Boston  Beanpot. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February   13,   1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 
from  Aaron  Hoffman's  famous  stage 
play,  "Two  Blocks  Away,"  and  was  di- 
rected by  Harry  Pollard  for  Universal. 
It  is  a  story  of  New  York's  east  side 
and  centers  mainly  around  a  Jewish 
and  Irish  family  residing  there.  The 
cast  includes  Vera  Gordon,  George 
Sidney.     Charles     Murray     and     Kate 

Price. 

*  *     * 

Granada 

Eddie  Peabody  comes  to  the  Gra- 
nada lo  replace  Verne  Buck,  who  goes 
to  Los  Angeles  to  appear  at  the  Metro- 
politan Theater  there.  It  is  the  plan 
of  the  new  management  at  this  theater 
to  present  Peabody  in  one  of  the  most 
elaborate  stage  productions  ever  given 

here. 

*  *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

The  attraction  this  week  at  the  War- 
field  is  an  important  one,  being  no  less 
than  Vincente  Ibanez'  story  "The  Tor- 
rent." which  has  just  finished  in  serial 
form  in  one  of  our  newspapers.  There 
is  a  splendid  cast  of  players  to  inter- 
pret this  powerful  story,  under  the 
able  direction  of  Monta  Bell.  Ricardo 
Cortez  has  the  leading  part,  and 
Greta  Garbo,  the  celebrated  Swedish 
screen  beauty,  plays  the  leading  femi- 
nine role.  There  are  many  thrills,  one 
of  the  greatest  of  these  being  a  sensa- 
tional flood  which  wipes  away  a  Span- 
ish village  with  a  daring  rescue  by 
Cortez. 


RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 
and   local   broadcasting   stations.      For 
poor   locations,   or   what   is   known   as 
"dead  spots,"  this  is  an  ideal  radio  set. 

Instead  of  a  three-stage  amplifier,  the 
manufacturers  have  added  the  sixth  tube 
to  the  Radio  frequency  or  to  the  part  of 
the  set  where  it  is  the  most  neele  1.  The 
audio  frequency  or  the  loud  speaker  am- 
plifier is  a  two  stage  audio  which  gives 
sufficient  volume  for  any  needs. 

The  reproduction  is  all  any  one  can 
hope  for  in  a  radio  set,  either  on  distant 
or  local  broadcasting  stations  an  1  an  un- 
surpassed reception  will  he  received.  The 
manufacturers,  after  two  years  of  re- 
search and  having  overcome  great  diffi- 
culties, have  produced  the  "toroid"  or 
closed  field  inductances,  which  is  per- 
fected for  radio  use.  In  the  "Counter- 
phase"  Six,  these  coils  are  employed  as 
radio  frequency  transformers  and  are 
called  the  I'.-T  Torostyle  Transformer. 
They  reduce  local  pick-up  to  a  minimum, 
— inter-magnetic  coupling  and  strav  fee  1 
backs  being  eliminated  entirely. 

The  "Counterphase"  Six  employs  an 
outside  aerial  to  the  best  advantage.  I  low- 
ever,  it  reproduces  well  with  an  indoor 
antenna.     It  has  four  tuned  circuits,  each 


tuned  with  a  condenser.  There  are  two 
tuning  dials  which  makes  the  handling 
of  the  set  a  very  simple  matter.  In  ad- 
dition to  this,  the  set  is  equipped  with  two 
small  trimmers  (midget  condensers  I  at- 
tached at  the  side  of  the  condensers, 
which  have  the  same  effect  as  veneers. 
This  makes  the  set  very  selective  on  any 
station. 

\'o  trouble  will  be  experience  1  with 
the  "Counterphase"  Six  due  to  harmonics, 
or  to  stations  coming  in  at  the  wrong 
settings  of  the  dials,  which  is  character- 
istic of  some  sets. 

The  tuning  is  even  more  simplified  by 
the  addition  of  a  unique  mechanical  ar- 
rangement of  the  dials  eliminating  back- 
lash entirely.  The  rotating  pointer  in- 
dicates wavelength  readings,  and  all  the 
pull  and  side  strains  on  the  condenser 
shifts  are  eliminated. 

The  sockets  are  the  B-T  Universal 
Sockets  and  take  the  old  Navy  base  tube 
as  well  as  the  new  UX  tubes. 

The  condensers  are  the  B-T  Tandem 
condensers.  They  have  an  excellent  de- 
sign with  dual  control  from  a  single  dial, 
with  a  shielding  plate  which  prevents  in- 
tercoupling  between  the  stators. 

The  transformers  are  well  made  from 
excellent  materials  and  are  capable  of 
handling  every  note  on  the  scale. 

In  the  "Counterphase"  Six  is  a  radio 
set  that  embo  lies  everything  that  one 
could  desire.  It  has  beauty  of  design. 
is  a  high-class  piece  of  work  in  every  de- 
tail and  is  a  set  that  will  give  the  best 
performance  that  it  is  possible  to  secure 
under  the  present  broadcasting  conditions. 
The  Radio  staff  of  the  News  Letter 
would  be  pleased  to  send  further  details 
regarding  the  "Counterphase"  Six  upon 
request. 

*  *     * 

<  In  Sun  lay  evening.  February  14. 
Allan  McQuhae,  the  celebrate  1  Irish 
tenor,  will  be  heard  over  station  KPO, 
m  the  Forty-first  \twater-Kent  Artists' 
program.  I  lis  appearance  is  under  the 
direction  of  Ernest  [ngold,  Inc.,  San 
Francisci  >. 

*  *     * 

"Community  Health  and  Safety  Talks" 
are  being  given  by  Mrs.  I).  E.  F.  Easton, 
chairman  of  the  Women's  Division,  Cali- 
fornia Development  Association,  as  a 
weekly  feature  over  KFRC  at  5  o'clock 
everj  Monday. 

I  ler  first  talk  which  was  given  on  Mon- 
day, February  8th  was  on  the  subject  of 
"(  Ten  Windows." 


McCormack's  Recital 
John  McCormack's  westward  jour- 
ney thus  far  this  season  has  been 
marked  by  encomiums  from  press  ami 
public  such  as  even  he  never  before  re- 
ceived.  Competent  critics  and  delight- 
ed audiences  everywhere  he  sang  have 
united  in  testifying  that  there  has  been 
no    impairment    of    his    vocal    charm. 


"Since  it  was  last  heard  here,  the  Mc- 
Cormack  voice  has  gathered  beauty, 
strength  and  sweetness"  was  the  tribute 
recently  bestowed  by  the  Pittsburg 
"Telegram's"  music  expert,  and  it  fairly 
reflects  the  opinion  expressed  by  other 
reviewers. 

Booked  by  Frank  W.  Healy  for  a 
song  recital  the  evening  of  March  IS 
in  the  Exposition  Auditorium,  the  pop- 
ular tenor  will  sing  some  songs  which 
his  public  invariably  demands  and  also 
which  are  less  familiar  to  his  San  Fran- 
i  isco  admirers. 


The  Wind  Instrument  Ensemble 

That  a  great  interest  in  wind  instru- 
ments has  been  awakened  is  apparent 
by  the  number  of  new  works  that  are 
being  written  for  this  instrumentation 
and  the  number  of  new  organizations 
of  this  kind  that  are  being  formed. 
Detroit  is  the  latest  city  to  add  such 
an   ensemble   to   its   musical   activities. 

The  Wind  Instrument  Ensemble  of 
San  Francisco  is  the  only  one  of  these 
organizations  that  includes  the  piano 
as  an  integral  part  of  its  personnel  and 
renders  works  written  for  wind  instru- 
ments and  piano  in  addition  to  those 
compositions  for  wind  instruments 
alone. 

Lulu  J.  Blumberg,  the  manager  of 
the  organization  announces  an  unusual 
and  beautiful  program  for  the  next  con- 
cert on  Friday  evening.  February  19th 
in  the  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 

The  program  will  consist  of  the  first 
American  performances  of  Walter  Gie- 
seking's  Quintet  for  piano  and  four 
wind  instruments  and  Th.  Blumer's 
lovely  Sextet  in  original  theme  with 
variations  in  suite  form  for  piano  and 
five  wind  instruments.  Percy  Grain- 
ger's Wanderlied  or  Walking-Tune  will 
be  among  the  works  to  be  played. 
<  Irainger,  when  he  was  in  San  Fran- 
cisco last  year,  asked  that  the  Ensem- 
ble play  his  work.  Klughardt's  fine 
quintet  for  wind  instruments  alone  and 
a  duet  for  flute  and  clarinet  with  piano 
accompaniment  will  complete  this  rare 
program. 


Good  As  New 

Careful  Buyer:  "Why  are  they  sell- 
ing their  home?" 

Estate  .Agent:  "Why,  they  really 
have  no  use  for  it  any  more;  they're 
away  all  day  for  work;  they're  at  the 
pictures  every  night  and  after  that  thev 
dance  till  dawn."— B.  II.  S.  Torch. 


"That  must  be  a  warm  member  you 
introduced  me  to  last  night.  I  asked 
her  if  I  could  take  her  home." 

"Yes?" 

"Ami  she  asked  me  wdiere  my  folks 
were." — Yellow  Jacket. 


February  13,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


Mr.   Blabbitt    on   Marriage 


Grocer — Don't  you  find  that  a  l>al>y  brightens  up  a  house- 
hold wonderfully  ? 

Woman  Customer— Yes,  we  have  the  electric  lights  go- 
ing most  of  the  time  now. — Progressive  Grocer. 


MARRIAGE  as  it  is  known  today  seems  to  make  one  of 
three  things  out  of  a  man  or  woman — a  jailer,  a 
pace-maker,  or  a  timeclock.  The  only  enjoyable  one  of  the 
three  is  the  fourth.  What  it  shall  be  depends  upon  a  per- 
son's character,  inclinations  and  hallucinations. 

Marriage  usually  originates  with  an  inoffensive  clerk  in 
a  county  court  house,  who  fills  out  blank  licenses  with  neces- 
sary information  for  a  small  consideration.  The  chief  virtue 
of  this  individual  is  that  he  gives  his  patrons  no  advice. 
Neither,  usually  does  the  person  officiating  at  the  subse- 
quent ceremony.  Advice  is  a  post-marital  commodity  often 
dispensed  in  wholesale  lots  to  small  retailers,  who  have 
no  facilities  for  carrying  it  in  stock,  few  dollars  and  very- 
little  sense. 

There  are  as  many  kinds  of  marriages  in  the  world  as 
there  are  couples — mercenary  marriages,  love  matches,  box- 
ing matches,  titular  bouts,  and  just  plain  marriages.  The 
latter  type,  perhaps,  is  most  prolific  in  the  production  of 
that  heart-depressant  known  as  "married  life."  Nowadays 
this  once  prevalent  ailment  is  very  seldom  fatal,  due  to  the 
increasingly  independent  spirit  of  both  sexes.  There  are 
probably"  more  walk-outs  from  the  great  American  home 
yearly,  than  there  are  from  the  great  coal  mines  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. Miners  wear  torches  on  their  caps,  because  where 
all  is  coal  there  can  be  no  light.  Both  sides  to  the  marriage 
problem  feel  that  where  there  is  nothing  but  bone  there 
i  an  be  no  light  either. 

Newspaper  editors  have  fixed  it  so  that,  for  from  three  to 
five  cents,  women  can  procure  their  daily  dose  of  advice 
in  love  and  its  by-products,  through  the  perusal  of  articles 
on  both  states  of  existence  of  the  human  animal  -  singleness 
or  doubleness. 

Marriage  has  come  to  be  the  butt  of  jokesters,  the  sub 
ject  of  dry  lectures  and  spicy  talks,  the  cause  for  publication 
of  numerous  cheap  magazines  on  its  alleged  problems,  and 
the  reason  lor  more  battles  than  the  Treaty  of  Locarno  will 
ever  prevent.  Some  immortal  or  unmoral  person  once  called 
the  wives  of  men  "balls  and  chains."  Xo  longer  does  the 
witticism  fit,  for  wives  have  turned  the  ball  into  a  balloon 
and,  on  the  slightest  provocation,  will  cut  the  rope.  Whether 
or  not  the  latter  hangs  them  all  depends  upon  their  view- 
point on  life-  on  u  hither  ihcv  get  dizzy  in  the  ascent,  and 
on  whether  their  parachute  works.  At  any  rate,  the  erst- 
while husbands  arc  due  to  get  quite  some  Jolts  when  bal- 
last bags  are  dropped.  with  unerring  aim.  I  Mten  these  bal- 
loon-lighteners  are  money  bags,  known  in  modern  parlance 
as  alimony. 

Single  girls  as  a  rule  envy  married  women  ;  and  vice  versa, 
after  some  time  has  elapsed.  Single  men  don't  know  what 
to  think  and  married  men  can't  think  reasonably  —  s,,  their 
wives  saw  Certain  famous  men  had  more  than  one  wife 
at  the  same  time,  tor  this  procedure  was  sanctioned  by  their 
belief.  Men  and  women  of  the  present  have  more  than  one 
wife  or  husband  at  different  times  because  of  their  dis- 
belief. 

But,  withal,  it  would  be  just  as  silly  to  say  there  will  be 
no  more  marriages  as  it  is  to  sing  that  favorite  old  ditty, 
"It  Ain't  doing  to  Rain  No  More"  in  Florida,  in  the  sum- 
mertime. Both  rain  and  marriage  are  seasonal  and  this 
June  will  have  its  bumper  crop  as  past  Junes  have  had.  The 
crop  oi  divorces  varies  with  the  temperature  of  American 
homes  After  all.  marriage  is  somewhat  <<i  a  picnic:  and 
inst  as  insects  persist  in  investigating  picnic  food.  SO  people 
joy  snooping  in  marital  affairs.  Like  walking,  it  is  a 
cheap  but  dangerous  pastime 


CAFE   MARQUARD 

Ad.JOININO  WlI.KES   AND   CuRRAN   THEATERS 

GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

^REVUE^ 

Nightly 

THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
■  DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


WIGS  and  TRANSFORMATIONS 

Also  toupees  of  my  make  can  be  worn  day  or  night, 
because  I  make  them  ventilated  and  porous,  from  the 
finest  and  purest  hair. 

G.  LEDERER 

561  Sutter  St.,  Between  Powell  and  Mason  Sts. 
San  Francisco,  California. 

Firm  Established  1866 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

SONOMA,   i   \  LIF. 

The  finest  meals  in  the 

VALLEY  OF  THE  MOON 

Onr  Specially — "Steaka  with  Hvahroomii*' 

I  >    LhMfi,  dun   Evarytblni 

Vbll  -  >'  mi  Connlj  rt     ind  Mineral   »ftjr„,   ftiirri   Swim 

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H.ir.    ExcepltauD)    Rcuentblt 

Telephone  tin 


Scientific  cleanliness  is  exemplified  by 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

"The  Recommended  Laundry" 
250  Twelfth  .^t..  5am  1  rvncisco  Thong  Market  916    J 


Parisian  Dyeing  and  Cleaning 

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WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH    YOUR    MEALS— IT   HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from   your  grocer 

Established    186ft 

Main   OHice,  240  Second  Street,  San    Francisco,   Culif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


E,,  PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
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tion. There  is  a 
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need.  Ask  your 
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BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established   1S55 
41  FlrHt  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 

"Our  Airplane  Dash  for  the 
North  Pole" 

Captain  R  o  a  1  d  Amundsen,  pic- 
turesque hero  of  the  recent  dash  to  the 
North  Pole  by  airplane,  will  be  in  San 
Francisco  to  give  one  lecture  on  Feb- 
ruary 14,  on  Sunday,  at  the  Columbia 
Theatre  at  2:30  p.m.  He  will  show 
moving  pictures  taken  by  his  party 
within  a  few  miles  of  the  North  Pole. 
This  will  be  his  only  appearance  in 
San  Francisco. 

Honored  hy  the  World 

On  the  return  of  the  expedition  the 
whole  world  united  in  paying  tribute 
to  Captain  Amundsen,  the  fact  being 
recognized  that  it  was  largely  due  to 
his  dauntless  courage  and  resourceful- 
ness that  he  and  his  companions  had 
effected  their  escape  from  the  grip  of 
the  Polar  Sea.  It  was  also  •agreed  that 
while  he  failed  to  reach  the  North  Pole 
in  an  airplane,  he  had  succeeded  in 
making  important  observations,  and  in 
pointing  the  way  for  future  aerial  navi- 
gators. The  first  man,  in  fact,  who 
reaches  the  Pole  by  air  will  simply  fol- 
low where  Amundsen  has  led. 

(  In  his  way  down  the  Norwegian 
Coast  Captain  Amundsen  received  a 
continuous  ovation,  and  at  Oslo,  the 
Norwegian  capital,  his  native  city,  he 
was  overwhelmed  with  honors.  Among 
the  hundreds  of  congratulatory  mes- 
sages that  he  received  from  all  parts 
of  the  world  were  large  numbers  from 
his  admirers   in   the   United   States. 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHOXES: 


Son  Franc-lsco- 
West    7IK1 


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Phone   Sutter  3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly    with    Shreve    &    Company) 

CLOCK.MAKERS   and  WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME,    ANTIQUE   AND   COMPLICATED    CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY 

308   Post    Street  at   Grant  Avenue 

San  Francisco,    Calif. 

Call    and    Deliver    in    San    Francisco,    Alameda 

and    San    Mateo    Counties 


San  Francisco  Office 

875    FOLSOM   ST. 

PrfONEi 


Palo  alto  Office: 

818  Emerson  St. 


Kearny  644-645  Palo  Alto  315-J 

SAN    MATEO— PHONE    12S4-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

[  San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


Astronomical  Lecture 

"The  Solar  System  and  the  Planets" 
is  the  subject  of  an  astronomical  lec- 
ture by  Dr.  \Y.  F.  Meyer,  Associate 
Professor  of  Astronomy  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  California,  on  Monday  eveing. 
February  15th,  in  the  auditorium  of  the 
Pacific  (las  and  Electric  Building,  245 
Market  Street.  The  solar  system  is  of 
special  interest  to  us  since  our  earth 
is  one  of  its  members.  The  planets 
are  our  nearest  neighbors  and  if  they 
are  inhabitable,  we  will  want  to  know 
about  it.  .Mars  and  Venus  seem  to  be 
the  most  promising  ones  and  special 
reference  will  be  made  to  recent  results 
obtained  by  astronomers  from  a  study 
of  the  atmosphere  and  temperature  of 
these  planets. 


George  C  Homer  s.  A.  T.oiej 

Garfield  2024 

The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment,   Current   Delinquent   Accounts,  Legal  Aid. 

AudittSyttemt.     Financial     Statements,     Income     Tax 

Report*.    Bookkeeping    (Part    Timo  Service) 


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February   13,   1926 

Absent-minded  parson  (to  disconso- 
late widower)  :  "Well,  Mr.  Brown, 
how  is  your  wife  standing  the  heat  this 
summer?" — Panther. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New   Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Ofllce  and  Works  1025  MiHflfon  St. 

Phone   Market   71)13 

n rrni.  I.    OHIce:   7. in    Sutter    St. 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Bide.) 

Phone    Prospect   0845 

Work  Called   For  and   Delivered 


N      W     CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


NEW  ORLEANS 

To  better  serve  our  many  friends  and  patrons 
over  'joo.cooiw  has  been  expended  in  recon- 
struction and  rehabilitation  to  maintain  this 
famous  hostelry  as 

One  of  America's  Leading  Hotels 

The  large  well  ventilated  lu^h  ceiling  rooms 
have  been  retained  and  modernized'*'--^ 

ACCOMMODATING  OVER  1000  GUESTS 

Send  fbi'Dcmmtive  Hotel  folder: 

HIusautcdMardH^Ph^ram  for  the  asking 

Alfred  S. Aimer,  and Co.atd. 

NEW    ORLEANS. LA 

"^Ticket  Offices  of  all  Transportation  lino  in  lobby 


III      ]fOI    M.    Bl  ILNIVC 


S»n  Francisco 


WHERE  TO  DINE 

Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The   City's  Most  Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place  { 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

50c,  75c,  $1.00       35c,  50c,  75c     $1.00,$1.50         a  la  cacle  I 

Dancing   7:00   P.   M.   to   1:00    A.    M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL    PARTIES    ARRANGED 
HEADQUARTERS    FOR    THEATRICAL    PEOPLE  ! 

HATTIE    MOOSER  MINNIE   C.    MOOSER 


ICE  CREA 

CANDY 
PASTRY 


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£  CALIFORNIA  STS 
Craystone 
3100         310]  3102 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


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FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  n  vigorous  brushing:  once  or  twice  a  day  is 
taking  very  good  care  of  them,  Hrumhing;  is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  n 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  jsou  Imagine.  A  toothache  means 
(rouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  eost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  oil   all  nerves  and  pain.    It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  EMdy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Gnrfleld  335 

SPECIALISTS — F.itrartimis;     Crowns;     Self     Cleaning     Bridges; 

Poreelain   Work   and   Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


'A^Sd. 


334  Sutter  St. 


Douclas  7118 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of    the    Sisters    of   St.    Dominic. 


44R  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast. 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:   Dinner. 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50— Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11   a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.    (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing: rooms   ror   banquets  and   parlies,  seating  75  to  100  people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


OTnrr.ll  and  f>    I       A    M  f  (~\  »  C  Phn„, 

Ink,,,  Si..  ULlrtll    V/V      »J  Franklin  0 

l.iinrlicnn    |ll;.'lft  t.,   '2    p.  ml  f    .T.*>  N..   \  i-rlm    Sfcovtd    Irjw   lh*   Cil*    With 

Smnlny    Luncheon  1.1*1  .,m   llinina  bo  the  Fmot  C.f. 

Di i.    Week   l'i«-  SI  -SO  In    imrrira 

Dinner,    Smul  .■  >  -   end    Rolideyi  1.7S 

n  \M  IM.  *1  Mill    l\  I  N1NCS 

m    T  f~\      /•        X"  ft  JPT       Featuring     Southern     Cooking 

l\l   \^/ UX.  A  A.     *3  ll:»0a.  m."to  1:00  p.  m. 

v    m.  to  8:30  p.  m 
/*      Tf~%    YS'  Sundays  and  Holidays 

£A      #»T    #•!  i  30  to  s  SO  p    m.  only 

-^    A-  -*  V  Jt  3L.  1   IIKI.II   KVKItV    llllMIll 

I       M   Thin!    Avenue.    S\\    HATBO  llnlf    llloek    from    MltnntlT 


14-Mixi  Htu  'I 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

OI'IN   8  1X1   A.  M.  TO  11:00  P.  II. 

i  ^surpassed  cinsna 

Carl  Leomiardt 

formtrh  ./ 
Cldrn  Cat.  Park  Caiina 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 


PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 
Hours:  9-12,  1-5 
980-82  Flood  Building,  Powell  and  Market  Sts., 
Phone  Garfield  5394 


San  Francisco 


I  Make  yourself  at  horn-  at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.  2  Tillmann  Place,  at  241   Grant  Ave. 
The   Home  of   the   Book    Lov.-r 
I  Rare    BookB — First    Editions — Fine    Bindings 

I       Importations   from   Zachnsdorf,    Root.    Morrell.    etc..   of   London 
|  Commissions  In   London   Executed 

j  Single  Books  and  Libraries  Purchased 

I  Phone  Kearny  6816 


Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the  News  Letter  can  be  obtaint-d     j 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 

AND  PAIL  ELDER'S  LIBRARY 

239  Post  Street  San  Francisco,  Calif,     j 


DR.  B.  W.  HAINES 

DENTIST 
Elkan  Gunst  Building 
323  Geary  at  Powell  Hours:  9  to  4 

San  Francisco  Telephone  Douglas  2949 


GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

Chapel— 771   to  777  Valencia  Street.  Bet.   18th  and    19th    Sts.. 

San  Francisco.    Phone  Market  64 


MOUNTAIN  SPRINGS  WATER 

"Bottled  at  the  Springs" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

239  Chtra  Jill*     CllilH  ft*4 


I 


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Close-ups  of  the  Great 
and  the  Near-Great 


Meet  them  face  to  face  in  The 
Chronicle  Rotagravure  —  the 
dramatic  figures  cf  the  world's 
news. 

Interesting  people  in  all  ranks 
of  life  —  beautiful  scenes  from 
many  lands — thrilling  events  of 
land,  sea,  and  air — all  are  as- 
sembled in  The  Sunday 


§>att  IFranriHrn 


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lT  this  season  of 
the  year,  bills  as  a  rule 
are  higher  due  to  longer 
lighting  hours  and  more 
heating  hours. 


PACIFIC  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


(fttjroturte 


"PACIFIC   SERVlCf 


Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 


ROTAGRAVURE 


Thetr  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy. — This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 

$    RATES— Ver  'Day,  single,  €uropean  Wan 


The  unlit 
for  Theatres 
'Bankt,  Shop* 

^Please  •write 
for  'Booklet 


120  rooms  with  running  water 
220  rooms  wiih  bath 
160  rooms  with  bath 


S2.50  to  $4.00 
3.50  to  5.00 
6.00  to    8.00 


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Double    $4.00  up 

Also  a  number  of  large  and  beautiful  rooms  and 
suites,  some  in  period  furnishings  with  grand  piano, 
fire  place  and  bath,  $10  00  up. 


LARGE  AND  WELL  EOUIPPED  SAMPI  E  ROOMS 

[WUCHO  QOLF  CLUB] 

I         available  to  all  guestsJ 

HAROLD   E.  LATHROP 
Manager 


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HOTEL/ 


ALEXANDRIA 

Los  Angeles 


Golden  Gate  Ferry 
Company 


WINTER  SCHEDULE 

EFFECTIVf 

October 

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1,  1925 

Leave  Sausalito 

Leave  San  Francisco 

5:00  a.m. 

6:00  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 
Every  Half 
Hour  Until 
10:00  p.m. 

5:30  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

7:00  a.m. 
Every  Half 
Hour  Until 
10:30  p.m. 

Then 

Then 

11 :00  p.  m. 

12:00  p.m. 

1 :00  a.  m. 

11:30  p.m. 

12:30  a.m. 

1:30  a.m. 

Saturdays  and  Sundays  Only 
2:00  a.m.  2:30  a.m. 

ON  SATURDAYS,  SUNDAYS  AND  HOLIDAYS 

There  will  be  extra  trips  if  traffic  warrants. 

A.  O.  Stewart  Harry  E.  Speas 

President  Vice-Pres.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 


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ESTABLISHES  JULY  20,  1856 


PRICE  10  CENTS 


FRANCISCO 


SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  20th,  192 


Established  1897 

361  Sutter  St.,  above  Grant  Ave. 
Garfield  6973 


J  OR  28  years  we  have  featured 
exclusively  in  manufacturing 
high-grade  Reed  Furniture, 
and  specialties. 


A  large  assortment  ot 
Imported  Grass  Rugs 


$5.00  PER  YEAR 


We 

renovate 

Reed 

Furniture 

with  our  new 

Celluloid  Finish 

Process. 

Will  not  peel, 

crack  or 

chip. 


MOHAWKS 

Co  Farther/ 


CLASS 

QUALITY 

DURABILITY 


If  you  are  interested  in  Real  High  Grade  Tires  — 
Then  we  recommend 

MOHAWK 
CORDS 

BALLOON  OR  HIGH  PRESSURE 

A  Plan  You'll  Like 

We  have  always  held  to  the  plan  of  selling  tires 

and  giving  service  that  make  our  customers 

want  to  come  back  for  more 


MOHAWK  RUBBER  CO.  of  NEW  YORK 

AKRON,  OHIO 
731  Bryant  Street,  San  Francisco 

INGERSOLL  SALES  and  SERVICE  CO. 

524  Van  Ness  Avenue  SAN  FRANCISCO  Phone  Hemlock  4774 


Ert.bll.htd  July  «0,  1554 


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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  FEBRUARY  20,  1926 


No.  8 


From  One  Thing  to  Another 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


Our  Helen  Wills  is  a  good  loser,  and  that  is  a  splendid 
quality  for  a  sportswoman  or  man  to  possess,  and  tends  to-' 

ward  future  success. 

*  *     * 

When  the  Earl  of  Craven  first  spoke  in  derogatory  terms 
of  the  woman  who  had  been  his  mistress,  he  showed  con- 
clusively what  a  "rotter"  he  was. 

*  *     * 

En  passant,  and  apropos  of  the  society  fuss  that  Lady 
Diana  Manners  evoked  in  the  Windy  City  lately,  when  she 
failed  to  appear  at  a  reception  given  especially  in  her  honor, 
we  think  she  is  not  living  up  to  her  name. 

*  *     * 

"No  jury  means  freedom";  this  is  the  slogan  of  the  Chi- 
cago No-Jury  Society  of  Artists.  We  arc  wondering  what 
the  society's  definition  of  "freedom"  is,  in  the  face  of  the 

work  of  ultra  modernists. 

*  *     * 

"The  great  Chaliapin  is  a  good  mixer."  remarked  Harold 
Pracht,  manager  of  a  well-known   music  store,  the  otrjer 

day.  "lie  was  very  friendly  while  here  in  this  city,  with 
'yours  truly'  and  now  he  is  hobnobbing  with  the  Duchess 
of  Rutland*  mother  of  Lady  Diana,  in  Chicago." 

*  *     * 

Col.  William  Mitchell  is  experiencing  the  usual  fate  of 
the  advocate  of  a  new  movement,  whether  that  movement 
be  successful  or  a  failure.  In  this  instance,  his  revelations 
of  the  nation's  weakness  in  air  power  ha-  stirred  the  govern- 
ment to  action,  although  the  critic  himself  i-  suffering  for 

his  temerity. 

*  *    * 

Dame  Convention   i>  generally  mosl   inconsistent. 

instance,  a  woman  mav  invite  a  man  to  her  home  to  dinner. 

with  perfect  propriety;  bin  everything  necessary  in  the 
way  of  edibles;  perform  the  task  of  getting  up  such  a 
meal;  extend  her  services  to  her  guest  during  the  consump- 
tion of  the  dinner,  and  clean  up  afterward-.  But  if  she  ask- 
thc  man  to  supper  at  a  restaurant,  and  pays  for  his  share  as 
well  as  for  her  own  ;  in  the  meantime  appreciating  the  dainty 

service;  without  having  the  attendant  responsibility  of  mak- 
ing the  affair  a  success;  and  quite  often,  having  this  pleas- 
ure at  a  less  cost  than  if  she  prepared  the  meal  herself— 
then  she  is  transgressing  the  laws  of  etiquette. 

*  *     * 

\  questionnaire  being  distributed  among  the  voters  of 
California,  shows  a  Strong  sentiment  for  light  wine-  and 
beers:  so  states  William  H.  Metson,  chairman  ot  the  asso- 
ciation against  the  prohibition  amendment.  An  empire  state  like 
California,  should  be  capable  of  making  its  own  laws. 
Surely  each  state  understands  its  own  peculiar  needs  in  the 


matter  of  jurisprudence,  better  than  a  more  or  less  remote 
and  unsympathetic  government  at  Washington.  The  pro- 
hibition question  should  be  put  up  to  popular  vote  by  states. 

*  *     * 

Anita  Whitney,  who  is  an  advocate  of  freedom  in  all 
its  forms,  now  advocates  marriage  between  "blacks  and 
whites."  People  who  preach  doctrines  of  this  sort,  which 
are  at  loggerheads  with  existent  laws  made  for  the  better- 
ment of  the  human  race,  are  almost  always  selfish  and 
utterly  thoughtless  of  the  sequence  which  their  advocated 
actions  would  naturally  bring  about.  In  this  case,  if  there 
were  no  legal  penalties  connected  with  the  union  of  abso- 
lutely diametrical  races,  and  white  people  and  negros  be- 
came promiscuous,  there  would  be  the  offspring  of  such 
proceedings  to  consider,  the  happiness  or  unhappiness  of 
which  Miss  Whitney  apparently  does  not  give  a  thought  to. 

*  *  '  * 

A  citizen  wrote  lately  to  a  daily  paper,  regarding  the 
colored  race  attending  school  with  white  children:  "I  re- 
cently sold  my  home  at  a  loss,  moved  to  another  part  of 
town  so  that  my  children  could  go  to  school  where  only 
white  children  were  attending.  I  have  been  taught  my 
lesson,  and  refuse  to  buy  a  home  again,  for  fear  such  a  con- 
dition should  rise;  now  I  can  fold  my  tent  like  the  Arab 
and  move.  1  do  not  believe  in  negro  slavery,  but  I  don't 
believe  in  mixing  the  races,  either." 

*  *     * 

Hardly  a  traveler  who  is  cognizant  of  the  strategic  posi- 
tion  of  the  Philippines,  and  who  is  desirous  for  the  good  of 
his  own  United  States,  will  disagree  with  our  Sam  Short- 
ridge,  who  -ays:  "Hold  the  Philippines!"  Aside  from  any 
sign  or  symbol  of  the  perennial  war  cloud  that  might  even- 
tuallv  grow  "larger  than  a  man's  hand."  we  should  con- 
sider the  fact  that  these  islands  are  under  a  progressive  and 
beneficent  rule,  wherein  exploitation  (the  usual  detriment 
attendant  on  the  governing  of  one  race  by  another  I   has  no 

place  whatever. 

»     *     * 

Dr.  Mariana  Bertola  of  this  city,  president  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Federation  of  Women's  Club-,  in  a  speech  made  to 
the  members  of  the  West  Ebel  Club  in  Los  Angeles,  cited 
the  fact  that  we  "put  everything  in  the  way  of  birth  of 
American  children  of  American  families,  yet  our  institu- 
tions take  care  o\  the  foreign-born  mother,  free  of  charge 
when  she  cannot  pay  for  service."  She  finished  by  saying 
that  "all  hospitals  should  have  children's  wards  and  ma- 
ternity wards." 

We  might  do  well  to  emulate  Australia's  example,  and 
appropriate  a  fund  for  the  care  of  the  expectant  mother  dur- 
ing her  period  of  child  bearing. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  20,  1926 


law,  which  may  do  much  to  develop  the  already  growing 

public  sentiment  against  prohibition. 


The  case  of  Harry  Court  is  a  sad 
Hit-and-Run  Penalty     one.     He   is   not   a   criminal   in   the 

ordinary  sense  of  the  word,  as  his 
counsel  stated  at  the  trial,  vet  he  caused  more  misery  than 
many  criminals,  and  his  punishment  is  greater  than  has 
fallen  to  the  lot  of  manv  worse  men.  One  cannot  say  that 
the  punishment  is  too  severe  or  that  Judge  Buck  of  San 
Mateo,  who  pronounced  the  sentence,  erred  on  the  side  of 
harshness. 

Harry  Court  killed  a  boy  with  his  machine  and  ran  away 
after  hitting.  He  pleaded  guilty  to  the  two  offenses,  man- 
slaughter and  hit-and-run.  The  judge  sentenced  him  to 
indeterminate  one  to  ten  years  on  the  manslaughter  charge 
and  to  five  years'  imprisonment  and  a  fine  of  $5000  on  the 
hit-and-run  charge.  The  two  prison  sentences  may  be 
served  concurrently.  Thus  the  sentence  is  not  as  long  as 
it  appears. 

It  was  necessary  to  make  the  sentence  count  as  a  warn- 
ing. There  has  been  too  much  shilly-shallying  about  the 
matter  of  punishment  for  careless  automobile  driving.  Too 
manv  people  have  been  killed  during  the  past  few  years, 
needlessly  and  recklessly.  Punishments,  which  on  the  face 
appeared' to  be  adequate,  have  been  reduced  by  the  parole 
board,  before  the  tears  were  dry  on  the  cheeks  of  the  victim's 
family.  The  Hogan  case  in  Oakland  is  one  of  the  most 
discouraging  of  local  cases,  and  has  no  doubt  had  a  general 
bad  effect  throughout  the  state.  It  is  pitiful  that  such 
punishments  must  be,  inflicted,  but  there  is  no  other  way  to 
protect  life  and  limb. 

As  for  hit-and-run. — that  is  altogether  inexcusable,  and 
should  be  punished  to  the  limit  every  time. 


The  trouble  with  the  dictator  business  is 
Mussolini  Talks  that  it  requires  so  much  keeping  up.  As 
soon  as  a  country  is  pacified  by  force  and 
the  dictator  is  established  in  his  seat,  just  so  soon  the  oppo- 
sition begins  and  agitation  against  the  dictator  arises.  The 
only  way  that  such  opposition  can  be  met  is  by  diverting  the 
attention  of  the  people,  in  the  first  place  by  magnificence  at 
home,  and  again  by  conflict,  which  requires  the  unopposed 
power  of  the  dictator,  for  its  successful  conduct. 

Louis  Napoleon,  known  as  Napoleon  III,  called  by  Victor 
Hugo  "Napoleon  the  Little,"  is  a  very  typical  example  of 
the  same  sort  of  thing)  as  Mussolini  is  trying  to  do.  He  was 
elected  president  of  the  French  Republic  after  the  stormy 
revolution  of  1848,  and  by  a  coup  d'etat  succeeded  in  mak- 
ing himself  emperor.  He  was  hailed  with  delight  by  the 
solid  business  interests,  as  a  bulwark  against  revolutionary 
attacks  which  had  grown  into  violence  in  the  Paris  dis- 
orders. He  first  set  out  to  beautify  Paris,  during  a  career 
of  chicanery  and  graft  almost  unparalleled  in  history 
When  he  got  to  the  end  of  his  tether  in  the  matter  of  public 
improvements,  he  went  to  war,  first,  with  some  degree  of 
success,  against  the  Italians,  then  with  utter  ruin  against 
( iermany. 

Mussolini  talks  about  beautifying  Rome.  He  says  that  he 
i>  going  to  restore  the  glories  of  the  Roman  Empire  and 
make  Rome  a  great  modern  city.  Then,  looking  around  for 
new  worlds  to  conquer,  he  sees  Germany  disarmed  and  help- 
less and  proceeds  to  let  loose;  his  eloquence  in  a  provocative 
and  disturbing  way.  He  has  the  same  flag-flapping  rhetoric 
as  marks  nearly  all  adventurers  of  his  type  and  talks  gran- 
diosely about  carrying  the  Italian  flag  beyond  the  Brenner 
Pass.   All  of  which  is  not  to  edification. 


The  churches  are  waking  up 
The  Churches  and  Volstead   rather   late  to   the   questions 

involved  in  the  prohibition 
affair,  but  they  are  waking  with  considerable  force  and 
spirit.  Last  week  we  called  attention  to  the  movement  in 
the  Episcopalian  Church  in  favor  of  temperance  as  against 
bigoted  volsteadism.  This  week  we  have  to  note  an  even 
stronger  drive  against  the  iniquity  on  the  part  of  some  im- 
portant members  of  the  great  Roman  Catholic  communion. 
It  is  rather  strange  that  neither  of  these  churches  has  moved 
in  the  matter  before,  for  the  whole  prohibition  matter  puts 
them  in  a  very  hard  position.  Thus,  both  of  the  churches 
are  sacramental  churches,  both  use  wine,  with  alcoholic 
content.  To  attack  the  morality  of  alcohol  in  itself  is  there- 
fore incompatible  with  a  sacrament  which  employs  alcoholic 
wine. 

Apart  from  that  consideration,  however,  which  is  none 
the  less  vital.  Very  Rev.  Monsignor  William  D.  O'Brien, 
LL.D.,  in  a  recent  publication,  says  that  the  Volstead  Act 
will  be  repealed  for  the  benefit  of  the  masses  of  the  people, 
"who  are  being  poisoned  and  driven  into  lawlessness  by  an 
act  of  government,  that  was  conceived  in  bigotry,  brought 
forth  while  our  red-blooded  young  men  were  in  the  trenches 
and  is  surviving  only  through  the  efforts  of  paid  lobbyists 
and  intolerant  propagandists  who  would  otherwise  be  out 
of  a  job." 

Cardinal  Mundelein  is  the  third  cardinal  of  the  same 
church  to  express  his  views  on  prohibition.  He  is  very  posi- 
tive in  his  opposition  to  the  Volstead  Act  and  says  that  the 
way  to  deal  with  it  is  to  repeal  it.  This  church  movement 
is  very  significant  of  an  undercurrent  of  opinion  against  the 


We  have  had  an  experi- 
Dr.  Mabel  Walker  Willebrandt     ence     during     the     past 

week  which  would  not 
onlv  have  been  impossible  to  our  fathers  but  which  could 
hardly  have  been  imagined  by  them.  We  have  had  a  woman, 
an  Assistant  United  States  Attorney  General,  telling  law- 
vers  about  the  work  of  the  office  which  she  represents  in 
Washington  and  about  the  work  of  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court.  <  )f  course,  this  is  not  quite  the  first  time;  for 
we  have  produced  here  a  woman  U.  S.  District  Attorney, 
who  afterwards  went  into  the  office  of  the  U.  S.  Attorney 
General  at  Washington.  Dr.  Willebrandt,  however,  is  a 
person  of  such  marked  learning  and  distinction  that  her  visit 
is  a  unique  experience. 

That  the  importance  of  the  guest  was  felt  became  ap- 
parent from  the  position  of  those  who  flocked  to  hear  her. 
The  Federal  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals,  and  other  depart- 
ments of  the  federal  judiciary,  the  State  Supreme  Court 
and  minor  courts  of  appeal,  to  say  nothing  of  the  lower 
courts  and  the  most  distinguished  of  local  counsel,  thronged 
to  get  her  impressions.  The  women  of  this  community, 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  who  have  formed  an  organi- 
zation which  they  call  Queen's  Bench,  were  out  in  force. 
It  was  a  triumphant  occasion  and  justified  completely  the 
higher  education  and  development  of  women  along  with 
men. 

Her  comments  on  the  justices  who  rule  our  destinies  as 
a  people  were  particularly  happy  and  her  references  to 
fustice  Holmes  were  well  framed.  She  called  attention  to 
what  is  so  often  overlooked,  the  literary  quality  of  the  (..pin- 
ions of  Justice  Holmes,  who  combines  a  virile  intellectual 
grasp  with  a  carefulness  and  polish  of  diction,  at  eighty-six. 
We  seldom  go  out  of  our  way  to  pay  tribute  to  a  speech- 
maker,  but  on  this  occasion  the  matter  was  so  notable  and 
the  personality  of  the  speaker  so  engaging  that  we  make 
an  exception. 


February  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


The  League  of  Nations  is  about 
Trying  Out  the  League  to  face  critical  times.  Hardly  has 
the  applause  over  Locarno  died 
away  than  the  mutterings  of  trouble  among  the  nations 
which  constitute  the  League  begin  again.  To  make  things 
a  little  more  involved  also,  Germany  has  asked  for  admis- 
sion to  the  body  and  that  admission  will  not  only  be  proof 
of  the  purging  of  her  former  sins,  but  will  be  another  com- 
plication in  the  already  tangled  skein. 

It  has  always  been  more  or  less  uncertain  as  to  how  far 
the  mandates  of  the  League  would  be  respected,  particularly 
when  they  came  into  contact  with  the  ambitions  and  desires 
of  the  individual  nationalities.  It  must  be  admitted  that 
Mussolini,  by  his  bald  statement,  has  scandalized  and 
frightened  the  more  orderly  and  respectable  representatives. 
Not  that  he  said  any  more  than  all  of  them  were  thinking, 
but  the  very  fact  that  he  came  out  with  the  declaration  that 
he  would  not  obey  the  orders  of  the  League  in  matters  con- 
cerning Italy,  is  in  itself  a  blow  at  the  very  foundations  of 
the  pact  and  has  been  so  regarded  in  London. 

The  fact  is,  that,  there  seems  to  be  a  sort  of  jockeying  for 
position  going  on.  There  are  evidently  intrigues,  and  it  is 
clear  that  Mussolini  would  never  have  ventured  upon  such 
provocative  statements  if  he  had  not  concealed  support. 
These  are  the  really  troublesome  things,  not  the  mere  state- 
ments and  rhetoric  of  the  politicians. 

When  Germany  gets  into  the  League,  if  it  lasts  so  long, 
we  shall  no  doubt  see  the  strings  being  pulled  and  the  pup- 
pets beginning  to  move  through  the  first  steps  of  a  new 
dance  which  can  only  end  in  new  slaughter. 


From  Brighter  Pens  Than  Ours 


Violations  of  the  motor  vehicle  law  are 
Careless  Driving      growing  in  number,  not  diminishing,  as 

might  have  been  reasonably  expected, 
with  the  passing  of  time  and  the  more  general  use  of  the 
automobile.  Will  H.  Marsh,  chief  of  the  division  of  motor 
vehicles,  takes  very  pessimistic  view  of  the  situation,  which 
he  considers  "a  disgrace  to  the  motorists  of  California  and 
a  sad  reflection  on  the  upbuilding  influences  of  civilization." 
To  the  suggestion  that  the  greater  number  of  accidents 
has  arisen  from  the  increased  number  of  the  machines  i" 
use.  the  reply  is  crushing,  as  Mr.  Marsh  says:  "The  increase 
in  the  number  of  machines,  which  is  only  about  nine  per 
cent,  does  not  justify  this  increase  in  violations."  It  would 
be  hard  to  find  anything  to  justify  it.  Perhaps  some  astute 
psychologist  may  suggest  that  in  the  auto  we  have  a  ma- 
chine which  transcends  average  human  development  and 
that  people,  as  a  whole,  have  not  grown  up  to  it.  And  yet 
it  must  be  conceded  that  the  manufacturers  have  succeeded 
marvelously  in  constructing  "fool-proof"  vehicles. 

What  to  do  about  it  is  very  puzzling.  Mr.  Marsh  does 
not  haVe  much  to  suggest,  except  the  old  remedies  of  pun- 
ishment, consisting  of  long  terms  of  imprisonment  and 
heavier  fines.  This  remedy  seems  to  depend  tor  the  most 
part  upon  the  idiosyncrasies  of  the  particular  magistrate 
before  whom  the  case  is  tried,  and  that  is  never  satisfactory. 
There  is  something  wrong  about  our  attitude  to  the  motor 
question.  After  all.  driving  a  car  is  a  test  of  mentality,  at 
least  to  the  extent  of  care  required.  A  person  driving  a  car 
without  the  degree  of  mental  equipment  necessary  is  a 
social  menace  and  should  not  be  allowed  to  operate  a  car. 
but  should  be  stopped  from  operating  one,  as  an  incompe- 
tent. <  >f  course,  accidents  will  happen,  but  the  matter  of 
speeding  would  he  ended  by  such  a  course 


— Life  insurance  prospects  in  the  Pacific  States  for  the 
current  year  are  unusually  promising.  This  year's  report 
is  expected  to  outrank  that  of  last  year,  which  was  phe- 
nomenal. Business  conditions  throughout  the  coast  states 
are  most  promising. 


We  gather  from  the  trial  that  the  only  thing  the  flying 

force  has  plenty  of  is  air. — Dallas  News. 

*  *     * 

Ma  Ferguson  won't  have  school  text-books  in  Texas  say- 
ing that  men  are  animals,  and  yet  she  insists  that  her  po- 
litical enemies  are  swine. — New  York  Evening  World. 

*  *     * 

The  Prince  of  Wales,  says  a  London  dispatch,  has  a  dread 
of  becoming  fat.    He  knows,  probably,  that  the  heavier  they 

are  the  harder  thev  fall  off. — Detroit  Free  Press. 

*  *     * 

It  doesn't  take  much  of  a  car,  at  that,  to  last  some  drivers 
a  lifetime. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

The  man  who  tried  his  hand  at  something  and  failed 
might  try  using  his  head  for  a  change. — Buffalo  Post. 

*  *     * 

Our  idea  is  that  now  is  a  noble  time  for  a  bachelor  to 
announce  for  Governor  of  Texas. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

Moscow  says  next  tax  law  will  relieve  peasants.  Pre- 
sumably of  what  they  have  left. — Wall  Street  Journal. 

*  *     * 

The  really  hard  thing  is  to  be  able  to  say  whether  it  is 
opportunity  at  the  door  or  another  demonstrator. — Detroit 

News. 

*  *     * 

The  Navy  rule  nowadays  seems  to  be  three  years  afloat 
and  three  years  on  the  witness  stand — Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

Henry   Ford   is  collecting  old   fiddlers.     Probably  wants 

an  absolute  monopoly  on   all  the  squeaks  produced  in  the 

United  States — Nashville  Banner. 

*     *     * 

The  latest  from  Florida  is  the  announcement  of  a  New 
Year's  bullfight  in  Tampa.  And  there's  a  lot  of  it  down 
there. — Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

All  Columbus  did  was  to  discover  America.  Look  what  other 
people  have  done  to  it! — Winston-Salem   lournal. 

*  *     * 

About  the  only  thing  the  farmers  aren't  raising  enough  of 
now  is  farm  hands. — Fl  Dorado  Tribune. 

*  *     * 

Supposing  in  I'M"  we  had  said  to  Europe,  "Sure,  we'll  come 

across — in  about  sixty-two  years." — Detroit  News. 

*'   *     * 

Minister  calls  Americans  the  most  conceited  people  in  the 
world.  We  thought  SO,  too,  until  we  talked  with  the  natives  of 
.1  few  other  countries. —  Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

*  *     *  ■ 

Scientist  says  that  it  is  impossible  for  the  human  hair  to 
turn  gray  overnight.     Maybe  so.     But  just  wait  until  gray 

ies  a  popular  color  for  human  hair! — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

When  Europe  hears  something  fall  it  is  usually  either  the 
Prince   of    Wales    or    the    French    Cabinet. — Florence    (Ala.) 

Herald. 

*  *     * 

And  so  Americans  are  dollar  chasers  "'  Well,  can  Europe  sug- 
gest any  other  method  of  getting  money  enough  to  lend' — 

Wheeling  Intelligencer. 

*  *     * 

'Why  aren't  there  parking  places  for  pedestrians;-''  ask-  a 
motorist.    He  forgets  our  commodious  cemeteries. — Punch. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  20,  1926 


measure's  Wind 


OBEY    NO   \aIAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore. 


Katherine    Schwartz 


Curran 

THERE  is  a  prodigal  magnificence 
about  "Rose  Marie"  that  much 
talked  of  lieht  opera,  which  opens  at  the 
Curran  Thea- 
ter, Monday 
evening,  Feb- 
ruary 22.  that 
almost  \akes 
the  ifinancial- 
minded  be- 
ll o  1  d  e  r  '  s 
breath  away. 
There  is 
seemingly  an 
endless  array 
of  costumes, 
tasteful,  col- 
orful, dazz- 
ling; there 
are  platoons  of  chorus  girls,  tireless, 
graceful,  beautiful,  there  are  handsome 
sets  and  gorgeous  draperies,  and  one 
of  the  most  tuneful  and  brilliant  scores 
that  our  theater  has  heard  in  a  gen- 
eration. 

"Rose  Marie"  brings  a  new  prima 
donna  to  the  musical  comedy  stage  in 
the  person  of  Maria  Snamshon,  for- 
merly with  the  Royal  Opera  House 
in  Budapest,  Hungary,  who  has  a  voice 
of  such  quality  as  to  place  her  at  once 
among  the  one  or  two  musical  heroines 
whose  voices  are  at  least  part  of  their 
fortune. 

She  is  supported  by  an  array  of  tal- 
ent that  is  seldom  seen  in  a  cast  out- 
side of  a  Broadway  theater. 

Capitol  *     *     * 

Kolb  and  Dill,  in  their  successful 
comedy,  "Pair  o'  Fools."  will  end  their 
engagement  at  the  Curran  Theater  to- 
night and  then  pack  up  and  move  to 
the  Capitol  Theater,  where  they  will 
begin  a  short  engagement  tomorrow 
evening.  Kolb  ami  Dill  have  proved 
such  a  hit  in  this  new  comedy  of  theirs 
that  a  four-week  stay  has  proven  to  be 
all  too  short.  In  order  to  extend  their 
engagement  here  it  was  necessary  for 
these  two  funsters  to  cancel  all  other 
Pacific  Coast  bookings.  Their  stay  at 
the  Capitol,  however,  will  be  of  short 
duration,  for  they  are  leaving  shortly 
for  Chicago  for  an  extended  run  in 
one  of  the  leading  theaters  of  that  city. 

*     *     * 
Auditorium 

Opera  lovers  here  are  just  delighted 
to  have  the  opportunity  once  more  of 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

hearing  the  San  Carlo  Opera  Company, 
which  opened  last  Thursday  evening 
in  a  pretentious  production  of  Verdi's 
"Rigoletto." 

There  was  much  interest  centered 
around  all  of  the  stars  who  have  thus 
far  made  their  appearance,  but  there 
was  special  interest  shown  by  the  many 
San  Francisco  admirers  of  Josephine 
Lucchese,  the  brilliant  coloratura  so- 
prano. 

There  is  a  truly  notable  cast,  much 
too  long  for  our  limited  space,  and  a 
large  chorus  and  ballet,  and  a  sym- 
phony orchestra  under  the  baton  of 
Carlo  Peroni,  Italian  conductor. 

Clara  Jacobi  sang  last  night,  and  to- 
day at  the  matinee  will  be  heard  Olga 
Kargau  in  "Madame  Butterfly,"  "Tro- 
vatore."  always  so  popular,  will  be  the 
offering  tonight.  Tomorrow  evening 
will  be  heard  "Carmen,"  with  Lorna 
Doone  Jaxon  in  the  title  role. 

*  *     * 
St.  Francis 

"Behind  the  Front,"  a  "hilarious 
bombshell  of  laughter,"  as  someone  has 
said,  is  still  packing  'cm  in  at  the  St. 
Francis.  You'll  laugh  until  you  cry  at 
this  picture.  It  is  shriekingly  funny, 
and  a  sure  tonic  for  the  blues.  Wallace 
Beery  is  immense  in  this  picture,  and 
made  personal  appearance  at  this  the- 
ater last  week. 

*  *     * 

Imperial 

"The  Cohans  and  the  Kellys,"  fol- 
lowed Valentino  in  "The  Eagle,"  at 
this  theater,  opening  yesterday.  It  is 
another  of  those  "Abie's  Irish  Rose" 
plays,  and  concerns  a  family  of  Jews 
and  Irish  in  the  slums  of  New  York's 
east  side. 

*  *     * 
Cameo 

The  attraction  at  this  little  theater 
for  the  coming  week  is  another  of  those 
super-western  stories  starring  Tom 
Mix.  called  "The  Everlasting  Whis- 
per." There  will  be  a  popular  concert 
by  the  orchestra  each  day. 

*  *     * 
New  Pantages 

The  formal  opening  of  the  beautiful 
new  Pantages  playhouse  takes  place 
this  evening  at  eight  o'clock.  There 
will  be  movie  stars,  actresses,  directors 
and  a  splendid  program  has  been  pre- 
pared. 


The  civic  and  military  authorities 
will  be  represented  and  on  the  stage 
will  be  seen  Will  Morrissey  and  Midgie 
Miller,  who  are  coming  here  direct 
from  New  York  for  the  opening.  On 
the  screen  Warner  Brothers  are  pre- 
senting Syd  Chaplin  in  his  latest  and 
greatest  comedy  sensation,  "Oh,  What 
a  Nurse." 

*     *     * 

Columbia 

The  Columbia  reopened  last  Mon- 
day evening  with  a  play  by  Alice  Bar- 
ney, Xew  York  society  woman,  and 
Carl  Miller,  called  "Passions,"  a  story 
depicting  the  eternal  struggle  between 
good  and  bad  passions  of  the  human 
race. 

There  is  a  splendid  cast,  and  it  is 
well  produced.  There  are  some  very 
sensational  lighting  effects,  and  after 
a  little  while  given  to  polishing  it  up 
a  bit.  we  expect  to  hear  more  of  this 
verv  interesting  play. 


S.  F.  Symphony 

The  ninth  pair  of  symphony  concerts 
was  featured  by  the  splendid  rendition 
of  Tschaikowsky's  fourth  symphony  in 
F  minor;  special  mention  must  be  made 
of  the  Scherzo  and  the  splendid  pizzi- 
cato work  of  the  strings. 

Special  mention  must  also  be  made 
of  the  concert  master's,  Mischa  Pias- 
tro's  violin  obligato  in  Saint  Saens  Pre- 
lude to  the  Deluge;  the  concert  was 
opened  by  the  very  interesting  suite 
for  full  orchestra  No.  6  by  Bach-Wood. 
"A  Night  on  the  Bald  Mountain,"  by 
Moussorgsky,  closed  a  most  interest- 
ing first  part. 

*  *     * 

Granada 

Coming  Saturday  to  the  Granada  is 
"The  Girl  From  Montmartre,"  star- 
ring Barbara  La  Marr  and  Lewis  Stone. 
(  )n  the  Granada  stage  will  be  an  all- 
girl  production  entitled  "The  Garden 
of  ( iirls." 

*  *     * 

Golden  Gate 

Next  week's  bill  at  this  popular  the- 
ater is  headed  by  Power's  Dancing  Ele- 
phants, Lena,  Jennie,  Roxie  and  Julia. 
For  many  years  these  famous  pachy- 
derms have  been  an  established  attrac- 
tion at  the  New  York  Hippodrome. 
They  tango,  fox  trot,  waltz  and  also  do 
the  Charleston.    George  Power,  trainer 


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of  these  clever  animals  exhibits  them. 

A  second  feature  of  the  new  bill  is 
the  appearance  of  the  Wilson  Brothers, 
who  are  sensational  yodlers  of  world- 
wide reputation.  Their  offering  is 
called  "The  Lieutenant  and  the  Cop." 
Charles  Harrison  and  Sylvia  Dakin,  as- 
sisted at  the  piano  by  Benny  Oakland, 
are  bringing  a  musical  comedy  offering 
called  "The  Three  of  Us"  ;  Dan  Stanley 
and  Al  Birnee  will  give  an  exhibition 
of  dancing;  the  Reynolds  Donegan 
Company,  skating  champions,  will  be 
seen  in  an  unique  act ;  Martinet,  the 
juggling  clown,  and  his  famous  crow 
are  also  on  the  bill. 

The  screen  feature  is  "The  Scarlet 
West,"  another  epic  picture,  similar 
to  "The  Covered  Wagon,"  featuring 
Clara   Bow  and  Robert  Frazer. 

Claude  Sweeten  and  his  orchestra 
and  Grace  Rollins  Hunt,  organist,  will 
provide  the  musical  program. 

Warfield 

"I — stands  for  Irene,  the  heroine  chic, 

R — for  romance,  which   gives  life   its 
kick, 

E — is  for  elegance  of  frock  and  dress. 

N — is  for  nifty,  the  film's  full  of  cuties. 

E — stands   for   Erin,  Colleen  and  her 

beauties." 
The  press  agent  of  the  Warfield  sent 
us  this,  announcing  that  an  admirer  of 
Colleen  Moore's  had  left  it  at  the  box 
office.  "Irene,"  SO  popular  on  the 
speaking  stage,  comes  in  us  at  the  War- 
field  next  week  in  the  screen  version, 
with  delightful  Colleen  Moore  in  the 
title  role.  There  is  a  large  supporting 
cast. 

Fanchon  and  Marco  will  present 
"Ideas  of  a  Garden  Gate,"  said  by  the 
Los  Angeles  reviewers  to  have  sur- 
passed anything  these  clever  producers 
have  ever  done.  Seen  iii  it  are  Dewey 
Barto.  Ruth  Waddell,  Florence  Cleve- 
land, Albert  Maegillivray,  Joey  Ray 
and  all  the  Sunkist  beauties. 

*     *    * 
President 

"naming  Mothers."  that  distinctly 
different  and  altogether  unique  com- 
edy of  modern  life,  seems  likely  to 
equal  the  popularity  of  "The  Best  Peo- 
ple," which  enjoyed  such  a  long  run 
here. 

Leneta  Lane  in  the  role  of  the  flap- 
per daughter  is  doing  the  best  work  of 
her  career  in  it.  Florence  Roberts  is 
her  own  true  sell  as  the  mother  who 
longs  for  the  love  she  sees  her  husband 
and  daughter  wasting  outside  of  the 
home,  Kenneth  Daigneau,  as  the  bach- 
elor man  of  the  world,  and  Fredrik 
Vogeding  as  the  husband,  are  very 
happily  cast.  There  is  indeed  an  almost 
perfect  cast  provided  by  Henry  Duffy. 
Edwin  Curtis'  able  direction  is  Jeen 
on  every  hand,  and  the  view  of  the 
roof  club  in  the  second  act  is  a  scenic 
treat. 


Orpheum 

Theodore  Roberts,  "the  grand  old 
man"  of  the  screen,  is  making  an  tri- 
umphant return  to  the  speaking  stage 
via  the  Orpheum  the  coming  week 
when  he  will  appear  in  a  powerful  play- 
let written  by  William  C.  De  Mille, 
called  "The  Man  Higher  Up."  He  is 
assisted  by  Hardee  Kirkland,  an  artist 
of  great  abilities. 

Billy  House,  the  popular  singing 
comedian,  who  scored  such  a  hit  here 
last  season,  is  returning  with  a  comedy 
of  love  and  lingerie  called  "Oh, 
Teddy."  The  musical  comedy  stars, 
Joe  Weston  and  Grace  Eline,  will  of- 
fer a  number  of  character  interpreta- 
tions ;  "Amateur  Nite  in  London"  is 
the  title  of  a  great  laugh  hit  given  by 
a  large  company  of  typical  music- 
hall  artists ;  John  Steel,  the  celebrated 
American  tenor,  who  has  delighted  large 
audiences  all  last  week  at  this  theater, 
is  remaining  over  for  another  week.  He 
is  assisted  by  Mabel  Stapleton,  who 
in  private  life  is  Mrs.  John  Steel  ;  Ray 
Hiding  and  his  clever  dancing  seal  is 
also  staying  for  a  second  week. 

*     *     * 
Wilkes 

We  predicted  when  we  saw  the 
"Big  Parade"  on  the  opening  night, 
that  it  would  pack  the  house, — and 
that  is  just  what  it  is  doing  at  the 
Wilkes.  A  play  so  full  of  human  ap- 
peal, with  a  story  told  in  such  a  simple 
and  natural  manner,  with  such  an  ex- 
cellent cast,  under  such  direction,  could 
not  but  appeal  to  everyone. 

It  is  what  is  called  in  theatrical  par- 
lance, a  "big  repeater,"  meaning  that 
people  go  to  see  it  again  and  again.  It 
is  - i in ] >1  %■  impossible  to  take  it  all  in 
at  one  viewing. 

There  has  been  much  discussion  as 
to  whether  the  battle  scenes  were  real 
or  not.  An  interview  with  Tom  Hodge- 
man, the  manager  of  the  production 
here,  elicited  the  fact  that  many  of  the 
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Less  Hurry,  More  Charm 

tc'"T~vO   BE   beautiful   one   must   be   unhurried,"   said    La 
1    Marchesa  Casati,  the  titled  Italian  beauty,  who  visited 
San  Francisco  recently. 

"American  women  dress  as  well  as  the  women  of  Paris," 
she  added,  stressing  the  point  that  Americans  sacrificed 
much  of  their  charm  hurrying.  "There  is  too  much  hum- 
today.  A  shake  of  the  hair"  and  as  the  interviewer  of  the 
"Chronicle"  quotes,  "a  chemise,  a  hat,  and  she  is  dressed — 
the  woman  of  today,  she  is  like  so  many  little  birds  on  a 
fence — sparrows." 

La  Marchesa  Casati  favors  the  hair,  unbobbed.  "To  be 
beautiful  one  should  have  long  hair — hair  that  takes  time, 
care  and  attention  to  dress." 

She  had  a  good  word  for  the  young  girls  of  America,  for 
which  we  greatly  admire  this  titled  lady.  Her  opinion  that 
women  of  the  world  dress  as  much  alike  as  so  many  loaves 
of  bread,  may  or  may  not  stir  discussions  among  our  debu- 
tantes who  pride  themselves,  and  rightly,  on  their  originality 
and  their  distinctively  smart  modes.  Paying  compliments 
to  the  women  of  Spain,  she  is  quoted  as  having  said,  "Only 
in  Spain  is  woman  colorful  in  costume,  with  flowers  in  her 
hair  and  a  swing  to  her  walk." 

Of  the  flapper.  La  Marchesa  Casati  is  quoted  as  having 
said  also:  "They  (flappers)  never  forget  their  manners." 
Which  leads  the  critical  to  add  that  all  young  women  are  not 
flappers,  nor  are  all  debutantes  in  the  classification  generally 
attributed  as  "the  flappers." 

The  flapper  is  seemingly  a  much  over-used  word.  De- 
fense of  her  finds  an  echo  within  the  minds  of  sane  and  com- 
petent folks.  But,  on  the  other  hand,  every  young  girl  with 
a  fashionable  length  to  her  skirt  and  the  latest  bob  to  her 
hair,  is  not  a  flapper! 

She,  our  little  miss  of  six-  or  seventeen,  is  one  of  the 
loveliest  products  of  our  land  and  comes  under  the  same 
dignified  classification  as  did  her  mother  and  her  mother's 
mother  and  all  her  notable  kin. 

*     *     * 

Gotham  Society  Dazzles 
Itself  at  Recent  "Fete" 

"The  Fete  in  the  Gardens  of  Versailles  was  the  most  lav- 
ish costume  ball  ever  given  in  New  York  City"  say  the  re- 
viewers and  eye-witnesses  of  the  Beaux  Arts  Fete  which 
took  place  at  the  Hotel  Astor  last  week. 

"Thousands  and  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  were 
expended  on  fantastic  costumes  worn  at  the  Gardens  of  Ver- 
sailles Fete."  It  is  said  that  more  than  twenty-seven  hun- 
dred of  New  York's  smart  set,  operatic  stars,  artists,  sculp- 
tors, ambassadors,  prominent  personages  from  many  cor- 
ners of  the  globe,  gathered  at  this  sumptuous  ball.  Every 
one  had  to  be  in  costume — that  was  "the  first  rule  of  the 
ball." 

Critics  and  reviewers  state  that  many  of  the  former  grand 
balls  of  Gotham's  society  have  been  transcended  in  glory 
and  splendor  by  this  "Fete." 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 

"Even  the  famous  private  costume  balls  of  the  past:  Mrs. 
Oliver  H.  P.  Belmont's  now  historic  event  given  when  she 
was  Mrs.  William  K.  Vanderbilt ;  the  never-to-be-forgotten 
Bradley-Martin  ball  and  all  the  others  pale  into  insignifi- 
cance when  compared  with  the  great  fete  at  the  Astor," 
states  "Cholly  Knickerbocker"  in  her  article  Saturday. 
*     *     * 

Mr>.  Willard,  widow  of  the  late  Joseph  Willard,  former 
United  States  ambassador  to  Spain,  is  now  visiting  Mrs. 
Boylston  Beal  of  San  Francisco,  and  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Mervyn  Herbert  in  London. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Payne  have  been  spending  some 
time  in  Paris,  but  took  a  "flying"  trip  over  to  America.  They 
will  soon  start  on  a  trip  around  the  world,  after  going  back 
t"  Paris  again  on  their  honeymoon. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Long  of  this  city  are  in  St.  Moritz 
for  the  winter  sports  and  the  social  season  there. 

*  *     * 
San  Francisco  Architect 

Gains  Honors  in  France 

Mr.  Arthur  Brown.  Jr.,  the  San  Francisco  architect,  who 
graduated  from  the  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts  in  1901,  has  been 
named  to  the  Academie  des  Beaux  Arts  in  Paris.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Beaux  Arts  Society  of  the  Societe  des  Archi- 
tectes  Diplomes  par  le  Gouvernement,  a  corresponding 
member  of  the  Institut  de  France  and  a  Knight  of  the 
Legion  of  Honor. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Sydney  Cloman  is  passing  the  winter  at  the  Carlton 
Hotel  in  Cannes.  Mrs.  Cloman  is  well  known  in  London 
embassy   circles.      Her   late     husband    was   former   United 

States  military  attache. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Ernest  Macdonald  of  Monterey,  Miss  Anita  Howard 
of  I  'akland,  and  Mrs.  Charles  Bon  and  Miss  Bon  of  Berke- 
ley, have  been  spending  quite  some  time  in  Italy,  making 
Florence  their  chosen  spot  for  the  past  fortnight. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  Monteagle  are  in  New  York,  and 
were  among  the  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Alex- 
ander at  the  charity  ball. 

*  *     * 

Gertrude  Atherton,  famous  novelist,  was  the  honor  guest 
at  a  reception  and  tea  given  at  the  old  home  of  Colonel 
Roosevelt  Oil  Twentieth  Street,  New  York.  Mrs.  James  J. 
Walker,  wife  of  the  Mayor  of  New  York,  was  a  guest  of 
honor  of  this  occasion,  other  prominent  people,  including 
Lord  and  Lady  Camoys. 

*  *     * 

Admiral  and  Mrs.  C.  X.  Niblack  of  California,  are  now 
spending  the  winter  season  on  the  Riviera. 


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Rear-Admiral  and  Mrs.  Luther  E.  Gregory 
were  hosts  recently  at  a  dinner  given  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  entertaining  as  thejr  guests 
in  their  home,  members  of  the  naval  commit- 
tee, who  had  made  trips  to  the  West  last  year 
and  the  year  before  on  the  S.  S.  Henderson 
and  the  Chaumont.  Covers  were  laid  for 
thirty-six  at  an  elaborately  appointed  table. 
*     *     * 

Polo  Season  Lures  Society 

Polo  is  the  lure  of  peninsula  society. 

At  the  Del  Monte  tournament,  this  week, 
the  social  register,  itself,  poured  out  its  per- 
sonnel of  fashionables  who  donned  their  smart- 
est attire  and  enthusiastically  participated  in 
the  superlative  sport. 

The  presence  of  Lord  Wodehouse  at  the  polo 
matches  was  the  incentive  for  a  number  of 
society  affairs.  The  British  nobleman  is  the 
house  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Gordon 
Moore,  who  now  have  the  Jacks'  residence.  On 
the  night  of  his  arrival  a  dinner  was  given  by 
the  Moores  in  his  honor.  Their  guests  in- 
cluded Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Hunt,  Miss  Marion  Hollins 
and  Mr.  K.  Hollins  of  New  York,  and  Mrs.  Helen  Hobbs 
of  Boston,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Moore's. 

*  *     * 

Del  Monte  and  Pebble  Beach  have  been  the  settings  for 
a  number  of  entrancing  dinner  and  supper  parties  during 
the  polo  tournament.  One  of  the  outstanding  events  was 
given  by  Mr.  William  Leib  in  the  Palm  Grill  of  Del  Monte, 
who  entertained  as  his  guests,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archibald 
Johnson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel,  F.  B.  Morse,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Cyril  Tobin,  M,r.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  McCreery,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dickinson  Bishop,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  G.  Parrott, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  Carpenter,  Mr.  George  Pope.  Jr.,  and 

Mr.  Cliff  Weatherwax. 

*  *     * 

The  polo  tournament  attracted  many  well-known  eastern 
devotees  of  the  sport.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Shewan  of  New 

York  are  at  Del  Monte  for  the  games. 

*  *  *"  * 

Other  prominent  society  folks  who  never  miss  the  polo 
matches  include  Mr.  George  Pope,  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Crocker — both  Mr.  Pope  and  Mr.  Crocker  being  ex- 
pert players.  Mrs.  Lawrence  McCreery.  Mrs.  Samuel 
Morse  and  Mrs.  Byington  Kurd  arc  always  present  when 
their  husbands  play.  Mrs.  Harry  Hunt  is  always  ready  to 
applaud  when  her  husband,  one  of  the  well-known  polo 
players,  appears  on  the  lield.  The  Hunts  entertain  exten- 
sively at  their  lovely  home  at  Pebble  Reach. 

*  *     * 

Distinguished  People  Guests  of  Literati 

Distinguished  speakers  on  literary  themes  will  pronounce 
a  noteworthy  day  to  be  given  at  the  California  Club,  next 
Tuesday.  February  23,  in  the  clubhouse  on  Clay  Street,  be- 
tween Van  Xess  Avenue  and  Polk. 

The  occasion  will  be  an  afternoon  of  literature  given  un- 
der the  direction  of  the  California  Club  of  California  with 
authors  and  musicians  as  honor  guests. 

Katharine  EgglestOD  Holmes,  author  and  lecturer  of  na- 
tional and  international  fame,  will  speak  on  the  subject  :  "A 
Fiction  Writer's  Fact."  and  those  who  have  heard  this  bril- 
liant writer,  anticipate  a  memorable  day.     Mrs.  Holmes  has 


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appeared  on  the  lecture  platform  of  our  largest 
cities.  She  has  a  delightful  delivery,  a  most 
charming  personality  and  in  a  scholarly  and 
convincing  way  imparts  her  brilliant  thoughts. 
Fenwick  Holmes,  noted  psychologist,  author 
ami  lecturer,  will  give  an  address  on  "The  New 
Vocabulary  and  Its  Significance."  Those  who 
have  studied  the  masterful  articles  and  books 
by  Mr.  Holmes  look  forward  with  eager  an- 
ticipation to  the  provilege  of  hearing  his  lec- 
ture at  the  California  Club. 

Grace  Sanderson  Michie,  scenarist,  success- 
ful author  of  nine  photoplays,  which  have  been 
on  the  screen  within  the  past  few  years  as 
outstanding  motion  pictures  of  excellence,  will 
address  the  California  Club  on  "Better  Motion 
Pictures."  Mrs.  Michie  is  head  of  the  better 
picture  movement  and  has  written,  produced 
and  edited  many  superior  motion  pictures 
which  command  the  attention  of  the  industry 
as  well  as  meriting  the  success  which  follows 
her  work.  Mrs.  Michie  has  just  finished  a  new 
motion  picture  of  the  South  Seas,  which  will 
shortly  appear  on  the  screen  and  on  which  she 
devoted  many  months  of  careful  and  ceaseless  preparation 
and  study.     She  has  also  written  the  scenario  version  for 

Robert  Keable's  "Numerous  Treasure." 

*  *     * 

Exquisite  Poem  Will  Be  Read 

"From  Russian  Hill,"  written  by  Eleanore  Ross,  and 
which  by  literary  authority  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  finest 
poetical  descriptions  of  San  Francisco  ever  produced,  will 
be  read  by  Virgilio  Luciani.  This  exquisite  poem  will  be 
presented  upon  special  request  and  the  well-known  editor 
and  poet,  Eleanore  Ross,  will  be  an  honor  guest. 

Virgilio  Luciani  will  also  read,  upon  request  from  the 
literary  folks,  poems  of  his  own  and  will  appear  in  costume 
for  this  event.  Mrs.  Portia  Bradley  has  arranged  a  musical 
setting  for  this  number  of  the  program. 

Mizpah  Nathan  of  Sacramento,  a  soprano  singer  of  con- 
siderable renown,  who  recently  appeared  in  the  title  role 
with  the  Symphony  (  Irchestra  of  Sacramento,  in  a  produc- 
tion of  the  "Erl  King's  Daughter,"  will  be  the  contributing 
musical  artist  of  the  day.  Mrs.  Nathan  will  be  heard  in  two 
groups  of  songs  with   Mrs.  Phillip  Aaronson  at  the  piano. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Beckman  Honor  Guest 

Mrs.  William  Beckman.  whose  latest  book,  "Thought 
Stitches  From  Life's  Tapestry"  was  the  motif  of  a  recent 
literary  day  will  be  an  honor  guest  at  the  California  Club 
meeting  when  an  excerpt  from  her  book  will  be  read.  Mrs. 
Beckman  is  a  prominent*  member  of  the  League  of  Ameri- 
can Pen  Women,  founder  of  the  Sacramento  Tuesday  Club. 
and  a  director  .if  the  Crocker  Museum  of  the  Capitol  City, 
where  for  many  year*,  she  was  a  leader  in  society.  She  is 
a  world  traveler  and  has  written  five  books  on  her  travels. 
Sparkling  humor  and  wholesome  philosophy  permeate  all 
her  writings  and  make  her  work  distinctive.  Many  of  Mr*. 
Beckman's  Sacramento  friends  will  be  guests  on  the  literary 
day  of  the  California  Club. 

i  -telle  Margaret  Swearingen,  author  of  "Nickie,  the  Lit- 
tle Immigrant."  and  "Pickaninny"  will  be  a  special  guest 
and  SO  will  Fdna  Wilson  Becsey,  president  of  the  Sacra- 
mento Rranch  of  the  California  Writers'  Club.  Prof,  and 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  20,  1926 


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By  Fred  Blair 


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NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  golfers  cele- 
brated a  "wet"  Lincoln's  birthday;  many 
of  the  tournaments  scheduled  had  to  be  post- 
poned on  account  of  too  much  liquid. 

The  American  Institute  of  Bankers  were 
terribly  disappointed  at  not  being  able  to  play 
off  their  annual  golf  championship,  which 
should  have  been  decided  at  Crystal  Springs 
Golf  Club.  The  elements  didn't  interfere  with  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Lake  Merced  Golf  and  Country  Club  putting  in 
a  good  da}-,  however,  diving  around  the  course.  Most  of 
those  who  weathered  the  storm  got  a  double  drenching, 
especially  the  big  four:  Ernest  La  Fleur,  Eddie  Lees,  Xat 
Berger  and  Leon  Roos.  Viewing  these  babies  as  they  came 
off  tlie  course  one  would  have  thought  they  had  been  reared 
in  Portland.  Ernest  La  Fleur  was  ten  pounds  heavier  when 
he  came  in  than  he  was  when  he  started  out.  Eddie  Lees 
got  so  soaked  that  his  trainer,  Nat  Berger,  had  to  give  him 
an  alcohol  rub  to  bring  him  to.  Leon  Roos  intended  to 
introduce  the  latest  creations  in  masculine  attire,  but  un- 
fortunately the  storm  played  havoc  with  his  new  togs.  Ben 
Blair,  the  recognized  Beau  Brummel  of  the  club,  also  spoiled 
a  perfectly  new  rigout.  Ben  should  worry  with  two  ward- 
robes full  of  them.  'Well,  after  the  boys  had  gotten  good 
and  wet,  both  inside  and  out,  200  sat  down  to  a  specially 
prepared  dinner  which  Mrs.  Williams,  manager  at  the  club, 
had  spent  a  lot  of  time  and  thought  preparing  and  the  way 
those  members  went  at  it  was  wonderful.  There  is  one 
thing  about  the  Lake  Merced  Club  members  whenever  they 
set  out  to  do  anything,  the  splendid  club  spirit  and  har- 
mony that  exists  assures  them  of  success. 

*  *     * 
Follies  of  Lake  Merced 

After  the  dining  room  had  been  cleared,  the  Livingston 
brothers,  Dave  and  Lawrence,  presented  a  two-act  playlet 
entitled  the  "Follies  of  Lake  Merced."  The  cast  included: 
Otto  Rosenstein,  Al  Weil,  Dr.  Leroy  Brooks,  Lawrence 
Livingston,  Nat  Hawkes,  Harry  Fisher,  Louis  Goodman, Mel 
Nathan.  Ernest  La  Fleur,  H.  J.  Brunnier.  Larry  Van  Wyck. 
Nat  Berger,  Ed  Lees,  Leon  Roos.  David  Livingston  and 
Al  Lee. 

This  play  was  a  skit,  full  of  criticisms  and  witicisms  on 
the  members  of  Merced,  playing  from  the  first  to  the  eigh- 
teenth green. 

Xat  Hawks,  one  of  the  most  popular  golfers  at  the  club 
was  the  first  to  tee  off.  but  Nat  had  a  tough  time  pursuading 
a  boy  to  caddy  for  him  ;  once  he  succeeded,  he  did  a  lot  of 
stage  stuff.  Then  Ernest  La  Fleur,  the  Arrow  collar-man. 
considered  the  best  dressed  man  in  the  club,  who  the  boys 
claim  has  enough  dough  to  choke  a  horse,  steps  up  and  socks 
one,  but  it  got  tangled  up  with  the  trees. 

Mel  Nathan  tried  his  hand,  but  made  an  awful  showing. 
Louis  Goodman  followed  La  Fleur,  so  it  was  up  to  Harry 
Fisher,  but  the  fat  boy  hit  one  so  hard  it  landed  in  Dalv  City, 
so  Hawks  and  La  Fleur  won  the  hole. 

*  *     * 
President  Tries  to  Show  Authority 

Bru  Brunnier  called  out  for  six  caddies.  Bru  takes  his 
driver,  takes  a  vicious  swing  at  the  ball  and  breaks  his  club, 
which  made  the  sixtieth  he  broke  within  a  year.  Larrv  Van 
Wyck  steps  up  and  Bru,  anxious  to  make  a  bet  said:  10-10 
and  10."  Larry  said:  "Who  told  you?  I  decide  everything 
here;  ain't  I  the  president?" 


<  )ne  of  the  caddies  pulled  a  good  one  when  Nat  Berger 
asked  him  what  he  was  doing.  The  kid  replied  :  "Hunting 
for  tees."  "Are  you  saving  them?"  "No,  I  give  the  good 
one  to  Leon  Roos  and  the  busted  ones  to  Ed  Lees."  Harry 
Fisher  and  Louis  Goodman  had  a  tough  time  keeping  from 
scrapping;  only  the  fact  that  they  were  brothers-in-law 
saved  them. 

(  >tto  Rosenstern  pulled  off  some  good  and  bad  jokes,  but 
the  little  fellow  got  away  with  it;  his  size  saved  him. 

Considering  that  this  review  was  composed  of  members 
of  the  club,  the  singing  by  the  famous  quartette  Ed  Lees, 
Al  Lee.  Nat  Berger  and  Louis  Goodman  would  have  done 
credit  to  the  Orpheum  stage. 

Sanford  Hyams  was  the  happiest  man  there.  Sanford 
said  he  wished  it  would  rain  every  Lincoln's  birthday  as  it 
kept  him  at  his  office,  where  he  sold  $100,000  insurance. 

The  Livingston  boys  deserve  a  lot  of  credit  for  staging 
such  a  splendid  evening's  entertainment,  which  was  ap- 
preciated by  two  hundred  members  of  the  club.  Louis  Lurie 
was  so  impressed  with  the  show  that  he  offered  Dave  and 
Lawrence  Livingston  a  six  month's  contract  to  play  at  the 
Wilkes  Theatre. 

*     *     * 

Prominent  Golfers  Entertained 

Arthur  Xewhouse  entertained  a  party  of  friends  at  din- 
ner at  his  palatial  home,  the  Huntington  apartments,  the 
occasion  being  in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Schmidt, 
who  leave  for  an  extended  trip  to  London  and  Paris. 

.Mrs.  Schmidt  is  the  captain  of  the  Presidio  Women's 
Annex  and  a  very  fine  golfer  herself,  while  Mr.  Schmidt  won 
the  President's  Cup  at  the  Arm)   Post  Club  last  month. 

While  in  England,  they  both  expect  to  enter  in  several 
of  the  important  tournaments,  so  it  won't  be  at  all  sur- 
prising if  we  get  a  cable  stating  that  either  Mr.  or  Mrs. 
Schmidt  have  annexed  a  golf  championship  for  themselves. 
Among  the  ,uuc-ts  present  were  Judge  and  Mrs.  |.  F.  Tyler. 
Dr.  Louis  and  Mrs.  Bacigalupi,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  L  Sul- 
tan. Air.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Strauss  and  Fred  Blair. 


Original  Affair  at  Aladdin  Studio 
Among  the  many  unusual  affairs  taking  place  at  the  Alad- 
din Studio  Tiffin  Room  at  363  Sutter  Street,  this  week  was 
a  dinner-dance  arranged  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  T.  Hamil- 
ton in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  II.  R.  Dunlop  on  the  thirtv- 
fifth  anniversary  of  their  wedding.  At  the  stroke  of  twelve, 
Victor  Pollak's  Syncopating  Band  played  the  Lohengrin 
Wedding  March,  and  the  guests  of  honor  were  showered 
with  blossoms  as  they  marched  down  the  dance  floor  of  the 
Aladdin — transformed  by  the  countless  flowers  into  a  fairy 
bower. 

Among  the  guests  were  :  Dr.  Dunlop  Strickler,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Schneider,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Abrams,  Mrs. 
Fred  Hunter,  Mr.  William  Miles,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Thom- 
son. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bryce  Florence,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tames 
Hendyand  Mr.  and  Mr-.  F.  A.  Hilton. 


Grace  Sanderson  Michie  has  just  finished  her  latest  sce- 
nario, making  a  total  of  nine  photoplays  up-to-date.  She 
has  also  just  about  completed  the  continuity  for  "Numerous 
Treasure,"  which  will  soon  be  upon  the  screen.  Mr.  Gordon 
Michie,  her  equally  famous  husband,  is  a  motion  picture 
producer  and  is  also  completing  some  new  photoplays. 


February  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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soldering  connections  are  practically  per- 
fect. 

In  the  cheaper  sets,  if  careful  notice  is 
taken,  the  prospective  purchaser  will  dis- 
cover that  practically  all  of  the  wire  used 
in  connecting  the  instruments  together  is 
an  insulated  wire  of  a  cheap  grade.  The 
soldering  connections  on  the  cheaper  sets 
are  generally  made  in  a  very  careless 
manner ;  insulated  wire  in  a  radio  set  may 
be  correct,  but  the  wire  should  be  a  first- 
class  product,  preferably  about  size  14. 
The  reason  for  this  size  of  wire  is  that  it 
keeps  the  resistance  of  the  set  as  low  as 
possible. 

Solder  is  not  as  good  an  electrical  con- 
ductor as  the  wire  itself  and  for  that  rea- 
son a  set  should  be  chosen  in  which  the 
wiring  has  been  carefully  planned,  so  as 
to  make  the  different  leads  of  the  set  as 
long  as  possible  without  the  necessity  of 
a  solder  connection. 

Insulation  on  the  wire  is  not  neces- 
sary, and  if  bus  wire  is  used  for  the 
wiring  of  a  set  it  is  placed  farther  apart, 
which  eliminates  the  howls  that  are 
usually  present  in  a  radio  set. 

Noises  that  are  often  laid  to  the  "B" 
batteries  or  to  outside  interference  are  at. 
least  one-half  the  time  caused  by  a  poor 
soldering  job,  and  remember  that  the  in- 
struments of  any  radio  set  may  be  the 
best  make  possible,  but  they  cannot  per- 
form to  a  good  advantage  if  a  poor  grade 
of  wire  is  used  or  if  the  solder  connec- 
tions are  not  made  correctly. 

Note — Other  articles  (Selecting  a 
Radio)  will  be  published  from  time  to 
time  in  the  News  Letter. 


Bootlegging  Radios 

Another  of  our  great  indoor  sports, 
and  this  grand  old  U.  S.  seems  to  be 
blessed  with  plenty  of  such !  It  appears 
that  unless  the  American  public  can  be 
stung  with  something  illegal,  they  are 
not  happy.  Some  fellow  gets  the  bril- 
liant idea  that  he  can  place  radio  sets  on 
the  market,  and  forthwith  buys  a  pair  of 
pliers  and  a  soldering  iron,  with  a  bootleg 
radio  as  the  result ;  an  infringement  on 
some  patented  hook-up  under  his  own 
fancy  nom  de  plume. 

Every  one  likes  radio  and  every  one 
feels  that  it  is  improving  as  time  goes 

(Continued  on  Page  16) 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  20,  1926 


ONE  of  the  pioneers  of  California's  great  hydro-electric 
industry  died  recently  in  the  person  of  Romulus  R. 
Colgate.  This  is  the  man  after  whom  the  Colgate  plant  of 
the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Co.  was  named.  He  was  the 
grandson  of  the  famous  Colgate.  He  said:  "I  get  more 
pleasure  and  satisfaction  out  of  developing  the  country 
than  I  could  possibly  get  out  of  any  money  it  brings  me." 
*  *  * 
— There  is  a  movement  among  the  farmers  against  mu- 
nicipal ownership  of  the  P.  G.  and  E.  distribution  system  in 
San  Francisco.  This  proceeds  from  the  fact  that  publicly 
owned  utilities  are  exempt  from  taxation  and  so  the  farm- 
ers are  afraid  they  will  have  to  pay  higher  taxes.  There  is 
quite  a  lot  of  reason  in  the  fear. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  I0TH.  1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  192S 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PARK-l'riESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  ond  7th  Ave. 

HAICIIT  STREET  BRANCH llnicht  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (4J4)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


— Stuart  LI.  Show  has  been  appointed  district  forester  of 
the  California  District  U.  S,  Forest  Service.  He  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Stanford  University  and   was  trained   in   the    Vale 

Forest  School. 

*  *     * 

— The  Department  of  Agriculture,  through  the  Bureau 
of  Public  Roads  distributed  during  1925  a  total  of  14.214,750 
pounds  of  pyrotol  in  various  states,  to  be  used  mainly  for 
land  clearing  and  for  road  construction. 

*  *     * 

— Julius  H.  Parmele,  director  of  the  Bureau  of  Railway 
Economics,  states  the  results  of  railroad  development  dur- 
ing the  past  year  to  be:  Heavy  freight  traffic;  decline  in 
passenger  traffic  ;  virtual  disappearance  of  freight  car  short- 
age;  higher  level  of  operating  efficiency;  net  operating  in- 
come greater,  but  below  a  fair  return  on  valuation  and  beli  w 
a  five  per  cent  on  property  investment;  rate  of  return  on 
property  investment  less  than  in  1916. 

*  *     * 

• — The  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company  shows  an  in- 
crease in  assets  of  $5,000,000.  a  gain  in  surplus  of  approxi- 
mately $1,150,000,  and  reserves  of  SI 5,000,000.  as  against 
$13,400,000  last  year.  On  January  1st  the  Fireman's  bund 
had  assets  of  $30,191,341.  unearned  premium  reserves  of 
$15,994,324.  net  surplus  of  S5.727.590.  and  cash  capital  of 
$5,000,000. 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

I'nlil   I  i>  Capital  *20,OOO,0OO  $20,000,000  lle.trve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON.  ENG.;  NEW  YORK:  PORT- 
LAND.    ORE.:     SEATTLE,     WASH.:     MEXICO     CITY.     MEXICO. 

San  Francisco  Ofllce:  4r.ii  California  Street 
Hit  I  i   i:    HEATHCOTE  W.  J.   I 'HI   I.TII  \  II  II 

Manager  AsNt.  Manager 


Compensation,    General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


— Among  those  who  have  been  selected  by  political  writers 
as  a  possible  successor  to  George  D.  Squires,  deceased,  is 
State  Insurance  Commissioner,  Charles  K.  Detrick.  Mr. 
Squires  was  a  railroad  commissioner.  Mr.  Detrick  was  sec- 
retary to  the  railroad  commission  for  some  years  and  has 
been  in  his  present  office  for  less  than  a  year. 

*  *     * 

— William  G.  Sproul,  former  Governor  of  Pennsylvania, 
says:  "The  business  of  insurance  should  be  encouraged  in 
every  reasonable  way.  It  is  one  of  the  most  beneficent  in- 
fluences in  the  country  and  it  certainly  stabilizes  the  nation's 
business." 

*  *     * 

— California  is  shown  as  the  most  severe  sufferer  from 
incendiarism  in  the  1924  tabulation  of  losses  by  the  actua- 
rial bureau  of  the  national  board.  Losses  throughout  the 
nation  were  $2,368,301.  and  California's  loss  alone  was 
$512,409. 

*  *     * 

— Federal  luxury  tax  records  show  that  American  women 
spent  $750,000,000  in  a  single  year  for  cosmetics  and  things 
of  that  sort.  This  sum  exceeds  the  value  of  all  the  domestic 
electrical  appliances  in  the  whole  country. 


L 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Travel  Tid-Bits 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 


SEEING  GREAT  BRITAIN 

on  the  lines  of 

THE  LONDON  &  NORTH  EASTERN  RAILWAY 

VISITORS  to  Great  Britain  this  year  should  not  fail  to 
see  the  wonderful  cathedrals,  as  this  can  be  done  at  a 
minimum   of  time  and  expense — for  instance   a  first-class 
round-trip  ticket  from  London  to  Aberdeen  (Scotland),  in- 
cluding Cambridge,  Ely,  Lincoln,  York,  Durham,  Melrose, 
Edinburgh,  the  Trossachs,  Glasgow,  Grantham  and  Peter- 
borough is  only  approximately  $60.00  and  third  class  $40.00. 
The  London  and  North  Eastern   Railway  have  recently 
published  five  beautifully  illustrated  booklets  entitled: 
"Touring  Britain" 
"Monuments  of  British  History" 
"The  Home  of  Golf" 
"Through  Britain  by  the  Flying  Scotsman" 
and 
"Scotland" 
these  can  be  obtained  on  application  to  Ernest  F.  Rixon, 
general  agent,  Messrs.  Dean  and  Dawson,  Ltd.,  544  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 

May  and  June  in  Great  Britain  are  two  delightful  months 
and  travelers  arriving  in  May  will  find  the  hotels  are  not 
so  crowded  as  later  in  the  season,  and  it  is  also  much  easier 
to  secure  desirable  steamship  accommodations  the  latter 
part  of  April  and  early  May. 

Californians  have,  during  the  past  few  weeks,  been  look- 
ing forward  to  the  tennis  match  between  Helen  Wills  and 
Suzanne  Lenglen — naturally  we  on  this  side  wished  Helen 
to  win,  but  unfortunately  on  ibis  occasion  she  lost  after  a 
very  hard  contest.  Now  that  Helen  has  played  Suzanne 
once  she  has  a  better  knowledge  of  her  play  and  we  will  not 
be  surprised  to  see  her  win  at  Wimbledon  this  year.  Now 
if  you  are  going  to  be  in  England  in  June,  do  not  fail  to 
see  the  Wimbledon  tennis  championships  and  you  will  prob- 
ably see  Helen  Wills  and  Suzanne  Lenglen  in  the  middle 
court  fighting  it  out  for  supremacy  about  the  end  of  June. 
Let  us  get  together  and  make  up  a  party  from  California 
to  "cheer"  for  our  native  daughter. 


Student  Tours  to  Europe 

Student  Tours  are  now  firmly  established  in  popular  favor 
and  the  reason  is  not  difficult  to  find.  The  extremely  mod- 
erate cost  of  a  trip  by  "Tourist  Third  Class"  puts  a  tour  to 
Europe  within  the  reach  of  almost  everybody — indeed  it 
costs  very  little  more  than  a  vacation  at  home. 

The  modern  "Tourist  Third  Class"  must  not  be  confused 
with  the  old  "steerage."  To  travel  "tourist"  today,  means 
crossing  the  ocean  on  a  huge  steamer,  the  entire  third  class 
of  which  has  been  turned  over  to  the  exclusive  use  of  stud- 
ents, teacher^,  lawyers,  doctors  and  similar  congenial  peo- 
ple. The  strictest  supervision  is  exercised  by  the  steamship 
Companies  so  that  none  hut  desirable  people  shall  be  ear- 
ned in  the  special  "Tourist"  sailings. 

rhe  average  round  trip  from  Xew  York  to  Europe  Stud- 
ent Third  Class  is  $155  and  many  of  the  tourist  companies 
have,  this  year,  published  programs  for  Student  Tours  in 
Europe,  prices  ranging  from  S.W  and  up.  from  New  York  to 
Europe,  and  return,  all  expenses  included. 

Complete  information  regarding  Student  Round  Trip 
tickets  can  he  obtained  from  the  San  Francisco  News  Letter. 


Harold  says  that  all  he  wants  is  a  chance  to  express  him- 
self.   Fine!   Whereto? — Judge. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  20,  1926 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 
Mrs.   Derrick   Norman   Lehmer  have   accepted   invitations 
to  be  present,  and  Professor  Lehmer  will  speak  of  his  In- 
dian lyrics  and  the  Indian  lore  of  which  he  is  a  distinguished 
and  recognized  authority. 

Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris  will  be  the  complimented  guest 
at  a  bridge  luncheon  to  be  given  on  Wednesday,  March 
31  in  the  Clift  Hotel.  Dr.  Blanche  Culver,  Mrs.  Norman 
Walter  Hall,  and  Mrs.  A.  G.  Stoll  are  the  joint  hostesses, 
for  this  delightful  event. 


Mrs.  Howard  C.  Tibbitts,  president  of  the  Presidents' 
Assembly,  was  the  chairman  of  the  social  day  program  of 
Cap  and  Bells  Club  last  Thursday  when  Janet  Malbon, 
lyric  soprano  and  contributing  artist  gave  songs  in  costume. 
One  of  her  songs  was  written  especially  for  Miss  Malbon 
and  was  heard  for  the  first  time  last  Thursday.  She  also 
gave  a  group  of  songs  by  resident  composers  with  lyrics 
from  California  poets.  This  group  was  arranged  as  a  play- 
let. A  ballad  written  by  Rudy  Seiger  was  exquisitely  given, 
Janet  Nalbon  impersonating  the  singer,  Emlyn  Lewys  the 
pianist. 

Seldom  does  any  local  club  have  the  opportunity  of  pre- 
senting so  delightful  and  classical  a  program  as  that  which 
fascinated  Cap  and  Bells  members  and  their  friends  at  the 
Fairmont  last  Thursday. 


Miss  Nancy  Buckley,  poet  and  descriptive  writer,  will  be 
the  literary  guest  of  the  literary  section  at  the  Cap  and  Bells 
meeting  in  March,  Miss  Buckley,  author  of  "Laughter  and 
Longing,"  and  "Wings  of  Youth,"  is  en  route  home  after 
spending  many  months  in  Rome,  Paris,  London  and  other 
European  cities.  She  was  special  guest  at  the  New  York 
Pen  Women's  meeting,  and  at  national  headquarters,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  Miss  Buckley  and  her  sister,  Mary  Buckley, 
have  been  feted  by  literary  folks  all  along  their  travels. 

Claremont  Notes 

Mrs.  B.  M.  Waterman  was  hostess  to  a  small  group  of 
friends  at  a  charmingly  appointed  bridge  luncheon  given 
at  the  Claremont  Hotel  last  Monday,  entertaining  as  her 
guests,  Mrs.  Frederick  Hills,  Mrs.  Guv  Young  and  Mrs. 
R.  H.  Gripp. 


The  main  dining  room  of  the  hotel,  Friday,  was  the  set- 
ting for  a  delightful  luncheon  given  by  Mrs.  William  Mason 
in  honor  of  Mrs.  George  Mallison  of  New  York,  and  Mrs. 
Anne  Simpson,  who  formerly  lived  in  Berkeley.  Yellow 
was  the  color  scheme  used  in  the  decorations.  After  lunch- 
eon the  guests  played  bridge,  the  guests  being  Mrs.  George 
Mallison,  Mrs.  Anne  Simpson,  Mrs.  Jerome  White,  Mrs. 
H.  Moffett,  Mrs.  M.  H.  Newell,  Mrs.  Ray  Lovell  and  Mrs. 
George  Emanuels. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  C.  Mitchell  entertained  a  small  group  at 
an  attractive  table  last  Friday  evening  in  compliment  to 
Miss  Julia  Webb  of  Berkeley,  and  Mr.  John  Hanna  of 
Texas,  who  have  just  announced  their  engagement.  The 
guests  were  Miss  Julia  Webb.  Mr.  John  Hanna  and  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Carlisle  Laughlin. 


Miss  Claire  Berge  entertained  a  party  at  the  dinner  dance 
of  the  Hotel  Claremont,  Friday  night.  Others  who  gave 
dinner  parties  include  Miss  Katherine  Bennett,  Mr.  F.  H. 
Mantes  and  Miss  Margaret  Phillips,  who  entertained  under- 
graduate members  and  friends  of  Alpha  Gamma  Deltas. 


AT  SINGLETON'S 

Alleg  <&at 

COFFEE  INN 


A  Nice  Hot  Business 

Lunch,  50c 
Delicious  Sandwiches 
Tasty  Salads 
A  Wonderful  Crab  Louie 
Home-Made  Pies  and 
Good  Coffee 


Lunch  served  from  11  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m. 


LARKINS  DUCO 
Has  Lustre 

Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.    Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

LARKINS  &  CO. 

First  Avenue  at  Geary  Street 


Metal  Work  Apper- 
taining: to  Atitorao- 
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Welding  —  Illnck- 
MnilthluK. 

AUTO  FENDER  AND  RADIATOR  WORKS 


CHAS.  J.  EVANS 

PALACE  GARAGE 

Opposite  Palace  Hotel 
HAVE  YOUR  CARS  WASHED  AND  GREASED 

"THE  PALACE  WAY" 

Ratest  3Bc  per  day;  97.50  per  month 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  24  3 
Six  Floorn  for  Service  and  Storage  of  .Automobile* 


W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY    PUBLIC— INSURANCE    BROKER 
20*    Crocker    Building    (Opposite    Palace    Hotel),    Son    Franclitco 

Phone    Kearny    391 


DENMAN  GARAGE 


902  Bush    (cor.  Taylor) 


A   convenient   localk 


Pro.pecl  956 


February  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

THE  very  rapid  increase  in  num- 
ber of  motor  vehicles  in  the  past 
twenty  years  has  rather  bewildered  the 
brains  of  the  mass  of  the  people,  and 
education  along  the  lines  of  safety  has 
not  been  able  to  keep  pace  with  this 
increase.  When  it  is  remembered  that 
for  many  hundreds  of  years  prior  to 
the  nineteenth  century  there  was  very 
little  change  in  the  methods  of  trans- 
portation, and  that  the  armies  of  Wash- 
ington and  Napoleon  traveled  at  about 
the  same  rate  and  with  practically  the 
same  transport  as  did  those  of  the 
Caesars,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  that 
the  human  mind,  particularly  the  older 
mind,  is  slow  to  grasp  the  significance 
and  danger  attendant  upon  the  enor- 
mous increase  of  motor  traffic,  says 
the  Safety  First  Bureau  of  the  National 
Automobile  Club. 

Recent  immigrants  are  apt  to  become 
confused  by  the  numbers  of  motor  ve- 
hicles on  our  streets.  Remember  that 
California  alone  has  more  motor  cars 
than  the  entire  German  republicl  Many 
agencies  are  at  work  throughout  the 
country,  each  in  its  own  way,  endeav- 
oring to  educate  the  people  and  to  pro- 
vide belter  means  of  accident  preven- 
tion; but  their  efforts,  as  yet.  lack  co- 
hesion and  uniformity.  This  will 
come  in  time,  and  the  National  Safety 
Council,  working  through  its  branch 
councils,  is  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion, as  is  also  the  National  Safety  Con- 
ference, which  has  for  its  object  the  se- 
curing oi  uniform  traffic  laws  through- 
out the  country. 

Most  drivers  know  how  to  drive  safe- 
ly and  are  familiar  with  the  traffic  laws. 
but  many  of  them  continually  take 
chances  when  they  think  they  can  "get 


away  with  it."  Certain  influences  have 
been  at  work  in  this  country  within  the 
past  few  years  which  tend  to  make  the 
American  citizen  have  less  respect  for 
the  law  than  they  formerly  had. 

The  traffic  force,  both  city  and  high- 
way, is  far  too  small,  but  even  the  small 
force  which  is  now  employed  would 
be  much  more  effective  were  it  given 
proper  backing.  The  average  traffic 
cop  is  sincere  in  the  performance  of 
his  duty,  but  as  long  as  traffic  viola- 
tions are  handled  by  the  police  court 
and  police  judges  are  dependent  on 
popular  vote  for  their  tenure  of  office, 
just  so  long  will  the  majority  of  traffic 
law  violators  go  unpunished.  As  an 
example  of  this  is  cited  the  record  of 
a  large  eastern  city.  During  1925 
there  were  27,248  arrests  for  traffic  vio- 
lations. Of  this  number  only  3815  were 
held  for  court,  fined  or  imprisoned.  The 
remainder  were  discharged  by  magis- 
trates. 

*     *     # 

From  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
Key  West,  Florida  to  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Boston,  Mass.: 

"Offering  our  deepest  sympathy  to 
Boston  and  her  sister  cities  and  towns 
throughout  New  England  and  the 
snowbound  Northwest,  the  city  of  Key 
West,  through  its  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, begs  to  extend  to  you  one  and 
all  with  open  arms  today  a  welcome 
to  America's  tropical  playground, 
where  the  official  thermometer  stands 
at  seventy  and  one-tenth  in  the  shade 
with  gentle  invigorating  breezes  from 
the  sea  tempered  by  a  sun  that  smiles 
from  a  cloudless  sky." 

From  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
Boston  (and  that's  the  kick)  to  tin- 
Key  West  Chamber  of  Commerce: 

"Your  sympathy  is  misplaced.  That 
roar  you  heard  today  which  you  may 
have  thought  presaged  a  tropical  rain 
was  the  Homeric  laughter  of  the  thous- 
ands of  New  Englanders  and  their 
guests  from  every  clime  who  are  find- 
ing rugged,  glowing  health  and  glo- 
rious contentment  on  the  glistening 
white  slopes  of  New  England.  Should 
you  wish  a  blood-tingling  thrill  to  vary 
climatic  monotony,  New  England's 
portals  are  wide.  Switzerland  in  sea- 
son, Florida  in  season,  and  New  Eng- 
land anj  time." 

Which  leads  again  to  the  conclusion 
that  California  has  the  last  laugh  on 
Boston  as  well  as  our  good  friends 
down  in  Key  West.  For  here  you  may 
ise  your  climate  and  revel  in  the 
snows  of  winter  or  bask  in  the  balmy 
sunshine,  paddle  around  on  skis  at 
Truckee  or  at  Arrowhead  or  Yosemite 
and  paddle  around  in  the  surf.  On  the 
way  from  the  summer  clime  to  the 
realm  of  winter  you  can  enjoy  a  feast 
of  oranges  either  in  the  citrus  belt  of 
Southern  California,  in  the  thermal 
zone  of  Porterville.  or  in  the  district 


that  lies  about  Oroville.  Variety  in 
scenery,  in  climate,  in  life  itself  is,  after 
all,  the  chief  charm  of  California,  and 
this  varied  program  is  offered  every 
day  in  the  year. 


Parties  at  the  Bib  and  Tucker 

The  Bib  and  Tucker  Tea  Room  is 
especially  adapted  for  giving  of  club 
parties  and  meetings  at  noon,  the  tea 
hour  or  in  the  evening,  as  it  is  large, 
airy  and  attractive,  and  the  catering 
and  service  are  always  efficient  and 
courteous. 

Tables  for  small  private  parties  may 
be  screened  off,  and  so  secure  seclu- 
sion for  those  who  desire  it. 

This  lunch  room  is  now  making  a 
specialty  of  a  vegetable  plate,  for  peo- 
ple who  do  not  care  for  meat  at  noon. 


World  War  Veterans  are  warned  that 
the  time  is  growing  short  for  conversion 
of  wartime  term  insurance  to  permanent 
forms  and  for  the  re-instatement  of 
lapsed  insurance.  Time  limits  for  both 
is  fnly  2nd. 


The  Poet — Dash  it — I  can't  find  that 
sonnet  anywhere.  Eustace  must  have 
thrown  it  into  the  fire. 

His  Wife — Don't  be  absurd,  Algernon. 
The  child  can't  read. — London  Opinion. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  20,  1926 


RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 
on.  However,  it  takes  the  experi- 
menter to  develop  the  improvements 
and  the  layman  should  not  be  misled 
by  thinking  that  a  bootlegger  of  a  radio 
set  is  helping  the  industry.  These  pi- 
rates copy  some  standard  set,  and  out- 
side of  having  a  slight  knowledge  of 
how  a  radio  should  function,  they  are 
at  a  loss.  Of  course  some  will  take 
exception  to  this  statement,  but  it  is 
true,  nevertheless,  that  after  producing 
the  same  thing  over  and  over  many 
times,  even  bootlegging  in  radio  be- 
comes a  habit. 

Upon  entering  one  of  these  estab- 
lishments, it  does  not  take  long  to  cor-, 
ner  the  so-called  wizard,  inventor,  or 
whatever  it  is  he  calls  himself,  and  to 
make  him  admit  that  he  is  putting  out 
an  infringement  on  some  patented 
hook-up.  Does  he  pay  royalties  for 
this  privilege?  He  does  not;  nor  does 
he  intend  to,  if  it  is  possible  for  him 
to  escape.  This  type  of  bootlegger  is 
no  better  than  any  other  type  and  yet 
he  maintains  that  he  is  not  making 
anything  from  his  efforts.  That  being 
the  case,  why  does  he  continue?  Does 
anyone  suppose  that  he  is  in  this  il- 
legal business,  playing  the  Good  Sa- 
maritan to  a  host  of  persons  that  he 
has  never  seen  in  his  life  before.  Not 
likely! 

We  have  any  number  of  sets  coming 
on  the  market  with  fancy  names,  and 
coming  from  manufacturers  that  were 
not  known  before,  jor  coming  from  a 
source  that  is  very  hard  to  trace,  and 
the  unsuspecting  buyer  is  under  the 
impression  that  he  or  she  is  getting 
something  new.  What  they  are  get- 
ting is  just  a  mixture  of  one  or  more 
of  the  standard  hook-ups.  And  as  for 
standard  hook-ups,  there  are  only  six 
circuits  today.  Every  set  on  the  mar- 
ket is  a  combination  in  some  form  of 
those  six  original  circuits.  So  do  not 
be  misled  into  thinking  that  the  rea- 
son you  are  getting  what  appears  to 
be  a  good  set  cheap,  that  you  are  get- 
ting the  best  of  the  deal.  Remember 
that  you  get  only  what  you  pay  for, 
even  to  the  extent  of  purchasing  a  radio 
set.  Buy  from  a  good  reliable  mer- 
chant and  you  can  have  no  regrets. 
*     *     * 

Two  new  regular  features  have  been 
added  to  the  weekly  programs  of  sta- 
tion KPO,  San  Francisco,  both  appear- 
ing on  the  Friday  schedule.  The  first 
of  these  is  a  ten-minute  book  review  by 
Harry  A.  Small,  book  editor  of  the 
"Chronicle,"  and  the  second  "Sports 
on  the  Air,''  conducted  by  Harry  B. 
Smith,  sports  editor  of  the  "Chronicle" 
and  dean  of  western  sports  writers. 
The  book  review  goes  on  the  air  at 
7:10  p.m.  while  the  sports  feature, 
which    includes   interviews    with    local 


and  visiting  celebrities,  begins  at  9:10 

p.m.,  Pacific  time. 

*     *     * 

William  YVaiamau  and  James  Harri- 
son, Hawaiian  baritones  will  be  heard 
over  station  KJBS  on  Monday  night 
between  the  hours  of  eight  and  nine 
p.m.  This  is  a  treat  for  the  radio  listen- 
ers.   Tune  in. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 

scenes  are  real,  having  been  procured 
from  the  United  States  government  by 
special  arrangement.  The  rest  were 
made  somewhere  in  the  vicinity  of  San 
Antonio,  Texas. 

One  really  must  see  this  picture  to 
appreciate  it.  John  Gilbert  and  his  two 
pals,  Renee  Adoree  and  all  the  rest 
of  the  big  cast  are  seen  at  their  best. 

*  *     * 

Alcazar 

"Little  Jessie  James,"  the  musical 
comedy  that  steals  your  heart  away, 
which  Henry  Duffy  has  staged  with 
such  a  lavish  hand  at  the  Alcazar,  be- 
gins its  fifth  week,  Sunday  evening. 
Harlan  Thompson  wrote  the  book  and 
lyrics  for  this  production.  He  has  given 
it  a  real  story  of  the  farcical  sort.  It 
is  spiced  generously  with  paprika  with 
slightly  naughty  situations,  but  there 
is  nothing  really  offensive. 

The  music  by  Harry  Archer  is  par- 
ticularly tuneful  and  the  melody  of  "I 
Love  You,"  the  principal  song  num- 
ber, runs  through  the  two  acts  and 
keeps  the  audience  humming  it  after 
the  show  is  over.  There  is  a  snappy 
chorus  of  "bobbed  hair  bandits"  and 
Dale  Winter  is  delightful  in  the  role 
of  Little  Jessie,  one  of  the  principal 
bandits,  and  she  quite  steals  your  heart 
away.  William  Davidson,  Phil  Tead 
and  Betty  Laurence,  Lorraine  Mullins 
and  Roy  Purviance,  William  Macaulay. 
Florence  Robe-ts  and  Dorothy  LeMar 
make  up  the  balance  of  the  excellent 
cast. 

*  *     * 

Henry  Duffy 

Word  comes  to  us  from  New  York 
that  the  world  premiere  of  Arthur 
Goodrich's  latest  comedy,  "You  Don't 
Understand,"  which  appears  at  Henry 
Duffy's  new  theater  in  Seat'.le  recently, 
was  a  tremendous  success. 

Duffy,  who  is  on  the  road  with  his 
great  success,  "The  Song  and  Dance 
Man,"  sent  Edward  Curtis  up  to  Seattle 
for  (lie  premiere.  Norman  Hackett  wired 
that  it  was  one  of  the  greatest  of  com- 
e  'n-~. 


23rd,  at  2:30  o'clock,  and  will  illustrate 
her  talk  with  stereopticon  slides. 

This  is  the  formal  opening  of  an  exhi- 
bition of  drawings  by  Maynard  Dixon 
and  Ralph  Stackpole  in  the  Paul  Elder 
Gallery  for  California  Artists'  Picture 
Week. 

*     *     * 

Inayat  Khan.  World-Famous  Oriental 
Philosopher,  Mystic  Seer  and  Author, 
will  deliver  a  lecture  on  "Man  ;  The  Mas- 
ter of  His  Destiny,"  in  the  Paul  Elder 
Gallery,  Thursday  afternoon,  February 
25th.  Dr.  Khan  delivere  1  an  important 
series  of  lectures  in  San  Francisco  in 
1923,  and  has  since  then  spoken  in  the 
Universities  of  Rome,  Geneva,  Berlin, 
Christiania  and  other  important  cen- 
ters. 


Marimba  Band  for  Caronna  Dance 

Down  through  the  ages,  comes  the  ma- 
rimba, ancient  instrument  of  the  sun- 
worshipping  Aztecs,  and  used  by  them  in 
their  religious  ceremonies.  The  marimba 
i-  said  to  be  the  creation  of  the  Count 
of  Montezuma.  Similar  to  the  xylo- 
phone, but  decidedly  softer  and  sweeter, 
the  marimba  is  capable  of  the  most  rhyth- 
mic  syncopation,   harmony  and   melody. 

San  Francisco  boasts  of  the  largest 
school  for  the  marimba  and  xylophone 
west  of  Xew  York  City,  conducted  by 
G.  E.  ("Doc")  Willats  in  the  Pantages 
Theater  Building.  Several  marimba  bands 
have  been  formed,  and  radio  fans  during 
the  past  few  months  have  been  delight- 
fully surprised  when  the  band  rendered 
their   programs   over    KPO   and   KFRC. 

<  >ne  of  Mr.  Willats'  bands  will  play 
for  the  dancing  feet  of  the  guests  at  Mme. 
Carolina's  monthly  dansants,  which  will 
take  place.  Saturday  evening,  the  27th 
at  Sequoia  Hall.  1725  Washington  Street. 

Mme.  Carolina's  dances  are  always  en- 
joyable, and  the  acquisition  of  this  fasci- 
nating music  will  make  this  particular  oc- 
casion doubly  attractive. 


At  the  Elder  Gallery 

Ma  'ame  E.  E.  Scheyer,  an  auth  rity 
on  mo  'ern  art,  will  lecture  on  "The  Liv- 
ing Line  as  Man's  Expression  Through- 
out the  Ages,"  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gal- 
lery,    Tuesday     afternoon,     February 


First  Bay  Shore  Highway  Contract 

The  use  of  $25,000  for  a  continuation 
of  surveys  on  the  Bay  Shore  Highway 
on  sections  from  Broadway  Station  to 
San  Jose  was  authorized  today  by  the 
California  Highway  Commission,  it 
was  announced  by  Chairman  Harvey 
M.  Toy  following  a  meeting  of  the 
commission  at  its  offices  in  the  State 
Building, 

At  the  same  time  the  commission  ac- 
cepted as  completed  the  contract  of 
I).  A.  Foley  and  Company  of  Los  An- 
geles for  the  grading  of  the  first  sec- 
tion of  the  Bay  Shore  route,  extending 
from  South  San  Francisco  to  Broad- 
wa_\  Station,  about  5.2  miles.  A  grade 
sixty  feet  in  width  has  been  completed 
across  the  tide  flats  on  this  section,  the 
highway  having  been  projected  on  an 
almost   straight    line   along   the   shore. 

The  funds  for  the  survey  work  will 
(Continued  on  Page  18) 


February  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  .MEWS  LETTER 


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Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Antipathies 


A  PERSON  finds  out  before  his  brain  is  many  years  aged 
in  the  wood  that  what  is  cake  for  his  neighbor  is  poison 
for  himself.  If  he  is  the  least  bit  sensitive  to  the  little  jokes 
life  plays,  he  soon  develops  antipathies  to  this,  that  and  the 
other  thing  which,  at  times,  cause  tragically  funny  situa- 
tions. 

An  antipathy  is  a  violent  dislike  for  something  that  is 
constantly  happening,  or  persists  in  confronting  one.  Its 
direct  reaction  is  either  violence  or  meek  submission  to  the 
inevitable.  Most  human  antipathies  are  caused  by  people 
who  don't  give  a  hang  what  anyone  thinks,  and  proceed  to 
put  the  belief  into  practice. 

Probably  the  greatest  pest  of  all  is  the  moron  given  to 
talking  or  making  noise  where  quiet  is  requisite  to  his 
neighbors'  comfort.  Witness  the  case  of  the  professional 
peanut  and  popcorn  eater,  who  most  enjoys  carrying  out  his 
diabolical  pastime  in  moving  picture  theaters,  street  cars 
and  so  forth.  Probably  nothing  is  so  confoundedly  ag- 
gravating as  the  persistent  crinkling  of  a  paper  bag,  the 
often  noisy  operation  of  chewing,  and  the  aroma,  if  it  might 
be  called  such,  of  food-stuffs  in  the  process  of  being  con- 
verted to  practical  use. 

America  is,  of  course,  known  to  be  the  melting  pot  of 
nations,  into  which  immigrants  are  poured  from  other 
countries  to  remain  the  same  as  they  always  were.  The 
antipathies  produced  by  our  heterogeneous  population  in- 
variably come  to  the  surface  of  the  molten  mass  and  either 
pass  off  in  clouds  of  hot  air  or  are  skimmed  and  poured  in 
the  immediate  vicinity  of  those  who  don't  like  them.  For- 
eign antipathies  are  often  of  a  vegetable,  or  dietary  nature 
and  are  executed  with  amazing  sangfroid.  Luckily  the 
causes  for  dislikes  of  the  foregoing  nature  frequent  grand 
opera  performances  and  street  cars  generally  and,  hence, 
cause  the  average  man  or  women  little  concern. 

Domestic  antipathies  are  of  a  more  universal  type,  easy 
to  find  and  hard  to  get  rid  of.  Personally,  the  writer  most 
dislikes  people  who  are  always  in  evidence  or,  rather,  too 
evident.  He  has  an  antipathy  for  magazines  that  create 
sex  problems  while  ostensibly  pointing  them  out,  tor  the 
guidance  of  the  younger  generation;  for  those  who  do  not 
believe  that  what  is  caper  sauce  for  the  goose  i>  the  same 
for  the  gander;  for  cafeteria  orchestras  with  pan  and  dish 
crescendo ;  for  convert  charges ;  for  the  manner  in  which 
prohibition  is  enforced  and,  among  quite  a  few  cither  things, 
for  those  who  believe  Market  Street  t.>  be  representative  of 
San  Francisco. 

Whatever  else  may  be  said  of  antipathies,  we  shall  have 
to  give  them  credit  fur  staying  with  ns  through  thick  and 
thin — and  that  is  more  than  some  friends  will  do. 


Picture  Week 

The  City  and  County  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  will 
hold  a  "Picture  Week,"  beginning  today,  and  lusting  until 
the  27th  of  this  month:  a  week  when  the  downtown  busi- 
ness section  of  the  city  will  become  an  art  gallery  for  the 
general  public. 

This  has  been  successfully  tried  in  eastern  cities,  hut  it 
is  the  first  affair  of  its  kind  to  take  place  in  San  Francisco, 
when  the  public  will  have  art  brought  to  it.  instead  of  being 
compelled  to  go  in  search  o\  art. 

"( )wn  an  Original."  is  the  slogan,  and  in  many  of  the 
banks,  service  corporations  and  stores,  original  paintings 
and  works  of  art  by  California  artists  will  he  exhibited. 

Mrs.  Albert  Stokes  is  president  of  the  federation  this  year. 
and  Mrs.  Beatrice  Judd  Ryan  is  chairman  of  the  art  sec- 
tion for  the  vear. 


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Points  Twice  Daily 


The  Passing  of  a  Philanthropist 
Mr.  James  L.  Flood,  San  Francisco 
millionaire  and  philanthropist,  died 
Monday  morning  in  his  home  at  Menlo 
Park,  after  an  illness  of  several  months. 
He  was  sixty-nine  years  old  and  is  sur- 
vived by  his  widow,  Mrs.  Maud  Lee 
Flood  ;  a  son,  James  Flood,  and  a  sister, 
Miss  Cora  Jane  Flood. 

Mr.  Flood  was  born  in  San  Francisco 
on  February  21,  1857.  He  was  the  son 
of  James  C.  Flood  of  Comstock  Lode 
fame,  from  whom  he  inherited  the  for- 
tune amassed  in  the  stirring  days  fol- 
lowing the  discovery  of  the  Comstock 
Lode,  the  development  of  which  is 
linked  with  the  "Big  Four,"  James  C. 
Flood,  William  S.  O'Brien,  John  W. 
Mackay  and  James  G.  Fair.  Mr.  Flood's 
vast  property  holdings  are  scattered 
throughout  California:  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, he  owned  the  Flood  building  on 
Market  Street,  the  ground  on  which  the 
Pacific  building  is  erected,  and  the  Gil- 
lette building  on  Market  Street;  in  San 
Mateo  County,  he  owned  a  1200-acre 
estate  on  which  he  erected  a  $1,000,000 
mansion ;  and  in  the  south,  he  held  one- 
half  interest  in  the  Rancho  Santa  Mar- 
garita which  embraces  more  than  200,- 
000  acres  in  San  Diego,  Orange  and 
Riverside  counties. 

Mr.  Flood  was  known  for  his  sub- 
stantial gifts  to  charities,  especially  to 
San  Francisco  orphanages,  where  his 
large  annual  donations  were  much  ap- 
preciated. He  was  active,  too,  in  the 
business  circles  of  the  city :  he  was  di- 
rector of  the  Wells  Fargo  Bank  and 
Union  Trust  Company;  president  of 
the  Flood  Realty  Company,  and  a  di- 
rector of  the  California-Pacific  Title  In- 
surance Company. 

The  passing  of  a  man  of  his  character 
and  influence  is  an  irretrievable  loss  to 
his  friends,  his  city  and  his  country. 


First  Bay  Shore  Highway 
(Continued  from  Page  16) 

come  from  the  Highway  General  Fund 
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Shore  Highway  Act  of  1923  and  into 
which  the  city  of  San  Francisco  has 
paid  $500,000  as  authorized  by  the 
Legislature,  highway  officials  ex- 
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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF..  FEBRUARY  27,  1926 


No.  9 


From  One  Thing  to  Another 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


The  world  in  general  has  no  use  for  the  idealist  for  the 
reason  that  the  idealist  is  incomprehensible  to  the  world  in 
general. 

*  *     * 

Quite  a  few  men  seem  to  think  that  they  can  repay  women 
for  favors  by  love  making.  Some  men  are  even  too  stingy 
for  that ! 

*  *     * 

What  a  relief  when  we  view  a  moving  picture  which 
doesn't  end  with  the  overworked  kiss!  "All  the  world" 
may  "love  a  lover,"  but  I  don't  believe  that  all  the  world 
loves  to  watch  lovers  kiss,  all  the  time! 


Here  is  a  saying  we  picked  up,  whose  source  was  a  femi- 
nine club  meeting:  "We  are  a  respectable  group  of  women 
who  keep  three  jumps  ahead  of  respectability,  and  then  the 
world  catches  up  and  makes  what  we  do  respectable."  Food 
for  thought,  eh,  what? 

*  *     * 

Senator  Borah,  in  his  strenuous  campaign  against  the 
entry  of  the  United  States  into  the  World  Court  surely  must 
have  the  backing  of  every  fore-sighted,  practical,  100  per- 
cent American  !     More  power  to  your  elbow,  Bill! 

*  *     * 

There  seems  to  be  no  limit  to  the  assininity  connected 
with  the  Volstead  Act.  The  question  as  to  whether  it  was 
permissible  under  this  Act  to  read  a  portion  of  Ge<  >rge  Wash- 
ington's notebook,  containing  a  recipe  for  making  beer  was 
brought  up  by  Attorney-General  Sargent,  at  a  dinner  on 
Washington's  birthday. 

*  *     * 

Aerial  stunts  performed  by  army  aces  in  time  of  peace, 
almost  invariably  end  in  disaster.  Conserve  our  "human 
files"  tor  times  of  stress,  say  we.  anent  the  death  of  France's 
dare  devil,  I. con  Collot,  wiio  was  killed  recently  when  try- 
0  fly  his  airplane  between  the  base  arches  of  the  Eiffel 
Tower. 


Time  was  when  the  fair  sex  could  bring  a  man's  ardor  to 
a  climax  by  letting  down  her  "crown  of  glory"  ;  at  least,  that 
is  the  impression  we  received  from  romantic  novels.  Her 
hair  was  always  falling  in  a  "gleaming  mass  over  her 
shoulders."  etc.  What  snare  will  she  use  now.  in  place  of 
this,  we  wonder? 


Mr.  James  Swinnerton,  creator  of  the  fascinating  little 
bears,  and  recently,  of  some  quite  wonderful  works  in  oil 
paintings,  and  I  were  discussing  modern  art,  the  art  which 
Cezanne  (I  am  told)  is  guilty  of  having  instituted.  And 
Swinnerton,  who  believes  in  seeking  the  good  in  everything, 
found  an  excuse  even  for  pictures  a  la  Cezanne.  "You  know," 
he  said,  "They  serve  a  purpose  after  all ;  they  make  real 
pictures,  in  contrast,  look  so  much  finer!" 


A  man  sat  inside  a  California  Street  car  the  other  day, 
with  a  smoking  cigar  in  his  hand.  He  was  not  puffing  at 
it,  true,  but  the  weed  was  throwing  out  quite  a  nasty  smell- 
ing spiral  of  smoke,  just  the  same.  In  spite  of  indignant 
glances  that  were  thrown  in  his  direction,  the  holder  of 
the  weed,  unchidden  by  the  conductor,  seemed  quite  obliv- 
ious to  the  fact  that  there  are  still  numerous  women  in  the 
world  who  do  not  smoke,  and  quite  a  few  men,  and  these 
men  and  women  have  a  right  to  object  to  a  smoky,  smelly 
atmosphere  in  traveling  vehicles. 

*     *     * 

A  British  rum  ship  raked  by  shots  of  U.  S.  cutter!  More 
instances  of  this  kind,  and  who  can  foretell  the  international 
complications,  the  international  antagonisms,  the  interna- 
tional crises  such  affairs  could  bring  about?  Civil  war  in 
connection  with  the  fool  Volstead  Act.  "we  have  always  with 
us";  let  us  at  least  draw  a  sale  line  when  it  comes  to  being 
»ed  into  the  maw  of  international  battles,  all  through 
a  law-  foisted  upon  us  against  our  wills. 


We  have  just  heard  of  a  very  wealthy  American  who 
spends  most  of  his  time  traveling  in  Europe.  He  has  en- 
dowed a  certain  orphan  asylum  in  France  with  a  munificent 
sum,  although  his  philanthropies  in  his  native  land  are 
conspicuous  by  their  absence.  He  says  frankly  that  he 
"dislikes  America,"  and  sighs  for  the  "culture"  of  Europe. 

He  is  impregnated  with  that  microbe  which  makes  a  fat 
living  on  Uncle  Sam's  nephews  and  nieces  who  think  it 
clever  to  depreciate  their  own  country,  and  extol  foreign 
customs.  The  sort  of  people  seem  more  "undesirable" 
to  us  than  many  an  earnest  alien,  who  tries  to  gain  entrance 
into  the  "land  of  promise"  in  the  hope  that  here  they  can 
find  spiritual  freedom  and  a  chance  to  advance  themselves 
by  honest  labor. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  27,  1926 


The  two  great  problems  of  San 
San  Francisco  Problems  Francisco  bare  been  stated  with 
•  much  intelligence  to  be  those  of 
traffic  and  transportation.  Taking  the  latter  of  these  first, 
it  involves  an  object  which  this  paper  lias  pursued  with 
complete  confidence  for  quite  a  long  time,  the  unification  of 
the  street  railway  systems  in  such  a  way  that  the  people 
may  travel  from  one  part  of  the  city  to  another  by  the  pay- 
ment of  one  fare. 

The  application  of  the  street  car  men  for  a  raise  in  pay 
had  to  be  denied  upon  the  grounds  that  a  deficit  would  be 
begun  by  the  city  if  the  request  were  granted.  The  city 
was  wise  in  not  making  a  deficit.  At  the  same  time,  a  raise 
in  pay  for  car  men  would  not  have  been  unreasonable  in 
view  of  general  conditions. 

But  there  is  much  waste  in  the  present  broken  up  .-late 
of  the  street  traffic  of  this  city.  It  is  true  that  we  are  main- 
taining a  five-cent  fare,  which  is  unusual;  but  only  a  skilled 
accountant  and  cost  engineer  could  tell  at  what  cost  such  a 
fare  is  maintained  and  if.  with  the  maintenance  of  that  fare 
under  the  present  conditions,  fair  play  is  being  given  to 
the  municipal  railroad  system. 

And  next  to  the  transportation  problem  comes  that  of 
traffic.  We  are  glad  to  see  that  one  supervisor  at  least,  Mr. 
Andrew  J.  Gallagher,  is  beginning  to  take  an  interest  in  that 
aspect  of  our  municipal  affairs.  Some  way  must  be  devised, 
satisfactory  to  both  pedestrians  and  motorists,  by  which  the 
safety  of  the  former  and  the  convenience  of  the  latter  may 
be  achieved. 

If  Mr.  Gallagher  can  come  near  to  doing  that,  be  will  de- 
serve the  highest  commendations  of  our  people. 

There  is  always  a  sort  of  sentimental  in- 
Indian  Relief  terest  in  the  well-being  of  the  Indian  and 
of  late  there  has  been  much  sympathy  and 
active  co-operation.  Last  November  we  had  a  group  of 
very  interesting  Indians,  from  New  Mexico,  in  the  city, 
who  were  well  treated  by  everybody  and  in  fact  became  ob- 
jects of  actual  social  solicitude. 

This  feeling  is  natural.  The  Indian  was  once  the  undis- 
puted owner  of  the  land  here  and  we,  who  have  dispi  >  -  >ed 
him,  feel,  in  spite  of  ourselves,  certain  conscientious  respon- 
sibilities to  him  and  certain  regrets  for  terrible  things  in  the 
past.  For  it  must  be  frankly  admitted  that  the  behavior  of 
the  earlier  comers  to  the  Indian  was  inexcusably  brutal.  The 
Franciscan  Fathers  were  the  only  people  who  could  bring 
out  the  better  points  of  the  native  and.  assuredly,  the  only 
people  who  treated  the  aboriginal  Californians  with  any- 
thing like  decency.  They  were  murdered,  assaulted  and 
disposed  of  with  impunity. 

In  addition  to  the  wrongs  actually  inflicted  upon  the  In- 
dians, their  so-called  relief  has  been  a  source  of  much  po- 
litical corruption.  It  is  doubtful  if  any  department  of  the 
government  has  been  so  steeped  in  the  coarest  kind  of  poli- 
tics as  has  that  department  which  has  been  assumed  to 
look  after  the  Indians. 

Now,  however,  the  worst  part  of  that  system  seems  likely 
to  be  ended.  There  is  a  bill  before  Congress  which  will  pro- 
vide that  all  federal  funds  for  the  relief  of  the  Indian  will 
be  administered  through  the  State  Department  of  Health, 
Education  and  Public  Welfare. 

Our  representatives  at  Washington  should  be  urged  to 
support  this  measure  and  prevent  duplication  of  expendi- 
ture on  behalf  of  the  Indian. 


One  almost  gets  sick  of  the  eternal  commis- 
Tinkering  sions  which  one  after  another  file  into  ob- 

livion, leaving  behind  them  the  bad  smell  of 
futility.  Now,  the  governor,  who  usually  has  a  fair  grasp 
of  the  fitness  of  things,  has  appointed  another  commission 
to  go  into  the  matter  of  criminal  procedure  in  the  state.  It 
is  only  fair  to  state,  however,  that  the  commission  was 
wished  on  the  governor  by  the  Legislature,  which  generally 
may  be  counted  upon  to  add  to  the  gaiety  of  things. 

The  commission  is  to  be  appointed  in  order  to  devise  a 
more  rapid  way  of  disposing  of  criminal  cases  and,  the  gov- 
ernor implies,  for  the  speedy  and  more  ready  punishment 
if  i  iffenders. 

This  is  not  the  right  way  to  approach  the  matters.  What 
we  are  concerned  with  first  is  the  doing  of  justice,  real,  sub- 
stantial justice.  We  do  not  want  the  guilty  to  escape  and 
we  most  assuredly  do  not  want  the  innocent  to  suffer.  Any 
changes  which  will  risk  the  safety  and  liberty  of  innocent 
people,  for  the  sake  of  catching  the  guilty  are  bad  ;  they  are 
poor  jurisprudence  and  equally  poor  morals  and  threaten  the 
slate  ultimately  with  overthrow.  An  unjust  legal  system 
is  worse  than  lynch  law,  which,  with  all  its  defects,  has  a 
justification  in  the  passion  of  a  mob,  which  an  unjust  ad- 
ministration of  law  in  the  courts  can  never  attain. 

This  talking  about  clever  criminal  lawyers  getting  away 
with  the  juries  seems  to  be  the  merest  whining.  What  is  a 
court  and  jury  made  of  that  will  let  such  a  thing  happen? 
What  system  could  be  devised  to  bolster  up  such  weakness? 

The  weakness  of  the  present  system  lies  in  the  system  it- 
self and  the  dependence  of  judges  upon  the  whims  of  the 
populace  as  well  as  the  stupidity  of  juries. 


The   cost   of   living  is    probably   going 

Living  Costs  Fall       down    not    only    in    this    country    but 

abroad,    except    in    France,    where   the 

condition  of  the  franc  and  the  great  amount  of  newly  issued 

paper  money  tends  to  keep  prices  artifically  up. 

Commodity  prices  in  this  country  show  marked  signs  of 
falling,  there  being  a  majority  of  falling  price  commodities 
over  those  whose  price  has  risen. 

We  get  the  same  phenomenon  in  Britain,  where  prices 
have  touched  a  lower  level  than  at  any  time  since  1923  and 
-how  marked  signs  of  continuing  to  fall,  and  in  Germany, 
where  conditions  are  pretty  bad  just  now,  the  fall  being  still 
more  evident. 

This  means  in  plain  language  that  the  period  of  inflated 
prices  is  over,  and  that  the  period  of  regular  competitive 
production  is  here  again.  Of  course,  prices  have  a  long 
way  to  fall  before  they  get  back  to  the  1913  level,  which  was 
60  per  cent  below  the  present  prices  in  this  country  and  63 
per  cent  below  the  present  in  Britain.  But,  except  for 
those  food  stuffs  which  are,  by  reason  of  the  comparative 
scarcity  due  to  increase  in  population,  higher  than  at  former 
periods,  we  may  expect  to  see  falling  prices  in  the  near  fu- 
ture, for  the  process  once  started  is  likely  to  proceed. 

What  will  be  the  effect  upon  wages?  Naturally  if  the 
prices  of  products  in  the  markets  fall,  the  price  of  the  com- 
modity, labor,  must  of  necessity  fall  with  them.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  for  their  own  sakes  that  working  men  will  not  in 
many  cases  repeat  the  blunder  of  the  anthracite  coal  strike, 
which  lost  them  so  much  in  wages  and  gained  them  nothing 
at  the  end. 


The  bread  trust  is  beginning 
An  American  Industrialist  to   attract   attention.    There 

is  already  incipient  baying 
on  the  part  of  the  anti-trust  hounds  against  the  new  devel- 
opment of  capital  in  the  baking  industry.  For  us,  we  care 
not  about  combinations.     The  main  thing  is  the  production 


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of  a  good  commodity  at  a  fair  price.  Any  honest  way  in 
which  that  can  he  done  is  the  right  way. 

But  the  career  of  William  B.  Ward,  who  is  the  founder  of 
the  new  organization,  is  worth  looking  into.  It  is  charac- 
teristic of  this  country,  for  speed  and  certainty  of  rise.  Four 
years  ago  he  was  the  unknown  head  of  two  small  baking 
companies.  From  some  source,  not  so  far  revealed,  he  got 
sufficient  financial  backing  to  launch  a  nation-wide  baking 
company,  called  United  Bakeries  Corporation,  with  a  capi- 
tal of  $50,000,000.  A  year  later  he  managed  to  get  the  other 
Wards  out  of  the  original  Ward  Baking  Company  and 
greatly  to  increase  its  capital.  Two  years  later  the  two 
concerns  blossomed  out  into  the  Continental  Baking  Cor- 
poration, with  a  capital  of  $600,000,000.  In  less  than  a  year 
after  tha',  Ward  managed  to  tie  up  to  this  concern  the 
General  Baking  Corporation,  and  reincorporate  The  General 
Baking  Corporation  of  Maryland,  with  a  capital  of  one 
billion  dollars.  Four  months  after  that  the  Mammoth  Ward 
Food  Products  was  launched,  with  two  billions  capital 
stock. 

Now,  the  small  people  are  crying  "Food  Trust."  We  shall 
see.  The  baking  organizations  will  have  to  be  judged,  as 
all  other  economic  organizations,  by  the  social  service  ren- 
dered in  quality  and  cost  of  commodities.  These  are  the 
only  tests  worth  while. 


From  Brighter  Pens  Than  Ours 


From  one  of  the  most  impor- 
Governmental  Persecution     tant    of   our   local    papers,    we 

take  the  following  excerpt: 

"We  have  in  this  country  a  government  of  tyrannical 
puritanical,  pe"secuting,  spying,  keyhole-peeping,  woman- 
baiting,  man-hating,  messing,  interfering  old  fossils,  stick- 
ing their  blue  noses  into  everybody's  business." 

The  article  from  which  the  above  was  taken  is  written 
with  reference  to  the  Cathcart  case,  which  has  produced  SO 
much  feeling  and  is  likely  to  develop  into  a  law  case  of 
importance.  But  leaving  that  matter  on  one  side,  there  is 
no  doubt  that  the  adjectives  applied  to  the  group  which  as- 
sumes governmental  functions  in  this  country,  arc  exceed- 
ingly appropriate  and  come  very  near  being  an  accurate 
summary  of  many  disgusting  and  degrading  governmental 
activities. 

This  tendency  to  interfere  in  private  matters,  which  arc- 
not  by  any  means  of  public  importance  has  always  existed  in 
the  country  and  is  no  doubt  due  to  the  early  village  lite  of 

the  community.  People  in  remote  country  districts  arc  very 
likely  to  busy  themselves  with  the  affairs  of  other  people,  for 
lack  .if  other  means  of  satisfying  their  curiosity  and  bestial 
longings  to  inflict  pain.  These  villages,  though  declining  in 
imporiance,  arc  still  very  powerful  politically.  The  politician 
comes  from  them  with  a  mini  already  formed  by  the  village 
life  nf  his  youth.  Moreover,  personal  matters  of  a  gossipy  na- 
ture are  those  which  appeal  most  Strongly  to  the  imagination 
of  his  \  tllage  constituents. 

Hut  more  than  anything  else  tending  to  degrade  the  govern- 
mental  mind  and  to  produce  petty  tyranny,  is  the  prohibition 
amendment  with  its  corollary,  Volstead. 


Interesting  Events  in  Denmark  in  1926 

March  28-31-    International  Tennis  Tournament. 

June  2 — Elsinore,  the  town  of  Hamlet,  with  famous  Kron- 
borg  (Aistlc.  500  years  anniversary  of  granting  of  charter. 

June  5.  6 — International  Motor  Races  on  the  beach  of 
Fanoe. 

June   23,   .'"—International   sailing  regatta.   Copenhagen. 

Beginning  of  August — National  Fair  in  Fredericia  (Jut- 
land). 

Yes,  dearie,  the  only  substitute  for  brains  is  silence. 


Conservatism  is  a  state  of  mind  resulting  from  a  good  job. — 
Richmond  News-Leader. 

*  *     * 

France  is  the  real  land  of  opportunity.  There,  sooner  or 
later,  every  man  gets  a  chance  to  enter  the  Cabinet. — Mil- 
waukee Journal. 

*  *     * 

People  talk  of  nuisance  taxes  as  tho  there  were  some  other 
kind. — Florence  (  Ala. )  Herald. 

*  #     * 

"Men  who  get  things  done,  shave  daily." — Ad.  This  seems 
to  dispose  of  Mr.  Hughes,  Poincare,  King  George  and  Santa 
Claus. — Detroit  News. 

If  only  the  days  were  longer,  Hoover  might  handle  several 
other  Departments. — Roanoke  World  News. 

*  *     * 

Ah,  well ;  when  the  go-getters  all  go  to  Florida,  the  rest  of 
us  will  have  a  better  chance  at  home. — Tucson  Citizen. 

*  *     * 

Don't  be  deceived  by  the  weather  prediction,  "Partly  cloudy." 
The  other  part  is  probably  snow,  hail,  cloudburst  and  blizzard. 

— Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

Life  isn't  just  one  darn  thing  after  another.  It  is  just  about 
a  million  darn  things  after  a  million  others. — Columbia  Record. 

*  *     * 

France  Expected  to  Reopen  Debt  Parley  Soon. — Headline. 
Let's  hope  that  France  has  learned  by  now  that  it  takes 
jacks  or  better  to  open. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

That  Rhinelander  suit  ought  to  be  sent  to  the  cleaner. — Vir- 
ginian-Pilot. 

*  *     * 

The  motor-car  will  eventually  drive  people  underground,  says 
a  traffic  expert.    It  often  does  now.  if  it  hits  a  man  hard  enough. 

—  Punch. 

*  *     * 

I 'aim  Beach  has  gone  in  for  synthetic  jewelry.  Plate  glass 
diamonds  and  paste  pearl-  are  certainly  in  keeping  with  paper 

profits. — Wichita  Lagle. 

*  *     * 

Arrests  of  coast-guard  personnel  for  conniving  with  rum- 
runners indicate  that  some  of  the  teeth  in  the  Volstead  Law 
are  false. — Florence  i  Ala.  )  Herald. 

*  *     * 

Another  thing  against  war  is  that  it  seldom  if  ever  kills  off 
the  right  people. — Baltimore  Sun. 

*  *    * 

And  just  a  few  years  ago  being  knock-kneed  was  a  misfor- 
tune instead  of  a  dance. —  Birmingham  News. 

*  *     * 

Another  paradox  is  that  many  climb  to  considerable  heights 

by  remaining  on  the  level. —  Florence  (Ala.  I  Herald. 

*  *     * 

The  radio  industry  i-  in  its  infancy.  That's  why  the  darn 
things  kick  up  such  a  racket  when  you  have  company. — Colum- 
bia Record. 

*  *     * 

Rubber  prices  mav  soon  be  spelled  with  an  o. — Virginian- 
Pilot. 

*  *     * 

Whether  the  pedestrian  gets  an  even  break  depends  largely 
on  where  he's  hit. — Arkansas  Gazette. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  27,  1926 


LEISURE'S  WW 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  75/7?  Moore, 


Curran 

BEAUTIFUL  girls,  wonderful  cos- 
tumes, gorgeous  stage  settings,  a 
musical  score  clo^elv  woven  into  the 
story. — well, 
it  is  hard  to 
write  about 
"  Rose  Ma- 
rie'' which 
came  to  the 
Curran, 
ipening  last 
Monday 
night  to  an 
enthusiastic 
audience. 

There  is  a 
strong1  story, 
and  of  course 

Kalherino    SchnnrlK  the    S  0  n  S  S 

that  have  been  the  hits  in  the  play  and 
preceded  it  by  two  years  or  more,  were 
enthusiastically  recognized  and  ap- 
plauded. Of  these,  the  "Indian  Love 
Call."  "Rose  Marie"  and  "Totem  Tom 
Tom"  are  the  outstanding  numbers. 

Arthur  Hammerstein  has  sent  us  a 
marvelous  production,  and  special  men- 
tion must  be  made  of  the  view  of  the 
mountains  and  the  valley  for  the 
Totem  Pole  Lodge  scene,  which  is  a 
marvelous  bit  of  scene  painting.  The 
Totem  Pole  dance,  in  which  the  chorus 
wins  the  plaudits  of  the  audience,  is  un- 
usual and  novel,  and  indeed,  the  cos- 
tuming is  wonderfully  beautiful  and 
artistic. 

Maria  Shamson,  the  prima  donna, 
has  a  voice  of  rare  quality,  and  her 
vivaciousness  and  beauty  enthrall  her 
hearers  ;  Thomas  Conkey  is  thoroughly 
satisfying  in  the  role  of  the  lover;  and 
Arthur  Cunningham,  an  old  favorite 
here,  is  great  in  the  part  of  Sergeant 
Malone.  Sibylla  Bowhan  does  some 
splendid  dancing,  with  a  technic  and 
fire  that  are  marvelous  to  behold. 
Betty  Byron,  petite  and  charming  little 
soubrette,  adds  much  to  the  pleasure 
of  the  audience,  being  delightful  : 
Charley  Sylber  and  she  carry  the  bur- 
den of  the  comedy,  and  were  instant 
hits  with  the  large  audience. 

The  big  orchestra,  under  the  able 
direction  of  Fred  Walz,  played  the  very 
excellent  musical  score  in  a  most  artis- 
tic and  satisfying  way,  and  too  much 
can  not  be  said  for  the  perfectly  trained 
chorus  of  men  and  girls,  who  can  both 
sing  and  dance. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

Loew's  Warfield 

"The  Devil's  Circus."  the  first  Amer- 
ican production  under  the  direction  of 
the  Danish  director,  Benjamin  Chris- 
tianson,  opens  at  the  Warfield  today. 

Norma  Shearer,  Charles  Emmett 
Mack,  Carmel  Myers.  Claire  Mc- 
Dowell. John  Miljan,  Joyce  Coad.  the 
latest  child  find  in  fihndom.  and  the 
popular  trick  dog.  "Buddy."  make  up 
a  very  strong  cast. 

It  is  a  simple  story,  simply  told,  and 
therein  lies  its  greatness.  The  play 
has  melodrama,  comedy  and  pathos, 
and  it  is  well  acted  and  directed. 

On  the  stage  the  presentation  will 
bring  to  San  Francisco,  old  and  popular 
friends.  Boyce  Come.  "The  American 
Prince  of  Wales"  is  the  star  in  Fan- 
chon  &  Marco's  Idea.  "Candle  Light." 
Another  favorite  is  Rose  Yalyda,  the 
two-voiced  girl,  star  of  the  radio  and 
a  great  favorite  here.  There  will  be 
new  fares,  too — Mildred  Costello  ,  a 
beautiful  girl  in  Spanish  dances. 
Arnold  Grazier,  a  versatile  dancer,  and 
the  ever-welcome  Sunkist  Beauties. 

*     *     * 
Orpheum 

A  big  carnival  comedy  is  offered  to 
the  patrons  of  the  Orpheum  the  com- 
ing week,  when  an  all  new  bill  of  stage 
favorites  gathered  from  all  over  the 
world,  will  present  a  program  filled 
with  beautiful  girls  and  plenty  of  fun 
and  comedy  for  good  measure. 

Trini.  Spain's  foremost  artist,  and 
one  of  the  world's  most  beautiful  girls, 
heads  the  program  in  a  new  diver- 
tissement in  which  she  is  assisted  by 
the  South  American  troubadours,  Daric 
Bersani  and  Charles  Schneck. 

A  pair  of  the  best  entertainers  in 
the  land,  Ted  and  Betty  Healy,  will 
dispense  fun  and  good  cheer  in  the 
original  Healy  manner,  the  Stefane 
Mascagne  Ballet,  one  of  vaudeville's 
stupendous  dance  divertissements,  with 
a  large  company  of  beautiful  and  tal- 
ented girls,  including  Klarna  Pinska, 
a  native  of  San  Francisco,  is  also  a 
featured  attraction;  Ted  Doner,  late 
of  "Lady  Be  Good"  and  one  of  Broad- 
way's most  popular  juveniles,  is  also 
on  the  bill. 

A  new  feature  is  the  engagement  of 
the  Royal  Northwestern  Police  Band 
under  the  direction  of  Eddie  Elliott; 
the  Six  Hassans,  an  aggregation  of 
whirlwind  wizards;  Jerome  Mann,  ju- 


venile mimic  in  "Impersonations"  com- 
plete the  long  list  of  artists.  There 
will  be  another  ever-popular  after- 
piece, featuring  a  big  carnival  in  which 
all  the  artists  participate. 

*  *     * 
Golden  Gate  Theater 

Next  week's  bill  for  the  Golden  Gate 
is  headed  by  Miss  Ruth  Rove,  peppy 
delineator  of  ragtime  ditties.  Miss 
Roye  is  known  as  the  "Comedienne  of 
Syncopation,"  and  her  songs  are  all 
of  the  popular  type  and  are  given  a 
new  and  distinctive  interpretation. 

Jean  Boydell,  the  "Unique  Pepolo- 
gist,"  is  the  second  unusual  star  on 
the  bill,  and  returns  to  the  Golden 
Gate  this  year  with  an  entirely  new 
act.  Dan  Stanley  and  Al  Birnes,  a 
couple  of  "fast  hoofers,"  have  a  fine 
routine  of  new  dance  steps ;  Billy 
House  and  Company  in  a  comedy  of 
love  and  lingerie  called,  "Oh,  Teddy," 
are  also  on  the  bill ;  an  "Amateur  Nite 
in  London"  is  another  feature,  being 
a  burlesque  on  the  London  music  halls  ; 
there  is  still  another  big  act  which  has 
not  been  announced,  but  there  is  a 
surprise  in  store  for  theatergoers  at  this 
theater  this  week. 

On  the  screen  will  be  shown  "The 
Pace  That  Thrills,"  a  new  First  Na- 
tional release  starring  Ben  Lyon,  Mary 
Astor  and  Tully  Marshall,  in  what  is 
said  to  be  the  fastest  moving  action 
film  ever  made,  it  includes  a  prize  fight, 
a  bull  fight  and  a  great  automobile 
race. 

The  usual  short  films  and  Claude 
Sweeten  and  his  orchestra,  with  Grace 
Rollins  Hunt  at  the  organ,  round  out 
a  program  of  unusual  interest. 

*  *     * 
Columbia 

Beginning  Monday  evening,  March 
1st,  there  will  be  a  notable  production 
given  at  this  theater,  where  R.  C.  Whit- 
ney presents  Julia  Arthur  in  George 
Bernard  Shaw's  "Saint  Joan"  with  a 
distinguished  cast  in  support. 

*  *     * 
Auditorium 

The  San  Carlo  Opera  Company  has 
made  a  new  record  in  its  engagement 
at  the  Auditorium  this  season.  With 
such  a  coterie  of  brilliant  stars,  to- 
gether with  a  splendid  chorus  and  or- 
chestra, there  has  been  a  record-break- 
ing  attendance   at    each    performance, 


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Amusements 

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LOEWS  WARFIELD               (      .-The   Devil's  CirCUS" 
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PRESIDENT                 1     Florence  Roberts  in 
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UNION  SQUARE         1             Pictures  and 
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CONCERTS 

Curran    Theater.    Sunday    Afternoon    2:45.    San 
Francisco    Symphony. 

proving  that  San  Francisco  has  many- 
lovers  of  good  music. 

*  *     * 

Theater  Arts  Club 

The  Theater  Arts  Club  gave  four 
one-act  plays  of  much  interest  at  the 
Players'  Guild  on  Thursday  evening. 
Under  the  direction  of  Talma  Zetta 
Wilbur,  the  plays  presented  were  "The 
Eldest,"  by  Edna  Ferber;  "God 
Winks"  by  Katherine  Sunderry  Bur- 
gess ;  "Not  Such  a  Goose"  by  Eliza- 
beth Galey  and  "After  Twenty-five 
Years"  by  O.  W.  Firkens. 

San  Francisco  Symphony 
Orchestra 

The  eighth  popular  concert  was  fea- 
tured to  us  by  the  "C"  Minor  Sym- 
phony of  Reethoven  ;  it  was  wisely  put 
on  a  "Pop"  concert  for  from  our  mo- 
ments as  a  student,  it  was  the  cause 
of  many  whacks  on  the  fingers  and 
scoldings  from  the  teacher :  it  is  there- 
fore popular  because  it  is  correct,  what 
student  does  not  remember  the  correct 
chords;  the  correct  rhythm;  the  old 
1,  2,  3,  4  which  was  simple  enough  for 
all  to  learn  (?)  yet  difficult  to  play 
correctly.  It  must  be  done  correctly 
as  Mr.  Hertz  did  it. 

Let  us  thank  Mr.  Hertz  again  for 
the  Prelude  to  Lohengrin.  The  Menuet 
by  Boccherini  and  Gavotte  by  Godard, 
were  pleasant  indeed  to  the  ear  and ' 
the  "Marionette's  Funeral  March"  is 
always   delightful. 

*  *     * 
St.  Francis 

"Behind  the  Front,"  continues  to 
cause  great  waves  of  laughter  at  each 
performance.  Wallace  Beery  is  scream- 
ingly funny,  and  it  is  well  worth  your 
w  bile  to  see  this  picture. 

*  *     * 
Imperial 

"The  Cohens  and  the  Kellys"  is  a 
merry  play  which  is  now  showing  at 
the  Imperial  Theater.  It  is  full  of 
sentiment,  humor  and  fun.  It  i-  well 
plaved,  and  delights  the  movie  fans. 
It  fills  its  mission,  which  is  to  amuse 
and  entertain. 

*  *     * 

President 

"Dancing  Mothers"  is  going  into  its 
six-h  week  at  Henrv  Duffy's  popular 
playhouse  on  McAllister  Street,  the 
President,  and  shows  no  abatement  of 
interest  on  the  part  of  the  public.  The 
comedy  has  elements  that  appeal  to  a 
modern  audience.  It  is  jazzy  and  up-to- 
the-minute,  and  it  pleases  because  it 
-  a  woman  of  forty  rebelling  at  be- 
ing called  an  "old  woman."  and  stepping 
out  for  herself,  .'rawing  all  the  beaux  at 
her  experienced  beds, 

Florence  Roberts  has  this  role  and  re- 
vels in  it.  showing  all  her  fine  art  in  its 
performance.  She  looks  beautiful,  and 
acts  with  force  and  power. 


There  is  a  splendid  cast  in  her  sup- 
port, each  one  of  which  is  admirably 
cast. 

Capitol 

Kolb  and  Dill  in  their  musical  corned)-, 
"Pair  o'  Fools,"  begin  the  sixth  week 
of  their  San  Francisco  engagement  at  the 
Capitol  Theatre  tomorrow  night.  The 
piece  ran  for  one  month  at  the  Curran 
Theatre  and  so  great  was  the  success  of 
the  two  funsters  that  it  was  necessary 
for  them  to  cancel  all  other  California 
engagements  in  order  that  they  might  re- 
main here  in  San  Francisco.  "Rose  Ma- 
rie" was  booked  to  open  at  the  Curran  last 
Monday  night,  hence  their  removal  to  the 
Capitol. 

The  engagement  at  the  Capitol  will  he 
of  short  duration  as  Kolb  and  Dill  are 
booked  to  open  at  a  leading  Chicago  the- 
atre in  the  near  future 

sje       s|e       $ 

Alcazar 

"Twelve  Miles  Out,"  William  Anthony 
McGuire's  strange  and  amusing  adven- 
ture, a  play  that  is  at  the  present  time  the 
talk  of  New  York,  will  be  given  its  first 
production  outside  of  the  metropolis  at 
the  Alcazar  tomorrow  evening.  Henry 
Duffy,  always  tip-to-the  minute,  secured 
the  Pacific  Coast  rights  to  this  merry 
thriller  as  soon  as  it  had  been  acclaimed 
a  success  on  Broadway.  It  is  one  of  the 
big  triumphs  of  the  season  at  the  Play- 
house, New  York,  where  it  is  now  play- 
ing. 

It  is  promised  for  San  Francisco  that 
the  production  will  be  one  of  the  most 
elaborate  seen  at  this  theater  in  some 
time.  Duffy  has  obtained  for  one  of  the 
leading  roles,  Frank  Sheridan,  New  York 
star  of  renown.  Dale  Winter  and  Wil- 
liam Davidson  will  also  have  splendid 
parts,  and  a  very  important  role  will  be 
in  the  capable  hands  of  William  Ma- 
cauley.  In  addition  to  these  players. 
Duffy  has  brought  from  Xew  York,  espe- 
cially for  this  offering,  two  talente  1 
actors,  Harry  J.  Leland  and  Edward 
Lynch. 

"Twelve  Miles  Out"  is  the  most  start- 
ling, vivid  and  mystifying  play  imagin- 
able. It  concerns  the  doings  of  boot- 
leggers and  highjackers,  and  all  of  its 
three  acts  take  place  on  a  ship  at  sea. 

Others  in  the  cast  will  be  Phil  Tead. 
William   Abram.   Frank  Darien,  Charles 

Edler  and  Patric  O'Neil. 

*     *     * 

"The  Big  Parade" 
Those  who  have  seen  "The  Big  Pa- 
rade" at  the  Wilkes  Theatre  and  patrons 
of  the  cinema  who  have  not  heretofore 
viewed  this  sterling  attraction,  are  ad- 
vised to  take  advantage  of  the  short  time 
that  this  epic  remains  at  the  Wilkes,  for. 
according  to  announcements  that  are 
deemed  official,  the  entire  organization 
will  shortly  make  the  parade  to  other 
climes.  Portland,  it  is  said  i<  scheduled 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  27,  1926 


San  Francisco's  Beauties 
Defined  i  1  Memories'  Lines 

SOCIETY  folks,  literary  leaders,  book  devotees  and  their 
cultured  constituents,  in  particular,  are  hunting  eagerly, 
these  days  for  poems,  descriptive  articles  and  historical 
books  on' San  Francisco.  The  present  devotion  to  study  of 
their  native  city  is  not  a  spasmodic  fad  as  might  at  first 
be  supposed,  but  it  is  an  ardent  and  determined  desire  to 
thoroughly  acquaint  one's  self  with  the  natural  beauties 
of  this  citv. 

At  a  literary  gathering  held  in  the  California  Llub  home  on 
Clay  Street  this  past  week,  one  of  the  outstanding  poems  on 
Sari  Francisco  was  the  motif  of  the  scholarly  event. 

This  poem:  "San  Francisco  From  Russian  Hill."  written  by 
Eleanore  Ross,  was  delightfully  read  by  Virgilio  Luciani.  poet. 
Requests  for  its  repetition  prompt  us  to  print  it  in  these  col- 
umns in  compliance  with  those  whose  social  affairs  offer  study 
as  well  as  transitory  pastimes. 

For  do  not  be  misled  and  believe  that  society  is  engrossed 
in  bridge  to  the  lack  of  reading — or  an  appreciation  of  books. 
Society,  on  the  other  hand,  sponsors  creative  work  wherever 
it  can  rind  the  things  it  seeks  as  worth  while  and  commemora- 
tive. 

The  beautiful  poem  by  Eleanore  Ross: 

San  Francisco  From  Russian  Hill 
From  my  small  roof-tree,  perched  upon  the  bill. 
Where  sea  winds  pass  unbidden  o'er  the  sill, 
While  shadows  creep  along  the  streets  below, 

I  watch  the  kindling  of  the  afterglow. 

*  *     * 

The  breath  of  throbbing  mills  is  tossed  on  high, 
Like  waving  plumes  upon  the  evening  sky. 
But  e'en  the  smoke  from  each  dun  fact'  iry 
Holds  some  strange  beauty  that  appeals  to  me ; 

For  I  can  see  the  light  strike  'gainst  its  swirl, 

And  change  it  into  opalescent  pearl. 

*  *     # 

Like  brown  moths  flitting  in  the  Summer  moon, 
The  lateen  sails  steal  from  the  still  lagoon  ; 
Long  night  must  cover  them  upon  the  bay. 
They  breast  the  swinging  waxes  as  if  in  play. 

*  *     * 

Across  the  waters  of  a  changing  sea, 

Now  chrysoprase,  now  lapis  lazuli. 

Aglow  as  touched  by  some  magician's  wand. 

Rises  the  King  of  cloud-kissed  Tamal  land. 

*  *     * 

In  darker  times  to  cheer  our  smoke-seared  sight. 
The  torch  that  shone  unceasing  through  the  night. 
Still  flashes  warning  to  the  ships  that  pass. 
From  the  grim  battlements  of  Alcatraz. 

*  *     * 

Then  fades  the  glow,  and  sea  and  sky  grow  dun. 
Night's  hand  wipes  out  the  colors  of  the  sun. 
That  lone  and  distant  bell,  disconsolate 
Tells  of  the  gray  guest  waiting  at  the  gate. 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 

I  see  the  evening  breeze  catch  his  white  hair, 
And  snowy  beard,  and  fling  them  in  the  air, 
While  one  by  one,  against  the  dark'ning  sea, 
(.learn  out  the  lights  of  "Little  Italy." 

*  *     * 

So,  when  the  glow  fades,  and  my  day  wanes  late, 
Let  me  not  fear  the  "Gray  Guest  at  the  Gate"; 
But  let  me  meet  him  as  a  gracious  host, 
Nor  see  in  him  the  dread  face  of  a  ghost. 
Here  in  my  little  roof-tree  on  the  hill. 
Where  sea  winds  pass  unbidden  o'er  the  sill. 

*  *     * 

Society  hastening  to  Del  Monte  and  Monterey  for  the  big 
polo  tournaments  and  for  the  week-end  visits  over  Washing- 
t'  in 's  birthday,  presented  a  gala  appearance  at  the  famous  hostel- 
ries  in  and  around  Pebble  Beach  and  environs. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  McCreery  gave  a  number  of  festive 
affairs  at  their  Pebble  Beach  home.  Their  house  gues's  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  K.  Bowes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence 
Bowes,  Mi<-  Katherinc  I'.'  wes  and  Mr.  Richard  Schwerin. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Shaw  were  at  Pebble  I'.each  over 
the  holiday  week-end. 


Mr.  and  Mr-.  Charles  Holbrook,  Jr..  went  to  Santa  Barbara 
last  week  to  attend  the  welding  of  Miss  Esther  Beebe  Ham- 
mond and  Mr.  H.  11.  Webb,  Jr..  which  took  place  February  20 
on  the  Hammond  estate.  Bonnymede,  Montecito. 

*  *     * 

A  party  of  society  folks  went  to  Yosemite  Valley  for  the 
week-end  and  to  indulge  in  the  winter  sports.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Moren  Tyron,  Miss  Barbara  ami  Audrey  Willett  were  among 
the  enthusiastic  society  folks  who  delighted  in  the  snow  games 
and  winter's  gaveties. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Tcmpleton  Crocker  gave  a  number  of  social  affairs  in 
compliment  to  Mr.  anil  Mrs.  Walter  Dillingham  and  Mrs.  Har- 
old Dillingham  prior  to  their  departure  for  Honolulu. 

*  *     * 

The  Vittoria  Colonna  Club 

An  unusually  interesting  program  will  he  given  by  the 
Vittoria  Colonna  Club,  of  which  Mrs.  John  Jaro  is  presi- 
dent, and  Mrs.  M.  Cafferata  is  chairman,  today,  the  27th, 
in  the  Bank  of  Italy  Auditorium.  No.  1  Powell  Street. 

After  the  regular  meeting,  which  will  take  place  at  2:15 
p.m.,  the  following  program  will  be  given  at  3:15  p.m.: 

Piano  selection  by  Marie  Becker  and  Francis  Violich. 

Mr.  Virgilio  Luciani,  poet  and  author,  will  recite  a  group 
of  original  poems,  in  both  English  and  Italian,  accompanied 
by  Mrs.  Portia  Bradley  at  the  piano. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Whelan  will  contribute  several  vocal  selections, 
and  the  speaker  of  the  day  will  he  Mrs.  Parker  S.  Maddux. 

The  following  comprise  the  reception  committee: 

Mrs.  F.  Gastaldi.  Miss  O.  Ottoboni.  Mrs.  A.  B.  Bianchi, 
Miss  A.  Toriggino.  Mrs.  L.  Ferrari.  Mrs.  L.  R.  Podesta  will 
serve  tea. 


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Mrs.  John  Merrill  and  Miss  Camille  Fatten 
were  prominent  among  those  who  contributed  to 
the  Laurel  Hall  program  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 
Mrs.  T.  V.  Cator  and  Mrs.  L.  A.  Pfeiffer,  the  lat- 
ter of  whom  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  San 
Francisco  Branch  League  of  American  Pen 
Women,  as  well  as  an  executive  of  Laurel  Hall 
Club,  essayed  leading  roles  in  the  presentation 
of  Shakesperean  characters  at  the  anniversary 
breakfast  of  Laurel  Hall  Club.  Mrs.  M.  C.  Mc- 
Gurrin  played  selections  on  the  Irish  harp. 
*     *     * 

Mayflower  Ball 

Isabel  Likens  Gates,  well-known  poet  and  short 
story  writer  of  Washington,  D.  C,  was  a  promi- 
nent author  attending  the  Mayflower  Ball  given 
in  Washington,  D.  C.,  last  week  under  the  au- 
spices of  the  Washington  League  of  American 
Pen  Women. 

Mrs.  Gates  wore  the  gown  in  which  she  was 
married  31  years  ago  and,  according  to  those  who 
saw  this  charming  author  she  was  one  of  the  most 
attractive  leaders  of  the  ball. 

Some  of  the  favorite  dances  of  long  ago  were 
features  of  the  Mayflower  Ball,  the  lancers,  the  quadrille  and 
the  waltz  as  "it  used  to  be  danced"  were  fascinating  measures 
of  the  ballroom.  One  of  the  innovations  was  the  playing  of 
Mr.  Ford's  prize  "fiddler,"  who  came  from  Massachusetts  for 
the  occasion,  Mrs.  Gates'  "lady  opposite"  wore  her  grand- 
mother's wedding  dress  of  1842. 

The  ladies  taking  part  in  one  of  the  artistic  quadrilles  were 
all  in  green  with  yards  of  silk  and  graceful  folds  of  "ye  long 
ago"  adding  quaintness  and  charm. 

Mrs.  H.  S.  Mulliken  is  the  capable  president  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  branch,  under  whose  direction  the  ball  was  given. 
All  of  the  officers  co-operated  so  heartily  that  the  event  was 
a  great  success,  and  historically,  as  well  as  artistically  and  fi- 
nancially, registered  something  superlatively  fine  and  memor- 
able. 

*  *     * 

Isabel  Likens  Gates  is  the  sister  of  Dr.  J.  \Y.  Likens  of  San 
Francisco,  whose  home  is  on  California  Street.  Airs.  Gates 
has  written  a  number  of  patriotic  poems,  one  of  which  was  read 
recently  on  Armistice  Day  in  Washington  at  the  sacred  cere- 
monies. She  also  lead  one  of  her  own  poems  at  Arlington  and 
while  Mrs.  Gates  was  in  San  Francisco  she  was  the  guesl  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  and.  upon  request, 
read  her  poem  on  "The  Flag"  at  the  ceremonies  held  at  the 
Palace  of  Fine    \rts  as  part  of  their  patriotic  program, 

*  *     * 
Engagement  Luncheon 

Mis.   Harry   Hush   Magec  gave  a  luncheon  ;it  her   Pie 
home  in  compliment  to   Miss  Margaret  Bentley,  whose  engage- 
ment has  been  announced  to  Mr.  Stewart  Hellman, 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Charles  Suydam  gave  a  delightful  party  for  Miss  Rosa- 
lind Warwick,  whose  betrothal  to  Mr.  Merrill  Morsehead  has 
been  the  incentive  for  any  number  of  charming  affairs  recently. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Olive  Watt  was  the  honor  guest  at  a  luncheon  given 
last  week  by  Miss  Carrol  Andrew,  whose  guests  were  Mrs. 
Eric  t.auson,  the  Misses  lean  Howard.  Elizabeth  Sutton.  Cyn- 
thia Body,  Peggy  Martin.  Beatrice  Horst.  Drusilla  Maltby, 
Kathryn  Chace,  Dorcas  Jackson.  Evelyn  l.ansdale  and  June 
Clement. 


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Two  young  California  society  girls  have  left 
for  the  East  to  study  art,  Miss  Hildreth  Meiere, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Ernest  Meiere  and  Miss  Louise 
Janin,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Harry  Mendell,  have 
both  gained  recognition  for  their  talent.  Miss 
Meiere  has  become  known  for  her  skill  as  decora- 
tor and  a  painter  of  beautiful  murals.  She  is 
now  finishing  murals  for  a  church  in  Boston. 
*     *     * 

An  interesting  musical  affair  was  given  at  the 
Commodore  Sloat  School  under  the  direction  of 
Miss  Olive  Bartlett,  special  teacher  of  music  in 
the  school.  One  hundred  children  from  the  upper 
grades  took  part  in  the  Cantata,  "The  Childhood 
of  Hiawatha."  Ira  Wilson  wrote  the  music  to 
Longfellow's  poem  and  Miss  Leora  Shuck  was 
the  accompanist.  The  children  were  dressed  in 
Indian  costumes.  Miss  Estelle  Carpenter,  director 
of  music  in  the  public  schools,  has  long  been 
training  the  school  children  in  this  kind  of  work, 
helping  them  to  appreciate  the  best  in  music  as 
well  as  training  their  young  voices  to  sing  the 
parts  they  essayed  with  so  much  understanding 
and  skill.  The  setting  for  the  Cantata  was  the 
work  of  the  school  children,  who  made  all  of  the  posters,  de- 
picting a  forest. 

*  *     * 

Burlingame  Dinner 
Dance  for  Visitors 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Verdier  were  bus's  at  an  elaborate  din- 
ner dance  given  last  week  in  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walter  Chrysler  of  New  York,  the  Rurlingame  Country  Club 
being  the  setting  for  the  society  event. 

Quantities  of  early  spring  flowers  were  used  in  the  decora- 
tive scheme.  Festoons  of  colored  silks  hung  from  the  ceilings, 
blending  in  tone  with  the  blossoms.  Delicately  tinted  -.hells 
provided  the  table  lightings  with  soft  glows  spreading  over  the 
motifs  giving  a  fairly-like  effect  to  the  scene. 

The  guest  list  comprise  1  the  smart  set  of  the  peninsula  and 
bay  cities  many  of   whom   were  visiting  celebrities   from  the 
i  coast  and  European  centers. 

Those  attending  the  delightful  event  included:  Messrs  and 
Mesdames:  George  M.  Armsby,  Thomas  Eastland,  Charles 
Blyth,  Arthur  Brown,  Jr.,  Walter  Hobart,  George  T.  Cameron. 
Charles  Howard  Jr.,  Templeton  (rocker,  George  Nickel,  1 1.  W. 
I1'  ett.  R.  W.  Salisbury,  <  ieorge  ('.  Thierbach,  Cyril  Tobin,  E.  J. 
Tobin,  Mountford  S.  Wilson,  Fentress  Hill,  J.  Clark  Burgard, 
Charles  Howard.  Linsey  Howard.  W.  W.  Crocker,  F.  1'..  Hus- 
.  W.  McNear,  William  (i.  Parro't,  G.  A.  Pope,  Robert 
II.  Smith.  Rudolph  Spreckels,  Joseph  O.  Tobin,  Andrew 
Welch.  Cliff  Weatherwax,  Adolph  Sutro,  Herbert  Fleishhacker, 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Mas  Rothschild,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Edward  Mc- 
Cauley,  Mrs.  Tobin  (lark. 

Misses:  Margery  Blyth,  Evelyn  Poett.  Alice  Hager,  Alice 
Moffitt,  Florence  Welch,  Adelaide  Sutro,  Claudine  Spreckels, 
Eleanor  Armsby,  Katharine  Kuhn,  Marie  Welch.  Marjorie 
Fleishhacker.  Margot  Sutro. 

Messrs:  James  D.  Phelan,  Trescott  Scott.  William  Tevi-.  Jr., 
II.  Fleishhacker.  Jr..  William  H.  Crocker,  George  McNear.  Jr., 

William  S.  Tevis. 

*  *     * 

Laurel  Hill  Literati 

Members  ami  guests  of  Laurel  Hall  Club,  the  first  club  of 
n  point  of  organization  period,  were  royally  en- 
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tions.    Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
minp  pool.     Fireproof  hotel.     Write  for  booklet.     T.  H.  COR- 
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February  27,  1926 


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By  Fred  Blair 


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O.  HARRISON,  chairman  of  the  Tenth 
■  Annual  Auto  .Men's  Golf  Championship 
tournament,  which  is  scheduled  to  take  place 
at  Del  Monte.  March  5,  6,  7  is  whetting  up  his 
appetite  to  kill  some  more  big  game  when  he 
encounters  Charlie  Howard,  the  Buick  boss, 
lack  French,  the  Dodge  demon  and  Norman 
*  be  Vaux,  who  peddles  the  Star  of  cars. 

H.  O.  has  just  returned  from  a  year's  hunting  expedition 
in  the  big  jungles  of  South  Africa,  where  he  potted  hun- 
dreds of  lions,  tigers,  and  many  other  wild  animals,  bill 
he  says  that's  nothing  to  what  he  expects  when  he  meets 
those  three  pillars  of  gasoline  row  in  the  open  at  Del  Monte 
forest. 

They  say  that  Harrison  is  a  dead  shot  and  can  pot  them 
from  any  distance  according  to  Jack  French. 

Last  year  he  plucked  so  many  tail  fea'.hers  out  of  Norman 
De  Yaux  that  the  famous  Frenchman  could  hardly  make  the 
grade  back  to  Oakland  after  the  tournament.  However, 
Norman  is  no  quitter  and  will  be  on  deck  again  fully  forti- 
fied with  several  million  francs,  with  which  he  will  back  up 
his  opinion. 

Jack  French  never  "Dodged''  an  issue  yet ;  no  matter  how 
you  get  Frenchy  he  comes  back  for  more.  Jack  says  if  he 
needs  any  assistance  he  will  call  on  Jack  Nelson,  his  star 
salesman  and  a  former  Princeton  fullback.  Jack  is  a  bird 
when  the  game  is  tough.  With  Charlie  Howard  it's  dif- 
ferent. Charlie  delights  to  contribute  a  few  thousand 
eagles  each  year,  he  says  he  gets  more  kick  out  of  watching 
De  Vaux,  French  and  Harrison  argue  over  a  few  hundred 
dollars  than  he  does  watching  Kolb  and  Dill. 

Jack  French  will  assist  Harrison  on  the  tournament  com- 
mittee along  with  Frank  Herman,  conceded  to  be  the 
world's  greatest  birdie  shooter. 

*  *     * 
Buick  Well  Represented 

The  Howard  Automobile  Company  will  be  well  repre- 
sented by  Eaton  McMillan.  Bob  Thompson,  Phil  Cornyn, 
and  Charlie  Howard,  the  big  chief  himself.  Charlie  Howard 
is  offering  5  to  1  that  McMillan  cleans  up  the  field.  Eaton 
won  his  first  auto  golf  title  several  years  back  and  looks 
like  a  cinch  to  repeat. 

Bob  Thompson,  who  has  become  a  regular  golf  bug  since 
he  held  the  record  for  sales  last  year,  is  a  sure  winner  in 
his  flight,  while  Phil  Cornyn,  the  old-time  boxer  is  liable 
to  do  most  anything. 

The  famous  foursome,  Bill  Hughson,  Geo.  Wahlgreen, 
Chester  Weaver  and  George  Plugoff,  will  be  out  doing 
their  stuff.  Although  none  of  them  are  any  Joe  Kirkwoods, 
still  they  get  a  better  gallery  and  make  a  better  impres- 
sion especially  with  the  thousands  of  devots  they  cut  than 
anyone  of  the  200  that  enter  the  tournament. 

*  *     * 
Rain  Puts  Jinx  on  Tourney 

Arthur  Slee,  the  patent  lawyer  and  president  of  the  Civi- 
tan  Club,  and  Chauncy  Tramutola,  Mussolini's  right-hand 
man  and  president  of  the  Exchange  Club,  who  were  to  have 
locked  horns  in  a  golf  team  match  at  Lake  Merced  Golf 
Club,  Friday,  both  got  cold  feet  and  called  the  match  off. 
Both  Slee  and  Tramutola  are  a  pair  of  fighting  barristers, 
but  what  they  can  do  in  golf  nobody  seems  to  know  and 
their  meeting  had  been  looked  forward  to  with  much  in- 
terest. However,  these  two  famous  officers  of  the  bar  in- 
tend  to  give  a  good  account  of  themselves  whenever  the 


tournament  is  staged.  Harry  Hilp,  chairman  of  the  Civi- 
tan  golf  chapter,  and  Hugo  Poheim,  director-general  of 
the  Exchange  Club,  also  got  chills  down  the  back  when 
they  saw  a  Scotch  mist  break  over  the  city,  advising  all  the 
members  of  their  different  clubs  that  the  team  match  be- 
tween the  clubs  had  been  postponed  as  some  of  the  boys 
were  afraid  of  getting  their  feet  wet  and  spoiling  some  of 
those  classy  golf  rags  that  they  had  expected  to  spring  on 
the  boys. 

At  all  events,  the  state  of  affairs  did  not  interfere  with 
Sanford  Hyams,  past  president  of  the  Civitan  Club,  Marion 
Mayers,  his  business  associate  and  the  chief  entertainer 
of  the  party,  making  up  their  own  foursome.  Hyams,  who 
is  considered  Joe  Kirkwood's  only  rival,  selected  lien  Cator, 
while  Mayers  had  Irving  Steiner  as  a  partner. 

Leon  Saloman,  Emile  Heyman  and  Mark  Sickel  ma-'e  up 
the  other  threesome.  Hyams  was  rather  lavish  with  his 
money  since  he  wrote  up  one  million  dollars'  worth  of 
insurance  last  week,  for  he  signed  the  check  for  lunch  and 
showed  the  boys  a  bully  good  time,  but  this  wily  insurance 
baby  had  an  underlying  motive  in  his  big  heartedness,  for 
once  he  got  on  the  links  he  put  the  skids  under  his  guests 
in  a  most  unruly  manner.  He  took  everything  in  sight,  he 
positively  refused  to  play  until  he  made  his  own  handicap, 
then  proceeded  to  wager  five  fish  a  hole  and  what  he  and 
Ben  Cator  got  out  of  the  deal  was  enough  to  buy  several 
shares  of  P.  G.  and  E.  stock.  Steiner  and  Mayers  said  after 
the  match  that  they  were  no  pikers  and  the  same  bet  stands 
when  the  Civitan  and  Exchange  Clubs  meet  next  week. 

*     *     * 
Leon  Salomon  Stars 

Mark  Sickel  and  Emile  Heyman  say  that  Leon  Salamon  is 
a  second  George  Ritchie  when  it  comes  to  playing  par  golf. 
These  three  played  18  holes  and  Salomon,  showing  his 
real  club  spirit,  spotted  each  of  his  guests  one  up  on  each 
nine  so  that  he  would  feel  perfectly  safe  as  they  rounded 
the  turn.  Salomon  had  both  four  down  and  romped 
home  a  winner  by  several  lengths,  but  Sicklen  and  Heyman 
got  more  than  even  after  dinner  at  the  club  when  they 
cleaned  poor  Salomon  out  of  his  belongings  at  bridge. 


Menlo  Country  Club  Spending  $100,000 

The  Menlo  Golf  and  Country  Club  are  keeping  up  with 
the  times  when  they  found  it  necessary  to  revamp  their 
club  house  at  a  cost  of  $100,000,  according  to  Arthur  Hooper, 
the  president  of  this  most  popular  peninsula  club. 

The  Menlo  Club  has  been  in  existence  for  over  fifteen 
years  and  is  built  in  one  of  the  most  picturesque  spots  in 
California. 

The  original  memberships  cost  $100;  today  they  are 
worth  $1700;  one  was  sold  last  week  to  Arthur  Dodge  at 
that  price.  The  Menlo  Club  owns  about  200  acres  of  the 
most  up-to-date  golfing  property  and  an  18-hole  course  that 
has  no  equal  anywhere  in  California.  The  membership  is 
composed  of  250  of  the  most  influential  business  and  pro- 
fessional men,  most  of  whom  are  city  men,  who  make  Menlo 
their  home  in  the  summer  season.  The  membership  has 
been  closed  at  250  for  several  years  and  there  are  always  a 
number  on  the  waiting  list.  The  club  has  quite  a  number 
of  medical  men  enrolled  in  their  membership  list,  including 
Dr.  Ford  Blake,  Dr.  Herman  Schlagater,  Dr.  Ed  Sho  t- 
ledge  and  Dr.  Winterberg.  who,  although  they  belong  to 
several  other  clubs,  prefer  Menlo  to  any  of  them. 


February  27,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


KFI  Explains  the  Remote  Control 

ALTHOUGH  the  use  of  remote 
controls  is  now  general  through- 
out the  United  States,  KFI,  a  pioneer 
in  this  development  of  the  art  of  broad- 
casting, finds  that  few  receptionists 
actually  know  what  a  remote  control 
is  or  what  equipment  is  necessary. 

A  remote  control  designates  any 
point  of  program  origin  outside  the 
main  studio  itself.  In  the  main  studio 
the   length    of   microphone    line,    from 


studio  to  control  panel,  may  be  less 
than  twenty  feet.  A  remote  control, 
on  the  other  hand,  may  involve  lines 
of  any  length  up  to  several  thousand 
miles  as  in  transcontinental  telephonic 
broadcasting.  To  insure  quality  and 
prevent  distortion,  remote  control 
lines,  whatever  their  length,  are  care- 
fully balanced  by  delicate  instruments. 
The  equipment  in  use  at  remote  con- 
trol points  includes  microphones  and  a 
remote  control  amplifier,  with  its  neces- 


BROADCAST  SCHEDULE  FOR  NEXT  WEEK 


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sary  adjuncts,  to  insure  the  program 
reaching  the  main  control  amplifiers 
with  the  qualities  necessary  for  proper 
transmission.  Operators  at  both  panels, 
by  means  of  potentiometers,  maintain 
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sudden  increase  may  overload  the 
transmitter  tubes,  actuate  the  safety 
devices,  cut  the  power  off  and  so  take 
the  station  off  the  air.  The  use  of  the 
reunite  control  allows  the  broadcaster 
to  present  features  that  otherwise 
would  not  be  available.  It  is  interest- 
ing to  note  in  this  connection  that  in 
the  simultaneous  broadcasting  of  KFI 
and  KPO,  KFI,  the  point  of  program 
origin,  acts  as  a  remote  control  for 
KPl  '.  During  this  weekly  joint  broad- 
casting at  least  fourteen  operators  are 
necessary,  six  of  whom  are  stationed  at 
repeater  points  to  check  and  maintain 
the  quality  and  volume  of  transmis- 
sion along  the  five  hundred  miles  of 
telephone  lines  between  Los  Angeles 
and  San  Francisco. 
Interference 

Every  set  owner  has  it  to  a  certain 
extent,  and  it  is  getting  so  that 
unless  interference  is  present  in  every 
radio  set,  something  must  be  wrong. 
From  observations  most  of  the  inter- 
ference could  be  eliminated.  The 
greater  part  of  this  fault  is  man-made, 
and  if  man  can  produce  interference. 
why  can't  he  eliminate  it?  He  can; 
but  will  he? 

The  greatest  detriment  to  the  radio 
listener  is  the  set  that  rebroadcasts. 
High  tension  wires,  power  plants, 
transformers  and  so  forth  have  been 
adjusted  until  practically  no  interfer- 
ence is  caused  by  them.  The  com- 
panies controlling  such,  are  more  than 
willing  to  make  the  proper  adjustments 
if  their  attention  is  called  to  this  mat- 
ter, but  no  action  has  been  taken  to 
stop  the  makin?  or  the  sale  of  sets  that 
rebroadcast.  Why  is  this?  Why  do 
the  powers  that  be  continue  to  allow 
(Continued  on  Page  18) 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


February  27,  1926 


Finance 


CALIFORNIA    HIGHWAY    COMMISSION    is    calling 
for  bids   for  reconstruction   in   Kern  County,   Monterey 
County,  Los  Angeles  County  and  Stanislaus  County. 

*  *     * 

— "In  transportation  efficiency  there  has  been  a  tremendous 
improvement  in  the  face  of  very  difficult  obstacles,  such  as  radi- 
cal increases  in  cost  of  operation  and  great  difficulty  in  obtain- 
ing credit,"  states  Curtis  L.  Mosher,  Chairman  Executive 
Committee.  Northwest  Regional  Advisory  Hoard. 

*  *     * 

— The  extensive  advertising  campaign  of  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific Company  has  received  the  commendation  of  the  hotel  in- 
dustry of  California,  the  California  Hotel  Association  having 
passed  a  resolution  citing  the  railway  as  having  performed  a 
public  service  in  carrving  out  this  campaign. 

*  *     * 

— Theodore  Roosevelt,  in  bis  letter  to  John  Eshleman,  of  the 
State  Railroad  Commission,  said  a  wise  thing  which  we  are 
now  only  beginning  to  get  the  force  of:  "Your  first  task  will 
be  easy  ....  You  will  find  it  easy  to  reduce  rates  when 
they  are  too  high,  and  you  will  find  many  rates  are  too  high. 
Your  real  task  will  come  later,  when  you  have  to  do  justice  to  the 
corporations  and  raise  rates  in  spite  of  the  popular  clamor  to 
lower  them.  The  test  of  public  regulation  will  lie  the  ability  of 
public  men  to  do  that  and  to  maintain  popular  confidence  in 
doing  it."  Mark  L.  Requa  notes  this  statement  in  his  recent 
book  "The  Relation  of  Government  to  Industry." 

*  *     * 

— John  N.  Edy  in  addressing  the  Municipal  Government  Sec- 
tion of  the  Commonwealth  Club,  recentlv  said,  "Why  is  proper 
and  business  like  public  administration  so  rare?  Simple  be- 
cause so  many  men  of  right  ideals  and  ability  have  gone  into 
private  rather  than  public  service. 

— Politics  a  "science  of  government"  is  worth  the  best  effort 
of  the  best  men  and  politics,  as  it  is  usually  played  with  mud 
and  meat  axes,  is  incompatible  with  the  aspirations  of  decent 
people."  All  of  which  gets  us  nowhere,  for  the  opportunity 
for  career  does  not  lie  in  the  public  service. 

*  *     * 

— A  survey  of  petroleum  refineries  made  by  the  Bureau  of 
Mines,  Department  of  Commerce,  shows  a  total  of  509  refineries 
in  the  United  States  on  January  1st.  Of  these  ?,~?2  refineries,  with 
a  capacity  for  treating  2,560,000  barrels  daily  were  being  op- 
erated, while  157  refineries  with  a  capacity  of  290,000  barrels 
daily,  were  shut  down.  In  addition,  two' refineries,  of  prob- 
able future  aggregate  capacity  of  5000  barrels  daily,  were  under 
construction.  *     *     * 

— "In  the  last  analysis  the  progress  of  ever)'  nation  depends 
upon  the  ton-mile  cost  of  transportation"  was"  the  assertion  of 
Edward  S.  Jordan,  president  of  the  Jordan  Motor  Car  Co.  The 
raising  of  the  standard  of  living,  in  his  estimation,  rests  upon 
rapidity  of  the  delivery  of  goods  to  markets  and  the  redu  tii  n 
of  the  cost  of  such  delivery. 

*  *     * 

— The  general  results  for  January  and  February,  so  far  for 
this  year  are  quite  satisfactory,  as  regards  general'  trade.  Un- 
filled orders  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation  are  in- 
creasing, which  fact  is  eloquence  of  the  promise  of  good  times 

*  *     * 

— The  total  stock  of  gold  and  silver  coin  in  the  United  States 
as  shown  by  the  census  reports  increased  from  $2,617  000  000 
to  $4,278,000,000  in  1922  or  by  65.5  per  cent,  which  does' not 
do  more  than  compensate  for  the  loss  due  to  the  loss  in  pur- 
chasing power.  That  will  come  as  a  surprise  to  most  people 
who  think  our  stock  of  gold  much  increased. 


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By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 


The  Glorious  Spanish  Main 

WHETHER  Queen  Isabella  pawned  her  jewels  to  en- 
able Columbus  to  discover  the  West  Indies  is  a  fruit- 
ful source  for  argument — but  whether  she  did  or  no,  need 
not  prevent  anybody  from  visiting  these  romantic  islands 
in  the  old  Spanish  Main. 

The  average  person,  whenever  the  Spanish  Main  is  men- 
tioned, immediately  begins  to  think  of  those  fascinating 
stories  of  beautiful  damsels  helpless  in  the  power  of  some 
swashbuckling  buccaneer,  or  pictures  to  himself  a  company 
of  luckless  voyagers  walking  down  a  narrow  plank  to  a 
watery  grave,  and  experiences  a  pleasant  thrill  of  adventure 
as  he  does  so. 

Those  dead  and  gone  adventurers  are  entitled  to  our 
thanks  for  having  invested  the  West  Indies  with  a  halo  of 
romance,  which,  when  added  to  the  marvelous  climate  and 
natural  scenic  beauties,  makes  a  voyage  to  the  Caribbean 
one  of  absorbing  interest. 

Generally  speaking,  the  islands  are  more  or  less  alike. 
Most  of  them  have  little  pink,  white  and  blue  houses,  rich 
luxuriant  foliage,  and  a  wild  profusion  of  brilliantly  colored 
sweet  smelling  flowers.  The  chief  difference  lies  in  the  at- 
mosphere which  the  various  nations  who  own  the  islands 
have  impressed  on  their  particular  domains,  and  in  the 
different  types  of  architecture. 

At  the  mouth  of  Havana  harbor  stands  that  grim  old 
sentinel,  Mono  Castle,  about  which  many  a  dashing  ro- 
mance has  been  woven.  There  is  a  beautiful  cathedral, 
originally  a  Jesuit  church,  which  at  one  time  was  supposed 
to  contain  the  bones  of  Columbus,  and  the  Cabanas  Fort- 
ress, which  cost  $14,000,000  and  took  eleven  years  to  build, 

Spanish  is  the  language  of  Havana,  and  Spanish  are  the 
old  side  streets  with  their  gaily  painted  houses  and  myster- 
ious shuttered  windows.  In  the  shops  one  may  buy  beauti- 
ful shell  combs,  Spanish  shawls,  hand-wrought  lace  and 
perfume.  The  best  description  of  Havana,  is  that  it  is 
"glamorous." 

Martinique,  the  queen  of  tin-  Caribbean,  has  it  all 
the  other  West  Indian  islands,  in  that  it  provided  the  world 
with  an  empress — Josephine,  Napoleon's  first  consort.    In 
a  little  park,  surrounded   by  seven  tall  palm  trees 
a  beautiful  white  marble  statue  of  that  hapless  lady,  com- 
memorating the  fact.    Josephine,  however,  was  not  t he  only 
one  to  suffer  in  ibis  lovely  island.     In  1902,  St.  Pierre,  once 
the  chief  commercial  city  of  Martinique,  was  destroyi 
an  eruption  of   Mont    Pelee.     Thirty  thousand  people  were 
killed  and  St.  Pierre  disappeared.    The  atrm  Mar- 

tinique is  entirely    French,  and  entirely  charming.    The  na- 
affect    quaint    old  fashioned    costumes    an  1    bright    col- 
ored  fichus   and   turbans,   while   the   ladies   enjoy  a   world- 
wide  reputation    for   |  auty. 

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are  not  altogether  apparent,  and  one  suspects  it  is  there  for 
sentimental  reasons  only. 

For  anybody  interested  in  ostrich  feathers,  the-e  is  an 
ostrich  farm  in  the  interior,  where  the  plumes  may  be 
bought  for  a  comparatively  small  sum.  Ostrich  farming,  how- 
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SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 

tertained  at  the  fortieth  anniversary  luncheon  held  last  Wed- 
nesday in  the  Gold  Ball  Room  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 

Mrs.  John  J.  Jury,  president  of  the  club,  who  has  but  re- 
cently returned  from  abroad,  presided  with  gracious  considera- 
tion at  "the  luncheon  with  many  prominent  women  as  honor 
guests.  The  occasion  was  markedly  brilliant  in  tone  and  pur- 
poses. 

A  pretty  incident  to  the  program  was  the  impersonations  of 
George  and  Martha  Washington  by  little  Frances  ( ioich  and 
Anne  Schley,  who  took  part  in  the  American  incident  of  the 
program. 

Many  nations  were  represented  by  hostesses  dressed  in  the 
costumes  designated  by  the  tables  over  which  they  presided  in 
entertaining  their  guests.  Presidents  of  sister  organizations 
were  feted  at  the  anniversary  luncheon. 

*     *     * 

Hypatia  Devotees 

Mrs.  Joseph  R.  O'Donnell.  the  charming  executive  of 
Hypatia  Club,  acted  as  the  presiding  genius  of  a  distinctive 
anniversary  breakfast  given  Wednesday  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel, 
the  Gold  Ballroom  being  the  setting  for  the  artistic  event. 

A  modern  version  of  Sheridan's  comedy  drama.  "The  Rivals" 
was  presented  by  members  of  the  literary  organization,  which 
makes  a  point  of  careful  study  of  plays  and  current  literature. 
Mrs.  Marie  Weiss  had  charge  of  the  dramatization,  and  in 
the  cast  were  Mesdames  J.  J.  O'Neill,  H.  S.  Verney,  Theodore 
Lenzen,  W.  W.  Walker,  George  Ewers.  L.  A.  Penniman,  N. 
Lawrence  Nelson,  H.  S.  Shields,  Leslie  Norcom  and  Dr.  Wini- 
fred Byrne.  Musical  specialities  were  introduced  by  Mrs.  W.  G. 
Grandeman.  Mrs.  George  Ewers. 

Violin  solos  were  played  by  Mrs.  Cecil  A.  Moss  with  Mrs. 
Phillip  Aaronson  at  the  piano ;  Mrs.  Pauline  Hildenbrandt 
played  piano  solos  and  other  talented  members  contribute  1  mu- 
sically to  the  program.  Spring  flowers  were  used  in  profu- 
sion in  the  decorative  scheme. 


Arrivals  at  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 

Prominent  San  Francisco  people  who  have  registered  re- 
cently at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel,  Hollywood,  California 
are:  Mr.  Fred  A.  Greenwood,  Mr.  Alvah  Raymond,  -Mr.  and 
Mrs.  D.  G.  Hart  and  family,  Mrs.  Albert  Frank.  Mrs.  A.  L. 
Jacobi,  Miss  E.  Wright,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Francis,  Mr. 
Irving  L.  Mayer,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  D.  Hirschfeld,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  Morgan. 


Redwood  Highway  Reconstructed 

That  the  State  of  Oregon  will  have  its  portion  of  the 
Redwood  Highway  in  negotiable  shape  for  the  coming  tour- 
ist season,  is  expressed  in  communications  received  by  of- 
ficials of  the  Redwood  Highway  Association  from  the  Ore- 
gon Highway  Commission. 

"Oregon  will  receive  bids  on  six  miles  of  reconstruction 
on  the  Redwood  Highway  north  of  Kerbv  this  month,  and 
has  under  contract  already  eight  miles  of  rock  surfacing 
which  will  be  completed  this  year,"  states  a  wire  from  Roy 
A.  Klein,  state  engineer,  "in  addition,  we  are  completing 
several  bridges  now  under  contract." 

An  equally  welcome  communication  was  at  the  same  time 
received  by  officials  of  the  Association  from  William  Duby 
chairman  of  the  Highway  Commission,  which  states  in  part : 

"By  the  opening  of  the  1926  season,  the  entire  Oregon 
portion  of  the  Redwood  Highway  will  be  in  good  condition, 
and  we  will  endeavor  to  keep  it  in  the  best  possible  condi- 
tion during  the  season,  so  that  traffic  will  not  be  inconven- 
ienced. Prior  to  1925  there  has  been  but  little  done  on  this 
road,  and  as  a  result,  it  will  require  1926  and  a  portion  of 
1927  to  thoroughly  complete  the  job." 


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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National   Automobile  Club 

"The  Other  Fellow" 

He  never  signals  when  he  stops, 

He  always  takes  a  chance, 
He  passes  cars  upon  the  curves, 

At  cautious  folk  he  rants. 

He  breaks  the  speed  law  every  day, 
He  scorns  the  safe  and  sane, 

He  keeps  his  foot  upon  the  gas 
In  spite  of  fog  and  rain. 

He  hogs  the  road  and  likes  to  pass 

With  just  an  inch  to  spare. 
At  cutting  out  and  cutting  in, 

He  thinks  he  is  a  bear. 

He  never  will  adjust  his  brakes 

Or  see  his  lights  are  lit, 
For  other  drivers  on  the  road 

He  never  cares  a  whit. 

The  safety  zone  is  such  a  bore, 

1  le  thinks  it  is  a  fright 
That  anyone  should  be  allowed 

To  walk— it  isn't  right. 

What's  that  you  say  ?  You  think  it  strange 
That  I  should  raise  this  cry? 

The  other  fellow  breaks  the  laws — 
But  I'm  the  cautious  guv. 


The  Pacific  Highway 

The  Pacific  Highway,  extending  prac- 
tically from  Mexico  to  Vancouver,  of- 
Fers  one  of  the  most  interesting  tours  for 
all  seasons  of  the  year  available  to  the 
motorist  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  This  high- 
way, which  under  the  federal  highway 
classification,  is  known  as  route  Xo.  99. 
carries  the  tourist  through  desert,  valley 
and    mountain    districts    offering   scenic 


attractions  that  include  the  orange  dis- 
tricts of  Southern  California  and  its 
beach  resorts,  the  raisin  growing  district 
of  the  San  Joaquin  Valley,  the  rich  agri- 
cultural section  about  Sacramento  and 
the  Alpine  panoramas  of  the  northern 
counties. 

The  Pacific  Highway  connects  with  all 
of  the  historic  routes  of  eastern  Califor- 
nia, the  Mother  Lode  Highway  which 
passes  through  the  district  made  famous 
by  Mark  Twain  and  Bret  Harte,  the 
Auburn  and  Placerville  routes  to  Lake 
Tahoe,  the  scenic  highways  that  lead  into 
the  Yosemite  Valley  and  pass  under  the 
very  shadow  of  two  of  the  great  moun- 
tain peaks  of  California,  Mt.  Lassen,  the 
only  active  volcano  in  continental  United 
States  and  Mt.  Shasta,  the  sentinel  peak 
of  the  Oregon  border,  which  is  said  to 
be  the  tallest  mountain  peak  from  its 
base  in  the  world. 

Only  a  few  miles  north  of  Redding 
are  yet  to  be  paved  to  make  this  great 
automobile  artery  a  paved  concrete  rib- 
bon the  whole  length  of  the  state.  These 
few  miles  have  already  been  improved 
and  graveled  so  that  they  offer  no  im- 
pedance to  travel. 

The  Pacific  Highway,  likewise,  offers 
the  way  to  one  of  the  most  attractive 
scenic  regions  of  California  which  lies 
in  the  northeastern  corner  of  the  state. 
This  includes  the  chain  of  lakes  from 
Klamath  Falls  south,  the  lava  beds  which 
were  the  seating  for  the  Modoc  Indian 
war  of  the  early  days  and  the  caves  which 
offer  subterranean  panoramas  as  awe-in- 
spiring as  many  of  those  which  are  to  be 
seen  above  the  surface  of  the  earth.  This 
particular  corner  of  California  is  a  sports- 
man's paradise  and  the  Pacific  Highway 
is  the  logical  route  over  which  this  will 
be  reached. 

The  Pacific  Highway  is  the  longest 
paved  automobile  route  open  to  travel 
twelve  months  in  the  year.  The  impor- 
tance of  this  road  will  lie  felt  more  and 
more  as  the  transcontinental  highway- 
bring  an  increasing  flow  of  travel  across 
thc  continent  into  California. 


Exhibit  of  M.  de  Neale  Morgan's  Paint- 
ings. City  of  Paris  Art  Gallery 
Miss  Morgan  is  internationally 
known  for  beautiful  paintings  of  Cali- 
fornia scenes  and  the  collection  that 
she  is  exhibiting  with  the  City  of  Pari*, 
has  the  rugged  strength  and  precision 
for  which  she  has  received  great  praise 
and  flattering  press  comments  all  over 
America  as  well  as  in  Europe.  It  is 
indeed  a  pleasure  to  the  City  of  Paris 
to  have  secured  this  beautiful  and  in- 
teresting exhibit  for  the  many  art 
lovers  who  frequent  our  Art  Exhibi- 
This  exhibit  will,  indeed,  appeal 
to  those  familiar  with  the  beauty  of 
California's  picturesque  haunts.  This 
exhibit  will  last  until  March  9th. 


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RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 
the  hook-ups  to  be  published  of  such 
sets'    Why  are  patents  granted  for  the 
manufacture   of   radios  that  will   spoil 
some  listener's  pleasure? 

The  majority  of  the  present  rebroad- 
casting  by  radio  sets  is  caused  by  peo- 
ple that  do  not  know  how  to  tune  their 
sets  prop-rly.  and  this  applies  to  many 
who  have  owned  radios  for  a  period  ot 
time.  Undoubtedly  they  were  improp- 
erly instructed  in  the  fi-st  place,  but 
with  the  present-day  facilities  for  learn- 
ing to  tune,  that  is  no  excuse  for  any- 
one to  sit  and  try  to  bring  in  some  dis- 
tant station  that  is  just  beyond  the 
power  of  their  sets.  Maybe  they  do 
bring  in  that  far-away  station  occasion- 
ally, but  at  the  same  time  they  realize 
that'  they  are  ruining  their  neighbor's 
reception;  still  that  does  not  seem  to 
worry  them.  On  the  other  hand,  let 
some  one  cause  their  set  to  whistle, 
and  the  kick  itself  that  they  register 
can  be  heard  for  some  distance. 

There  is  no  grudge  against  any  par- 
ticular make  of  set  or  hoop-up,  but  any 
radio  that  causes  the  neighbors'  sets 
within  a  radius  of  forty  blocks,  to 
whistle  and  ruin  their  reception,  should 
be  taken  to  the  bay  and  tossed  in  and 
its  operator  along  with  it. 

Why  doesn't  the  listening  public  get 
behind  a  movement  to  do  away  with 
the  rebroadcasting  set?  The  writer 
would  be  only  to  happy  to  start  and 
sign  a  petition  for  the  passage  of  a 
law  prohibiting  the  use  of  such  radio 
sets. 

Let's  get  together. 

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The  current  carrying  capacity  of  the 
standard  tube  is  limited.  To  attempt 
to  obtain  an  increase  in  volume  In- 
forcing  a  tube  beyond  its  capacity 
causes  distortion  and  results  in  a  loss 
of  reception  and  the  complete  loss  of 
tone.  If  reception  is  to  be  natural  and 
still  produce  more  volume  from  the 
ordinary  set,  some  means  must  be 
added  to  supply  the  necessary  volume. 

In  the  past  few  months  the  power 
tube  in  the  last  stage  of  the  audio  fre- 
quency amplifier  has  become  quite  popu- 
lar, due  to  the  fact  that  many  owners 
of  radio  sets  were  not  able  to  obtain 
enough  volume  with  clearness  from 
their  sets.  Naturally  the  addition  of 
the  power  tube  involves  additional  wir- 
ing of  the  set  and  is  not  easily  done, 
especially  if  the  set  owner  is  not  fa- 
miliar with  just  what  to  do  and  how 
to  do  it. 

Under  recent  developments  anyone 
having  a  set  employing  wet  batterv 
tubes,  may  have  the  power  tube  in  the 
last  stage  without  the  slightest  incon- 
vience  of  rewiring  the  set.  This  in  it- 
self is  an  improvement  and  a  great 
achievement. 


The  Van  Horn  Company  of  Frank- 
lin, Ohio,  saw  need  for  some  simple 
device  and  consequently  has  developed 
and  recently  placed  on  the  market  un- 
der the  t:ade  name  of  the  Van  Horn 
.Mogul  5  V-C,  a  power  tube  attach- 
ment, that  can  be  put  into  any  radio 
set  using  5-volt  tubes  without  the  least 
change  in  the  wiring  of  the  set. 

This  is  made  possible  by  the  use  of 
an  adapter  which  is  an  attachment  that 
contains  the  tube  and  takes  care  of  the 
extra  voltage  required,  independently 
of  the  regular  voltage  of  the  set. 

The  Van  Horn  Mogul  5  V-C  fits  the 
standard  socket  and  the  extra  voltage 
wires  are  attached  directly  from  the 
extra  battery  required  to  operate  the 
power  tube,  to  the  binding  posts  that 
are  on  the  Van  Mom  adapter.  It  is 
a  very  simple  operation  to  attach  it 
and  the  results  are  the  same  as  if  the 
set  is  rewired  for  a  power  tube. 

To  those  that  wish  to  incorporate  the 

power  tube  in   the  last  stage  of  their 

radio    sets,    this    attachment    will    be 

found  to  be  worth  its  cost  to  anyone. 

*     *     * 

Recept:on  in  San  Francisco  and  the  bay 
cities  of  the  programs  put  on  the  air  by 
station  KFWI  have  been  bettered  from 
live  to  ten  times  since  the  replacement 
of  the  station's  vertical  fan-shaped  an- 
tenna for  a  short,  fiat  vertical  case  an- 
tenna of  the  "T"  shape,  according  to 
Ernest  Wolcott,  technical  director  of 
the  station. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Pag'/  7) 

to   see   "The    Big    Para  le"    immediately 

folic  wing  the  local  engagement. 

That  this  wonderful  photoplay  has 
drawn  crowde  1  houses  during  its  San 
Francisco  run,  is  sufficient  evidence  that 
the  picture  has  merit;  otherwise,  no  film 
spectacle  coul  1  enjoy  such  huge  patron- 
age fnr  such  a  long  stretch  of  time:  this 
is  especially  evident  when  admission  price 
is  taken  in i  i  c  nsiderat:oti — $2.00  is  the 
top  price  for  "The  I  tig  Parade"  an  1  scats 
price  1  at  that  figure  have  been,  as  a  rule, 
the  first  to  -ell,  thus  bearing  cait  the  old 
,-i  'age,  "ne\  er  mind  the  price,  if  the  gools 
are  there."  And  the  goo  Is  are  there  in 
"The  r.ig  Parade."  The  picture  has  ro- 
mance, glory,  laughs,  a  bit  of  tragedy, 
purity  and  sweetness  and  a  high  standard 
of  story  and  execution. 
*     *     * 

McCormack's  Recital 

That  it  is  Foolish  for  any  musical 
artist  to  complain  of  the  radio  as  a 
menace  to  his  prosperity  is  opined  by 
John  McCormack,  the  eminent  tenor 
whom  Frank  W.  Healv  has  booked  for 
a  recital  the  evening  of  Thursday, 
March  IS,  in  the  Exposition  Audito- 
rium. He  recently  broadcasted  from 
New  York  a  short  program  to  which 
eight  million  people  "listened  in,"  and 


in  answer  to  the  charge  that  such  con- 
duct was  likely  to  injure  the  music  pro- 
fession he  told  a  press  interviewer: 

"Movies  have  not  killed  spoken 
drama,  jazz  has  not  eliminated  the  bal- 
lad and  radio  cannot  extinguish  either 
opera  or  concert.  The  human  soul  can- 
not be  destroyed  by  an  scientific  in- 
vention, and  the  direct  contact  of  per- 
sonality will  always  be  supreme.  More- 
over, with  whatever  faults  it  may  now 
have,  the  radio  is  a  mighty  instrument 
for  mass  culture,  and  the  coming  gen- 
eration will  be  much  better  acquainted 
with  good  music  than  is  the  present 
generation — and  this  culture  will  spell 
opportunity  for  artists.  In  the  radio 
there  is  a  golden  opportunity  for  be- 
ginners, a  quicker  road  to  recognition 
than  the  reigning  favorites  today  ever 
had. 

"Radio  has  come  to  stay.  The  peo- 
ple  want  it  and  all  the  opposition  in  the 
world  cannot  stop  it.  So  it  is  idle  for 
any  musical  artist  or  any  music  pub- 
lisher to  protest  that  the  radio  is  hurt- 
ing his  business.  A  more  sensible 
course  would  be  to  bow  to  the  situa- 
tion and  make  the  best  of  it,  always 
remembering  that  musical  art  will  sur- 
vive the  radio  just  as  legitimate  drama 
survives  the  movies.  Art  today  is  as 
personal  as  it  was  in  the  time  of  the 
Renaissance  or  in  the  brightest  days  of 
Greece." 


"The  Charm  of  Spain"  is  the  subject  of 
an  illustrated  Travel  talk  by  Dr.  Charles 
Upsi  n  Clark,  to  be  delivered  in  the  Paul 
El  ler  Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon,  Feb- 
ruary 27th,  at  2:30  o'clock.  Dr.  Clark 
will  give  a  scholarly  survey  of  both 
em  Spain  and  the  Spain  of  Wash- 
ington Irving,  ami  will  show  a  series 
of  unusually  beautiful  colored  views  on 
the  screen. 


Johntton-Ayres  Moves  to 
New  Quarters 

The  Pacific  Coast  swings  forward  to 
ever  greater  progress — more  indus- 
tries,  larger  factories,  bigger  business 
— better  advertising  to  support  that 
1  lusiness. 

This  progress  is  making  necessary 
a  definite  program  of  expansion  on  their 
part — first,  a  close  affiliation  with  a 
coast-wide  chain  of  agencies;  next,  a 
stronger  personnel  through  consolida- 
tion with  Evans  &  Barnhill ;  now,  new 
quarters,  to  better  house  a  complete 
advertising  agency  service. 

In  the  heart  of  San  Francisco's  busi- 
ness, the  new  offices  of  the  Johnston- 
Ayres  Advertising  Agency  occupying 
the  entire  second  floor  at  574  Market 
Street,  affords  their  clients  the  conven- 
ience of  a  central  location  and  permit 
their  several  departments  —  service, 
copy,  production,  research,  media,  sales 
promotion,  art,  etc., — to  function  with 
increased  efficiency. 


February  27,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Little  Things 


EVERY  more  or  less  gentle  reader  of  this  magazine  has 
been  told,  at  one  time  or  another,  that  it  is  the  little  things 
in  life  that  count.  Some  little  things  are  big  things,  and  some 
supposedly  big  things  are  in  reality  little  things.  It  is  a  case 
of  the  bigger  the  smaller,  and  the  smaller  the  bigger.  That 
much  we  don't  know.  Whether  this  statement  will  have  any 
effect  on  the  enforcement  of  prohibition  or  not,  we  also  don't 
know,  as  it  is  a  comparatively  small  thing  in  proportion  to  the 
extent  of  the  bootlegging  industry. 

The  little  things  he  forgets  to  do,  or  not  to  do,  are  usually 
the  impediments  that  trip  up  the  best  of  burglars  and  the  worst 
of  poli'icians.  Forgetting  to  put  the  cat  out  at  night,  a  char- 
acteristic male  practice,  is  a  negligible  thing  in  itself,  but  has 
been  the  cause  of  many  family  tiffs  and  unenviabfe  situations. 
How  much  more  serious  it  would  be  for  a  man  to  put  himself 
out,  and  leave  the  pussy  in. 

Now  a  common,  garden  variety  of  nail  is  not  a  formidable 
object  in  a  proper  setting,  but  it  may  turn  out  to  be  one  of  the 
most  exasperating  little  things  in  the  world  when  it  is  found, 
by  an  irate  automobile  owner,  firmly  embedded  in  a  very  sus- 
ceptible balloon  tire ;  and  this  is  a  very  minor  instance,  too, 
since  when  a  tire  is  punctured  there  is  nothing  lost  but  a  little 
air  and  patience.  What  would  the  same  fellow  do  if  his  wife 
were  so  generous  as  to  give  him  the  air?  Bite  his  nails,  we  sup- 
pose. 

There  are  many  little  things  in  some  families  that  the  owners 
wouldn't  get  rid  of  for  a  great  deal,  and  wouldn't  give  a  penny 
to  have  more  of.  What  is  the  answer,  children?  Correct!  Go 
to  the  head  of  the  class,  and  read  a  chapter  aloud  from  the 
volume  entitled  "Berth  Control"  by  the  Pullman  Company. 

Some  day  the  scribbler  of  this  column  is  going  to  compose 
a  poem  called  "Little  Things,"  in  which  thoughts  of  the  na- 
ture of  those  outlined  here  will  be  set  t<>  music,  much  in  the 
same  way  that  a  famous  song  writer  of  New  York  has  done  in 
broadcasting  his  matrimonial  feelings.  It  is  safe  to  say,  in  this 
connection,  that  we  may  look  fur  a  bumper  crop  of  blue  bal- 
lads in  the  distant  future — although  we  hope  not.  <  retting  back 
to  the  poem,  this  writer  won't  mind  such  a  little  thing  as  a 
publisher  turning  his  brain  child  down  at  all.  There  i^  jusl 
as  much  material  in  a  rejection  slip  as  in  a  paper  dollar,  and 
sometimes  the  former  is  worth  a  lot  more;  anyway,  n  \< 
slips  are  not  so  soiled. 

Little  things  cause  most  of  the  worries  of  life,  and  if  (here 
was  no  fuss  and  trouble,  how  uninteresting  existence,  especially 
in  the  United  Stales,  would  be  I  \  mental  jag  has  come  to 
be  about  the  only  safe  form  of  intoxication  for  Americans.  (  >u 
the  other  hand,  little  things  g, ,  farthest  toward  insuring  happi- 
ness, especially  when  they  are  freelj  given  and  taken. 

It  might  not,  at  this  time,  be  amiss  to  determine  what  a 
"little  thing"  is.  The  definition,  perhaps,  would  real  as  fol- 
lows: A  little  thing  is  an  object  or  happening  which  isn't  big. 
That  should  be  clear  enough  lor  anyone. 

There  are  some  little  things  that  aren't   a  bit  satisfyi 
worthy  of  our  acquaintance,  to  wit,  the  portions  of  food  served 
at  some  restaurants;  the  minds  of  some  men  and  women;  hu- 
man pettinesses;  and.  among  many  other  things,  the  alcoholic 
content  oi  mi  idem  beer. 

In  waxing  philosophic,  the  writer  asks  you  to  look  out  for 
the  little  tilings,  and  the  big  things  will  take  care  of  then 

g  things  are  little  things  grown  up,  an  1  the  bigger  they 
are.  the  harder  they  fall. 


It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  these  Florida  strawberries,  sell- 
ing for  three  or  four  dollars  a  quart,  are  raised  on  land  selling 
for  about  the  same  price. — Detroit  News. 


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The  Bohemian  Club  Exhibit— Feb.  22 

to  March  6 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 

You  catch  your  breath  when  you 
enter  the  gallery  and  glimpse  the  depth 
and  beauty  of  James  Swinnerton's 
"Trail  of  the  Golden  Moon."  Its  ap- 
peal is  instantaneous,  powerful,  and 
I  would  say,  universal,  for  all  kinds 
and  conditions  of  men  and  women  must 
respond  to  a  beauty  so  apparent,  a 
beauty  that  does  not  have  to  be  "ex- 
plained." 

Even  the  proximity  of  Labaudt's 
"Young  Women  in  Marin  County," 
(why  wish  them  on  Marin?)  could  not 
detract  from  the  loveliness  and  depth  of 
this  golden  moon  arising  amid  the 
colorful  desert  hills.  Here  are  peace, 
beauty  and  romance  combined., 

Charles  Grant's  contribution  is  a 
reminiscence  of  his  trip  last  summer 
to  the  Antipodes  with  the  American 
fleet,  as  "official  artist"  and  breathes 
forth  the  usual  dynamic  force  that  his 
sea  pictures  always  possess, — great 
gray  battleships  being  tossed  on  moun- 
tainous waves  like  mere  cockleshells. 
The  spirit  of  Storm  is  triumphant  here. 

The  mystery  of  "the  black  wharves 
and  the  slips"  are  here  in  Charles  Dick- 
man's  "Fishing  Boats  in  Picardy";  the 
fascination  of  old  weathered  docks, 
small  boats  and  their  oftimes  danger- 
ous journeys  into  ocean's  "gray  and 
melancholy  waste,"  the  reflection  of 
lights  in  the  tranquil  water  of  the  lit- 
tle harbor.  We  feel  the  sense  of  mys- 
tery, and  a  security  that  is,  however, 
only  transient. 

Exquisite  daintiness,  the  very  quint- 
essence of  spring  is  wafted  to  us  from 
Theodore  \Yores'  "Blossom  Time. 
Saratoga." 

Gleb  A.  Ilyin,  Russian  artist,  with 
whom  we  arc  sorry  to  admit  we  are 
not  familiar,  has  a  masterpiece  in  his 
portrait  of  "Miss  Carol  Marion  Cofer," 
the  finish  of  which,  and  its  delicate 
texture  of  satiny  skin,  gives  you  the 
idea  that  some  one  of  the  old  English 
masters  had  stepped  into  our  midst,  all 
the  more  surprising  when  one  realizes 
the  hold  that  "modernism"  has  taken 
upon  the  gullible  and  novelty-seeking 
public   of   today. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF.,  MARCH  6,  1926 


No.  10 


From  One  Thing  to  Another 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


I  am  sometimes  at  a  loss  in  filling  my  particular  page;  in 
catching  that  elusive  and  illusionary  butterfly  called  "inspira- 
tion." I  turn  the  pages  of  the  panting  press  sheets,  glimpse 
murder,  accidents,  scandals,  calamities  of  Nature,  all  to  no 
purpose, — the  muse  evades  me. 

The  last  few  days,  with  the  heat  modified,  the  air  sparkling, 
the  sky  (in  the  afternoons)  that  lovely  azure  only  seen,  I  am 
quite  sure,  in  California,  the  flower  vendors'  stands  bursting 
with  blooms  of  all  shades,  the  shop  windows  eloquent  with 
colorful  beauty ;  little  winds  blowing  into  your  face,  fragrant 
with  the  throbbing  essence  of  life  (where,  where  do  those  little 
winds  come  from,  that  even  the  city  streets  fail  to  kill  their 
freshness?)  one  subject  persists,  and  only  one — Spring! 

*  *     * 

I  could  write  volumes  on   Spring  just  nowl  that  ever  old, 
ever   new   season   of   beauty ;   appearing   with   all   the  pathetic 
youth  fulness  of  the  crescent  moon  in  pale  green  evening  skies. 
I  could  chant  the  glories  of  a  California  Spring,  than  which  no. 
other  Springs  in  alien  lands  can  compare  I 

*  *     * 

I  have  heard  easterners  says:  "You  have  no  seasons  here." 
But  eastern  nostrils  are  not  responsive  to  the  thousand  odors 
of  California  Springs,  if  they  can  make  such  a  statement;  their 
eves    are    blind    to   the    delicate    shades    of   green    on    leaf    and 

bough;  on  flower  and   foliage;  on  the  g I,  sweet  smelling 

earth;  and  their  ears  are  deaf  to  the  myriad  sounds  that  are 
heard  only  in  Spring  time.  Yes,  1  could  write  volumes  on 
Spring, — but  1  find  thai  two  of  my  blessed  writers  have  eulo- 
gized this  theme,  and  1  must  discover  Other  matters  to  dis- 
course upon. 


Apropos  nl  what  the  tired  business  man  finds  entertaining: 
Out  of  fourteen  lectures  on  different  subjects  (most  of  them 
of  a  serious  nature*,  given  b\  the  Commonwealth  Club  during 
1925,  the  second  largest  attendance  registered  on  April  16th, 
when  the  Speaker  took  up  the  question.  "What's  the  Matter 
With  Moving  Pictures-"  Which  might  or  might  not  be  a 
significant  commentarj . 

All  too  often  have  we  had  the  bromide  thrust  down  our 
throats  that  "  \merica  is  a  commercial  country,  no:  an  artistic 
one."  Anent  this  accusation,  we  give  the  following  figures  and. 
statem, 

"More  than  $16,000,000  was  given  to  the  cause  ot  art  dur- 
ing 1925,  in  Vmerica,  either  as  cash  gifts,  smie  of  them  for 
Specific  purposes,  or  in  buildings,  works  of  art  and  other  prop- 


erty. .  .  .  New  York  City  has  been  indisputably  proved 
the  greatest  art  market  in  the  world,  by  events  of  the  past  year. 
Among  the  annual  list  of  paintings  sold  at  auction  were  the 
following:  A  Mauve,  for  $37,000;  a  Millet,  $25,000;  a  Ber- 
nardino Luini,  $19,000;  a  Rousseau;  $19,000;  a  Corot,  $17,000, 
and  paintings  bv  Cilbert  Stuart  and  Reynolds  for  $10,700  and 
$10,000  respectively.     .     .     . 

"Each  of  thirty-three  states  in  the  Union  possesses  one  or 
more  museums  or  galleries  of  art.  Every  state  save  Nevada 
has  one  or  more  art  associations  or  societies. 

Figures  don't  lie. 


There  has  been  much  ado  in  the  press  lately  regarding  our 
Luther  Burbank  and  his  beliefs  and  disbeliefs.  One  still 
runs  across  items  of  which  he  is  the  subject  in  eastern  papers. 
Just  recently  a  minister  in  Kansas  was  "unfrocked"  because 
lie  upheld  certain  statements   Burbank  had  made  on  religion. 

Aside  from  the  uncontrovertible  fact  that  the  contentions 
of  any  religious  sect  can  never  lie  anything  but  suppositi- 
tious, why,  to  be  inelegant,  pick  on  a  man  for  the  reason  that 
Ik-  worships  the  beauty  of  Nature,  and  passes  up  the  old  ortho- 
dox worship?  What  is  Nature  but  tlie  expression  of  God? 
And  if  a  man's  life  is  given  over  to  the  purpose  of  develop- 
ing Beauty  in  her  various  forms,  what  can  we  find  in  this 
world,  more  God-like  than  such  an  existence? 


fudge  Hen  Lindsey,  anent  the  present  wild  generation,  ex- 
presses the  opinion  that  we  should  indict  the  parents  instead 
of  the  children.  "At  home."  says  Judge  Lindsey.  "We  be- 
gin by  telling  little  'white  lies' ;  Johnnie  hears  them,  and 
later  on  imitates  them. 

"We  must  have  instruction  in  the  schools  to  prepare  child- 
hood for  parenthood.  In  the  church  we  must  mix  a  little 
biology  with  our  theology.  .  .  .  We  cannot  save  youth 
1>\  condemnation:  we  can  equip  them  to  sa>e  themselves  by 
proper  example  in  living  and  by  telling  them  the  truth  about 
problems  of  life." 

In  this  connection.  I  recall  an  incident  that  would  tend 
to  show  up.  not  so  much  the  lack  of  veracity  on  the  part  of 
parents  as  their  negligence  towards  their  offspring  in  some 
A  child  in  my  neighborhood  is  continually  being  left 
alone,  while  her  parents  go  to  parties,  "movies,"  etc.  She  is 
a  prettv  little  thing  about  fourteen  years  old.  just  budding 
womanhood,  and  just  at  the  age  when  she  should  be 
especially   guarded. 

What  sort  of  a  future,  under  these  conditions,  is  there  in 
store  for  this  girl?  Whose  fault  will  it  be.  if  she  finds  her 
way  into  the   "primrose  path''' 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  6,  1926 


does  not  end  there.  If,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  it  turns  out  that 
a  society  can  make  more  goods  hetter  under  standardized 
system  of  education,  education  will  he  standardized,  for 
it  will  be  dictated  by  the  will  to  live  to  say  nothing  of  the 
will  to  power.     Meanwhile,  the  individual  suffers. 


There  is  no  doubt  that  the  bus  is 
Extending  Bus  Lines  again  coming  back  into  quite  a  de- 
gree of  favor.  We  have  noticed 
that  in  the  outlying  suburbs  of  Oakland  there  is  quite  a 
tendency  to  emploj  the  bus  and  whenever  the  question  of 
transportation  comes  up  in  that  city,  reference  is  at  once 
made  to  this  way  of  dealing  with  the  corporation  which 
controls  transportation  in  that  city. 

The  same  idea  seems  to  be  coming  along  here,  also.  \\  c 
note  that  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  in  taking  up  the  matter 
of  the  extension  of  transportation  facilities  by  the  munici- 
palities, lias  drawn  attention  to  the  possibility  of  so  provid- 
ing roadways  that  the  use  of  the  rubber-tired  bus  can  be 
effective. 

Supervisor  Shannon  has  made  a  hobby  of  this  and  said 
that  if  the  Duboce  tunnel  had  been  so  paved  for  traffic  at 
the  beginning  and  not  given  over  altogether  to  trackage,  it 
might  have  been  made  an  experimental  ground  for  such 
experimentation  with  the  rubber-tired  bus. 

Europe  has  made  great  use  of  these  buses  and  it  may  be 
argued  that  therefore  they  would  be  welcome  here.  But 
that  conclusion  evades  a  very  important  fact,  and  that  is 
that  the  American  will  not  put  up  with  personal  incon- 
venience, which  the  European  takes  as  a  matter  of  course. 
There  is  no  doubt  at  all  that  for  people  using  the  car 
every  day  to  go  to  work  and  back,  the  electric  iar  as  we 
have  it.  is  vastly  more  convenient  and  comfortable  than 
any  bus-contrivance  so  far  given  to  the  public.  There  is  a 
great  deal  of  difference  between  being  packed  into  a  plung- 
ing bus  and  stopped  here  and  there,  in  the  fashion  that 
buses  stop,  and  sitting  at  ease  in  a  street  car.  reading  in 
comfort.  The  idea  may  have  something  to  it.  but  not  so 
much  as  its  authors  imagine. 

The  romantic  notion  that  in  this  way  the  municipality 
could  avoid  paying  for  the  Market  Street  system  i-  almost 
hectic. 


Or.  Mainbridge,  who  is  one 
Standardization   in  Education     of    the    greatest    of    British 

educators  and.  perhaps,  the 
best  authority  anywhere,  on  adult  education,  is  visiting 
this  part  of  the  world  to  give  a  series  of  lectures  at  the 
State  University  and  at  the  same  time  to  talk  to  organiza- 
tions interested  in  adult  education. 

He  has  been  discussing  the  youth  question  and  has  ar- 
rived at  the  tentative  conclusion,  at  least,  that  much  of  the 
so-called  aberration  of  youth  in  this  country  at  this  time, 
is  an  instinctive  revolt  against  the  standardization  which 
dominates  education. 

We  have  always  protested  against  this  standardization, 
which  does  not  seem  to  be  much  more  than  an  effort  on  the 
part  of  educators  to  avoid  the  personal  question  in  their 
dealings  with  their  pupils.  To  that,  however,  the  reply  is 
made  that  under  a  standardized  system  of  productii 
goods  we  cannot  look  to  anything  but  a  standardized  sv-tem 
of  education;  that  such  a  system  is  necessary  in  view  of 
the  economics  of  it:  that  it  has  its  drawbacks,  as  has  every 
other  system,  but  that  the  advantages  arc  greater  than 
the  drawbacks. 

Dr.  David  Starr  Jordan,  however,  does  not  take  this  point 
of  view.  He  says  in  a  recent  letter  to  the  News  Letter: 
"I  have  no  sympathy  with  the  statement  that  the  university 
has  to  produce  a  'standardized  intellectual  product.'  " 

There  seems,  therefore,  to  be  an  agreement  between  our 
veteran  educator  and  the  British  exponent.     Hut  the  matter 


The  new  tax  reduction  bill  has  be- 
The  New  Tax  Act  come  a  law  and  the  President,  with 
that  characteristic  New  England  care- 
fulness which  will  make  his  name  proverbial  in  the  historv 
of  the  country,  remarked  that  he  was  afraid  that  the  country 
would  be  short  of  money  on  account  of  the  tax  reduction. 
It  is  pretty  well  conceded  that  a  continuance  of  unusual 
prosperity  will  be  necessary  to  make  the  government  come 
out  even  in  the  absence  of  that  economy  which  is  so  much 
to  be  desired. 

Taxpayers  earning  more  than  $5000  a  year  are  given  two 
months'  extension  of  time  for  riling  income  tax  returns  and 
the  returns  will  consequently  not  be  due  to  May  15.  The 
reduction  brings  down  income  taxes  to  the  lowest  level 
since  the  war  began,  and  does  away  with  a  number  of  mis- 
cellaneous levies,  excise  and  occupational,  which  formed 
part  of  the  war  burden. 

The  measure  provides  for  a  reduction  of  $3S7.000.000 
in  the  amount  of  taxes  paid  by  the  American  people  dur- 
ing this  year,  of  which  more  than  $200,000,000  is  a  saving 
to  individual  taxpayers  on  income  tax.  Under  the  new 
schedule  a  married  man  with  two  children  would  have  to 
make  $4,300  before  he  would  be  subject  to  income  tax, 
and  the  lowest  amount  on  which  a  married  man  would  have 
to  pay  is  $3,500.  Normal  rates  are  reduced  from  2  to  1  '  _■ 
per  cent  on  the  first  $1000.  from  4  to  3  per  cent  on  the 
next  $4000,  and  from  o  to  5  per  cent  on  the  remainder. 

Surtaxes  which  ranged  as  high  as  40  per  cent  have  been 
cut  to  a  limit  of  20  per  cent. 

1  >n  the  whole,  the  measure  is  satisfactory.  Perhaps  great 
enterprises  should  have  had  more  consideration,  but  it  was 
all  that  could  be  done  and  bears  witness  to  the  very  satis- 
factory condition  of  the  country  within  nine  vears  of  mir 
entrv  into  the  world  conflict. 


I  >ne  would  think  that  the  legal 
Another  Dry  Outrage  end  of  the  dry  campaign  would 
soon  learn  enough  to  carry  on  their 
campaign  within  the  law.  They  are  a  most  self-righteous 
people,  who  eternally  din  into  our  ears  that  the  law  is 
something  to  be  obeyed,  and  at  the  same  time,  more  than 
any  other  group  in  the  history  of  this  country,  (and  it  would 
be  quite  safe  t<>  add.  or  any  other  country),  are  flagrant 
and  offensive  in  their  defiance  of  ordinary  legal  decencies 

Take  this  one  fact  that  there  will  have  to  be  restored  to 
its  legal  owners  $2,400,000  worth  of  wine,  held  by  the  fed- 
eral authorities  in  California  wineries,  pending  the  outcome 
of  libel  proceedings. 

Judge  Frank  II.  Kerrigan,  of  the  United  States  District 
Court,  dismissed  the  libel  proceedings  brought  by  the 
United  States  attorney  against  Francisco  Yiocchi.  owner 
of  a  winery  at  Cloverdale.  The  lawyer  for  Viocchi  main- 
tained that  42,000  gallons  of  wine  valued  at  S160.000  were 
bring  held  under  improper  proceedings.  The  claim  was 
that  search  warrants  should  have  been  issued  and  the  place 
raided  by  prohibition  officers  before  libel  proceedings  were 
tiled.  The  court  ordered  the  libel  proceedings  dismissed 
and  the  wine  restored.  It  is  estimated  that  more  than 
700.000  gallons  of  wine  in  this  state  are  being  held  under 
proceedings  similar  to  those  which  the  court  has  declared 
to  be  illegal. 

There  is  no  doubt  about  the  way  in  which  the  self- 
righteous  upholders  of  the  prohibition  legislation  will  re- 
gard the  act  of  the  court,  and  we  shall  hear  much  of  their 
abusive  denunciation.  The  fact  is.  however,  that  the  fa- 
natics break  down  every  vestige  of  American  liberty  and  if 


March  6,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


it  were  not  that  we  occasionally  have  courts  brave  enough 
to  stand  for  the  law,  we  should  rapidly  find  ourselves  an 
enslaved  and  degraded  community.  From  time  immemorial 
we  have  learned  that  self-styled  saints  are  hard  task- 
masters. 


There  has  recently  been  a 
Race  Segregation  Decision  California  decision  on  a  ques- 
tion which  has  at  times  ex- 
cited much  bitterness  and  indignation  at  different  places 
in  this  country,  the  question  as  to  how  far  racial  differences 
may  be  regarded  under  the  Fourteenth  Amendment  to  the 
United  States  Constitution. 

The  board  of  playgrounds  and  recreation  in  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles  provided  for  race  segregation  in  the  use  of 
certain  swimming  pools  owned  and  used  by  the  city.  This 
segregation  came  up  in  a  certain  suit  and  Judge  Hartley 
Shaw  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Los  Angeles  upheld  the  dis- 
criminatory provisions  of  the  playground  board. 

It  seems  to  be  a  pretty  close  decision,  for  section  51  of 
Civil  Code  provides  full  and  equal  accommodations,  facili- 
ties, and  privileges  of  a  certain  list  of  places,  among  which 
are  inns,  theaters  and  bath-houses  for  all  citizens  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  this  state  "subject  only  to  the  condi- 
tions and  limitations  established  by  law  and  applicable 
alike  to  all  citizens." 

The  court  at  Los  Angeles  rules  that  the  provision  of  that 
section  and  the  following  section  of  the  Civil  Code  do 
not  apply  and  that  a  municipality  making  the  segregation 
does  not  come  within  their  provisions  and  states  that  the 
management  of  the  swimming  pools  is  a  municipal  matter 
and  does  not  fall  within  the  sections  named. 

Whatever  one  may  think  of  the  reasoning,  the  result  is 
quite  satisfactory  and  the  court  is  probably  on  very  safe 
ground  when  it  declares  that  there  is  no  violation  of  the 
Fourteenth  Amendment.  (  )n  the  other  hand,  the  provi- 
sions of  the  code  seem  hard  to  beat.  It  dues  not  appear 
that  a  municipality  is  entitled  to  disobey  them,  any  more 
than  an  individual.  Such  regulations  appear  to  be  wise  in 
view  of  the  trouble  which  has  arisen  elsewhere  on  just  this 
question. 


From  Brighter  Pens  Than  Ours 


The  fourth  annual  Pacific 
Coast  Foreign  Trade  Meet-    Trade    Council    is   being   held 

here  from  March  4th  to 
March  6th.  This  is  one  of  the  most  promising  and  impor- 
tant of  recent  local  developments  and  contain-  a  promise 
of  much  value  to  the  community. 

The  speakers  who  address  the  council  aie  the  most  noted 
experts  on  foreign  trade  throughout  the  country  and  they 
present  matters  which  have,  Up  to  very  recent  times,  been 
quite  inaccessible  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Leaders  in  industry  ami  business  tell  us  jusl  what  are  the 
immediate  and  future  prospects  of  the  Coast  anil  this  state, 
as  regards  that  great  outlying  foreign  world  on  which  we 
must  depend  for  the  consumption  of  our  surplus. 

The  business  interests  involved  are  among  the  most  im- 
portant in  the  country  and  include  merchants,  manufac- 
turers, shipper-,  importers,  exporters,  and  agents  and  ex- 
perts of  all  kinds  who  have  concentrated  Upon  the  matter 
of  foreign  trade. 

Methods  of  approach  to  foreign  peoples  which  have  been 
heretofore  ignored  are  described,  the  new  methods  which 
are  being  employed  to  win  the  trade  of  South  America 
and    which   we   have   disregarded   in   the  past   are   detailed. 

It  would  be  quite  impossible  to  exaggerate  the  impor- 
tance of  this  meeting.  Little  by  little.  Europe  is  recovering 
from  the  lethargy  into  which  she  was  stunned  by  the  war. 
She  will  soon  be  eagerly  competing  for  trade  in  those  ter- 
ritories which  we  have  occupied  so  easily,  during  her  tem- 
porary disability,  and  we  shall  find  ourselves  fighting  to 
hold  what  we  have  gained.  The  work  of  the  Pacific  For- 
eign Trade  Council  will  be  of  assistance  and  benefit. 


An  Indiana  man  paid  $500  for  a  bee,  and  there  have  been 
nights  when  we  would  have  almost  paid  that  for  a  certain 
mosquito. — American  Lumberman. 

*  *     * 

It  appears  that  Admiral-General  Andrews  is  trying  to  get 
honest  men  for  the  Prohibition  unit.  But  why  corrupt  an- 
other bunch  of  our  citizens? — Columbia  Record. 

*  *     * 

Folks  who  used  to  tell  the  conductor  their  children  were 
six  and  entitled  to  half-fare  now  boost  them  up  to  sixteen 
so  they  can  operate  the  family  car. — Albany  News. 

*  *     * 

Due  to  the  uncertainty  of  their  return  alive,  mountain 
climbers  in  the  Alps  are  required  to  pay  their  hotel  bills 
in  advance.  For  the  same  reason  bootleggers  never  extend 
credit. — The  Thos.  F.  Pickerill  Service. 

*  *     * 

•  Scientists  have  about  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
mounds  in  the  Middle  West  were  built  by  the  mound- 
builders. — Florida  Times-Union. 

*  *     * 

In  the  old  days  all  the  money  gravitated  to  New  York, 
but  that  was  before  Florida  was  discovered. — Boston  Post. 

*  *     * 

The  next  toll  to  be  abolished  from  our  roads  is  the  death- 
toll. — Columbia  Record. 

*  *     * 

"You,"  said  Adam,  "are  the  first  girl  I  ever  loved."  That's 
the  way  it  got  started. — Peru  (Ind.)  Tribune. 

*  *     * 

It  isn't  a  genuine  boom  if  anybody  buys  real  estate  with 
the  intention  of  keeping  it. — Yincennes  (Ind.)   Sun. 

*  *     * 

Long  life  i-  attainable  through  auto-suggestion — provid- 
ing   the    suggester   keeps    clear   of    the   auto. — Wall    Street 

fournal. 

*  *    * 

America  i-  fool's  paradise,  -ays  a  prominent  European 
visitor.  Mnvhe  that  is  why  so  many  of  his  fellow  Euro- 
peans  like  to  come  over  here. — Southern  Lumberman. 

*  *     * 

Most  of  our  common  sayings  are  very  old,  and  doubtless 
"You   can't    keep   a    good   man   down"    was   coined    by   the 

whale. —  La  Grange  Reporter. 

*  *     * 

You  don't  get  a  sheepskin  in  the  school  of  experience.  You 

just  have  your  own  removed. — Debuque  American-Tribune. 

*  *     * 

A  man  in  Kansas  City  can  lay  36.000  bricks  a  day.  do 
out  and  read  this  to  your  hens. — Columbia  Record. 

*  *     * 

Senator  Borah  has  a  positive  genius  for  standing  alone 
without  being  lonesome. — Cleveland  Times-Commercial. 

*  »     * 

Being  on  the  right  track  is  correct.  But  if  you  just 
stop  there  you'll  get  run  over. — Columbia  Record. 

»     *     * 

Prosperous  times:  Those  in  which  you  pay  instalment- 
on  ten  things  instead  of  one. — Springfield  State  Register. 

*  *     * 

That  North  Pole  must  be  a  barber's  pole.  Every  ex- 
plorer who  goes  near  it  has  a  close  shave. — Columbia 
Record. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  6,  1926 


Pleasure's  Ww 


OBEY    NO    WAND  BUT  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Woone- 


S.  F.  Symphony 

FOR  the  tenth  pair  of  symphony 
concerts,  one  can  hardly  imagine 
whom  to  feature. — Rrahms,  or  Deer- 
ing.  Certain- 
ly Mr.  Deer- 
ing  must  for- 
give us,  if  we 
say.  Brahms' 
S  vm  phony, 
No.    2    in    D 


Major,  was  to 
us.  the  fea- 
ture of  the 
concert.  We 
have  so  much 
to  learn  fr<  >tn 
Brahms, — he 
is     most    ex- 

Knlherlne    Srhwartz  a  c  t  i  n  g.    YOU 

must  be  exacting  to  understand  ami 
appreciate  him.  Mr.  Deering  as  an  in- 
terpreter of  Rachmaninow,  as  a  young 
American,  certainly  showed  splendid 
schooling. 

The  symphonic  variations.  "Istar," 
is  a  work  of  art,  modern,  in  the  su- 
preme, but  most  admirable. 

The  last  of  the  popular  symphony 
concerts  at  the  Civic  Auditorium  was 
featured  by  the  appearance  of  Harold 
Bauer, — what  a  master!  His  technique 
rivals  Paderewski's,  his  knowledge  of 
music  rivals  Bach's  and  Beethoven's. 
his  knowledge  of  the  D  Minor  Brahms' 
Concerto  is  unquestioned.  The  great- 
est compliment  I  can  pay  him  is,  that 
all  musicians  have  respected  him  be- 
yond question. — 12,000  men  and  women 
so  greatly  enjoyed  his  concert. 

Mr.  Hertz  knows  Beethoven;  we 
have  heard  him  play  the  Symphony  No. 
8  in  F  Major, — it  is  always  a  treat  in 
hear  him   interpret   Beethoven. 


Imperial 

The  "Cohens  and  the  Kellys"  still 
l;<>iiil;  strong  at  this  house,  a  story  of 
the  East  Side  of  New  York,  in  the  slum 
district, — lots  of  fun   and  humor. 

*     *     * 

St.  Francis 

"Behind  the  Front,"  that  delightful 
travesty  on  life  in  the  trenches,  fea- 
tured by  Wallace  Beery  and  a  strong 
cast,  is  still  packing  'em  in  at  this  the- 
ater. There  is  a  fine  musical  program 
in  conjunction  with  the  picture. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

Elwyn  Concert  Bureau 

Cecilia  I  [ansen,  the  only  artist  in  our 
humble  estimation,  who  can  follow  in 
the  footsteps  of  Kreisler  (she  must 
have  absorbed  some  little  part  of  his 
glon  l.  her  program  was  featured  by 
his  interpretations  of  Beethoven,  Gluck 
and  Pugani, — her  encores  among  the 
many  which  she  so  graciously  gave, 
were  programmed  by  Kreisler.  whom 
we  all  love.  She  has  everything  tech- 
nique, strength  of  tone,  interpretation 
and  showmanship.  Mention  must  be 
made  of  her  splendid  accompanist,  Mr. 
Boris  Zakharoff. 


Loew's  Warfield 

"Just  Suppose,"  with  Richard  Bar- 
thelmess  in  the  role  of  the  royal  prince, 

comes  to  the  Warfield  next  week.  There 
are  some  sumptuous  sets.  Richard  is 
nut  the  only  prince  in  the  picture,  for 
there  is  a  real  prince  in  the  cast  .  Rok- 
neddine  Mirza  Kadjar,  a  Persian  of  the 
bluest  blood! 

Just  for  good  measure  Barthelmess 
has  a  beautiful  new  leading  lady  play- 
ing opposite  him — Lois  Moran.  She  is 
just  sixteen,  and  her  first  appearance 
mi  the  silver  sheet  was  in  "Stella  Dal- 
las." 

A.  I'"..  Thomas  wrote  the  piece  for 
the  stage,  and  Mrs.  V.  E.  Powell 
adapted  it  for  the  screen.  There  is  a 
strong  supporting  cast,  and  the  many 
followers  of  the  popular  Richard  will 
no  doubt  llock  to  see  him  in  his  new 
offering. 

Fanchon  &  Marco  present  on  the 
stage  another  of  the  gorgeous  spec- 
tacles, entitled  "Pirate  Ideas."  and 
Walt  Roesner  and  his  men  will  furnish 
the  musical   pn  'gram. 

*     *     * 
Golden  Gate 

Heading  the  new  bill  announced  for 
the  (iolden  <  late  the  coming  week,  is 
Theodore  Roberts,  the  famous  char- 
acter actor  of  the  screen.  He  is  ap- 
pearing in  William  C.  DeMille's  bril- 
liant stage  sketch,  "The  Man  Higher 
Up,"  and  it  promises  to  be  one  of  the 
treats  of  the  season.  Assisting  Mr. 
Roberts  is  Hardee  Kirkland,  well- 
kin  iwn  dramatic  star. 

A  second  big  feature  on  the  bill  is 
the  screen  play,  a  screen  picture  of  the 
stage  success.  "Lazybones"  with 
Charles  ("Buck")  Jones  in  the  featured 


role.  There  is  a  fine  cast  in  his  sup- 
port. 

"Amateur  Nite  in  London."  a  bur- 
lesque on  the  old  style  entertainment 
ottered  in  the  London  Music  Halls,  is 
another  feature;  Ernest  Mack  and 
Margie  La  Rue  will  be  seen  in  a  whirl- 
wind skating  act;  Walter  Ward  and 
Ethel  Dooley  present  a  novelty  com- 
edy act,  "I  Can  Do  That  Too";  Jerome 
Mann,  famous  juvenile  mimic  will  give 
his  famous  "Impersonations";  another 
act  will  also  appear,  but  as  yet  it  has 
not   been  announced. 

There  will  be  the  usual  short  reels 
and  Sweeten's  orchestra,  and  Grace 
Rollins  Hunt  will  preside  over  the 
music.  *     *     * 

Orpheum 

The  King  of  Jazz,  Ted  Lewis,  is 
coming  to  town  and  will  be  the  head- 
liner  on  the  bill  for  the  coming  week 
at  the  (  irpheum.  Mr.  Lewis  has  with 
him  a  captivating  young  miss,  Bobbe 
Arndt,  and  she  and  his  Musical  Clowns 
are  bringing  a  sensational  act  with 
them,  direct  from  Europe,  where  they 
have  been  the  rage. 

limmv  Nerve  and  Teddy  Knox,  two 
great  comedians  are  also  on  the  bill, 
and  with  the  assistance  of  Billie  Beryl 
and  Jelty  Stunt,  they  will  be  seen  in 
"Fantastic  Frolics";  Jessie  Maker  and 
William  J.  Redford.  musical  comedy 
favorites  appear  in  a  delightful  little 
skit  called  "Rolling  Stones";  Tabor 
and  Greene,  "Two  Dark  Knights."  are 
a  riot  wherever  they  appear;  Louis 
I. on, Ion  will  offer  character  songs; 
Willie  Mauss,  the  latest  importation 
from  Europe  has  a  sensational  offer- 
ing: Martinet  and  his  famous  crow 
from  the  New  York  hippodrome,  com- 
plete an  unusually  fine  program. 

*     *     * 
Columbia 

George  Bernard  Shaw's  masterpiece 
is  playing  at  the  Columbia,  with  one 
of  the  best  companies  seen  here  in  a 
decade. 

Julia  Arthur  is  a  marvelous  actress, 
and  she  brings  to  the  part  true  mag- 
nificence. Lynn  Pratt,  that  splendid 
performer,  gave  a  superb  delineation  of 
the  suave  and  wicked  Earl  of  War- 
wick ;  Thomas  Irwin  and  Philip  Quinn 
do  some  fine  work.  Julia  .Arthur  in 
her  portrayal  of  the  life  of  Jeanne 
d'Arc,  will  long  live  in  our  memories, 
we  do  assure  vou. 


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Wilkes 

There  remains  luit  one  more  week  in 
which  to  see  that  splendid  picture, 
"The  Big  Parade,"  which  starts  on  its 
last  week  at  the  Wilkes  tomorrow  eve- 
ning. 

Many  people  have  viewed  this  pic- 
ture four  or  five  times,  and  to  those 
who  have  not  as  yet,  seen  it,  we  do 
implore  you  to  go,  for  it  will  be  some 
time  again,  before  you  will  have  an 
opportunity  to  do  so. 

John  Gilbert,  Renee  Adoree,  Karl 
Dane  and  Tom  O'Brien  will  live  for- 
ever in  the  memories  oE  those  who  have 
seen  their  work  in  this  picture. 

President 

"Dancing  Mothers,"'  an  absorbing 
play  of  modern  life  with  a  notable  cast 
of  twenty  headed  by  Florence  Roberts, 
Frederick  Vogeding,  and  Kenneth 
Daigneau,  starts  on  its  seventh  week 
with  tomorrow's  matinee. 

San  Francisco  has  turned  out  en 
masse  to  see  beloved  Florence  Roberts 
once  more,  and  the  cast,  one  and  all, 
is  worthy  of  raving  about. 

The  play  is  the  work  of  Edgar 
Selwyn  and  Edmund  Goulding.  It  is 
well  written  with  a  profound  under- 
standing of  life  in  these  modern  days. 
There  is  splendid  comedy  running 
through  the  piece  and  it  has  been  given 
a  splendid  setting,  and  the  direction  of 
Edwin  Curtis  is  perfect. 

Alcazar 

"Twelve  Miles  Out"  is  a  surprising 
play, — there  is  a  strong  undercurrent 
of  tragedy  throughout,  which  is  mys- 
terious, rom'antic  and,  in  spots,  brutally 
truthful.  William  Anthony  McGuire 
wrote  it.  and  Duffy  Iris  provided  some 
splendid  settings  for  it.  The  last  act, 
in  particular.  is  especially  intriguing, 
showing  the  deck  of  a  sailing-  vessel. 
with  the  wind  bellying  out  the  sails, 
sailors  running  up  and  down  the  rig- 
ging, etc. 

Dale  Winter,  in  her  part  of  the  wife 
of  a  craven  lawyer,  shows  remarkable 
depth  of  feeling  and  plays  the  part  with 
a  repression  that  is  most  gratifying. 
Frank  Sheridan,  the  distinguished  New 
York  star,  is  marvelous  in  the  role  of 
the  hi-jacking  captain  ;  William  David- 
son has  a  part  that  fits  him  to  a  T. 
and  he  and  Sheridan  make  the  most 
of  their  unusually  strong  roles.  Wil- 
liam Macaulay  has  an  important  role 
and  plays  it  well.  The  newcomers  in 
the  cast  did  very  well.  Ming  Toy  an  1 
his  trained  parrot  are  great,  and  Frank 
Darien,  always  the  most  dependable  of 
actors,  makes  his  part  stand  out  with 
cameo-like  distinctness. 
*  *  * 
Curran 

"Rose  Marie."  Arthur  Hammer- 
stein's   beautiful   musical   comic   opera 


is  a  sensation,  as  is  evidenced  by  the 
long  line  of  patrons  at  this  house  daily. 

There  is  a  beautiful  story,  tunes  that 
are  really  musical,  interpreted  by  a 
splendid  orchestra,  and  the  costuming 
and  the  sets  are  superbly  beautiful. 

There  is  a  splendid  cast,  and  princi- 
pals and  chorus  alike  are  quite  the 
best  we  have  seen  in  a  show  of  this 
kind  for  an  ag-e. 


A  Royal  Scenarist 

Marie  of  Roumania,  most  famous  of 
European  queens  since  the  era  of  Vic- 
toria, is  to  turn  movie  author. 

The  celebrated  royal  author,  noted 
as  not  only  one  of  the  world's  beauties 
but  as  one  of  the  most  brilliant  femi- 
nine minds  in  the  Old  World  is  to 
write  an  original  story  for  screen  pro- 
duction, and  has  also  signed  a  contract 
by  which  all  her  previously  written 
novels,  stories  and  plays  are  to  be  avail- 
able for  screen  production. 

This  arrangement,  which  is  one  of 
the  most  romantic  as  well  as  one  of 
the  most  important  deals  in  the  history 
of  the  screen,  was  announced  late  yes- 
terday by  Louis  B.  Mayer,  who  ar- 
ranged the  contract  by  which  the  Rou- 
manian queen  becomes  a  Metro-Gold- 
wyn- Mayer  scenarist. 

Under  the  contract  Queen  Marie  is 
to  write  an  original  play  for  immediate 
production,  anl  in  addition  the  contract 
gives  M.  G.  M.  studios  for  a  long-term 
period  the  exclusive  rights  under 
option  to  any  additional  story  material 
bv  the  famous  author. 


Interesting  Dinner  at  Emerson 
Studio 

Next  Thursday.  March  11th,  Mrs.  V. 
Emerson  will  give  another  of  her  in- 
teresting dinners  at  her  studio,  573 
California  Street,  the  unique  title  of 
the  occasion  being  "Writer's  Cramp" 
Evening. 

Mrs.  J.  J.  Connell,  who  has  written 
numerous  short  stories,  the  majority  of 
which  deal  with  China,  and  also  a 
great  amount  of  verse,  a  series  of 
is  which  she  calls.  "Mother  Goose 
Nursery  Rhymes  of  China,"  will  be  the 
guest  of  honor,  and  will  discourse  on 
Chinese  themes.  Only  recentlv  Mrs. 
Connell  was  offered  $100by\the  Chatau- 
qua  Club,  to  appear  before  the  mem- 
bers, and   speak  on   the  same   subject. 

Among  the  notable  people  who  will 
be  p-esent  on  this  occasion  are:  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Julian  Hawthorne.  Mr.  John 
Barry.  Professor  Eliot  G.  Meal 
Stanford  University;  while  some  of 
the  lesser  lights  of  literature  include 
Mrs.  Eleanore  F.  Ross.  Messrs  John 
Brayton  of  Oakland,  and  Virgil  Lu- 
ciani.  poet  and  author. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  6,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


"Spring  Is  Here" 
Dame  Fashion  Says 

SUNSHINE  and  tield  flowers,  birds  and  bowers  may  tell 
us  that  spring  is  here— but  Dame  Fashion,  dictator  of 
the  season's  choice  issues  her  mandate,  and  we  know,  no 
matter  what  says  the  weather  clerk,  that  spring  is  here. 

More  and  more  are  modes  of  the  hour  becoming  advance 
messengers  of  what  the  months  proclaim.  The  strange  part 
of  it.  too,  is  that  favor  tends  toward  the  fashion-plates  rather 
than  toward  what  the  calendars  indicate. 

At  any  rate,  spring  fashions  are  here — and  they  are  here 
with  ravishing  loveliness! 

Look  into  shop  windows  of  San  Francisco's  smartest  tho- 
roughfares, and  judge  for  yourself  whether  or  not  there  is 
a  feast  for  the  eye  and,  meditations  for  the  pocket  book. 

The  wonder  of  it  all  is.  not  that  there  are  so  many  and  so 
great  a  variety  of  things,  but  that  everything,  singly  and 
collectively,  is'so  marvelously  and  fascinating  beautiful. 

"The  time  was."  stated  a  well-known  modiste,  "when  only 
the  expensive  and  exclusive  things  seemed  to  be  beautiful. 
But  look — everything  is  beautiful  now.  and  the  modest 
purse  needs  only  exercised  taste,  and  beautiful  attire  is  one's 

reward." 

*  *     * 

Simultaneous  Unveiling 

i  )ne  year  ago  our  leading  merchants  decided  to  stage  a 
simultaneous  unveiling  of  their  style  shops  and  when  the 
magnetic  moment  arrived  the  innovation  attracted  men  and 
women  from  many  quarters  of  the  land. 

The  "Unveiling  of  the  Latest  Modes"  was  a  pronounced 
success,  a  twelvemonth  ago.  And  this  week's  repetition 
of  the  dramatic  hour  transcended  in  expectancy  and  surprise 
the  style  show  of  last  year.  Really,  to  quote  from  travelers 
far  and  wide.  "The  fashion  show  of  our  western  metropolis 
is  glorious  !" 

*  *     * 

Welcome  the  Parasol 

According  to  fashion  experts  the  parasol  will  again  come 
into  its  own.  This  fascinating  accessory,  which  adds  ma- 
terially to  milady's  charm,  is  said  to  be  quite  smart.  To 
which  we  all  feel  like  rising  up  en  masse,  and  exclaiming 
aloud.  "Glory  be!"  For  there  is  nothing  which  can  so  en- 
hance a  woman's  beauty,  especially  for  daytime  wear,  as  a 
parasol. 

Welcome  the  parasol — and,  even  in  San  Francisco,  where 
it  has  been  a  stranger  many  years,  the  sunshade  can  find 
a  very  useful  place,  as  well  a^  a  most  fashionable  place  in 
society. 

*     * 

Trains  Bring  Women  Folks 
To  View  Our  Fashion  Shows 

According  to  authentic  reports  and  statistical  recount-. 
train  loads  have  brought  society  devotees  and  fashionable 
folks  from  interior  towns,  cities  and  highlands  for  this  year's 
fa-hion   show.      Hotels,  also,  give  reports  that   many  well- 


known  leaders  of  social  life  in  the  capital  city,  Sacramento, 
and  its  environs,  have  come  to  see  the  fashion  displays. 

"It  is  worth  a  journey  from  anywhere,  just  to  see  the  San 
Francisco  shops,  and  their  fashion  shows,"  exclaimed  a 
member  of  one  of  Sacramento's  wealthiest  families.  "New 
York,  and  l'aris.  London  and  other  centers  of  style,  will 
have  to  present  something  superlatively  fine  and  original 
in  order  to  excel  the  beauty  of  this  city's  style  display."  en- 
thused the  fashionable  one. 

*     *     * 
Don't  Forget  the  Flowers 

Side  by  side  with  the  handsomest  outputs  of  the  silk  and 
garment  industries  are  the  flower  displays  by  this  city's 
florists  in  their  intention  to  keep  pace  with  an  announce- 
ment of  spring. 

If  you  have  never  seen  red  and  gold  and  purple  amaryllis, 
go  look  into  the  windows  of  the  florists  along  the  fashion- 
able thoroughfares.     The   flowers  are   simply   magnificent! 


Annual  Horse  Show 

<  Oakland  again  stages  an  annual  Hor>e  Show,  drawing  to 
the  <  lakland  Auditorium  a  contingency  of  society  folks  from 
the  length  of  the  land.  The  social  register  of  the  state  seems 
to  have  just  emptied  its  contents  into  the  auditorium,  wdiere 
the  smartest  gowns  were  worn  by  the  leaders  of  society  and 
wdiere  both  men  and  women  admirers  of  the  steed  dress  in 

accordance  with  the  event. 

*     *     * 

Here  are  some  of  those  who  held  boxes  at  the  Oakland 
Horse  Show:  Mr:-.  Louis  Ghirardelli,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  (leorge 
Hammer.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Hamilton,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Richard  Hanna.  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Stuart  1).  Hawley.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Louis  G,  Henes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irving  11.  Ilcllman,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Edward  A.  1  toward,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  S.  How- 
ard, Mr.  and  Mr-.  Herbert  I7..  Hall.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  \Y.  II.  L. 
Nynes  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  J.  Keenan,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  C.  Jurgens,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  Kinney,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  C.  Kennev.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  J.  Knowles,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  R.  Knowland. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edson  F.  Adams.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W. 
Baker.  Brig.-Gen.  and  Mrs. 'David  P.  Barrows,  Miss  Maude 
Banks.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  L.  Best,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leon  Boc- 
queras,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  J.  Brophy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  11.  C.  Cap- 
well.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  F.  Carlston.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Cavalier,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  L.  Cory.  Mrs.  Thomas  Crel- 
lin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiggington  E.  Creed.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  \Y.  Cushing,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cecil  B.  DeMille.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Stanley  Dollar.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  J.  Edoff,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  Cal  Ewing,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  B.  Field,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harry  H.  Fair,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  C.  Force,  First  Na- 
tional Bank.  Mr.  A.  P.  Fleming. 

*     *     * 
At  Palm  Beach 

Mr>.  John  Drum  has  been  visiting  Mrs.  E.  H.  G.  Slater 
at  her  villa.  Casa   Biela  at   Palm    Beach.     Several  elaborate 


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dinner  parties  have  heen  given  by  Mrs.  Slater 
in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Drum,  who  plans  to 
spend  some  time  in  New  York  City  before  re- 
turning to  her  Burlingame  home. 

*  *     * 

Captain  and  Mrs.  Erskine  Bolst  of  San  Fran- 
cisco gave  a  dinner  in  Monte  Carlo  recently  for 
Lord  Younger,  previous  to  his  return  to  Lon- 
don. Among  the  guests  were  Major-General 
F.  J.  Kernan,  U.S.A.,  retired ;  Sir  John  and 
Lady  Prettyman  Newman,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Berr'vwall,  Ladv  Heath.  Mrs.  K.  P.  Lehr  and 

Mrs.  (  i.  H.  P.  Belmont. 

*  *     * 

John  Snow,  of  this  city  and  Oakland,  who 
has  been  travelling  in  Central  European  coun- 
tries, has  been  recently  in  Vienna,  on  his  way 

westward. 

*  *     * 

Judge  and  Mrs.  Marcel  Cerf  gave  a  tea  with 
music  in  their  apartment  in  Paris,  in  compli- 
ment to  Mrs.  Frank  Vernon,  nee  Virginia 
Brooks.  A  number  of  folk  songs  of  various 
countries  was  included  in  the  program.  Mrs. 
John  McNear  of  San  Francisco  was  one  of  the  guests. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  William  H.  Crocker  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Helen 
Crocker,  are  returning  to  their  Burlingame  home  after  their 
sojourn  in  New  York  and  other  eastern  cities. 

Mr.  Charles  Crocker,  whose  engagement  to  Miss  Virginia 
Bennett  of  Denver,  has  been  announced,  will  remain  in  New 
York,  and  will  enter  business  there.  The  wedding  of  Mr. 
Crocker  and  Miss  Bennett  will  take  place  early  this  summer, 
according  to  announcements. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Charles  Bryan  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Cooper  gave  an 
elaborate  luncheon  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  last  week  with 
forty  guests  seated  at  tables  decorated  charmingly  in  the 
first  blossoms  of  spring. 

■:,      *      * 

The   twenty-second   anniversary    breakfast   of   Cap   and 

Bells  Club  will  be  held  on  Thursday.  March  18,  in  the  Gold 
ballroom  of  the  Fairmont,  For  which  elaborate  preparations 
arc  being  made.  Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris,  the  gracious  and 
popular  president,  will  preside,  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Alexander 
East  will  present  a  program  of  music  and  other  artistic 
numbers.  The  reception  committee  comprises  Mrs.  John 
Sylvester  Pinney,  Dr.  Blanche  Culver,  Mrs.  A.  <  \.  Stoll,  Mrs. 
Thomas  J.  Morton.  Mrs.  Norman  Waller  Hall.  Mrs.  Byron 
Hall,  Mrs.  Byron  Hoffman,  Mrs.  Henry  Mortimer  Hastings. 
Mrs.  Richard  inland,  Mrs.  Warren  11.  Lord  and  Mr-, 
Joseph  Lawless. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milton  Esberg  and  their  son.  Mr.  Milton 
Esberg,  Jr.,  gave  a  house  party  at  their  country  home  in 
Ross  lasl  week  in  compliment  to  Miss  Barbara  Sesnon.  Miss 
tdabella  Wheaton,   Mis-  Julia  Adams  and   Mr.  Frank  Fuller 

and  a  few  others. 

*  *     * 

Literature  Invited 
Throngs  of  Folks 

The  large  audience  of  more  than  lour  hundred  book 
lovers,  members  <>\  the  California  Club  and  their  friends 
who  assembled  at  the  prett)  club  house  last  Tuesday  at- 
tested the  value  of  a  literary  day.      The  auditorium  of  the 


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club  house  was  packed  and  more  chairs  hail  to  he 
brought  into  the  room  for  the  accommodation 
of  the  literary  devotees. 

Katharine  Eggleston  Holmes,  author,  short 
story  writer  and  lecturer  addressed  the  audi- 
ence on  "A  Fiction  Writer's  Facts,"  giving 
from  out  her  storehouse  of  knowledge  and  ex- 
periences as  an  author  many  new  ideas  of 
writing. 

Grace  Sanderson  Michie,  scenario  writer  and 
leader  of  the  Better  Picture  movement,  gave  an 
illuminating  address  at  the  California  Club, 
drawing  graphic  pictures  of  her  own  work,  the 
motion  picture  industry  and  telling  with  a 
splendid  understanding  of  photoplays  in  gen- 
eral, details  of  the  profession.  Mrs.  Michie 
has  a  number  of  successful  photoplays  to  her 
credit  and  has  just  completed  a  new  picture 
which  will  appear  upon  the  screen.  She  has 
directed,  filmed,  cut  and  captioned  her  own 
pictures  and,  now  it  is  said  by  many  in  au- 
thority that  this  brilliant  young  writer  will, 
before  long,  be  as  well  known  as  a  director  as 
she  is  as  a  writer  of  scenarios. 


Composer  Plays  Own 
Seng  on  Literary  Day 

Winifred  McGee  of  Ceres,  the  well-known  California  com- 
poser, singer  and  organist,  with  over  100  compositions  of 
her  own,  came  down  to  this  city  last  week  to  attend  the  lit- 
erary day  of  the  California  Club,  and  to  play  her  own  com- 
positions for  the  musical  part  of  the  program, 

A  poem  "(  l  Flag  of  <  lurs."  written  by  Anna  Blake  Mez- 
quida  anil  set  to  music  by  Winifred  McGee,  was  sung  on 
this  noteworthy  occasion  by  Helen  Coburn  Heath  with 
Winifred  McGee  at  the  piano 

Mrs.  William  Beckman  was  an  honor  guest  and  in  tribute 
to  her,  readings  were  given  by  Mrs.  James  Crawford,  who 
selected  lines  from  Mrs.  Beckman's  latest  hook.  "Thought 
Stitches  From  Life's  Tapestry." 

,  *     *     * 

Indian  Lyrics 

Professor  Merrick  Norman  l.ehmer  of  the  University  of 
California,  an  authority  on  Indian  life,  their  songs  and  their 
legends,  spoke  before  the  California  Club,  illustrating  his 
address   with   the   songs  of    Indians   which   he   is   preserving 

on  special  phonograph  records, 

Mizpah  Nathan,  soprano  singer  of  Sacramento,  was  solo- 
ist at  the  literary  program,  with  Mrs.  Phillip  Aaronson  it 
tin-  piano.  Mrs.  Nathan's  exquisite  voice  charmed  the  San 
Francisco  music  lovers,  her  repertoire  including  operatic 
selections,  ballads  and  descriptive  numbers  which  she  sang 
with   musicianly   understanding  and   perfect   tone  qualities. 


Edna  Wilson  Becsey,  president  of  the  Sacramento 
Writers'  Club  was  an  honor  guest  of  the  California  Club 
literary  day. 

Tribute   was  paid    Fleanore   Ross,  poet  and  editor,  whose 

poem.   "San  Francisco  From  Russian  Hill"  was  read  by  Mr. 

Virgil     Luciani,    at     the    meeting     and     splendid     recognition 

lited  Mrs    Ross  for  the  beauty  of  her  poetic  lines.  Last 

week's   New-   Fetter  printed  this  poem. 

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It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall.  Special  attrae 
lions.  Radioactive,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
mine  pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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Tl  I  E  San  Francisco  Rotary  Club  held  a 
successful  golf  tournament  at  the  Lake 
Merced  Country  Club  when  fifty  entered  in  the 
handicap  medal  play  for  several  handsome 
pieces  of  silverware. 

Al    liernhard.  the   Epsom   Sails  King-  won  his 
first  trophy  in  Rotary  competion.    Al  said  the 
reason   he  did   so   well   was  that   he  had   just 
visited  his  mines. 

Frank  Foran,  who  had  Colonel  James  Power  as  his  guest. 
made  the  course  in  two  better  than  Bernhard  and  won  a  cup 
for  himself. 

Captain  Jack  Stolz  also  played  a  dandy  game  and  copped 
the  C  class.  Captain  Jack  has  three  cocktail  cups;  when 
he  wins  three  more  he'll  have  a  set. 

The  teams  were  captained  by  Mike  Savanah  of  Paragon 
fame,  and  Bob  Bremner,  the  ships  chandler.  Mike  was  too 
gorgeously  attired  to  play  golf;  evidently  he  was  bent  on 
showing  his  latest  creations  in  sport  togs.  However  Brem- 
ner wrecked  his  aspirations  as  a  leader  as  Bob's  team  won 
by  a  walk. 

George  Leathurby,  candidate  for  mayor  of  San  Mateo, 
played  the  feature  golf  of  the  day.  George  is  the  star  pellet 
shooter  from  the  Crystal  Springs  Club,  but  when  he  took 
twelve  on  the  first  hole.  Carl  Eddy  the  chairman  of  the  day, 
got  his  first  real  laugh  out  of  George  when  he  collected 
enough  to  pay  expenses. 

Jim  Patrick,  the  rubber  stamp  baby,  put  in  an  appearance 
after  an  absence  of  six  months,  but  as  usual  he  is  long  on 
form,  but  short  on  shots  and  after  playing  nine  holes,  he 
went  back  to  work. 

The  banquet  following  the  tournament  was  well  attended 
and  a  most  enjoyable  day  was  spent. 


Banquet  at  the  California  Club 

A.  L.  De  Luca,  one  of  the  most  popular  members  of  the 
California  Golf  and  Country  Club,  entertained  twenty-five 
of  his  golfing  friends  at  a  dinner  given  at  the  club  in  honor 
of  his  cracking  his  previous  record  of  98.  De  Luca  cut  one 
stroke  oft'  that  figure  and  felt  so  happy  that  he  arranged  a 
>econd  dinner,  which  was  attended  by  main-  golfing  celebri- 
ties, including  Jack  Percy,  the  noted  attorney,  Pill  Larson, 
one  of  Thomas  Edison's  right-hand  men.  lingo  I'oheim  and 
Rod  Guyette,  all  past  presidents  of  the  Mutual  Business 
Club  of  which  De  Luca  is  a  member. 

Fred  Gomph,  the  very  much  alive  secretary  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Club,  and  Claud  Alexander,  the  big  banker  secretary 
of  the  Mutual  Club,  each  gave  an  interesting  account  of  his 
secretaryship  in  a  very  colorful  manner.  Jack  Percv  acted 
as  toastmaster  and  filled  the  position  admirably.  After  the 
boys  had  enjoyed  a  most  sumptuous  repast,  which  was  i -spe- 
cially prepared  by  Miss  Gallagher,  they  adjourned  to  the 
card  room.  Among  those  present  were  Jack  Percv.  .Archie 
Duncan,  K.  R.  Snooks.  Otto  Segler.  Heinie  Brown.  Fred 
Gomph,  Herb  Bilsborough,  Line  Nelson,  Andrew  Nelson. 
Tom  Doherty,  Hugo  Poheim,  Bill  Carson.  Rod  Guyette, 
Charlie  Pittman,  Claud  Alexander.  Al  Sais,  [Carl  Nagel, 
O.  A.  Kellog,  Studebaker  Johnson,  A.  L.  De  Luca  and  Fred 
Blair. 

*     *     * 

The  Mutual  Business  Club  had  its  monthly  golf  ball  hunt 
on  the  California  Golf  Club's  Preserve  last  Thursday.  Fifty 
members  joined  in  the  scramble  for  lost  balls. 


Carl  Thomson,  the  newest  member  of  the  club,  who  in  pri- 
vate life  is  an  importer  of  raw  materials,  pulled  a  raw  one 

when  he  grabbed  off  the  first  prize  in  Class  A  with  a  net  7i. 

*  *     * 

"Grandpa"  Charley  Goodwin  won  the  low  net  ith  a  74 
when  he  played  off  a  tie  of  the  January  tournament  with 
lack  W'halen  anil  Klmer  "Veastfoam"  Miller.  Little  Elmer 
could  not  make  the  ball  rise  out  of  the  sand  traps  even  with 
a  niblick  load  of  Fleischman's  yeast. 

*  *     * 

M.  G.  West  Company's  representative  gave  the  pill  an 
awful  "W'halen"  but  succumbed  to  the  prowess  of  Grandpa 
Charley  at  the  18th. 

*  *     * 

.\l  the  Nineteenth  hole  Jack  W'halen  gazed  upon  the 
mashie-like  countenance  of  Little  Flmer  Yeastfoam  and  was 
heard  to  murmur.  "Yeast  is  yeast  and  west  is  west  and  ne'er 
the  twain  shall  meet  again  on  the  links." 

*  *     * 

The  Class  P.  Trophy  was  snatched  by  "Looie"  Thynnes. 
while  Milton  "Collarbutton"  Ellis,  the  dashing  haberdasher, 
wrapped  up  the  first  prize  in  Class  C. 

After  winning  the  Class  D  Trophy,  Herb  Billsborough 
started  in  at  the  nineteenth  to  play  nine  more  boles,  but  ran 
out  of  fruit  juice. 

*  *     * 

F'rank  Sutton  looked  over  the  real  estate  with  a  net  70. 
For  this  expert  performance  he  will  have  his  full  name  and 
family  history  inscribed  on  the  Golden  Gate  Ferry  Com- 
pany's Sterling  Silver  "Vessel."  If  his  moniker  is  written 
there  two  more  times  he  will  receive  a  miniature  replica  of 
this  cup  about  the  size  of  a  "schooner."  Sounds  like  a 
Ferry  tale.  *     *     * 

Gerry  Brooks  and  Courtenay  Barter  both  came  in  with  a 
75.  but  Gerry  was  just  out  of  the  hospital  last  June  and 
Courtenay  had  added  to  his  handicap  by  being  married  re- 
cently. *     *     * 

Link  Johnson  linked  up  with  an  83,  while  "Kid"  Kid  well 
kidded  himself  along  with  an  SO.  "Kid"  alibied  that  he 
would  have  made  better  headway  if  he  had  had  more  wind 
in  his  tires.  The  patent  attorney  rebutted  that  that  was 
an  inflated  statement,  irrelevant  and  immaterial,  and  had 
no  bearing  on  the  case.  Pink  says  the  "Kid"  "drove"  off 
the  course  and  "skidded"  along  in  the  rough. 

*  *     * 

When  that  Wicked  Wicker  furniture  magnate,  Al  F"er- 
reira  turned  in  a  gross  ')'>.  they  laid  him  on  a  wicker  daven- 
port so  he  would  feel  at  home  and  come  to. 

*  *     * 

Safety  House  Hick  dubbed  around  in  an  87 — net  of  course. 
Nobody  flashed  a  stop  signal  on  him  and  he  went  through 
three  foursomes  before  he  was  finally  stopped  by  an  explo- 
sion shot  executed  by  Steel  Tank  Ben  Newsom.  Norris 
thought  the  sun  was  a  spot  light  and  it  blinded  him. 

*     * 

Chicken  De  Luca  of  poultry  fame  executed  a  90.  He  was 
fresh  from  the  slaughter  house  and  covered  with  feathers. 
This  tickled  him — the  feathers,  not  the  score. 

*  *     * 

Jack  Fllery  bought  a  new  driver  from  himself  at  whole- 
sale and  tried  it  out  for  the  first  time.     If  anybody  wants  a 
brand  new  driver  cheap,  we  know  where  you  can  get  one. 
(Continued  on  Page  13) 


March  6,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Selecting  a  Radio  Rheostat 

WHEN  purchasing  a  radio  set  it  is 
an  excellent  idea  to  actually  test 
the  set  in  your  home  and  give  it  a  very 
careful  examination  to  avoid  future  dis- 


appointments. One  of  the  important 
things  to  he  considered  is  the  rheostat, 
which  is  a  small  instrument  most  gen- 
erally mounted  on  the  panel  board.  It 
Ci  nsisls  of  a  resistance  coil  wound  on 
some  good  material  thai  will  stand  heat. 
The  purpose  of  the  rheostat  is  to  control 
the  filament  or  "A"  current  that  flows 
through  a  radio  set.  The  control  is  ac- 
complished by  a  shaft  through  the  center 
of  the  rheostat  with  an  arm  attached  t" 
the  shaft  which  comes  in  contact  with  the 
resistance  coil.  The  movement  of  the 
arm   controls   the   flow   of   the   filament 

current. 

Rheostats  can  cause  a  great  deal  oi 
unnecessary  trouble  and  thej  should  be 
carefully  inspec  e  1  before  buying  a  ra  lio. 
Practically  all  good  radio  sets  are 
equipped  with  tirst  class  material,  but  it 
would  not  be  amiss  to  make  a  close  in- 
spection, and  a  few  points  about  rheo- 
stats may  help  in  your  selection. 

I  \. imine  the  resistance  coil  on  the 
rheostat  and  if  it  is  possible  to  move 
the  wire  with  your  linger,  trouble  will 
possibly  he  experienced  later  mi  from 
short   circuited   turns.       I'ho   contact    arm 

should  fasten  securely  onto  the  shaft  by 

a  set-screw,  and  the  end  of  the  contact 
arm  that  makes  contact  with  the  resis- 
tance wire,  should  he  SO  adjusted  that  it 
will  slide   freely  over  the  resistance  wire. 

making  a  good  contact  at  all  points. 

In  the  use  oi  rheostats  a  good  rule  is 
to  bum  the  filament  or  the  light  of  the 
tube  as  low  as  possible  an  1  still  obtain 
prion.  The  safest  method  to 
follow  is  to  turn  up  the  rheostat  until  a 
hiss  is  hear',  then  turn  the  rheostat  down 
until  this  hissing  noise  just  disappears, 
and  you  have  the  most  efficient  point  for 
the  tube  to  operate  best. 

Some   set    owners   make   the   error   of 


turning  their  rheostats  on  as  far  as  pos- 
sible. This  practice  cuts  out  all  of  the 
resistance  of  the  filament  circuit,  which 
shortens  the  life  of  the  tube  and  also  de- 
creases the  volume  of  the  output. 

Too  much  attention  cannot  be  given  to 
selecting  a  set  with  good  rheostats,  and 
to  learning  to  adjust  them  to  the  proper 
point  for  the  best  possible  reception  from 
your  radio  set. 

Loud  Speakers 

There  are  on  the  market  today  many 


different  kinds  and  makes  of  loud  speak- 
ers, such  as  horns,  bells,  cones,  cabinets 
and  so  forth,  each  one,  according  to  its 
manufacturer,  better  than  the  other  and 
as  every  set  owner  realizes,  the  loud 
speaker  is  one  of  the  most  important  ac- 
cessories of  any  radio  set,  especially 
where  good  reproduction  is  desired. 

On  some  sets  one  make  of  loud  speaker 
has  been  known  to  perform  better  than 
some  other  particular  make,  and  for  that 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  6,  1926 


PACIFIC  Gas  and  Electric  Company's  I 'it  River  project 
is  proceeding  rapidly.  Work  is  progressing  on  the  big 
tunnel,  diversion  dam,  flumes  and  foundation  work.  _  This 
sort  of  enterprise  gives  American  engineering  its  distinct 
place. 


— Southern 
senger  terminal 


Pacific  has  opened  a  $2,500,000  railway-  pas- 
:il  at  Sacramento,  with  great  ceremony,  the 
governor  and  other  notables  being  there  in  force.  This  is 
the  wav  m  which  our  transportation  corporations  are  adding 
to  the  glory  and  wealth  of  the  state.  The  public  spirit  of 
these  utility   corporations   is   decidedly   noticeable   in   these 

davs. 

*     *     * 

—  Motive  power  has  been  increased  by  30.84  per  cent  on 
the  Southern  Pacific  since  the  road  was  turned  back  to 
private  ownership.  The  sum  of  $19,202,118  has  been  spent 
on  locomotives  alone.  This  is  due  to  the  growing  volume 
of  freight  with  which  the  old  type  of  locomotive  could  nol 
deal.  More  power,  more  speed,  less  risk,  such  are  the 
achievement  of  the  modern  engineer. 


— The  Highwav  Commission  is  branching  out  into  a  mul- 
tiplicity of  projects.  Looking  at  the  list  which  includes  Del 
Norte  on  the  one  hand  and  Orange  on  the  other  we  wonder 
how  our  pockets  can  stand  it.  till  we  realize  that  it  mean- 
sheer  economy.  The  convict  camp,  which  has  been  highly 
successful,  is  to  be  maintained. 


— Carpenters  talk  about   walking  off  their  jobs  on   April 

1st,  which  is  a  fine  day  for  that  >ort  of  thing.     Do  they  have 

a  grievance?     None,  except  that   the  non-union   men   have 

a  chance  to   live.     They   must   be  tired   of  good   pay   and 

overtime. 

*     *     * 

—  Western  Pipe  and  Steel  Co.  has  entered  upon  the  manu- 
facture of  Lock-bar  steel  pipe.  Lock-har  pipe  has  been 
found,  over  a  considerable  period,  superior  for  efficiency, 
durability  and  strength,  in  the  general  run,  to  elei  trie 
welded  pipe. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PARK-PRESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

1IAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH Ilnipht  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (AH)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid   Up  Capital  *2u,0OO,O0O  (20,000,000  Re.erve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL,  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought.  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued,  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  TH11U- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,    ORE.:     SEATTLE,     WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY,     MEXICO. 

Son  Francisco  Office:  450  California  Street 
BRICK   HEATHCOTE  W.  J.   COIILTHARD 

Manager  A.M.  Manager 


Compensation,   General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

1U5  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


; — The  Court  of  Appeal  has  decided  in  Los  Angeles 
Count)-  that  the  Industrial  Accident  Commission  has  no 
power  to  order  paid  to  a  general  creditor  or  creditors  of  ar 
injured  person,  any  part  of  an  award  made  to  an  injured 
employee  or  his  dependents. 

*  *     * 

— Expenditure  of  $5,173,735.00  for  construction  and  main 
tenance  in  the  San  Francisco  division  of  the   Pacific   Gas 
and  Electric  Co.  for  the  year  1926  has  just  been  approved 
by  the  company. 

*  *     * 

— Electro  magnetic  methods  for  prospecting  were  first 
adopted  in  1907,  but  the  main  development  was  in  1921 
when  Karl  Sundberg,  a  Swedish  mining  engineer,  began 
to  experiment.  They  arc  now  being  used  in  the  United 
States.  A  current  is  causer!  to  flow  into  an  ore  body  and 
the  electro  magnetic  disturbances  caused  by  it  are  noted. 


—-There  is  now  quite  a  campaign  for  cotton  insurance  in 
California.  The  new  crop  in  the  state  is  already  reaching 
very  formidable  proportions.  There  are  172,000  acres  of 
cotton  yielding  a  crop  worth  $12,980,000.  (  alifornia  pro- 
duces 351  pounds  of  cotton  to  the  acre. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phone  Douclas  2244 


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Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California  ! 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Travel  Tid-Bits 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 


The  United  States  Lines 

It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  the  United  States  Lines 
are  quite  a  factor  in  Atlantic  steamship  business.  They  are  at 
present  operating  six  steamers,  the  "Leviathan,"  and  the 
"George  Washington,"  as  first-class  steamers,  that  is,  carrying 
first,  second  and  third-class  passengers,  and  the  "America," 
"Republic,"  "President  Roosevelt,"  and  "President  Harding," 
carrying  cabin  and  third-class  passengers  only. 

The  "Leviathan"  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  famous 
steamers  in  the  world,  she  is  the  flagship  of  the  United  States 
Lines,  and  her  record  from  Cherbourg  to  New  York  is  five  days 
and  twelve  hours.  She  is  noted  for  her  luxurious  appointments, 
such  as,  a  Pompeiian  swimming  pool,  winter  garden,  Louis  XIV 
salon,  and  the  fact  that  four  times  around  B  deck  is  one  mile. 
She  also  possesses  two  of  the  best  equipped  gymnasiums  on 
any  ship  on  the  Atlantic. 

The  "George  Washington"  is  another  famous  steamer  having 
carried  President  Wilson  to  the  peace  conference  during  the 
war,  also  General  Pershing  on  his  many  trips  across  the  At- 
lantic. 

The  "America"  is  the  largest  cabin  steamer  crossing  the  At- 
lantic, and  a  great  favorite  with  ocean  travelers.  The  "Repub- 
lic" is  one  of  the  best  known  cabin  steamers  and  has  accommo- 
dation for  600  cabin  passengers.  The  "President  Harding"  and 
"President  Roosevelt"  have  recently  been  converted  into  cabin 
Steamers  and  both  of  these  ships  have  become  famous  during 
the  past  four  months  for  spectacular  rescues  at  sea.  On  both 
occasions  the  captain  and  crew  have  been  decorated  by  the 
British  and  Italian  governments,  as  well  as  our  own. 

The  "Leviathan"  is  a  great  favorite  with  the  moving  picture 
stars,  having  carried  most  of  the  best  known  in  the  moving  pic- 
ture colony  the  last  few  years.  She  will  sail  from  New  York, 
March  20th  on  her  second  1926  trip  and  on  this  particular  trip 
she  will  carry  well  over  75  passengers  from  California.  The 
"Leviathan  is  990  feel  long,  59,965  tons,  and  has  an  average' 
speed  of  24  kno's  per  hour.  She  also  is  equipped  with  the  mosl 
powerful  radio  of  any  vessel  afloat, 

The  United  States  Lines  office  here  is  under  the  direction  of 

H.  L.  Dunwoodie,  who  is  well  known  among  shipping  circles 
in  the  East,  and  although  one  of  the  youngest  steamship  man- 
agers in  the  country,  be  is  well  versed  in  steamship  travel,  hav- 
ing mai'e  numerous  trips  to  and  from  Europe. 

Information  regarding  United  States  Lines  sailings  will  be 
promptly  furnished  by  the  San  Francisco  News  Letter  or  by 
Ernest  F.  Rixon.  544  Market.  San  Francisco,  Room  209. 


Several  trans-Pacific  steamship  companies  and  transcon- 
tinental railroads  have  volunteered  to  distribute,  throughout 

their   respective    systems,   copies   of   the   general    "Redwood 

Highway  Empire"  folder,  soon  to  be  issued  by  the  Redwood 
Highway  Association.  This  is  a  direct  result  of  the  Red- 
wood Highway  Day  Luncheon  of  a  few  weeks  ago,  accord- 
ing to  Clyde  Edmondson,  manager. 

This  type  of  distribution  is  looked  upon  by  the  directors 
of  the  association  as  one  of  the  most  effective  methods  oi 
attracting  and  controlling  the  direction  of  travel  to  and 
through  the  Redwood  Highway  Empire.  Other  folder  dis- 
tribution plans  are  well  under  way  according  to  word  re- 
ceived today. 


GOLF 

(Continued  from  Page  10) 

"Pants"  Poheim  wasn't  satisfied  with  an  85,  which  is 
pretty  good  for  a  tailor.  He  won  the  last  tournament  with 
a  net  68  and  immediately  sold  himself  an  extra  pair  of 
trousers.  If  he  wins  again  you  will  be  able  to  buy  pants  at 
$1.75  a  leg,  seats  free. 

*  *     * 

"Pete"  Peterson,  roofing  expert,  is  another  one  of  the 
newer  members  who  shoots  around  in  the  eighties.  The 
first  game  he  ever  played  was  in  the  eighties  and  that  makes 
him  old  enough  to  know  better.  Always  alert  for  business, 
he  discovered  a  leak  in  one  of  the  lockers  before  he  left  the 
club  house. 

*  *     * 

After  four  months  total  abstinence  from  golf,  Frank  Tay- 
lor succumbed  to  the  call  of  the  niblick  and  mid-iron  and 
showed  up  for  the  big  hunt.  While  he  was  waiting  to  tee 
off,  he  sold  two  automobile  policies  and  six  dollars'  worth 
of  golf  insurance.  We  hope  Frank  will  play  the  game  be- 
fore he  works  himself  to  death. 


Tom  Doherty  was  right  at  home  on  the  California  links 
and  promptly  extinguished  his  opponent.  Tom  always 
makes  a  fellow  feel  put  out. 

*  *     * 

The  "Big  Butter  and  Egg  Man,"  Andrew  Nelson,  skim- 
med the  milk  of  human  kindness  when  he  trimmed  his  own 
brother  with  a  net  85. 

*  *     * 

Roy  Staniford  beat  himself  when  everybody  kidded  him 
about  the  time  he  went  duck  hunting  with  Jack  Ellery  and 
shot  up  all  the  decoys  and  then  shot  a  hole  in  the  bottom  of 
the  boat. 


It  looks  as  if  we  shall  have  to  lend  France  more  money 
so  as  to  enable  her  to  pay  us  what  she  owes  us. — Cleveland 

Time- 


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Indep  endent 


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ESTABLISHED   1871 


ERNEST  F.  RIXON,  Qeneral  cAgent 

544  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Telephone  Sutter  2342 


SAX  FRAXCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  6,  1926 


Library  Table 


THERE  is  so  much  sound,  practical  business  sense  in  the 
four  volumes  under  the  title:  "The  Handbook  of  Busi- 
ness Correspondence,"  written  by  S.  Roland  Hall,  and  pub- 
lished by  the  McGraw-Hiil  Book  Company,  Inc.  that  it 
is  a  puzzling  proposition  to  quote  at  length  from  any  cer- 
tain section  or  volume  of  this  complete  and  valuable  set  of 
books  for  the  ambition-  letter-writer,  and  still  do  justice 
to  the  author. 

(Notwithstanding  the  realization  of  this  tact,  we  are 
quoting  at  random"  from  the  first  of  these  splendid  volumes. 
which  are,  so  apparently,  "a  liberal  education"  in  themselves : 

"Good  letters,  like  everything  else,  must  be  -old  in  a 
buyer's  market.  They  must  prove  their  own  worth.  But 
there  is  still  another' side  to  the  question.  Corporations 
•iay  not  have  souls,  but  they  surely  do  have  personalities. 
~"-at  personality  is  revealed  only  through  the  medium  of 
•■"Hers.  It  surely,  then,  is  worth  while  to  have  this  person- 
*,:'v  an  appealing  one." 

"-"•re  are  some  "don't-"  in  advising  the  good-letter-writer 
Msoirant.  which  the  correspondence  supervisor  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Rubber  Company  compiled:  and  which  Mr.  Hall 
quotes : 

"Don't  be  a  beggar.  Don't  say  everything  in  one  breath. 
Come  up  for  air.  Disregard  of  this  caution  causes  clumsy 
sentences. 

Don't  be  afraid  of  two  many  sentence-.  It  i-  the  long, 
clumsy  one-sentence   letter  which   bespeaks   the  amateur. 

Don't   become   stereotyped.      Versatility   is   rarely   a    fault. 

Don't  overlook  the  recipient  of  the  letter:  thinking  of 
him  in  the  light  of  the  facts  puts  personality  in  what  you 
write. 

Don't  gush.  YVe  appreciate  inquiries  for  our  products. 
but  we  are  not  peddling  pills. 

Don't  use  anything  unessential  to  the  clearness  of  the 
letter.     Simplicity  radiates  courtesy  and  personality." 

"The  Handbook  of  Business  Correspondence,"  by  S. 
Roland  Hall.     McGraw-Hill   Book  Co..  New  York. 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 


At  the  Samarkand 

At  a  delightful  little  dinner  party  given  at  "Samarkand," 
Santa  Barbara  on  Wednesda)  evening  last,  the  betrothal 
of  two  interesting  parlies  to  Pacific  Coast  residents  was  an- 
nounced, the  interested  ones  being  Miss  Agnes  VVillumsen, 
of  Pasadena.  California,  who  until  recently  has  been  the 
private  secretary  for  Mr.  D.  M.  Linnard,  President  of  the 
Linnard  Hotel  Interests,  and  the  other  being  Mr.  Alfred 
Killam  Bennett,  of  Tacoma;  Washington,  General  Manager 
of  Linnard  Hotel-  north  of  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Bennett  has 
been  located  for  the  past  several  months  at  "The  Winthrop." 
the  new  Linnard  hotel  in  Tacoma.  Washington,  but  since 
the  first  of  the  year  he  ha-  been  in  Santa  Barbara  to  reopen 
"Samarkand." 

*     *     * 

At  the  Hollywood  Plaza 

Prominent  San  Francisco  people  recently  registered  at  the 
Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel,  Hollywood,  California  are:  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W  li.  Maltby,  Mr.  Norwood  Chanman,  Mr.  W.  II.  Goi 
man,  Mr.  I..  A.  Kutner,  Mrs.  R.  R.  Finnigan,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
S.  B.  Williams.  Mr.  and  Mr-.  P.  J.  Kemper.  Mrs.  S.  Rosen- 
bluni.  Mr.  Albert  Fraus.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  A.  Lee.  Mrs.  Henry 
Gray,  Miss  Helen  Wilson,  Mr.  Pridmore  Wilson.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
P.  M.  Caroe,  Mr.  A.  J.  Plumenthal.  Mr.  R.  P.  Hyman,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  L.  A.  Douglas. 


AT  SINGLETON'S 

Allaj  (Eat 

COFFEE  INN 


A  Nice  Hot  Business 

Lunch,  50c 
Delicious  Sandwiches 
Tasty  Salads 
A  Wonderful  Crab  Louie 
Home-Made  Pies  and 
Good  Coffee 


Lunch  served  from  11  a.m.  to  2:30  p 


LARKINS  DUCO 
Has  Lustre 


Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.     Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

LARKINS  &  CO. 

First  Avenue  at  Geary  Street 


TliL.  FltAS ;ki,in  86SB 

>!elnl  Work  Apper- 
taining to  Automo- 
biles—  Osy-Aeetylene 

Wi-lilliin  —  lllnek- 
timlthlnK* 

AUTO  FENDER  AND  RADIATOR  WORKS 


CHAS.  J.  EVANS 

PALACE  GARAGE 

Opposite  Palace  Hotel 

have:  your  cars  washed  and  greased 

"THE  PALACE  WAY" 

Ratex:  35c  per  day;   $7.50  per  month 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  24  3 

Six    Floor*  for  Service  and   Storage  of  Automobile* 


W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY  PUBLIC— INSURANCE  BROKER 

^os    Crocker    Untitling    (Opposite    Palace    Hotel).    San    Frnnclaco 

Phone   Kearny   391 


M2  llu.li   (eor.  Tojlor) 


DENMAN  GARAGE 


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March  6,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


IS 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director   of   Publicity 
Nntlonal  Automobile  Club 

HAND  in  hand  with  the  develop- 
ment of  the  passenger  car  and  tin- 
great  advance  in  highway  development 
which  has  heen  coincident  with  the  pro- 
gress of  the  automotive  industries,  has 
been  a  tremendous  gain  in  the  motor 
transport  field. 

In  1924,  10'-,  of  the  motor  vehicles 
produced  in  the  United  States  were 
trucks.  The  output  of  commercial  ve- 
hicles showed  a  higher  proportion  as  corn- 
bared  with  passenger  vehicles  than  in  any 
previous  year.  'The  reason  for  this  is 
the  increased  demand  on  the  part  of  the 
country  fanners  for  a  quick  method  oi 
transport  in  order  to  take  care  oi  the 
products  of  the  farm  as  rapidly  as  pos- 
sible. 

In  1912,  22,000  motor  trucks  was  the 
total  produced  for  the  United  States  an  1 
Canada  as  compared  with  375,396  such 
vehicles  produced  during  1924  and  ap- 
proximately 400,000  SUCh  vehicle-  in 
1925. 

The  two  big  buying  months  of  the 
for  commercial  vehicles  arc  March  an  1 
October:  the  March  purchase-  may  In- 
laid to  the  demand  for  movement  of 
spring  products  and  the  October  pur- 
chases for  the  farm  products  of  the  fall. 

In  California  17,799  commercial  ve- 
hicles were  registered  during  1925, 
8,783  of  which  were  absorbed  by  the 
forty-seven  northern  counties  and 
9,016  by  the  eleven  southern  counties. 
The  majority  of  these  purchases  were 
the  light  trucks  of  popular  make,  de- 
signed for  the  transportation  of  less 
than  one  ton  of  freight. 

The  motor  truck  is  one  of  the  most 
important  of  the  cog-  in  the  machine 
of  commerce  today.  It  has  opened  up 
a   great    domain    on   the    Pacific    Coast 


which  was  not  fed  by  the  railroads  and 
has  increased  valuation  of  a  consider- 
able proportion  of  state  domain  by  sup- 
plying  transportation  facilities  for  pro- 
ducts raised  in  districts  off  the  main 
shipping  centers. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  motor 
truck  registration  in  California  and  in 
the  Pacific  northwest  has  shown  a  re- 
markable gain  in  the  last  few  years,  the 
future  of  the  automotive  industry  in 
the  west  is  said  to  be  in  the  sale  of 
commercial  vehicles. 

The  motor  truck  has  not  by  any 
means  taken  away  any  great  amount 
of  freight  shipment  from  the  railroads, 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  it  would  seem 
at  first  glance  that  this  would  be  the 
case.  (  >n  the  contrary,  the  increase  in 
registration  of  commercial  vehicles  has 
resulted  in  an  increase  in  freight  ship- 
ments over  the  railroads,  the  short 
hauls  being  made  by  motor  truck  and 
the  longer  hauls  by  the  railroads. 

In  the  cherry  districts  of  the  Vaca 
Valley  the  motor  truck  plays  a  con- 
spicuous part  in  the  transportation  of 
the  fruit  from  the  packing  sheds  to  the 
freight  stations.  In  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley  the  raisin  growers  have  found 
the  motor  truck  an  indispensable  aid 
in  the  shipment  of  the  grape  product. 
Likewise,  in  the  citrus  growing  dis- 
tricts of  Southern  California  and  in  the 
thermal  belt  near  I  Iroville,  the  small 
truck  has  proved  a  tremendous  advan- 
tage to  the  orcbardist   and    farmer. 

The  prophets  of  the  industry  predict 
a  domestic  truck  market  at  least  as  large 
as  ever  before,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
the  agricultural  region-  have  been  able 
lo  capitalize  on  their  better  financial  posi- 
tion although  the  position  of  the  farmer 
maj  not  be  a-  favorable  as  that  of  his 
city  brother. 

In  the  farming  districts  of  the  middle 
we.-t.  the  fluctuating  price-  on   farm  pro 

ducts  have  a  gi I    o  do  with  the 

increase  •  r  decrease  of  motor  truck  buy- 
ing. In  California,  however,  the  equili- 
brium between  the  purchasing  power  of 
OlUltry  and  the  city  is  preserve  I  to  a 
larger  extent  on  account  of  the  variety 

iroducts  winch  the  farm  countie 
able  lo  pn  ducc. 

The  farmers  and  fruit  growers  in  Cali- 
fornia are  gn  wing  richer  every  year  and 
a  great  deal  of  this  increase  in  wealth  may 
ttributetl  to  the  I  use  of  the 

mi  i-  i     trans]  ort    fi  r    the    marketing   of 
crops. 


Di 


All  in  the  Name 

The  Song  Writer— I  have  here,  my 
dear  sir.  a  song  that  is  bound  to  suc- 
ceed. It  tell-  about  the  great,  mighty 
Northland.  It  tell-  of  a  sweet  romance 
uniler  the  blazing  Northern  Lights. 

The  Producer— What's  its  name? 

S.  W. — "Love  Light-  of  the  North." 

Producer — Change  that  to  "Mushing 
(  in  the  Yukon."  and  I  can  use  it.— Col- 
gate Banter. 


ivide  your  gas 
or  electric  bill  by  the 
number  of  days—of  meals 
—  of  lighting  hours,  of 
baths,  hours  of  heating, 
etc.,  tor  which  the  service 
was  used — you  will  be 
surprised  how  little  each 
has  cost. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


"PACIFIC  SERVICE' 


Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 


©well's 

^-^KAHONAl  CMS! 

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16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  6,  1926 


RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 
reason  it  has  been  necessary  in  the  past 
to  always  select  a  speaker  that  was  best 
suited  to  each  individual  radio  set. 

Recently  there  arrived  on  the  market  a 
new  speaker  that  has  many  fine  qualities 
and  is  worthy  of  praise  and  also  the  con- 
sideration of  anyone  desiring  a  fine  tone. 

This  new  speaker  is  known  under  the 
trade  name  of  the  "Teletone  Cabinet 
Speaker,"  manufactured  by  the  Teletone 
Corporation  of  New  York  City.  It  is 
built  circular  and  possesses  that  clear  out- 
standing tone  that  is  absent  in  so  many 
speakers.  One  outstanding  feature  be- 
ing freedom  from  the  usual  crackling 
noises  that  are  so  often  evident  in  loud 
speakers.  This  is  accomplished  through 
its  excellent  construction.  The  Teletone 
is  built  like  the  violin,  entirely  of  wood ; 


the  interior  of  seasoned  spruce  and  the 
cuter  cabinet  of  highly  polished  walnut. 
There  is  nothing  to  get  out  of  order 
and  nothing  to  adjust,  and  the  price  is 
within  reach  of  everyone. 


For  Sale 

Seattle  Home 

Eight-room  Colonial  Residence.    Large 
Living  Room.  Dining  Room,  Breakfast 
Room  and  Kitchen.    Four  Bed  Rooms. 
Tile  Bath.   Furnace  and  Garage. 
3406  East  James  St.,  Seattle,  Wash 

C.  A.  RAY 

564  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 


USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL  ADDING   MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  Garfield  3N52  504  Market  St. 


The  Teletone  Cabinet  Speaker  has  been 
given  a  thorough  try-out  on  many  dif- 
ferent radio  sets  and  in  many  locations. 
The  result  has  been  the  same,  a  clear 
and  mellow  tone.  It  is  indeed  a  wonder- 
ful loud  speaker  and  one  that  anv  set 
owner  should  be  proud  to  possess. 


Those  who  criticise  the  gentlemen  of 
the  microphone  generally  known  as  an- 
nouncers, should  take  into  consideration 
seme  of  the  difficulties  they  meet  with. 
How,  for  instance,  would  you  like  to  an- 
nounce on  a  KFI  program  that  "Martha 
Van  Hoomissen-Chevallier  will  play 
'Tod  and  Verklaerung,'  by  Strauss,  and 
accompany  the  'Versunkene  Glocke'  by 
GretchnaninofF,  sung  by  Antoinette 
Konorocharakoff  ?" 


Do  You  Know  "Moco"? 

Now  is  the  time  to  think  of  dolling 
up  your  car  for  the  coming  season. 

When  you  think  of  paint,  think  of 
"Moco;"  then  go  out  lo  Gene  Morriss', 
23?  Valencia  St.  and  look  over  some  of 
the  jobs  that  are  finished  with  this  new 
process — it  is  very  durable;  a  most  beau- 
tiful automobile  finish — and  its  beautv 
and  gloss  increase  with  use. 

The  price  is  the  lowest  you  will  find 
for  a  dependable  job  and  will  surprise 
you.  The  saving  in  first  cost  is  greater 
because  of  the  short  time  you  are  de- 
prived of  the  use  of  your  car.  Take  it  in 
one  day  and  drive  it  out  the  next.  You 
can  make  no  mistake  in  investigating  this. 


At  the  Elder  Gallery 
Dr.  Alexander  Kaun,  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California,  who  has  recently  re- 
turned from  an  eight  months'  sojourn 
in  Europe,  will  speak  in  the  Paul  Elder 
Gallery.  Saturday  afternoon,  March 
13th  at  2:30  o'clock,  on  his  experiences 
during  his  recent  ratnblings — of  things 
and  persons,  art  and  life. 

Who  can  say  which  is  more  exciting, 
a  Herculaneum  bronze,  a  fragment  from 
a  nascent  novel  read  by  Gorky,  a  fresh 
canvas  by  Picasso,  a  Neapolitan  crowd, 
parliamentary  elections  in  Czecho-Slo- 
vakia,  an  interview  with  Minister  Ra- 
dich  in  Beigrad,  or  talks  with  anony- 
mous Italians,  Czechs,  Ruthenians., 
Poles,  Jews,  Magyars  and  so  on? 


All  Off 

He — "Mary?" 

Voice — "Yes." 

"This  is  Jack.     May  I  call  tonight?" 

"Sure.     Where  will  we  go?" 

"Well,   I   wish  we  could  stay  home 

for  I'm  busted." 

"You've  got  the  wrong  number.  This 

isn't  Mary." — Penn  Punch  Bowl. 


TALLEST  TOWER 
What  engineers  say  will  be  the 
highest  electric  transmission 
tower  in  the  world,  is  being 
erected  by  the  Pacific  Gas  and 
Electric  Company  as  a  part  of 
the  new  220,000  volt  power  line 
now  being  built  from  the  Vaca- 
Dixon  Substation  to  Antioch. 
The  tower  will  be  located  near 
Rio  Vista  and  will  be  459  feet 
high  or  about  twice  as  high  as 
the  company's  17  story  Gen- 
eral Office  Building,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Piles  will  be  driven  80 
feet  for  a  foundation  to  the 
tower. 

Without  a  splice  in  the  wires, 
six  copper-clad  steel  cables  will 
stretch  from  anchorage  to  an- 
chorage 7029  feet,  nearly  a  mile 
and  one-third  across  the  Sac- 
ramento River  and  8853  feet, 
more  than  a  mile  and  two- 
thirds  across  the  San  Joaquin 
River.  Supporting  towers  will 
be  necessary  to  maintain  the 
prescribed  clearance  height. 
There  is  to  be  a  single  un- 
broken span  of  4135  feet  over 
the  Sacramento  River  and  one 
of  3175  ft.  over  the  San  Joaquin 
River.  The  line  will  end  three 
miles  south  of  Antioch,  where 
the  company  is  building  its 
Contra  Costa  Substation. 
With  the  new  line  operating 
at  a  world's  record  voltage,  it 
will  be  possible  to  carry  Pit 
River  power  to  the  industrial 
districts  centering  around 
Pittsburg  and  Antioch. 


March  6,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Spring 


"GROZIT" 


"WH 

>  V   tu 


EN   in   the  spring-  a  young  man's  fancj     lightly  for    LaWJlS    and    Garden* 

turns  to  thoughts  of  hive."     A  bit  of  sentiment  from  W"°     **  "  «*     VJUIUCIIA 


the  past,  written,  probably  by  a  man  past  sixty.  It  is  inter- 
esting to  study  this  bald  and  we  might  say,  rash  statement 
from  several  angles — right  and  obtuse — carefully  and  with 
mathematical  precision,  of  a  type  employed  by  women  in 
the  justly  famous  game  of  love. 

In  considering  the  bright  thought  outlined  in  our  opening 
sentence,  we  first  must  hesitate  and  determine  the  meaning 
of  the  component  parts  (component  is  a  good  word,  remem- 
ber it,  please).  "When  in  the  spring- — "  that's  a  nice,  clean 
thought,  bringing  to  mind  visions  of  pure,  bubbling  water 
eddying  and  swirling  about  the  legs  of  a  young  man  who 
must  surely  at  this  early  season,  shiver  whether  he  wants 
to  or  not — and  you  can't  much  blame  him  when  you  stop 
to  think  that  love  often  leads  to  a  complete  frost.  Water  is 
good  enough  in  its  place,  but  obviously,  it  is  out  of  its  proper 
element  chilling  our  hero's  legs.  Water  serves  rather  to 
quench  than  to  inflame. 

Taking  another  angle,  could  the  poet  have  meant  the  actual 
act  of  springing?  Really,  the  whole  statement  has  a  gym- 
nastic trend  or  tendency  which,  if  true,  is  quite  refreshing. 
Let  us  see.  "When  in  the  spring  ....  lightly  turns — " 
The  whole  thing  points  quite  undisputably  to  the  fact  that 
the  young  man  took  a  running  leap,  sprang,  turned  a  sum- 
mersault and  landed  either  on  his  head,  heels  or  other  parts 
of  his  anatomy.  Love  is  like  that  with  young  men,  they 
run,  jump  quickly,  turn  lightly,  with  heads  alternately  to- 
ward the  sky  and  earth,  and  then  flop  like  tired  pigeons  to 
the  same  firm  ground  from  which  they  got  their  start. 
Whether  or  not  the  fellow  suffers  injury  depends  entirely 
upon  the  kindness  of  heart  or  nursing  ability  of  the  lady  for 
which  he  tries  to  show  off. 

Now  we  come  to  "a  young  man's  fancy."  A  rather  mis- 
leading phrase.  Better  should  we  say.  "a  fancy  young 
man"  since  in  the  spring  a  fellow  with  any  money  at  all  i- 
nothing  if  not  that.  Really,  a  young  man's  fancy  must  turn 
to  thoughts  of  clothes  before  he  can  give  serious  considera- 
tion to  love;  for  without  clothes  or,  rather,  without  clothes 
of  the  latest  cut  and  design,  he  stands  small  chance  of  win- 
ning favorable  glances  from  his  lady  fair.  A  good  tailor 
has  brought  more  than  one  romance  to  a  successful  conclu- 
sion, and  many  a  poor  tailor  has  losl  on  account  <>f  this  very 
thing. 

Lastly,  let's  think  about  "thi  nights  of  love."  A  sweet  sub- 
ject when  properly  treated.  Thoughts  of  love  won't  carry  a 
man  very  far,  even  if  he  is  a  person  of  abnormal  men! 
pacity  in  this  direction,  and  most  arc  not.  It  takes  more 
than  thought  to  win  the  modem  girl.  Better  to  say,  dances. 
candy,  flowers,  et  cetera.  We  may  safely  discontinue  fur- 
ther consideration  of  the  matter  by  stating  that  to  think  •■! 
love  is  quite  uninteresting,  for  a  fellow   must  love  to  think. 

After  this  angular  treatise,  we  arrive  at  the  point  from 
which  we  started  and,  after  extracting  the  square  root,  have 
our  answer — if  there  is  anything  square  about  love. 

\\  c  could  go  on  delving  into  intricacies  of  the  family  tri- 
angle, hut  here  every  problem  is  different  ami.  hence,  there 
is  no  set  theorem.  Safe  to  say.  there  is  no  right  angle  to 
such  a  figure.  Most  triangles  of  this  nature  are  plain,  un- 
adulterated tangles. 

The  author  of  "When   In  the  Spring"  and  SO  on  did  us  a 
good  turn,  though,  for  he  summed  up  in  a  few  \\ 
clean    words,   what    a   million    writers   since   his   time   have 
found  difficulty  in  expressing  in  several  trillion  innuendoes 
and  indecent  ones. 

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Spring  should  always  mean  "house 
cleaning"  of  some  sort ;  even  your  au- 
tomobile should  cmne  in  for  an  amount 
of  brightening  up,  so  that  when  you 
hear  the  "call  of  the  wild"  you  will  be 
in  readiness  with  your  machine  all  ren- 
ovated and  repaired  to  take  the  road 
and  answer  the  call  of  Spring,  which 
one  hears  now,  so  persistently. 

Take  your  car  to  the  corner  of  Van 
Ness  Avenue  and  Ellis  Street  and  put 
it  into  the  hands  of  the  Auto  Service 
Plus.  You  will  hardly  recognize  it 
when  it  comes  out  of  this  efficient  and 
speedy  shop. 


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Paying  employe---  a  small  drawing  ac- 
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high  wages  has  come.  The  plan  has 
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a  Kansas  dry  goods  merchant  who 
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in  numerous  ways. 

To  any  one  who  understands  mod- 
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this  seems  to  be  a  natural  and  inevit- 
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better  wages  has  absorbed  so  much  of 
the  time  and  effort  of  workers  for  so 
many  generations  that  it  is  no  wonder 
that  they  so  often  cling  tenaciously  to 
the  high  wage  and  reject  the  various 
plans  for  profit-sharing,  etc.,  that  arc 
presented  to  them   from  time  to  time. 

The  fact  remains,  however,  that  em- 
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They  may  ignore  that  fact  and  regard 
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may  acknowledge  it  and  receive  the  in- 
crease that  harmonious  activity  always 
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the  fact  of  their  essential  unity  of  in- 
terest and  we  may  expect  them  to  adopt 
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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  MARCH  13,  1926 


No.  11 


From  One  Thing  to  Another 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


Lemon  blossoms  would  be  more  appropriate  on  certain  occa- 
sions than  orange  blossoms. 

Green  rubbish  cans  have  been  mistaken  for  letter  boxes, 
down  San  Mateo  way.  We  rise  to  remark  that  the  rubbish 
can  is  the  best  place  for  lots  of  letters. 

*  *     * 

Punctuation,  since  the  invention  of  machines  which  have 
eliminated  "hand  set"  printing,  is  becoming  a  lost  art.  In 
other  words,  it  is  punc. 

*  *     * 

Love,  fundamentally,  is  a  game  of  tag.  During  the  first 
part  of  the  maneuvers,  the  man  chases  the  woman;  catches 
her  (as  a  rule),  and  then  is  himself  chased.  If  the  woman 
succeeds  in  securing  her  quarry  (  which  docs  not  always  hap- 
pen), the  strains  of  Mendelssohn's  most  popular  tune  are  heard 

on  the  air. 

*  *     * 

The  Dearborn  "Independent"  of  March  6  publishes  an  arti- 
cle called  "Never  Lost  a  War.  But  Never  Won  a  Conference," 

which  article  cites  numerous  cases  pertaining  to  the  failure  of 
the  U.  S.  A.  in  gaining  any  point  for  itself  through  interna- 
tional diplomatic  negotiation..  From  which  foregoing  infor- 
mation we  would  conclude  that  our  Nation  is  virile,  strong, 
rich,  speedy,— a  young  giant   for  physical  strength  and  natural 

resources,  but  unverse  1  as  yet  in  intrigue  and  the  art  of  deceit. 

otherwise  called  "diplomacy."  We  hope  this  record  is  not  pro- 
phetic of  our  future  accomplishments  in  the  World  Courtl 


If  the  local  carpenters  do  not  obey  the  comman  1  that  comes 
from  union  headquarters  in  Indianapolis,  to  refuse  to  work 
on  any  jot)  where  there  are  non-union  carpenters,  there  will 
i, ike  on  the  first  of  April.  And  the  strike  will  not  be 
for  shorter  lours  or  higher  wages;  it  will  simplj  he  a  matter  ol 
Irving  to  force  the  non-union  workers  to  join  the  union.  I  nder 
the   American  Plan,  instituted  in  1921,  there  has  been  no  labor 

trouble  "i  am  seriousness;  work  is  plentiful,  wages  an 
working  conditions  arc  right,  and  there  has  been  more 
of  a  buil  ling  boom  for  years  now.  in  this  city.  Are  these  ex- 
cellent con  litions  all  going  to  he  smashed  because  a  small  group 
of  industrial  autocrats  thousands  ^i  miles  away,  dictate  high- 
han  Yd  measures  to  a  body  of  efficient  and  independent  work- 
ing men.  who  have  adopted  the  policy  of  the  American  Plan— 
the  right  to  work  ? 


The  speedy  mental  transformation  which  comes  about 
through  changes  in  one's  position  in  life,  is  often  amusing. 
I  have  seen  a  ranting  Socialist  change  his  tactics  com- 
pletely, in  the  event,  possibly,  of  his  purchasing  a  peanut 
stand.  It  would  argue,  therefore,  that  opinion  is  sometimes 
a  matter  of  material  being,  instead  of  intellect. 


The  old  custom  of  a  man  footing  the  bills  when  acting  as 
escort  to  a  woman,  is  becoming  rather  farcical  in  view  of 
the  increasing  economical  independence  of  the  fair  sex. 
"Circumstances  alter  cases,"  no  doubt,  but  isn't  the  situa- 
tion an  injustice  to  the  man,  when,  for  instance,  his  com- 
panion may  be  making  twice  his  income?  If  two  people 
are  congenial,  and  like  to  ramble  around  together,  why 
shouldn't  each  pay  his  own  share? 

*  *     * 

It  is  quite  the  ordinary  thing  to  see  a  bald-headed,  ple- 
thoric old  man  making  a  silly  ass  of  himself  over  some  beau- 
tiful but  dumb  flapper,  but  if  a  woman  wdio  has  left  her 
first  youth  behind  her,  and  still  has  kept  herself  young 
and  "spry,"  tinds  pleasure  in  the  society  of  a  man  younger 
than  she,  almost  always  she  is  a  mark  for  ridicule.  Per- 
sonally. 1  find  men  of  my  own  age  rather  stuffy  and  in- 
clined to  spend  the  time  inside  four  walls;  or  incased  in 
a  closed  automobile;  very  seldom  do  they  prefer  the  wide, 
open  spaces  out-of-doors  and  the  use  of  their  own  legs.  The 
younger  men  are  the  ones  to  ramble  with — take  it  from  me, 
( ieraldine. 

*  *    * 

Straw  voters  are  showing  their  intelligence  by  favoring 
Federal  regulation  and  control  of  liquor,  plus  the  elimina- 
of  the  saloon.  Modification — in  favor  of  wine  and  beer, 
would  seem  to  me  to  he  an  amendment  almost  as  futile  as 
the  Volstead  Act  itself,  for  the  great  evil  which  prohibition 
has  created  is  the  traffic  in  "moonshine"  whiskey  and  gin, 
and  its  attendant  ills  and  deaths,  and  allowing  the  sale  of 
wine  and  beer  would  not  kill  this  evil.. 

The  great  thirst  of  the  masses  is  for  stronger  drink,  and 
stronger  drink  they  will  have.  The  medicinal  quality  of  pure 
v  is  an  acknowledged  fact,  and  under  Federal  regula- 
tion and  control.  I  believe  that  the  liquor  question  might  he 
safe  and  sane.  Witness  our  next  door  neighbor.  Canada,  in 
this  connection.  Unconditional  repeal  of  the  prohibition  law 
would  bring  into  existence  again  the  loathsome  saloon;  no  re- 
spectable citizen  wishes  to  see  that  again,    surely? 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  13,  1926 


It  would  appear  from  a  recent 
Handling  the  Automobile     report    of    the    Department    of 

Commerce  that  in  San  Fran- 
cisco at  lea  it  we  are  beginning  to  take  hold  of  the  auto  prob- 
lem with  some  degree  of  efficiency  and  that  there  is  a  grad- 
ual, if  not  verv  marked,  improvement.  For  that  we  should 
be  Wateful ;  for  it  is  not,  by  any  means,  universally   true. 

In  1925  there  were  89  deaths  in  this  city  as  the  result  of 
automobile  accidents,  as  compared  with  113  in  1924  and 
107  in  19?3-  the  rate  per  hundred  thousand  of  the  popula- 
tion being  15.7  in  1925,  20.6  in  1924.  and  19.9  in  1923.  It 
is  not  yen-  much  to  boast  about,  but  there  it  is,  and  the 
same  care' exercised  persisently  will,  no  doubt,  accomplish 
better  results  in  the  future. 

\\'e  can  say  with  confidence  that  the  police  of  San  Fran- 
cisco do  their  best  under  the  circumstances.  They  do  not 
have  help  enough  and  too  heavy  a  burden  of  care  is  laid 
upon  too  few  men.  In  spite  of  all  the  indifference  with 
which  the  public  regards  their  efforts,  they  actually  accom- 
plish very  fine  results ;  their  conduct  is  unimpeachable. 
There  are  few  places  where  so  efficient  and  polite  a  sys- 
tem of  traffic  control  is  established. 

Of  course,  those  whose  emotions  are  easily  aroused, 
clamor  for  more  and  more  severe  punishment  for  the  in- 
fringement of  traffic  regulations.  But  the  matter  will  not 
be  settled  l>v  punishment.  As  a  matter  of  tact,  in  those 
cities  where' an  infringement  of  the  traffic  regulations  has 
been  followed  by  savage  and  severe  punishment,  no  im- 
provement results  and  conditions  are  worse  than  with  us. 
Country  places  where  the  law  is  enforced  for  the  purpose 
of  getting  local  revenue  do  not  fare  any  better  for  the 
severity. 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  we  are  doing  pretty  well.  YYe  shi  mid 
make  preparations  for  increasing  traffic,  avoid  petty  an- 
noyances and  loyally  support  our  police. 


the  injured  party  was  working  on  navigable  waters,  the 
question  would  have  been  purely  a  maritime  law  question. 
But  in  this  case  there  was  no  relation  between  the  employ- 
ment of  the  injured  party  and  maritime  commerce  or  navi- 
gation. Therefore  the  court  decided  to  let  the  award  of 
the  Commission  stand. 

Of  course,  from  a  justice  point  of  view,  there  is  little 
doubt  of  the  award,  but  as  a  matter  of  reasoning  we  are 
by  no  means  sure. 

Time  and  again,  we  come  back 
Embarcadero  Bus  Line  to  the  matter  of  the  bus  line  along 
the  Embarcadero,  because  it  is 
a  matter  of  great  importance  to  the  city  and,  under  present 
conditions,  a  very  distinct  hardship  is  being  worked  upon 
thousands  of  business  people,  workmen,  and  visitors,  owing 
to  the  inconvenience  of  the  present  arrangement. 

Between  the  Pacific  Mail  Docks  and  the  Golden  Gate 
Ferrv  stretches  a  wilderness  hard  to  traverse,  which,  we 
have  been  promised  from  time  immemorial,  is  to  be  made 
accessible  and  passable.  But  generation  after  generation 
parses  from  youth  to  gray  old  age  and  finally  into  the  silent 
tomb,  and  still  the  Embarcadero  is  impassable  except  at 
expensive  rate-.     The  bus  line  docs  not  materialize. 

The  Board  of  Supervisors  has  been  petitioned  over  and 
r  again,  till  the  space  taken  up  by  the  petitions  would 
spread  into  Contra  Costa  County  and  would  flutter  in  rib- 
bons of  names  over  the  Golden  Gate  and  away  into  the 
wilds  of  Marin.  Even  the  staid  Board  of  Harbor  Com- 
missioners has  been  moved,  so  violently  moved,  as  to  offer 
J1S.0O0  a  year  towards  the  expenses  of  such  a  bus  line.  The 
City  Engineer  has  gone  on  record  as  recommending  a  bus 
line,  but  he  says  that  in  the  operation  of  the  line  there  would 
lie  deficit.  This  has  scared  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  ap- 
parently. Thev  seem  to  have  the  same  dread  of  deficits  that 
the  p-e-revolutionary  French  government  had.  And  yet 
the  fear  of  deficit  has  not  always  frightened  the  Board  in 
matters  of  much  less  importance.  It  is  hard  to  understand 
this  timidity  at  present. 

The  fact  is  that  the  line  is  necessary,  that  it  is  a  disgrace 
that  so  vital  a  part  of  the  city  should  be  so  neglected,  and. 
in  face  of  the  facts,  the  mere  fear  of  a  possible  deficit  should 
not  be  allowed  to  prevail  over  the  general  well-being. 


The  Supreme  Court,  through  a  re- 
Maritime  Injuries  cent  opinion,  written  by  Chief  Jus- 
tice Waste,  has  taken  an  interesting 
view  of  certain  maritime  injury  cases.  This  is  of  great  in- 
terest to  municipalities  which  employ  workmen  around 
wharves  and  on  barges. 

A  certain  employe  of  the  City  of  Oakland  was  working  on 
a  barge  used  as  a  tender  to  a  municipal  dredger.  lie  was 
injured  in  the  course  of  his  employment.  The  injury  hap- 
pened while  the  barge  was  tied  up  to  the  municipal  wharf, 
and  was  afloat  on  the  navigable  waters  of  the  estuary.  Ik- 
was  injured  while  cutting  wood  for  the  use  of  one  of  the 
boilers  of  the  barge. 

The  Industrial  Accident  Commission  made  an  award  for 
industrial  injury,  under  the  provisions  of  the  law.  The 
City  of  Oakland  against  that  award,  contended  that  the 
injury  was  a  maritime  injury  and  so  not  cognizable  by  the 
Commission,  and  the  matter  went  up  to  the  Supreme  Court 
on  writ  of  review. 

The  main  point  in  the  decision  lies  in  the  distinction 
drawn  by  the  Chief  Justice  between  local  and  more  than 
local  significance,  arising  from  the  circumstances  of  the 
injur}-.  He  says  that  in  the  former  instance  where  the 
matters  are  purely  local  and  do  not  impinge  upon  the  gen- 
eral maritime  law,  the  latter  can  be  modified  or  even  sup- 
plemented by  state  statutes.  In  the  case  at  bar,  there  was 
no  doubt  that  if  there  had  been  an  actual  vessel  on  which 


There  has  been  a  shipment,  recently. 
Bay  Region  Growth  to  this  district,  of  a  whole  trainload 
of  washing  machines,  forty  car- 
loads, of  the  value  of  S600.000.  It  is  the  largest  shipment 
of  washing-machines  ever  made  at  any  one  time  in  the  his- 
]i  -  of  American  industry.  Such  a  shipment  has  come  to 
this  community  and.  herein,  lies  a  fact  of  very  great  import. 
\\  e  are  the  new  home-building  part  of  the  country.  In  our 
midst  is  a  population  which  is  markedly  building  its  homes 
and  equipping  them  in  modern  fashion.  In  other  words, 
we  are  an   exceptionally  rich   and   progressive   community. 

The  representatives  of  the  firm  sending  the  shipment 
based  their  enterprise  upon  a  compilation  of  home-building 
statistics,  which  had  come  into  their  hands.  From  these 
statistics  it  appeared  that  within  the  last  five  years,  50,  722 
single  Family  homes  had  gone  up  in  the  bay  district.  Fifteen 
thousand  new  homes  of  this  character  were  erected  in  the 
hay  district  last  year.  No  wonder  that  the  firm  regarded 
this  district  as  the  finest  potential  market  for  washing  ma- 
chines in  the  world  today. 

It  may  be  noted  that  the  population  which  builds  these 
homes  is  very  much  interested  in  mechanical  devices  of  ail 
kinds  and  spends  much  money  on  automobiles,  mechanical 
devices  for  saving  labor  in  the  kitchen  and  radio.  It  is  true 
that  these  homes,  with  all  their  modern  conveniences,  are 
very  much  wanting  in  opportunity  for  privacy  and  in  con- 
venience for  quiet  and  reading.  It  is  perhaps  this  reason 
which  brings  about  a  great  deal  of  the  trouble  which  we 


March  13,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


are  having  with  our  young  people.  The  house,  as  now  con- 
structed, is  a  shelter,  where  breakfast  and  dinner  can  be 
had,  and  opportunity  for  sleep  is  offered.  The  work  must 
be  as  light  as  possible  for,  in  all  probability  all  the  adult 
members  are  engaged  in  gainful  occupation.  Hence  the 
demand  for  machinery  and  the  value  of  the  market. 


From  Brighter  Pens  Than  Ours 


One  Dr.  Arthur  H.  Briggs,  who  once 
Unreasonable  Drys       was  a  minister,  but  now  is  the  head 

of  the  anti-saloon  league,  has  been 
making  wanton  and  stupid  accusations  against  judges  and 
officials,  in  connection  with  the  administration  of  the  pro- 
hibition laws.  He  clamors  for  more  severity  and  says  that 
judges  are  not  punishing  hard  enough.  He  would  put 
men  in  prison  for  long  periods  of  time  for  exercising  what 
lias  never  before  been  questioned,  as  an  absolute  right,  the 
right  to  satisfy  one's  individual  appetite,  without  injury  to 
others. 

The  late  Rev.  Briggs  is  actually  indignant  that  policemen 
and  other  officials  who  make  arrests  in  the  course  of  the  en- 
forcement of  the  peculiar  and  unwelcome  legislation  with 
which  we  have  been  inflicted,  would  be  compelled  to  under- 
go cross-examination  or  any  other  inconvenience  which 
the  practice  of  the  courts  and  the  customs  of  the  country 
have  hitherto  made  inseparable  from  legal  proceedings.  He 
says  that  the  police  courts  make  a  farce  of  the  enforcement 
by  "trying  policemen  instead  of  arrested  bootleggers."  So 
that  the  head  of  the  prohibition  organization  demands  not 
only  cruel  and  unusual  punishment  for  the  people  who  ex- 
ercise their  individual  and  constitutional  rights,  but  also  the 
destruction  of  law  and  the  abolition  of  a  fair  trial  for  those 
accused  under  the  law. 

This  is  the  usual  way  with  fanatics.  They  start  on  a 
campaign,  which  they  maintain  is  for  human  betterment, 
and  end  by  tearing  down  the  securities  of  liberty  and  im- 
posing a  tyranny  in  terms  of  their  own  distorted  and  crazy 
imaginings.  Judge  Lile  T.  Jacks  puts  the  matter  very  well  : 
"The  fact  is  that  the  prohibition  law  is  not  backed  up  by 
public  sympathy  and  is  therefore  most  difficult  to  en- 
force.    .     .     ." 


There  is  no  doubt  that  for  some 
Absurd  Legislation         time   the  world  has  been  suffering 

from  a  sort  of  illusion  with  respect 
to  the  possibilities  of  the  human  race  at  this  period  of  its 
development  and  at  this  stage  of  the  world's  history.  A 
writer  has  recently  said:  "The  economic  and  political  in- 
stitutions which  wore  born  as  a  result  of  the  new  naturalism 
and  the  new  trust  in  human  perfectibility,  are  working 
poorly."  There  is  no  doubt  about  the  truth  of  that  State- 
ment and  the  recognition  of  its  truth  is  one  of  the  most 
powerful  reasons  urging  a  large  part  of  Europe  today  away 
from  democracy  into  the  dangerous  land  of  dictatO'ship. 
We  are  all  the  more  convinced  of  the  truth  of  that  analy- 
sis when  we  read  that  the  enactments  of  the  United  States 

Congress  since  1789  have  amounted  to  a  total  of  50.000 
laws.  There  needs  nothing  further  to  show  the  utter  folly 
of  the  workings  of  so-called  representative  institutions  and 
the  chaos  of  imbecility  into  which  popular  assemblies  fall. 
It  must  be  remembered  too,  that  the  numbers  of  laws 
passed  is  about  one-tenth  of  those  proposed.  What  a  whirl- 
ing dervish  sort  of  a  performance  popular  legislation  is, 
may  be  gathered  from  the  fact  that  the  last  Congress,  which 
was  by  no  means  extraordinary  (in  fact,  rather  moderate 
as  a  law-mill),  passed  996  laws. 

And  yet  this  amount  ^i  legislation  is  not  only  acceptable 
to  the  community,  but,  by  some  mysterious  process  of  selec- 
tion, manages  to  survive  inspection,  for  out  of  this  mass  of 
legislation  only  forty-seven  laws  of  Congress  have  been 
declared    unconstitutional   by   the   supreme   court. 


Asheville  Times — The  road  to  success  is  paved  with  good 
preventions. 

*  *     * 

Boston  Transcript — Miami  is  still  on  the  job.  They  had 
another   12-inch   rainfall  there  and  it  was   sub-divided  inside 

of  24  hours. 

*  *     * 

Chicago  Blade — More  families  suffer  from  the  lack  of 
judgment  about  spending  money  than  from  lack  of  money. 

*  *     * 

Ft.  Wayne  News-  Sentinel — About  the  only  result  of  try- 
ing to  kill  two  birds  with  one  stone  is  the  loss  of  the  stone. 

American  Lumberman — The  public  didn't  find  the  hard- 
coal  strike  nearly  as  hard  as  the  operators  and  miners  thought 
it  would. 

Dayton  News — The  supposition  is  that  the  Roosevelt  boys 
had  to  hide  behind  those  beards  so  they  could  sneak  up  on 
the  unsuspecting  ovis  poli. 

*  *     * 

Toledo  Blade — Nobody  is  asking  who  is  Vice-President  of 

the  United  States. 

*  *     * 

Norfolk  Virginian-Pilot — "France  Raises  Salary  of  Mar- 
shal Foch  to  $3000  a  Year," — Evidently  believing  that  hav- 
ing saved  the  world  for  democracy,  he  doesn't  need  to  save 

anything  else. 

*  *     * 

Cincinnati  Enquirer — That  Chicago  man  who  has  no  ap- 
pendix should  not  gloat  too  soon.  If  he  still  has  teeth  and 
tonsils  the  surgeons'll  get  him  yet. 

*  *     * 

Detroit  News — Alaska  reports  roses  in  bloom.  Help!  We 
may  be   standing  at  the  brink  of  another  real  estate  boom. 

*  *     * 

Alexandria  Times-Tribune — Now  that  they  have  taken 
the   "obey"   out   of    marriages,   they    might    put    it    into   a 

few  laws. 

*  *     * 

New  Yorker — Those  of  us  who  cannot  keep  our  check- 
books straight  are  comforted  by  the  news  that  the  sen- 
ate finance  committee  made  an  error  in  calculation  of  $43,- 
000,000.    Comparatively  few  of  us  ever  do  as  badly  as  that. 

*  *     * 

Birmingham  News — Things  even  up  rather  well.  People 
who  use  the  top  part  of  their  heads  less,  use  their  chins 

more. 

*  *     * 

Detroit  News — The  corn  belt  is  like  any  other — uncom- 
fortable when  too  full. 

*  *     * 

Davton  News — This  is  the  season  when  the  politician 
finds  annoyance  with  the  static  which  interferes  with  the 
volume  of  the  voice  of  the  people  which  he  awaits  to  in- 
fluence him  to  run  for  office. 

*  *     * 

B-ooklyn  Eagle — What  our  big  cities  need  are  fewer 
night  clubs  and  more  night  sticks. 

*  *     * 

Dayton  News — The  perfect  social  evening  is  where 
women  talk  shopping  while  their  husbands  talk  shop. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  13,  1926 


LEISURE'S  WW 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore* 


Kallicrine    Schwartz 


Alcazar 

WE  HAD  such  a  pleasant  inter- 
view with  genial  Henry  "Terry" 
(as  he  is  called  bv  his  friends),  Duffy 
the  other 
day.  G  r  a  d- 
u  a  1  1  y  this 
popular 
young  actor- 
ni  a  n  a  g  e  r- 
owner  is  re- 
alizing his 
dream  of  ac- 
quiring  a 
string  of  the- 
aters along 
the  Pacific 
Coast. 

With  the 
Alcazar  and 
President  already  proven  successes,  he 
has  now  acquired  the  lease  to  the  Ca- 
sino, where  he  will  open  April  9th  in 
musical  comedies  with  a  company  of 
sixtv  and  a  large  orchestra. 

Duffy  hr.s  a  penchant  for  the  name 
"President,"  for  his  new  theaters, — 
having  already  named  his  new  and 
successful  house  in  Seattle  "Presi- 
dent." He  will  open  a  season  in  Den- 
ver in  the  heautiful  opera  house  there, 
The  Broadway,  and  before  the  sum- 
mer is  over,  will  also  have  a  theater 
in  Los  Angeles.  Aside  from  all  these, 
he  also  has  an  agreement  with  E.  J. 
Carroll,  of  Australia,  for  an  exchange 
of  players,  and  in  the  spring  expects 
to  send  a  company  of  his  to  produce 
"The   Best   People"   over   there. 

More  power  to  you  Henry  Duffy ! 
May  success   crown   your  efforts. 


At  the  Alcazar,  "Twelve  Miles  Out." 
William  Anthony  McGuire's  latest 
play  with  adventure  and  romance  as 
its  chief  ingredients,  begins  its  third 
week  tomorrow  night.  There  is  much 
action  and  many  thrills,  and  its  up-to- 
date  theme  as  well  as  its  unique  plot 
is  full  of  appeal  to  everyone  who  loves 
the  stage.  There  are  some  very  real- 
istic scenes.  The  action  takes  place  on 
board  a  boat  at  sea,  and  the  rolling  ef- 
fect in  the  last  act  is  not  only  quite  a 
novelty  but  very  cleverly  done.  There 
is  a  long  cast  headed  by  Frank  Sheri- 
dan, William  Davidson  and  Dale 
Winter. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

President 

"Dancing  Mothers,"  with  lovable 
Florence  Roberts  in  the  leading  role, 
and  with  a  large  cast,  including  Fred- 
erik  Vogeding,  in  her  support,  contin- 
ues to  delight  large  audiences  at  Henry 
Duffy's  beautiful  theater  on  McAllister 
Street.  The  work  of  these  artists  in 
this  piece  has  been  highly  commended 
everywhere. 

Modern  life  is  laid  bare  to  the  audi- 
ence, and  although  there  is  plenty  of 
fun  and  laughter,  there  is  a  serious 
note  under  the  wdiole  thing  which 
makes  one  pause  and  do  a  bit  of  think- 
ing. There  are  some  elaborate  scenes, 
notably  that  of  the  second  act  which 
shows  a  "Night  Club"  in   New  York. 

*  *     * 
California 

Coincidently  with  the  production  of 
"Dancing  Mothers,"  which  has  proven 
to  be  so  popular  at  the  President, 
comes  the  announcement  that  the 
screen  adaptation  of  this  play  will  be 
seen  at  the  California  beginning  to- 
day. Alice  Joyce  will  have  the  title 
role.  Conway  Tearle,  Donald  Keith 
and  a  strong  supporting  cast  will  be 
seen  in  the  picture. 

*  *     * 
Granada 

Bebe  Daniels  in  "Miss  Brewster's 
Millions,"  is  the  attraction  at  the 
Granada  for  the  coming  week.  This 
is  a  paraphrase  of  George  Barr  Mc- 
Cutcheon's  story,  "Brewster's  Mil- 
lions." which  was  made  into  such  a 
successful  play.  Ford  Sterling  and 
Warren   Sterling  are  also  in  the  cast. 

On  the  stage,  Eddie  Peabody  will 
be  seen  in  "Ship  Ahoy,"  and  will  have 
forty  "jack  tars"  to  back  him  in  his 
music  and  fun. 

*  *      * 

St.  Mary's  College  to 
Produce  Play 

"The  Tree  of  Kerloth"  by  Brother 
Leo,  professor  of  English  literature  at 
St.  Mary's  will  be  presented  by  St. 
Mary's  student  players  at  the  Capitol 
Theater  on  Palm  Sunday.  March  28, 
with  a  matinee  and  night  performance. 

The  action  centers  about  the  life  of 
Judas  Iscariot,  and  projects  him  as  a 
human  character,  rather  than  an  alle- 
gorical villain. 

*  *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

Rex    Beach's    powerful    story,   "The 


Barrier,"  directed  by  George  Hill  opens 
at  the  Warfield  today.  It  is  acted  by 
a  remarkable  cast  in  which  the  prin- 
cipals are  Lionel  Barrymore,  Henry  B. 
Walthall.  Norman  Kerry,  Marceline 
Day,  Pat  Harmon  and  Bert  Woodruff. 

(  )ne  of  the  most  realistic  and  terrible 
fights  yet  seen  on  the  screen  has  a 
place  in  the  piece,  and  there  are  some 
wonderful  scenes  aboard  a  whaling 
ship. 

Plumes  and  yet  more  plumes  will  be 
the  keynote  for  the  Fanchon  and  Mar- 
co "Idea"  when  more  than  $10,000 
worth  of  plumes  will  lie  on  display  in 
this  gorgeous  spectacle.  Ko-Vert,  a 
sensational  European  dancer,  is  the 
featured  player,  and  the  always  popu- 
lar Helcne  Hughes  and  Otto  Ploetz, 
togi  ther  with  several  solo  dancers  and 
the  Sunkist  Beauties  will  appear. 

Walter  Roesner  and  his  men  will 
provide  the  musical  program. 

*  *     * 

West  Coast  Theaters,  Inc.  have 
added  another  handsome  theater  to 
their  chain. — the  Grand  Lake  Theater 
in  the  Lake  Merritt  district  of  Oak- 
land. It  is  conceded  to  be  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  of  neighborhood  the- 
aters, and  will  be  devoted  to  a  policy 
of  motion  pictures,  with  the  pick  of 
stage  productions.  Max  Bradfield's 
band  and  Irma  Falvey  at  the  organ. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Flora  Gough,  'cellist,  one  of 
San  Francisco's  very  own,  showed  to 
us  why  she  won  the  scholarship  in 
open  competition  in  Paris,  by  her  ren- 
dition  of   Faure's   "Elegie." 

She  is  a  student  of  the  very  finest 
caliber  and  will  advance  with  years 
and  study.  We  are  proud  to  claim  her 
in  our  fast-growing  artists'  colony. 

Mr.  Hertz  is  most  gracious  at  such 
a  happy  popular  concert.  His  en- 
cores were  those  we  wished  most  to 
hear:  his  own  arrangement  of  the  pop- 
ular "Caprice  Viennois"  and  the  "Au- 
tomaton's Dance  of  the  Delibes  Ballet 
Suite"  were  repeated  to  the  delight  of 
the  audience.  Piastro's  musicianship 
was  most  gratefully  appreciated. 

We  look  forward  with  much  antici- 
pation to  young  Yehudi  Menuhin's 
playing  of  the  Lalo  "Symphonie  Espag- 
nole."—  Earl  Schwartz. 

*  *     * 
Players'  Guild 

This    week-end    the    Plavers'    Guild 


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t'urrnn    Thi'nlir.    Sunilny    Afternoon.    BrtS, 

San    I'rnnfl.rii   Symphony   Orchestra 

made  its  long  promised  production  of 
William  Congrevc's  "Love  for  Love," 
third  of  Congreve's  four  comedies,  and 
considered  by  most  critics,  his  best 
work,  and  the  most  brilliant  comedy  of 
the  Restoration  period. 

A  splendid  cast  has  been  selected  by 
Reginald    Travels,    the    director,    and 
the  comedy  will  be  presented  again  to- 
night. *     *     * 
Curran 

"Rose  Marie,"  that  delightful  musi- 
cal piece  which  has  been  turning  them 
away  at  the  Curran,  goes  into  its  fourth 
week  tomorrow  evening.  There  is  a 
brilliant  score,  gorgeous  costumes, 
beautiful  scenes,  and  no  one  who  has 
seen  it  will  ever  forget  the  costumes 
nor  the  beauty  of  the  dance,  "The 
Totem  Pole."  Rudolf  Friml  and  Her- 
bert Stothart  are  responsible  for  the 
beautiful  score  and  the  producer  has 
gathered  together  a  cast  of  players 
who  sing-  it  to  the  best  advantage. 

In  the  cast  are  Maria  Shamson, 
Thomas  Conkey,  Sibylla  Bowhan, 
Charles  Sylber,  Arthur  Cunningham, 
Betty  Byron,  H.  Pierre  White,  James 
Moore,  Betty  Van  Zandt,  Edward  F. 
Gargan  and  over  ninety  others.  The 
splendid  orchestra  is  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Fred  Walz. 

*  *     * 

Imperial 

Here's  a  new  Ernst  Lubitsch  pic- 
ture opening  at  the  Imperial  yesterday. 
It  is  a  version  of  I  tscar  Wilde's  "Lady 
Windermere's  Fan."  Irene  Rich,  Ron- 
ald Colman,  May  McAvoy  and  Bert 
Lytell  play  the  leading  roles  in  Wilde's 
story  of  a  charming  woman's  indis- 
cretions and  .sacrifice  for  her  daughter. 

*  *     * 
Orpheum 

Ted    Lewis,  with  bis   wonderful  ag- 
ttion    of    musical    clowns    and    the 

captivating  and  dashing  Bobbe  Arnst, 
will  again  head  the  bill  at  the  <  Irpheum 
this  week.  He  will  present  an  entirely 
new  program  of  song  and  dance  num- 
bers, 

There  will  be  many  other  big  fea- 
tures on  the  same  bill,  including  Her- 
man Berrens,  who  will  present  Mile. 
Fifi,  a  newcomer  to  our  shores,  fresh 
from  Europe,  where  she  dazzled  every- 
one with  her  beauty  and  vivacity,  and 
himself  in  a  laughable  skit  entitled 
"Ten  Dollars  a  Lesson":  William 
Sully  and  Genevieve  Houghton,  sup- 
ported by  Edwin  Forsburg,  in  a  musi- 
cal playlet  called  "Arms  and  the  Girl": 
Val  Harris,  a  most  likable  character 
comedian,  with  Vera  Griffin  in  "The 
Sheik  of  '61";  La  Fleur  and  Portia,  in- 
comparable equilibrists  offering  the 
human  top.  and  the  Aurora  troupe  of 
cyclists. 

Jimmy  Nervo  and  Teddy  Knox,  who 
have  been  keeping  Orpheum  audiences 
in     spasms     of     laughter     with     their 


screamingly    funny    offering,    are    re- 
maining over   for  a   second  big  week. 
*     *     * 

Golden  Gate 

One  of  the  biggest  and  peppiest  of 
bills  of  the  season  is  announced  for 
the  Golden  Gates  this  week.  Heading 
the  long  list  of  well-known  vaudeville 
stars  on  the  bill  are  Ted  and  Betty 
Healy,  who  will  present  "Fun  in  the 
Healy  Manner."  Mr.  Healy  is  one  of 
vaudeville's  greatest  comedians,  while 
Betty  is  both  easy  to  look  at  and  an 
admirable  foil  for  Teddy's  wise  cracks. 

A  big  carnival  of  fun  in  which  every 
act  on  the  bill  takes  part,  makes  up 
one  of  the  biggest  numbers  on  the  pro- 
gram. In  all  a  company  of  thirty-five 
people  appear  in  the  fun  fest. 

Ted  Doner,  late  star  of  the' musical 
coined}',  "Lady  Be  Good,"  is  the  sec- 
ond feature  on  the  bill ;  Eva  Mascagno 
is  the  star  performer  in  the  Mascagno 
Ballet,  a  mammoth  dance  offering  in 
many  beautiful  scenes  and  with  a  large 
company  of  pretty  dancing  girls.  Ray 
Huling  and  his  dancing  seal  "Charley," 
has  one  of  the  most  novel  acts  in 
vaudeville;  The  Hassens,  a  troupe  of 
acrobats  who  amaze  with  the  speed 
in  which  they  perform  a  routine  of 
difficult  tumbling  feats,  and  the  Royal 
Northwestern  Police  Band  under  the 
direction  of  Eddie  Elliott  complete  the 
vaudeville  attractions. 

The  screen  feature  for  the  week  is 
"Bright  Lights,"  a  sparkling  romance 
of  Broadway  and  Main  Street  with 
Charles  Ray  and  Pauline  Starke  in  the 
leading  roles.  Lilvan  Tashman  is 
prominent  among  the  supporting  cast 
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Penchant  for  Green 

IS  it  because  of  the  advent  and  the  influence  of  Spring 
that  green  seems  to  he  master  of  ceremonies.'  Or,  IS 
is  because  "green  is  the  symbol  of  youth"  as  experts  de- 
clare, that  this  refreshing  coloring  has  prestige  over  other 
pigments  of  the  paint  box  and  the  pattern  designer. 

Green  salutes  us  everywhere.  Its  cleanliness,  its  radiant 
appeal,  its  softening  tendencies  make  it  a  universal  coloring. 
Those  who  adopt  it  for  gown  or  hat  or  accessories  gain 
admiring  applause.  It  is  said  that  a  famous  modiste  of 
France  always  added  a  hit  of  green  velvet  to  every  gown 
which  left  her  shop.  Her  custom  finally  resulted  in  a  dis- 
tinctive trademark. 

Nature  has  set  her  highest  approval  on  this  color  scheme. 
Right  now  our  fields  are  lovelier  than  they  have  ever  been 
before.  They  are  beautifully  and  radiantly  green ;  and 
California,  dressed  in  her  happiest  mood  greets  the  visitor 
or  the  constant  dweller  and  waves  a  welcome  in  green. 
That  is,  if  one  has  eyes  to  see  and  has  an  appreciation  of 
color  effects. 

"I  always  feel  better  when  I  have  a  little  touch  of  green 
somewhere  around"  said  a  well  known  San  Francisco  edi- 
tor. "I  like  to  feel  the  touch  of  it  as  well  as  to  have  the 
vision  of  it,  besides,  it  thrills  my  .-.ense  of  beauty  as  no 
other  color  ever  does,"  added  the  brilliant  one.  She  wears 
a  touch  of  green  most  of  the  time. 

Xow  I'm  wondering  if  that  is  one  reason  why  she  has 
so  much  pui^e.  Why  she  is  able  to  constantly  give  out  so 
much  of  herself  to  everyone  in  kindness,  helpfulness  and 
cheer.  She  has  a  God-given  abundance  of  humor,  a  ster- 
ling character  and  a  brilliant  and  well-balanced  mind. 

Her  favorite  color  is  green,  real  radiant  green  like  that 
of  the  fields  she  describes  so  beautifully  when  she  pens 
her  lines.  Has  her  penchant  for  green  anything  to  do  with 
it?    Perhaps  it  has. 

At  any  rate  the  life  she  leads,  and  the  thoughts  she  seems 
to  put  forth — are  always  radiant  and  healthful  like  the 
beautiful  fields  of  green. 

*  *     * 

Bridal  Pair  Return 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benton  C.  Wood  have  returned  from  their 
honeymoon  tour  and  have  taken  apartments  at  the  Hunt- 
ington. Mrs.  Wood  (nee  Irene  McCabe)  is  the  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  |.  McCabe  of  San  Francisco. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Spreckels  cancelled  their  bookings  on 
the  Olympic  for  a  trip  abroad  and  are  planning  to  spend 
the  Spring  in  New  York. 

*  *     * 

Major-General  and  Mrs.  Carroll  A.  Devol  have  c-oncned 
their  Menlo  Park  residence  after  having  spent  the  w'nter  in 
San  Francisco. 

*  *     * 

Wedded  in  Gotham 

A  wedding  which  took  place  in  New  York  recently  is  of 
special  interest  to  San  Franciscans,  the  bridal  couple  being 
Miss   Ruby  Thornton   and   Mr.   Harry   F.   Boulton.     Their 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 

wedding  was  held  at  the  famous  Little  Church  Around  the 
Corner.  The  bride  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  H. 
Thornton  of  Oakland.  She  graduated  from  an  Eastern 
law  college  and  has  been  practicing  law  in  New  York.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Boulton  will  make  their  home  in  Brooklyn. 


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Friends  of  Mr.  Arthur  Greer  of  Berkeley  have  been 
greatly  interested  in  the  announcement  that  he  has  been 
appointed  one  of  the  prom  committee  of  the  Sheffield  Scien- 
tific School  at  Yale,  this  appointment  being  a  social  honor 
eagerly  sought  by  all  students.  The  Senior  Promenade  at 
Yale  is  one  of  the  most  important  social  events  of  the  col- 
legiate set  and  young  girls  from  all  parts  of  the  country  are 
always  looking  forward  to  a  "bid"  to  the  New  Haven  event. 
Many  well  known  California  debutantes  now  at  finishing 
schools  in  large  eastern  cities  will  be  among  the  guests  at 
Yale  for  this  year's  Senior  Promenade. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Herbert  Hoover,  who  has  been  passing  the  last  few 
weeks  at  Stanford,  returned  to  Washington  last  Wednes- 
day. Mr-.  Hoover  came  West  right  after  Christmas  when 
the  son  of  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Hoover  returned  to  Stanford  fol- 
lowing  his   holiday   visit   with   his   parents   in   the  Capitol 

City. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Pennoyer,  who  have  been  enjoying 
winter  sports  at  St.  Moritz  are  now  in  England  visiting 
Mr.  Pennoyer's  brother.  Richard  Pennoyer  at  Staffordshi  e. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  Hugh  Tevis  lias  been  greatly  entertained  in  New 
York  by  many  of  his  California  friend-;  as  well  as  bv  the 
friends  of  his  fiancee.  Miss  Prudence  Ponsonby.  Mr.  Tevis' 
aunt,  Mrs.  Frederick  Sharon,  makes  her  home  at  the  Plaza 
Hotel.  New  York. 

Mrs.  James  Amsden  of  Kentucky,  a  great  aunt  of  Hugh 
Tevis,  is  visiting  her  daughter,  Mrs.  James  B.  Haggin,  at 
the  Haggin  home  on  Fifth  Avenue.  Before  leaving  on  the 
i  Hympic  for  Europe,  Mr.  Teais  visited  hi-  grandparents, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Baxter  in  Miami,  Flo  ida, 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Ponsonby  and  Mr.  Tevis  will  take 
place  in  London  next  month.  It  will  be  a  church  wedding 
with  a  reception  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs. 
William  Kunclle  Ponsonby,  Hobart  Place,  London. 

*  *     * 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Robert  Eckles  Swain  of  Stanford 
University,  announce  the  engagement  of  their  daughter, 
Dorothy,  to  Mr.  Ralph  N.  Begien,  Jr..  of  Richmond.  Vir- 
ginia. Miss  Swain  is  a  senior  at  Stanford  and  her  fiance 
is  a  former  Princeton  man.  Professor  Swain  is  head  of  the 
Stanford  Chemistry  department  and  during  the  absence  of 
the  President,  Dr.  Ray  Lyman  Wilbur,  he  is  acting  presi- 
dent. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Rex  Shearer  will  be  the  complimented  guest  at  a 
luncheon  to  be  given  March  17  bv  Mrs.  Marshall  Dill  and 
also  at  a  gathering  of  friends  with  Mrs.  George  Brommel  the 


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SAN  FRANCISO  )  NEWS  LETTER 


hostess.     Mrs.  Shearer,  who  makes  her  home 

in  San  Rafael,  is  leaving'  for  a  tour  of  Europe 

and  many  delightful  events  are  being  arranged 

prior  to  her  departure. 

*     *     * 

Betrothal  Dinner 

One  of  the  most  elaborate  dinners  held  re- 
cently, served  to  make  known  the  betrothal  of 
Miss  Alfreda  May  MacMillan  to  Mr.  Gus 
Lachman  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  The  engage- 
ment secret  has  been  so  well  kept  that  the 
thirty-six  guests  were  completely  taken  by 
surprise. 

Flowers  literally  covered  the  table,  which 
was  set  in  the  Florentine  room.  Gold  metal- 
line cloth  and  the  Fairmont  gold  service  added 
to  the  beauty  of  the  decorative  plan.  In  the 
center  of  the  table  stood  a  gold  bronze  pedes- 
tal, topped  with  candelabra  and  a  huge  basket 
of  pink  roses  and  heather,  all  of  which  was  re- 
flected in  a  large  mirror  placed  at  the  base  of 
the  pedestal.  At  each  end  were  low  bronze 
bowls  overflowing  with  pink  and  blue  hya- 
cinths. Six  other  flower  bowls,  filled  with 
primroses  and  lilies  of  the  valley,  were  linked  together 
about  the  circumference  of  the  table  by  garlands  of  pink 
stock.  Hawaiian  leis,  woven  of  carnations  in  mixed  colors, 
were  at  each  place  with  the  betrothal  cards  attached.  An 
Hawaiian  orchestra  was  concealed  at  one  end  of  the  room. 

The  bride-to-be  wore  a  period  gown  of  shell  pink  chif- 
fon, appliqued  with  a  flowered  taffeta  design  in  many 
colors. 

Miss  MacMillan  is  the  sister  of  .Mr.  Edgar  Calvin  Mac- 
Millan of  Tarrvtown,  New  York,  and  the  niece  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Abraham  Phillips  of  New  York  City.  She  is  a 
graduate  of  Barnard  College  in  New  York.  Mr.  Lachman 
is  the  son  of  the  late  Mrs'.  Bertha  Lachman  and  is  promi- 
nent in  business,  banking  and  fraternal  affairs  in  San  Fran- 
cisco.   The  wedding-  date  has  not  been  set. 

The  guests  at  the  betrothal  dinner  were:  Mayor  and  Mrs. 
James  Rolph  Jr..  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  NietO,  Messrs  and 
Mesdames  William  H.  Worden.  Stuart  F.  Smith,  Ernest  L 
Sultan,  Sidney  Herzog,  Herman  H.  Sattler,  Sylvan  Davis. 
Irving  Bare,  Henry  Mottet,  William  Joslyn,  George  Caig! 
Rudolph  Lachman  and  Frank  Lachman.  '  Mrs.  Leo  Pock- 
witz,  Miss  Constance  Purrington,  Colone 
Dr.  J.  F.  I'oheim  and  Alcssr-.  Jack  M. 
Lenoir  and  Harry  Lachman. 


HOTEL    CANTERBIIRY 
750  Sutter  Street 

San  Francisco's  Finest 
Family  Hotel 

250   Rooms 
Rates:  From  $2.50  per  day 


at  the  brilliant  breakfast  include  Mesdames  John 
Sylvester  l'inney,  A.  G.  Stoll,  Thomas  J.  Morton. 
Norman  Walter  Hall,  Dr.  Blanche  Culver,  Byron 
Hoffman.  Henry  Mortimer  Hastings,  Richard 
Hyland,  Warren  H.  Lord  and  Joseph  I.  Lawless. 

*     *     * 
Art  Event 

Mrs.  William  D.  Shea,  chairman  of  the  art 
section,  is  inviting  her  friends  of  the  Cap  and  Bells 
Art  Section  session  to  a  private  view  of  the 
work  of  R.  W.  Mulrony,  sculptor,  at  the  studio, 
2476  Broadway.  Miss  Mulrony  will  give  an  in- 
teresting talk  on  "Sculpture,"  Wednesday,  March 
24  at  3 :30  o'clock.  *  *  * 
Chinese  Rhymes 

An  interesting  talk  was  given  on  Mother  Goose 
and  Nursery  Rhymes  of  China  by  Marguerite 
Longaire  Connell  last  Thursday  before  an  audi- 
ence which  filled  the  California  Room  of  the 
Fairmont  Hotel.  Miss  Mansie  Chew,  daughter 
of  the  well-known  Chinese  editor,  played  the  mu- 
sical accompaniments  for  some  of  Mrs.  Connell's 
illustrations.  Mrs.  George  Yranizan  was  chair- 
man of  the  daw 


George  Filmer, 

■Jittigstcin,    this 


Anniversary  Breakfast 

Every  year  the  Cap  and  Bells  Club  gi\c~  a  breakfast, 
which,  in  the  reckonings  of  literary  and  musical  events 
has  high  standing  among  their  sister  organizations.     This 

year's  event   will,  according  to  elaborate   plan-;   in   prepara- 
tion, transcend   even    those  which   have   gained   presti. 
the  Cap  and  Bells. 

Airs.  Marshall  C.  Harris,  its  efficient  and  beloved  presi- 
dent, will  preside  over  the  twenty-second  anniversary 
breakfast  which  will  take  place  on  Thursday,  March  18 
in  the  gold  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  Airs.  Thomas 
Alexander  East  is  chairman  of  the  program,  as  she  has 
been  throughout  the  successful  year. 

Those  assisting  Mrs.  Harris  on  the  reception  ci  mmittee 


Dr.  and  Airs.  Bradford  Woodbridge  of  Roseville,  were 
in  this  city  last  week  paying  a  visit  to  their  daughter,  Mrs. 
L.  Foster  Young,  Anna  Young,  prima  donna  of  the  San 
Francisco  Opera  Company. 

Mrs.  Woodbridge  is  a  member  of  the  California  Legisla- 
ture, Assemblywoman  of  the  Ninth  Assembly  District,  hav- 
ing served  in  her  legislative  work  for  two  full  terms  and 
now  advancing  on  another  term  of  office.  She  is  one  of 
the  most  prominent  and  esteemed  leaders  in  northern  Cali- 
fornia  and  has  been  an  executive  in  women's  events  as  well 
as  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature. 

Air-.  Woodbridge  is  president  of  the  Tri-County  Federa- 
tion (if  Women's  Clubs,  including  Nevada,  Placer  and  El- 
dorado Counties.  She  is  a  past  president  of  the  Northern 
District  Federation  and  a  founder  of  the  Roseville  Women's 
Improvement  Club  and  one  of  its  past  presidents.  Mrs. 
Woodbridge  is  vice-president  of  the  Placer  County  Chamber 
<>f  Commerce  and  the  only  woman  on  their  board. 

Musical  and  literary,  civic  anil  welfare  events  have  the 
support  of  Mrs.  Woodbridge,  as  well  as  the  weighty  prob- 
lems of  California,  which  this  "level-headed  legislator" 
handles  with  American  principles  first,  foremost  and  all  of 
the  time,  according  to  constituents  of  the  district  which  this 
brilliant  and  sensible  lady  of  quality  represents  in  her  big 
legislative  work.  Dr.  and  Airs.  Woodbridge  were  guests  at 
dinner  and  luncheon  at  the  Hotel  California!!,  where  they  often 
stay  while  in  San  Francisco. 

*  *     * 

At  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 

Prominent  San  Francisco  people  recently  registered  at 
the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel,  Hollywood.  California  are: 
Mr.  and  Airs.  E.  11.  Ramin.  Air.  J.  AI.  White,  Air.  S.  H. 
Ilderton,  Air.  L.  A.  Kutner,  Air.  James  G.  Rainey,  Air.  H.  C. 
Smith.  Air.  and  Airs.  Victor  Wood.  Air.  J.  S.  Queenan. 

*  *     * 
Tea  Club  Meet 

The  "Tea  Club''  met  one  raVent  afternoon  at  the  1  me  of 
Mrs.  Edward  Young  in  Presidio  Terrace.  An  interesting 
musical  program  was  arranged.  The  "Tea  Club"  will  give 
their  annual  tea  on  April  28  at  the  California  Club. 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

Swt\  Maria,  Cu.iforxia 

On  ihe-  Co«rl   HigKv.»v   Halfway    Reiviccn  San   Francisco   and   L©»   Aiccle* 

\n    Inn   of    1  nu-u.il    Excellence 

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AGU  A  C  ALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why? 

It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall.  Special  attrac- 
tions. Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
ming pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
CORAN, Agua  Catiente,  Sonoma  County,  or  see  Feck-Judah.     I 

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10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  13,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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FORREST  J.  WILMAN,  the  big  ace  from 
the  Olympic  Club  at  Lakeside,  celebrated 
his  return  from  Europe  by  winning  his  first 
important  golf  tournament  when  he  captured 
the  first  flight  of  the  San  Francisco  Realty 
Board  semi-annual  golf  tournament  which  was 
held  at  the  California  Country  Club. 

Wyman  ought  to  feel  doubly  proud  as  he 
won  from  the  largest  and  most  representative  gathering 
of  earth  peddlers  ever  assembled  in  a  realtors'  golf  compe- 
tition. 

All  Forrest's  matches  were  cleverly  won  and  his  final  bat- 
tle with  young  Douglas  Watkins  of  Lyon  and  Hoags, 
the  low  net  winner,  was  a  clean-cut  affair. 

The  tournament  was  full  of  surprises  from  start  to  finish. 
Harry  Hilp,  the  world's  greatest  mixer,  knocked  "Polly" 
Willard,  the  me  'alist,  for  a  golf.  Hilp  mixed  them  up  so 
well  that  he  had  the  realty  champ  in  his  bag  at  the  six- 
teenth. 

Billy  Gilmour,  the  famous  Scot,  and  Harry  Lauder's  only 
rival,  was  another  Olympian  who  played  superb  golf.  Bill 
was  pitted  against  Lou  Bailey:  both  had  previously  won  a 
nineteen-hole  match,  but  the  little  Scot  was  too  tough  for 
Bailey,  winning  on  the  home  hole. 

Frank  Morris,  Bill  Manaton  and  Percy  Brunn  made  it 
five  straight  for  Lakeside.  Morris  won  a  close  one  from 
Ward  Cox  of  the  Sunset  Sand  lots.  Bill  Manaton,  the  baron 
realtor  of  Montgomery  Street,  never  played  better  in  his 
life,  when,  after  spotting  Ed  Rayman  one  up,  he  collected 
on  the  eighteenth.  Percy  Brunn,  of  Brunn  and  Eisert's, 
was  the  only  winner  from  that  famous  Bush  Street  office. 
Percy  downed  Sid  Fisher,  a  baby  member  of  his  firm,  after 
the  kid  had  spotted  his  boss  one  up. 

Harry  Seigler  of  Merced  Club,  one  of  our  big  operators, 
won  in  a  walk  from  George  Klemyer.  Bob  Miller  just  ni  ised 
out  Dick  Hickman  ;  while  Art  Newhouse,  fresh  from  his 
victory  at  Del  Monte  over  Washington's  Birthday  tourna- 
ment, won  an  interesting  match  from  Fred  Palmer  of  Cald- 
well, Cornwall  and  Banker. 

Fred's  the  boy  who  did  most  of  the  work  in  putting  the 
tournament  over. 

Felix  Kahn,  the  peer  of  construction  barons,  won  his  third 
trophy  in  succession  in  realty  golf  play;  but  we  couldn't 
see  why  he  should  pick  on  such  a  cripple  as  George  to  ac- 
complish it.  George  was  hopping  on  one  foot  all  day  so 
Felix  took  pity  on  him  and  won  early.  Irving  Larson  had 
a  tough  time  disposing  of  Oscar  Heyman  of  Sand  Hill  Golf 
Club.  Irving  had  to  go  to  the  nineteenth  to  do  it.  Harry 
Eldredge  had  a  tough  customer  in  Walter  Hurry,  the  sole 
survivor  of  the  Harrigan-Weidenmuller  Institute,  while  Paul 
Tessot,  another  of  Caldwell-Cornwall  and  Banker's  star 
salesmen,  gave  Roy  Reigle  a  lesson  in  golf. 

*     *     * 
Tourney  Full  of  Features 

Out  of  the  seventy-four  matches  played,  forty-two  either 
finished  on  the  home  hole  or  went  ex'ra  holes  for  a  decision. 

Several  of  the  one-year  players  pulled  up  lame  and  were 
not  able  to  stay  the  limit. 

The  competition  was  very  keen  as  the  prizes  were  equal 
to  the  value  of  good  commission. 

Harrigan-Weidenmuller  were  very  much  upset  when 
their  star  salesman  didn't  come  through  after  they  had  -pent 
several  hundred  dollars  building  a  two-hole  practice  course 


in  the  basement  of  their  office.  There  is  one  thing  certain, 
Drew  Harrigan  never  gives  any  client  the  edge  in  a  golf 
tournament. 

"Kewpie"  Mallen,  of  McGerry  and  Company,  was  backed 
for  a  million  after  he  had  beaten  Gus  Fisert. 

Louis  Lurie  would  have  entered  the  tournament  if  he 
had  thought  there  was  a  chance  to  make  a  deal  on  the  links. 
lli  concluded  that  his  opportunity  was  better  on  Sutter 
Street  while  all  the  other  realtors  were  playing  golf.  "Louis 
seems  to  be  high  hatting  the  boys." 

When  Hugo  Rainacciotti  found  that  he  wasn't  paired  i  ft 
with  St.  George  Holden,  he  dropped  out  of  the  tournament, 
a  victim  of  (  Iscar  Turnbladt  of  Buckbee  Thome's.  Ra- 
macciotti  had  his  mind  all  made  up  to  buy  several  blocks  of 
Sunset  property  at  the  right  figure,  financed  up  to  within 
90  per  cent  of  the  purchase  price. 

Alfred  Jay  Rosenstirn  had  bis  chauffeur  follow  him  around 
the  course,  as  usual,  in  his  Rolls-Royce.  Rosie  got  so  ex- 
cited at  winning  his  first  match  in  competition  that  he  blew 
in  the  second  spasm,  when  Oscar  Heyman  put  the  skids 
under  him.  Rosie  said  he  would  have  done  better  if  he  had 
met  either  Julian  Thome  or  Colbert  Caldwell. 

*  *     * 

All  Committees  Worked  Well 

Hugo  Rainacciotti.  chairman  of  the  tournament  commit- 
tee: (  '.-.car  Turnbladt.  entertainment  committee;  Fred  Pal- 
mer, trophy  committee;  Bob  Moir.  secretary  and  official 
score  keeper;  A.  L.  Rosenstirn,  Bill  Manaton,  Camile 
Chaquette,  Felix  Kahn,  finance  committee,  and  Fred  Blair, 
official  handicapper  of  the  tournament  worked  in  harmony, 
not  a  kick  being  registered  during  the  three  days  of  play. 

To  Hugo  Ramacciotti,  most  of  the  credit  is  due  for  his 
untiring  effort-  in  putting  the  affair  over.  When  Ra- 
inacciotti introduced  George  Boardman,  president  of  the 
San  Francisco  Realty  Board,  right  away  Boardman  spoke 
of  the  splendid  showing  of  realtors  wdio  sat  around  the 
banquet  board.  George  said  it  showed  the  Splendid  fellow- 
ship and  comradeship  that  existed,  when  out  of  the  96  that 
qualified  over  90  were  swapping  yarns  across  the  banquet 
board.  President  Boardman  said  he  felt  honored  to  be 
there  to  distribute  the  trophies  that  the  b(  ys  had  won  on  the 
opening  day.  After  presenting  Polly  Willard  with  a  trophy 
he  won  as  medalist,  the  president  asked  for  a  speech.  "Polly" 
is  a  man  of  few  words  saying  that  he  wouldn't  tell  how  he 
scored  his  76,  but  adding  that  the  Real  Estate  Tournament 
was  the  only  place  he  could  win  a  cup,  then  sat  ('own. 

Douglas  Watkins.  a  cub  realtor,  who  blew  in  the  tourna- 
ment over  night,  was  the  low-net  winner  with  a  card  of  72. 

Watkins  was  the  dark  horse  of  the  tournament,  as  he  was 
the  runner-up  to  Forrest  Wyman,  after  having  had  his 
handicap  cut  in  half. 

St.  George  Holden,  of  the  Sand  Lot  Golf  Club  in  the  Sun- 
set, didn't  win  a  trophy  for  breaking  any  records,  but  he 
was  not  afraid  of  an  honest  score.  St.  George  is  an  honest 
shooter,  who  counts  them  all,  as  his  score  of  131  would  in- 
dicate. This  score  would  guarantee  any  prospective  pur- 
chaser of  getting  a  square  deal  if  ever  thev  should  have  any 
business  dealings  with  the  king  of  the  Sunset  district. 

*  *     * 
Gorgeous  Array  of  Trophies 

Fred  Palmer  pot  together  one  of  the  best  assortments  of 
trophies  from  Niderost  and  Taber.  which  had  been  on  dis- 
play at  Roos  Brothe-s.  and  were  distributed  to  the  success- 
ful winners  at  the  close  of  the  tourney. 


March  13,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


MAY  we  call  your  attention  to  our 
front  cover  of  this  issue?  This 
cover  is  in  harmony  with  our  policy : 
Nothing  but  the  best,  and   the   News 


Letter  is  proud  to  be  able  to  carry  ad- 
vertisements for  such  high-class  mer- 
chandise. 

The  Beautiful  Radio  Salon  at  220 
Stockton  Street,  is  worthy  of  a  visit 
and  everyone  should  make  an  effort 
to  pay  this  up-to-date  radio  salesroom 
a  social  visit,  for  the  management  has 
done  everything  possible  to  make  these 
salesrooms  the  most  complete  in  everj 
detail  on  the  coast. 

Do  Not  Be  Too  Gullible 

It  is  worth  while  to  note  that  the 
public  is  fast  reaching  the  point  where 
they  refuse  to  accept  just  anything  in 
the  line  of  radio  sets  that  may  be  of- 
fered. For  a  long  time  radio  remained 
a  mystery  to  the  majority,  but  today 
practically  everyone  is  interested  to 
the  extent  of  learning  something 
about  it. 

From  letters  received  in  this  office 
requesting  information,  we  are  Finding 
out  that  very  often  a  radio  set  has  been 
sold  that  would  not  give  satisfactory 
results.  As  one  radio  merchant  in- 
formed us  when  visited,  he  was  "not 
interested  in  anything  but  cheap  sets." 
He  handles  a  cheap  set  and  is  selling 
it  on  a  time-payment  basis  as  a  high- 
class  product  at  a  high  price. 

Yes,  he  has  sold  many  of  them  in 
the  past,  but  at  the  present  his  sales 
are  on  the  decline,  for  the  public  is 
getting  educated  to  the  fact  that  a 
cheap  radio  is  no  good,  lie  tells  us 
that  soon  he  is  to  have  a  nice  new  re- 
ceiving set  to  sell  and  that  it  is  going 
t.i  go  over  in  a  big  way.  He  may  have 
what  appears  to  be  a  new  set.  but  do 
not  be  enthuse. 1  too  much  over  this 
new  and  startling  radio  that  he  has 
coming  on  the  market !  About  the  onlv 
way  he  is  going  to  put  it  over  will  be 


as  he  has  put  sets  over  in  the  past,  se- 
curing a  few  purchasers  that  may  hap- 
pen to  drop  into  his  place  of  business, 
and  are  not  familiar  with  receiving 
sets. 

Any  person   can  walk  into  the  best 
radio    store    and    for   the    same    figure 


that  would  be  expended  for  a  cheap 
set,  purchase  a  good  one.  The  pay- 
ments may  be  made  in  the  same  way; 
so  much  down  and  so  much  per  week 
or  month. 

Radio   reception   cannot  be   enjoyed 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  13,  1926 


PER  CAPITA  taxes  for  state  and  local  government  are 
highest  in  Nevada,  with  California  coming  next  and 
New  York.  Minnesota,  Massachusetts,  Oregon,  South 
Dakota,  and  New  Jersey,  following  in  that  order.  It  is  per- 
haps the  inevitable  price  of  progress,  for  we  find  the  per 
capita  taxes  lowest  in  the  Southern  States  where  no  pro- 
gress is  made. 

*  *     * 

—A  new  consideration  of  the  increase  in  population  in 
Africa  and  Asia  caused  by  the  better  methods  of  govern- 
ment seems  to  show  that  the  natives  have,  by  increase  of 
population,  consumed  all  the  wealth  that  the  improved  con- 
ditions of  production  have  brought.  That  is  a  matter  of 
great  concern,  as  it  will  take  many  generations  to  teach 
those  peoples  anything  like  regulation  in  that  respect: 

*  *     * 

■ — "Business"  says:  "Foreign  collections  are  no  more  diffi- 
cult than  domestic  ones.  The  company  gets  foreign  credit 
data  through  its  salesmen,  also  direct  from  foreign  banks. 
and  from  mercantile  agencies ;  it  subscribes  to  an  export 
credit  bureau  by  means  of  which  it  exchanges  ledger  ex- 
periences with  foreign  buyers."  That  sounds  very  well, 
but  it  will  take  more  than  that  to  convince  the  average 
business  man  that  foreign  collections  are  easy. 

*  *     * 

— The  railroads  have  expended  nearly  four  billion  dol- 
lars in  new  equipment  and  other  facilities  and  improve' 
ments  in  the  past  six  years.  The  net  returns  for  1925  were 
hardly  more  than  4  per  cent  dividends  on  the  investment. 
This  is  not  enough  ;  5"4  per  cent  is  about  as  low  as  railroad 
investment  should  run.  An  industry  which  does  as  much 
for  the  community  as  the  railroad  industry  sin  mid  at  least 
be  able  to  pay  adequate  returns. 

*  *     * 

— In  a  luncheon  talk  to  the  delegates  of  the  annual  con- 
vention  of  the  Pacific  Foreign  Trades  Council.  Y.  S.  Mc- 
Clatchy  called  attention  to  the  steady  drift  of  world  com- 
merce to  the  Pacific.  Pacific  commerce  has  increased  in  the 
last  twenty-five  years  from  11.5  per  cent  of  our  total  to  25 
per  cent.  These  figures  are  for  merchandise  only.  The 
figures   for  all   commerce  afford   still   more   striking  rcMills. 

— The  life  insurance  business  continues  to  increase  and 
to  show  gains  over  the  marvellous  showing  of  last  year. 
The  new  paid  for  business  in  January  of  this  year  amounted 
to  $854,057,000;  more  than  1*00  millions  over  the  amount 
of  new  business  for  January,  1925.  There  seems  to  be  no 
limit  to  the  prosperity,  just  now.  Moral:  Make  hay  while 
the  sun  shines. 

*  *     * 

— The  year  1925  had  the  most  favorable  mortality  record 
of  any  year  in  history.  The  death  rate  for  the  year  was  8.46 
per  1000,  a  decrease  over  1924,  when  the  death  rate  was  up 
to  that  time  the  lowest.     The  doctors  seem  to  be  justified. 

*  *     * 

—Today  is  the  last  day  of  the  National  Business  Show. 
which  has  been  held  all  this  week  in  Civic  Auditorium. 
This,  the  quietest  show,  the  parade  of  "American  efficiency." 
is,  without  doubt  one  of  the  most  interesting  exhibitions 
ever  seen  in  San  Francisco.  The  tendency,  in  modern  busi- 
ness, is  toward  quiet  efficiency;  and  this  is  demonstrated  at 
the  Business  Show  by  all  sorts  of  noiseless  machinery. 

The  show  has  been  well  attended,  and.  from  all  reports, 
has  been  unusually  successful. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH,   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  nnd  21st  Streets 

PARK-I'K ESI  1)1(1  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

IIAICIIT  STREET  BRANCH Height  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ON-l-QUARTER  (4J£)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 


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The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO.  CANADA 

Paid  I  |i  Capital  *20.00O.OOO  g20.0OO.0OO  Reaerve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON.  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND.    ORE.;     SEATTLE,     WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY.     MEXICO. 

San  Francisco  Office)  450  California  Street 
BRUCE  HEATHCOTE  W.  J.  COVLTHARD 

Manager  Aunt.  Manager 


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Health,   Fidelity   and   Surety,   Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douclas  2244 


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MANUFACTURERS  OF 

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FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 

San   FrnnclMco,  Calif.  Lou  AngelCM,  Calif. 

444  Mnrket  Street  5717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


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March  13,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


1.5 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 


By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 


The  Old  "New  World" 

"Something  old  and  something  new, 
Something  horrowed  and  something  blue." 

THE  old  rhyme  has  a  new  setting — it  sums  up  the  call 
of  South  America,  To  begin  at  the  end,  "Something 
blue," — there  is  the  indigo  blue  of  cloudless  skies,  the  green 
blue  of  the  pampas  plain  after  the  rains,  the  purple  blue  of 
the  distant  mountains — "something  blue"  worth  seeing  in 
South  America. 

"Something  old?"  Yes,  dead  and  buried  cities,  so  old 
that  the  story  of  their  end  is  forgotten  and  they  have  no 
beginning;  virgin  forests  where  there  are  trees  as  ancient 
as  many  cities  ;  races  whose  customs  are  those  of  the  fore- 
fathers who  lived  on  the  same  spot  ten  thousand  years  ago. 
There  are  things  old  enough  in  the  great  western  continent 
to  rival  the  wonder  of  Egypt. 

Peru  is  known  as  the  "land  of  the  Incas" — who  were  great 
at  the  time  of  Columbus — and  the  story  of  their  hoards  of 
gold  and  its  conquest  is  a  familiar  one.  But  the  wonderful 
pottery  that  sometimes  reaches  the  hands  of  the  traveller 
in  a  coast  town,  who  is  looking  for  a  char-acteristic  souve- 
nir, suggests  a  far  greater  antiquity.  The  museums  pos- 
sess pieces  of  such  exquisite  workmanship  that  none  but  a 
very  civilized  people  could  have  produced  them,  and  yet 
authorities  pronounce  them  to  be  anything  up  to  7000  years 
old.  Even  in  the  modern  towns  and  villages  of  this  conti- 
nent whose  early  days  are  forgotten,  peasants  still  make 
copies  of  these  most  ancient  designs,  and  he  who  knows 
what  to  look  for  may  obtain  relics  of  the  deserted  cities 
that  the  interior  hides,  together  with  their  romantic  story. 
Some  day  South  America  may  show  us  her  secrets,  and 
meanwhile  some  of  her  ancient  romance  is  within  the  no- 
tice of  even  the  casual  visitor  to  her  coasts. 


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But  it  is  the  "something  borrowed"  and  the  "something 
new"  that  makes  the  call  of  these  great  countries  to  others 
of  us.  The  Spanish  and  Portuguese  civilization  that  has 
built  great  and  beautiful  cities,  that  has  developed  great  na- 
tions, was  a  borrowing  to  good  purpose.  The  "new"  things 
are  the  immense  possibilities  for  development  that  are  to 
be  found  in  the  new  nations  whose  growth,  astonishing 
though  it  is,  has  only  used  the  fringe  of  their  immense  ter- 
ritories, and  whose  technical  equipment  is  in  its  sturdy  in- 
fancy. 

True  there  are  cities  of  most  advanced  modern  equip- 
ment, and  architecture  of  a  breadth  and  magnificence  that 
shames  many  a  notable  town  of  the  Old  World.  The  races 
of  South  America  have  a  great  artistic  gift,  making  their 
architecture  something  already  famous  and  distinctive,  and 
such  cities  as  Rio,  Buenos  Aires,  Valparaiso,  are  modern 
to  the  last  telegraph  pole.  But  this  modernity  goes  side  by 
side  with  vast  territories  as  yet  undeveloped,  where  forests 
are  unexplored,. rivers  untracked,  whose  natural  resources 
are  only  guessed  at,  whose  history  is  a  forgotten  fairy  tale. 

A  visit  to  South  America  is  a  tourist's  pleasure  certainly 
— Kaieteur  Falls,  the  rolling  Amazon,  the  "fairy  city"  of 
Rio,  the  wonderful  grass — plains  and  estancias  of  Argentina 
— these  are  among  the  "show  sights"  of  the  world.  But  a 
visit  to  Brazil  and  Argentina  means  far  more  than  travel- 
ler's pleasure  to  the  farseeing  passenger.  He  may  find  here 
the  "big  thing"  he  has  been  looking  for.  All  things,  old  or 
new,  are  possible  in  South  America,  it  is  well  worth  a  visit. 

Questions  regarding  travel  to  South  America  or  any  part 
of  the  world,  will  be  answered  through  this  column  by 
Ernest  F.  Rixon,  Flatiron  Building,  544  Market  Street. 
Also  literature  on  different  countries,  can  be  obtained  by 
writing  to  the  above  address. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  13,  1926 


Edge  of  the  World 

By  John  Brayton 


WHO  does  not  love  that  fringe  of  the  wilderness  left  un- 
trammeled  on  the  city's  edge,  where  Nature  still  has 
her  way?  Newly  finished  sidewalks  may  protrude  over 
the  street  embankment  ends  and  threaten  every  instant  to 
drag  their  profane  lengths  across  our  sanctuary,  and  even 
as  we  traverse  the  place,  men  may  be  busily  setting  pegs  in 
straight  lines  for  the  extension  of  streets  across  our  Eden, 
but  for  the  present,  all  is  quiet. 

Here  we  hear  only  the  muffled  hum  of  the  city  that  sits 
with  skirts  spread  out  about  her — that  envious  city,  always 
reaching  out  for  the  last  limb  and  vine  of  her  weaker  neigh- 
bor! Here  are  rabbit  trails,  crossing  and  recrossing,  bear- 
ing no  imprint  save  that  of  the  rabbit's  foot.  Now  and 
again  we  may  hear  a  sharp  rustle  and  glimpse  a  white  ball 
bobbing  through  the  lupines  as  the  shy  rabbit  darts  out 
from  beneath  our  feet.  Birds  are  here,  wrens,  towhees, 
sparrows,  tit  mice,  and  a  large  flicker  makes  headquarters 
in  a  dead  pine  up  the  hill.  Innocent,  small  snakes  go  about 
their  business,  included  in  which  is  the  catching  and  devour- 
ing of  lizards  that  are  not  quick  enough  to  escape.  And 
the  lizards  pursue  the  lesser  fry.  Innumerable  insects  pass 
their  cycles  in  these  precincts,  and  in  the  fall  the  grass- 
hoppers very  busily  deposit  their  eggs  in  the  soft  ground 
against  next  year's  crop  of  hoppers.  This  is  the  sanctuary 
of  the  butterfly  cocoon  and  of  all  tiny  forms  of  life  whose 
defense  depends  on  ability  to  hide.  This  is  their  patrimony. 
And  I  think  fairies  live  here.  At  least,  nobody  can  prove 
they  do  not. 

People  like  to  come  here.  You  can  tell  that  by  the  empty 
cans  and  gaudy  Sunday  papers  scattered  about.  People  are 
barbarians;  they  destroy  that  they  love  best;  they  destroy 
beauty. 

Follow  along  the  beach  and  around  the  cliffs  toward  the 
inner  shore  of  the  harbor;  rudeness  of  beauty  is  on  the 
ascending  scale  until  it  becomes  rugged,  savage.  Innocent 
enough  at  the  ocean  shore,  artless  and  unsophisticated  at 
Land's  End  and  the  small  bights  about  Baker's  Beach,  it 
becomes  primitive  in  the  neighborhood  of  Fort  Point.  And 
it  should,  for  here  are  the  natural  surroundings  of  the 
cave  man.  These  rocks  have  not  been  changed,  excepting 
by  the  force  of  raging  waters,  since  the  world  began.  This 
is  the  earth  before  man  and  after  civilization  shall  have  been 
wrecked.     This  is  primeval. 

So  far  as  this  shore  is  concerned.  God  created  only  the 
masculine.  The  sea  is  masculine,  the  rocks,  the  sun.  the 
human  beings.  Nothing  feminine  can  exist  here;  nothing 
feminine  is  needed.  Here  is  the  climax  of  barbarism.  The 
young  gods  who  sun  themselves  beneath  the  crags  might 
have  sprung  into  being  in  the  depths  of  the  sea  and  been 
drawn  up  by  the  sun  to  boldly  take  possession  of  this  shore, 
so  naturally  do  they  tit  into  it.  Clothing  would  profane 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

DURING  the  first  month  of  every 
year,  reports  emanating  from  va- 
rious sources,  concerning  the  increase 
of  automobile  fatalities  during  the  year 
just  past  over  the  preceding  year,  are 
published  in  newspapers  and  other  or- 
gans of  publicity  throughout  the  coun- 
try. Yet  there  is  apparently  no  de- 
crease as  time  goes  on.  The  word  "ap- 
parently" is  used  advisedly,  for,  while 
there  is  no  apparent  decrease  when 
only  the  total  number  of  fatalities  is 
considered,  there  is  a  proportionate  de- 
crease when  there  is  taken  into  con- 
sideration the  increased  number  of  cars 
and  the  increased   population, 

( )ne  reason  for  the  great  number  oi 
automobile  fatalities  is  that  the  human 
race  lias  not  yet  caught  up  with  itself, 
The  education  and  training  of  the 
masses  has  not  kept  pace  with  the 
modern  inventions  in  transportation. 
For  many  hundreds  of  year--  prior  to 
the  nineteenth  century  no  radical 
changes  were  made  in  the  methods  of 
transportation.  Animal-drawn  vehicles 
had  existed  since  before  the  Christian 
Era  and  continued  to  In-  the  chief 
means  for  carrying  freight  and  passen- 
gers by  land  until  comparatively  recent 
irs.  The  human  race  thus  had  ample 
time  to  become  accustomed  to  them. 
Hut.  with  the  advent  of  the  nineteenth 
century,  things  began  to  happen. 

The  steam  locomotive  was  invented, 
and.  although  the  growth  of  the  rail- 
road was  slow  compare. 1  to  that  of  the 
automobile,  yet,  (luring  the  period 
when  there  was  such  a  rapid  increase 
in  mileage  and  rolling  stock,  say  from 
1880  to  UX)0.  the  railroads  exacted  an 
enormous  toll  of  human  lives  before 
the   people   were   educated   to  the    fact 


that  a  locomotive  moved  considerably 
faster  than  could  a  human  being  or 
a  horse  and  wagon,  and  that  they  could 
not  with  impunity  trespass  on  the  rail- 
road "right  of  way."  Also  during  this 
period  there  were  evolved  many  appli- 
ances for  the  safe  operation  of  trains 
and  for  the  safeguarding  of  the  pedes- 
trian, until  now  great  railway  systems, 
with  mileages  running  into  the  thous- 
ands, operate  year  after  year  without 
the  loss  of  a  single  life. 

Many  agencies  throughout  the  coun- 
try are  endeavoring,  by  means  of  edu- 
cation, study  of  traffic  conditions,  in- 
stallation of  devices  for  safety  and  con- 
trol and  in  various  other  ways,  to  eli- 
minate the  enormous  unnecessary 
waste  of  human  life  by  the  automobile. 
Their  efforts  are  beginning  to  have 
results,  although  progress  is  slower 
than  it  really  should  be.  One  reason 
why  the  effect  of  the  safety  campaigns 
is  so  much  less  than  might  reasonably 
be  expected  is  the  fact  that  there  is 
no  co-ordinated  effort.  There  are  too 
many  agencies  at  work,  and  although 
they  all  have  the  same  end  in  view,  and 
the  methods  of  each  may  be  good,  they 
often  work  at  cross  purposes  and  by  so 
doing  tend  to  produce  confusion  rather 
than    enlightenment. 

The  question  would  seem  to  be  im- 
portant enough  to  warrant  the  Federal 
government's  taking  control  of  the  sit- 
uation, yet  that  would  be  carrying  pa- 
ternalism rather  far.  However,  the 
government  has  gone  so  far  as  to  in- 
vite the  governors  of  all  the  states  to 
send  representatives  t<>  Washington  to 
attend  a  conference  during  this  month. 
The  main  object  of  this  conference 
seems  to  be  to  obtain  uniform  traffic 
laws  throughout  the  United  States.  S" 
that,  for  instance,  a  motorist  who  has 
been  traveling  through  a  state  where 
the  authorized  speed  i-  35  miles  per 
hour  and  continues  to  travel  at  this 
rate  after  crossing  int..  another  state 
will  imt  find  himself  suddenly  pulled 
up  for  exceeding  the  speed  limit  in  that 
state  where  it  may  be  25  miles  per 
hour. 

And  that  brings  up  another  point. 
We  have  the  slogan.  "Eat  and  Grow 
Thin"  for  -tout  people  who  wish  to 
regain  a  sylphlike  figure  without  deny- 
ing themselves  to.,  much.  Why  not 
the  slogan  "Speed  and  Be  Safe"  for 
motorists  with  high-powered  cars  who 
wish  to  make  time  and  not  be  tied 
down  to  a  speed  limit  which  was  in- 
stituted several  years  in  the  past?  In 
pursuance  of  the  former  method  the 
person  who  is  striving  to  reduce  may, 
by  exercising  due  care  in  the  selection 
of  diet,  eat  his  fill.  so.  by  the  latter, 
the  motorist  might  by  exercising  prop- 
er eare  in  his  selection  of  places,  travel 
at  a  much  faster  rate  than  at  present. 
To  assist  the  motorist  in  knowing 
where  he  may  ">tep  on  it."  the  high- 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  13,  1926 


RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 
to  its  full  extent  unless  a  good  receiv- 
ing set  is  bringing  in  the  impulses  and 
a   good    loud    speaker    is    reproducing 
what  may  be  coming  in. 

There  has  been  too  much  selling  of 
junk  classed  as  radio  sets  to  the  pub- 
lic, the  salesman  then  trying  to  con- 
vince it  that  it  is  buying  the  best,  by 
telling  purchasers  their  location  or  at- 
mospheric conditions  are  at  fault.  The 
best  sets  may  not  give  perfect  repro- 
duction from  local  stations  continu- 
ally, due  to  interference,  but  from  a 
first-class  radio  set,  pe-fect  reception 
may  be  expected  most  of  the  time. 

When  anyone  is  contemplating  pur- 
chasing a  radio  set,  he  or  she  should 
not  be  absolutely  guided  by  what  the 
salesman  may  say.  Make  the  salesman 
prove  his  statements  to  your  full  satis- 
faction in  your  own  home.  And  if  he 
cannot  do  that,  then  he  has  not  the  set 
that  you  are  looking  for. 

Thcrola  Low-loss  Coils 

A   great  many  people  have  neutro- 
dyne  radio  sets  that  are  good,  but  still 
they   fail   to   receive   satisfaction   from 
their  sets'  performance. 
They  feel  that  they  do 
not  want  to  go  to  the 
j    expense    of    buying    a 


new  radio  set  of  some 
other  make  in  order  to 
obtain  the  selectivity 
they  desire.  Then,  espe- 
cially in  San  Francisco, 
conditions  for  radio  reception  are  not 
of  the  best,  and  in  many  local  districts 
a  station  may  be  tuned  in,  but  still 
another  powerful  station  continues  to 
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A  late  improvement  that  is  being 
manufactured  by  the  Reichman  Com- 
pany, is  the  Thorola  low-loss  dough- 
nut coils  (pictured  above),  that  may  be 
placed  in  the  neutrodyne  and  tuned 
radio  frequency  sets  to  improve  recep- 
tion where  local  conditions  are  not  of 
the  best. 

All  that  is  necessary  to  make  the 
change  is  to  remove  the  present  coils 
and  substitute  the  doughnut  coils  as 
per  the  instructions  received  with 
them.  The  same  condensers  may  be 
used  provided  they  are  the  .0005  or 
.00035  MFD  capacity. 

These  low-loss  doughnut  types  of 
coils  have  a  self-contained  field,  the 
feature  being  that  the  wires  are  in- 
dented at  every  other  face  around  the 
coil.  This  lowers  the  resistance  losses 
below  the  ordinary  type  of  neutrodyne 
coil. 

A  great  improvement  has  been  ac- 
complished by  the  invention  of  these 
coils  and  they  have  been  substituted  in 
many  neutrodynes  locally  with  excel- 
lent results. 


PETROL  PARAGRAPHS 

(Continued  from  Page  15) 
ways  should  be  appropriately  marked. 
That  is  to  say,  where,  for  a  distance 
there  is  a  stretch  of  road  freed  from  im- 
portant intersections,  settlements,  etc., 
and  wdiere  the  curves,  if  any,  are  of 
large  radius,  well  banked  and  well 
"daylighted,"  there  should  be  an  ap- 
p-  opriate  sign  to  so  inform  the  motor- 
ist. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 

Claude  Sweeten's  orchestra,  and  Grace 
Rollins  Hunt  at  the  organ. 

*  *     * 
Columbia 

Every  serious  student  of  the  drama 
should  witness  that  splendid  charac- 
terization of  the  life  of  Joan  of  Arc, 
George  Bernard  Shaw's  masterpiece, 
now  playing  at  the  Columbia  Theater 
with  Julia  Arthur  in  the  title  part. 

She  makes  of  the  part,  a  thing  of 
beauty  and  of  life,  ami  gives  as  inspir- 
ing a  portrait  of  this  character  as  one 
would  wish  to  see.  There  is  a  splendid 
supporting  cast.  The  curtain  rises  at 
S  p,  m.  and  2  p.  m.  and  blocks  of  scats 
are  being  reserved  for  students  from 
the  universities. 

*  *     * 
Wilkes 

Following  that  great  picture,  "The 
Big  Parade,"  into  the  Wilkes,  will  be 
seen  New  York's  latest  comedy  suc- 
cess, "A  Man's  Man,"  written  by  Pat- 
rick Kearney,  with  a  splendid  cast, 
which  opens  tomorrow  evening  at  this 
theater. 

It  is  predicted  by  those  who  have 
seen  the  play  in  the   East  that  it  will 


win   the   Pulitzer  prize  for  the  year's 
best  play. 

St.  Francis 

Today  marks  the  premiere  showing 
of  "The  Sea  Beast."  with  John  Barry- 
more  in  the  leading  role.  This  is  a 
tale  of  whales  and  whalers,  adapted 
from  Herman  Melville's  great  story 
"Moby  Dick."  Millard  Webb,  a  new- 
comer in  the  director's  chair  is  respon- 
sible for  this  picture. 


Say  It  With  Singleton's  Chicken  Pies! 

This  is  essentially  a  practical  age. 
Although  there  are  still  at  large,  love- 
sick swains  who  present  flowers  to  the 
object  of  their  adoration,  this  act  of 
chivalry  is  witnessed  mostly  on  the 
screen.  The  worth-while  lover  has  in 
mind  gifts  that  can  be  enjoyed  in  a 
more  material  manner.  For  instance, 
we  knew  one  squire  who  made  a  habit 
of  giving  his  lady  love  silken  bloomers 
and  undervests  and  hose ;  in  fact,  he 
kept  her  in  these  most  necessary  arti- 
cles of  clothing  for  a  whole  summer! 

What  docs  this  preamble  mean?  It 
is  only  a  sort  of  "lead"  up  to  the  sub- 
ject of  Singleton's  chicken  pies;  a  sort 
of  "tip"  to  the  man  who  may  be  asked 
out  to  supper  at  his  inamorata's  and 
is  at  a  loss  regarding  what  to  bring  as 
his  share.  Could  anything  be  nicer, 
we  ask.  than  a  well-baked,  brown  and 
crisp,  chicken  pie?  Not  the  ordinary 
chicken  pie,  containing  nothing  but 
necks  (the  amount  of  necks  I  have 
found  in  chicken  pies  lead  me  to  be- 
lieve that  there  are  hundreds  of  hydra- 
headed  hens  round  about),  but  a  pie 
generously  filled  with  the  very  best 
parts  of  a  chicken.  Go  to  Singleton's 
Alley  Cat  in  Belden  Street,  this  very 
night,  and  purchase  one  of  these  pies 
at  50c. 

By  the  way.  the  Alley  Cat  now 
serves  dinner  at  $1.00  and  we  believe 
there  isn't  a  better  dinner  to  be  found 
in  the  city,  at  this  price.  It  is  served 
between  the  hours  of  5 :30  and  7 :30 
p.  m.  and  is  an  enjoyable  occasion,  for 
besides  the  excellence  of  its  cuisine, 
you  will  have  with  you,  Mr.  Single- 
ton's personal  attention  as  a  cordial 
host.  

Missed  Again ! 
"Well.  John;  I   see  you're  living  in 
the  country  now." 
"Yep." 

"I  low  do  you  like  it?" 

"I  ill.  pretty  good;  but  it  has  its  dis- 

ad\  antages." 

"Why,  what  do  you  miss  most?" 
"The  last  train   for  home  at  night." 


"Are  you  sure."  asked  the  lady,  "that 
this  century  plant  will  bloom  in  a  hun- 
dred years?" 

"Positive,  ma'am,"  answered  the 
florist.  "If  it  doesn't  bring  it  right 
back." — Exchange. 


.March  13,  1926 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Being  Yourself 


A  SHORT  while  ago  some  wag  invented  the  admonition 
"Be  yourself."  and  it  found  immediate  favor  with  the 
great  mass  of  Americans  and  others  who  are  not  too  in- 
tellectual to  be  human  and  not  too  matter-of-fact  to  be 
themselves.  It  is  interesting  to  wonder  just  what  would 
happen  were  every  person  to  be  himself  or  herself.  More 
complications  than  our  best  fictioneers  could  conceive 
would  immediately  descend  upon  a  defenseless  and  very- 
susceptible  population. 

It  would  be  rash  to  say  that  all  the  jails  would  be  empty, 
were  people  to  be  themselves,  and  it  would  be  quite  as  far- 
fetched to  believe  that  they  would  be  full.  There  has 
always  been  said  to  be  a  small  portion  of  good  in  the  worst 
of  us,  and  a  more  or  less  equal  quota  of  bad  in  the  best  of 
us.  The  trouble  in  this  connection  is,  and  has  been  that 
the  measuring  apparatus  used  in  weighing  out  human  char- 
acteristics at  birth  has  not  been  governed  by  the  weights 
and  measures  department — a  fact  accounting  for  many  dis- 
appointments and  discrepancies  visited  on  friends  and  in- 
offensive relatives.  Some  consolation  in  this  connection 
may  be  gained  from  reasoning  that  a  perfectly  guileless 
character  is  a  great  deal  like  pure  gold — beautiful,  but 
easily  dented  and  worn.  An  expert  artisan  may  remove 
the  dents,  but  invariably  they  turn  up  at  some  other  point 
for,  as  you  have,  no  doubt,  heard  before,  life  is  full  of  knocks 
and  knockers. 

Being  yourself  might  make  you  popular  with  your  ac- 
quaintances and  then,  again,  it  might  cause  .some  trouble. 
The  advice  of  some  of  our  older  business  and  professional 
men  to  youngsters  starting  out  to  make  their  living  is  to 
"put  up  a  front."  In  other  words,  to  be  someone  else, 
whether  you  have  the  money  or  not.  Some  of  the  most 
adroit  disciples  of  this  theory  arc  now  enjoying  the  bounty 
of  the  state  in  one  or  another  of  our  penal  palaces.  Being 
yourself  costs  little,  for  people  expect  little  from  you,  be- 
ing someone  else  entails  great  expense,  for  there  is  nothing 
cheap  about  human  inclinations.  A  person  can  be  some- 
one else  up  to  the  point  of  signing  checks  and  other  docu- 
ments. It  is  but  one  more  point  in  favor  of  the  old  adage 
that  "the  pen  is  mightier  than  the  sword." 

Imagine,  if  you  care  to  be  amused — and  most  people,  who 
are  themselves,  do — a  dinner  party  at  which  everybody 
practiced  the  doctrine  outlined  above.  Murder  might  not 
result  but,  at  least,  things  would  be  interesting  for  all  pres- 
ent and  probably,  for  the  police,  too.  There  would  be 
Jones  making  ardent  love  to  Brown's  wife  and  White  telling  fat 
Mr.  Buggs  just  what  he  thinks  of  him,  much  to  Buggs'  dis- 
comfort ami  anger.  The  cook  would  be  in  an  uproar  be- 
cause the  hostess,  being  herself,  complains  about  the  quality 
of  her  products.  Little  Willie  would  lie  running  his  i 
through  the  whipped  cream  on  the  cake;  father  would  be 
sitting  at  the  head  of  the  table,  asleep,  and  so  on.  without 
end.  Yes,  it  would  be  very  entertaining  hut  rather  telling 
on  the  nerves. 

Shortly  after  the  statement  "be  yourself"  came  into  use 
another  bright  remark  "act  your  age"  was  introduced,  and 
promptly  adopted  by  college  students  ami  shop  girls.  The 
latter  witticism  is  misleading  and  will  not  enjoy  long  life. 
The  reason  is  obvious,  for  elderly  ladies  and  men  do  not 
comport  themselves  in  accordance  with  their  years,  and 
the  younger  fellows  and  girls  know  more  than  their  folks. 
Could  it  be  possible  that  the  next  thing  we  shall  hear  will  he 
a  combination  of  the  two? 

Be  yourself,  Mr.  Blabbitt! 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  13,  1926 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH    YOUR    MEALS— IT   HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from  your  grocer 

Established   1868 

Main    Office,  240  Second   Street,  San    Francisco,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


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on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
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manuscript  cov- 
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BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established   1S55 
41  First  Street,  Son  FrnnclNco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A   Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES! 

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Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly    with   Shreve   &   Company) 

ClOCKMAKERS   and   WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME.   ANTIQUE   AND   COMPLICATED    CLOCKS 

AND   WATCHES   A  SPECIALTY 

illlll    I'oNt    Street    at    Grnnt    Avenue 

San    FranrlKco,    Cnllf. 

Cnll    and    Deliver    in   San    Francisco,    Alameda 

and    San    Mateo    Counties 


875    FOLSOM  ST. 


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SAN    MATEO— PHONE    1254-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST   EXPRESS,  AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

|  San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


The  S.  F.  Bulletin  Moves 

The  bulletin,  San  hranciscos  oldest 
newspaper,  began  a  new  era  in  its  career 
last  jMonuay  wlien  it  moved  into  a  new 
home. 

"i  he  building  is  at  812  Mission  street — 
on  the  north  siue,  west  of  Fourth — and 
is  conceaed  to  be  one  of  the  finest 
equipped  newspaper  plants  on  the  Pacific 
Loast. 

From  basement  to  roof,  every  floor 
of  this  six-story  building,  which  is  of 
steel  and  concrete  construction  with  a 
modified  Gothic  front,  reflects  the  most 
modern  thought  in  meeting  the  needs  of 
an  evening  newspaper. 

\\  ith  the  occupancy  of  its  new  home 
The  Bulletin  appeared  in  a  new  dress. 
It  lias  lighter  and  more  readable  type 
faces  anil  is  avoiding  the  excessive  use  of 
capital  letters. 

C.  S.  Stanton,  publisher,  points  out 
that  this  conforms  to  the  practise  of  the 
best  newspapers  in  this  country  and 
abroad,  which  have  found  that  their  read- 
ers prefer  balanced  effects  in  black  and 
white  to  type  contrasts  that  clamor  for 
altention. 

1  he  changes  in  the  physical  appearance 
of  The  Bulletin  spell  but  part  of  the  pro- 
gram of  improvements  that  is  planned 
when  it  is  established  in  its  new  home. 

The  editorial,  circulation  and  mechani- 
cal departments  of  The  Bulletin  are 
housed  in  the  new  building.  The  busi- 
ness office  and  advertising  department 
will  remain  for  a  few  weeks  in  the  old 
establishment  of  The  Bulletin  at  769 
Market  street. 

Some  seventy  years  have  passe  1  since 
James  King  of  William  founded  The 
Bulletin,  issuing  the  first  edition  from  a 
dingy  office  in  upper  Montgomery  street, 
it  was  the  assassination  of  lames  King 
of  William  that  led  the  Vigilantes  to 
hang  Casey  and  Cora  from  Fort  Gunny- 
bags,  the  site  of  which  is  marked  by  a 
bronze  tablet  mi  a  brick  building  mi  the 
smith  side  of  Sacramento  street,  between 
Davis  and  Front, 

The  Bulletin,  a  historic  institution,  has 
for  years  been  a  factor  in  the  life  of  the 
West.  Its  present  owners,  including 
Wallace  Alexander,  A.  P>.  C.  Dohrmann 
and  other  business  men,  acquired  it  about 
a  year  and  a  half  ago.  There  is  more 
than  enough  room  for  such  a  newspaper 
in  San  Francisco,  and  it  will  lie  interest- 
ing to  observe  the  program  of  expansion 
that  these  men  evidently  have  in  mind 
fi  >r  The  Bulletin. 


At  the  Elder  Gallery 
An  exhibition  of  camera  prints  by  J. 
Edward  Greene  will  open  in  the  Paul 
Elder  Gallery,  Monday,  March  15th. 
The  studies  are  unusual  in  their  re- 
finement of  interpretation.  Many  of 
them  are  Whistlerian  in  tone  and 
rhythm  and  in  their  expression  of  po- 
etic feeling.  Mr.  Greene  has  exhiibted 
at  the  London  Photographic  Salon 
with  such  artists  as  Demachy,  C.  Puyo 


and  Duhrkoop.  In  America,  his  prints 
have  been  shown  at  the  Pittsburgh 
Salon,  the  Toronto  Salon  and  in  other 
cities.  In  natural  color  photography, 
with  the  Lumiere  plates,  Mr.  Greene's 
work  was  the  first  of  its  kind  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  and  included  the  color- 
plate  portraits  of  John  Muir  and  John 
Burroughs. 


N.   W     CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


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Cleaning  Service 

New   Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual   Attention   Given  to 

Each  Order 

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l'hane    Mnrket    7018 

Urnneh    Office!   7110    Suiter    St. 

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Reports.  Bookkeeping    (Part    Tima  Service) 


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Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 


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Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

50c.  75c,  $1.00       3Sc.  50c.  75c    $1.00,81.50         a  la  carte 
Dancing  7:00  P.  M.  to  1:00  A.  M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

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A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
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reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast. 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:   Dinner. 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
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441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


Douglas  7118 


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Sunday    Luncheon     1.00  out  Dining  in  the  Finest  Cafo 

Dinner,     Week    D.iv,  $1.50  in  America 

Dinner.   Sunday!   and   Holidayi 1.7S 

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5:30    p.    m.    to    S  :U>    p.    m. 
Sundays     and     Holidays 
•1:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

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process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentbit  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  bn  sound  at*  you  Imagine.  A  toothache  mean* 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  fattier  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore  I*  Do  your  gum*  bleed  f  Call  In  today 
and  talk  It  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions;     Crowns;     Self     Cleaning     Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of    the    Sisters    o£    St.    Dominic. 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12,  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Building,  Powell  anu  Market  Sts.,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  539+ 


Make   yourself  at   home    at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.    2    Til'maim    Place,    at  241    Grant    Ave. 

The   Home   of   the   Book    Lover 

Rare    Books — Fii  st    Editions — Fine    Bindings 

Importations    from    Kachnsdorf,    Root,    Morrell,   etc.,    of  London 

Commissions    in    London    Executed 

Single  Books  and  Libra,  fes    Purchased 

Phone  Kearny  5816 


j     Books  that  are   reviewed   in  the  News   Letter  can  be  obtained 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 

AM.    PAUL   ELDER'S    LIBRARY 
j     239  Post  Street  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


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Hours:  9  to  4 
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GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

Chapel — 771  to  777   Valencia  Street.  Bet.  18th  and   19th  Sts., 

San  Francisco.    Phone  Market  64 


MOUNTAIN    SPRINGS    WATER 

"Bortled  at  the  Sprint*" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

229    Clara   Slrset—  Carfirld   fill 


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Go  one  way,  return  another. 
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Their  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy. — This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 

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Also  ■  number  of  Urgt  and  beautiful  roomi  and 
suites,  tome  in  period  furnishings  with  grand  piano, 
fire  pUc*  and  bath.  $10  00  up. 

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ON  SATURDAYS,  SUNDAYS  AND  HOLIDAYS 

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Have  Moved  to 

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Opposite  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company  Building 

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THE  NEWS  LETTER= 


T  TAS  always  been  greatly  interested  in  the  BOY  SCOUT  Move- 
-*•  •*•  ment,  and  in  order  to  assist  Troop  No.  93,  of  San  Francisco,  to 
obtain  funds  for  essential  purposes  pertaining  to  its  activities,  we 
will  donate  100  copies  or  more  each  week  to  be  sold  by  the  Boy 
Scouts  of  Troop  No.  93,  the  entire  proceeds  of  these  sales  to  go 
into  their  treasury. 

So  much  good  work  has  been  accomplished  with  these  boys,  by 
the  leaders  of  the  Movement  in  this  city,  that  we  believe  every 
assistance  given  them,  will  not  only  mean  much  to  the  present 
generation,  but  will  be  of  significance  to  the  generations  to  come- 


EitablUTiad  July  10.  1656 


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

The  San  Francisco  -News  better  and  California  Advertiser  was  founded  July  20,  1856,  by  Frederick  Marriott.    Published  by  Frederick  Marriott, 

Jr.,   from   1884   to   1925.    Is   now   printed   and   published   weekly    by   Frederick    Alfred    Marriott,    2f>S    Market    Street,    LSan    Francisco,    California. 

Telephone  Kearny  8357.  Entered  at  San  Francisco,  California.  Postoffice  as  second-class  matter.    London  Office:   Street  &  Co.,   30  Cornhlll,  E.  C 

London,   England.    Subscription  Rates    (including   postage),  one  year,  $5.00.    Foreign,  one  year,  $6.00.    Canada,  one  year,  $6.00. 


Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  MARCH  20,  1926 


No.  12 


From  One  Thing  to  Another 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


Conceit  is  the  banana  peel  on  which  we  all  slip  at  times. 


That  a  fiend  can  perform  his  fiendish  acts  for  several 
weeks  in  and  around  a  huge  city  with  a  supposedly  efficient 
police  force,  without  being  apprehended,  would  argue  that 
the  department  in  question  is  not  so  much  a  "detective"  as 
a  "defective"  one. 


Failure  is  a  matter  of  one's  point  of  view.  I  heard  a  book 
review  lately  on  one  of  Booth  Tarkington's  stories  regarding 
a  so-called  "failure"  in  life.  He  was  a  sort  of  "handy  man" 
to  a  small  town  family.  He  had  just  enough  to  live  on, 
but  had  never  "built  up  a  business,"  or  "made  a  reputation 
for  himself."  He  lived  comfortably,  easily,  and  found  much 
enjoyment  in  his  existence.  When  people  spoke  of  him  as 
a  "ne'er  do  well,"  a  "no  good."  he  would  chuckle  inwardly, 
and  remark  to  himself:  "I  have  always  done  what  I  wanted 
to  do;  seldom,  if  ever,  done  what  1  didn't  want  to  do.  Now,  I 
don't  call  that  being  a  'failure,'  if  you  do!" 


In  this  connection,  I  am  reminded  of  a  friend  of  mine. 
who  has  made  a  fine  art,  as  one  might  say,  of  living.  He  is 
under  no  man's  thumb,  because  he  teaches  languages  in  dif- 
ferent schools,  and  als/3  gives  private  lessons.  He  writes 
occasionally,  and  receives  small  sums  for  this  avocation, 
also.  He  has  bad  offers  of  editorial  positions  on  various 
newspapers,  but  he  says:  "I  would  have  to  write  as  the 
publisher  wanted  me  to,  and  1  won't  do  that.  It  would  be 
like  selling  my  soul  I"  He  lives  in  a  basement  which  he 
has  furnished  in  a  bizarre  but  effective  manner,  and  hi 
be  can  feed  himself,  with  the  "right  kind  of  food."  on  $5.00 
a  week.  He  is  the  freest,  happiest  young  man  I  know,  but 
the  ordinal  \    successful  professional  or  business  man  would 

consider  him,  financially,  a  "failure." 


Senator  fames  A.  Reed,  of  Missouri,  has  this  to  say  re- 
garding tin  World  Court,  which  I  believe,  the  U.  S.  Senate 
has  passed  upon  favorably,  and  is  now  before  the  House 
of  Representatives:  'The  World  Court  is  an  integral  part 
of  the  League  of  Nations,  and  the  acceptance  by  the  United 
States  of  membership  in  the  court  wilt  involve  the  Nation 
in  all  the  embroilments  of  European.  Asiatic  and  South 
American   Nations. 

>n  friends  of  the  court  admitted  they  would  be  unwill- 
ing to  submit  to  the  tribunal  any  great  question  of  national 
policy  or  vital  issue  to  the  Nation." 


It  seems  to  be  a  case  of  "You  last,  my  dear  Alphonse,"  (other- 
wise Poland),  when  Germany  enters  the  League  of  Nations. 
Von  Hindenburg  threatens  to  resign  as  President,  if  Chancel- 
lor Luther  and  others  agree  to  the  entrance  of  Germany  simul- 
taneously with  Poland. 

As  a  consequence,  consternation  among  the  Germanic  gov- 
ernmentals.  If  other  nations  prove  as  finicky  as  the  Teutonic 
regarding  their  debut  into  the  World  League,  there  will  be  some 
pretty  fights  on  hand ! 


Two  suspects  were  dismissed  after  arrest,  because  neither  of 
them  could  be  identified  with  the  Strangler  who  is  murdering 
women  hereabouts.  ( )ne  of  these  men  bad  attacked  two  women 
near  Mason  and  Clay  Streets  at  midnight,  and  had  also  had 
a  knife  fight  with  another  man  who  had  come  to  the  aid  of 
the  women  ;  we  should  think  that  these  charges  were  enough 
to  retain  anyone  in  jail,  even  though  he  did  not  resemble  the 
brute  whom  the  police  are  looking  for. 


"Progressive  California  in  Rotagravure,"  is  a  masterpiece 
which  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle  should  be  proud  of.  Herein 
is  all  of  California  portrayed,  in  the  different  and  alluring 
phases  which  go  to  make  her  such  an  Empire,  such  a  Queen 
State  in  her  own  right!  Artistically,  picturesquely,  industrially, 
geographically,  agriculturally,  California  is  pictured  in  the 
beautiful  shades  of  rotagravure.  in  fine  half  tones,  with  much 
reading  matter  of  an  informative  nature.  This  splendid  edi- 
tion should  be  sent  broadcast,  ami  of  course,  will  be,  all  over 
the  world. 


At  last  Mavor  Rolph  has  signed  the  agreement  adopted 
by  the  Supervisors,  which  calls  for  a  bus  line  operating  on 
the  Embarcadero,  and  bids  for  same  will  be  received  at  an 
earlv  date.  It  was  a  long  wait,  almost  as  long  as  that  char- 
acter in  the  bible  had  to  wait  for  Rachel ;  and  yet  a  bus  line 
along  the  water  front  was  one  of  the  most  pressing  needs 
of  our  great,  rich  and  glorious  city. 


The  State  Association  of  County  Clerks,  at  the  next  ses- 
sion oi  the  State  Legislation  will  seek  the  enactment  of  a 
permanent  registration  law.  Under  this  proposed  law.  a 
would  be  required  to  re-register  only  when  changing 
bis  residence.  This  seems  to  us.  to  be  one  of  the  few  really 
practical  and  sensible  amendments  proposed  or  enacted  dur- 
ing the  past  plethora  of  laws  wished  upon  us.  for  besides 
eliminating  much  bother  to  the  citizen  himself,  it  will  ob- 
viate, also,  much  expense  to  state  and  municipality. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  20, 1926 


The  fame  of  the  Golden 
The  Golden  Gate  Ferry  Co.     Gate    Ferry    Company    will 

not  be  merely  local,  it  will 
spread  in  widening  circles  round  the  world.  It  appears  as 
a  transportation  company,  which  has  the  ability  to  run  a 
prosperous  business  and  the  unusual  integrity,  to  tell  the 
world  just  how  prosperous  the  business  is  and  what  the 
dividends  on  the  investment  are. 

In  short,  the  Golden  Gate  Ferry  Company  carries  out, 
voluntarily  and  even  eagerly,  all  the  most  urgent  require- 
ments of  carefully  framed  statutes  regarding  the  operation 
of  utility  companies  and  particularly  transportation  com- 
panies. Then,  to  cap  the  climax,  after  showing  its  profits, 
the  company  itself  comes  forward  with  the  proposition  that 
the  present  rates  can  be  safely  reduced,  and  asks  for  a  new 
and  lower  rate,  adding  that  it  is  the  intention  of  the  com- 
pany to  increase  travel  facilities  and  to  put  at  the  disposal 
of  the  public  additional  boats  on  a  more  frequent  schedule. 

Perhaps  the  way  in  which  these  suggestions  have  been 
received  should  be  noted.  Public  officials  are  dazed  at  the 
statements  and  the  unusualness  of  the  proceedings.  They 
are,  like  most  dazed  people,  slightly  inclined  to  be  rude,  and 
meet  the  proffer  of  reduced  rates  with  the  some-what 
cynical  statement  that  probably  rates  ought  to  be  lower 
even  than  those  suggested.  This,  coming  from  a  body 
which  has  but  recently  raised  rates  in  other  transporta- 
tion companies  borders  on  the  ludicrous. 

There  is  more  than  one  way  in  which  the  actions  of  the 
State  Railroad  Commission  have  been  placed  in  a  ridicu- 
lous light  by  this  voluntary  action  on  the  part  of  the 
Golden  Gate  Ferry  Co. 

In  the  first  place  the  Commission  itself  set  the  rate  on 
the  Golden  Gate  Ferry  at  65  cents.  The  company  now 
offers  a  voluntary  reduction  to  60  cents.  And  the  commis- 
sion, without  sense  of  humor,  now  is  inclined,  according  to 
reports,  to  think  that  the  Golden  Gate  Ferry  rate  should  be 
reduced  below  60  cents. 

The  Golden  Gate  Ferry  Co.  applied  for  a  permit  to  oper- 
ate to  Berkeley,  but  this  permit  was  refused  by  the  Com- 
mission, the  spokesman  for  which  now  predicts  that  the 
Northwestern  Pacific  will  shortly  install  a  line  to  Tiburon, 
although  there  is  no  difference  in  the  status  of  the  North- 
western Pacific  with  respect  to  Tiburon  than  that  of  the 
Golden  Gate  Ferry  Co.  with  respect  to  Berkeley. 

The  above  shows  a  very  curious  condition  of  things,  not 
tending  to  increase  respect  for  the  rulings  of  the  Commis- 
sion and  on  the  other  hand,  greatly  enhancing  the  value 
of  the  management  of  the  Golden  Gate  Ferry  Company  in 
the  eyes  of  the  public. 


The  overwhelming  popular  feeling  against 
Light  Ahead  prohibition,  manifest  in  the  straw  vote  re- 
cently taken  all  over  the  country,  must  be 
a  body  blow  to  the  active  prohibition  people.  It  shows  very 
clearly  why  efforts  to  prevent  the  sale  of  alcoholic 
liquors  have  failed  and  still  more  clearly  that  the  people 
are  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word  temperate,  as  their  de- 
mand for  light  wines  and  beer  proves. 

And,  while  the  tendency  is  generally  to  vote  against  the 
present  methods  of  tyranny  and  espionage,  by  which  the 
system  has  been  supported,  there  are  growing'  proofs  that 
the  actual  operation  of  the  prohibition  law  has  had  a  very 
bad  effect  upon  the  morale  of  the  community  and  has  been 


a  contributing  cause  in  the  spread  and  increase  of  crime. 

Charles  S.  Wood,  the  national  campaign  manager  in  the 
Association  Against  the  Prohibition  Amendment,  speaking 
here  a  few  days  ago,  presented  some  very  eloquent  facts 
on  that  side  of  the  matter.  Quoting  from  the  records  of 
the  Anti-Saloon  League,  he  showed  that  arrests  in  100  cities 
from  all  causes  have  increased  from  800,000  to  1,400,000  be- 
tween 1913  and  1923.  There  is  very  complete  evidence 
that  the  operation  of  prohibition  has  been  very  harmful  to 
the  community  and  the  vote,  even  as  unsatisfactory  as  it 
must  be,  when  carried  out  through  private  agencies,  shows 
unmistakably  a  very  formidable,  almost  irresistible  oppo- 
sition to  the  operation  of  the  law. 

What  is  even  more  comforting  is  the  fact  that  there  is 
much  interest  in  the  development  of  trade  in  light  wines  and 
beer.  This  proves  that  the  people  are  in  need  of  social 
intercourse  and  that  the  absence  of  these  harmless  liquors 
makes  social  intercourse  more  difficult.  This  is  quite  in 
accord  with  human  experience. 


It  is  almost  incredible  that  classical 
Small  Town  Stuff  books  of  undoubted  value  which  have 
been  regarded  as  part  of  the  best  heri- 
tage of  literary  art,  should  have  been  held  up  at  the  port 
of  San  Francisco  as  not  fit  to  come  into  the  United  States. 
But  such  is  the  fact.  The  deputy  collector  of  customs  has 
in  his  possession  ten  volumes  of  translation  of  Ovid's  "Love 
Poems"  and  holds  them  as  prohibited  importations.  The 
books  were  consigned  to  Mr.  John  Newbegin,  one  of  our 
most  conspicuous  dealers  in  high  class  books. 

A  letter  written  by  the  aggrieved  importer  to  the  Collec- 
tor of  Customs,  sets  out  that  the  edition  can  be  found  in 
every  university  in  the  world  and  that  the  books  are  recog- 
nized classics,  as  anybody  with  any  acquaintance  with  liter- 
ature knows  very  well. 

This  sort  of  thing  simply  makes  us  ridiculous.  It  is 
true  enough  that  we  have  laws  which  prohibit  the  impor- 
tation of  pornographic  writings,  which  are  intended  to 
appeal  to  the  grosser  taste  of  men  of  low  mentality,  and 
such  laws  are  very  good,  for  there  is,  and  always  has  been, 
a  trade  in  writings  of  a  sort  which  are  of  no  literary  or 
social  value,  but  which  on  the  other  hand  are  degrading. 

It  is  evident,  however,  that  a  law  of  that  sort  has  to  be 
enforced  with  some  degree  of  intelligence  and  that  the 
people  who  are  charged  with  passing  upon  the  character  of 
writings  should  be  possessed  of  such  a  degree  of  educa- 
tion and  intelligence  as  shall  render  mistakes  impossible. 

The  books  are  printed  and  published  by  the  highest  type 
of  publishers  and  the  people  who  have  ordered  them  are 
university  and  literary  people. 


Louis  W.  Meyers,  former  Chief 
Better  Law  Procedure  Justice  of  the  State,  made  some 
very  wise  remarks  on  law  proced- 
ure at  Los  Angeles  the  other  day.  By  the  way,  it  may  be 
said  that,  with  the  loss  of  Chief  Justice  Meyers,  the  legal 
standing  of  the  State  received  quite  a  noticeable  shock. 
For  the  first  time  in  many  years  the  reports  were  begin- 
ning to  show  such  marks  of  real  legal  ability  and  funda- 
mental knowledge,  as  they  have  not  shown  since  the  death 
of  Chief  Justice  Beatty. 

It  is  remarkable  that  judges  are  universally  much  more 
interested  in  speedy  procedure  when  they  are  off  the  bench 
than  when  they  occupy  a  position  from  which  they  could, 
more  or  less,  dictate  that  procedure.  The  same  criticism 
applies  both  to  federal  and  state  judges.  They  are  less 
gentle  with  the  courts  when  they  are  not  responsible.  That, 
of  course,  does  not  in  the  least  detract  from  the  value  of 
the  criticism,  but  only  makes  one  wonder  if  there  is  some- 
thing in  the  courts  themselves  that  interferes  with  speedy 
justice. 


March  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Mr.  Meyers  says  with  profound  truth  that  "the  technique 
of  the  administration  of  justice  in  America  has  not  kept 
pace  with  advances  in  other  fields.  It  is  behind  the  ordi- 
nary progress  of  human  affairs.  .  .  .  Delay  may  often  mean 
a  denial  of  justice.  We  must  be  more  and  more  vigilant  in 
attempting  to  reduce  these  delays." 

There  is  no  doubt  at  all  about  the  foregoing,  which  is 
true  and  admitted  to  be  true  with  wearisome  approval  by 
both  court  and  bar.  But  the  fact  is  there.  It  is  strange 
that  a  country  which  has  led  the  world  in  speed  and  ac- 
curacy of  manufacture,  should  so  lag  behind  in  a  matter 
so  vital  to  the  interests  of  citizens  as  the  administration  of 
justice.  And  we  cannot  help  feeling  that  there  is  some 
organic  fault  in  the  courts  which  permit  these  delays. 


The  Voice  of  the  Age 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


There  is  growing  evidence 
Foreign  Trade  Movements     that    the     balance    of    trade, 

which  has  been  so  long  in  our 
favor,  is  now  beginning  to  turn.  This  shows  that  Europe 
is  again  restored  in  vitality ;  that  the  European  factories  are 
at  work  and  their  products  finding  a  market.  There  ist 
nothing  discouraging  about  that  fact;  on  the  contrary,  it 
is  all  to  our  advantage  in  the  long  run,  for  it  is  very  clear 
that  we  cannot  remain  prosperous  with  the  rest  of  the  world 
poverty-stricken. 

Preliminary  figures  had  placed  our  adverse  balance  for 
the  month  of  January  at  $15,000,000,  but  the  actual  figures 
show  it  to  be  $19,570,580.  The  imports  for  the  month  came 
to  $416,766,413  and  exports  were  $397,195,833.  In  this 
trade  Europe  had  first  place. 

Exports  to  Europe,  month  by  month,  appear  to  have  fal- 
len off  by  about  $70,000,000,  as  compared  with  a  year  ago. 
Imports  from  Europe  have  increased,  but  not  so  much  as 
one  would  imagine,  a  mere  matter  of  $8,000,000.  At  first 
sight,  it  would  seem  as  if  Europe  were  really  poorer  and 
demanding  less  goods.  But  the  fact  is,  that  large  amounts 
of  former  exports  from  this  country  were  really  intended  to 
put  European  manufacturers  on  their  feet  by  supplying 
goods  which  the  war  had  destroyed.  The  need  for  that  ap- 
pears to  be  passing  rapidly  and  there  will  be  a  consequent 
tendency  to  diminish  our  exports  of  those  classes  of  ma- 
terials. 

The  trade  with  Great  Britain  is  notable.  The  British 
Isles  are  generally  our  best  customer.  The  volume  of  trade- 
has  however  notably  diminished,  as  maj  be  seen  from  the 
fact  that  in  January,  1925,  we  shipped  them  $113,136,945 
and  this  January  $82,158,884.  The  imports  from  Creat 
Britain  this  year,  for  the  same  month,  are  slightly,  but  not 
much,  higher  than  last  year. 


Staid  scientists  stand  aghast  at  the  day's 
Radio  Activity     developments,     Never    was    it    truer   that 

"no  man  knoweth  what  a  day  may  bring 
forth!"  Radium  and  its  kindred  elements  have  upset  all 
their  theories,  overturned   their  facts  and  proved  age-old 

axioms  absurd.  Here  in  California  a  company  is  taking 
carnotite  ore,  lining  water  jars  with  it  and  giving  to  the 
public  water  charged   with   radium  emanation  in  the   form 

of  niton  gas. 

Scientists  have  now  discovered  that  the  miraculous  cures 
at  famous  spas  in  Europe  and  the  Hot  Springs  of  our  own 
country  are  not  "miraculous"  but  due  to  radium  emana- 
tion, given  to  water  passing  over  radioactive  rocks  far  down 
deep  in  the  earth's  crust. 

Such  is  the  efficacy  of  water  so  charged  that  thousands 
of  men  and  women  testify  to  benefits  received,  not  only 
from  those  natural  springs  we  have  all  heard  of  (and  only 
the  wealthy  can  visit),  but  from  the  now  easily  accessible 
water  jars  for  the  home,  manufactured  here  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  from  ore  mined  in  the  West.  Carnotite  ore  con- 
tCoatinued  en  Page  14) 


I  HEARD  a  story  lately  that  made  me  more  interested  in 
Radio  than  I  was  inclined  to  be.  Two  lonely  ladies  in  the 
mountains  of  Canada,  had  occasion  to  rectify  the  English  of  a 
little  publication  printed  in  the  classic  shades  of  Berkeley,  of 
which  they  were  subscribers.  They  wrote  a  personal  letter  to 
the  editor,  hardly  expecting  a  reply,  and  if  they  did,  thinking, 
of  course,  that  it  would  come  as  usual,  through  the  mails. 

Sitting  one  cold,  winter  night  before  their  fire,  in  the  little 
cabin  in  the  highlands,  after  "tuning  in"  on  their  radio,  they 
were  aghast  to  hear  issuing  from  the  box  these  words,  very 
faint,  and  rather  broken  up :    "The  Misses  Smith  are  perfectly 

justified  in  their  grammatical  correction  on  page  of  the 

Record ;  we  beg  to  thank  them." 

A  strange  incident,  showing  the  vagaries  of  radios, — that 
"offspring  of  electricity,"  as  Mr.  B.  C.  Morrison  of  the  Im- 
perial Radio  Company,  calls  it. 

I  wonder  if  many  of  the  radio  fans  of  San  Francisco  have 
visited  the  salesrooms  of  this  company,  distributors  of  the  prod- 
uct of  the  Bremer-Tully  Company  of  Chicago?  I  had  an  in- 
teresting talk  with  Mr.  Morrison  the  o'.her  day,  at  his  shop,  220 
Stockton  Street,  and  if  /  found  my  visit  interesting,  absolutely 
ignorant  of  radioism  (that's  a  good  coined  word)  as  I  am,  how 
much  more  attractive  would  it  be  to  a  radio  ranter! 

Mr.  Morrison  has  taken  a  personal  hand  in  fixing  up  these 
show  rooms ;  the  radio  itself  stands  on  a  sort  of  dias,  at  the 
end  of  the  long  room,  with  a  gold-colored  silk  sun-burst  be- 
hind it,  dull  blue  draperies  on  either  side.  One  can  sink  into  an 
overstuffed  easy  chair,  and  listen  in  perfect  ease,  to  selections 
from  the  operas,  or  shorter  compositions  from  famous  musi- 
cians. 

*     *     * 

Xevin's  exquisite  "Devotion"  was  being  played  as  we  talked, 
and  I  am  afraid  I  was  listening  more  attentively  to  it,  than 
I  was  to  Mr.  Morrison. 

I  beard  a  great  deal  about  "wavelength,  or  kilocycles,"  "audio 
frequency,"  "transformers."  "rheostats,"  "e-ondensers,"  "inter- 
ference," and  other  technical  terms  that  were  so  much  Greek  to 
me.  but  the  atmosphere  was  restful;  the  music  distinct  as  if  it 
were  being  played  in  the  very  room;  and  the  tout  ensemble  of 
the  place  SO  home-like  that  one  forgot  this  was  a  shop  where 
things  were  sold,  and  that  one  was  not  peacefully  resting  at 
home. 

Some  few  facts  remained  with  me,  however.  I  learned  that 
sound  can  lie  broadcasted  at  night  to  a  distance  of  at  least  3000 
miles  :  where  only  300  miles  can  he  covered  in  the  day  time,  say, 
at  noon  ;  that  the  "Counterphase  Six."  which  is  the  product  of 
the  Bremer-Tully  Company,  and  of  which  company  Mr.  Morri- 
son is  the  agent,  is  the  only  radio  manufactured  complete  by 
one  firm,  for  all  its  parts  are  invented,  made  and  assembled 
under  the  same  roof. — the  Bremer-Tully  factory  in  Chicago; 
that  99  per  cent  of  other  radio  companies  merely  assemble  the 
different  parts  manufactured  by  various  firms,  and  so  of  course, 
it  is  logical  to  conclude,  that  the  "Counterphase  Six"  cannot 
fail  to  be  the  most  complete  radio  set  at  present  on  the  market; 
that  the  purchase  of  the  "Counterphase  Six"  includes  complete 
installation,  rejuvenation  of  tubes,  and  has  a  permanent  guar- 
antee: and  finally,  that  the  Bremer-Tully  Company  is  the  only 
n  successfully  controlling  three  stages  of  radio  frequency, 
i  aher  firms  having  failed  in  this. 

Leaving  rather  reluctantly.  I  noticed  two  wonderful,  colored 
etchings  on  the  wall :  one  by  T.  Hillver.  which  was  192  years 
old.  and  another  by  T.  Gangair.  both  the  personal  property  of 
Mr.  Morrison,  who,  I  decided  was  a  man  of  taste,  as  well  as 
knowledge  regarding  that  "Voice  of  the  Age" — Radio. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  20,  1926 


Pleasure's  Ww 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUT  PLEASURE'S 

_  Tom  Moor>e. 


Golden  Gate 

NEXT  WEEK  marks  the  fourth 
anniversary  of  the  opening  of  this 
popular  "three-a-dav"  Junior  Orpheum 
531  theater. 
From  the 
first  day, 
this  theater 
has  been  one 
of  the  popu- 
lar amuse- 
ment  houses 
of  the  city, 
and  the  box 
office  re- 
ceipts have 
been  steadily 
growing 
larger  each 

Kntberlno    Schwartz  ,,~~,- 

A  eai . 
The  immense  success  of  this  the- 
ater, has  been,  in  no  small  measure, 
due  to  the  efforts  of  Clifford  Werk, 
the  genial  manager,  and  for  the  com- 
ing week  he  promises  a  bill  which  will 
surpass  anything  ever  presented  in 
this  house.  It  is  owing  to  the  popularity 
of  this  house,  an  its  sister  house,  the 
Hill  Street  in  Los  Angeles,  that  the 
Junior  Orpheum  has  been  established 
throughout  the  Pacific  Coast. 

There  are  three  big  headliners  on  the 
program.  Jimmy  Nervo  and  Teddy 
Knox,  who  are  noted  for  sending  their 
audiences  into  spasms  of  laughter,  are 
assisted  by  Billy  Beryl  and  Jolty  Stunt ; 
Joe  and  Harry  Kelso  will  present  their 
"Crazy  Quilt  Revue."  assisted  by  Flo- 
rence Darley  and  Maurie  Kelly;  Joe 
Weston  and  Grace  Eline,  musical  com- 
edy stars  present  characterizations, 
sungs  and  dances. 

Billy  De  Lisle  and  Company  have  a 
splendid  comedy  act;  Louis  Furtell 
presents  a  thrilling  act  called  "Furtell's 
[ungle  Lions";  Cansino  Bros,  and 
Catherine  Stonebur,  famous  whirlwind 
dancers  from  Spain,  are  on  the  pro- 
gram ;  for  good  measure  there  is  an 
after-piece,  called  "Outside  the  Cir- 
cus Tent,"  featuring  many  of  the 
actors  on  the  bill ;  the  screen  feature 
is  the  premiere  showing  of  "Rainbow 
Riley,"  featuring  Johnny  Hines  in  a 
story  of  the  Kentucky  feud  lands. 

There  will  be  the  usual  short  fea- 
tures and  a  splendid  musical  program 
by  Claude  Sweeten  and  his  orchestra, 
with  Grace  Rollins  Hunt  at  the  organ. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

S.  F.  Symphony 

The  feaure  of  last  week's  symphony 
concert  was  the  undoubted  artistry  of 
young  Yehudi  Menuhin  in  Lalo's 
"Symphonic  Kspagnole."  It  is  inter- 
esting to  watch  the  development  of  this 
lad.  He  has  a  breadth  of  tone  and  an 
individuality  of  expression  that  none 
but  a  genius  may  possess.  Great  credit 
must  be  given  his  teacher,  none  other 
than  our  old  friend  and  splendid  con- 
cert master.  Louis  Persinger,  who  also 
conducted  this  beautiful  work  as  only 
a  master  can  do. 

Alfred  Hertz  conducted  for  the  first 
half.  Mendelssohn's  Italian  Symphony 
and  Tschaikowsky's  "Romeo  and  Ju- 
liet." As  a  contrast  to  his  reading  of 
Brahms,  he  made  these  delightful 
"Love  Tales"  more  delightful  by  a  deli- 
cacy and  finesse  which  surprised  many. 

The  last  of  the  Popular  Concerts  to- 
morrow afternoon  promises  a  rare  treat 
in  that  it  is  an  all-Wagner  program. 

Alcazar 

Originality  is  the  keynote  of  "12 
Miles  Out,"  the  romantic  comedy  by 
William  Anthony  McGuire,  which  be- 
gins its  fourth  week  at  the  Alcazar  to- 
morrow. One  is  taken  on  a  sea  voy- 
age, and  into  a  scene  of  intrigue  and 
mystery  and  clanger.  It  is  an  amusing 
adventure.      There    are    thrills    galore. 

Dale  Winter  is  outnumbered  thirteen 
to  one  in  the  cast  of  the  play.  She  is 
the  only  woman  in  the  company,  and 
she  does  some  very  fine  work  as  the 
victim  of  the  pirate  gang  which  ab- 
ducts her  and  carries  her  off  on  the 
ship.  William  Davidson  has  a  very 
difficult  part,  and  accpuits  himself  in 
an  admirable  manner  in  the  role  of  the 
rum  runner.  It  reminds  one  of  his 
excellent  work  in  the  part  of  the  top 
sergeant  in  "What  Price  Glory." 

Frank  Sheridan,  wdio  was  engaged 
by  Henry  Duffy  especially  for  the  part 
of  the  pirate  capain,  is  repeating  here 
the  success  which  has  been  his 
wherever  he  has  appeared.  William 
Macauley,  Frank  Darien,  both  have 
parts  which  stand  out  prominently. 
There  is  a  large  cast  of  capable  players, 
as  is  usual  when  Henry  Duffy  does  the 
selecting. 

*     *     * 

Orpheum 

Beginning  with  the  matinee  tomor- 
row, the  Orpheum  has  for  the  headline 


attraction,  the  San  Antonio  Siamese 
Twins,  born  joined  together.  These 
two  young  girls,  whose  names  are 
Daisy  and  Violet  Hilton,  were  born  in 
England  and  brought  to  this  country 
by  their  aunt  and  were  raised  and  edu- 
cated in  San  Antonio,  Texas.  They 
have  just  recently  gone  on  the  stage, 
and  sing,  dance,  play  musical  instru- 
ments and  do  many  other  entertaining 
things. 

Henry  Santrey  and  his  augmented 
orchestra  will  play  a  return  engage- 
ment ;  Harry  and  Anna  Seymour  in 
"Breezy  Bits  of  Mirth  and  Melody," 
Jim  Toney  and  Ann  Norman  in  "A 
Man  About  Town,"  a  side-splitting 
skit,  the  Trado  Twins  in  "A  Delect- 
able Dance  Divertissement" ;  Walter 
Ward  and  Ethel  Dooley  in  "I  Can  Do 
That  Too";  Foster  and  "Peggy"  in 
"Tals"  complete  the  new  program. 


Loew's  Warfield 

Egypt  with  its  Oriental  glamour  and 
atmosphere  of  intrigue  that  mystifies 
the  Occidental  mind,  furnishes  the  set- 
ting for  "Infatuation,"  adapted  from 
Somerset  Maugham's  play  "Caesar's 
Wife,"  and  offered  as  the  newest  ve- 
hicle for  Corinne  Griffith  by  the  First 
National,  opening  at  the  Warfield  to- 
day. There  is  a  splendid  cast,  includ- 
ing Percy  Marmont,  Malcolm  Mc- 
i  rregor,  Warner  Oland,  Clarissa  Sel- 
wynne  and  many  others. 

Fanchon  &  Marco  are  introducing 
a  new  "Idea"  in  which  seven  grand 
pianos  are  on  the  stage.  Walter  Roes- 
ner  has  prepared  a  fine  musical  pro- 
gram, and  there  will  be  shown  the 
usual   short  film   features. 


President 

"You  Don't  Understand,"  the  sea- 
son's newest  comedy  by  Arthur  Good- 
rich, author  of  "So  This  Is  London," 
comes  to  the  President  Theater,  open- 
ing at  the  matinee  performance  tomor- 
row. Henry  Goodrich  is  here  from 
New  York  to  co-operate  with  stage  di- 
rector Edwin  Curtis  in  the  production 
of  the  play,  which  had  its  premiere 
showing  in  Seattle  at  the  President 
Theatre,  where  it  was  enthusiastically 
received. 

The  new  offering  is  said  to  be  a 
whirlwind  of  joy,  and  a  feast  of  laugh- 


March  20,  1926 


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COM  F.RTS 

Curran — Sunday  AfltTno.ni.  2:45.  Son  Fran- 
etaco    Symphony. 

Auditorium — I  u«.«iln>  I'xcnlnpr.  March  23. 
Roland    Have*.   \  euro  Tenor. 


ter.  The  plot  has  to  do  with  the  ef- 
forts of  a  man  to  rear  three  girls,  sud- 
denly given  into  his  keeping  by  an  aunt, 
and  the  endeavor  of  a  girl  to  run  her 
father's  business.  The  author  has 
taken  advantage  of  every  opportunity 
for  mirth-making  with  a  logical  story 
running  throughout  the  play. 

*  *     * 
Wilkes 

Rex  Cherryman  made  a  great  hit  in 
his  new  play,  "A  Man's  Man,"  which 
opened  at  the  Wilkes  Theater  last  Sun- 
day evening.  He  has  a  splendid  part 
in  the  new  play,  which  was  written  by 
Patrick  Kearney,  and  Cherryman  is  at 
his  best.  Eileen  Thompson,  as  the 
wife,  is  a  close  second  to  Cherryman 
in  her  part,  and  her  acting  is  particu- 
larly brilliant  and  played  with  drama- 
tic finesse  that  is  a  delight  to  behold. 

*  *     * 
Curran 

"Rose  Marie,"  now  entering  into  its 
fifth  week  at  the  Curran  continues  to 
play  to  capacity  audiences.  In  the  cast 
arc  Maria  Shamson,  Thomas  Conkey, 
Betty  Byron,  Charles  Sybler,  Arthur 
Cunningham,  H.  Pierre  White,  James 
Moore,  Edward  F.  Gargan,  Sibylla 
Bowhan  and  Betty  Van  Zandt.  There 
is  a  beautiful  chorus,  a  wonderful  mu- 
sical score  and  a  splendid  orchestra 
under  the  able  direction  of  Fred  Walz. 

*  *     * 
Cameo 

Next  week  at  this  theater  is  featured 
1  Ian ild  Lloyd  in  "Among  Those  Pres- 
ent," and  Jack  Hoxie  in  a  great  six- 
shooting  romance. 

*  *    * 
St.  Francis 

There  is  a  great  picture  at  the  St. 
Francis,  "The  Sea  Beast,"  and  a  great 
actor  in  it.  John  Barrymore.  The  pic- 
ture was  given  the  premiere  showing 
at  this  theater  last  Saturday  evening, 
and  the  star,  his  leading  woman  Do- 
lores Costello,  and  his  director  were 
nt   at   the  opening. 

Dolores  Costello.  the  nineteen-year- 
old  daughter  of  Maurice  Costello, 
whoni  many  will  remember  as  one  of 
the  first  stars  on  the  screen,  has  be- 
come a  sensation  over  night.  The  "Ex- 
quisite Dolores"  they  call  her  in  Holly- 
wood, and  she  is  truly  a  most  beautiful 
girl,  her  work  in  "The  Sea  Beast"  be- 
ing superb. 

*  *    * 

Imperial 

"Ladv  Windermere's  Fan,"  the 
Prnst  Lubitsch  production  of  Oscar 
Wilde's  play,  made  its  debut  at  the  Im- 
perial yesterday.  It  is  an  artistic  as 
well  as  a  dramatic  treat,  and  there  is 
a  long  list  of  s'ars  in  the  cast  which  in- 
cludes Irene  Rich.  May  McAvoy,  Bert 
Lvtell,  Ronald  Colman  and  others. 


New  Book  by  Edison  Marshall 

Those  who  love  the  wilderness,  more 
especially  the  wilderness  of  the  far 
North,  will  welcome  "Child  of  the 
Wild,"  by  the  author  of  "The  Sleeper 
of  the  Moonlit  Ranges." 

It  is  the  story  of  a  small  boy  lost  in 
Hopeless  Land,  who  has  to  struggle  for 
his  life  on  a  very  unfriendly  shore.  His 
ultimate  return  to  his  people,  who  reject 
him ;  his  fight  for  his  love  and  for  his 
heritage ;  his  unbelief  in  a  Supreme  Be- 
ing, and  then  his  surrender  to  the  kinder 
sway  of  the  girl  whom  he  eventually 
loves,  and  who  loves  him,  are  well  told, 
in  this  romance  of  Alaska.  We  imagine 
that  this  tale  is  allegorical  in  its  deeper 
meaning. 

"Child  of  the  Wild,"  by  Edison  Mar- 
shall. Cosmopolitan  Book  Corporation. 
$2.00. 


Doing  It  "On  High" 

Little  Johnny  was  the  son  of  an  au- 
tomobile salesman,  and  used  to  hearing 
his  daddy  praise  the  car  he  was  selling 
— how  it  would  take  the  highest  hills 
without  shifting  gears,  and  so  on. 

He  returned  from  Sunday  school  and 
asked  his  father  if  the  Lord  had  a 
Triple-Six. 

"<  if  course  not,"  his  father  answered. 
"What  put  such  a  silly  idea  in  your 
head .'" 

"Well,"  explained  Johnny,  "at  Sun- 
day school  this  morning  we  sang  a 
hymn  about.  'If  we  love  Him  when 
wc  die  lie  will  take  us  home  on  high.'  " 
Kathryn  Bollman,  Mica,  Washington, 
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March  20,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Blossoms  Are  Out 
For  Saratoga  Fete 

HAVE  you  been  down  to  blossom-land? 
If  not,  take  a  spin  toward  Saratoga  and  see  the  fruit 
blossoms  caroling  on  the  trees.    You  will  have  a  sight  long 
to  be  remembered  and  you'll  never  permit  yourself  to  miss 
a  Blossom-Fete. 

This  year  the  blossoms  are  more  gorgeous  than  ever! 
They  appear  to  be  fuller,  more  fragrant  and  more  abundant 
— even  for  California.  Perhaps  our  sunshine  and  rain  con- 
spired in  preparation  for  this  festival. 

At  any  rate,  whatever  you  do — take  a  trip  down  the 
peninsula  highway,  visit  the  Santa  Clara  Valley  lands  and 
judge  for  yourself  whether  or  not  this  is  the  place  of  all 
theplaces  in  the  round  world — to  live.  Especially,  in  blos- 
som-time ! 

The  annual  festival  of  the  Santa  Clara  Valley  and  Sara- 
toga foothills  will  be  held  next  Saturday  and  Sunday,  March 
27  and  28.  Elaborate  preparations  for  this  historical  event 
have  been  made  by  citizens  of  Santa  Clara  County.  Ac- 
cording to  the  outlined  schedule  there  will  be  something 
surpassing  all  other  years,  something  transcendent  and  pic- 
turesque. 

R.  E.  Petit,  of  the  San  Jose  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
committee  chairmen  of  intervening  peninsula  and  valley 
cities,  are  collaborating  in  extensive  plans  and  prepara- 
tions. Anticipating  an  enormous  number  of  automobiles, 
special  accommodations  and  traffic  regulations  have  been 
made  for  motorists. 

*  *     * 

Music  a  Feature 

Music  will  be  a  great  feature  of  the  Blossom  Festival. 
A  trained  chorus  of  200  singers  will  appear  on  the  pro- 
gram. Their  selections,  typical  of  Spring,  with  a  number 
of  soloists  appearing  in  special  features,  will  be  accom- 
panied by  the  San   Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. 

With  a  drop  curtain  of  blossoming  fruit  trees,  a  carpet 
of  wild  flowers,  the  dramatic  setting  for  the  festival  will 
be  beautiful.  Pretty  girls,  than  whom  there  are  no  love- 
lier in  all  the  world,  will  dance  upon  the  green  and  offer 
graceful  tribute  to  the  bountiful  gifts  of  Mother  Nature 
for  this  year's   gorgeous   Blossom    Fete. 

*  *     * 
Betrothals 

"Is  everyone  going  to  be  married?"  asked  the  inquisitive 
one,  who  counted  her  number  of  invitations  and  betrothal 
cards. 

"Let's  think  so,  at  any  rate,"  returned  the  big  brother 
who   had  had   his   turn.     "They   should — and   that's   that." 

Surely,  it  does  look  as  if  every  one  was  going  to  be  mar- 
ried, judging  by  the  lovely  betrothal  cards  we  have  re- 
ceived. It  is  the  Spring-time  and  love-time,  of  course,  but 
this  year's  wooing  has  gained  impetus  somewhere  be- 
neath the  moon  for  we  cannot  remember  ever  that  so  many 
gold-engraved,  "Betrothal"   cards   came   through   the   mail. 


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COLONIAL  HOTEL 


Miss  Madeline  Putnam 
Engaged  to  Mr.  Harley 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Madeline  Stone  Putnam  of 
Berkeley  to  Mr.  Charles  Van  Pelt  Harley  has  been  an- 
nounced. Miss  Putnam  is  the  daughter  of  Dean  and 
Mrs.  T.  M.  Putnam.  Mr.  Harley  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  K.  Harley.  Both  Miss  Putnam  and  Mr. 
Harley  are  students  at  the  University  of  California. 

Mr.  Tevis  Will  Wed 
London  Society  Girl 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Prudence  Ponsonby  of  London 
and  Mr.  Hugh  Tevis  of  Paris,  will  take  place  next  month 
in  London  and  will  be  one  of  the  most  elaborate  weddings 
in  London  society  which  the  great  Capitol  City  has  known 
in  society  circles  for  some  time. 

The  young  people  are  planning  to  return  to  the  United 
States  where  they  will  make  their  home,  following  their 
honeymoon  tour  of  Continental  Europe. 

The  bride-to-be  has  been  visiting  in  Florida  and  was 
extensively  entertained  by  the  grandparents  of  Mr.  Tevis, 
the  former  Governor  George  L.  Baxter  of  Colorado  and 
Mrs.  Baxter  at  their  winter  home  in  Miami. 

*  *     * 
Senator  Phelan  Given 
Farewell  Party 

A  delightful  farewell  party  was  given  Senator  James  D. 
Phelan,  last  Tuesday  night,  by  his  sister  Miss  Mary  Louise 
Phelan.  at  her  resilience  in  Washington  street.  A  num- 
ber of  personal  friends  were  asked  to  this  farewell,  pre- 
ceding the  departure  of  the  former  Senator  Phelan  to 
Europe. 

Motion  pictures  were  shown  during  the  evening's  pleas- 
ure and  scenes  of  the  Phelan  estate  near  Saratoga,  Villa 
Montalvo,  were  screened,  showing  some  of  the  recent 
events  given  there  with  world  celebrities  the  honor  guests. 

Senator  Phelan  plans  to  sail  on  an  Italian  s'eamer  for 
Italy,  returning  to  the  States  by  way  of  England  and  Ire- 
land. Those  who  attended  the  Phelan  supper  party  were: 
Commander  ami  Mrs.  Kirby  Crittenden.  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Atherton,  Mrs.  Atherton  Russell.  Miss  Dominga  Russell, 
Mrs.  Alexander  Garceau,  Mrs.  Rudolph  Spreckels,  Mrs. 
Charles  B.  Henderson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  j.  Downey  Harvey, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louise  White.  Mrs.  Reginald  White,  Mi's< 
White.  Miss  Florence  Mullen,  Mrs.  Frederic  L.  Murphy. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Doyle,  Miss  Ada  Sullivan,  Mr. 
and  Mr-*.  John  Ryan.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  J.  Pringle. 
Mrs.  Ashton  Potter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Doyle,  Miss 
Mollie  Merrick.  Mrs.  Ferdinand  Thieriot,  Miss  Carlisle. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  T.  Fay,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marshall  Dill, 
Mrs.  Joseph  Leroy  Nielson,  Mrs.  James  F.  Dunne,  Miss 
Katherine  Lautz,  Colonel  Harry  Howland,  Mr.  Charles 
(  lelrichs  Martin,  Mr.  Noel  Sullivan,  Mr.  Henri  Deering. 
Mr.  Bryant  Cooper  of  Hawaii. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Franklin  K.  Lane  is  the  incentive  for  a  number 
of  interesting  affairs  in  society  circles.     Her  long  sojourn 


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in  New  York  prompted  the  renewal  of  many 
friendships  and  pleasant  events.  Since  her 
arrival  from  eastern  centers,  Mrs.  Lane  has 
been  staying  with  Mrs.  Clarence  Smith  at  her 
Russian  Hill  home.  She  planned  only  a  short 
visit  in  San  Francisco,  for  her  traveling 
schedule  announced  the  sailing  for  the  Orient 
on  March  16,  expecting  to  be  away  for  six 
months. 

*     *     * 

Mrs.  Michie  Hostess 

at  Center  "Motion  Picture" 

Luncheon  on  Saturday 

Seldom  does  it  happen  that  a  wife  has  the 
opportunity  of  entertaining  her  own  husband 
at  any  kind  of  a  woman's  gathering.  But 
this  really  transpired  last  Saturday,  when 
Grace  Sanderson  Michie,  brilliant  scenarist, 
acted  as  hostess  at  a  luncheon  given  by  the 
San  Francisco  Center.  Mrs.  Michie's  most 
prominent  guest  at  her  lovely  table  was  her 
own  husband,  J.  Gordon  Michie,  motion  pic- 
ture producer,  and  an  authority  on  big-  motion 
picture  productions. 

w?|rHFlB£EtSOn,'  ^eSt  £oast  Perso,lal  representative  of 
}u»r  I  i  y\ and  MrS"  Beets°»-  were  honor  guests  a 
who  Xl  HnChr°,n  aU,en,de,?  by  P™»i"ent  men  and  women 
Who  filled  the  Colonial  ballroom.  Mr.  Louis  Mayer  and 
Miss  Norma  Shearer  and  Charles  Ray  were  honor  Quests 

Pen  1  a°ndTpe-gTP  ,1C  "'  i,h"TatinS  addresses  on  E 
names  and  the  industry  in  general. 

Mr     Beetson    pointed    out    the    tremendous    amount    of 
thought  and  consideration  placed  on   every  phase  o     Mo- 
on Picture  work  and  paid  high  tribute  to  Mr.   Hays  ami 
h  s    immeasurable    attention    to   every   detail    in    the   great 

M  £25 ftryV  nV,,th  P°,igllant  and  convincing  clearness 
Mr.  Bee  son  told  how  the  health  and  the  welfare  of  the 
screen  payers  were  made  a   profound   study   by   those  in 

withrwh,01?  °t  thlSt  WOrk"  He  P°inted  °ut  l'le  carefu  „e  s 
With  which  the  stars  were  selected  and  told  how  regis- 
trations  were   guarded.      At   the   conclusion   of   Mr     Beet- 

their   ^aStrfUl   a/';'rCSS',   thC    aUd,'e,1Ce   Save    expression     o 
their  reception  of  his   ideals   and   his   standards   " 
picture  work  by  overwhelming  applause. 

Mrs.  Beetson  channel  the  San  Francisco  people  with 
her  bnlhancy  of  m,n,  and  her  graciousness  and  charm. 
captivating  immediately  those  who  had  the  privilege  of 
meeting  tins  fascinating  wife  of  the  distinguished  repre- 
sentative, Who  is  also  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Association  of  Motion  Pictures. 

Louis  B  Mayer,  head  of  the  Metro-Goldwvu-Maver  Dis- 
tributing Corporation,  made  a  ringing  speech  at  the  Center 
luncheon.  He  told  the  large  assemblage  of  the  ideals  and 
idealisms  to  be  found  in  the  industry  ami  did  not  hesitate 
to  expound  principles  of  sterling  qualifications  as  the  primal 
incentive  tor  the  best  the  world  has  to  give  to  the  public  by 
route  of  the  screen 


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Louis  Mayer  is  one  ol  the  finest  men  in  the  entire  busi- 
ness world,  stated  a  seasoned  business  man  who  sat  near 
US  at  the  luncheon.  "M,-.  Mayer  disseminates  the  real  atti- 
tude given  out  through  the  exhaustless  avenues  of  motion 
picture  work— and  he  means  what  he  says.  That  i*  why 
he  is  one  ol  the  biggest  and  finest  men  in  "motion  pictures," 
perorated   the  authority,   who  seemed   to  be  unable   to  5*5 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

Santa  Mama,  California 

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enough  in  praise  of  Louis  Mayer  and  the  kind 
of  work  he  governs. 

*  *     * 

Norma  Shearer,  the  beautiful  young  screen 
star,  made  a  pleasing  and  convincing  address, 
stating  at  the  beginning  that  the  occasion 
marked  her  first  appearance  as  a  public 
speaker.  She  was  thoroughly  at  ease  and  she 
did  what  many  a  trained  speaker  fails  to  do — ■ 
she  told  her  audience  a  lot !  She  gave  them 
information,  in  clear,  concise  phraseology. 
And  she  won  every  listener  with  her  sincerity. 

Charles  Ray,  of  course,  was  accepted  at  once 
just  as  he  is  on  the  screen,  where  he  essays  so 
often  the  character  role  of  the  bashful  boy. 
He  was  modest,  clever  and  altogether  interest- 
ing with  a  volume  of  rare  humor  added  for 
good  measure. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Parker  Maddux,  former  president  of 
the  San  Francisco  Center,  told  the  women 
why  they  should  belong  to  the  Center.  Mrs. 
Jesse  Steinhart,  the  efficient  executive,  pre- 
sided at  the  table  where  her  honor  guests  were 
speakers,  and  Mrs.  Ludwig  Frank  was  chairman  of  the 
day  introducing  each  guest  with  consummate  considera- 
tion. *     *     * 

Mrs.  Grace  Sanderson  Michie's  table  at  the  Center  in- 
cluded a  coterie  of  writers  particularly  interested  in  motion 
pictures.  Gladys  Johnson,  short  story  writer,  novelist,  and 
special  features;  Anna  Blake  Mezquida,  poet,  short  story 
writer;  Virginia  Sullivan,  special  feature  writer  and  short 
stories;  Mrs.  William  Harold  Wilson,  journalist  and  short 
story  writer;  Miss  Geo  Braddock,  editorial  staff,  "The 
Bulletin'';  Lillian  B.  Connelly.  Club  editor,  "San  Fran- 
cisco Chronicle."  *     *     * 

Cap  and  Bells  Club 

However  much  the  preceding  years  may  have  had  to  of- 
fer in  beautiful  presentation,  the  twenty-second  anniver- 
sary breakfast  of  Cap  and  Bells  Club  given  last  Thursday 
at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  really  excelled  all  previous  annual 
events. 

Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris,  the  president  of  Cap  and  Bells 
and  her  committee  of  experts  in  decorative  schemes  and 
program  numbers,  gained  additional  prestige  for  this  note- 
worthy organization  of  talented  women.  Presidents  of 
other  clubs  were  seated  as  honor  guests  at  the  head  table, 
as  usual  of  course,  but  it  was  the  arrangement  and  the  orig 
inalitv  of  design  and  coloring  that  made  a  picture  of  that 
breakfast. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Alexander  Last  had  charge  of  the  musical 
program  and  so  carefully  did  she  guard  it  that  no  one  had 
a  chance  to  even  guess  what  was  in  store  for  the  guests. 
On  the  reception  committee  were:  Mesdames  John  Syl- 
vester Finney,  Dr.  Blanche  Culver.  A.  G.  Stoll,  Thomas' J. 
Morton.  Norman  Walter  Hall,  Byron  Hoffman.  Henry  Mor- 
timer Hastings,  Richard  Hyland,  Warren  H.  Lord.  Joseph 
Law  less  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Alexander  East. 
*     *     * 

At  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 
Prominent  San    Francisco   people  recently   registered   at 
the    Hollvwood    Plaza   Hotel.   Hollvwood,    California,   are: 
Mr.  and    Mrs.   Geo.   E.   McShea ;   Mrs.   Wm.   Phelps;   Mrs. 
M.  S.   Kohlberg;  Mrs.  Henrv  Geballe :  Mr.  and  Mr-    Ge 
11.  Kahn;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.' Kinney;  Mr.  T.  R.  Reed. 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why? 

It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall.  Special  attrac- 
tions. Radioactive,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
ming pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
CORAN,  Agua  Caliente,  Sonoma  County,  or  see  Peck-Judah. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  20,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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George  Ritchie  "Sits  on  Top  of  World"  in  Golf 

BY  WINNING  the  Northern  California  Amateur  Munici- 
pal Golf  Championship  for  two  years  in  succession,  George 
Ritchie  of  the  Olympic  Club,  sits  on  top  of  the  world  as  a 
champion  rf  all  champions.  George  made  it  two  Straight  when 
he  defeated  Charlie  Ferrera,  the  Bulletin's  junior  title  holder,  in 
the  finals  for  the  crown,  thus  keeping  the  Emporium  trophy  in 
the  Ritchie  family,  a  place  where  it  has  reste  1  since  the  Bulletin 
and  Emporium  sponsored  this  tournament  at  the  Municipal 
Links  at  Lincoln  Park  three  years  ago. 

The  feat  of  the  Ritchie  family  winning  the  championship 
three  years  sraight  has  no  parallel  in  municipal  championship 
golf  tournaments.  When  James  A.  Ritchie  won  his  first  leg 
on  the  cup  lie  was  set  a  hard  task,  that  of  beating  Johnny  Mc- 
Hugh.  a  former  State  and  Northern  California  Champion,  but 
although  Jimmy  got  off  to  a  bad  start  losing  the  first  three  holes, 
he  found  himself  only  one  down  at  the  half  distance  and  event- 
ually won  2-1  over  36  boles  of  the  most  exciting  golf  that  was 
ever  seen  in  finals  at  Lincoln  l'ark. 


George  Ritchie, 

the  1925  and  1926 

winner  of  the 

.\  orthern  California 

Amateur  Municipal  Golf 

Championship 

held  at 
Lincoln  Purl:. 


That  year  there  were  only  428  entries,  but  what  a  remarkable 
change  lias  come  over  the  game  since  1924!  The  following  year 
here  were  656  who  took  part  in  the  tournament,  and  although 
it  rained  most  all  the  time  during  the  two  days  of  qualifying,  Still 
George  Ritchie  set  a  course  record  of  63,  live  strokes  under  par, 
going  out  in  29,  and  home  in  34.  a  record  that  lias  withstood 
the  onslaught  of  100.000  golfers  and  no  one  has  ever  come 
near  it. 

James  Ritchie  didn't  compete  in  1925.  having  moved  to  Sac- 
ramento, so  the  job  of  retaining  the  title  in  the  family  was  left 
to  George.  So  "George  did  it."  wanning  bo  b  the  medal  and 
the  finals,  a  rather  unheard  of  performance  from  such  a  record 
field. 

George  Ritchie  was  pitted  against  Gerald  Hardy,  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Club,  in  the  finals,  but  Gerald  merely  gave  Ritchie  a  lit- 
tle exercise.    George  winning  in  a  walk. 
*     *     * 

George  Makes  It  Two  Straight 

Ritchie's  work  in  the  last  tournament  was  phenomenal  from 
start  to  finish;  every  round  he  played  be  was  matched  against 
top  notchers,  and  each  tune  he  came  through  with  flying  colors. 

George  didn't  qualify  as  well  as  he  did  the  previous  vear; 


neither  did  James  Ritchie,  both  having  the  same  figures  71, 
while  our  dear  friend  John  J.  McIIugh  failed  to  qualify  at  all, 
bis  card  of  76  going  to  the  discard. 

The  best  qualifying  card  this  year  was  turned  in  by  Jack 
Daly  of  the  Marin  Club,  who  paired  with  his  brother  Claud, 
-tallied  the  natives  out  Lincoln  l'ark  way  when  he  handed  in  his 
card  of  29-33-62;  while  Rod  Guyette,  who  wasn't  ashamed  of 
his  score  of  131,  nearly  double  that  number,  will  get  a  special 
prize  for  bravery. 

This  trophy  lias  been  donated  by  District  Attorney  Matt 
Brady  as  a  special  prize  to  be  presented  to  the  player  whom  the 
committee  consider  is  deserving  of  recognition  in  a  special  way. 

Stanton  I  faight,  another  <  ilympian.  bad  a  card  of  66.  There 
are  awards  for  first  and  second  medalists. 

*  *     * 
George  Left  Alone  to  Do  It 

When  James  Ritchie  left  the  city  after  the  qualifying  round, 
it  was  up  to  broher  George  to  come  through  the  second  time. 
George  had  the  stillest  kind  of  competition  to  contend  with,  but 
the  stronger  they  were  the  better  he  played.  After  winning 
his  first  match  rather  handily,  he  bumped  up  against  one  of  the 
best  golfers  that  play  Lincoln  l'ark,  Jack  Wolf,  a  player  wdio 
will  wager  lie  can  break  a  70  any  time  be  starts.  Wolf  qualified 
in  I \7,  duplicated  that  performance  in  bis  first  match  play 
round,  si ,  you  can  imagine  the  calibre  of  golfer  George  was 
up  against.  They  played  even  .for  the  first  fourteen  holes, 
but  George's  steadiness  was  too  much  for  this  giant  of  the 
link-,  as  be  lost  on  the  seventeenth  hole  2-1. 

"Polly"  Willard.  the  much  touted  champion  of  Real  Estate 
Row,  jje's  next  victim.     Willard  didn't  stand  a  chance 

in  a  million,  for  any  time  "Polly"  made  a  par.  Ritchie  came 
through  with  an  eagle  or  a  birdie.  George  won  bis  third  match 
from  Willard  by  shooting  six  birdies  on  thirteen  boles,  where 
die  match  ended  with  Ritchie  a  winner  5-4. 

*  *      * 

Sam  Conlan,  Jr.  Also  Bested 

\\  hat  was  looke  1  upon  to  be  the  best  match  of  the  draw,  went 
up  in  smoke.  Sam  Conlan,  Jr.  one  of  Herbert  Fleishhacker's 
best  bets,  was  not  defeated  because  he  didn't  play  championship 
golf,  but  because  Ritchie  sb,>t  golf  that  would  have  beaten  Joe 
Kirkwood  himself. 

Imagine  only  being  three  down  to  Ritchie  with  the  little  fel- 
low shooting  a  66,  which  included  seven  birdies.  Rut  that 
was  nothing  to  what  be  did  to  Sam  in  the  last  18  holes  of  the 
semi-final  round. 

Conlan  was  playing  superb  golf,  but  no  matter  how  hard  he 
trie  I,  he  could  not  out-general  George  who  made  everyone  of 
his  clubs  do  almost  everything  bul  talk.  George  was  making 
326-yard  drives,  making  mashie  pitch  shoots  over  trees  to  the 
pin  for  birdies  and  putting  like  a  fiend,  so  what  could  poor  Sam 
do,  under  the  circumstam  I 

At  any  rate,  Conlan  is  a  good  loser,  complimenting  Ritchie 
on  bis  four  birdies  on  the  last  four  boles,  which  won  him  the 
match  at  the  13th  6-5. 

Charlie  Ferrera  Makes  Bold  Stand 

The  final  match  for  the  championship  between  George 
Ritchie  and  Charlie  Ferrera  was  a  real  test  of  golf  from  start 
to  finish.  Ferrera  held  a  slight  advantage  over  Ritchie,  seeing 
that  he  lives  on  the  course,  and  has  been  practicing  fai'hfullv 
for  the  tournament  for  many  months  while  Ritchie  did  most 
of  bis  practicing  at  Lakeside. 

f Continued  on  Page  14) 


March  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Antennas 

ANTENNAS,  or  more  commonly 
called  aerials,  have  been  causing  con- 
siderable discussion  among  radio  circles 
lately.  Radio  sets  up  to  the  present  have 


C.  J.  Pennington 

been  developed  to  a  very  high  state  of  ef- 
ficiency, but  still  there  remains  room  fin- 
improvements.  If  better  reception  is  de- 
sired, why  not  go  to  the  aerial  to  make 
a  few  changes  that  would  help  the  re- 
ception on  practically  every  set  in  use  at 
the  present  time? 

Every  article  in  print  about  aerials 
points  to  the  fact  that  all  connections 
should  be  soldered.  'They  sta'e  how  high 
and  how  long  an  aerial  should  be,  but 
in  it  many  take  the  time  or  space  to  ex- 
plain that  too  long  an  antenna  is  not  ad- 
visable. Perhaps  many  radio  experts  re- 
alize the  importance  of  having  an  an- 
tenna that  balances  the  set ;  if  so.  why  rlo 
they  not  state  as  much?  Or  perhaps  the 
matter  has  not  been  given  proper  thought, 
due  either  to  oversight  or  lack  of  knowl- 
edge. 

In  walking  around  the  city,  take  no- 
tice of  the  aerials  that  are  -nil  on  every 
housetop,  and  the  many  that  are  jumble  I 
on  the  top  of  each  apartment  building. 
(Hit  of  100  aerials  inspected  recently, 
only  one  was  put  up  with  any  thought 
as  to  the  set  that  was  to  he  used. 

At  the  beginning  of  broadcasting,  crys- 
tal sets  were  the  reigning  thing,  and  they 
required  at  least  100  feet  of  aerial  to 
warrant  good  reception.  To  lay,  the  tube 
set  is  king  and  any  set  of  four  tubes  or 
more  does  not  need  100  feet  of  antenna 
strung  on  the  housetop,  but  still  people 
persist  in  putting  up  hundreds  of  feet 
of  wires,  thinking  that  in  so  doing,  they 
are  improving  the  efficiency  of  their  set. 

This  is  all  wrong.  A  long  antenna 
makes  a  set  broad  in  tuning.  It  will  also 
cause  the  set  to  howl  and  perform  the 
other  exasperating  things  that  a  good 
radio  should  not  do.  An!  if  there  is  any 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  20,  1926 


THE  strike  of  carpenters,  in  the  conditions  of  San 
Francisco  at  present,  has  its  ludicrous  side.  The  con- 
ditions here  have  been,  and  are,  phenomenally  good.  Work 
has  been  plentiful.  The  dislocation  by  a  strike  will  bring 
thousands  of  people  here,  hungry  for  jobs  in  our  beautiful 
climate,  and  then  the  striking  dolts  will  beat  their  breasts. 

*  *     * 

— A  constitutional  amendment  adopted  in  November, 
1924,  provides  for  the  taxation  of  unsecured  personal  prop- 
erty at  the  previous  year's  rate,  instead  of  at  the  current 
rate,  as  has  been  the  practice  heretofore.  The  San  Fran- 
cisco Bureau  of  Governmental  Research  points  out  that  the 
change  in  the  law  has  a  considerable  effect  on  the  revenue 
of  the  city  which  will  be  affected  in  proportion  to  the  extent 
that  taxpayers  avail  themselves  of  their  privilege  of  de- 
claring personal  property  in  the  secured  or  unsecured  class. 

*  *     * 

— A  new  taxicab  ordinance  has  been  passed  by  the  Board 
of  Supervisors.  The  new  ordinance  provides  more  speci- 
fically for  police  regulation;  that  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
shall  approve  of  all  permits  granted  by  the  mayor;  and  that 
no  stand  shall  be  deemed  to  be  an  exclusive  use  of  a  public- 
street. 

— E.  L.  De  Golyer,  president  of  the  Amerada  Petroleum 
Corporation,  says  that  the  present  outlook  for  petroleum 
production  is  towards  a  decline.  The  petroleum  industry 
produced  in  the  year  1925,  for  the  third  successive  year, 
more  than  a  billion  barrels.  There  was  an  increase  in  1925 
of  5.2  per  cent  over  the  1924  production. 

— There  is  a  greater  demand  than  usual  in  municipal  fi- 
nancing. Prices  are  strong,  "Finance  and  Trade"  remarks. 
The  bonds  offered  tend  to  diminish  in  numbers.  There  is 
a  great  demand  for  California  municipal  bonds  in  the  East. 

*  *     * 

— The  volume  of  building  construction,  in  spite  of  the  pre- 
diction of  many  of  the  experts,  is  at  an  extraordinarily 
high  volume.  According  to  the  F.  W.  Dodge  Corporation, 
contracts  awarded  in  37  states  during  January,  amounted 
to  $457,158,600;  14  per  cent  less  than' in"  December,  but  50 
per  cent  more  than  in  January  of  last  year. 

*  *     * 

— "Real  wages,"  as  everybody  should  know,  are  wages  not 
estimated  in  terms  of  actual  dollars,  but  in  terms  of  the 
real  purchasing  power  of  those  dollars.  It  is  becoming  gen- 
erally recognized  that  real  wages  should  rise  in  proportion 
to  increase  in  productive  power.  The  reason  of  this  is  very 
obvious,  for,  without  an  increase  in  real  wages,  it  would 
be  impossible  for  the  general  public  to  buy  the  amount  of 
products  which  increased  productivity  puts  on  the  market. 

*  *     * 

— Harvey  M.  Toy,  Chairman  of  the  California  Highway 
Commission,  told  the  annual  meeting  of  the  County  Super- 
visors' Committee  at  San  Diego  recently,  that  unity  of 
purpose  regarding  highway  affairs  is  the  only  way  in  which 
problems  affecting  state  highways  can  be  solved.  Funds 
should  be  concentrated  on  major  interstate  connections  and 
trunk  lines. 

*  *     * 

— The  Comptroller  of  the  Currency  having  recently  ruled 
that  national  banks  do  not  have  the  power. to  insure  the 
lives  of  their  officers  in  favor  of  the  bank,  The  National 
Association  of  Life  Underwriters  is  endeavoring  to  obtain 
a  retraction  of  the  ruling.  Failing  that,  formal  legal  action 
may  be  expected. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  I0TH.   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PARK-I'KESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

IIAICHT  STREET  BRANCH Huight  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St, 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONli-QUARTER  (4Ji)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


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Walte  VV.  Derr,  Manager 

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MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douclas  2244 


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HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid  I  |i  Capital  »2n.OOO,000  »2©,00©,000  Reserve  Fond 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
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Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,   Burglary,  Automobile   Insurance 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 
RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE,    TANKS,     CULVERTS,    PENSTOCKS, 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 
San  Francisco,  Calif.  Lou  Angeles,  Calif. 

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March  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 


By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 


Launch  of  the  World's  Largest  Motor  Liner 

THE  world's  largest  motor  liner  has  just  been  launched 
at  Harland  &  Wolff's  yard  at  Belfast,  Ireland,  for  the 
Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet  Company.  Though  Royal  Mail 
Motor  vessel,  "Asturias"  is  a  new  ship,  built  on  the  newest 
of  the  new  ideas,  yet  the  policy  which  keeps  the  Royal  Mail 
in  the  forefront  of  invention  is  as  old  as  the  company.  What 
a  revolution  is  here ;  from  the  initiation  of  the  services  with 
South  America  by  Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet  "Teviot"  in 
1851 — a  ship  of  1774  tons  propelled  by  paddle  wheels  and 
sails — to  this  novel  creation  of  the  ship  builder's  imagina- 
tion, the  largest  motor-driven  passenger  liner  in  the  world. 

The  "Asturias"  is  destined  for  the  South  American  route 
on  which  the  finest  vessels  of  the  Royal  Mail  have  always 
served ;  her  22,500  tons  insure  a  magnificently  steady  and 
spacious  vessel,  and  the  power  of  the  eight-cylinder  double- 
acting  Diesel  motors  (whose  outstanding  feature  is  the  de- 
velopment of  20,000  h.  p.  on  two  shaft),  promise  a  passenger 
liner  without  rival  on  the  South  Atlantic  route. 

The  s'andard  of  the  Royal  Mail  is  subject  to  variation  in 
one  direction  only,  that  is  upward  ;  here  is  even  greater  lux- 
ury than  has  hitherto  been  at  the  passengers'  service ;  the 
electric  lighting,  for  instance,  includes  some  4000  separate 
lights,  and  the  ventilation  is  exceptionally  provided  for  by 
the  50  large  fans  and  more  than  500  small  fans  which  cool 
the  decks,  cabins  and  public  rooms. 

It  need  hardly  be  said  that  there  is  some  remarkable 
decoration,  modeled  generally  on  the  great  examples  found 
in  famous  houses,  or  the  taste  of  18th  century  architects  and 
artists.  The  first-class  dining  saloon,  for  example,  is  a  high- 
ceiled  French  empire  room,  seating  408  at  once,  at  con- 
veniently sized  separate  tables,  and  is  very  striking  with  its 
Breche  violette  marble  columns,  its  mahogany,  its  moulded 
ceiling  with  central  painting,  its  bronze  electric  fittings  and 
its  mahogany  and  purple-upholstered  furnishing. 

The  social  hall  is  a  stately  Georgian  room,  whose  stage 
at  the  forward  end,  and  parquet  flooring,  make  it  ideal  as 
temporary  theatre  or  ballroom.  The  lounge  is  designed 
after  the  State  Apartments  at  Houghton  House — colorful 
and  quaint,  with  its  panelled  and  painted  peacock-green 
walls,  mahogany  upholstered  in  green  to  match,  and  its 
carved  overmantel  with  flower-painting,  after  the  Dutch. 
The  smoke  room  is  in  the  period  of  William  and  Mary 
(1702)  with  fine  panelling  and  wood-carving,  and  walnut 
"period"  furniture,  while  the  large  square  windows  make 
the  room  exceptionally  light  and  airy.  The  reading  and 
writing  room  is  a  fine  apartment  in  style  after  Robert 
Adam's  work  at  llarewood,  Yorkshire.  The  winter  garden  on 
the  topmost  deck  has  all  the  color  of  Moorish  art,  with  its  red 
and  white  stripes,  ceiling  with  cut  bracket  beams,  arcaded 
windows,  marble  columns,  carved  tables  and  chairs  and  cen- 
tral jardiniere  under  the  dome,  while  at  the  forward  end 
is  the  raised  bandstand. 

There  is  the  children's  playroom  charmingly  fitted  as  the 
land  of  the  Golden  Age  with  a  fairy  castle  and  an  old-fash- 
ioned garden  forecourt  for  playing  in. 

The  suites  deluxe,  each  comprising  sitting-room,  bed- 
room, bathroom,  etc.,  are  in  the  Louis  XVI  or  Adam  style; 
there  is,  of  course,  a  luxurious  ladies'  hair  dressing  saloon 
as  well  as  a  barber  shop,  and  a  wonderful  Fompeiian  swim- 
ming bath  in  two  tiers  with  dressing  boxes  on  a  balcony, 
the  bath  below  being  2®  feet  long  by  17  feet  broad  and  8  feet 
deep. 

The  new  luxury-standard  applies  throughout  the  ship,  to 
the  cuisine ;  to  the  service  of  lifts,  bells,  telephones,  wireless 
and  all  other  things  which  a  passenger  may  need. 

Naturally,  on  so  large  a  vessel  devoted  to  the  important 
South  American  service,  here  are  large  sections  devoted  to 
second  and  third-class  passengers,  for  whom  quite  an  un- 


usual amount  of  deck  space,  and  social  rooms  of  exception- 
ally luxurious  furnishing  and  equipment,  are  provided.  In 
the  second  class,  there  is  a  large  dining  room,  verandas, 
smoke  room,  and  social  hall — accommodation  altogether  for 
250  passengers.  The  third-class  passenger  is  most  comfortably 
provided  for  in  the  forward  section  of  the  ship  on  all  decks, 
on  one  of  which,  besides  the  baths,  etc.,  is  the  barber  shop 
and  photographic  darkroom;  on  another  the  dining  room, 
smokeroom,  bar  and  lounge,  while  mention  might  be  made 
of  the  "kosher  gallery."  Altogether  there  is  accommoda- 
tion for  approximately  700  third  class.  It  will  be  a  pleasant 
experience  and  of  novel  interest  to  make  a  voyage  by  the 
largest  motorliner  in  the  world  R.  M.  M.  V.  "Asturias." 


The  N.  E.  A.  on  the  Redwood  Highway 
Plans  for  the  routing  of  individual  members  of  the  Na- 
tional Editorial  Association  party  to  and  through  the  Red- 
wood Highway  Empire  in  July,  in  the  form  of  post-con- 
vention tours,  are  being  worked  out  by  the  Redwood  High- 
way Association,  under  the  direction  of  Frederick  H.  Meyer, 
President. 

Since  every  minute  of  time  is  taken  up  during  the 
N.  E.  A.'s  stay  in  Central  California,  (between  July  11th 
and  15th)  it  has  been  found  impossible  to  route  the  entire 
party  of  750  people  any  further  than  Sonoma  County,  ac- 
cording to  officials  of  the  Editorial  Association. 

However,  the  Redwood  Highway  officials  are  now  plan- 
ning itineraries  for  independent  and  conducted  tours  over 
the  Redwood  Highway,  for  those  members  of  the  N.  E.  A. 
who  do  not  immediately  return  East,  as  well  as  for  those 
who  are  planning  to  continue  on  to  Portland  before  going 
East. 

(Continued  on  Page  14) 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  20,  1926 


EDITORIAL  MENTION 
(Continued  from  Page  5) 

tains  no  metallic  radium  but  only  natural  rocks  laden  with 
radio-active  material  which  is  burned  into  the  lining  of 
earthenware  receptacles,  and  provides  drinking  water  bet- 
ter and  more  health-giving  than  that  from  "the  old  oaken 
bucket." 

Such  is  Science — discarding  today  what  yesterday  held 
most  secure;  giving  to  the  world  more  and  more  of  the 
riches  stored  untold  ages  ago,  deep  within  Nature's  crypts 
and  which  our  present  day  knowledge  enables  us  to  use 
to  our  greater  health  and  prosperity.  Hats  off  to  the 
Radium  Ore  Revigator  Company  of  this  city  for  their  contribu- 
tion to  the  health  and  happiness  of  our  day ! 


GOLF 

(Continued  from  Page  10) 

Still  with  that  advantage,  Charlie  finished  off  the  first  half  of 
their  36-hole  contest  three  down  in  the  same  position  he  found 
himself  at  the  finish. 

Ferrera  played  delightful  golf,  the  kind  that  would  win  in 
most  any  tournament,  but  Richie's  experience  off-set  anything 
Charlie  had  to  offer.  But  Charlie  is  only  just  old  enough  to 
vote  and  has  lots  of  chance  to  become  a  hero,  while  with 
Ritchie  it's  a  different  thing. 

There  is  no  golfer  in  California  that  has  anything  on  the  little 
Olympian.  George  is  a  modest  little  chap,  who  has  won  most 
every  important  golfing  event  in  the  bay  region  during  the  past 
six  years,  and  holds  the  record  of  most  every  golf  course  for 
fifty  miles  around. 

Golfingly  speaking,  the  Ritchie  brothers,  George  and  James, 
are  the  two  greatest  golfers  ever  produced  in  California. 

*  *     * 

Helganz  a  Marvel 

We  could  hardly  let  the  tournament  go  into  history  without 
referring  to  the  splendid  golf  played  by  Charlie  Helganz,  a 
former  junior  state  champion.  Charlie  is  an  all-round  athlete, 
lie  won  the  junior  marathon  at  the  Stadium  last  week;  was 
sixth  in  the  Bulletin's  annual  cross-city  race  New  Year's  Day; 
shot  a  66  in  the  qualifying  round  in  the  tournament  jusl  in- 
cluded; beat  Roy  Philipps,  the  medalist  in  1924  at  the  19th  hole 
and  went  to  the  20th  hole  with  Sam  L.  Conlan,  Jr.  in  the  second 
tbund.  Outside  of  that  he  spends  most  of  his  time  studying  at 
Lowell  High  School.  Some  day  we  are  going  to  hear  that 
Charlie  has  qualified  to  play  in  national  open. 

*  *     * 

Co-operation  was  the  keynote  of  the  tournament,  John  Mc- 
Laren, superintendent  of  parks,  did  all  in  his  power  to  give  us 
a  good  course  to  play  on;  Tom  Mcllugh  executed  McLaren's 
orders  in  good  shape;  Paul  Weitzka,  the  official  starter,  had  the 
boys  on  their  toes  all  the  time;  and  Police  Officer  Hen  Smith 
handled  the  gallery  each  day  in  a  masterful  manner;  that's 
why  the  tournament  proved  such  a  wonderful  success. 


REDWOOD  HIGHWAY 

(Continued  from  Page  13) 

The  Association  hopes  to  route  the  bulk  of  parties  bourid 
tfor  Portland  over  the  Redwood  Highway,  either  via  rail- 
road, motor  stage,  or  automobile. 

As  President  Meyer  declared,  "it  would  be  an  absolute 
crime  for  these  newspaper  publishers  from  the  Fast  to  re- 
turn home  without  seeing  California's  outstanding  scenic 
attraction — the  giant  Redwood  trees  along  the  Redwood 
Highway." 

The  above  is  only  one  of  the  series  of  caravans  planned  bv 
officials  of  the  Redwood  Highway  Association,  according 
o  Meyer. 


r 

All  you  can  know  for  certain  about  a  new  national  polio- 
is  that  Borah  won't  approve. — Hagerstown  Herald. 


Attempts  are  being  made  to  discover  a  non-inflammable  wood 
for  houses,  but  some  of  our  match  manufacturers  seem  to  have 
known  the  secret  for  years. — Punch. 


If  you  want  excitement,  drive  through  Los  Angeles  these 
days  with  a  Florida  pennant  on  your  car. — Helena  Indepen- 
dent. 


LARKINS  DUCO 
Has  Lustre 


Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.    Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

LARKINS  &  CO. 

First  Avenue  at  Geary  Street 


TEL.  FRANKLIN  36SR 

Metal  Work  Apper- 
taining to  Automo- 
blleN  —  Oxy-Acetylene 
Welding  —  nim'k- 
■mlthlng. 

AUTO  FENDER  AND  RADIATOR  WORKS 


CHAS.  J.  EVANS! 

PALACE  GARAGE 

Opposite  Palace  Hotel 
HAVE   YOUR   CARS    WASHED   AND  GREASED 

"THE  PALACE  WAY" 

Rnten:  3Gc  per  dny;   $7.50  per  month 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  243 

Six  Floor*  for   Service  nnd   Storage  of  Automobile* 


J.  SPAULDING  &  CO. 

Established  is«4 
The  Original  Pioneer  Carpet  and  Rug  Cleaners 

363  TF.II  All  \    STREET,   SAX   FRANCISCO 
Phone  Dona-Ins  3084 


W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY    PUBLIC— INSURANCE    BROKER 

-us    Crocker    Dulldlne:    (Opposite    Palace   Hotel),    San    Francisco 

Phone   Kearny    391 


I      902 


DENMAN  GARAGE 


Buth    (cor.  Taylor) 


A    convenient   location   for  club 


Pro. peel  956 


March  20,  1926 


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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

SPRING  has  already  brought  its  in- 
crease in  travel  over  the  highways 
and  by-ways  of  California.  From 
Shasta  to  the  Mexican  border  the  main 
trunk  highways  are  crowded  with  ma- 
chines and  the  automobile  camps  all 
along  the  road  are  well  patronized. 
Hotel  men  state  that  they  have  already 
felt  the  increase  in  travel  brought 
about  by  the  early  spring  weather  and 
the  routes  into  the  Sierra  resorts  will 
probably  be  opened  at  an  earlier  date 
than  usual,  due  to  the  relatively  small 
snowfall  and  the  rapid  melting  of  the 
drifts  along  the  highways. 

The  increase  in  travel  has  been'  in 
evidence  at  the  Touring  Bureau  of  the 
National  Automobile  Club  ami  March 
will  set  a  new  record  for  map  distribu- 
tion and  routings  issued  to  club  mem- 
bers for  long  trips.  Indications  from 
every  quarter  promise  a  record  year 
of  travel. 

Protection  offered  through  aut 
bile  club  membership  on  the  highways 
of  the  state  has  proved  its  value  dur- 
ing the  season  just  passed  and  an  in- 
crease in  membership  far  ahead  of  that 
of  last  season  hat  been  recorded  by  the 
National  Automobile  Club.  This  or- 
ganization now  has  a  chain  of  garages 
including  more  than  seven  hundred,  lo- 
cated on  every  main  route  in  the  state 
and  available  for  members  a  any  time 
of  the  day  or  night  without  distance 
limitation  for  free  towing  and  a  free 
half  hour  of  mechanical  aid,  as  well  as 
gas  and  oil  transportation  and  tire 
change. 

The  various  elements  that  have  to 
do  with  motoring  seem  to  have  com- 
bined to  make  this  year  a  particularly 


attractive  twelvemonth  for  the  motor 
vehicle  owner  and  the  Call  of  the  Open 
Road  is  more  insistent  than  ever  be- 
fore. 

*  *     * 

San  Francisco  will  soon  be  brought 
face  to  face  with  the  necessity  of  adopt- 
ing some  sort  of  a  jay-walking  ordi- 
nance. The  success  of  this  phase  of 
traffic  regulation  in  Los  Angeles  has 
proved  its  value,  and  its  results,  which 
are  most  apparent  to  the  casual  ob- 
server in  the  southern  metropolis,  are 
shown  in  a  great  decrease'  in  accidents 
in  the  congested  districts  in  which  pe- 
destrians figure,  and  a  speeding  up  of 
traffic   along  the   main  thoroughfares. 

The  military  precision  with  which 
the  throngs  on  the  streets  of  Los  An- 
geles follow  the  vehicular  traffic  sig- 
nals bodes  well  for  the  future.  Pedes- 
trians rarely  are  to  be  seen  in  Los 
Angeles  dodging  from  in  front  of  mo- 
tor cars  and  the  automatic  signal  sys- 
tem now  permits  the  motor  police  to 
devote  their  attention  to  the  movement 
of  traffic  in  an  efficient  manner. 

Traffic  regulation  throughout  Cali- 
fornia should  be  uniform,  for  uniform- 
ity is  one  of  the  most  important  factors 
in  safety.  A  motor  vehicle  operator 
should  not  be  handicapped  by  short- 
sighted traffic  regulation,  and  a  few 
fundamental  laws  laid  down  for  auto- 
mobile parking  and  driving  in  our  larg- 
er cities,  would  go  far  toward  the  alle- 
viation of  the  difficulties  now  existent. 

The  jay-walking  ordinance  is  cer- 
tainly a  necessary  regulation  of  the 
near  future  in  every  large  city  in  Cali- 
fornia. The  soimer  that  it  is  put  into 
force  in  northern  California,  the  better 
for  all  concerned. 

*  *     * 

Concerning  Traffic 

Boulevard  stops,  arterial  highway 
Stops,  main  highway  stops,  all  mean 
practically  the  same  thing.  After  a 
careful  survey  of  the  traffic  on  different 
ts  of  a  city,  the  police  department. 
traffic  department  or  whoever  is 
charged  with  enforcing  traffic  laws  and 
the  installation  of  safety  appliances. 
i-  enabled  to  determine  which  tho- 
roughfares are  most  used  in  getting 
through  i  city  or  in  getting  from  one 
part  of  the  city  to  another.  When  the 
amount  of  this  through  traffic  is  great 
enough  to  warrant  the  expenditure 
(and  usually  not  until  many  serious 
accident-  have  occurred),  the  city 
place!  in    the   streets  which   in- 

tersect this  thoroughfare,  warning  mo- 
torist- before  crossing  or  en- 
tering this  through-traffic  stream. 
These  signs  are  for  the  double  pur- 
pose of  protecting  the  motorist  enter- 
ing this  intersection  from  the  side  and 
of  allowing  the  through  traveler  to 
move  along  at  the  legal  speed  without 
iContinued  on  Page  16) 


o, 


'ut  of  every  dollar 
you  pay  us  for  gas  or 
electric  service  about  ten 
cents  goes  to  the  State 
and  Federal  governments. 

We  paid  back 
$4,495,600  of  your 
money  for  taxes  last  year. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


"PACIFIC   SERV1CE- 

Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 


-the  better  it $b 


GEO.    \\  .    CASWELL 

Sutter  6654  or  Oakland  1017 
Telephone  Direct 

1.HOO.OOO  rap*  were  nerved   at   the  Panama 
Pacific   International   Exposition 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  20,  1926 


RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 

interference  in  the  neighborhood,  the 
long  aerial  is  more  apt  to  pick  it  up  than 
the  shorter  one.  With  the  present  num- 
ber of  broadcasting  stations  operating,  se- 
lectivity is  what  is  desired.  Why  not  go 
to  the  antenna  for  that  desired  selectivity  ? 

You  wonder  if  distance  will  be  de- 
creased with  an  aerial  of  50  feet.  Not  in 
the  least  will  it  affect  distance.  If  a  set 
now  operating  on  100  feet  of  antenna 
can  bring  in  distance,  the  same  set  will 
be  able  to  get  the  same  distance  on  50 
feet  of  aerial.  The  difference  will  be 
that  with  the  shorter  antenna,  the  distant 
station  will  come  in  clearer  and  with  less 
distortion.  Do  not,  however,  make  the 
antenna  too  short,  but  balance  the  set 
to  the  antenna.  For  instance:  Perhaps 
65  feet  will  be  best;  or  perhaps  40  feet 
will  give  better  results.  It  is  a  mafter 
of  where  the  set  is  located  and  just  how 
much  interference  is  close  by,  as  well  as 
depending  upon  the  make  of  set  that  is 
being  used. 

If  anyone  has  a  radio  set  with  a  long 
antenna  that  is  not  giving  good  resul  s, 
no  doubt  corrections  could  be  made  that 
would  improve  reception  greatly.  And  if 
interested  to  the  extent  of  addressing  a 
letter  to  the  Radio  Editor  of  the  News 
Letter,  assistance  can  be  given  that  will 
improve  your  reception. 
*     *     * 

SELECTING  A  RADIO 
Condensers 

There  are  many  makes  of  variable  air 
condensers  on  the  market,  practically  all 
built  along  the  same  lines.  A  casual  in- 
spection is  of  no  value  unless  the  weak 
points  are  known  in  order  to  make  a  se- 
lection. 
r. ........... 


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Living  Room,  Dining  Room,  Breakfast 
Room  and  Kitchen.    Four  Bed  Rooms. 
Tile  Bath.  Furnace  and  Garage. 
3406  East  James  St.,  Seattle,  Wash 

C.  A.  RAY 

564  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 


USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL  ADDING  MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  "larfleld  3852  504  Market  St. 


Good  workmanship  is  the  first  point  to 
observe  and  any  manufacturer  that  puts; 
out  a  condenser  with  poor  workmanship, 
would  more  than  likely  use  a  poor  grade 
of  material  throughout. 

In  a  good  condenser  the  plates  must 
be  true  and  the  washers  used  for  separat- 
ing the  plates  must  be  exactly  uniform  in 
size.  Examine  the  condensers  to  see  that 
the  shaft  runs  true  and  that  the  plates 
interleave  without  touching.  Run  your 
fingers  over  the  edge  of  the  plates  and 
if  the  edges  are  rough,  the  condensers  are 
not  first  class. 

Careful  notice  should  be  made  of  the 
insulation  of  a  condenser,  for  it  is 
through  the  insulation  of  a  condenser  that 
many  leaks  can  be  traced.  At  the  pres- 
ent, bakelite  seems  to  be  the  best  material 
for  the  purpose  of  insulation.  The  plates 
should  turn  easily  and  to  be  certain  of 
obtaining  a  good  first-class  article,  it 
should  be  fitted  with  brass  bearings. 

The  above  are  the  most  salient  points 
to  look  for  in  any  condenser,  but  during 
the  past  months  the  so-called  Straight 
Line  Frequency  condenser  has  made  its 
appearance  and  has  become  very  popular 
through  advertising,  but  do  not  expect 
more  of  such  a  condenser  than  can  be 
attained  in  one  of  the  old  type.  The  dif- 
ference between  the  old  style  condenser 
and  the  Straight  Line  Frequency  is  that 
the  S-L-F  condenser  adds  capacity  slow- 
er at  the  lower  wavelengths  and  makes 
up  at  the  upper  end  of  the  condenser. 
There  is  nothing  gained  other  than  that 
of  changing  the  dial  readings  and  giving 
greater  separation  on  the  low-wave 
lengths. 

If  your  set  is  not  selective,  do  not  be 
misled  into  thinking  that  the  Straight 
Line  Frequency  condensers  will  make  it 
so,  for  they  will  not. 

And  in  making  a  selection  do  not  let 
the  curve  of  a  condenser  decide  your 
choice,  for  there  are  more  important 
things  to  look  for  in  a  condenser  than 
curves  and  Straight  Line  Frequency. 


PETROL  PARAGRAPHS 

(Continued  from  Page  15) 

the  fear  of  cars  bursting  in  unexpect- 
edly from  lateral  streets.  It  must  be 
impressed  upon  the  mind,  if  any,  of 
the  careless  and  reckless  driver,  that 
these  warnings  must  be  obeyed  or  the 
system  of  stop  signs  will  prove  to  be 
more  of  a  hazard  than  a  safeguard. 

If  it  be  possible  to  get  the  lesson 
across,  the  main  highways  outside  of 
municipalities  should  be  under  the 
same  regulation,  and  in  order  that 
there  might  be  no  doubt  in  the  minds 
of  anyone  as  to  which  is  the  main  high- 
way, all  intersections  should  be  prop- 
erly signed. 

It  may  seem  to  most  persons  that 
there  are  entirely  too  many  laws  to  be 
observed  by  the  motorist.  Each  city, 
because    of    its    geographical    layout, 


must,  of  necessity,  have  certain  traf- 
fic rules  which  differ  from  those  of  the 
next  city.  Even  on  the  highway,  there 
are  rules  which  seem  to  cover  every 
contingency  and  with  which  every  mo- 
torist should  familiarize  himself.  Were 
every  motorist  a  careful  driver  whose 
conduct  was  governed  by  the  prin- 
ciples Courtesy  and  Consideration,  this 
multiplicity  of  laws  would  not  be 
necessary,  but  unfortunately,  we  have 
with  us  a  percentage  of  careless  and 
reckless  drivers  who  at  one  time  or  an- 
other violate  every  rule  of  the  above 
principles,  and  it  is  to  provide  a  club 
to  hold  over  these  that  the  many  laws 
have,  of  necessity,  been  passed. 


American  Boy  Scouts 
Troop  No.  93 

The  Zane-Irwin  Post  No.  93,  Ameri- 
can Legion,  is  the  sponsor  for  troop 
No.  93  of  the  Boy  Scouts  Both  troop 
and  post  are  energetic  and  resource- 
ful, and  their  slogan,  "Z.  I.  P."  is  a 
most  appropriate  one  for  these  two 
lively  bodies  of  men  and  lads. 

Troop  No.  93  has  a  most  efficient 
scoutmaster  in  the  person  of  L.  P. 
Pierce,  with  W.  L.  Baldry,  as  assist- 
ant, running  a  close  second.  These 
men  have  spent  a  period  of  ten  years 
in  the  scout  movement. 

The  non-commissioned  officers  are: 
Salvador  Lastrucci,  Senior  Patrol 
Leader,  Roland  Bush,  Patrol  Leader, 
No.  1  ;  William  Sink,  Patrol  Leader 
No.  2,  Epps  Pryor,  Patrol  Leader  No. 
3,  Charles  Pomerance,  No.  4,  with  Car- 
lo Lastrucci  as  Chief  Scribe  for  the 
troop,  ranking  just  below  the  Senior 
Patrol   Leader. 

The  troop  boasts  twenty-eight  boys 
a  present  with  a  dozer,  candidates  on 
the  waiting  list. 

All  members  are  intensely  interested 
in  the  troop's  scouting  contest,  and  in 
the  new  out-door  program  which  is 
being  instituted.  The  regular  meet- 
ing place  for  the  troop  is  the  Galileo 
High  School,  on  the  corner  of  Van 
Ness  Avenue  and  Bay  Street,  where 
the  boys  assemble  every  Thursday 
night  at  7:30.  Parents  and  other  vis- 
itors are  always  welcome. 


A  lecture  on  "The  Drama  in  New 
Russia  and  Its  Reaction  to  the  Revo- 
lution" will  be  given  by  Anna  Porter 
in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  Saturday 
afternoon,  March  20th.  Aliss  Porter 
will  include  a  review  of  the  modern 
experiments  of  the  Moscow  Art  The- 
atre Musical  Studio,  which  has  aroused 
so  much  interest  in  New  York  during 
its  first  short  engagement  there  this 
winter.  Miss  Porter  spent  four  months 
in  Moscow  last  year,  studying  pres- 
ent-day conditions  and  has  arranged 
her  data  in  a  series  of  lectures  on  the 
arts  in  new  Russia. 


March  20,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


Mr.  Blabbitt  on  March 


MARCH  this  year  came  in  like  a  lamb  and,  according  to 
all  indications,  will  continue  to  wear  its  down,  until  the 
wild  and  woolly  days  of  its  end  roll  around.  March  in  Cali- 
fornia is  usually  one  of  the  most  characteristic  of  a  Pacific 
Coast  spring,  for  many  reasons.  Being  of  a  rather  poetical 
nature  we  notice,  first  of  all,  that  the  grass  is  coming  up,  and 
poppies  are  beginning  to  bloom,  thus  offering  an  excuse  for 
our  nature  loving  motorists  to  carry  half  the  soil  and  all  the 
roots  back  to  town  with  them,  after  a  Sunday  of  bucolic  dissi- 
pation. Then  another  sign  is  the  inability  of  weather  prophets 
to  prophesy.  Nature  is  that  way  with  men  of  this  indicative 
profession.  She  always  takes  care  to  make  it  rain  when  they 
say  "clear"  and  gives  us  the  most  gorgeous  days  when  believers 
in  prophecies  remain  at  home,  fearing  showers. 

March  is  the  month  when  California  modistes  bring  out  their 
spring  things  to  tempt  the  ladies  and  aggravate  the  men.  There 
is  something  about  San  Francisco  shop  windows  that  fairly 
spells  bankruptcy  for  certain  people,  particularly  husbands 
and  girls  who  have  to  work  for  a  living — and  few  do  not,  in 
some  way  or  other.  Ordinarily  one  would  think  that  April 
or  May  are  the  most  spring-like  months,  but  it  takes  March 
to  get  everything  ready  for  their  conquest.  In  the  first  place 
ordinary  March  weather  puts  the  finishing  touches  on  winter 
wearing  apparel  by  deft  touches  of  rain,  wind  and  other  per- 
versities. 

The  name  "March"  is  rather  militaristic  and,  hence,  does 
not  lend  itself  to  the  use  of  poets,  although  there  have  been 
some  few  who  have  achieved  fame  in  advertising  its  virtues 
and  deficiencies.  Personally,  we  prefer  March  to  all  months, 
because  of  them  all  it  has  a  sort  of  character  something  akin 
to  that  of  the  average  other  man,  in  a  family  triangle,  who 
stands  between  two  opposite  temperaments  and  finally  ends  up 
by  blowing  everything. 

There  are  a  certain  few  hardy  souls  who  have  sufficient  vital- 
ity to  go  in  swimming  in  March  and  carry  athletic  smiles,  in 
the  bargain.  Should  the  average  man  or  woman  try  the  same 
thing  they  would  carry  nothing  but  gooseflesh  if  they  lived,  or 
be  carried  if  they  did  not.  During  the  past  three  weeks  we 
have  heard  of  every  known  sport  being  tried  out  by  various  pub- 
licity seeking  souls  with  great  enjoyment,  just  for  the  love  of 
the  games.  It's  too  bad  that  March,  in  this  case,  doesn't  come 
two  or  three  times  during  the  summer  and  fall.  March  may 
be  windy,  and  squall  some,  but  it  is  a  genuine  man's  month. 


Representative  Clubs  for  Modification 

Returns  tabulated  here  on  a  questionnaire  sent  to  three 
representative  San  Francisco  clubs  by  the  Association 
Against  the  Prohibition  Amendment  show  a  tremendous 
majority  of  club  members  in  favor  of  a  modification  of  the 
present  prohibition  laws,  according  to  announcement  re- 
cently by  Attorney  William  II.  Metson,  California  chairman 
of  the  association.  The  three  chilis  and  their  respective  vote 
on  the  questionnaire  follow  : 

Pacific  Union  Club.  140  for  modification  :  4  against  modifi- 
cation. 

Bohemian  Club,  211  for  modification;  3  against  modifi- 
cation. 

Women's  Athletic  Club.  188  for  modification;  12  against 
modification. 

Poll  returns  to  date  from  a  similar  questionnaire  sent  by 
the  association  to  the  men  and  women  voters  of  Monterey, 
Watsonville  and  Salinas,  show  882  for  the  return  of  light 
wines  and  beer,  as  against  161  who  are  satisfied  with  the 
present  prohibition  laws. 


"GROZIT" 

For  Lawns  and  Gardens 

Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 

Many  times  as  efficient  as  ordinary  manure.  Odorless,  does 
not  draw  flies,  easy  to  handle,  guaranteed  free  from  weed 
seeds  and  foreign  matter — packed  in  100-pound  bags.  For 
your  lawns,  gardens,  window  boxes,  potted  plants,  golf 
greens,  orchards,  vineyards.  It  is  good  for  anything  that 
grows. 

Ask  your  nurseryman,  seed  store  or 
wood  and  coal  dealer 

Pacific  Manure  Fertilizer  Co. 

Main  Office,  429  DAVIS  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Telephone  Kearny  1542 


Announcement 


SINGLETON'S  Albu;  (Eat 
CLUB  INN 


Now  Serves  a  Delicious 
Four-Course 

DINNER,  $1.00 

And   Hot  Chicken   Pies, 
Steaks,  Etc.,  a  la  Carte 

FOUR   PRIVATE  BOOTHS   FOR   LADIES 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

SONOMA.  CALIF. 

The  finest  meals  in  the 

VALLEY  OF  THE  MOON 

Onr  Specialty — "Stenk*  With  Maahroomii" 

Clean    Room-,    C.Iran    Linen,   Clean    Everything 

Vint    >onom*    Count* '«    Fimnai    Report!   and    Mineral    (Warm    Tiler)    Swimming 

Tank.    From   Tins    Hotel 

BalM    Exceptionally    Reasonable 

Telephone  110 


We  also  wash  Curtains,  Blankets,  Pillows, 
Bath  Rugs,  etc. 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

^The  Recommended  Laundry" 
!     -50  Twelfth  >t.,  San  Francisco  'Phone  Market  916 

Parisian  Dyeing  and  Cleaning 

Suit?    Prr*frd    Bv    Hand    Only— Sail*    Called    For    and    DeliTered 

MME.  M.  S.  E.  LEE 


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I>    YotciMt    Horn. 


Partum    Dyeing   and    Clmmnt 


Pkoxb  Funkuk   2S10 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  20, 1926 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH    YOUR    MEALS— IT   HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from   your  grocer 

Established   1868 

Main   Office,  -40  Second  Street,  San   Francisco,   Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


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manuscript  cov- 
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need.  Ask  your 
printer     or     sta- 


to     show 
samples. 


BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established   1855 
41  First  Street,  Snn  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


1 


PHOM.S: 
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(Formerly    with    ShrevM   &    Company) 

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SUNBEAMS 

A  Matter  of  Taste 

They  try  to  swim  the  channel, 

They  try  to  have  careers, 
They   dive,   they   golf,   they  hike,  and 
my 

How  they  can  shift  the  gears ! 
But  I  prefer  the  sweet  young  things 

On  moonlit  porches  meek, 
I'm   scared   with  these  athletic  dames 

To  try  out  my  technique! 

Lucia  Trent. 


"How  many  dead?"  asked  the  doc- 


tor. 


"Nine,"  said  the  ward  nurse. 
"But  I  ordered  medicine  for  ten." 
"Yes,  but  one  wouldn't  take  it." 
Brown  Jug. 


'27  (disgustedly) — G'wan,  you've  got 
hayseed  in  your  hair. 

'28  (naively) — That  ain't  hayseed, 
that's  wild  oats.  Brown  Jug. 


The  great  defect  of  check  books  is 
that  they  generally  don't. 

Cornell  Widow. 


Likely  as  not  when  Earle  Sande  gets 
a  holiday  he  goes  for  a  ride  on  a  merry- 
go-round.  Toronto  Goblin. 


"I  have  a  pain  in  my  tummy,  dear!" 
Said  the  cannibal  to  his  mate. 
"I  know,  I  know,"  his  wife  replied, 
'  'Tis  that  sweet  girl  grad-u-ate." 
Texas  Ranger. 


One  woman  we  know  goes  to  the 
theater  solely  for  the  sake  of  getting 
new  dress  ideas. 

She  has  just  sold  her  opera  glasses 
and  bought  a  mieroscope. 

Pink  'Un. 


Dennis — I  hear  your  sister  has  got 
engaged  to  a  struggling  young  barris- 
ter. 

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M  \RV  PlCKFORD—ScREEN  CELEBRITY 
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SAX    FRANCISCO   NEWS   LETTER 


March  27,   1926 


the  interested  nations,  are  there  to  see  that  the  port  is  kept 
open  and  that  hostilities  do  not  threaten  international  trade. 
The  action  seems  to  be  unfortunate  but  necessarv. 


There  is  a  growing  tendency 
Hands  Off  Life  Insurance     to    interfere    with    the    private 

life  insurance  companies  and 
tn  make  the  claim  that  the  state  and  the  community  would 
be  better  served  without  the  private  handling  of  the  great 
masses  <•,  funds  which  the  insurance  companies  control  and 
use  for  the  benefit  of  the  people,  as  a  whole,  all  criticism  of 
a  contradictory  nature,  notwithstanding. 

If  there  is  one  thing  which  ibis  country  has  achieved  of 
great  merit,  constituting  a  real  advance  in  human  behavior, 
it  is  the  growth  of  the  insurance  companies,  particularly 
those  whjch  undertake  life  insurance.  The  direct  effects 
of  this  insurance-energy,  which  has  been  directed  not  mily 
with  great  ability  but  with  the  highest  integrity  and  the 
most  uncompromising  honesty,  are  so  obvious  that  a  schools 
child  could  write  a  satisfactory  essay  on  them.  The  dread 
nf  immediate  poverty,  the  sting  of  humiliation,  worry  and 
fear  have  all  been  greatly  mitigated  by  the  campaign  in 
favor  of  life  insurance.  Thrift  has  been  stimulated  and  un- 
selfishness cultivated  by  the  same  means.  All  this  has  been 
done,  nut  liv  any  sentimental  campaign,  but  by  business 
methods  and  an  appeal  tn  hard  ~ense. 

Needless  to  say.  insurance  companies  have  come  into 
the  possession  of  very  large  funds,  running  in  some  cases 
into  billions,  and  the  cry  is  raised  that  they  should  not 
control  that  amount  of  wealth.  But,  who  should  control 
it?  The  wealth  has  been  conserved  by  the  insurance  people. 
If  it  were  not  fur  them,  it  would  never  have  been  gathered. 
It  is  made  up  by  the  aggregation  nf  small  payments  on  a 
great  number  of  policies.  It  is  not  too  much  tn  say  that 
the  insurance  companies  brought  it  into  existence.  They 
expend  it  in  the  development  nf  the  social  life.  They  should 
1  ic  let  alone  ! 


The  news  that  American  warships  have 
China  Is  Stirring     been  ordered  to  Chinese  waters  comes 

a-  a  warning  that  danger  t"  interna- 
tional peace  is  constantly  increasing  in  that  old  country. 
No  less  than  four  nf  our  destroyers  have  been  sent  tn  sup- 
plement the  number  nf  those  already  there.  The  vultures 
are  gathering,  for  the  other  nations  are  also  -ending  their 
quota.  An  ultimatum  has  been  given  tn  the  Chinese  gov- 
ernment at  I'ekin  and  the  stage  is  getting  set  for  another 
international  affair. 

The  reason  nf  the  mine  mi  the  part  nf  the  powers  lies 
in  the  struggle  which  is  now  going  on  in  China  between 
the  nationalists,  so  called,  and  the  advance  agents  nf  Japan, 
and  it  ma)  lie  hinted  also  Other  foreign  powers,  with  the 
exception  nf  this  country,  The  United  States  has  never 
coveted  land  in  <  Ihina  ami  has  in  fact  behaved  with  almost 
exemplary  generosit)  in  its  relations  with  a  people  which 
has  suffered  much  at  the  hands  nf  other  so-called  civilized 
powers.  This  conflict  may  be,  in  the  last  analysis,  a  masked 
struggle  between  Japan  and  Russia,  for  the  latter,  while 
apparently  surrendering  all  imperialistic  claims,  still  seems 
tn  lie  working  unceasingly  towards  open  water  and  the 
Pacific.  This  objective  has  apparently  not  been  overlooked 
by  the  new  Russian  government.  At  any  rate,  General 
Feng,  who  represents  the  nationalists,  is  suspected  reason- 
ably nf  having  had  arms  from   Russia. 

In  the  course  of  this  struggle,  the  port  of  Tientsin  has 
been  interfered  with,  owing  tn  lighting  in  the  neighborhood, 
which  has  led  tn  the  mining  nf  the  port.  As  this  port  is  one 
nf  international  trade,  our  ships,  with  those  of  the  re"s1   of 


Governments  are  proverbially 
Justice  for  Our  Italians  stupid.  At  times,  we  are  led  to 
think  that  we  are  cursed  with  a 
splendid  constitution  and  a  stupid  government.  Newer  did 
the  more  crude  side  nf  political  stupidity  make  itself  more 
apparent  than  in  the  case  nf  the  Italian  soldiers  who  stayed 
in  Europe  after  the  war  to  visit  their  relatives,  and  who 
have  been  prevented  from  returning  tn  their  chosen  home 
by  the  operation  nf  the  quota. 

These  soldiers,  though  nnt  Americans,  but  resident  aliens, 
hail  iin  hesitation  nf  any  sort  when  this  country  required 
their  services.  They  Rocked  into  the  American  army  with 
a  zeal  which  should  he  a  lesson  to  all  aliens  in  the  country 
and  an  everlasting  satisfaction  to  good  Americans.  Their 
earnestness  and  their  eager  desire  to  do  something  for  the 
land  nf  their  adoption  was  set  off  by  their  bravery.  They 
were,  many  nf  them,  in  major  engagements  and  gave  a  good 
account  nf  themselves,  as  all  win.  know  can  well  testily. 

While  they  were  in  Europe,  naturally  enough,  they  wanted 
to  see  the  home  town  and  their  relatives.  Surely,  if  anybody 
bad  earned  the  privilege,  they  had;  and  so  they  asked  to  be 
paid  off  and  discharged  in  Europe.    Their  request  was  granted. 

They  visited  their  friends  and  sought  tn  come  back  to  their 
real  home,  here  in  the  United  Slates.  Thcv  were  refused  per- 
mission to  return,  as  not  being  United  States  citizens,  and  as 
coming  under  the  quota.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  they  had  earned 
citizenship  by  their  army  service. 

Now.  Congress  will  have  to  pass  a  special  hill  to  authorize 
the  admission  of  these  former  American  soldiers  to  the  United 
States,  independent  of  the  quota.  The  hill  should  undoubtedly 
lie  passe. 1;  it  has  the  support  of  the  native  soldiers  of  this 
country  who  foughl  side  by  side  with  the  loyal  Italians,  and 
we  note  that  the  Italian  department  of  the  American  Legion 
in   Koine  is  urging  the  measure. 


When  is  a  league  not  a  league?  That  is 
League  or  Not?     a   question     that    may    he    asked,    without 

malice  and  merely  for  information,  in  face 
of  the  recent  break-down  at  Geneva.  It  is  a  queer  state  of 
affairs.  The  so-called  "great  powers"  make  solemn  promises 
which  ai'e  called  the  "Peace  of  Locarno,"  and  these  promises 
are  expressly  inclusive  of  the  entry  of  Germany  to  perma- 
nency ill  the  League  of  Nation-,.  I  if  course,  -uch  promises  are 
necessary,    for.   with   Germanj    nut  of   the   League,   there  is  not 

the  least  assurance  of  anything  like  peace. 

These  high  and  mighty  powers  find  themselves  confronted 
and  upset  by, — what  powers  of  all  others?  Why,  by  Poland 
an  1  Brazil.  Imagine  Poland,  which  a  few  years  ago  was  not 
a  nation  at  all.  and  is  now  only  a  nation  by  reason  of  the 
forbearance  of  others,  presuming  to  place  herself  in  the  way 
of  the  great  powers  and  of  international  peace!  And  Brazil, 
too,  what  earthly  force  dues  Brazil  have  in  the  arrange- 
ment nf  international  affairs,  and  why,  except  as  a  matter 
of  courtesy,  should  Brazil  be  regarded  as  a  "power"  in  any 
real    sense  nf  the   term?     Surely,   the   men   who  drafted   the 

scheme  of  the  League  of  Nations  were  mediocre  lawyers 

and  weak  statesmen. 

Now,  the  cry  is  raised  that  the  machinations  nf  Musso- 
lini are  at  the  bottom  of  the  trouble.  This  again  is  absurd. 
for  the  dictator  of  a  country  which  has  In  depend  upon  out- 
side sources  fur  its  steel  and  coal,  cannot  be  said  to  plav 
any  very  strong  role  in  the  concert  nf  the  great  powers. 
The  League  seems  to  have  broken  down  temporarily,  owing 
to  defective  machinery.  That  will  probably  be  repaired. 
In  the  meantime,  those  of  us  win.  have  taken  rather  a  con- 
temptuous view  of  its  possibilities,  will  note  that  there  does 
seem  to  be  on  the  part  nf  certain  nations,  at  least,  a  convic- 
tion that  the  League  will  ultimately  work. 


March  27,  1926 


SAX   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


A  recent  visitor  to 
Greater  Possibilities  for  California     California,   who    is 

himself  a  manager  of 
the  greatest  steel  manufacturing  plant  in  Belgium,  has 
made  a  statement  lately,  which  if  realized,  places  the  possi- 
hilities  of  industrial  and  commercial  supremacy  in  the  State 
ill  California  beyond  all  question. 

This  gentleman  says  that  we  hold  the  key  of  the  situa- 
tion which  will  reverse  the  balance  of  trade  in  the  struc- 
tural iron  industry  and  will  place  this  state  in  control  of 
much  of  that  industry,  lie  argued  from  established  prem- 
ises, which  embrace,  according  to  the  experts,  the  fact  that 
we  have  in  the  State  deposits  capable  of  the  production 
of  200,000,000  tons  of  high  grade  iron  ore.  And  this  is 
far  from  the  actual  and  attainable  mineral  wealth,  and  only 
pretends  to  estimate  that  which  is,  under  present  condi- 
tions, readily  attainable. 

The  question  of  development  comes  next,  and  according 
to  recent  news,  seems  to  be  on  the  way  to  solution.  Such 
development  as  we  have  had,  has  been  due  to  the  produc- 
tion of  pig  iron  in  Southern  Utah,  where  blast  furnaces, 
using  coke,  which  is  made  from  coal,  coming  from  another 

»part  of  Utah,  make  the  pig  iron,  which  we  in  this  State  are 
beginning  to  work  up  into  industrial  products. 
It  is  now  being  argued,  and,  apparently,  with  some  degree 
at  least  of  plausibility,  that  there  is  in  the  San  Joaquin 
Basin,  which  lies  within  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  coal  of 
good  quality  to  turn  into  coke.  Such  coke  could  be  shipped, 
were  there  transportation  facilities,  so  as  to  bring  it  into 
contact  with  the  iron  of  this  State,  and  so  put  our  iron  and 
steel  industry  on  its  feet. 

In  the  meantime  we  need  the  transportation. 


We  cannot  omit  to  say  an- 
Our  Gallant  Representative  other  word  on  the  fine  atti- 
tude of  our  representative  in 
Congress,  Mrs.  Florence  P.  Kahn.  She  is  always  ready  to 
express  her  opinions  with  a  force  of  conviction  usually  lack- 
ing in  politicians.  There  is  no  doubt  at  all  that  she  has 
greatly  strengthened  national  faith  in  the  value  of  women 
in  the  house. 

She  is  so  strong  and  yet  SO  correct  in  her  attitude  on  the 
prohibition   question,    that    what    she   says   could   serve   as   a 

model  for  candidates  who  intend  to  present  themselves  for 
office  in  opposition  to  the  ultra-prohibition  stand  which  ha> 
so  disastrously  marked  recent  utterances. 

She  is  plainly  of  the  opinion  that  the  Volstead  Act  should 
he  modified  so  as  to  permil  of  the  restoration  of  light  wines 
and  beer,  and  particularly  is  she  of  the  opinion  that  the 
mass  of  working  people  who  are  asking  for  the  restoration 
of  light   wines  and  beer,  know  what   they   want   and  what   is 

goi  id  for  them. 

She  would  not  have  tin  saloon  hack:  neither  would  .m\ 
of  us.  least  of  all  those  of  us  who  are  against  the  present 
prohibition  administration.  She  is  against  the  bootli 
while  the  prohibitionists  create  and  maintain  the  bootleg- 
ger. She  is  against  the  corruption  of  United  States  officers 
and  prohibition  enforcement  forces:  prohibition  is  the  cause 
of  the  corruption  and  is  supported  and  maintained  b)  boot- 
leggers and  their  financial  backers. 

P.ut.  when  it  is  suggested  that  Mrs.  Kahn  take  the  leader- 
ship of  the  "Wets"  she  verj  properly  objects  to  the  name, 
as  implying  that  she  favors  intemperance:  whereas,  as  a 
matter  of  fact,  she  attacks  prohibition  as  the  enemy  of  real 
temperance.  There  we  are  with  her.  and  she  well  deserves 
our  support. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


A  British  literary  man  was  recently  expelled  from  a 
society  of  poets.  He  must  have  written  something  that 
rimed. — Southern  Lumberman. 

The  King  of  Spain  attended  a  bricklayer's  wedding.  Now 
he'll  probably  be  charged  with  toadying  to  the  rich. — Cin- 
cinnati Enquirer. 

*  *     * 

Europe  could  easily  pay  its  debt  to  us  by  raising  the  in- 
come tax  of  lecturers  who  come  over  here  to  tell  us  what 
dollar-chasers  we  are. — Brooklyn  Eagle. 

*  *     * 

"Fosdick  in  Sermon  at  Ceneva  Asks  Christians  to  Abolish 
War." — Headline.  A  good  beginning  might  he  the  aboli- 
tion of  hostilities  between  the  sects. — Norfolk  Virginian- 
Pilot.  *     *     * 

Educator  says  that  children  are  learning  the  alphabet 
nowadays  by  an  entirely  different  system.  We've  noticed 
that — KTHS  and  WDAF  for  instance. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

The  number  of  killings  in  Chicago  seems  astonishing,  but 
perhaps  Chicagoans  know  best. — New  York  Telegram. 

*  *     * 

Steady,  hoy.  Those  who  are  getting  rich  in  Florida  are 
not  the  ones  who  failed  at  home. —  Akron   Beacon-Journal. 

*  *     * 

There  never  was  a  time  when  we  were  so  severely  criti- 
cized by  Europe  and  there  was  never  a  time  when  so  many 
Europeans  evinced   such   anxiety 
Shoe  and   Leather  Reporter. 


to   land  on   our  shores. — 


that  they're  invariably 


— The  Master  Painters  Association  has  asked  that  a  new 
school  be  opened  to  teach  apprentices  the  art  oi  interior 
decorating  under  the  operation  of  the  American  Plan.  These 
schools  seem  to  be  progressit 


Another   trouble  about  cranks 
self-starters. — Arkansas  ( iazette. 

*  *     * 

Perhaps  the  fanner's  dollar  would  go  further  if  it  did  not 
so  often  have  to  meet  a  mortgage  right  at  home. — Norfolk 
Virginian-Pilot.  *     * 

London  reports  the  Prince  of  Wales  hack  in  the  saddle 
with  his  broken  Collar-bone  knitting  satisfactorily.  It  must 
by  this  lime  he  an  expert  knitter. —  Springfield   Republican. 

*  * 

Broadcasting  of  Congressmen's  speeches  by  radio  began 
last  week.  If  the  radio  survives  this  acid  test  of  its  popu- 
larity, its  future  is  assured. — Southern  Lumberman. 

*  *     * 

Two  men  have  been  lined  for  cruelty  to  calves.  I've  seen 
golf  hose  like  that. — The  Passing  Show  I  London). 

*  *     * 

A  car  recently  hit  the  bottom  of  a  ladder,  shot  the  man 
off  on  to  its  Im, ,i|  and  bounced  him  up  and  down  twice.  It 
certainly  seems  that  people  ought  to  be  careful  which  films 
they  take  their  car-  to  see. —  Punch. 

*  *     * 

Need  for  closer  regulation  of  the  air  was  forcibly  demon- 
strated last  week  when  the  SOS  signal  of  a  ship  in  distress 
seriously  interfered  with  several  jazz  bands  broadcasting 
'Yes.  Sir.  That's  My  Babv." — Southern  Lumberman. 

*  *     * 

Thirteen  thousand  new  laws  were  passed  in  the  United 
States  last  vear.  These,  it  is  hoped,  will  cover  all  estimates 
for  breakage  during  1926. — Life. 

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March  27,   1926 


Pleasure's  W^nd 


OBEY 


NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lom  Moore, 


S.  F.  Symphony 

LAST  Sunday  was  the  last  of  the 
popular  concerts  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Symphony  Orchestra  for  this 
season,  and 
it  was  most 
rii  J.  iyable  — 
an  all  Wag- 
nerian pro- 
gram was  the 
offering.  Mr. 
Hertz  is  at 
his  best  when 
conduct  ing 
Wagner,  and 
last  Sunday 
was  a  veri- 
table t  r  i  - 
n  m  p  h    f  o  r 

Ka.herlne    S,.„v„r„  ^      Tomor. 

row  occurs  the  last  Symphony  pro- 
gram for  this  season,  and  Beethoven's 
beautiful  Seventh  Symphony  in  A  Ma- 
jor will  l>e  given.  The  last  part  of  the 
program  includes  two  nocturnes  by 
Debuss)  and  the  Prelude  from  "The 
Mastersingers,"  b)  Wagner  closes  the 
program. 

(  In  April  18  a  big  benefit  concert 
for  the  Symphony  Supporting  Fund 
will  be  given.  Alfred  Hertz  will  direct 
the  augmented  orchestra,  and  Richard 
Strauss'  gigantic  tone  poem  "A  Hero's 
Life"  will  lie  heard  here  for  the  first 
time.  This  work  is  universally  re- 
garded a.-  one  of  the  most  monumen- 
tal contributions  to  musical  literature 
in  the  last  half  century. 

As  assisting  artist  for  this  program 
Madame  Claire  Dux,  soprano,  has  been 
engaged,  an  artist  so  well  known  and 
admired  by  San  Francisco  music  lovers 
thai  no  Further  introduction  is  neces- 
sary. 

This    concert    take-    the    place    of    the 

usual  Spring  Musical  Festival,  which 
has  been  postponed  a  year  l>y  agree 
ment  between  the  Musical  Association 
and  the  City  of  San  Francisco. 

*     *     * 
CaHcrnia 

"Watch  Your  Wife"  a  satire  on  the 
present  day  married  life  is  to  he  the 
California's  offering,  beginning  today. 
Virginia  Valli  and  1'at  <  I'Malley,  are 
the  co-stars.  (  >n  the  stage  Max  Dolin 
will  offer  a  concert  of  popular  numbers 
including  "Their  Favorite  Songs,"  a 
comical  musical  arrangement,  and 
"Traviala"  selection. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

Granada 

Reginald  Denny  comes  to  the  Gran- 
ada in  his  newest  laugh  production, 
"Skinner's  Dress  Suit."  lie  is  sup- 
ported by  Laura  La  1'lante.  Eddie 
Peabody  will  appear  in  a  new  fun  pro- 
duction called  "Hello  Hawaii."  There 
are  fifty  people  in  this  presentation. 

Wilkes 

Following  the  engagement  of  "A 
Man's  Man"  which  closes  tonight  at 
this  theater,  the  Wilkes  will  be  dark 
for  a  week,  re-opening  on  Easter  Mon- 
day evening  with  Douglas  Fairbanks' 
latest  film  epic.  "The  Black  Pirate." 

*  *     * 
Curran 

Tomorrow  begins  the  last  week  oi 
the  engagement  of  "Rose-Marie"  which 
has  been  packing  them  in  to  this  thea- 
ter ever  since  the  opening  night. 

It  w  ed    u  o  ib    seeii 

packed  to  the  brim  with  pretty  girls, 
gorgeous  costumes,  splendid  singing 
and  dancing  and  a  beautiful  musical 
score  played  b)  an  augmented  orches- 
tra under  the  able  leadership  of  bred 
W'alz.  Mr.  I  lammerstein  has  given  us 
a  splendid  cast  in  this  com  pan)  and 
"Rose-Marie"  will  be  remembered  here 

Fi  ir  Si  une  time  to  o  ime. 

*  *      * 
Gclden  Gate 

Thee  is  promise  of  much  enjoyable 
entertainment  on  next  week's  bill  at 
the  Golden  Gate  which  is  announced  as 
a  double  headline  program.  Honors 
are  to  be  equally  divided  between  Jim 
Toney  and  Ann  Norman  in  their  un- 
usual corned)  offering  "A  Man  About 
Town"  and  Coran,  England's  premier 
ventriloquist.  With  the  assistance  of 
lerry,  Coram  will  present  "Whitehall 
F-Olldon"  the  famous  act  that  has 
i  '  lUghl  him  praise  from  critics  all 
over  the  world.  Both  arc  recognized 
headline  attractions. 

i  hi  the  screen  the  attraction  is  "Too 
Much  Money."  a  First  National  adap- 
tation of  the  noted  stage  play  of  the 
same  name  with  Lewis  Stone  and 
Anna  Q.  Nilsson  in  the  leading  roles. 
The  siorv  is  of  the  big  money  spend- 
ers ami  is  -aid  to  combine  drama  and 
thrills. 

1  Uga  Myra,  dancer  and  violinist, 
with  Betsy  Recs  and  Margaret  Litch- 
field  will  offer  "Black  and  Golden,"  an 


unusually  beautiful  dance  act.  Beauti- 
ful scenic  and  lighting  effects  lend 
much  to  the  staging  of  the  numbers. 

Popular  songs  put  over  in  a  manner 
that  is  certain  to  please  is  the  specialty 
of  pretty  Jean  Joyson,  "the  glad  girl 
<  if  songland." 

The  Van  He  Velde  troupe  of  four, 
tumblers,  acrobats,  contortionists  and 
musicians,  are  making  their  debut  in 
American  vaudeville.  They  work  in 
Gypsy  costumes  and  title  their  act 
"The  Gypsy  Camp." 

Walter  Ward  and  Ethel  Dooley,  ver- 
satile performers,  ride  bicycles,  do  a 
bit  of  roping,  and  put  over  songs  and 
dances.  They  call  their  act  "F  Can 
Do  That  Too." 

Claude  Sweden's  orchestra  and 
Grace  Rollins  Hunt,  organist,  will  play 
and  the  Usual  short  films  will  be 
shown. 

*  *      * 
President 

"You  Don't  Understand"  is  a  mix- 
ture of  fun  and  surprises.  It  scored  an 
instantaneous  hit  here  at  the  opening 
on  Sunda)  last.  Arthur  Goodrich,  the 
author  of  this  piece,  has  crowded  it 
full  of  laughs.  The  situations  sparkle 
with  novelty,  and  it  bids  fair  to  be  as 
great  a  success  as  his  international 
success,  "So  'flu's  Is  London." 

Henry  Duffy,  as  usual,  has  picked  a 
perfect  cast  to  interpret  the  various 
roles,  Kenneth  Daigneau  and  Dale 
Winter  have  the  leading  roles.  Dale 
Winter  is  charming,  and  Kenneth 
Daigneau  is  mighty  clever,  playing  op- 
posite her.  This  is  the  second  thing 
he  has  done  here,  his  first  appearance 
having  been  in  "Dancing  Mothers." 
Robert  Lowe  and  Mitchell  Ingraham 
are  new  to  San  Francisco,  both  doing 
good  work.  Hetty  Laurence,  Thelma 
Hubbard,  and  Blossom  Werner  do  fine 
with  the  kiddie  roles.  Dorothy  Le  Mar 
is  delightful  in  the  role  of  the  mother. 
Florence  Roberts  received  a  warm  wel- 
come upon  her  first  entrance.  Francis 
Fratmie  makes  his  part  stand  out  very 
well;  May  Mannary,  Ro)  L.  Royce, 
William  Abram,  Charles  Kdler  and 
Earl  Lee  complete  the  strong  cast  of 
players, 

*  *     * 

Alcazar 

"12  Miles  <  >ut"  that  entrancing  and 
adventurous  voyage  on  a  sea  of  laugh- 
ter and   thrills,  starts  on   its   fifth   week 


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tomorrow  at  the  Alcazar.  Frank  Sheri- 
dan, veteran  star  of  stage  and  screen, 
is  a  revelation  in  the  role  of  the  pirate 
captain.  He  is  a  cruel,  masterful  skip- 
per to  the  last,  but  he  has  a  sense  of 
humor  and  a  tendency  to  demand  fair 
play.  William  Davidson  as  the  care- 
less, carefree  soldier  of  fortune  who,  as 
he  says,  served  in  the  World  War,  "to 
make  Paris  safe  for  the  tourists,"  does 
splendid  work. 

The  story  centers  around  the  rum- 
runners and  hi-jackers  of  the  Atlantic 
Coast.  There  is  a  very  novel  and  real- 
istic setting-  for  the  last  two  acts,  and 
some  strange  characters  gathered  from 
the  seven  seas.  Frank  Darien  does  a 
splendid  bit  of  acting,  as  do  all  of  the 
fine  cast.  Helen  Gilmore  has  the  only 
woman's  role  in  the  play, — that  of  a 
lone  woman  caught  in  the  clutches  of 
the  two  factions  on  board  the  pirate 
craft. 

*  *     * 

St.  Francis 

"The  Sea  Beast,"  the  Warner  pic- 
ture, starring  John  Barrymore,  which 
is  playing  at  the  St.  Francis  theater  is 
a  thrilling  talc.  Barrymore  gives  a 
powerful  interpretation  of  the  charac- 
ter Ahab  Ceeley,  a  harpooner  of  the 
days  of  1840,  when  the  whaling  indus- 
try supplied  adventurous  romance  for 
the  man  who  followed  the  sea. 

The  picture  is  based  on  the  story, 
"Moby  Dick"  written  by  Herman  Mel- 
ville and  adapted  to  the  screen  by  Mess 
Meredyth.  1).. imes  Costello,  superla- 
tively beautiful,  gives  a  finished  per- 
formance as  the  girl  whom  both  broth 
ers  love;  George  O'Hara,  the  other 
brother,  is  vividly  convincing. 

*  *     * 
Imperial 

Capacit)  audiences  continue  to  be 
the  rule  at  the  Imperial  where  "Lady 
Windermere's  ban,"  <  (scar  Wilde's  fa- 
mous comedy  is  the  offering.     Ernest 

I.ubitsch  directed  the  picture  and  in 
the  cast  are  Irene  Rich.  Ronald  Col- 
man.  May  McAvoy  and  Hen   Lytell. 

*  * 
Cameo 

incline  Logan  and  (Allien  an 
stars   in   this    week's   attraction    at   the 
Cameo    in    a    picture    called    "Peacock 

Feathers." 

*  *     * 

Elwyn  Concert  Bureau 
Roland  Hayes 

An  audience  which  filled  the  Civic 
Auditorium  an  I  overflowed  on  the  stage, 
turned  out  to  greet  Roland  Hayes,  the 
celebrated  negro  tenor,  last  Tuesday  eve- 
ning. Hayes  was  heard  to  great  advan- 
gi  hi  the  well  balanced  program  which 
he  chose  for  this  recital,  lie  has  a  beau- 
tiful voice  ':i  rare  sweetness,  and  ine- 
quality of  hi-  tones  is  unsurpasse  1.  Hi- 
opening  number  was  Mozart's  Aria  "Tali 
e  COtanti   -  no."   followed  by  a  group  of 


Schubert's  tone  poems.  His  third  selec- 
tion was  two  of  Griffes,  Rachmaninoff's 

"A-  All  Things  Fade"  and  Henry  Cow- 
ell's  "The  Fair)-  Fountain."  Put  it  was 
in  bis  singing  of  the  negro  spirituals 
that  he  displayed  all  the  religious  ardor 
and  pathos  of  his  race,  lie  was  most 
generous  with  his  encores,  and  the  ca- 
pacity audience  were  loath  to  leave. 

1  le  is  booked  to  give  a  concert  tonight 
in  Oakland,  but  as  the  house  is  entirely 
sold  out,  and  many  demands  have  been 
male  for  another  recital,  he  will  be  heard 
in  a  third  recital  on  April  2. 

*  *     + 
Loew's  Warfield 

The  Cosmopolitan  Pictures  production 
of  the  George  Barr  McCutcheon  story, 
"Beverly  of  Graustark"  which  opens  at 
the  Warfield  today,  boasts  of  one  of  the 
best  casts  of  the  year.  Marion  Davies, 
of  course,  is  the  star.  Antonio  .Moreno 
is  the  leading  man,  and  among  the  oth- 
ers are  Roy  D'Arey.  well  remembered 
for  his  work  in  the  "Merry  Widow," 
Creighton  Male,  Paillette  Duval  and 
Alfred  ( Iran. 

Fanchon  and  Marco  are  arranging 
another  of  their  swift-moving  peppy 
and  clever  "Pleas"  for  the  week  of  the 
"Beverly  of  Graustark"  engagement. 
With  plenty  of  material  and  talent  to 
choose  from,  you  may  be  sure  that  next 
week's  stage  production  will  be  Up  to 
fbe  high  standard  set  by  this  theater 
and  the  West  Coast  Theaters  Inc. 

*  *      * 
Orpheum 

The  San  Antonio  Siamese  Twins, 
Daisy  and  Violet  Hilton,  who  are  scor- 
ing so  heavily  at  the  Orpheum,  ire 
staying  over  for  a  second  week.  SO 
thai  many  who  were  unable  to  secure 
ibis  week  may   see  them. 

Heading  the  list  of  newcomers  on 
the  bill  will  be  Broadway's  favorites. 
1  leorge  Le  Main-  and  Joe  Phillips,  who 
are  bringing  a  large  all-star  compan) 
ipear  in  the  miniature  musical  coin- 
ed) entitled  "Stepping  (int."  In  this 
company  will  be  (  ittelie  Cordoy,  Edith 
Babson,    Mildred    Marsh.   Mary    Pear- 

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Mi-Careme  Events 

DURING  the  Lenten  season,  this  year,  local  society 
folks  have  maintained  a  comparative  seclusion.  This 
coming  week  marks  the  continuance  of  the  lull,  and,  then 
no  doubt,  as  soon  as  Easter  dawns,  the  social  calendar  will 
hurst  forth  into  greater  glory. 

Some  Mi-Careme  affairs  have  been  given,  notably  the  an- 
nual ball  of  the  Acacia  Assembly,  which  took  place  last 
Saturday  night  in  the  gold  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel. 
Following  the  custom  of  mid-lenten  affairs  of  Paris,  there 
were  four  queens  to  whom  homage  was  paid  in  a  scene  of 
fascinating  beauty  and  dramatic  staging.  Mrs.  John  Fran- 
cis Norton,  organizer  and  president,  originated  the  charm- 
ing setting  and  its  manner  of  presentation. 

Each  of  the  four  queens  were  escorted  into  their  court, 
seated  on  small  chariots  drawn  by  cavaliers,  two  men  hold- 
ing the  golden  cords  and  a  pretty  debutante  acting  as  a 
regal  attendant.  The  flowing  robes  of  the  four  queens 
trailed  across  the  ballroom  floor  as  the  small  decorated 
chariots  advanced  to  a  chosen  place  at  four  corners  of  the 
ballroom. 

The  queens  were  the  Mis.--es  Hazel  Hansen.  Evelyn 
Webb.  Eleanor  Eichorn  and  Grace  Chisholm.  The  consorts 
were  Messrs.  Fred  I).  Parr,  Carl  Eichorn,  S.  McKee 
Thompson  and  Wilber  \Y.  Willis. 

During  the  dancing  of  the  cotillion,  the  court  presented 
a  festive  setting.  Carnival  trappings  and  favors  for  all  of 
the  Acacia  members  added  to  the  gaiety.  Each  young  lady 
was  presented  with  a  turban  with  tasseled  ends  and  the 
men  had  miniature  straws  which  they  fastened  on  their 
heads.     Fancy  wands  were  also  the  favors. 

In  happiest  moods  the  merry  dancers  encircled  the  four 
queens,  according  to  the  directions  of  Mrs.  Norton,  who 
supervised  each  move  from  the  center  balcony.  After 
forming  four  distinct  circles,  the  dancers  tossed  colored 
serpentine  over  the  wires  and  the  oval  above  each  queen. 
The  long  trailing  ends  presented  a  carnival  spirit  that  was 
fascinating. 
Successful  Year 

The  Mi-Careme  Ball  of  the  Acacias  marked  the  close  of 
another  year  of  pronounced  success,  for  the  popular  groups 
of  young  society  folks  whose  membership  i-  limited  to 
those  having  Masonic  affiliation. 

Officers  of  the  Acacia  Assembly  are:  President.  Mrs.  [ohn 
Francis  Norton,  organizer;  Fred  D.  Parr,  vice-president; 
Miss  Gladys  B.  Grandi,  secretary;  Mr.  William  Donald  Mc- 
Rae,  treasurer;  The  Board  of  Directors  are;  Messrs,  Clar- 
ence A.  Kullwinkel.  Fred  A.  King,  Walter  A.  Dold,  John 
Francis  Norton  and  Albert  J.  Hoskins,  all  of  whom  were 
on  the  reception  committee. 

Those  active  in  featuring  the  cotillion  were  Misses  Bea- 
trice Anfilsen,  Myrtle  Holm.  Susan  Brooks,  Myrtle  lack- 
son  and  Messrs.  David  Tell.  W.  Stewart  Edgar,  R.  L. 
Smirlie  and  Lloyd  Marshall. 

The  next  Cotillion  of  the  Acacia  Assembly,  which  Mr-. 
Xorton  will  present,  will  be  a  blossom  cotillion  to  be  given 
in  April  in  the  gold  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont. 


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Mrs.  Howard  H.  Lowry  and  Miss  PIsther  I.  Ericksen  of 
this  city,  have  been  visiting  the  various  winter  resorts  of 
Switzerland.  While  in  Lausanne  they  were  at  the  Beau- 
Ri\  age-Palace  Hotel. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Spiro  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Cahen  of 
San  Francisco,  who  traveled  many  months  through  Italy, 
are  now  in  Venice.  They  have  met  many  other  society 
folks  from  the  West  during  their  delightful  European  so- 
journs. 

*  *     * 

A  number  of  Californians  attended  the  first  production 
of  "Les  Hirondelles"  at  Monte  Carlo  recently:  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  Redding,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Erskine-Bolst  and  Mrs. 
Wilmot  Haskell  of  San  Francisco,  being  among  the  promi- 
nent attendants  at  the  opera  given  in  the  Casino  wdiere  the 

Redding-Crocker  opera,  "Fay-Yen-Fah"  had  its  premiere. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  ( ;.  C.  Dinwiddie,  who  have  sold  their  home 
in  Piedmont,  are  stopping  at  the  Claremont  Hotel  while 
they  build  in    Berkeley. 

*  *     * 

Debut  of  Miss  Loewe 

i  hie  of  the  prettiest  events  given  socially  took  place  last 
Saturday  when  Miss  Margery  Loewe.  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Louis  II.  Schwabacher,  made  her  debut. 

The  colonial  ballroom  of  the  Hotel  St.  Francis  was  the 
setting  for  the  charming  affair.  A  supper  dance  followed 
the  formal  presentation  to  society  of  the  beautiful  Miss 
Loewe.  who  wore  a  Callot  gown  of  chartreuse  green  tulle, 
made  in  the  period  fashion.  Huge  American  beauty  roses 
were  embroidered  on  the  skirt.  She  carried  a  staff  of 
orchids  and  stood  to  receive  her  guests,  on  a  grass-covered 
platform  in  front  of  a  silver  crescent  moon. 

The  -mall  foyer  through  which  the  guests  passed  on  their 
way  to  the  dance,  was  a  perfect  bower  of  blossoming  peach 
trees.  Arches  of  cypress  greens  were  at  each  end  of  the 
fi  iver. 

Mrs.  Schwabacher.  mother  of  the  debutante,  wore  an  ex- 
quisite gown  of  white  and  gold  brocade,  embellished  with 
iridescent  beads.  She  wore  strands  of  pearls  about  her 
throat. 

The  ballroom  where  the  dancing  took  place  and  wdiere 
M  Loewe  greeted  her  friends  like  a  little  queen,  was  a 
replica  of  a  moonlit  garden.  Soft  rays  giving  the  illusion 
of  moonlight  streamed  from  cylindrical  reflectors.  On 
t\  n  -ides  of  the  room  were  arched  alcoves,  lined  in  cypress 
and  containing  marble  seats,  where  the  young  dancers  could 
gather  between  the  numbers. 

More  than  twenty  blossoming  trees  of  apple,  peach,  plum 
and  cherry  were  placed  about  the  improvised  garden  and  at 
one  end  was  a  playing  fountain  banked  with  flowers  and 
ferns. 

Supper  was  served  in  the  Italian  ballroom  with  its  hand- 
si  me  background  of  carved  walls  and  beautiful  woodwork. 
The  effect  of  a  mammoth  bird  cage  was  obtained  bv  the  decor- 


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ative  scheme,  which  included  a  large  oval  enclos- 
ure of  gold  color  swung1  from  the  ceiling.  A 
host  of  birds  of  many  colors  ami  varieties  hung 
from  the  ceiling  in  gay  little  cages;  peacocks, 
macaws,  parrots,  love-birds  and  pheasants  being 
among  the  feathered  little  fellows  as  well  as  the 
sweet  singing  canaries. 

Little  tables  for  the  supper  service  were  cov- 
ered with  cloths  of  silver,  green  or  periwinkle 
blue  and  in  the  center  of  each  table  was  a  grow- 
ing plant.  Miss  Loewe's  table,  the  center  of 
admiring  eyes,  was  adorned  with  a  mass  of 
Spring  flowers  with  garlands  of  stock.  In  the 
middle  of  this  table  was  a  huge  branch  on 
which  was  perched  a  live  macaw  whose  calls 
occasionally  interrupted  merry  conversation, 
and  added  to  the  realism  of  the  garden  scene. 

Two  hundred  guests  attended  the  brilliant  ball, 
when  Miss  Margery  Loewe  made  her  formal 
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Mrs.  John  Robertson  and  Mrs.  John  Cor- 
coran of  Hotel  Claremont  were  among  the 
many  entertaining  at  luncheon  Tuesday. 

*     *     * 

Among  the  many  jolly  dancers  to  enjoy  the  dinner  dance 
Saturday  at  the  Hotel  Claremont  was  the  group  of  young 
people  entertained  by  Mrs.  Hugh  Miller  of  the  hotel  in 
honor  of  her  niece,  Miss  Kristine  Miller. 

The  guests  were:  Misses  Kristine  Miller,  Geraldine  Hall. 
E.  Carruth,  Messrs.  Frank  E.  Patrick,  Lester  McDonough, 
Herbert  Ganz,  *     *     * 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Thompson,  who  makes  her  home  at  Hotel 
Claremont,  was  hostess  at  a  charming  informal  luncheon 
Tuesday  to  a  group  of  close  friends  in  the  hotel.  The  table 
in  the  main  dining  room  was  beautifully  decorated  with 
spring  flowers.  After  luncheon  the  group  visited  the  art 
gallery,  where  Mr.  I  Tarry  Noyes  Pratt,  president  of  the 
California  Writers'  Club,  received  them  officially,  describ- 
ing the  paintings. 

The  guests  were:  Mrs.  Gustave  Yandenpcerchooin,  Mrs. 
Hugh  Miller,  Mrs.  E.  <  i.  Frisbie,  Mrs.  Henry  Raymond, 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Bennison.         *     *     * 

Annual  Banquet  of  Soroptimist  Club 

The  annual  banquet  and  ball  of  the  Soroptimist  and  the 
Optimist  clubs  of  San  Francisco  will  be  held  on  board  the 
Steamship    Maui,    Saturday.    March    twenty-seventh 

The  program   is  in  charge  of  the  Optimist   Club     There 
will   be  dancing  to  the  strains  of  the   ship's   Hawaiian   or 
chestra,   there   will   be  cards  for  those   who   do   not    care  to 
dance,  and  a  splendid  vaudeville  program  compo  ed  of  the 
best  professional   talent  obtainable  in   tin1  ci 

Reynolds-Pond  Wedding  *     *     * 

Mis--   Martha   Jane    Reynolds,   daughter   of    Mr.   and    Mrs. 

Charles  M.  Reynolds,  was  married  last  Saturday  evening 
at  Trinity  Church  to  Mr.  John  Chamberlain  Pond,  the  Rev. 
Charles  Deems  reading  the  marriage  ceremony.  The  wed- 
ding was  followed  by  a  reception  at  the  Reynolds  home  on 
i  >eta\  ia  street. 

The   bride   w  a-  a   charming   picture  in   her  wedding   gown 
of    hrench    brocade    made    in    graceful    old-fashioned    style 
with  wide-spreading  bouffant  -kin  built  over  hoop-,    li.md- 
of  tulle  were  on   the  hem.  and  old   lace  worn   by  threi 
erations   of  her    family    was    draped   on   the    wedding  gown. 


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The  train  was  of  white  satin  and  she  carried 
a  flowing  bouquet  of  lilies  of  the  valley  and 
white  orchids. 

Bridal  Attendants 

Miss  Helen  Fox,  the  maid  of  honor,  wore  a 
pink  taffeta  gown  ruffled  at  the  sides  over 
small  hoops,  and  she  carried  an  old-fashione  1 
bouquet  of  sweet  peas.  Miss  Marjorie  Pitt- 
man  of  Ross.  Miss  Mary  Martha  Martindale, 
Miss  (  >leta  Schlichten  and  Miss  Eunice  Fret/., 
the  bridesmaids,  wore  gowns  to  match  Miss 
Fox'  in  colors  of  delicate  orchid,  yellow,  green 
and  blue,  and  they  carried  matching  bouquets. 
Commander  C.  M.  Dolan,  retired,  of  the 
navy  was  best  man,  and  the  ushers  were 
Messrs.  Charles  M.  Reynolds.  Jr.,  Harvey 
Olds,  William  H.  Warren  and  Marcos  Hui- 
dobro. 

The  bride  is  a  graduate  of  Miss  Harker's 
School  at  Palo  Alto.  She  is  a  niece  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Junius  Henri  Browne  of  New  York  and 
Norton,  Conn.,  formerly  of  Hillsborough. 
Pond  is  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club  and 
the  San  Francisco  Golf  and  Country  Club.  He  is  a  nephew 
of  Miss  Frances  Grant,  Mrs.  Charles  Crant  and  Samuel 
Pond,  and  a  cousin  of  Spencer  Grant  and  Miss  Barbara 
Pond. 

Tea  for  Two  Debutantes 

Miss  Harriett  Wirtner  gave  a  most  delightful  tea  at  the 
home  of  her  parents.  Mr.  and  Mr--.  John  J.  Wirtner,  Satur- 
day, in  compliment  to  two  young  ladies  recently  arrived 
from  school  in  the  Fast.  Miss  Helen  look  of  Piedmont,  and 
Miss  Mary  Louise  llammett  of  St.  Louis,  were  the  honor 
guests  at  Miss  Winner's  charming  lea  and  "welcome  home." 
Home  Wedding  *     *     * 

A  pretty  home  wedding  took  place  last  Wednesday  when 
Miss  Mice  Leslie  l.eavitt.  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Leavitl  of  San  Francisco,  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  Charles 
K.  Foye,  son  of  Mrs.  II.  I!.  Carey  of  San  Francisco.  The  Rev. 
Gutherie  was  the  officiating  clergyman. 

The  bride  is  a  graduate  of  Castilleja's  School  for  Cirls  at 
Palo  Alto  and  of  Dominican  College  of  San  Rafael  and  the 
groi  in  i-  a  graduate  of  Stanford  University.  He  is  a  member 
of  Sigma  Nu  Fraternity  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  the  honorary 
scholastic  fraternity,  ami  of  the  legal  Fraternity,  Phi  Helta 
Phi. 

The   lovel)    bride  looked  a  picture  ill   her  gown   of   flesh   col- 
ored chiffon  over  ivory  satin  with  insets  i  f  princess  lace  and 
with  ibis  exquisite  bridal  attire,  she  wore  a  flesh  colored  tulle 
hat   trimmed   with   silver  lace.      Her   shower   bouquet   wa 
orange  blossoms. 

The  prominence  of  both  families  and  the  popularity  of 
the  young  couple  in  college,  fraternal  anil  professional 
Hrcles.  drew  !•■  ibis  nuptial  hundreds  of  telegrams  from  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  nation. 

*      * 

Prominent  San  Francisco  people  recently  registered  at 
the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel.  Hollywood.  Calif.,  are:  Mrs, 
A.  1.  Gutches;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  11.  H.  Gritches;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  R.  A.  Day:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Gillett ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  || 
\Y.  lacobs;  .Mr-  R.  Oppenheim ;  Mr.  Stanley  P..  Hast 
Mr.W.  McMillan;  Mr.  \  Gensof;  Mr  and  Mrs  Ft 
i  Irace  ;  Mr.  Paul  Brune. 


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HARRY  [.  STAFFORD,  the  Student  Prince  and  Em- 
peror of  Locker  Room  32S  at  the  Olympic  Club,  won 
his  eighth  annual  championship  as  High  Executioner  and 
toastmaster  at  the  St.  Patrick's  Day  tournament  and  ban- 
quet at  Lakeside.  St.  Patrick's  Day. 

*  *     * 

The   Student    Prince   had    the    Italians   eating  out    of   the 

palm  of  his  hand  during  the  entire  day. 

*  *     * 

Louis  Ferreri.  the  Mussolini  leader,  didn't  begin  to  wake 
up  until  10:30  in  the  evening,  when  he  made  his  famous 
speech  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  Organ  and  the  Monk 
one  wouldn't  have  known  there  were  any  garlics  there. 

*  *     * 

Homer  Hinchman.  the  self-appointed  toastmaster.  made 
such  a  show  of  himself  that  the  mules  on  the  course  gave 
him  the  horse  laugh. 

*  *     * 

Chauncy  Tramutola  was  stepping  on  high.  Chauncy 
stepped  so  fast,   that   his  knee   struck  him  on   the  jaw  and 

he  passed  out. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Xiderost's  Swiss  movements  were  working  overtime 
so  they  presented  him   with  an  ankle  watch. 

Somebody  shouted  "Shine!"  and  half  the  Italian-.  left  the 
table. 

*  *     * 

Keeg  Monahan  and  Nick  Whitehead  both  played  in  the 
tournament  but  went  to  the  Whitcomb  for  dinner. 

*  *     * 

John  Tait.  the  Doughnut  King,  asked  Stafford  how  it 
was  that  he  could  live  so  long  without  any  brain-.. 

*  *     * 

Colonel  Anthony  Griffith  was  the  only  regular  that  was 
missing.     His  many  friends  wish  him  a  speed v  recovery. 

*  *     * 

When  Postmaster  Power  was  hunting  lost  balls  in  the 
rough,  everyone  thougltf  that  [im  was  looking  for  dead 
letters. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  Barney  McElroy,  the  Insanity  Specialist,  was  called 
upon  to  examine  the  toastmaster.  but  found  it  was  only  a 
case  of  punctured  valve. 

*  *     * 

Dick  Costello,  the  Merchant  Prince,  brought  up  the  rear. 

*  *      * 

For  the  first  time  in  57  years  the  Costello  brothers,  Joe 
and  Dick,  left  the  Post  Street  cash  register  unguarded. 

*  *     * 

Nick  Whitehead  was  prospecting  for  oil  at  Lakeside. 

*  *     * 

Sheriff   Tom    Finn    was   there   with    ten    Captains   and   a 

Wagon. 

*  *     * 

Chauncy   Tramutola   laid   off   fighting  the   Volstead    Act 

for  one  day  to  play  in  the  tournament. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  Carney  Bricca  cut  a  few  tonsils  out  of  the  course. 

*  *     * 

Handsome  Captain  Casey,  the  big  Elk.  homed  in  six 
more  officers  to  the  banquet. 


Joe  Niderost,  the  carrot  dealer,  was  looking  for  gems  in 

tin-  n  mgh. 

*  *     # 

After  Charlie  Bulotti  sang  "O  Sole  Mio."  every  Irishman 
at  the  party  wanted  to  buy  machinery. 

*  *      * 

Harry  Fialer  won  a  pair  of  No.  12  shoes  as  a  prize,  but 
they  were  two  sizes  too  small. 

*  *      * 

Charlie  Arata  -pent  2iH)  fish  on  lessons.  What  Charlie 
needs  is  a  course  in  night  school. 

*  *      * 

Oscar  Turnblad   went  to  the  theater  with   Major  Plover. 

*  *     * 

The  li.-t  of -Italians  was  so  long  that  nobody  was  able  to 
gel  a  shine  on  St.  Patrick's  Daw 

*  t 

Emperor  Stafford  appeared  at  the  banquet  with  a  per- 
manent wave;  |oe  Goldie  was  jealous. 

*  *     * 

Homer  Hinchman,  with  the  aid  of  three  locksmiths,  man- 
aged to  crash  the  gate. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Tan.-ev  Hew    in.  SO   lohnnv  Crowe  worked. 

"*      *  "  * 

Captain  Carl  Henry  was  there  with  an  ample  supply  of 
dyspepsia  tablets. 

*  *     * 

Judge  Graham  said  his  calendar  was  crowded,  hut  the 
(  >cean  course  was  in  it. 

*  *      * 

Dr.  I  ian  Mulvihill  couldn't  understand  .why  it  was  that 
Dr.  ( i.  P.  Richards  was  invited  and  he  wasn't. 

*  *     * 

At  the  stroke  of  5  p.  rn.  all  the  Italians  threw  down  their 
picks  and  shovels. 

*  *     * 

Bill  Benson,  the  Xurmi  of  the  links,  passed  everything 
on  his  two-wheeled  bicycle. 

*  *      * 

Joe  Goldie  didn't  bring  a  drop  of  Buffalo  along. 

*  *     * 

I'o  make  it  a  tournament  of  all  nations,  Ritchie  Roberts 
passed  as  a  Japanese   Embassador. 

*  *     * 

[van  Ward  didn't  -how  up;  he  was  attending  a  K  K  K 
meeting  at  Fresno. 

*  *     * 

Doughnut  John  donated  box  lunches;  Cy  Appel  ate  one 
and  got  sick. 

*  *      * 

Bill  Benson  said  the  reason  he  won  a  cup  was  because 
it  cost  him  a  fortune  to  get  in. 

*  *      * 

The  secret  committee  got  their  wires  crossed;  Frank 
1-or.m  and  t'al  Ervine.  the  Coal  Dust  Kings,  didn't  get  a 
tumble. 

*  *      * 

One  bird  won  a  trophy  and  didn't  even  know  that  there 
was  a  tourney  going  on. 

*  *     * 

Jimmy  Richardson  got  one  because  he  had  donated  one 
for  the  past  six  years. 

(Continued  on  Page  14) 


March  27,  1926 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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By  C.  J.  Pennington                                                                 jjfisjjiaj 

Don't  Procrastinate  in  Radio 
Purchase 

IN  1920  there  were  only  seven  com- 
panies manufacturing  radio  equip- 
ment. Today  the  number  is  over  1500 
manufacturers  of  radios  and  epuip- 
ment. 


C.  J.  Pennington 

liven  the  broadcasting  stations  in 
the  United  States  alone,  have  increased 
in  one  year  over  500  per  cent.  And 
the  American  public  last  year  spent 
one-half  billion  dollars  for  radio  equip- 
ment. 

This  tremendous  enterprise  has  de- 
veloped into  a  world-wide  industry  in 
the  past  five  years — and  it  is  sure  to 
advance  to  a  higher  plane  in  the  future. 

There  is  no  doubt  hut  that  radio  has 
come  to  stay,  although  it  is  still  in  its 
infancy. 

Radio,    from    many    standpoints,    or 

rather,  up  to  its  present  state  of  de- 
velopment, considering  broadcasting 
and  receiving  facilities,  has  in  some  re- 
ceiving  sets,  reached  a  very  high  state 
of  efficiency.     Naturally,  as  the  future 

unfolds    before    us,    many    changes    are 

sure  to  come.    Improvements  of  every 

description  will  be  made,  until  no 
doubt,  if  the  present  rate  of  rapid 
changes  continues  as  it  has  done,  the 
next  ten  or  twenty  years  will  bring  us 
radio  sets  that  are  beyond  the  radio 
bug's   present    fondest   dreams. 

1'ossihly  a  radio  set  of  twenty  years 
hence  will  make  the  present  day  re- 
ceiver look  very  antique  indeed,  but 
who  wants  to  miss  the  present  day 
pleasures  that  are  broadcasted  merely 
for  the  reason  that  any  set  that  might 
be  purchased  now  would  be  out  of 
date, — say  in  ten  years: 

The  future  of  radio  is  a  mere  suppo- 
sition on  anyone's  part  ;  however,  it  is 
possible  to  point  out  certain  tendencies. 

It  is  expected  that  a  new  industry, 
like  the  making  and  selling  oi  radio 
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SAX  FRAXCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  27,  1926 


EV.  TITUS.  Transportation  Director,  American  Farm 
•  Bureau  Federation,  says  very  truly,  "Railroads  are 
rendering  service,  as  never  before.  During-  the  past  year 
the  transportation  department  has  received  but  one  cmii- 
plaint  of  car  shortage,  and  this  was  remedied  within  twelve 
hours."  There  is  no  doubt  about  the  growing  efficiency. 
The  readiness  with  which  the  Southern  Pacific  responds  to 
the  demands  of  the  Saratoga  Blossom  Festival,  is  a  local 
proof.  *     *     * 

— Talking  again  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  (and 
its  importance  to  the  State  warrants  the  additional  space), 
that  company  is  placing  orders  aggregating  $3,225,000  for 
1100  fifty-ton  standard  single  sheath  cars  and  500  general 
service  fifty-ton  drop  gondola  cars.  In  February,  it  ordered 
23  three-cylinder  type  Southern  Pacific  type  engines  at  a 
cost  of  $2,000,000.  It  costs  nowadays  to  keep  up  with 
expanding  trade!  *     *     * 

— As  as  example  of  what  care  will  do.  it  may  be  noted 
that  the  vehicles  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company  of  Indiana 
crossed  railroad  tracks  31,000,000  times  without  an  acci- 
dent, that  is  S5.000  safe  crossings,  per  day.  There  were 
no  accidents  because  of  the  strict  orders  of  the  company. 
which  were  obeyed  by  the  drivers  to  be  sure  that  no  train 
was  approaching  at  the  time  of  crossing.  The  same  rule 
followed  by  other  drivers  would  have  saved  approximately 
3000  lives  last  year.  *     *     * 

— Mr.  A.  G.  Wells,  Vice-President  of  the  Atchison.  Topeka 
and  Santa  Fe,  being  on  a  tour  of  inspection  to  this  State, 
points  out  that  California  is  interested  in  the  prosperity  of 
Eastern  States  because  of  the  tourist  and  housekeeper 
classes.  At  the  same  time  the  Santa  Fe  will  have  to  spend 
millions  of  dollars  this  year  to  provide  the  refrigerator  and 
freight  cars  and  locomotives  and  other  equipment  for  the 
shipping  of  the  ever  growing  fruit  and  agricultural  cr.ip^ 
of  this  State.  *     *     * 

— The  speech  of  Mr.  Frank  C.  MacDonald  of  the  Build- 
ing Trades  Council  is  not  reassuring  to  the  peace  and  pros- 
perity of  this  community.  But  there  is  little  doubt  of  the 
outcome,  if  that  body  really  challenges  the  community,  as 
it  threatens,  by  a  strike  on  April  1st.  The  unions,  already 
discredited,  will  receive  a  blow  from  which  they  will  never 
recover.  *     *     * 

— It  is  a  curious  fact  in  our  relations  with  the  South 
American  countries  that,  although  our  exports  from  them 
are  markedly  large,  our  imports  are  not  in  proportion.  Thus, 
in  trade  with  the  Argentine,  we  are  second  to  Great  Britain  : 
with  respect  to  Brazil  we  occupy  the  same  position.  And 
as  concerns  Uruguay,  we  only  come  sixth  on  the  list.  I  If 
our  total  imports,  more  than  25  per  cent  come  from  South 
America.  *      *      * 

— Railroad  employees  are  clamoring  for  an  increase  in 
wages;  railroads,  particularly  in  the  West,  are  asking  for 
an  increase  in  freight  rates,  and  the  farmers  are  demanding 
a  reduction  of  freight  rates.  There  is  a  three-cornered  fight. 
There  should  be  some  tribunal  of  unassailable  integrity 
which  can  take  this  matter  in  hand  and  settle  it  before  any 
serious  trouble  arises. 


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SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

The  Charm  of  the  Emerald  Isles 

THERE  have  been  times  when  it  was  not  easy  to  travel 
in  Ireland,  but  at  present  it  is  just  as  safe  and  just  as 
easy  everywhere  as  in  any  other  part  of  the  three  kingdoms. 

Stevenson  once  remarked  that  "to  travel  cheerfully  is 
better  than  to  arrive,"  and  in  Ireland  you  can  always  "travel 
cheerfully."  The  slightest  gifts  for  promiscuous  acquain- 
tance will  give  you  chances  for  entertaining  company,  for 
there  are  more  good  talkers  to  the  square  mile  in  Ireland 
than  in  any  country  in  the  world,  and  they  do  not  grudge 
their  talent  to  beguile  a  journey! 

If  you  travel  by  motor,  there  are  good  roads,  and  all  the 
roads  are  passable  for  a  good  motor.  There  are  plenty  of 
excellent  hotels  and  facilities  for  good  fishing  and  first-class 
golf. 

Southern  Ireland 

If  the  traveller  decides  to  visit  Southern  Ireland  it  is 
difficult  to  imagine  any  form  of  travel  tonic  more  agreeable 
than  that  which  is  the  result  of  a  brief  sojourn  amidst  the 
picturesque  lakes  of  Killarney,  a  course  of  mountaineering 
over  the  purple  hills  of  Cork  or  Kerry,  or  a  coach  drive 
from  Valencia — or,  more  strictly  speaking,  Carisciveen — to 
Bantry,  which  Switzerland  or  Northern  Italy  might  envy. 
Sir  Alfred  Austin  once  said:  "There  is  nothing  in  England 
or  Scotland  as  beautiful  as  Killarney." 

The  most  direct  route  from  London  is  via  Fishguard  and 
Rosslare,  but  passengers  travelling  via  Holyhead  (Caer- 
gybi)  and  Dublin  have  an  opportunity  of  visiting  the  capi- 
tal of  the  Irish  Free  State. 

Killarney 

All  roads  in  Ireland  lead  to  Killarney.  It  is  a  Mecca  of 
tourists.  There  is  a  daily  service,  Sundays  excepted,  in 
each  direction,  between  London  and  Rosslare.  via  Fish- 
guard, while  the  Irish  Mail,  by  way  of  Dublin,  gets  into 
Killarney  shortly  after  noon.  Thomas  Moore,  Lord  Mac- 
atllay  and  Thackeray  are  only  three  of  the  main-  writers  and 
poets  who  have  proclaimed  the  beauties  of  Killarney,  and 
Killarney  is  to  Ireland  what  Oxford  or  Stratford-on-Avon 
are  to  the  Sister  Kingdom. 

But  Killarney  is  only  one  of  the  many  beautiful  spots 
in  this  delectable  region.  There  is  Caragh  Lake,  a  beauti- 
ful lough  between  Macgillicuddy's  Keeks  and  the  Head  of 
Dingal  Bay,  a  veritable  Paradise  for  anglers  and  golfers; 
the  old  world  Island  of  Valencia,  with  a  climate  which  has 
earned  it  the  title  of  "Madeira";  and  \\  atcrville.  another 
ideal  resort  for  the  angler. 

Turning  eastward  we  have  Dublin,  not  merely  a  place  at 
which  to  land,  but  a  capital  to  visit,  besides  being  a  good 
centre  for  viewing  many  delightful  spots.  Westward,  we 
have  the  glorious  Connemara  country;  Galway,  Meath,  and 
so  ,m  ;  and  then,  to  the  north,  in  Ulster,  is  County  Antrim, 
the  natural  beauties  of  which  are  renowned  all  the  world 
over. 

Here  again,  many  relics  of  an  era  long  dead,  when  Chris- 
tianity was  young,  abound,  and  the  contrast  from  the  amphi- 
theatre where  the  Giant  played  his  majestic  organ — the 
Giant's  Causeway,  to  the  reed  fringed  and  bird  haunted 
silence  of  the  vast  lake  Lough  Xeagh.  make  the  countv  an 
ideal  district  for  the  traveller. 

Northern  Ireland 
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Great  Britain  by  the  services  to  Belfast  from  Heysham, 
Fleetwood  or  Liverpool,  and  to  Larne  by  the  short  sea  route 
from  Stranraer,  the  journey  from  the  last-named  place  oc- 
cupj  ing  a  little  over  two  hours,  a  considerable  time  of  which 
is  spent  in  the  placid  waters  of  Loch  Ryan,  the  open  sea 
passage  occupying  about  eighty  minutes. 
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GOLF 

(Continued  from  Page  10) 

Johnny   Crowe   won   one   last   year   so   they    invited   Joe 

Tansey  instead. 

*  *     * 

Some  wise  guy  called  up  Tom  Mulvey  at  the  City  Hall. 
Tom   said  that  Judges   Shortall.  Graham,  and    Fitzpatrick 

were  all  at  home  sick. 

*  *     * 

Nobody  saw  Ritchie  Roberts  until  he  waxed  the  Hag  of 
truce  fr<  m  the  19th  hole. 

*  *     * 

Dr.   Barney   McElroy,  of  the   Chateau  Daffy,  played  all 
the  mental  hazards. 

*  *     * 

Eddie   Abbot   didn't   win   this   year  ;   he   wasn't   paired   oft 
with  Stafford,  but  Robley,  his  brother,  won  instead. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Goldie  couldn't  play  golf;  he  was  on  a  diet.     Joe  had 
a  wonderful  time  at  the  banquet. 

Ritchie  Roberts  should  have  been  among  those  missing, 

but  be  climbed  in  the  Club  House  through  a  gopher  Imle. 

*  *     * 

It  looked  rather  funny  to  see  Dr.  VV.  B.  Coffey  playing 
with  Ritchie,  the  small  black. 

*  *     * 

Jack  Cunningham  wanted  Bill  McCarthy  for  toastmaster, 
whether  there  was  a  toastmaster  or  not. 

*  *     * 

Johnny  Crowe  went  to  the  theatre  on  St.  Patrick's  night. 

along  with  a  lot  more  of  his  friends. 

*  *     * 

John  Tait  promised  to  furnish  a  box  lunch,  but  they  didn't 
arrive:  everyone  was  glad. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Goldie,  Stafford's  closest  friend,  won  the  best  tropin 
there.    Joe  played  three  holes  then  quit. 

*  *     * 

Ralph  McLaren  was  represented  by  his  son-in-law,  Dr. 
D'Arcy  Quinn;  Doc  played  with  his  grandad,  who  knocked 

him  over  at  the  19th  hole. 

*  *     * 

Jimmy    Healey,    the    little    Elk,    butted    in    under    Harry 
Eealer's  coat. 


New  Book  As  Thrilling  As  "The  Covered  Wagon" 
"Hearts  of  Hickory,"  significant  title  for  a  stirring  histori- 
cal story  of  the  time  of  Andrew  Jackson!  It  is  of  the  perio  I 
of  thrilling  warfare  and  adventurous  romance  that  John  Trot- 
wood  Moore.  Tennessee's  State  Historian  and  author  of  "The 
Bishop  of  Cottontown"  writes. 

This  is  a  charming  tale  .if  love  and  war.  a  brilliant,  color- 
fid  picture  of  the  stirring  days  of  the  Creek  War  and  tin-  War 
of  1812.  and  critics  predict  for  it  a  widespread  and  enthu- 
siastic reception  equal  to  that  accorded  Emerson  Hough's 
romance.   "The  Covered   Wagon." 

"Hearts  of  Hickory,"  by  John  Trotwood  Moore.  Cokes- 
biiry  Press,  Nashville,  Tenn. 


Wind  Instrument  Ensemble 
The  last  of  the  series  of  three  concerts  of  the  Wind  In- 
strument Ensemble  of  San  Francisco  is  scheduled  for  Fri- 
day evening.  April  9th  in  the  Ballroom  of  the  Fairmont 
Hotel,  under  the  management  of  Lulu  J.  Blumberg.  The 
program  on  April  9th  will  consist  of  the  quintet  for  piano 
and  wind  instruments  by  Rimsky-Korsakov,  a  work  by 
Dost  for  piano  and  wind  instruments,  a  trio  for  oboe,  clari- 
net  and  bassoon  by  Huguenin,  two  quintets  for  wind  instru- 
ments alone  by  Pessard  and  a  quintet  for  the  same  bj  Blumer, 
whose  charming  sextet  was  so  enthusiastically  received  at  the 
last  concert  of  the  Ensemble  in  February. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director   of   Publicity 
lVntionnl  Automobile  Cluli 

APRIL  is  the  month  of  blossoms. 
It  marks  the  change  from  the  dull 
l. mes  of  the  winter  to  the  brilliant  hues 
(if  the  spring'.  It  is  a  period  during 
which  California's  glorious  panoramas 
are  the  most  striking  from  the  snow- 
clad  heights  of  the  Sierra  to  the  pop- 
pies on  the  rolling  meadow-lands  and 
the  wild-flowers  on  the  slopes  of  the 
sun-kissed  hills.  (  >nc  must  be  a  motor 
ear  owner  in  California  to  enjoy  this 
pleasant  month  to  the  full.  Little 
trips  off  the  main  lanes  of  travel,  short 
excursions  through  the  fragrant  orch- 
ards, visits  to  hallowed  scenes  of  days 
gone    by,    picnic    jaunts    to    the    ocean 

shore  or  into  the  cool  canyons,  all  these 

are  part  of  the  travel  offering  of  Cali- 
fornia particularly  pleasing  at  this  seas- 
on of  the  year. 

Unfortunately  for  the  good  of  Cali- 
fornia we  still  find  too  much  provin- 
cialism, too  little  appreciation  of  the 
wonders  that  lie  just  outside  of  the 
usual  itinerary  of  our  week-end  ex- 
cursions. The  motorist  who  knows 
every   highway  and  b)    waj    of  the  San 

Francisco  bay  district  decides  to  visit 
the  Los  Angeles  district.  Unacquaint- 
ed   with    the    routes    that    might    afford 

an  adequate  survej   of  the  beauties  ol 

the  southern  portion  of  the  State,  he 
travels  over  the  main  arteries  of  tral- 
tii :,   does   not    allow   sufficient   time   in 

which  to  see  and  to  know  ami  returns 
with  much  of  the  same  prejudice  with 
which  he  set  out. 

There  is  not  a  section  of  California 
that  has  not  a  veritable  treasury  of 
scenic  delight  hound  up  in  its  neigh- 
boring panoramas.  Go  to  the  Imperial 
Valley  and  you  may  spend  weeks  of 

pleasant    touring   without    Sounding    to 


the  depths  the  attractions  which  are 
hers.  Drive  into  the  heart  of  the  San 
Joaquin  country  and  you  will  find  other 
excursions,  varied  in  scenic  and  historic 
interest  which  might  well  occupy  your 
attention  for  many  a  mileage  century 
on  your  speedometer.  Visit  the  Sacra- 
mento Valley  and  you  may  make  al- 
most any  of  the  towns  along  the  great 
I  'acific  Highway. 

High  time  it  is  that  Southern  Cali- 
fornia should  know  Northern  California 
and  that  Northern  California  should 
know  the  south.  Yosemite  and  Ta- 
hoe  are  as  much  a  part  and  parcel  of 
the  attractions  of  Los  Angeles  as  they 
are  of  San  Francisco,  just  as  the  beau- 
ties of  the  San  Diego  mountain  coun- 
try, the  tropical  atmosphere  of  the 
southern  beaches  and  the  sublime  vis- 
tas of  the  Rim  of  the  World  drive 
should  he  the  better  known  to  the  resi- 
dent of  Northern   California. 

The  motor  car  has  done  much  to 
break  down  the  barriers  of  that  imag- 
inary line  that  runs  along  the  crest 
of  the  Tehachapi  mountains  and  the 
improvement  in  highways  that  connect 
these  two  great  touring  areas  will  do 
more.  No  better  preachment  can  be 
set  forth  than  a  paraphrase  of  Horace 
Greeley's  famous  remark.  To  the 
Northern  Californian,  we  say  "Go 
South"  and  to  the  resident  of  the  dis- 
trict below  the  Tehachapi  we  urge  "Go 
North."  I  lands  across  the  Tehachapi 
will  do  more  toward  upbuilding  both 
north  and  south  than  all  the  provincial 
propaganda  any  inspired  press-agent 
c\  er  devised. 

As  a  tonic  for  the  man  who  can  see 
no  good  in  the  north.  I  should  advise 
an  April  tour  through  the  enchanted 
hills  ,.t"  Marin  or  the  blossom-lined 
highways  of  Contra  Costa  or  Santa 
Clara.     For  his  northern  cousin  who  is 

always    making    laces    at    bis    neighbor. 
I   would   suggest   a  few  days  among  the 
orange    gr..\  es    where    Old    Baldy   look- 
down  from  his  snow -crowned  era: 
a  \  isit  to  the  tranquil  beach  which  Dana 

described  in  his  "Two  Years  Before  the 

Mast  " 


At  the  Elder  Gallery 

Paul  Harvey,  an  authority  on  world 
affairs  ami  widely  known  as  a  brilliant 
lecturer,  will  deliver  a  lecture  on  •Re- 
cent Economic  Changes,"  in  the  Paul 
Elder  Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon. 
April  .^rd.  at  2:30  o'clock.  This  lecture 
will  be  entirely  different  from  the  im- 
portant series  Mr.  Harvey  has  been 
delivering  in  the  Scottish  Rite  Audi- 
torium. He  will  show  that  a  difft 
i<i  wealth  is  taking  place  in  this  coun- 
try under  the  capitalistic  system,  never 
approximated  by  any  people,  and  that 
economic  chances  are  under  way  in 
this  country  which  will  raise  the  well 
being  of  the  peoples  of  tlie  world. 


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cost  of  living  and  of  do- 
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per  cent  of  the  money 
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tricity is  returned  to  the 
State  and  Federal  govern- 
ments for  taxes. 


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RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 
sets,  will  be  subject  to  periods  of  trials 
and  stress,  coining  one  on  top  of  the 
other;  consequently,  what  radio  needs 
and  will  continue  to  need,  is  boosting. 
Everyone  realizes  that  many  sets  on 
the  market  today  are  not  perfect,  but 
why  do  people  continue  to  purchase  ap- 
paratus of  such  a  nature  when  they 
know  that  it  is  not  worth  while? 

This  opens  an  opportunity  to  offer  a 
prediction  and  that  is,  that  there  are 
many  radio  companies  manufacturing 
sets  todav  that  will  have  been  out  of 
business  long  before  ten  years  has 
passed. 

It  is  not  likely  that  the  American 
public  will  ever  be  satisfied  with  any 
particular  type  of  radio  set ;  as  time 
goes  on,  and  our  knowledge  of  radio 
increases,  receiving  sets  will  perhaps 
incorporate  changes  that  at  the  present 
day  would  not  lie  possible;  but  un- 
doubtedly a  point  will  be  reached  when 
radio  reception  will  attain  its  highest 
state  of  perfection.  Perhaps  the  pres- 
ent generation  will  all  live  to  see  and 
hear" the  wonders  of  perfect  radio  re- 
ception, but  while  such  perfection  is  in 
the  making,  why  not  all  of  you  who  do 
not  now  own  instruments,  place  them 
in  your  homes  and  enjoy  the  many 
pleasures  that  are  slipping  by  as  old 
Father  Time  hastens  us  along  the  patli 
to  where  radio  reception  is  perfected? 
*     *     * 

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A  good  ground  connection  is  just  as 
important  to  good  reception  as  the 
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tion as  any  other  part  of  the  set. 

A  great  many  ground  leads  are  at- 
tached onto  water  and  gas  pipes,  which 
are.  as  a  iule.  very  good  ground  con- 
nections; but  sometimes  they  are  re- 
sponsible for  the  poor  operation  of  the 
receiver.  A  method  safe  to  follow  in 
this  respect,  is  to  attach  the  ground 
lead  to  several  different  places,  thus 
ascertaining  the  best  place  to  make  a 
permanent  connection. 

In  this  city  the  largest  percentage 
of  set  owners  live  in  apartment  houses, 
a  few  stories  from  the  ground.  This 
being  the  case,  the  pipes  of  the  cold 
water  systems  are  better  than  the  pipes 
of  the  heating  systems.  The  reason 
for  this  is  that  the  expansion  and  con- 
traction of  the  metal  caused  from  be- 
ing heated  and  then  cooling,  will  loosen 
the  connection. 

For  the  best  operation  of  the  set,  it 
is  well  to  have  the  ground  lead  as  short 
as  possible  and  to  have  one  continuous 
piece  of  at  least  No.  14  copper  wire. 
This  cuts  down  the  resistance  and 
helps  the  set  to  a  great  advantage. 
However,  if  a  splice  is  necessary,  be 
sure  that  all  such  splices  are  soldered 
securely. 

If  the  best  reception  is  to  be  had. 
very  careful  attention  must  be  given 
to  the  ground,  for  it  is  certain  that  sat- 
isfactory results  will  not  be  obtained  if 
a  poor  faulty  ground  is  used. 


number   of   trio    selections    for    piano, 
cello  and  saxophone. 


Notable  Events  at  Aladdin  Studio 
The    past    months    have    seen    many 
brilliant  affairs  given  in  the  Bohemian 
and  (  Iriental   atmosphere  of  the  .Mad- 
din    Studio    Tiffin     Room,    363    Sutter 
street,    but   none 
can    compare 
with  the   elabor- 
ate dinner  and 
dance    given    in 
honor  of  Mrs. 
Rose    Mooser's 
75th  birthday,  by 
Hattie  and   Min- 

"J&     n  '  e    M  °  °  s  er> 
d  a  u  g  h  t  ers  of 
victor  poimk  Mrs.    Mooser, 

last  Wednesday. 
A  special  concert  was  arranged  in 
which  Victor  Pollak,  San  Francisco's 
premier  banjo  virtuoso  and  leader  of 
the  Aladdin  Singcopaters,  featured 
with  his  entrancing  banjo  and  cello 
solos.  Fontella,  dancing  beauty  and 
tutor  of  the  sheik  of  filmland,  Rudolph 
Valentino  in  the  Charleston,  pleased 
with  some  dainty  and  exquisite  dances 
that  were  popular  in  the  days  when 
Mrs.  Mooser  was  a  girl.  Woolf  Silver- 
man, silver  toned  tenor  of  the  Aladdin 
Singcopaters,  delighted  with  some  old 
time  songs  that  were  sung  twenty  and 
thirty  years  ago.  Pollak,  Silverman, 
and   Frank  Schultzberg  then   played   a 


Forty  Billion  Dollars  Unclaimed! 

The  government  has  forty  billion 
dollars'  worth  of  insurance,  allowed 
to  lapse  by  veterans  of  the  war,  that 
is  awaiting  reclaiming.  The  time  for 
reclaiming,  however,  is  growing  short 
and  will  expire  on  July  2  of  this  year. 

For  various  reasons  veterans  have 
dropped  their  government  insurance 
and  many  of  them  believe  they  cannot 
reinstate  thejr  insurance  except  by  pay- 
ing up  all  their  back  premiums. 

But  the  government  requires  the 
payment  of  only  two  monthly  prem- 
iums for  reinstatement  of  the  insur- 
ance, and  the  veteran  may  reinstate  in 
multiples  of  $500,  but  not  less  than 
$1000  of  his  war  insurance.  Major 
Royse,  at  883  Market  street,  has  the 
information. 

A  veteran  in  good  health  may  apply 
on  or  before  July  2,  1926  for  the  rein- 
statement of  all  or  any  part  of  his 
term  (War-Time)  insurance  which  has 
lapsed  for  a  period  of  more  than  three 
months  in  multiples  of  $500  but  not  less 
than  $1000,  by  submitting  an  applica- 
tion for  reinstatement  and  a  report  of 
a  complete  physical  examination  to- 
gether with  a  remittance  covering  two 
monthly  premiums  on  the  amount  of 
insurance  to  be  reinstated.  If  Term  In- 
surance is  reinstated  for  the  purpose  of 
conversion,  only  one  monthly  premium 
at  the  term  rate  and  the  first  monthly, 
quarterly,  semi-annual  or  annual  prem- 
ium at  the  converted  rate  on  the 
amount  of  insurance  to  be  converted, 
is  required.  A  physical  examination 
will  be  made  free  of  charge  at  the  San 
Francisco  regional  office.  This  exam- 
ination may  also  be  secured,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  applicant,  from  any  reput- 
able physician  licensed  to  practice 
medicine. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 

son  and  John  Kearney.  In  addition 
to  offering  "Stepping  Out"  Geo. 
Le  Maire  and  Joe  Phillips  will  present 
tlic  laugh  of  the  season  "The  Osteo- 
path" which  is  a  hilarious  travesty. 

Jessie  Maker  and  William  J.  Red- 
ford,  well  known  musical  comedy  stars, 
offer  their  delightful  playlet,  "Rolling 
Stones";  Lew  Reed  and  Paul  Le 
Vere,  "Two  Gentlemen  from  No- 
where"; Flo  and  Ollie  Walters  in 
"Telling  Tales" ;  and  the  Aurora 
Troupe  of  cycling  equilibrists  will 
complete  the  bill.  The  entire  number 
of  artists  on  the  bill  will  also  appear  in 
a  big  comedy  afterpiece. 


A  musical  comedy  has  to  have  some 
pretty  good  legs  for  an  extended  run 
on  Broadway. 


.March  27,  1926 


SAX   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

(Continued  from  Page  13) 

Although  travellers  regard  Belfast  as  a  city  of  business 
rather  than  of  pleasure,  none  of  the  great  northern  English 
towns,  which  it  resembles,  has  anything  like  the  beauty  of 
Belfast's  situation,  though  it  is  by  far  the  most  modern 
thing  in  Ireland.  From  Belfast,  the  traveller  journeys  via 
PortrusK  to  the  world  famous  Giant's  Causeway,  past  Port 
Stewart,  where  Charles  Lever  wrote  "Harry  Lorrequer," 
and  which  Thackeray  describes  in  his  "Irish  Sketches." 

Portrush  is  a  wonderfully  bracing  and  invigorating  resort, 
and  from  here  an  electric  tramway,  famous  as  the  first  un- 
dertaking of  its  kind  in  the  world,  runs  to  within  a  short 
distance  of  the  Giant's  Causeway  (which  consists  of  more 
than  40,000  basaltic  columns)  and  past  the  romantic  ruins 
of  Dunluce  Castle.  The  coast  all  round  is  of  a  wonderfully 
bold  and  impressive  character. 

Carrick-A-Rede 

From  here  the  tour  can  be  continued  to  Bally  Castle,  past 
the  celebrated  Carrick-a-Rede  Rope  Bridge,  connecting  an 
isolated  rock  with  the  mainland.  Bally  Castle  is  delight- 
fully situated,  and  across  the  bay  is  Rathlin  Island,  famous 
in  connection  with  the  story  of  Robert  Bruce  and  the  spider. 

A  few  miles  further  on  is  the  picturesque  village  of 
Cushendall,  nestling  amid  trees  and  hills  near  the  shore,  and 
within  easy  reach  is  GlenarifY,  one  of  the  most  enchanting 
sylvan  glades  in  Ireland. 

Really  a  trip  to  Ireland  is  well  worth  your  while  and  a 
trip  that,  no  matter  where  else  you  may  travel,  you  can 
never  forget. 

Questions  regarding  travel  to  Ireland  will  be  answered 
through  this  column.  Questions  should  be  sent  to  the  San 
Francisco  News  Letter,  or  Ernest  F.  Rixon,  544  Market 
Street,  Flat  Iron  Bldg. 


FROM   BRIGHTER  PENS  THAN  OURS 
(Continued  from  Page  5) 

Edison  at  seventy-nine  says  he  can  not  stop  working. 
lie  should  join  a  labor  union. — Shoe  and   Leather   Reporter. 

*  *      * 

There    are    two    sides    to    every    question    that    we're    not 

especially  interested  in. — Ohio  State  [ournal. 

*  *     * 

A  clergyman  says  there  are  "desperate  needs  to  In-  met 
and  urgent  calls  to  be  answered."  <  lur  telephone  girl  evi- 
dently doesn't   know  (his-  'The   Humorist   (  London  i 

*  *      * 

The  world  is  getting  better.  The  people  sent  to  jail  are  a 
much  higher  class  (ban  formerly.  -Canton  Repository. 

*  *  '  * 

If  biologists  are  right    in  their  assertion  that   there  is  not 

a  pei  feci  man  todaj  on  the  face  of  the  globe,  a  lot  of  per- 
sonal  opinions 
Detroit  New  s. 


here   and    there   will    have   to    be   altered. 


An  old-fashioned  merchant   Down  Easl  w  iple  to 

return  to  wearing  red  flannel  underwear.  The  plan  is  inad- 
visable. People  are  restless  enough  as  they  are.  —  Detroit 
Free  Press.  *  , 

It    is    hoped    that     Moscow,    hearing    American    jazz    by 

radio  for  the  fust  time,  will  not  be  deceived  into  thinking 

its  political  ideas  are  taking  hold. — Detroit  News. 
*    *    * 

Henry  Ford  is  buying  up  old  violins  and  if  he  wants  to 
make  himself  rcalh  popular  in  some  neighborhoods  he  will 
reach  out   for  the  ukuleles  and  saxophones.  —  Portland   Ore- 

gonian.  *     *     * 

The   late    \V     L.    George    averred   that    he    had   analyzed 
women    and    cataloged   them,   and    found    sixty-five    distinct 
species,     lie  must   have  had  acquaintance  with  just 
sixty-five  different  women.-  -Troy  Record. 


Golden  Gate  Ferry 
Company 

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WINTER  SCHEDULE 

Effective  October  1,  1925 


Leave  Sausalito 

Leave  San  Francisco 

5 :00  a.  m. 

5:30  a.m. 

6:00  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

6:30  a.m. 

7 :00  a.  m. 

Every  Half 

Every  Half 

Hour  Until 

Hour  Until 

10:00  p.m. 

10:30  p.m. 

Then 

Then 

11:00  p.m. 

11:30  p.m. 

12:00  p.m. 

12:30  a.m. 

1 :00  a.  m. 

1:30  a.m. 

Saturdays  and  Sundays  Only 
2:00  a.m.  2:30  a.m. 

ON  SATURDAYS,  SUNDAYS  AND  HOLIDAYS 

There  will  be  extra  trips  if  traffic  warrants. 

A.  O.  Stewart  Harry  E.  Speas 

President  Vice-Pres.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

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SONOMA.    CALIF. 

The  finest  meals  in  the 

VALLEY  OF  THE  MOON 

Our   Specialty— "Stenka  With    >lu«hrooms" 

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Kate*    Exceptionally     Reasonable 

Telephone  110 


Now  serving  the  third  generation  of  patrons 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

"The  Recommended  Laundr>" 
250  Twelfth  St.,  mn  Francisco  "Phone  Market  916 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


March  27,   1926 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH    YOUR    MEALS— IT   HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from  your  grocer 

Established   1868 

Main    Office,   240  Second   Street,  Sao    Francisco,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


T,H,e  PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer  or  sta- 
tioner to  show 
you     samples. 

BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established   1855 
41  First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American    Writing   Machine  Co. 
•         506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A   Soft  Water  Laundry) 


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PHONES! 

Son    Francisco— 

IliirlinKnme 

West    TDK 

478 
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Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 


•rty    with    Shreve    &    Company) 

CLOCKMAKEHS   and    WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME,    ANTIQI  f     \\l>  COMPLICATED  CLOCKS 

KtiO   WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY 

-MM    1'onI    Street    at    Grant    Avenue 

San    Frnm'lKCo,    Calif. 

Call    unit    Deliver    in    San    Francisco,    Alameda 

id    San     Mateo    Counties 


PALO    ALTO   OFFICE: 
818   EMERSON   ST. 


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SAN    MATEO— Phone  1254-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


Semi-Centennial  Banquet  for  Retiring 

Laundry  Routeman  of 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry 

After  almost  half  a  century  of  active 
duty  in  relieving  the  housewives  of 
San    Francisco    from    the    drudgerv   of 


"Jim"  Baldwin,  who 
for  almost  all  years 
drove  one  of  the  wag- 
ons  of  La  Grande  & 
White's  Laundry,  and 
who  is  now  enjoying  a 
well  earned  rest  with 
pay. 


wash  day,  "Jim"  Baldwin,  Routeman 
of  La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry,  was 
the  honor  guest  recently  at  a  banquet 
which  celebrated  his  retirement  from 
work. 

The  jovial  occasion  was  attended  by 
his  fellow  routemen,  also  by  the  execu- 
tives of  La  Grande  &  White's  Latin- 
dry. 

Mr.  Charles  P.  Cain,  President  01 
the  La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry, 
acted  as  toastmaster  and  spoke  with 
warmth  of  his  42  years  of  association 
with  the  honor  guest  of  the  evening. 
So  did  many  other  executives  and  fel- 
low workers,  who  had  been  associated 
with  "Jim"  and  with  the  La  Grand  & 
White's  Laundry  for  decades,  ranging 
from  40  years  down. 

Vocal  selections  were  rendered  by 
talent  from  the  business  family, 
Messrs.  Thomas  Keating  and  William 
Hart  (of  San  Francisco,  not  Holly- 
\vi  Kid). 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  af- 
fair consisted  of  Mess's.  Frank  Chase. 
Clinton  Thompson  and  Harry  Woods, 
who  deserve  credit  for  the  highly  suc- 
c  essful  evening. 


French  doctors  say  that  Gertrude 
Ederle  has  one  of  the  largest  chest  ex- 
pansions they  ever  saw.  Pooh,  pooh! 
They've  never  seen  one  of  our  hole-in- 
one  golfers. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE 
The  Mineral  Development  Company 

Locution  of   principal    |)lncc   of  business. 
Snu    Francisco,   Calif. 

Notice    is    hen  by    given    that    ;ii    a    regulu 
meeting    of    the    Directors    held    on    the    lbth 
day  of  Ma  ch,  1926  an  assessment  of  one-half 

cent    per   share    was    levied    ui the    Issued 

capita]  stuck  m|*  ih.-  corporation  payable  Im- 
mediately iii  legal  money  of  the  United 
States,    i"   the   Secretary,  at    the  office   of   the 

company,     Ri i     245,     blonadnock     Building, 

Sa  [i   Fi  a  nctsco,  Calif. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  22nd  day  of  April,  1926", 
win  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  lie  sold  un  Wednesday  th.- 
l<*th  day  of  May.  1926  to  pay  the  delinquent 
assessment,  together  with  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expense  of  sate. 

M.  .1.  SEEI.Y,  Secretary. 

245    Monadnock    Building. 
San   Francisco,   Calif. 


Worker — If  the  boss  don't  take  back 
what  he  said  to  me  I'll  be  quitting 
soon. 

Foreman — What  did  he  say? 

"He  gave  me  a  week's  notice." 

— Hamilton  Roval  Gaboon. 


N      W     CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New   Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual   Attention   Given  to 

Each  Order 

Olllcc  and   Works    1025  Mission   St. 

Phone  Market  7in:i 

Branch    Office,  7(10   Sutter   St. 

t  Hotel  Canterbury  llldir.l 

Phone    Prospect    1IS4S 

Work  Called   For  and   Delivered 


Cl  'un  i   i     II" 


S.  A.  l.muo, 


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The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING     COLLECTIONS 


tiula'tmvnt.   Current   Delinquent   Accounts,  Letal  Aid. 

Auditi'SytlCmt,     Financial     Statements.     Income     Tax 

Reports,    Bookkeeping    [Part    Time  Service) 


>AN     KlUM  l-I.O 


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WnOWHg 

TVUstoe  cf*  Thousand  Osrdena' 

2114-226  Giant  Ave     lei  Kearny  4975 


WHERE  TO  DINE 


CAFE   MARQUARD 


Adjoining  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 
GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

^REVUE^ 

Nightly 
THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The  City's  Modi   Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

Mr,  75r,  tl.00       35c,  50c,  75c     I1.00.S1.50         a  la  carle 
Dancing    7:00   P.    M.   lo    1:00    A.    M. 

363  Sutler  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL    PARTIES    ARRANGED 
HEADQUARTERS    FOR    THEATRICAL    PEOPLE 

HATTIE    MOOSER  MINNIE  C.   MOOSER 


ICE  CREAM^ 
CANDY 
PASTRY 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:W 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


ani 


?34  Sutter  St. 


Douglas  7118 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.    (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for   banquets   and   parties,   seating   "5   to   100   people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


O'Facrell  an 
Larkin  Sts. 


BLANCO'S 


Phone 
Franklin  1 


1 


Luncheon    (11:30  lo   2    p.  m.) $   .75  No    VhitM    Should    lr.tr    the   City    With- 

Sunday   Luncheon   .........  1.00  out  Dbrini  in  ihc  Fmni  Cafe 

Dinner.    Week   Days  fl.SO  in  America 

Dinner.    Sunday*    and    Holiday*  1.7S 

DANCING  SUN  DAI    t\  i  N1NCS 


NOAH'S 
ARK 

tCt  Third   Avenue.  SAX    MATEO 


Featuring    Southern    Cooking 

'  Ipen    from 

11:30    B.    m.    to   2:00    p.    m. 

D    p.    m.    to    8:30   p.    m. 

Sundays     and     Holidays 

4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

CLOSED  EVERY    HONDA1 
Knlf   Block    triini    Highway 


U-Mm  Hov.i 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

OPEN   «  00   A.  M    TO   11  00   P.   II. 

i  Nsi  rpassed  cuisrmt 
Carl  Leonhaut 

fermtrty  of 
Golden  Gate  Park  Caaiae 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  bruMbing  once  or  twice-  a  day  la 
Inking  very  cood  care  of  them.  Hruahlng  la  only  a  part  ot  the 
proeeaa.  Many  thlnga  *"nn  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  denttat  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  miiy  not  be  as  aound  na  >tou  Imagine.  A  toothache  menna 
(rouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  guma. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  aoref  Do  your  guma  bleed?  Call  In  today 
and  talk  It  over.  It  will  coat  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  ny»- 
tem  blocks  off  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL  DENTIST" 
908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Gnrfleld  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions;     Crowns)     Self    Cleaning     llri.lt. ■-., 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of    the    Sisters    of    St.    Dominic. 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12,  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Buii.dinc,  Powell  and  Market  Sts.,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


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"Bottled  at  the  Spritift" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 


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Dhe  fascination  of 
PICTURES 

Beauty!  Mystery!  Novelty!  Drama!  The 
delightful  pictures  in  the  Rotagravure  of  The 
Sunday  Chronicle  portray  subjects  to  appeal  to 
every  human  emotion. 

Be  sure  to  see  this  beautiful  pictorial  section — 
the 

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Their  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy. — This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 


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Some  of  the  reasons  for  ihe  discriminating  eating 
public  demanding  that  our  place  be  enlarged  three 
times  in  as  man)  j  ear- : 

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(  onte  to  Fred  Solon's  Grill  in  Your  Outing  or 
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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN   FRANCISCO,   CALIF.,  APRIL  3,  1926 


No.  14 


MONEY! 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


Money  can  buy  Heaven  or  Hell ;  it  depends  upon  how  we 
use  it. 

It  is  like  matrimony, — you  can  make  of  it  what  you  will. 

*     *     * 

It  is  a  contradictory  commodity,  for  while  "money  talks," 
it  is  often  the  only  influence  which  can  command  silence. 


There  are  times  when  all  the  money  in  the  world  cannot 
buy  happiness  ;  and  there  are  times  when  just  a  few  dollars 

will  bring  rapture. 

*  *     * 

Fresh  from  the  mint,  "lucre"  is  a  clean  and  shining  disc 
of  silver  or  gold  ;  human  beings  can  keep  it  so,  or  make  it 

filthy. 

*  *     * 

Some  women  will  go  down  into  Torment  for  money  with 
which  to  deck  their  tortured  bodies;  some  men  will  sell  their 

honor  for  it. 

*  *     * 

The  miser  gloats  over  his  coins,  his  one  pleasure  being 
the  urge  to  add  more  and  more  to  his  hoard.  The  spend- 
thrift throws  it  to  the  four  winds,  and  joys  in  its  dispersal. 

*  *     * 

The  thrifty  person  is  so  busy  in  "putting  money  by  for  a 
rainj  day"  that  he  loses  most  of  the  joy  of  life;  the  spender 
knows  the  true  joy  of  living,  and  when  it  rains,  he  goes  out 

and  spends  more. 

*  *     * 

Monej  is  merely  a  medium  and  should  never  rest  for  any 
length  of  time  in  one  place  ;  it  is  as  essential  to  keep  it  mov- 
ing as  it  is  to  keep  a  stream  of  water  clear  by  ever  ad- 
vancing. 

*  *     * 

It  can  make  a  plaything  of  the  great  fundamental  force 
of  the  Universe,  and  harness  it  by  cables  and  wires 
and  small  wooden  boxes,  and  govern  the  very  waves  of 
ether  that  surround  our  distracted  little  planet;  and  from 
the  great  void,  bring  discordant  voices  and  sounds.  The 
"Writing  on  the  Wall."  the  walking  of  Jesus  upon  the 
waters  are  hardly  considered  miracles  in  these  days  of 
strange  and  monstrous  tinkering  with  Destiny. 


Money  is  a  poignant  agency  for  good  or  evil;  it  immedi- 
ately takes  on  the  character  of  its  possessor. 


The  people  who  have  scrimped  and  pinched  to  accumulate 
comparative  wealth,  unconsciously  have  scrimped  and 
pinched  their  own  souls. 

*     *     * 

It  is  the  cause  of  race  hatreds  and  crimes;  it  can  make 
men  who  before  lived  together  in  peace  and  amity,  spring 
at  each  other's  throats,  steal,  murder  and  devastate. 


It  creates  bitter  tights  and  enmities  among  blood  kin: 
lor  love  of  it,  the  very  pennies  on  the  eyes  of  the  dead  are 
not  inviolate;  it  robs  our  last  sleep  of  its  rightful  dignity. 


It  can  wreck  huge  cities,  it  can  render  homeless  thou- 
sands of  human  beings,  it  can  blast  the  fair  face  of  the  earth 
with  the  smoke  of  Hell. 


It  can  change  the  courses  of  broad,  flowing  rivers;  it 
can  burrow  through  monstrous  mountains;  it  can  sever  the 
slim  arm  that  lies  between  two  mighty  continents;  it  can 
cheat  and  bully  and  destroy  the  works  of  Nature  herself. 


And  money  can  lie  a  blessed  thing!  It  can  soothe  the 
last  moments  of  a  dying  mother,  agonizing  over  the  fate 
of  her  bereft  children;  it  can  correct  and  straighten  the 
poor  little  crippled  limbs  of  children,  so  that  no  handicap 
frustrates  their  ambitions  in  adult  life;  it  can  feed  the 
hungry  and  clothe  the  naked,  and  bring  untold  joy  to 
thousands  of  starving  souls  and  bodies. 


It  can  erect  beautiful  temples  of  art  for  the  great  n 
of  beauty-loving  humans  to  wander  through  and  enjoy; 
it  can  eliminate  the  slums  of  every  city  in  the  world 
(if  it  so  desire?  I  ;  it  can  abolish  poverty  and  industrial 
slavery;  it  can  destroy  forever  that  hideous  atrocity, — War! 
There  is  no  limit  to  the  wonders  that  money  can  bring 
about,  if  the  owners  of  it  feel  the  divine  urge  to  spend  for 
the  great  good  of  the  world ! 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,  1926 


There  is  no  doubt  that  the  reaction 
The  Reaction  Grows  against  the  prohibition  insanity  is 
spreading  fast  and  that  the  fanatics 
are  now  confronted  with  a  genuine  and  determined  move- 
ment for  the  abolition  of  the  operation  of  the  Volstead  Act 
and  the  1  :>cal  state  enforcement  laws  based  upon  it.  The 
class  of  people  who  are  now  in  vehement  opposition  to  the 
prohibition  group  represents  the  most  progressive  in  the 
country. 

The  politicians  will  have  to  be  taught  a  lesson,  that  the 
mere  fact  that  the  prohibition  fanatics  are  noisy  and  self 
assertive  does  not  make  them  overwhelmingly  strong. 
Their  essential  weakness  was  demonstrated  in  the  recent 
straw  votes.  It  was  also  shown  in  the  orders  that  sup- 
porters of  prohibition  were  not  to  take  part  in  the  voting. 
These  orders  were  not  obeyed,  for  many  thousands  of  pro- 
hibit!'m  v  ites  were  cast,  but  relative  insignificance  was 
glaringly  manifested,  even  in  the  country  districts,  where 
their  support  is  supposed  to  be  the  greatest. 

This  cowardice  of  politicians  to  which  we  have  called 
attention  which,  however,  is  relieved  by  notable  excep- 
tions, such  as  our  own  congressional  representative  Airs. 
Kahn.  is  one  of  the  chief  causes  of  the  present  condition. 
The  prohibition  element  has  always  given  the  impression 
of  being  much  stronger  than  it  really  is,  and  representatives 
have  been  dominated  by  the  fear  of  a  force  which  has  no 
real  existence  and  have  succumbed  to  what  is,  after  all,  a 
mere  illusion  of  strength. 

The  last  two  weeks  have  been  very  encouraging  to  the 
friends  of  liberty  and  temperance  and  the  rule  of  the  crude 
prohibitionist  appears  less  securely  fastened  upon  us  than 
a  short  time  ago. 


The  constitutional  amendment, 
Reforestation  Amendment  commonly  known  as  the  John- 
son Amendment,  which  paves 
the  way  lor  private  reforestation  of  California  timber  lands, 
will  go  before  the  voters  at  the  November  election  and  will 
have  the  active  support  of  the  State  Board  of  Forestry,  the 
California  Development  Association  and  numerous  other 
agencies,  which  have  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  conser- 
vation of  the  natural  resources  of  the  state. 

The  California  Development  Association,  through  Stale 
Forester  M,  Pratt,  says  that  the  constitutional  change  is 
necessary  if  we  are  to  have  a  new  growth  of  timber  in  the 
lands  which  have  been  cut  over.  As  to  the  advisability  of 
this,  there  can  be  no  doubt.  However  the  early  settlers  may 
have  regarded  timber,  we  know  that  it  is  wealth,  wealth  of 
the  most  important  sort,  which  can  only  be  replaced  witli 
difficulty  and  at  the  cost  of  a  long  wait. 

This  constitutional  amendment  proposes  that  young  tim- 
ber growing  on  land  which  is  being  naturally  or  artificially 
reforested  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  until  it  is  forty 
years  old,  which  is  supposed  to  be  its  marketable  age.  There 
is  a  similar  exemption  already  applying  to  orchards  and 
vineyards,  by  which  they  are  exempt,  till  of  marketable 
value.  There  is  no  reason  why  the  same  principle  should 
not  apply  to  young  timber.  The  purpose  of  the  exemption 
is  to  relieve  private  timber  owners  of  the  tax  burden,  while 
the  timber  is  growing.  If  they  had  to  pay  taxes,  it  would 
never  be  possible  for  them  to  reforest,  and  reforestation  is 
a  necessity  for  the  future. 

The  plan  seems  to  be  feasible  and  very  opportune  and  as 
far  as  we  can  see,  unobjectionable. 


The  study  of  population  distribu- 
An  Urban  Population  tion  for  school  purposes,  made  by 
Will  C.  Wood,  State  Superintendent 
of  Education,  is  surprising,  showing  California  as  an  urban 
and  not  a  rural  state.  All  over  the  world  we  are  known  for 
our  farm  and  garden  products,  and  yet  we  are  primarily  a 
city  community.  This  will  be  news  to  most  people,  and 
shows  the  rapid  tendency  of  modern  development  toward 
aggregations  of  people. 

Indeed,  we  are  really  overwhelmingly  town  folk,  for  78 
per  cent  of  us  live  in  towns  exceeding  1500  in  population; 
and  a  California  town  of  1500  people  contains  some  of  the 
essentials  of  city  life  and,  as  regards  its  activities,  is  reallv 
in  very  close  touch  with  the  active  world. 

There  are  about  561,000  children  at  school  in  the  state, 
and  of  that  number  438,000  are  in  schools  which  have  300 
pupils  or  more,  so  that  the  rural  schoolhouse,  so  celebrated 
in  verse  and  political  oratory,  accounts  for  comparatively 
few  of  our  children.  Fresno  County  has  the  largest  rural 
school  population,  with  10,484  children,  and,  curiously 
enough,  Los  Angeles  conies  next  with  6091.  But  this  con- 
tribution of  Los  Angeles  County  to  the  rural  school  is  only 
a  fringe  on  the  187.101  pupils  which  the  county  sends  to  city 
schools.  Tulare  County  comes  next  in  order,  with  rural 
school  attendance  to  the  number  of  5967. 

This  is  a  very  painstaking  and  valuable  report  and  like 
all  documents  issued  by  the  present  Superintendent  of 
Education,  reflects  great  credit  upon  his  usefulness  and 
sagacity.  Apart  altogether  from  politics,  we  have  a  State 
Superintendent  of  Education  who  is  more  than  a  local  per- 
son and  whose  claims  to  distinction  in  his  profession  are 
well  realized  the  world  over. 


<  hie  of  the  most  humorous  of  recent  happenings 
Any  Color  has  been  the  way  in  which  the  British  authori- 
ties have  treated  the  Red  Flag  question  in  Lon- 
don, as  we  get  the  report  in  the  daily  press. 

It  seems  that  there  is  some  social  unrest  in  the  islands 
ami  that  there  is  a  movement  of  a  revolutionary  character 
among  certain  sections  of  the  population.  This  took  the 
form  of  seditious  propaganda  in  the  army.  True,  however, 
to  the  principles  which  have  always  animated  British  action 
in  such  matters,  directly  the  propaganda  in  the  army  reached 
a  point  where  it  was  actually  concrete,  the  strong  arm  of 
the  law  came  down  and  the  sedition-mongers  went  to  jail, 
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  many  respectable  British 
representative  people  were  against  imprisonment,  even 
then. 

As  long  as  there  is  no  overt  act  of  a  criminal  nature  com- 
mitted, in  times  of  peace,  at  least,  there  is  no  legal  punish- 
ment. Now.  two  boroughs  of  London,  reallv  cities  in  them- 
selves,  with  labor  town-councils,  desired  to  flv  the  red  flag 
from  their  city  halls,  instead  of  the  national  flag.  One 
would  have  thought  that  there  would  have  been  a  tremen- 
dous uproar  about  it.  But.  no.  Colors  of  flags  make  no 
trouble  of  a  criminal  sort.  Just  as  the  authorities  have  re- 
garded speaking,  as  mere  words,  and  have  protected  the 
speaker,  even  those  who  attack  authority,  so  the  authori- 
ties in  this  case  smilingly  refused  to  interfere  and  said  that 
the  color  of  a  flag  was  a  matter  of  taste,  and  if  Battersea 
liked  a  red  flag  on  the  city  hall  they  did  not  see  that  it  hurt 
anyone.  Of  course,  it  was  questionable  taste  and  all  that; 
but  there  is  no  disputing  about  taste. 

And  that  takes  all  the  fun  out  of  it.  Why  should  Batter- 
sea  hoist  a  red  flag,  if  nobody  cares,  anyway?  We  might 
learn  a  great  deal  from  the  patient  sagacity  of  British  rulers. 
who  seem  to  know-  just  when  liberty  becomes  a  danger.  :"id 
to  refrain  from  action  till  it  does  so  become. 


A   week   or  two  ago   we  called   attention   to   the 
Exit  Ovid     fact  that  the  Collector  of  Customs  at  San  Fran- 
cisco had  held  up  certain  sets  of  translation  of 
the    love   poems   of    Ovid    as   improper.      These   books    are 


April  3,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


well  known  classics,  were  sent  here  from  London,  having 
been  recently  published  by  John  Lane  and  were  consigned 
to  one  of  our  best  book  firms,  on  order  from  various  profes- 
sional and  university  people. 

The  matter  was  taken  up  at  Washington  and  the  impor- 
tation prohibited  according  to  the  terms  of  a  letter  received 
from  E.  W.  Camp,  director  of  customs,  in  which  letter  ap- 
pears the  following : 

"Perusal  shows  that  the  text  and  illustrations  are  grossly 
improper,  and  you  are  therefor  instructed  to  treat  the  impor- 
tation as  prohibited.  The  section  of  the  law  cited,  (Section 
305,  Tariff  Act  of  1922),  makes  no  exception  of  books  that 
are  or  may  be  termed  "classics,"  and  it  is  the  evident  intent 
of  the  statute  that  books  and  other  literature  shall  stand  or 
fall  on  its  own  merit." 

From  which  you  would  gather  that  the  books  are  pro- 
hibited entry  into  the  United  States.  And,  you  would  be 
quite  wrong.  They  are  only  prohibited  entry  at  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Baltimore,  because  in  these  two  ports  the  inspec- 
tors feel  that  way  about  the  matter.  The  local  bookdealer 
can  get  the  books  from  New  York  and  even  from  Los  An- 
geles, since  they  are  allowed  free  access  to  the  country, 
through  those  ports.  But  they  cannot  come  into  San 
Francisco. 

Now,  if  anywhere  there  is  in  the  world  a  more  silly, 
stupid  and  tyrannical  piece  of  business  than  that,  we  should 
like  to  find  it!  Why  should  our  local  book-dealers  be  placed 
at  a  disadvantage  because  we  have  a  "pure"  Collector  of 
Customs? 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


We  have  repeatedly  called  attention  to 
An  Airport  Needed  the  need  of  an  airport  for  this  city  and, 
so  far,  our  pleadings  have  apparently 
had  but  little  effect.  When  Concord  came  into  possession  of 
an  airport  of  its  own,  we  pointed  out  the  disadvantage 
under  which  San  Francisco  would  continue  to  labor,  unless 
the  deficiency  were  soon  made  good.  Now  we  are  glad  to 
see  that  other  papers  are  taking  the  matter  up  and  that  there 
is  a  chance  of  the  development  of  a  healthy  public  senti- 
ment in  the  direction  desired.  The  S.  F.  Chronicle  came  out 
the  other  day  with  an  admirable  article  supplementing  the 
efforts  which  we  have  been  making. 

It  seems  that  Smith  San  Francisco,  in  San  Mateo  County, 
has  a  chamber  of  Commerce  which  can  see  a  little  further 
than  some  other  organizations  with  the  same  sort  of  a 
name  in  larger  places.  The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  South 
San  Francisco  offers  a  100-acre  site  to  this  city  and  the 
Post  Office  Department  as  an  airport.  And  by  so  doing  has 
brought  up  the  entire  question  of  the  advisability  of  the 
plan. 

With  respect  to  the  particular  piece  of  land  in  this  par- 
ticular offer,  we  know  nothing  and  have  no  opinion,  with 
respect  to  the  effectiveness,  or  otherwise,  of  South  San 
Francisco  as  an  airport  station,  we  are  equally  ignorant  and 
equally  impartial.  What  we  do  know  is  that  air  transporta- 
tion is  bound  to  develop  and  that  communities  which  are 
not  sufficiently  sagacious  or  sufficiently  imaginative  to  get 
into  the  game,  arc  going  to  be  kit   hopelessly   in  the  rear. 

That  i>  a  fate  which  we  should  deplore  exceedingly  (or 
this  city,  and  therefore  we  again  urge  our  leaders  to  look 
forward 


— The  United  States  is  still  dependent  upon  a  single 
cable  for  communication  with  Asia  and  rates  for  news  trans- 
mission are  practically  prohibitive.  Radio,  it  is  hoped,  will 
help  out  the  situation,  which  is  unsatisfactory,  in  view  of 
our  interests.  The  Pacific  Foreign  Trades  Council  Conven- 
tion recommends  that  cable  and  radio  corporation  be  re- 
quired to  fix  a  low  rate  for  news  transmission  as  a  condi- 
tion of  their  franchises. 


Fortunately  we  are  not  a  warlike  nation.  So  only  67.5 
per  cent  of  our  annual  appropriations  are  for  war  purposes, 
past,  present  and  future. — Buffalo  Evening  News. 

A  party  of  300  American  millionaires  is  to  visit  England 
this  year.  We  understand  there  is  a  strict  understanding 
among  them  that  nobody  is  to  buy  the  place  without  con- 
sulting the  rest. — The  Passing  Show. 

*  *     * 

There  are  many  more  women  than  men.  Which  may 
mean  that  nature  is  slowly  eliminating  the  weaker  sex. — 
Washington  Post. 

*  *     * 

Report  has  it  that  the  National  Pawnbrokers'  Association 
is  preparing  to  branch  out  in  a  social  way.  We  suppose 
that  their  entertaining  will  be  limited  to  three  balls  per 
season. — New  York  American. 

*  *     * 

The   old-fashioned    divided    skirt   now   is    called   balloon 

trousers. — Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

The  farmer  is  lucky  at  that.  If  he  were  more  prosperous, 
(iovernmenl  would  begin  to  regulate  him. — Peoria  Star. 

*  '*     * 

Punch — A  woman  recently  told  a  magistrate  that  her  son 
had  tried  to  run  away  from  home  to  be  a  telegraph-messen- 
ger. That  ought  to  stop  his  running. 

*  *     * 

Columbus  Dispatch — The  country  is  as  wet  as  ever,  say 
the  wets,  while  the  drys  say  it  is  dry;  and,  strange  to  say, 
neither  side  is  entirelv  satisfied. 

*  *     * 

Punch — A  French  broadcast  lecturer  recently  began  a  talk 
in  English  by  saying,  "Good-night,  ladies  and  gentlemen." 
If  only  some  of  the  others  would  do  this! 

*  *     * 

Little  Rock  Arkansas  Gazette — "Chicago  Mending  Her 
Ways." — Headline.    Repairing  her  streets,  one  imagines. 

*  *     * 

Norfolk  Virginian-Pilot — By  this  time  the  deposed  Ma- 
haraja realizes  that  the  English  rule  of  fair  play  applies  to 
Indore  sports,  to.  >. 

*  *     * 

Toledo  Blade — One  gratifying  impression  we  get  from 
modern  theological  discussions  is  that  hell  is  not  as  hot  as 

it  was  Forty  years  ago. 

*  *     * 

Newcastle    (Ind.)    Courier — A    sordid    money-grabber   is 

anybody  who  grabs  more  money  than  you  can  grab. 

*  *     * 

Punch — (  lid  cinema  films  are  sold  as  junk.   Some  of  them. 

of  course,  started  like  that. 

*  *     * 

Tacoma  Ledger — Matrimony,  says  a  Roman  official,  is  a 
profession.  We've  certainly  got  some  seasoned  professionals 

in  thi-i  country. 

*  *     * 

Ohio  State  Journal — Middle  age  is*hat  period  in  life  when 
you  frequently  have  occasion  to  try  to  recall  what  it  was 
that  you  ate  the  dav  before. 

*  *     * 

South  Bend  Tribune — It  must  take  a  lot  of  moral  courage 
for  a  woman  to  accept  a  winter  trip  to  the  tropics  just  after 
having  achieved  a  raccoon  coat. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,   1926 


Kntherlne    Schwnrt* 


Alcazar 

Ct'T^HE  GORILLA,"  abounding  in 

JL  thrills,  chills,  and  tempestuous 
lautrhter.  the  latest  and  greatest  of  the 
mystery 
plays  of  the 
day,  begins 
an  engage- 
ment at  the 
Alcazar  to- 
morrow  eve- 
ning. Fun  of 
the  subtle  in- 
sistent sort, 
that  keeps 
the  audience 
agog  with 
excited  glee 
and  never 
stops  until 
the  last  line  has  been  said,  combined 
with  exciting  incidents  that  whet  the 
curiosity  and  hold  the  interest  in  tense 
fashion,  makes  this  play  the  best  sort 
of  entertainment. 

Novelty  is  the  watchword  of  this 
play.  There  is  something  doing  every 
minute.  Most  of  the  fun  is  furnished 
by  two  comedy  detectives.  The  dia- 
logue is  clever  and  full  of  humor  and 
fun. 

As  usual,  Henry  Duffy  has  selected 
a  splendid  cast.  William  Davidson 
and  Frances  Fraunie  will  be  seen  in 
the  two  side-splitting  roles  of  the  de- 
tectives, Mr.  Mulligan  and  Mr.  Gar- 
rity.  These  two.  with  Jefferson  Lee, 
the  colored  servant,  played  by  Frank 
Darien,  will  keep  the  spectators  in  an 
uproar  of  mirth.  The  supporting  cast 
includes  Edward  Lynch,  Betty  Lau- 
rence, Phil  Tead,  Harry  Leland,  Fer- 
gus Reddie.  David  Callis,  Norvell 
Thompson  and  Robert  Filmer. 

*     *     * 
Curran 

The  "Student  Prince"  returns  to  the 
Curran.  beginning  tomorrow  evening. 
Howard  Marsh  and  llsa  Marvenga,  of 
the  New  York  Company,  have  come 
on  from  New  York  for  this  engage- 
ment, and  will  sing  the  leading  roles. 
With  these  two  stars  in  the  cast,  San 
Francisco  will  have  an  opportunity  of 
hearing  the  greatest  of  the  eleven  com- 
panies now  playing  this  delightful  op- 
eretta. Howard  Marsh,  who  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  finest  young  tenors 
in  the  world,  created  the  role  of  Prince 


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OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore, 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

Karl  Franz  in  .Yew  York  over  two 
years  ago,  and  has  been  a  positive  sen- 
sation ever  since. 

Aside  from  these  two  principals,  the 
cast  is  the  same  as  heard  here  last  De- 
cember. The  male  chorus  has  been 
enlarged  for  this  particular  occasion 
and  will  again  be  heard  in  their  mas- 
terly  singing  of  the  beautiful  haunt- 
ing melodies.  "Deep  in  my  Heart," 
"The  Serenade"  and  the  "Students' 
1  >rinking  Song." 

*  *     * 
Loew's  Warfield 

Michael  Arlen.  whose  story.  "The 
Dancer  of  Paris."  will  be  the  attrac- 
tion at  the  Warfield  this  week,  has 
had  a  sensational  literary  career.  His 
novel  "The  (ireen  Hat"  has  sold  over 
100.000  copies.  His  plays,  "The  Green 
Hat."  and  "These  Charming  People," 
have  played  to  capacity  audiences 
wherever  shown. 

Nell  Kelly,  the  Mission  district  girl, 
who  has  been  such  a  sensation  at  the 
Loew's  State  in  Los  Angeles,  is  com- 
ing here  for  a  starring  engagement; 
Marco,  who  has  Miss  Kelly  under 
contract,  turned  down  the  lead  in 
"Patsy."  which  had  been  offered  to  his 

protege. 

*  *     * 

Columbia 

The  Columbia  Theater  will  reopen 
next  Monday  evening  with  a  spectac- 
ular revue,  the  sixth  edition  of  George 
White's  "Scandals."  which  will  be  the 
debut  of  tile  revue  in  San  Francisco, 
and  he  is  sending  some  one  hundred 
people  in  the  company.  Thirty  scenes 
are  necessary  to  complete  the  revue. 
Bud  de  Sylva  and  Ballard  Macdonal 
wrote  the  hook,  and  George  Gershwin 
the  music. 

Erte,  the  celebrated  Parisian  artist, 
designed  the  stage  decorations  and 
costumes,  the  latter  being  made  in 
Paris  by  Max  Weldy.  A  special  orch- 
estra, under  the  leadership  of  T.  L. 
Corwell,  is  carried  by  the  company. 

Among  the  principals  are  Fred 
Lightner.  Nyra  Brown,  Sonia  de 
Calve.  Ace  Cedrick,  John  (",ets,  the  De 
Nardos.  Kimm  and  Ross,  the  Royal 
Filipino  Orchestra,  the  Leeland  Sis- 
ters, the  Harmony  Trio.  Henry 
Thompson,  Virginia  Morris.  Josephine 
Nelson.  Walter  Diggs.  Norbert  Lyons 
and  Jeanette  Burns.    There  is  a  chorus 


of  fifty  picked  beauties,  said  to  be 
one  of  the  main  attractions  of  the 
show. 

*  *     * 

California 

"The  Johnstown  Flood,"  a  tremen- 
dous melodrama  based  on  the  terrible 
disaster  twenty-seven  years  ago.  is  the 
attraction  at  the  California,  starting  to- 
day. George  I  t'Brien  is  starred  in  the 
picture,  and  he  is  supported  by  Flor- 
ence Gilbert,  Anders  Randolph,  Max 
Davidson,  Paul  Nicholson,  Paul  Pan- 
zer and  Walter  Perry. 

Max  Dolin  and  his  orchestra  will  be 
heard  in  concert  music. 

*  *     * 
Capitol 

Lynn  Starlin's  play,  "Weak  Sisters," 
starring  Trixie  Friganza,  opens  at  the 
Capitol  Theatre  tomorrow  evening. 
The  play  has  to  do  with  a  radical  re- 
former who  wants  to  "Clean  up  the 
town,"  in  which  he  lives,  by  herding 
all  the  "Ladies  of  the  evening"  to- 
gether and  driving  them  from  the  place. 

Franklin  I'angborn  is  featured  in  the 
leading  male  role,  and  the  piece  comes 
to  us  from  Los  Angeles  after  a  twelve 
weeks'  run  there. 

*  *     * 
Players'  Guild 

The  demand  for  further  perform- 
ances of  Congreve"s  "Love  for  Love" 
and  Molnar's  "Liliom,"  has  induced 
the  Players'  Guild  to  announce  one 
more  performance  of  each  of  these 
plays.  The  Congreve  Comedy  will  be 
nted  tonight,  and  "Liliom"  will 
be  given  on  Thursday  evening.  April 
8th.  *    *    * 

St.  Francis 

"The  Sea  Beast"  with  John  Barry- 
more  and  Dolores  Costello  in  the  lead- 
in-  roles  is  still  playing  to  capacity 
houses  at  the  St.  Francis  Theater.  This 
is  splendid  entertainment  and  John 
Barrymore  at  his  best. 
Cameo  *     *     * 

There  is  another  corking  good  West- 
ern picture  on  the  screen  of  the  Cameo 
this  week,  featuring  Tom  Mix.  It  is 
entitled  "The  Best  Bad  Man."  and  all 
lovers  of  Western  Adventure  stories 
will  want  to  see  this  one. 

*  *     * 
Golden  Gate 

In  honor  of  National  Vaudeville 
Artists'    Week,    the    Golden    Gate    has 


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Amusements 

NEXT   \\  HICK 


ALEXANDRIA                  ) 

Geary  and  isth              (                Pictures 

alcazar                      |          „The  Gorilla" 
O'Farrell  nr.  Powell     (    Henry    Duffy   Players 

California                1       "The  Johnstown 
4th  and  Market                 \                    Flood" 

CAMEO                            \               Tom   Mix 

936  Market  St.                r   "The  Best  Bad  Man" 

capitol                          \         Trixie  Friganza 
Ellis  nr.  Market                )         <.Weak    Sisters-. 

CASINO                                 | 

Mason  and  Ellis            r                 Pictures 

CASTRO                              ( 

«» Castro  St.                j                 Pictures 

Columbia                         )          George  White 
™  Eddy                            j             "Scandals" 

(  i  UK  an                         (            "The  Student 
Geary  nr.  Mason             I                     Prince" 

Egyptian                   \               Pictures 

golden  gate          I              Vaudeville 
G.  G.  Ave.  *  Taylor       j            and  Pictures 

GRANADA                     1     "Let's  Get   Married" 
loua  Market  St.              j             Richard    Dix 

HAIGHT                         \                Pictures 
iliiin-ii  1  nt  Cole                J 

IMPERIAL                    {            Harold    Lloyd 
1077  Market  St.             (    "For  Heaven's  Sake" 

LOEWS  WARFIELD               1   ,„,        _                    .  _       .    „ 
»88  Market  St.                  j      The  DanCeP  of  PanS 

MAJESTIC                            I 

Mission  between              ^                   n;..    „e 

20th  and  21st                     J                   r-ICtures 

METROPOLITAN                       ( 

205S  Union  St.                <                 Pictures 

NEW    FILLMORE          , 

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>                Pictures 

SEW   MISSION 

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ORPHEUM                           |                  ,,         ,       ,,, 
O'Farrell  *  Powell        (                 Vaudeville 

Pantages  (New)          i              «„,h»»iii. 
Mki.-i.envenworth       J              Vaudeville 

POMPEII                                       Pictures 
Next  to  Granada             \ 

PORTOLA                            1                      _,    . 

779  Market  St.               )                  Pictures 

PRESIDENT                 \              "You  Don't 
Markets  McAllister  J             Understand" 

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ST.  FRANCIS                    1          '      .        „ 

»«5  Market  St.                    i             The    Sea    Beast 

SITTER                                \ 

Sutter  and  Stelner         <                    Pictures 

I'NiON  square         }            Pictures  and 

O'Farrell  nr.  Povrrll      1                   Vaudeville 

WILKES                         \       Douglas  Fairbanks 
Geary  and  Mason           (      "The    Black    Pirate" 

WIGWAM                            ) 

Mission  and  22d                              Pictures 

prepared  an  elaborate  program,  replete 
with  special  features  and  surprises. 

Heading  the  bill  is  Henry  Santrey 
and  his  augmented  orchestra  of  sev- 
enteen pieces.  Mary  and  Ann  Sey- 
mour will  be  seen  in  "Breezy  Bits  of 
Mirth  and  Melody"  ;  Jessie  Makir  and 
Win.  J.  Redford  will  present  their  de- 
lightful act.  "Rolling  Stones";  Henry 
Santry  and  Ann  Seymour  will  appear 
in  a  novel  specialty  ;  the  Aurora  Troupe 
of  comedy  equilibrists  are  also  on  the 
bill ;  La  Fleur  and  Portia,  equilibrists, 
also  have   a   delightful   offering. 

The  feature  picture  for  the  week  is 
"Love's  Gamble,"  in  which  Lillian 
Rich,  Robert  Fraser  and  Pauline  Ga- 
ron  have  the  leading  roles. 

There  will  be  the  usual  short  reels 
and  a  splendid  musical  program  by 
Claude  Sweeten  and  his  orchestra,  with 
Grace  Rollins  Hunt  at  the  organ  con- 
sole. 

*  *     * 

Orpheum 

Next  week,  every  vaudeville  theater 
in  the  United  States  will  put  on  holi- 
day garb,  and  offer  special  attractions 
in  honor  of  National  Vaudeville  Ac- 
tors' Week,  when  that  organization  of 
vaudeville  artists  will  celebrate  its 
tenth  jubilee.  Elaborate  preparations 
are  being  made  by  all  of  the  artists, 
as  well  as  the  managers  of  the  thea- 
ters, to  give  something  new  and  differ- 
ent at  each  performance. 

The  Orpheum,  in  honor  of  this  oc- 
casion, will  have  a  double  headline  and 
an  all-feature  bill  with  an  entire  new 
program.  Heading  the  list  of  acts 
will  be  the  Marvelous  Lockfords,  sen- 
sational French  dancers;  and  Harry  I. 
Conley,  the  favorite  comedian  of  vau- 
deville. 

The  Lockfords  are  sensational  dan- 
cers and  have  the  assistance  of  Paul 
Tisen  and  his  orchestra.  They  will  of- 
fer "Dances  and  Music."  Harry  J. 
Conley  is  bringing  a  large  company  of 
artists  with  him  to  appear  in  Willard 
Mack's  latest  vehicle,  "Slick  As  Ever." 
<  Ither  feature  acts  are  C.  B.  Maddock's 
"Tramp.  Tramp.  Tramp,"  a  song  of  the 
road,  with  Tack  Cameron,  Tom  Waters. 
I. co  Lee.  George  Hall.  James  DeSarro, 
Murray  Price.  Jimmie  Wilson  and 
Jess  Willis;  Herman  Berrens  will  pre- 
sent Mile.  Fifi  and  himself  in  a  comedy 
riot  called  "Ten  Dollars  a  Lesson"; 
Moss  and  Frye  in  "How  High  Is  Up"; 
Billy  Hallen  in  "It's  \ll  Applesauce": 
Malinda  and  Dade,  royal  entertainers 
and  the  Three  Kordens  in  "Lights 
(  tut." 

*  *     * 

Wilkes 

Douglas  Fairbanks  in  "The  Black 
Pirate."  a  picture  made  in  color 
throughout,  opens  at  the  Wilkes  Thea- 
morrow  evening.  It  is  said  to  be 
the  last  word  in  color  photography  and 
was   welt  received    in    New   York   and 


London.  Billie  Dove  is  Fairbanks' 
leading  woman,  and  Donald  Crisp,  E. 
J.  Ratcliffe,  Anders  Randolph,  Sam  de 
Grasse,  Charles  Belcher,  Fred  Decker 
and  Charles  Stephens  have  important 
roles. 

*  *     * 

La  Gaite  Francaise 

The  spring  season  of  French  plays 
opens  at  La  Gaite  Francaise,  1470 
Washington  St.,  April  7th  with  a  dou- 
ble bill  made  up  of  two  classics  of 
French  Literature,  Theodore  de  Ban- 
ville's  "Gringoire,"  and  Mme.  de  Gir- 
adin's  "L'Ete  de  la  Saint-Martin." 

*  *     * 
Casino 

On  Friday  evening,  April  16,  Henry 
Duffy  will  open  at  the  Casino  with  a 
splendid  musical  comedy  "Honey 
Girl."  William  Catlett  has  been  en- 
gaged to  head  the  cast,  and  Ted  Doner, 
who,  besides  appearing  in  the  play,  is 
also  putting  on  the  dances.  Alice  Cav- 
anaugh,  who  will  be  remembered  from 
"Little  Jessie  James,"  seen  recently 
at  the  Alcazar,  leads  the  female  sec- 
tion of  the  cast.  Willard  Hall,  Mau- 
arice  Holland,  and  many  other  impor- 
tant principals  will  be  in  the  cast. 

*  *     * 
Imperial 

Harold  Lloyd,  in  his  newest  offer- 
ing. "For  Heaven's  Sake."  opened  at 
the  Imperial  yesterday.  He  is  a  rich 
boy  in  this  picture,  who  sees  a  pretty 
lace  in  a  slum  mission  and  immediately 
becomes  interested  in  the  welfare  of 
his  fellow-man — and  in  the  owner  of 
the  prcttv  face!  Jobyna  Ralston  is 
again  his  leading  lady  and  Paul  Wiegel, 
James  Mason  and  Noah  Young  are  also 
in  the  cast. 

*  *     * 

President 

"U  Don't  Understand,"  a  joyous, 
clever,  clean  comedy,  which  fits  in  per- 
fectly with  the  spirit  of  Easter,  be- 
gins its  third  week  at  the  President  to- 
morrow afternoon. 

Everyone  likes  this  play.  It  is  a 
fantasy,  an  expose  of  just  what  occurs 
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^Announcing 

the  Arrival  of 
New  Tailoring  Fabrics 

Y 'in  are  cordially  invited  to  call  and 
inspect  the  nev;  selection  of 

SPRING  AND  SUMMER 
FABRICS 

including  woolens  of  distinction  and  indi- 
viduality, both  foreign  and  "Made  in 
America" 

MAX  ROSENTHAL 

S37  Post  Stueet.  Sax  Fkancisco 
Phone  Prospect  9316 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


an   Raster  in 


Easter  Dawns 

WAS  there  ever  so  lovely  and  significant 
all  the  periods  of  passing  days? 

Sunday,  April  4,  of  Nineteen  Hundred  and  Twenty-six.  is 
Raster  Day,  and  all  the  world  in  California-land  seems  to 
be  bursting  into  blossoming  and  praise. 

Raster,  sublime  and  glorious,  calls  to  the  souls  of  men. 
Within  the  sacred  shrines  where  reverential  attitude  of 
mind  turns  toward  the  full  significance  of  the  hour,  a  gor- 
geous scene  of  beauty  greets  the  eye.  To  those  devout, 
uplifting  music  is  heard. 

Men  and  women  of  every  clime  and  creed  seek  out  their 
church  on  Eastern  Morn,  finding  renewal  of  strength,  cour- 
age, comfort  and  fortitude  for  whatever  may  come  unto 
them. 

To  those  who  know — Easter  is  the  sacred  day. 

To  Society.  Easter  is  the  beginning  of  another  season  of 
social  activities  and  many  a  wedding  day.  To  children, 
Easter  means,  also,  the  joys  of  goodies,  colored  eggs,  rab- 
bits and  searching  games.  To  the  lonesome  and  sad;  to 
the  gay  and  festive  ones.  Raster  is  inspirational,  significant, 
comforting,  according  to  one's  manner  of  thought  and  full 
understanding  of  the  day. 

To  Californians,  in  general ;  to  San  Franciscans  and  city- 
dwellers  down  the  peninsula.  Raster  conveys  another  mess- 
age to  add  to  the  calendar  and  it  speaks  of  Blossom-time! 

Peach  trees,  prune  trees,  pears,  apricots,  and  oh,  the 
lovely  flowering  quince,  have  staged  an  Raster  fashion  show 
all  their  own,  vieing  in  color  and  design  for  favor  as  they 
spread  their  glories  to  the  winds. 

All  down  through  the  valleys  and  orchard  lands  there  is 
to  be  found  a  panorama  of  gorgeousness — never  excelled ; 
and  all  along  the  highways  and  reaching  far  back  to  the 
homes  crowning  the  lovely  lands.  Xature,  herself,  proclaims 
the  presence  of  Easter  and  Spring. 


Wedding  Day 

Miss  Dorothy  Christensen,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A. 
P.  Christensen  of  Berkeley,  will  be  married  to  Dr.  Robert 
C.  Schraft  on  June  5,  at  the  Northbrae  Community  Church 
in  Berkeley. 

*     *     * 

Mrs.  Florence  Porter  Pfingst  gave  a  dinner  party  last 
Monday  night  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  where  she  makes  her 
home,  in  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Deering.  who 
left  on  Thursday  for  Europe.  After  the  delightful  dinner, 
where  Mrs.  Pfingst  presided  with  charming  courtesy,  the 
party  spent  the  evening  playing  bridge. 

Her  guests  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Montserrat,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  *Paul  Bancroft.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  James  Edwards, 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Jones.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Rouns- 
fell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Achille  Roos,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Deer- 
ing. Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Coleman.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rennie 
Schwerin,  Mr.  and   Mrs.  Charles  Holbrook,   Jr.,  Mrs.  John 


COLONIAL  HOTEL 

tOU  Bu«h    Street,  Between  Powell  and   Stockton,   Sod    I  nindico 

Telephone  Sutter  3560 
HOWABD  T.  BLETHEN.  Proprietor 


Mrs.  E.  A.  Van  Bergen, 
Harrison,  Mr.  Frederick 


Haldeman.  Mrs.  William  Matson, 
Mrs.   Phillip   Manson,  Mrs.  P.  C. 

W.  Hall. 

*  *     * 

Engaged  Couple  Feted 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Uini  Suden  gave  a  charming  recep- 
tion, dance  and  musicale  at  their  lovely  home  in  West  Clay 
Park,  last  Saturday,  in  honor  of  Miss  Corona  Ghirardelli  and 
Mr.  George  Hyde,  whose  marriage  will  take  place  on  Tues- 
day. April  6.  The  guests  who  were  present  at  this  beautiful 
society  affair  included:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Victor  Etienne,  Jr., 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I'eter  turn  Suden,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
Martin  Etienne,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rmile  Rtienne,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Rea  Ashley.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Fletcher,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 
Newbegin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vernon  Alvord,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Alfred  Hertz.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rarl  Markwart,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
H.  Clarke-Davis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Curtis,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  Lindley  Abbott,  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  Conlan,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Edward  Siller.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Warren  Pres- 
ton. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Klitgaard,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barton  Bean, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moulthrop,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Auger,  Mrs. 
Lawrence  Endicott,  Mrs.  Peter  Gamble,  Miss  Linda  turn 
Suden,  Miss  Caroline  turn  Suden,  Mr.  Clarke-Davis,  Mr.  B. 
Morrison,  Mr.  Max  Pons,  Mr.  Alan  Van  Fleet  and  Dr.  Ru- 
dolph Dresel. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Crothers'  Luncheon 

Mrs.  Thomas  G.  Crothers  gave  an  elegant  luncheon  at  her 
attractive  new  home  on  Broadway,  last  Tuesday,  entertain- 
ing a  group  of  friends,  including  Mrs.  Charles  Keenan,  Mrs. 
Paul  Butte.  Mrs.  John  W.  Bennett,  Mrs.  W.  W.  W'ymore, 
Mrs.  John  Tonningsen,  Mrs.  Percy  Goode,  Mrs.  Francis 
Knorp,  Mrs.  Clarence  Musto,  Mrs.  Albert  Grayson,  Mrs. 
Xewton  Rosekrans  and  Mrs.  L.  P.  Schwartz. 

Mrs.  Crothers  is  planning  to  give  a  number  of  her  delight- 
ful home  affairs,  ad  this  past  week's  event  was  the  initial 
occasion  when  the  beautiful  young  hostess  greeted  her 
friends. 

*  *     * 

Mayor  and  Mrs.  Rolph  Entertained 

Mayor  James  Rolph,  Jr.,  and  Mrs.  Rolph  were  honor 
guests  at  an  elaborate  dinner  party  given  at  the  Palace 
Hotel  last  week  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  jack  Warner  of  Holly- 
wood. Covers  were  laid  for  sixty  guests,  who  sat  at  hand- 
somely decorated  tables.  A  pre-view  of  a  new  motion  pic- 
ture was  shown  at  the  conclusion  of  the  dinner. 


Mrs.  P.  M.  Duncan  entertained  at  a  luncheon  given  at  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  this  past  week,  in  compliment  to  Mrs. 
Dora  Seitz,  the  table  where  the  guests  were  seated  being  a 
bower  of  Spring  flowers  with  dainty  favors  for  the  guests. 

*     *     * 
Betrothal 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Inez  Macondray  and  Mr.  Clift 
Lundborg  was  announced  a  few  days  ago  and  was  quite  the 


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outstanding  society  announcement  for  a  long 
time.  Tlic  betrothal  was  a  surprise  to  their 
friends  and  is  now  followed  by  the  further  an- 
nouncement that  the  wedding  will  take  place 
in  June  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  uncle  and 
aunt.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Percy  Eyre,  in  Menlo  Park. 
The  future  bride  belongs  to  a  notable  Califor- 
nia family,  and  her  great  grandmother,  the  late 
Mrs.  Faxon  Atherton,  was  the  most  dominat- 
ing social  figure  of  her  time  and  established  the 
first  large  country  estate  in  Menlo  Park. 

Mr.  Lundborg  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Irving  Lundborg.  He  comes  from  a  prominent 
Oakland  family  and  is  the  grandson  of  the  late 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Clift.  He  is  a  nephew 
of  Mrs.  Mailler  Searles  and  Mrs.  Lee  Cole 
Burnham   of   Piedmont   and   of  Mr.   Frederick 

Clift  of  this  city. 

*     *     * 

Literary  Event 

Cap  and  Bells  Club,  of  which  Airs.  Marshall 
C.  Harris. is  the  president,  has  been  famed  for 
a  long  time  for  scholarly  events,  and  on  Fri- 
day of  this  past  week,  the  book-lovers  of  the 
Department  of  Literature  gave  a  day  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel 
which  registered  something  memorable. 

Vingie  E.  Roe.  the  California  author,  whose  books  arc 
famous  for  their  historical  value  as  well  as  for  the  fascinat- 
ing fiction  found  on  the  pages,  was  the  guest  of  honor.  She 
charmed  the  audience  with  her  humorous  naturalness,  and 
although  she  stated  at  the  very  beginning  that  she  was  no 
public  speaker.  Miss  Roe  revealed  the  secret  of  her  success 
in  her  narrative  powers. 

*     *     * 

A  Relative  of  E.  P.  Roe 

Miss  Roe  mentioned  the  fact  of  her  being  related  to  the 
"I"..    P.   Roe"  nf  our  childhood  days,  author  of  "Barriers 
Burned   Away.''   and   "The  Opening  of  a   Chestnut    Burr"  ; 
literary  talent  has  been  manifest  through  one  or  more  mem 
hers  of  each   generation   of  her  family   for  more  years   than 

she  can  count,  and  she  therefore,  comes  naturally  bj  her 
genius  for  Story  telling,  in  which  she  take-  a  delight  that 
is  refreshing  to  see  in  these  blase'  days. 

She  is  tin'  author  of  ten  novels,  all  but  two  of  them  having 
been  screened,  and  lias  written  more  than  one  hundred  short 
stories.  She  has  also  written  a  poem,  which  was  ]US1 
to  a  well  known  magazine  and  which  critic-  declare  i-  a 
"gem."  The  manner  in  which  this  prominent  author  delves 
into  themes,  her  innate  de-ire  For  accuracy  and  the  -turdi- 
oess  "I  character  with  which  -he  robe-  her  fiction  people, 
were    revelation-    discerned    hv     those    fortunate    enough    to 

have  heard  Iter  address  at  the  Hierarv  session. 

The  red  room  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel  wa-  the  setting  for 
the  literarv  event,  with  drawing-room  cosiness,  larg( 
chairs  and  diffused  lighting  effects  adding  to  the  homelike 
appearance  of  tin-  lovely  scene.  Mi--  Roe  sat  on  the  plat- 
form surrounded  by  Spring  flowers.  Mrs.  Harris  making  the 
opening  talk,  followed  by  remarks  from  the  leader  of  the 
department  and  the  chairman.  Me-dame-  William  Harold 
Wil-on   anil   Jesse    \\  hited.   both   of   whom    have   charj 

the  literarj  sessions  of  Cap  and  Bells. 

Eleanore  F.  Ross  of  the  News  Letter  was  an  honor 
guest     at      this     literal'}      event,     and     upon     rec|ue.-t.     her 

poem.  "San  Francisco,  from  Russian  Hill."  was  read  by 
Virgil  Luciani,  This  poem  was  read  recently  at  the  Cali- 
fornia  Club,  and   -o  persistent   have  been  the   request-   for 


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its  repetition  that  Cap  and  Bells  members 
placed  it  on  their  poetry-day  program.  Mr. 
Luciani,  who  has  appeared  before  the  Vittoria 
Colonna  Club,  the  California  Club,  Cap  and 
Bells,  and  is  gaining  a  reputation  as  a  poet, 
also  read  in  costume  four  of  his  own  poems. 

*     *     * 
Virginia  Sullivan  Is 
Honored  By  Literati 

Miss  Virginia   Sullivan,  short  story  writer, 
young  attorney  and  known   far  and  wide  for 
her   vivacity,    her    sterling   character   and    her 
scintillating  witticisms,  was  an  honor  guest  at 
Cap  and  Bells  Club.   One  of  her  recent  poems, 
entitled  "Temples  of  Home,"  was  read  by  Mrs. 
Jessie  M.  Whited,  a  past  president  of  the  club. 
Following  the   enthusiastic   reception   given 
Miss  Sullivan  and  her  vivid  poem,  she  gave  a 
brilliant  talk  to  the  guests,  who  packed  the  red 
room  to  capacity.    In  her  address,  Miss  Sulli- 
van   spoke   of   her  recent   experiences  in   New 
York  and  en  route  to  the  eastern  metropolis  by 
way  of  the  Panama  Canal.    Miss  Sullivan  was 
given   an   ovation   at   the  close  of  her  address. 
Poems    Chosen    from    two    of    Nancy    Buckley's    books, 
"Laughter  and  Longing"  and  "Wings  of  Youth,"  were  read 
most  delightfully  by  Adelyn  Brickley  Jones. 

The  musical  program  consisted  of  artists  whom  Mr-. 
Thomas  Alexander  East  had  -elected  for  this  brilliant  occa- 
sion. Three  young  ladies  playing  violin-  were  heard  in  the 
"Vivaldi  Concerto,"  the  player-  being  Mrs.  M.  11.  Shutes, 
Miss  Mildred  Johnson  and  Miss  Dorothy  trowel,  with  Mrs. 
G.  H.  McKillip  at  the  piano.  A  group  of  gongs  was  sung  by 
Claire  Harsha  Upshur  with  lima  Hani-  Vogt  the  accom- 
panist, Mrs.  Upshur's  exquisite  songs,  including  "Serenata," 
Tosti;  Song  of  Zanetto,  Massenet;  "Without  Thee," 
D'Hardelot ;  "If  No  i  tne  Lver  Marries  Me."  from  the  Dais) 

Chain,  Liza  l.cbmann  The  pure  toned  quality  of  the 
singer's  voice,  her  artistry  and  her  personal  charm,  won 
her  the  enthusiastic  admiration  of  the  audience. 

Two  prize  poem-  from  the  pen  of  Mr-.  Bertha  Lincoln 
lleu-ti-  were  read  by  the  leader  of  the  department,  both  of 
the  poems  being  awarded  tir-t  place  by  the  Poetry  Societv 
and    both    poems   conveying    depth    of    feelings    and    perfect 

rhythm, 

*  »     » 

At  the  Hollywood  Plaza 

Winfield  Sheehan,  guiding  genius  of  Fox  Film  force-, 
who  ha-  been  -topping  at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel  in 
Hollywood,  California,  ha-  now  leased  a  large  home  in  the 
•M-tern  film  metropolis  and  will  remain  indefinitely. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and   Mr-    J.  R.  Bray  of  Bray   Pictures  have  jti-t  de- 
parted from  the  Hollyw 1   Plaza  Hotel.  Hollywood.  Cali- 
fornia, for  New   York  City.    J.  R.   Bray  negotiated  for  the 
production  of                   '  two-reelers  while  in  the  West. 

*  *     * 

Ruth  Brenner,  well  known  de-igner  of  costumes  and  stage 
setting  in  New  Y"rk.  will  turn  her  talents  to  the  screen. 
She  i<  stopping  at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel.  H0II3 
California.  Miss  Brenner  ha-  just  completed  work  on  the 
last  Valentino  picture  and  ha-  been  engaged  by  Lasky.  She 
formerly  d<  r  the  Frohman  companies  and  William 

Morris  in   New    York,  and  did  the  Doris  Keane  production, 

"Starlight." 

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10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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"SVXfl* 


Captain 
Aubrey  Bullock  Webster 

who  won  the 

Northern   California   Golf 

Association  Twenty- first 

.  Innual  Championship 

Tournament 

at  the 

Beresford  Golf  and 

Country  Club. 


CAPTAIN  AUBREY  BULLOCK  WEBSTER,  the  re- 
tired English  Army  officer,  hero  of  Gallipoli,  gentle- 
man and  a  thorough  sportsman,  won  the  Northern  Califor- 
nia Golf  Association's  twenty-first  annual  championship 
tournament  at  the  Beresford  Golf  and  Country  Club  by 
defeating  Clare  Griswald,  a  recent  arrival  from  Portland, 
but  now  a  member  of  the  Lake  Merced  Golf  and  Country 
Club. 

Captain  Webster  won  his  second  important  golf  event  in 
California  since  his  arrival  from  Australia  by  shooting  the 
most  consistent  golf  of  the  whole  tournament.  From  start 
to  finish,  the  Captain  maintained  a  very  high  standard  of 
golf.  He  qualified  with  74.  just  one  stroke  behind  Dr.  Oscar 
F.  Willing  of  Portland,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Walker 
Cup  Team  and  considered  one  of  the  best  golfers  in  America. 

All  his  matches  were  real  walk-aways.  He  won  from 
Charlie  Lvdav  of  Santa  Monica  8-7;  Milton  Latham  4-3; 
Bill  Campbell  3-2;  E.  J.  "Mike"  Haddon  8-7.  The  only 
player  to  give  the  Captain  any  real  competition  at  all  was 
Clare  Griswald,  his  opponent  in  the  finals,  and  even  at  that, 
<  triswald  was  in  a  very  uncomfortable  position  at  the  thirty- 
second  hole,  where  he  found  himself  dormie  four,  had  it  not 
been  for  Griswald's  last  effort  to  sink  a  twelve-foot  putt 
for  a  birdie  two,  the  match  would  have  been  all  over.  As 
it  was.  it  dragged  out  until  the  thirty-fifth  was  reached, 
where  Griswald  hooked  his  second  shot  into  the  eighteenth 
fairway  and  the  match  was  all  over;  Webster  winning  2-1. 

The  finals  were  full  of  clever  plays,  mingled  with  a  battle 
■  if  wits  and  strategy.  Both  the  Captain  and  Griswald  were 
keyed  up  to  the  highest  tension,  though  both  played  cau- 
tiously. Captain  Webster  seems  to  be  equipped  with  clubs 
to  suit  the  weather  conditions,  and  on  numerous  occasions 
changed  his  club  after  he  had  tested  out  the  velocity  of  the 
wind. 

Griswald  is  more  set  on  which  club  to  use.  His  mind  was 
already  made  up  the  moment  he  reached  his  ball.  Off  the 
tee  both  seemed  fairly  even,  but  it  was  Captain  Webster's 
approaching  and  deadly  putting  that  was  the  outstanding 
feature  of  the  match.     Never  once  did  the  Captain  weaken. 


no  matter  in  what  predicament  he  found  himself.  On  the 
other  hand,  it  seemed  as  if  Griswald  was  so  anxious  to  get 
a  lead  that  he  got  in  trouble  on  several  occasions. 

All  in  all.  it  was  a  well  fought  out  finals,  but  Captain 
Bullock  Webster  was  the  better  player  and  won.  With  all 
due  respect  to  the  Captain,  we  congratulate  Clare  Griswald 
for  the  plucky  fight  he  put  up  and  also  for  the  true  sports- 
manship he  showed  throughout  the  whole  tournament. 

*  *     * 

Everything  pointed  toward  a  good  tournament  the  mo- 
ment the  first  ball  was  played  by  Eaton  McMillan  of  Buick 
fame.  The  weather  was  perfect  from  start  to  finish.  The 
course  was  in  splendid  condition,  thanks  to  the  untiring 
effort  of  Ed.  Lyden,  the  manager  of  the  club,  who  was 
complimented  on  every  hand.  Many  of  the  critics  pro- 
nounced the  Beresford  course  as  the  most  ideally  and  most 
scientifically  laid  out  golf  course  in  California. 

*  *      * 
Hospitality  at  the  Club 

The  true  hospitality  that  abounds  at  this  famous  penin- 
sula club  and  the  toothsome  tidbits  wdiich  confront  one  in 
the  clubhouse  all  help  to  make  one  feel  at  home.  Walter  W. 
Stettheimer.  president  of  the  Beresford  Club  and  Chairman 
of  the  tournament,  welcomed  everyone  in  his  usual  warm 
manner.  Although  the  entry  list  was  rather  small,  still  it  in- 
cluded most  of  the  leading  golfers  from  all  over  the  state 
and  Pacific  Northwest.  The  calibre  of  golf  played  was  of 
the  highest  order;  in  fact,  it  was  about  the  best  that  was 
ever  displayed  in  any  tournament  during  the  twenty-one 
years  of  the  Northern  California  Golf  Association's  annual 
tournament. 

(Continued  on  Page  141 


There's  always  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 


CALIFORNIA 


Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 

Casa  del  Rex  (Hotel  and  Cottages)  at  the 

heart  of  it  all — offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

enjoyment. 

CASA  DEL  REY 

AT  THE  BEACH 

Santa  Cruz  California 

PRICES  MODERATE 

OPEN  THE  YEAR  'ROUND 


April  3,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Q                     RADIO                     m 

!Hii!                                                             By  C.  J.  Pennington                                                              WsM 

The  White  Bill 

IMMEDIATE  action  on  the  part  of 
the  radio  public  is  necessary  if  the 
White  Radio  Bill,  which  legalizes  the 
control  of  the  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  Commerce  over  radio,  is  to  be 


C.  J.  Pennington 

brought  up  for 'consideration  in  the 
Senate. 

The  public  is  urged  to  send  letters 
or  telegrams  to  both  Senators  Short- 
ridge  and  Johnson,  letting  them  know 
of  the  urgency  of  the  matter  and  re- 
questing them  to  use  their  influence  to 
have  this  Bill  brought  Up  for  consider- 
ation in  the  Senate  at  the  earliest  pos- 
sible time,  also  urging  that  a  sufficient 
appropriation  be  made  for  the  enact- 
ment of  the  law. 

The  White  Bill  has  already  passed 
the  House,  but  is  in  danger  of  being 
sidetracked  in  the  Senate,  because  most 
of  the  Senators  do  not  realize  its  impor- 
tance to  their  constituents.  Unless  the 
Bill  is  passed,  chaos  is  inevitable  and 
there  is  danger  that  Secretary  Hoover 
may  even  withdraw  bis  personal  inter- 
est in  the  matter. 

Passage  of  this  Bill  is  absolutely  es- 
sential at  this  time  in  order  that  broad- 
casting be  definitely  placed  under  gov- 
ernmental supervision  and  control. 
Under  existing  laws  there  is  grave 
doubt  as  to  the  power  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Commerce  in  regard  to  regulat- 
ing broadcasting  stations.  Passage  of 
this  measure   will   eliminate  all   doubt. 

The  following  are  among  the  major 
provisions  of  the  White  Bill: 

1 — Confers  upon  the  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Commerce  the  licensing 
of  broadcast  stations;  allocation 
of  wave  lengths;  and  the  making 
of  such  regulations  as  may  be 
deemed  necessary  to  prevent  in- 
terference between  stations. 

2 — Prohibits  licensing  of  stations 
(Continued  on  Pose  16) 


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12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,  1926 


THE  pursuit  of  the  development  of  natural  resources, 
including  mineral  resources  in  this  country,  is  shown 
by  the  offer  the  University  of  Washington  at  Seattle  of 
five  fellowships  in  coal  and  clay.  The  fellowships  are  open 
to  graduate  students  of  universities  and  technical  colleges 
qualified  to  undertake  research  investigation. 

— The  United  States  Chamber  of  Commerce  has  issued  a 
report  showing  that  installment  Inlying  has  now  reached 
$5,000,000,000  a  year.  What  the  effect  upon  the  demand  for 
essential  commodities  will  be,  is  problematical.  The  sum 
is  one-twelfth  of  our  yearly  wealth.  It  would  appear  that 
one  cannot  buy  perishable  luxuries  on  the  installment  plan 
and  still  have  money  enough  to  keep  up  a  normal  demand 
for  essential  things.  Spending  would  have  to  be  cut  some- 
where. 

*  *     * 

— "Finance  and  Trade,"  in  a  clever  summing  up  of  the 
Doble  case,  seems  to  imply  that  Abner  Doble  had  not  the 
faculty  of  success.  One  should  invest  where  the  leaders  of 
the  enterprise  are  notoriously  successful.  But  the  editor  is 
sharp  enougli  to  see  the  dilemma  of  his  own  reasonings,  for 
he  adds:  "If  one  follows  this  rule  he  will  probably  never  be 
one  of  the  original  stockholders  in  a  Ford  Motor  Company, 
nor  in  a  Bell  Telephone  ;  but  then,  very  few  of  us  are  original 
Ford  stockholders,  anyhow." 

*  *     * 

— There  is  an  increase  of  one-third  in  the  amount  of 
export  from  San  Francisco  in  the  last  ten  years.  That 
makes  tremendous  difference  to  the  amount  of  money  in 
town.  Our  development  as  a  port  is  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant factors  in  our  future. 

— J.  H.  Wiggins  tells  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
and  Metallurgy  that  we  have  saved  one-half  of  the  waste 
of  petroleum  by  modern  conservation  devices  and  particu- 
larly by  storage  tanks.  The  money  loss  by  waste  amounts 
to  about  $165,000,000  per  year,  which  is  surely  enough  to 
stimulate  effort  in  the  direction  of  further  saving. 


— According  to  G.  W.  Luce,  freight  traffic  manager  for 
Southern  Pacific  Company,  the  railroad  receives  an  average 
of  approximately  43  one-hundredths  of  a  cent  for  every 
pound  of  live  pork  it  carries  to  the  San  Francisco  market. 
The  increase  of  price  in  livestock  is  not  due  to  increased 
freight  rates.   There  is  an  increase  in  the  cost  of  production. 


— Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  is  working  on  the  Melones 
power  project.  The  irrigation  districts  are  impounding 
water.  This  will  pass  through  the  company's  power  house, 
The  power  company  will  pay  the  irrigation  district  for  this 
water,  at  a  rate  sufficient  to  pay  off  the  bonds  at  the  end  of 
forty  years  and  to  pay  the  interest  on  the  bonds.  After 
passing  through  the  power  house,  the  irrigation  water  will 
be  diverted  into  the  canals  fur  the  district. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 
Temples  of  Home 

Because  there  have  been  innumerable  requests  since  the 
Literary  Day  at  Cap  and  Bells  Club,  the  poem  written  by 
Virginia  Sullivan  is  published  in  this  issue  just  as  it  was 
read  by  Mrs.  Jesse  Whited,  bringing  pleasure  and  thought 
to  the  listeners,  so  the  lines  are  presented  herewith: 

TEMPLES  OF  HOME 
By  Virginia  Sullivan 

Do  they  celebrate  May-Day  in  Egypt? 

VYhen  the  lotus-buds  bloom  by  the  Nile? 

Does  the  message  they  bring  mean  the  first  day  in  Spring 

To  the  Sphynx,  with  her  faint,  stony  smile? 

Does  the  tawny-hued  son  of  the  desert 
Arrayed  in  his  Sunday  burnous 
Go  walking  apart,  with  the  maid  of  his  heart 
In  a  hat  like  a  new  charlotte  russe? 

Do  you  notice  more  verve  to  the  camels 

In  the  Kingdom  of  Allah  today — 

Or,  perhaps  you've  forgot  in  that  far-away  spot, 

What  it's  like  over  here  when  it's  May! 

Has  the  cloistered  star  over  the  temple 

And  the  minaret's  glittering  dome 

Dimmed  the  wink  of  the  lights  in  those  long-ago  nights 

In  the  intimate  windows  of  home? 

Have  the  voice  of  the  bartering  natives 

And  the  bells  so  insistently  sweet, 

Drowned  the  call  of  the  thrush  in  the  syringa-bush 

At  the  foot  of  our  homely  old  street? 

Does  the  stealthy  red  moon  of  the  desert 

Lie  over  the  hot,  mottled  sand 

As  it  lay  on  the  well,  where  the  deep  shadows  fell 

Like  a  clasp  of  a  warm,  friendly  hand  ? 

L'Envoi 
Once  again  through  the  chant  of  the  Arab 
With  a  lure  that  is  fire  and  dew. 
Calls  that  beckoning  thing,  California  in  Spring — 
And  a  May  that  no  sheik  ever  knew. 


Easter  La  Gaiete  Cotillion 

Enticing  little  green  "reminders" — appropriate  color  for 
Springtime — have  been  sent  out  by  the  hostess.  Mrs.  Ro- 
setta  Baker,  to  patrons  and  patronesses  of  the  famous  Gaiete 
Cotillions,  which  have  taken  place  monthly  all  through  the 
Winter  season,  in  the  Gold  Ball  Room  of  the  Fairmont 
Hotel. 

This  particular  Easter  party  will  be  given  Saturday,  April 
10th,  at  half  after  eight  o'clock.  Guests  of  the  Gaiete  Cotil- 
lions have  so  enjoyed  these  functions  that  many  of  them 
have  expressed  the  wish  that  Mrs  Baker  could  continue 
them  into  the  early  Summer. 

The  Gold  Ball  Room,  with  its  numerous  mirrors,  its  per- 
fect dancing  floor,  and  the  splendid  orchestra  which  Mrs. 
Baker  provides  for  her  guests,  presents  a  gala  appearance 
during  the  Cotillions,  especially  when  multi-colored  lights 
are  thrown  upon  the  hundreds  of  dancing  figures,  resting  for 
a  moment  or  two  upon  a  gracefully  moving  form  in  pale 
blue;  now  upon  some  fair  one  garbed  in  the  verv  modish 
green  of  this  season,  or  in  rosy  pink,  and  then  upon  a  stately 
shape  in  black  or  gold  lace.  These  Cotillions  have  become 
quite  an  established  custom  in  the  gay  life  of  San  Francisco, 
and  Society  always  looks  forward  to  the  dates  set  aside  for 
them. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,  1926 


GOLF 

(Continued  from  Page  10) 

Dr.  Oscar  F.  Willing-  of  Portland,  a  former  member  of 
the  Walker  Cup  Team,  with  an  international  reputation  as 
a  match  player,  fell  by  the  wayside,  beaten  by  George 
Nickel,  the  Burlingame  Club's  champion,  in  the  opener. 
Dr.  Willing  was  the  medalist  in  the  qualifying  round  with 
a  splendidly  played  72,  one  over  the  par  of  the  course, 
which  boosted  his  stock  as  favorite  to  win  the  champion- 
ship, but  after  playing  George  Nickel,  even  up  to  the  fif- 
teenth hole,  he  won  the  sixteenth  and  it  looked  as  if  it  was 
all  over  but  the  shouting,  when  to  the  surprise  of  the  gal- 
lery he  topped  his  tee  shot,  his  ball  landing  in  the  rough 
some  eighty  yards  away. 

In  the  meantime,  Nickel  poled  one  out,  well  over  two 
hundred  yards,  right  down  the  fairway,  while  the  doctor 
missed  his  second  shot.  Nickel  was  on  in  two  and  won  the 
hole,  which  puts  them  all  square. 

Nickel  laid  a  pretty  one  right  down  the  fairway.  The 
doctor  was  in  trouble  again  with  his  tee  shot,  landing  in  a 
bunker  to  the  left,  but  made  a  splendid  recovery  just  short 
of  the  green.  Nickel's  second  landed  square  in  the  face  of 
the  bunker  guarding  the  green,  but  by  a  superhuman  effort 
and  a  lot  of  courage  he  pitched  it  within  one  inch  of  the 
hole.  The  doctor  made  a  feeble  attempt  just  off  the  edge  of 
the  green,  then  missed  his  putt  and  lost  the  match. 
*     *     * 

George  Nickel's  second  victim  was  George  Ritchie,  the 
Bulletin's  champion,  whom  many  of  his  admirers  had  picked 
to  win  the  tournament.  Ritchie  undoubtedly  had  fallen  into 
a  terrible  slump,  qualifying  with  an  80,  about  the  worst 
score  he  has  ever  played  in  years.  Nickel  electrified  the 
gallery  by  taking  a  lead  of  six  in  the  first  eight  holes,  but 
Ritchie  managed  to  cut  down  that  lead  to  one,  at  the  six- 
teenth, but  after  that  blew  up  completely,  topping  his  tee 
shot,  losing  the  hole,  when  Nickel  made  a  birdie  three,  win- 
ning the  match  2-1.  Nickel's  third  victim  was  John  G. 
Levison,  the  champion  of  the  Beresford  Club.  These  two 
athletes  went  at  it  hammer  and  tongs.  Not  that  they  played 
any  spectacular  golf,  but  no  matter  where  they  were  they 
were  both  full  of  fight  and  managed  to  finish  all  square  at 
the  eighteenth,  so  on  they  went,  playing  two  extra  holes. 
Nickel  was  the  luckier  of  the  two  and  won  on  the  twenty- 
first,  after  Levison  missed  his  putt. 

;  George  Nickel  met  his  Waterloo  in  the  semi-finals,  when 
he  met  Clare  Griswald,  a  former  Pacific  Northwest  cham- 
pion. Nickel  and  Griswald  swapped  holes  up  to  the  six- 
teenth in  the  morning  in  the  first  half  of  their  36-hole  match, 
Nickel  finishing  one  up  at  lunch;  but  in  the  afternoon's  ses- 
sion the  boy  from  Portland  just  toyed  with  the  Burlingame 
star,  winning  the  first  three  holes.  Nickel  relied  on  his  luck 
and  nerve,  and  actually  got  within  one  of  the  leader  at  the 
sixteenth  hole,  but  blew  in  playing  the  seventeenth,  where 
he  had  led  in  all  his  previous  matches. 

Griswald  won  the  seventeenth  2-1 ;  in  the  meantime,  Cap- 
tain Bullock  Webster  was  just  mowing  them  down  with 
persistent  regularity,  winning  his  second  match  8-7;  his 
last  victory  in  the  semi-finals  being  E.  J.  "Mike"  Hadden, 
the  Sequoyah  Club's  best  bet.  The  Captain  was  never  ex- 
tended in  any  of  his  matches.  His  golf  throughout  the 
entire  tournament  was  perfection  personified. 

Edwin  M.  Eddy  of  the  San  Francisco  Golf  and  Country 
Club  walked  away  with  the  President's  Cup  flight  when  he 
defeated  Brant  Wickersham  of  Lakeside  by  the  score  of 
7-5. 


.   The  "Only  One"  at  the  Fall  Party— What  a  surprise  to 
see  you  in  a  Tuxedo.    Did  you  rent  it? 

Poor  Frater — No,  but  every  time  I  stoop  over  I'm  afraid 
I  will. — Allegheny  Alligator. 


LARKINS  DUCO 
Has  Lustre 

Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.    Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

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MME.  M.  S.  E.  LEE 

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The  Original  Pioneer  Carpet  and  Rug  Cleaners 

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A    convenient    location    for  club   members 


Prospect  9S6 


April  3,   1926 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  oC  Publicity 
Nntlonnl  Automobile  Club 

THE  dedication  of  the  first  memo- 
rial marker  on  the  line  of  the  Vic- 
tory Highway  in  California  will  take 
place  on  Mny  31  (Decoration  Day), 
near  Antioch,  and  the  new  bridge 
across  the  San  Joaquin  River,  when 
Contra  Costa  County's  bronze  tablet, 
with  the  names  of  more  than  sixty  boys 
who  gave  their  last  full  measure  of  de- 
votion to  their  country  in  the  World 
War,  is  unveiled. 

The  Committee  in  charge,  appointed 
by  President  Veale  of  the  East  Contra 
Costa  Chamber  of  Commerce,  consists 
of  Mrs.  Harry  Beede,  chairman;  Leo 
O'Hara,  commander  of  the  local  post 
of  the  American  Legion;  Eugene  Vi- 
erra  and  Frank  Silva.  with  George 
Upham,  secretary  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  acting  as  Secretary.  As- 
sisting this  committee  is  Roy  V.  Davis, 
president  of  the  Associated  Contra 
Costa  County  Chambers  of  Commerce 
while  the  matter  is  being  forwarded  in 
its  national  aspect  by  Men  Blow,  field 
secretary  of  the  National  Automobile 
Club,    vice-president    of    the    Victory 

Highway   Association  and   its  manager 

and  originator  of  the  Victory  Highway 

plan. 

The  marker  to  be  erected  is  about 
fourteen   feet   in  height  and  is  made  up 

of   the    bronze   Victory    Eagle    which 

rests  upon  a  ten-fool  base  of  white  con- 
crete. Upon  the  base  a  massive  tablet 
is  to  be  placed,  which  will  carry  in 
everlasting  bronze  the  names  of  those 
Contra  Costa  boys  who  gave  their  lives 
upon  the  battlefields  of  France  in  de- 
li use  of  the  liberty  of  the  world. 

The    formal    bronze   which    will    cap 
the    monument    is    said    by    Pro! 
Roberts  of  the  University  of  Minnesota 
to    be    probably    the    finest    American 


Eagle  group  in  the  United  States.  It 
is  of  more  than  life  size,  posed  in  an 
attitude  of  defiance  over  its  nest  and 
young,  symbolizing  that  protection 
which  this  country  gives  its  people, 
and  is  accurate  in  every  detail.  It  was 
prepared  under  the  supervision  of  two 
of  the  leading  ornithologists  of  the 
United  States. 

This  marker  to  be  erected  in  Contra 
Costa  County  will  initiate  the  memo- 
rial aspect  of  the  Victory  Highway  in 
California  and  already  the  Women's 
Council  of  Sacramento  is  planning  to 
honor  the  dead  of  the  AVorld  War  by 
a  similar  group  to  be  placed  on  the  line 
of  the  Victory  Highway  in  their 
county. 

This  movement  to  place  memorial 
markers  on  the  line  of  the  Victory 
Highway  in  every  county,  has  gained 
greatly  in  interest  with  the  tremendous 
advance  in  road  improvement  which 
has  taken  place  in  the  last  year,  and  as 
each  marker  goes  into  place,  and  is  un- 
veiled with  its  list  of  the  dead,  the 
completion  of  this  great  memorial  plan 
comes  closer,  calling  for  a  great  road 
from  east  to  west,  the  nation's  central 
highway,  marked  as  no  highway  in  the 
history  of  the  world  has  ever  been 
marked. 

The  location  of  the  Contra  Costa 
marker  is  at  the  junction  of  the  An- 
tioch-Brentwood  Highway  with  the 
highway  to  the  Antioch  bridge  and 
Sacramento,  and  Contra  Costa's  Board 
of  Supervisors  has  granted  a  triangular 
bit  of  ground  at  this  spot  as  the  site 
for  the  monument,  instructing  the 
county  engineer  to  co-operate  with  the 
committee  in  charge.  A  conduit  for 
water  and  electricity  is  to  be  supplied 
and  concealed  spot  lights  will  shine 
upon  tin'  eagle  and  it^  accompanying 
tablet  that  the  passing  public  may 
know  by  night  a-  well  as  by  day  that 
Contra  Costa  County  does  not  forgel 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Pane  7i 

when  a  mere  male  trie--  to  run  a  home 
and  bring  up  three  nieces,  and  a  girl 
attempts  to  run  her  father's  business. 
Vdded  to  this  for  good  measure,  a  wo- 
man hater  and  a  girl  who  would  not 
inarrv  the  best  man  on  earth,  and  you 
can  picture  the  laughter  that  ensues 
at  every  performance. 

There  is  a  splendid  cast  headed  by 
delightful  Pale  Winter  and  Kenneth 
Daigneau.  Supporting  them  are  Rob- 
ert Lowe.  Dorothy  Le  Mar.  Mitchell 
Ingraham.  Olive  Cooper,  Karl  Lee. 
William  Abram,  Charles  F.dler.  Thel- 
ma  Hubbard,  Kay  I..  Royce,  May  Nan- 
nary  and  Flsie  Bassett. 


"Westward  Ho!"  and  the '49'ers 
in  their  covered  wagons  moved  on — 
in  a  quest  of  better  things — onward 
to  the  sun  setting  in  the  Pacific. 

They — gifted  with  faith  and  confidence 
— paved  the  way  for  a  development  now- 
enjoyed  to  a  greater  extent  in  California 
than  elsewhere. 

Thru  business  initiative  the  development 
of  Hydro-Electric  energy  in  this  state  has 
been  financed  and  perfected  most  exten- 
sively— and  service  is  available  at  a  de- 
creasing cost,  within  the  reach  of  all. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


"FACinC    SEBVICE 


Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 

Since  1913 

Coat  of  Government  increased    ....    313'' 

Cost  of  Living  increased fis4< 

Cost  of  Electricity  decreased       -     -     -     -         8% 

13-426 


-the  better  itgeb 


"There  may  be  >omethine;  in  this 
after  all."  said  the  revenue  agent  as 
he  put  his  lips  to  the  bottle. 

■  rnell  Widow. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,  1926 


RADIO 

(Continued  from  Page  11) 

owned  or  controlled  by  aliens  or 
foreign  governments. 

3 — Gives  the  Secretary  of  Commerce 
the  power  to  revoke  licenses  upon 
certain  specified  grounds. 

-1 — Makes  federal  laws  relating  to 
unlawful  restraints  and  monopo- 
lies applicable  to  the  radio  in- 
dustry. 

5 — Establishes  a  National  Radio 
Ci  mmission,  consisting  of  5  mem- 
bers, representing  the  various  sec- 
tions of  the  United  States,  to  co- 
operate with  the  Secretary  of 
Commerce  in  the  determination 
of  licenses,  wave  lengths,  and  any 
matters  the  determination  of 
which  is  vested  in  the  Secretary 
of  Commerce.  The  decisions  of 
both  the  Secretary  of  Commerce 
and  the  Commission  are  subject 
to  court  appeal,  so  that  there  is  no 

chance  for  injustice. 
*     *     * 

Radio  Aids  Entertainment 
Enterprises 

After  five  years  of  broadcasting, 
many  of  the  bugaboos  of  1921  have  dis- 
appeared, according  to  KFI.  One  of 
the  most  frightened  wails  that  went 
up  during  the  early  days  of  radio  was 
from  the  musical  and  theatrical  inter- 
ests who  saw  a  loss  of  audience.  The 
ease  and  comfort  of  listening  to  great 
artists  at  home  would,  they  argued, 
prevent  the  public  from  making  the 
effort  of  attending  public  perform- 
ances. That  radio  has  not  in  any  way 
injured  the  concert  and  theatrical  in- 
dustries is  now  an  admitted  fact.  What 
most  people  do  not  know,  however,  is 
that  radio  has  actually  helped  in  build- 


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ing  their  audiences.  A  check  on 
church,  football,  musical  and  theatrical 
attendance  in  New  York  over  a  period 
of  a  year,  proved  that  broadcasting  in- 
creased attendance  at  all  the  mentioned 
functions.  The  1925  football  season 
drew  the  biggest  crowds  in  history — 
yet  every  major  game  was  broadcast. 
Since  church  services  have  been  put 
on  the  air  regularly  by  leading  stations 
it  has  been  noticed  that  congregations 
have  increased  sharply  in  number. 
The  assertion  made  several  years  ago 
by  Earle  C.  Anthony,  owner  of  KFI, 
that  radio  was  a  deterrent  to  nothing 
except  mental  sloth,  has  been  closely 
borne  out. 

Where  no  outstanding  musical  figure 
could  be  prevailed  upon  to  broadcast 
several  years  ago,  through  fear  of  los- 
ing popularity,  today  there  is  now 
hardly  a  major  artist  who  has  not  been 

heard  on  millions  of  receiving  sets. 
*     *     * 

Radio  Rogues 

In  glancing  through  a  daily  paper 
recently  it  was  learned  that  a  certain 
number  of  San  Francisco  merchants 
had  been  duped  into  signing  notes  or 
trade  acceptances  by  smooth  talking 
radii)  salesmen  on  the  promise  of  big 
returns,  without  any  investment  what- 
soever: in  other  words,  it  was  appar- 
ently, a  chance  to  make  some  easy 
money,  so  they  thought,  without  any 
effort  other  than  that  of  signing  a  smail 
piece  of  paper. 

A  great  scheme ;  but  such  easy 
money,  nine  times  out  of  ten,  has  a 
string  attached  thereto,  and  this  par- 
ticular money  had  the  necessary  string 
in  the  form  of  a  note  signed  by 
the  merchant  calling  for  $120.00,  which 
was  to  be  paid  after  a  certain  period  of 
time.  The  time  being  up,  the  notes, 
which  in  the  meantime  had  been  turned 
over  to  a  finance  company,  naturally 
became  due  and  the  finance  company 
now  wishes  to  collect  what  is  coming 
to  it.  The  merchants  are  objecting, 
saying  that  they  do  not  owe  the  money, 
as  they  received  no  goods.  It  seems 
that  they  were  not  entitled  to  any  radio 
sets,  as  the  notes  were  signed  to  hold 
the  rights  in  each  case,  as  the  exclusive 
dealer  in  that  particular  neighbor- 
h(  ii  id. 

It  now  develops  that  some  of  the 
merchants  involved  did  not  even  take 
time  to  read  the  notes  and  contracts, 
stating  that  they  were  too  busy  to  do 
so.  That  being  the  case,  why  did  they 
even  take  the  proposition  under  con- 
sideration!' If  they  were  too  busy  to 
read  what  they  signed,  they  should 
have  been  too  busy  to  take  on  more 
obligations. 

Dealings  of  this  nature  hurt  the  radio 
business  to  a  certain  extent ;  for  when 
a  good  reliable  company  does  come  on 
the  market,  it  will  be  just  so  much 
harder  to  convince  the  merchants  that 
they  are  not  being  duped.   All  because 


a  few  little  merchants  failed  to  investi- 
gate the  contracts! 

Radio  is  here  to  stay.  Of  that  there 
is  no  doubt,  but  this  instance  is  the 
same  as  many  other  undertakings 
which  have  sprung  up.  As  soon  as  a 
concern  starts  to  make  money  from  an 
enterprise,  immediately  every  merchant 
has  the  same  idea;  and  they  get  into 
the  jjame  as  well.  Let  any  organiza- 
tion boom  and  start  selling  stock ; 
everybody  wants  to  buy  stock;  and 
naturally  they  expect  to  reap  a  million 
for  perhaps  a  one  hundred  dollar  in- 
vestment. 

From  all  indications  in  this  particu- 
lar Radio  Investment,  these  merchants 
were  promised  big  returns  and  with,  as 
they  thought,  nothing  to  lose,  they  now 
find  themselves  stung  for  $120.00.  A 
fine  kettle  of  fish  !  Certainly  all  such 
things  should  be  stopped  immediately. 
but  the  best  remedy  for  stopping  it 
would  be  for  the  merchants  themselves 
to  investigate  all  and  any  such  propo- 
sitions that  are  put  up  to  them  and  not 
wait  until  some  finance  company  comes 
around  a  few  months  later  and  starts 
legal  action  to  collect  on  contracts 
which  were  signed  without  the  proper 
investigation. 


Troop  No.  93,  B.  S.  A. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Boy 
Scouts  of  America,  Troop  No.  93,  was 
dispersed  last  Thursday,  and  the  whole 
troop  gathered  at  the  Beach  near  the 
end  of  the  "B"  car  line,  where  "hot 
dogs."  placed  over  the  glowing  coals 
of  the  improvised  camp  fire  were  en- 
joyed by  all  the  Scouts  present. 

The  next  "hike"  has  been  planned  for 
April  11th.  to  be  in  Marin  County. 

The  report  of  Patrols  on  the  sale  of 
the  News  Letter  was  very  good.  Sev- 
eral Patrols  now  have  steady  custom- 
ers, and  they  expect  to  increase  the 
number  of  sales  in  the  very  near  future. 

The  meeting  was  adjourned  at  9:45 
and  will  convene  again  at  7 :30  p.  m.. 
April  8th,  at  the  Galileo  High  School. 
Visitors  are  alwavs  welcome. 


At  Mary  Eleanor's 

We  believe  we  can  say.  with  absolute 
authenticity,  that  nowhere  in  San  Fran- 
cisco can  one  find  better  fried  chicken 
than  at  Mary  Eleanor's,  in  Powell  St. 
near  Sutter.  One  often  tires  of  chops, 
steaks,  roasts,  but  almost  everyone 
finds  a  tender  and  well  cooked  chicken 
to  his  or  her  liking.  Baked  or  fried 
chicken,  a  la  Mary  Eleanor,  is  a  dish 
which  one  turns  to  gratefully,  after  a 
monotonous  routine  of  other  meats. 
This  charming  dining  room,  with  its 
chaste  white  naperv,  its  courteous  wait- 
resses, its  floral  decorations,  always 
placed  with  a  lavish  hand,  is  the  very 
place  for  anyone  seeking  refinement  of 
surroundings  with  an  excellent  cuisine. 
Sunday  dinner,  served  here  for  $1.00, 
cannot  be  surpassed,  for  the  price. 


April  3,  192o 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


Mr.  Blabbitt  on  Warm  Weather 


AT  THIS  time  of  year,  which  seems  to  hover  between 
-  mid-July  and  Havana,  Cuba,  thoughts  of  the  working 
and  indolent  public  turn  to  vacation,  with  its  attendant  wor- 
ries, expenses  and  pleasures.  April  is  ordinarily  a  very 
economical  month  from  every  standpoint,  for  it  is  usually 
windy  and  showery, and  gives  us  an  opportunity  to  favor  our 
winter  clothing  with  a  new  lease  of  life,  which  if  not  desir- 
able is,  at  least,  permissible.  As  matters  now  stand,  with 
the  sun  shining  every  day,  a  certain  per  cent  of  the  family 
income  must  be  expended  for  cool  drinks  and  advance  styles. 
It  is  an  ill  wind  that  blows  no  one  good,  and  April  is  ordi- 
narily very  breezy ;  but  this  year  things  are  different — there 
has  been  no  wind  and  so,  presumably,  few  have  benefited. 

Warm  weather  is  farm  weather,  speaking  from  a  poetical 
standpoint,  for  it  turns  the  thoughts  of  men  and,  perhaps, 
of  beasts  back  to  the  open  spaces,  from  which  they  event- 
ually are  so  glad  to  return  to  the  city.  From  present  indica- 
tions  it  might  be  a  good  thing  to  invest  in  ice  company 
stock,  and  sell  holdings  in  anthracite  and  bituminous  mines. 
Enter  any  soft  drink  establishment  these  times  and  you  will 
find  every  stool  and  chair  occupied.  The  patrons  have 
peculiar  tastes,  which  do  not  contribute  to  their  particular 
benefit.  For  instance,  there  is  the  stout  lady  who  always 
asks  for  a  banana  special ;  or  the  thin,  nervous  man  who  re- 
quests a  "coke" ;  or  the  children  who  gauge  with  devouring 
eyes  the  amount  of  ice  cream  deposited  in  their  cones  by 
indifferent  and  harrassed  attendants ;  or  the  economical  soul, 
who  very  unconcernedly  asks  for  a  glass  of  water,  and  be- 
comes greatly  shocked  when  told  the  cost  will  be  five  cents. 
All  of  these  people  have  their  place  on  a  hot  day,  and  all  of 
1  hem  try  to  make  that  place  a  cool  one. 

In  California,  residents  will  tell  you,  we  never  experience 
either  extremes  of  hot  or  cold.  The  only  thing  we  can  say  in 
this  connection  is  that  the  heat  or  cold  is  not  distributed 
over  seasons  but  is  concentrated  in  a  day  or  week. 

Some  places  in  the  United  States  have  thermos  climates- 
bottling  their  inhabitants  up  in  unbearable  extremes;  but 
where  we  live  the  lid  is  off  and  plent)  of  fresh  air  helps  US 
over  the  hard  places.  San  Franciscans  will  tell  you  the  lid 
is  off  here  in  more  ways  than  one.  a  few  of  them  of  great 
benefit  in  warm  weather,  whether  it  comes  in  April  or  July. 


The  Piano  Festival 
A  novelty  which  was  enthusiastically  anticipated  on 
Monday,  was  the  Piano  Festival  given  at  the  Auditorium. 
With  the  balcony  tilled  to  capacity,  and  the  greater  portion 
of  the  main  Hour  taken,  one  realized  that  San  Francisco 
was  always  ready  to  show  itself  as  a  music  lover.  The 
unadorned  interior  of  the  Auditorium  and  the  huge  stage 
with  24  grand  Steinways  gave  one  the  impression  of  eu- 

tering  the  sales  department  of  a  piano  factory  instead  of  a 
conceit  ball.  However,  the  fact  that  Alfred  1  lertz  was  to 
direct  was  promise  that  a  treat  was  in  store. 

The  opening  number,  rendered  by  24  pianists,  all  concert 
artist.-,  allayed  one'-  fears  immediately,  for  their  sensitive 

attention  to  the  director'-  baton  made  the  many  instru- 
ments sound  as  one.  The  pronounced  rythmic  Spanish 
Dances  by  Moszkowski  inspired  the  audience.  Saint- Saens 
Variations  on  a  theme  bj    Beethoven,  was  carried  by  each 

pianist  in  turn,  ending  in  a  consummate  and  harmonious  en- 
semble. The  March  Militaire  evoked  enthusiastic  applause. 
Hill's  Jazz  Study  was.  however,  a  poor  attempt  to  turn 
modern  j:\yy  into  a  classic,  was  unsuited  and  seemed  to 
detract  from  the  dignit)  of  the  occasion. 

The  beautiful  and  melodious  Brahms  waltzes  SO  perfectly 


rendered  and  the  difficult  Second  Rhapsody  of  Liszt  would 
have  been  a  fitting  climax  and  we  would  have  left  reluc- 
tantly, but  for  some  reason  impossible  to  fathom,  the  uni- 
versal theme  of  "chop  sticks"  with  ludicrous  variations  was 
chosen  for  a  finale,  and  the  audience  stayed  on  to  the  weari- 
some end,  only  through  courtesy  to  our  admired  Hertz. 

The  announcement  was  made  that  the  final  symphony 
concert  will  be  held  on  the  18th  of  April ;  also  the  very  good 
news  that  an  effort  is  on  foot  to  join  with  Hollywood  to  give 
a  series  of  twenty  concerts  under  the  leadership  of  different 
national  musical  directors.  These  concerts  will  be  given 
during  May,  June  and  July  and  a  season  ticket,  including 
the  twenty  concerts,  will  be  sold  for  $10.  By  taking  advan- 
tage of  this  generous  offer,  music  lovers  will  make  it  pos- 
sible for  San  Francisco  to  support  this  movement  and  hold 
its  reputation  as  the  West's  leading  Musical  Center. 


Books  for  the  Small  Folks 

Two  attractive  little  volumes  at  70c  each,  just  brought 
out  by  the  Beckley-Cardy  Company,  Publishers,  Chicago, 
would  please  any  child  as  gifts.  They  are:  "Better  Health 
for  Little  Americans,"  by  Edith  Wilhelmina  Lawson, 
which  contains  many  a  good  hint  for  well-being,  written 
in  an  appealing  manner  for  children,  and  stressing  the  two 
great  essentials  for  better  health  for  all  of  us, — sunshine 
and  fresh  air;  and  "Story  Book  Tales."  by  Mina  Pearl 
Ashton,  a  volume  of  pleasing  verses,  some  based  on  old 
nursery  tales,  and  some  new. 

"Story  Book  Tales."  " Metier  Health  for  Little  Ameri- 
can-." Beckley-Cardy,  Publishers,  Chicago,  70c  each. 


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Scientific  laundering  makes  Linens  last  longer. 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  3,  1926 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

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Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

(Formerly   with   Shreve   &    Company) 

CLOCK-MAKERS  and  WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME,   ANTIQtE   AND  COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

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Oil  Merger 

The  first  public  financing  to  make 
its  appearance  in  connection  with  the 
consolidation  of  the  Associated  Oil 
Company  (California)  and  the  Tide 
Water  Oil  Company,  took  place  re- 
cently, in  the  offering  of  theTide  Water 
Associated  Oil  Company's  convertible 
>i\  Cumulative  Preferred  Stock.  Pro- 
ceeds of  this  new  issue  will  be  used  to 
pay  in  part  for  the  acquisition  of  such 
shares  of  Associated  Oil  Company 
Stock  as  that  company's  stockholders 
elected  under  the  recently  announced 
exchange  plan  to  sell  for  cash.  The 
offering  was  made  by  a  nation-wide 
banking  syndicate  under  the  leadership 
of  Blair  &  Co.  Inc.,  and  Chase  Securi- 
ties Corporation.  It  will  be  followed 
in  the  near  future,  by  an  offering  of 
Tide  Water  Associated  Oil  Company's 
Common  Stock. 

These  two  operations  will  bring  to 
a  conclusion  the  work  of  merging  the 
Companies  into  a  composite  unit  hav- 
ing total  assets  of  $240,000,000  and 
forming  America's  first  coast-to-coast 
oil  concern  to  be  formed  since  the  his- 
toric Standard   Oil  dissolution  decree. 

In  connection  with  the  financing,  an- 
nouncement is  made  that  all  but  minor 
details  have  been  worked  out  to  give 
effect  to  the  Tide  Water  Associated  Oil 
Consolidation.  Associated  Oil,  with 
its  principal  activities  in  the  far  West, 
and  Tide  Water,  with  its  principal  ac- 
tivities in  the  East,  were  said  to  form 
a  natural  and  logical  consolidation  and, 
by  reason  of  their  union,  it  is  believed 
by  officials  of  both  companies  that  sub- 
stantial savings  in  operation  will  be 
effected. 


(jentleman — Waiter,  what's  wrong 
with  this  chicken? 

Waiter — It's  been  in  a  fight,  sir! 

"Well  !  Take  it  back  and  bring  me 
the  winner." — Crinnell  Malteaser. 


Absence  makes  the  heart  grow 
fonder — but  presents  bring  the  best  re- 
sults.— Notre  Dame  Juggler. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE 
The  Mineral  Development  Company 

Location  of  prlnclnnl  place   of  business, 

San    IVmiciv Calif. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  regular 
meeting  of  tile  Directors  held  on  the  16th 
day  of  March,  1926  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.  Room  246,  Monadnock  Building. 
San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  22nd  day  of  April.  1926. 
will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Wednesday  the 
19th  day  of  May.  1926  to  pay  the  delinquent 
assessment,  together  with  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expense  of  sale. 

M.  J.  SEELT,  Secretary, 
245   Monadnock   Building. 
San   Francisco,  Calif. 


I'm  Going  to  Telephone 
Pi — I  want  to  call  Ellen,  where  can 

I  get  ahold  of  her? 

Phi — I   don't   know.     She's   awfully 

ticklish. — Middlebury  Blue   Baboon. 


N.    W.    CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Oillce  and  Works  1025  Mission  St. 

Phone  Market  71)13 

Branch    Office!   700    Sutter    St. 

(Hotel   Canterbury    Hide.) 

Phone    Prospect   0845 

Work  Called   For  and   Delivered 


Georcf  C  Homer  S.  A.  LuVEjOY 

Garfield  2024 

The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment,    Current   Delinquent  Accounts,  Legal  Aid, 

Audits-Systems,     Financial    Statements,    Income    Tax 

Reports,  Bookkeeping   (Part  Time  Service) 


Dt  Yottc  Building 


San  Francisco 


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TneVbtoo  o/s  Thousand  Oudena' 

224-226  Gianl  Ave.    Tel  Kearny  4975 


WHERE  TO  DINE 


CAFE  MARQUARD 

Adjoining  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 
GEARY  AND  MASON 

.  Phone  Prospect  61 

■*§/»  REVUE  =),&* 

Nightly 

THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The  Cily'9  Most   Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

50c,  75c,  $1.00       35c,  50c,  75c     S1.00.S1.50  a  la  carte 

Dancing   7:00  P.   M.   to   1*0    A.   M. 

363  Sutler  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

special  parties  arranged 
headquarters  for  theatrical  people 
hatt1e  mooser  minnie  c.  mooser 


ICE  CREAf% 
CANDY 
PASTRY 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 

DINNER  '//, 


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Luncheon  is  served  from   11:30  to  2:30 

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and  tea  from  3  to  5 
334  Sutter  St.               Douglas  7118 

CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.   m.   to  2  p.  m.    (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for   banquets   and   parties,   seating   75   to   100   people. 

441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


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Luncheon    (11:30  to  2   p.  m.) $  .75         No  Viiilor  Should    Le.»e    the  Cn,    «  ,ih 

Sunday    Luncheon    1.00  out    Dining    in    the    Fineit    Cafe 

Dinner.    Week    Days $1.50  la  America 

Dinner,    Sundays    and    Holidays 1.75 

DANCING  SUNDAY  EVENINGS 


NOAH'S 
ARK 

03  Third   Avenue.  S  V\    MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cooking: 
Open    From 
11:30   a.   m.   to  2:00   p.   m. 
5:30    p.    in.    to    8:30    p.    m. 
Sundays     and     Holidays 
4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

closed  BVBR1    Minnt, 

Half    DIO«k    from     IHtlnv.y 


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Restaurant 

OPEN  (too   A.  M    TO   11 M  P.  M. 

14-Miu  Housi 

Carl  Leonhardt 

formerly  of 
Golden  Gate  Park  fauna 

FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  brushing  once  or  twice  a  day  is 
taking  very  good  care  of  them.  Brushing  is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  iu  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 
908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions;     Crowns;     Self    Cleaning     Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of    the    Sisters    of    St.    Dominic. 


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Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12,  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Building,  Powell  and  Market  Sts.,  San   Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


Make   yourself  at    home    at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.  I  TtlhnanB  Plica,  ...  2*\  Craal    kvt 

The    Homo    of    the    Book     Lover 
Rare    Books — First    Editions — Fine    Bindings 
por  tat  ions   from   Zachnsdorf,    Root,    Worrell,  London 

n i missions   in    London    Executed 
Single  Books  and  Libraries  Purchased 
Phone  Kearny 


I     Books  that  are   reviewed  in  the   News   Letter  can  be  obtai 


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239  Post  Street 


San  Francisco.  Cal 


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GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

Chapel — 771   to  777  Valencia  Street  Bet    IMd  and   19th  Sts., 

San  Francisco.     Phone  Market  64 


MOUNTAIN    SPRINGS    WATER 

"Bort/wf  or  th*  Sprint, " 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

IT*    Clara     ItMt-   -Garfield     M4 


EVEN  DEAD  PHARAOHS 
^ose  for  the  c^ptagravure 


Not  onl\'  current  events  of  arresting  in- 
terest find  expression  in  the  fascinating 
pictures  of  The  Chronicle  Rotagravure; 
the  camera  delves  into  the  secrets  of  the 
past  as  well  as  brings  to  light  such  amaz- 
ing photographs  as  the  "death  mask"  of 
the  3000-year-buried  King  Tut-Ankh- 
Amen. 

Old  or  new — tragic  or  comic — beautiful  or 
grotesque — the  most  interesting  things  in  cre- 
ation are  presented  every  week  in  The 


ROTAGRAVURE 


Their  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy.— This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 


The  center 
for  Theatres 
'Banks,  Shops 

ePleate  write 

for  "booth  I 


$    RATES— 'Per  -Day,  tingle,  €uropean  'Plan 
S2.50  to  »400 
J. 50  to     5.00 
6.00  to     8.00 


120  rooms  with  running  water 

220  rooms  with  bath 
1 60  rooms  with  bath 


Double.  94.00  up 

Also  a  number  of  targe  and  beautiful  rooms  and 
™  suites,  some  in  period  furnishings  with  grand  piano, 
*      fire  place  and  bath,  $10  00  up. 

LARGE  AND  WELL  EOUIPPED  SAMPI  K  ROOMS 

TKA^CHO  CjOLF  CLUB] 
L         available  to  all  guestsJ 

HAROLD   E.  LATHROP 

^Manager 


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ALEXANDRIA 

Los  Angeles 


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The  NEW 
HOLLYWOOD  PLAZA 

HOLLYWOOD'S  most  modern  hotel;  exclusive  — 
luxuriously  appointed.  Conveniently  situated  in  the 
heart  of  this  famous  city,  it  is  the  center  for  all  activities. 
20  minutes  from  Los  Angeles — 20  minutes  from  the  beach. 
You'll  thoroughly  enjoy  vour  stay  here.  Rates:  Rooms 
with  bath,  $2.50  up. 

Hutel  lius  Meets  Trains 

HOLLYWOOD  PLAZA  HOTEL 

Vim:  St..  South  of  Hollywood  Boli.lvard 


Fred  Solarfs  Grill 


19  Majbek  Lane  (Opp.  Old  Chronicle  Bldg. ) 

Now  have  24  well  ventilated,  spacious  private  dining 
rooms  and  Banquet  Hall. 

Si  line  of  the  reasons  for  the  discriminating  eating 
public  demanding  thai  our  place  be  enlarge  1  three 
times  in  as  many  years  : 

P(  it  )D — (  (niy  the  best  the  market  affords  served. 

COOKS — All  of  our  cmk-  are  graduates  of  Culi- 

nai\   schools  of  Europe. 

WAITERS — <  Inly  efficient,  clean,  courteous  and  in- 
telligent men  are  employed  here. 

SERVICE — Incomparable  service  will  be  had. 

KITCHEN  —  Our  kitchen  has  been  enlarged  to 
twice  its  original  size  and  the  latest  sanitary  kitchen 
equipment  installed. 

Come  to  Fred  Solan's  Grill  in  Your  Outing  or 
Golf  Togs  and  You  Will  Feci  Right  at  Home. 

(  )pen  Till  11   P.M. 

MAIN  Room  PHONE— SUTTER  8600 
PRIVATE  R(  »  >.M  PH(  >NE— SUTTER  8492 


ESTABLISHED  JULY  20,  1856 


PRICE  10  CENTS 


$5.00  PER  YEAR 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


SATURDAY,  APRIL  10th,  1926 


LOS  ANGELES 


Why  not  Enjoy  the  Best? 

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Unequaled  for  selectivity,  distance  and  tonal  qualities.     Beautiful  in  design, 
easily  tuned  and  fully  guaranteed. 


Price  $175.00 


Convenient  Terms 


Hear  it  in  mtr  Salon  D" Audition 
Or  arrange  for  a  demonstration  in  yum  home 


Imperial  Radio  Co. 

220     STOCKTON   ST 

SAN      FRANCI  SCO 

TELEPHONE  DOUGLAS  2699 

Exclusive  San  Francisco  retail  distributors 

For  ii  short  time  otilv  <i  reasonable  all  on  xour  old  set 


BROADCAST  SCHEDULE  FOR  NEXT  WEEK 

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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF.,  APRIL  10,  1926 


No.  15 


HIS  WORD   OF  HONOR 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


You  have  met  him  somewhere,  I  know — the  Sunday  School 
type  of  man,  who  draws  down  his  mouth  at  the  corners;  who 
would  never  think  of  speaking  of  a  woman's  legs ;  who  shud- 
ders at  the  nude  in  art;  who  apparently  looks  upon  all  matters 
pertaining  to  sex  with  such  abhorrence  that  one  wonders  if 
all  his  children  were  immaculate  conceptions? 

*  *     * 

He  is  very  proud  of  his  religious  training  (generally  Cal- 
vinistic)  and  speaks  frequently  of  it  as  if  it  was  a  priceless 
possession  that  only  the  few  elect  could  secure,  instead  of  what 
it  really  is — the  smothering  mummy  cloths  of  a  distorted  and 

warped  soul. 

*  *     * 

He  looks  upon  wine,  as  a  poison,  and  every  glass  of  it 
holds,  in  his  vision,  a  writhing  serpent.  The  juice  of  the  grape. 
instead  of  being  a  gift  from  the  gods,  he  categories  a<  a  weapon 

of  the  Devil's  with  which  to  lure  weak  man. 


*     * 
lie  meets  the  world  with  SU! 
cretiveness,  his  own  suppression 


licion   created   by   his  own   se- 

,  his  own  deceit  ;  and  when  he 

docs  occasionally  (very  occasionally  )  bestow  his  affection  upon 

someone,  he  gives  it  si,  begrudgingly,  so  gingerlj  .  so  hesitantly. 

that  the  receiver  finds  more  pain  than  pleasure  in  the  experi- 
ence. 

*  *     * 

He  is  of  an  intensely  jealous  nature — although  he  denies  that 
tact  vociferantly;  he  would  be  of  a  very  sensual  nature,  had 
he  not  suppressed  all  his  natural  emotions  at  an  early  age.  Inn 
this  quality,  also,  he  vehemently  refuses  all  knowledge  of;  he 

looks  at  the  world  in  general  through  the  small  end  of  the  opera 

glass,  and  judges  it  accordingly. 

*  *      * 

If  at  any  time  he  has  made  incursions  into  the  forbidden 
pastures,  has  ventured  fearfully  into  that  "secret  orchard" 
which  exists  in  most  men's  lives,  and  there  bred  and  fos- 
tered some  exotic  flower  of  love,  he  recalls  this  peccadillo 
with  horror,  and  metaphorically  speaking,  dons  a  hair  shirt 
to  do  penance  in.  as  long  as  the  regret  is  still  poignant. 

*  *     * 

Perhaps  this  same  experience  was  really  the  most  beauti- 
ful, the  most  natural,  the  most  inspiring,  of  his  pinched 
existence;  perhaps  in  this  blossom  time  lie  has  met  his 
real  mate,  the  one  woman  who  could  have  molded  his  path 
into  lovely  and  beneficial  ways;  perhaps  in  his  withdrawal 
be  has  caused  suffering  :  be  gives  no  thought  to  any  feelings 
but  his  own  cherished  self-delusions,  and  fastens  his  hair 
shirt  tighter  than  ever. 


Contradictory  as  it  may  seem,  this  type  of  man  has,  what 
one  might  call,  a  fluctuating  sense  of  honor  as  regards 
social  intercourse.  In  the  first  flurry  of  an  alien  impulse  of 
generosity,  he  makes  huge  promises  which  he  knows  he 
can  never  fulfill;  breaking  a  social  engagement  is  a  fre- 
quent occurrence  with  him.  Business  engagements, — ah, 
that  is  another  matter!  Those  must  be  kept,  for  their  re- 
munerative value.  This  sort  of  man  can  look  you  straight 
in  the  eye,  and  give  vou  his  "word  of  honor"  that  be  will 
do  such  and  such  a  thing,  with  absolutely  no  intention  of 

ever  keeping  it. 

*  *     * 

He  is  a  type  which  flourishes  mostly  in  the  East  and 
Middle  West,  where  the  winter  evenings  are  long  and  irk- 
some', and  one  finds  time  for  introspection.  There  are  only 
a  few  of  his  type  out  here,  thank  Heaven,  but  those  few  are 

too  many  for  us  ' 

*  *    * 

I  have  in  mind  another  type  of  man — a  type  that  seems  to 
be  passing  with  the  years,  anil  which  the  present  generation 
is  not  producing  as  prolifically  as  in  the  past. 


lie  is  a  s,.rt  of  "relic  of  former  years."  a  hard  drinking 
hard  swearing,  hard  living,  hard  loving,  hard  lying,  swash- 
buckling man.  with  a  natural  and  uncurbed  taste  for  the  good 
things  in  life,  mixed  with  an  enduring  respect  for  good  women, 
and   a   rough  tolerance  and  chivalry   towards   "bad"   women. 


Religion  does  not  liother  him  much,  although  he  often  listens 
to  Dr.  Gordon's  lectures  over  the  radio;  he  feels  a  strange 
worship  and  kinship  towards  the  big  woods,  mountains,  the 
sea  and  dashing  rivers;  an  abiding  awe  that  be  does  not  try  to 

explain. 

*     »     » 

lie  reads  virile  poetry,  but  he  laughs  at  the  sickh 
-tuff  so  much  in  the  market  today.     He  is  conversant  with  the 

ild  standard,  writers,  which  have  no  |>eer  in  content) 
literature,  in  his  opinion. 


He  WOldd  be  considered  by  "pillars  of  the  church"  and 
others,  as  a  hard-shelled  old  sinner,  but  when  he  gives  you  his 
word,  you  know   that  it  as  his  bond! 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  10,  1926 


There  seems  to  be  no 
San  Mateo  and  Consolidation  doubt  about  the  genuine- 
ness of  the  movement  in 
San  Mateo  County  towards  a  consolidation  with  this  City 
and  County.  The  best  and  keenest  business  minds  in  the 
peninsular  district  appear  to  be  thoroughly  convinced  of 
the  advantage  from  every  angle  and  of  the  economic  gains, 
in  particular.  So  that  petitions  are,  according  to  the  pa- 
pers, being  successfully  circulated  and  the  community,  from 
Daly  City  to  Menlo  Park,  shows  a  very  sensible  and  satis- 
factory desire  to  forward  the  consolidation  project. 

The  original  idea  appears  to  have  been  not  to  carry  the 
consolidation  beyond  Belmont,  but  there  has  been  a  marked 
desire  on  the  part  of  the  dwellers  in  the  southern  portion 
of  the  county  to  come  in  with  the  rest.  The  Menlo  Park 
Chamber  of  Commerce  is  evidently  in  favor  of  extending 
the  area  of  consolidation  so  as  to  embrace  the  whole  county. 
As  J.  H.  Sullivan,  president  of  the  Chamber,  says:  "There 
is  no  dividing  the  county  when  there  is  such  an  overwhelm- 
ing demand  by  the  entire  citizenship  of  the  peninsula  that 
San  Francisco  and  San  Mateo  Counties  should  be  united 
as  one." 

The  opposition  which  was  feared  on  behalf  of  Redwood 
City  is  now  regarded  as  negligible  and  so  there  does  not 
seem  to  be  any  real  reason  why  the  entire  county  should 
not  come  under  the  consolidation  plan  and  make  one  with 
San  Francisco  in  a  great  and  beautiful  municipal  and  county 
unit.  The  borough  system  of  government  would  be  insti- 
tuted as  stipulated  in  the  San  Francisco-San  Mateo  Consoli- 
dation Act  passed  by  the  state  legislature  in  1918.  There 
is  no  doubt  about  the  economy  of  the  proposed  action.  The 
expense  of  the  government  of  the  counties  will  be  obviously 
reduced  and  the  elimination  of  duplication  will  be  a  great 
gain. 

Needless  to  say,  we  wish  the  project  all  success. 


Unless  we  want  our  city  to  oc- 
A  Disgraceful  Condition     cupy  the  unenviable  position  of 

Chicago  as  a  murder  center, 
steps  must  be  taken  at  once  to  combat  the  era  of  cowardly 
assaults  in  connection  with  labor  troubles.  One  death,  at 
least,  has  resulted  within  the  past  few  days  and  we  have 
good  reason  for  the  belief  that  injuries  in  connection  with 
these  attacks  have  always  been  more  serious  than  the  pub- 
lic has  been  led  to  believe.  The  tendency  which  has  made 
Chicago  the  first  murder-city  in  the  world  began  with  simi- 
lar assassinations,  and  assaults  in  connection  with  labor 
disputes.  • 

The  molder  who  was  killed  less  than  a  week  ago,  was 
the  ninth  victim  of  the  despicably  cowardly  attacks  made 
upon  non-union  workers  in  the  trade  of  molder.  Eight 
other  molders  before  him  had  been  brought  down  by 
charges  of  buckshot  fired  into  their  legs,  and  backs.  The 
position  of  their  wounds  shows  the  desperately  treacherous 
method  of  attack.  Three  others  had  been  shot  at,  but  had 
escaped  wounding.  It  seems  incredible  that  such  offenses 
can  be  so  often  repeated  in  a  well-policed  community,  un- 
less there  is  some  lack  of  care  somewhere.  There  are  not 
many  people  who  are  to  be  hired  for  that  sort  of  work. 
It  would  seem  as  if  the  ones  actually  hired  should  have 
been  located  and  identified  before  nine  attacks  could  be 
carried  out. 

The  success  of  the  molder-assassins  seems  to  have  had  some 
encouraging  effects  upon  the  thugs  among  the  carpenters, 


for  hardly  was  their  ludicrous  strike  a  day  old,  before  there 
was  an  attempt  at  murder  and  honest  workers  were  sub- 
jected to  brutal  assault. 

It  is  freely  admitted  that  the  assassin  who  uses  a  car, 
shoots  his  victim  and  speeds  away  has  a  great  advantage, 
but,  if  the  police  force  is  of  the  right  calibre,  such  difficul- 
ties in  the  way  of  detection  should  be  an  additional  spur. 
We  confidently  anticipate  the  end  of  this  detestable  state 
of  things. 


Mayor  James  Rolph  Jr.  has  appointed 
Our  New  Assessor  Russell  L.  Woklen,  who  was  the  chief 
county  deputy  assessor  of  the  late 
John  Ginty,  former  assessor,  to  succeed  his  former  chief. 
The  appointment  appears  to  be  an  excellent  one,  in  all  re- 
spects, and  the  Mayor  seems  to  have  again  shown  his  very 
remarkable  sagacity  in  the  choice  of  public  servants.  Mr. 
Wolden  has  had  eight  years'  experience  in  the  assessor's 
office  and  has  been  chief  deputy  for  the  last  five  years. 

The  civil  service  seems  to  work  very  well  in  the  assessor's 
office,  better  than  in  many  others.  John  Ginty,  who  was 
the  admirable  late  incumbent,  succeeded  Washington 
Dodge,  who  for  many  years  held  the  position  with  great 
credit  and  indeed  with  much  distinction.  In  all  these  cases 
the  civil  service  has  been  the  operating  cause  of  promotion. 

The  Mayor  called  attention  to  the  importance  of  the 
office.  It  is  indeed  one  of  the  most  arduous  and  signifi- 
cant positions,  particularly  in  a  city  like  this,  where  the 
development  is  so  rapid  and  the  amount  of  wealth  grows 
so  rapidlv.  And,  as  the  Mayor  pointed  out.  the  new  state 
law  which  eliminates  a  large  part  of  the  assessed  valua- 
tions, makes  a  man  of  experience  very  necessary,  for  it  is 
required  to  find  new  values  to  replace  these. 

The  new  assessor  is  from  the  country,  being  a  resident  of 
San  Juan  I'.autista  and  is  47  years  old.  He  has  resided  in 
this  city  since  1907,  having  formerly  been  engaged  in  rail- 
road work  and  in  banking.  He  has  the  unexpired  term  to 
fill  until  January  1928,  and  no  doubt  will  by  that  time 
have  become  so  entrenched,  as  an  institution,  that  his  re- 
election will  be  a  practical  certainty. 

Assessors  are  by  no  means  the  most  popular  or  beloved 
of  officials,  but  in  this  case  especially  we  are  glad  to  offer 
our  felicitations. 


Secretary  of  Commerce, 
Uniform  Traffic  Regulations     Herbert  Hoover,  has  pointed 

out  that  in  states  where 
there  is  a  modern  vehicle  code,  the  hazards  of  traffic  are 
less  by  from  25  to  30  per  cent,  than  in  those  states  which 
have  no  such  code.  The  statistics  of  the  automobile  insur- 
ance companies  are  the  basis  for  this  computation.  Then 
it  is  very  clear  that  a  modern  vehicle  code  should  be  adopted 
everywhere,  and  it  is  also  to  the  interests  of  the  country,  as 
a  whole,  that  this  code  should  be,  as  nearly  as  possible, 
uniform  throughout  the  United  States. 

Such,  at  least,  was  the  conclusion  of  the  second  National 
Conference  on  Street  and  Highway  Safety  held  recently  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  with  1000  delegates  representing  43 
states.  And  there  was  no  need  to  apologize,  for  such  a 
gathering,  which  was  obliged  to  confront  a  death  list  of 
23,000  for  1925  and  an  injury  list  of  600,000.  These  fig- 
ures are  really  so  colossal  as  to  be  positively  disgraceful  to 
any  community  permitting  such  a  state  of  things  to 
continue. 

The  code  proposed  calls  for  a  speed  of  20  miles  in  resi- 
dential zones,  15  miles  in  business  areas  and  35  miles  in 
rural  districts.  We  are  used  to  these  regulations  and  have 
plenty  of  accidents.  But  our  traffic  surveys  disclose  the 
fact  that  30  to  80  per  cent  of  accidents  occur  at  crossings 
and  that  more  than  70  per  cent  of  the  victims  are  pedes- 
trians. Hence,  one  of  the  chief  provisions  of  the  new  code 
will  cause  the  subjection  of  pedestrians  to  control  at  street 
intersections  and  will  allow  them  to  cross  only  with  the 


April   10,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


flow  of  traffic  and  on  signal.  It  will  further  be  required 
that  pedestrians  only  cross  at  crossings  or  on  pedestrian 
lanes. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  such  a  code,  if  made  universal  in 
the  country,  will  bring  about  habits  in  the  management  of 
automobiles  tending  to  materially  reduce  the  number  of 
accidents. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


There  is  an  everlasting  clamor 
The  European  War  Debts     about   the   war   debts   and   all 

the  statesmen,  on  both  sides 
of  the  .water,  are  noisily  vociferating  this  way  and  that,  as 
to  the  blame  for  the  burden  which  lies  upon  the  world. 
Bad  temper  is  taking  the  place  of  decency.  Winston 
Churchill,  who  was  never  noted  for  blandness,  and  who 
comes  by  his  impatience  legitimately,  for  the  Churchills 
always  were  a  fire-eating  lot,  belabors  the  United  States. 
Our  fire-eaters  take  up  the  challenge  and  the  result  is  not 
to  edification.  Before  we  know  it,  we  shall  be  having  ill 
words  with  Britain  on  this  matter  and  the  press  of  the  two 
countries  will  be  taking  sides,  to  the  detriment  of  world 
peace.  Britain  and  ourselves  must  have  no  misunderstand- 
ings. The  very  existence  of  civilization  depends  upon  our 
mutual  respect. 

,  As  a  matter  of  fact,  Senator  Smoot  is  probably  right, 
when  he  says  that  the  European  bonds  will  not  be  paid,  as 
indeed  they  cannot  be  paid.  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
Andrew  W.  Mellon,  than  whom  there  is  no  better  financial 
authority,  has  laid  down  the  maxim  :  "A  nation  will  find 
difficulty  in  selling  bonds  in  America,  if  it  cannot  show  its 
ability  to  meet  current  expenses  out  of  current  revenues." 
This,  say  the  friends  of  Mr.  Mellon,  will  cause  the  stabiliza- 
tion of  the  entire  European  financial  structure. 

Will  it?  Suppose  we  firmly  resolve  not  to  aid  a  nation 
which,  at  a  given  time,  cannot  manage  to  balance  its  budget, 
and  suppose  that  we  (and  this  is  the  fact),  are  the  only 
people  who  can  advance  money,  what  will  become  of  that 
nation?  Manifestly,  it  will  succumb.  Just  what  does  that 
mean?  Anybody  who  will  take  the  trouble  to  look  at 
Russia  will  know  what  it  means.  Trotzky  says  that  now 
Russia  is  getting  strong  enough  to  help  in  European  solu- 
tions. Imagine  a  tottering  nation,  unable  to  balance  its 
affairs,  plunging  into  revolution!     Who  gains? 


Judge  Waller  Perry  Johnson 
Mexican  Divorces  Invalid     is  one  of  the  best  judges  that 

the  San  Francisco  bench  has 
ever  produced  and  that  is  saying  no  little  thing,  for.  from 
the  beginning  of  our  history,  we  have  had  good  lawyers 
and  some  good  judges.  He  lately  had  to  deal  with  the  case 
of  Dinsmore  vs.  Dinsmore,  which  raised  the  whole  'men- 
tion of  the  validity  of  the  Yucatan  divorce,  a  solution  which 
has  held  allurements  lor  some  of  our  citizens,  whose  zeal 
for  freedom  renders  them  impatient  with  local  divorce 
restrictions. 

The  marriage  in  California,  of  the  parlies  was  followed 
by  an  action  for  separation,  not  divorce,  which  was  after- 
wards amended  by  the  filing  of  a  supplemental  complaint 
asking  for  divorce.  The  defendant  pleaded  that  he  was 
already  divorced,  having  gone  to  Yucatan  and  obtained  a 
decree  from  the  courts  there,  after  the  tiling  of  the  separa- 
tion suit.  The  question  thereupon  arose  as  to  the  validity 
of  the  Yucatan  divorce.  The  tact  being  that  the  suit  in 
Yucatan  had  been  decided  without  any  knowledge  on  the 
part  of  the  wife,  plaintiff,  in  the  separation  suit,  no  process 
having  been  served  on  her. 

["he  judge  said  that  even  if  we  were  to  grant  the  law  of 
Yucatan  to  be  such  that  its  courts  could  render  judgment 
with  no  process  served  on  the  defendant,  such  judgments 
were  merely  local  and  had  no  extra-territorial  value.  The 
most  that  could  be  said  wa>  that  as  far  as  Yucatan  is  con- 
cerned, the  plaintiff  and  defendant  were  no  longer  man 
and  wife,  but  that  had  no  effect  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
State  of  Yucatan. 


The  human  face  is  growing  longer,  says  a  British  anthro- 
pologist. Probably  from  looking  at  tax  bills  during  the  past 
few  years. — Toronto  Mail  and  Empire. 

*  *     * 

One  of  the  exhibits  at  a  household-appliance  exhibition 
in  Paris  is  a  house  of  ten  rooms  and  four  baths,  fully 
equipped  with  every  modern  labor-saving  device,  and  which 
is  represented  to  the  French  as  the  average  type  of  Ameri- 
can homes.  No  wonder  they  think  we  don't  need  the 
money. — Columbus  Dispatch. 

*  *     * 

Sir  Oliver  Lodge  says  the  universe  never  began  and 
never  will  end.  Eye-witness  testimony  like  that  is  always 
valuable. — Dallas  News. 

*  *     * 

Patience  is  considered  a  virtue  when  it  often  is  merely 
a  case  of  not  knowing  what  to  do. — Centralia  (Wash.) 
Chronicle. 

*  *     * 

The  Florida  land  boom  has  slowed  up  just  in  time  to 
save  Cuba  from  annexation  for  suburban  development  pur- 
poses.— Dallas  News. 

*  *     * 

The  League  of  Nations  has  about  reached  the  stage 
where  weapons  must  be  left  at  the  door  before  entering 
the  hall. — Indianapolis  News. 

*  *     * 

The  League  of   Nations  appears  to   need  an  umpire. — 

1  'ittsburgh  <  iazette  Times. 

*  *    * 

The  revised  version  seems  to  be — There's  many  a  sip 
'twixt  the  hip  and  the  lip.     Arkansas  (iazette. 

*  *     * 

That  admirer  of  President  Coolidge  who  sent  him  a 
wildcat  should  have  known  he  wouldn't  appreciate  it  at  a 
time  when  he  had  Congress  on  his  hands. — Des  Moines 
Register. 

*  *     * 

The  latest  Prohibition  joke  is  the  proposal  to  appoint  a 
committee  of  "unbiased"   men   to  investigate   it. — Florence 

(Ala.)   Herald. 

*  *    * 

It's  settled,  finally  Colonel  House  won  the  war. — De- 
troit Free  Press 

*  *    * 

The   wets  arc  taking  a   straw-vote   to  sec   whether    .hey 
Sunnyside  (Wash.)  Times. 

*  *     * 

of  the  wet  theories  is  that  if  booze  were  easy  I 
there    would    be    no    more    drunken    drivers. — Indianapolis 

.Yews. 

*  *      * 

The  French  may  know  good  manners,  but  if  you  owe  the 
grocer  it  i-  well  to  let  him  beat  you  at  checkers. — St.  Paul 

Pioneer  Pi 

*  *     * 

Maybe  Germany  hesitates  to  enter  the  League  of  Na- 
tions   because    she    is    anxious    for    peace. — Houston 

Dispatch. 

*  *     * 

More  than  90  million  Bibles  were  put  into  circulation  last 
vcar.  but   the   -  distribution  appears  to  be  faulty 

and  somehow  we  don't  seem  able  to  place  them  in  the  hands 
of  people  who  need  them  most. — Columbus  Dispatch. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  10,  1926 


LEISURE'S  WW 


OBEY    no   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  7dm  Moone. 


Katherine    Schwartz 


Columbia 

IF  yen  like  girl-shows — take  my  ad- 
vice— don't  miss  ( leorge  White's  "Scan- 
dals," which  opened  at  the  Columbia 
Theater  Mon- 
day evening. 
There  is  a  be 
wildering  ar- 
ray of  gorge- 
ous costumes, 
some  thirty- 
odd  scenes — 
indeed,  the 
production  is 
much  more 
like  a  magni- 
licent  pageant 
than  anything 
else. 

It  would  be 
impossible  in  the  short  space  we  have 
here,  to  tell  you  all  about  this  show — we 
can  only  hit  the  high  lights. 

The  chorus  is  a  joy ;  there  are  any 
number  of  teams  doing  specialty  num- 
bers; the  De  Xaros,  the  Royal  Sheik 
Filipino  Orchestra;  Ace  Cedrik  sing- 
ing; and  ever  so  many  others.  Soma  De 
Calve  is  an  excellent  singer;  there  is  a 
Harmony  Trio;  ["red  I.ightner  handles 
the  comedy ;  the  Leland  Sisters  go  over 
great.  Take  it  all  together,  it  is  a  great 
production,  and  the  chorus  alone  is  worth 
your  while.  *     *     * 

Wilkes 

Fairbanks  is  at  his  best  in  this  stir- 
ring tale  of  the  swashbuckling,  buccan- 
neer  days  of  old.  "The  Plack  Pirate."  his 
latest  picture  which  is  being  shown  at 
the  Wilkes  Theater.  It  is  an  ideal  type 
of  picture  for  Douglas,  and  this,  his  lat- 
est, is  shown  in  color,  and  marks  a  very 
decided  step  forward  in  the  motion  pic- 
ture. 

lie  has  surrounded  himself  with  a 
splendid  cast  which  includes  Billie  Dove, 
Donald  Crisp,  Sam  de  Grasse  and  An- 
ders Randolph.  The  picture  was  directed 
by   Albert    Parker,   and   the  art   director 

was  Carl   I'm  irg. 

*     *     * 

Imperial 

Harold  Lloyd's  new  comedy,  "For 
Heaven's  Sake"  is  one  of  the  best  he  has 
ever  made. 

It  has  to  do  with  a  rich  young  man  who 
turns  philosopher  and  becomes  very  much 
interested  in  the  uplift  of  his  fellow  man, 
and  incidental! '■.  in  the  eves  of  a  certain 
beautiful  young  lady. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

Jobyna  Ralston  has  the  leading  femin- 
ine role,  and  is  as  beautiful  as  ever. 

*     *     * 
Granada 

Gloria  Swanson  will  be  the  leading  at- 
traction at  the  Granada  this  week  when 
she  will  be  seen  in  "The  Untamed  Lady," 
written  especially  for  her  by  Fannie 
Hurst,  and  directed  by  Frank  Tuttle. 
Lawrence  <  tray  is  again  her  leading  man. 

On  the  stage  Eddie  Peabody  will  ca- 
vort about  in  an  entertainment  called 
"  Blossoms." 


Capitol 

The  opening  night — last  Sunday — 
of  "Weak  Sisters"  was  just  one  ovation 
after  another!  Charlie  Newman,  is  at 
the  helm  once  more,  and  it  must  have 
afforded  him  much  satisfaction  to  have 
things  go  off  with  such  a  bang. 

And  Trixie  Friganza !  Delightful  as 
ever,  and  how  she  does  play  her  part ! 
She  is  a  delightful  flapper  grandmother, 
and  she  surely  does  it  well. 

It  is  a  daring  play — but  not  too  daring! 
It  calls  a  spade  a  spade,  and  is  a  scath- 
ing sideswipe  at  would-be  reformers  and 
foreign  missioners,  and  withal,  most 
amusing.  There  is  one  daring  scene, 
when  all  the  "ladies  of  the  evening"  tell 
their  stories,  but  nothing  one  could  really 
take  exception  to. 

Franklin  Panghorn,  for  whom  Star- 
ling is  said  to  have  written  the  piece  does 
splendid  work  in  his  role.  He  has  a  de- 
lightful sense  of  humor,  and  is  in  all  re- 
spects a  finished  performer. 

Allen  Connor  and  Barbara  Brown  have 
the  leading  juvenile  roles,  and  acquitted 
themselves  very  well.  The  rest  of  the 
splendid  cast  were  equally  good,  anil  this 
play  should  pack  'em  in  at  the  Capitol  in- 
deliniteh  . 

*      *      * 
Curran 

It  must  have  been  most  gratifying  in- 
deed, to  all  those  directly  concerned  in 
the  return  engagement  of  "The  Student 
Prince,"  to  notice  the  warm  reception 
accorded,  not  only  to  those  wdio  were 
here  in  the  former  production  of  this  de- 
lightful play,  hut  also  to  the  two  new- 
comers in  the  cast.  Ilsa  Marvenga  and 
Howard  Marsh,  who  won  their  audience 
immediately. 

The  theater  was  packed,  and  the  play- 
ers seemed  delighted  to  be  here.  The 
men's  chorus  received  a  positive  ovation, 
and     sang    better    than     ever.      Howard 


Marsh,  although  a  bit  nervous  the  open- 
ing night,  has  a  pleasing  voice,  and  is  a 
splendid  actor — his  scene  at  the  close  of 
the  third  act  is  most  convincing. 

Ilsa  Marvenga  won  our  hearts  from 
the  moment  she  appeared  on  the  stage. 
She  is  delightful,  and  oh,  how  that  little 
lady  can  sing!  Truly  we  liked  "The  Stu- 
dent Prince"  better  than  ever  last  night, 
and  that  is  saying  something! 

All  the  rest  of  the  splendid  cast  are 
playing  well,  and  we  can  only  reiterate, 
the  opening  of  the  third  act.  is  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  scenes  we  have  ever  wit- 
nessed. *     *     * 

California 

The  California  Theater  will  present 
a  world  premiere  of  Eleanore  Meherin's 
"Sandy"  this  week.  Miss  Meherin  is  a 
San  Francisco  woman,  and  it  is  therefore 
fitting  that  her  story  should  have  its  first 
presentation  here. 

*  *     * 
St  Francis 

Norma  Talmadge  will  be  seen  in  an 
unusual  role  for  her.  that  of  "Kiki,"  a 
French  gamin  in  the  play  of  that  name 
by  Andre  Picard.  Ronald  Colman  is 
her  leading  man,  and  supporting  them  is 
a  company  with  such  well  known  players 
as  Gertrude  Astor.  Marc  McDermott, 
George  K.  Arthur.  William  Orlsmand, 
Frankie  Darro,  and  Mack  Swain. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"The  Gorilla,"  that  thrilling  mystery 
play  which  has  every  known  device  and 
situation  in  it  that  has  ever  been  used  in 
mystery  plays,  such  as  "The  Bat."  "The 
Cat  and  the  Canary."  is  Henry  Duffy's 
latest  offering  at  the  Alcazar  Theater, 
where  it  opened  to  a  packed  house  last 
Sunday  evening. 

This  is  splendid  entertainment  and 
should  pack  this  theater  nightly  during 
its  run  here. 

*  *     * 

President 

Arthur  Goodrich's  entertaining  come- 
dy "U  Don't  Understand,"  starts  on  its 
third  week  at  the  President  Theater  with 
the  matinee  tomorrow  afternoon. 

The  author  of  "So  This  Is  London" 
has  packed  this  clever  little  play  with 
clean  cut  humor,  and  satire  enough  for 
a  dozen  comedies.  The  production  is 
the  last  word  in  completeness  and  the 
cast  is  a  worthy  example  of  Henry  Duf- 
fy's ability  in  picking  people  to  lit  the 
various  roles. 


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Dale  Winter  and  Kenneth  Daigneau 
are  at  their  hest  in  the  leading  roles.  Rob- 
ert Lowe,  also  does  some  very  good  work. 
Others  in  the  cast  are  Olive  Cooper,  Earl 
Lee,  May  Nannary,  William  P.  Abram, 
Thomas  Kelly.  Mitchell  Ingraham,  Rob- 
ert Edler,  Tlielma  Hubbard.  Alice  Bart- 
lett  and  Elsie  Bassett. 


Loew's  Warfield 

"Mike"  is  coming  to  the  Warfield — 
the  engagement  to  start  with  the  matinee 
on  Saturday,  April  10. 

Not  in  a  decade  has  there  been  a  feat- 
ure picture  which  caused  the  stir  that 
"Mike"  has  agitated  in  the  screen  world. 
Just  a  little  human  interest  story;  filled 
with  good  clean  comedy,  plenty  of  heart 
interest,  and.  that  always  loved  element ; 
"hokum"  "Mike"  has  been  the  sensa- 
tion of  the  industry.  At  the  Capitol 
Theatre  in  New  York,  one  of  the  largest 
picture  theatres  in  America.  "Mike" 
broke  every  attendance  record  and  so 
great  was  the  success  that  the  feature  was 
held  over  for  a  second  week. 

Sally  O'Neill.  Charlie  Murray  and 
Ford  Sterling  are  the  principal  players. 
The  supporting  cast  is  unusually  inter- 
esting and  the  production  is  a  creditable 
one. 

On  the  stage  Fanchon  and  Marco  will 
present  "Venetian  Ideas."  with  John  \  an, 
the  Royal  Moorish  Troupe  of  acrobats, 
Kellogg  and  Lewis,  two  clever  girl  dan- 
cers. Leonore  l>e  Lara  and  the  Sunkisl 
Beauties. 

Nell  Kelly  will  again  clown  with  Walt 

Roesner.  The  success  of  thi^  San  Fran- 
cisco girl  has  been  remarkable — her  per- 
formance much  praised.  The  orchestral 
numbers  of  the*  Super-Soloists  will  be 
thai  happy  medium  of  the  classical  and 

the  popular  and  there  will  be  other  attrac- 
tions of  the  screen. 

*    *     * 
Orpheum 

\'e\t  week  the  I  irpheum  Theater  will 
present  the  big  <  Irpheum  Road  Show,  a 
program  -elected  with  adroit  discrimina- 
tion revealing  ceaseless  variety  and  ster- 
ling quality  throughout.  This  "Show  of 
Show-"  will  be  headed  by  the  laugh  mak- 
ers of  the  century.  Bobby  Clark  and  Paul 
McCullough,  late  star-  of  Irving  Berlin's 
"Music  Box  Revue"  and  known  the  coun- 
try over  as  the  two  best  comedian-  on 
the  American  stage. 

Clark  and  McCullough  are  bringing 
with  them  two  of  the  greatest  laugh- 
producing  skits  ever  ottered  on  am 
"The  Senators"  and  "Bath  Between." 
They  will  have  a  distinguished  company 
assisting  them  including  (  >lga  K; 
Irving  Rose,  T.  Perry  Higgins,  Elwood 
(  irev  and   Bunny   Moorehead. 

In  addition  to  (.'lark  and  McCullough 
there  will  be  a  show  of  big  feature  acts 
including  Benny  Rubin,  the  popular 
comedian,  who  will  present  "How  It 
1  lappened"  with  a  big  company  of  B 
way  players  including  May   Usher 


Cannefax,  "World's  Three  Cushion  Bil- 
liard Champion,"  who  will  demonstrate 
some  of  the  most  difficult  shots  of  this 
favorite  pastime;  Harris  and  Holley,  two 
clever  colored  comedians,  who  will  offer 
a  most  amusing  skit  entitled  "Push  'Em 
and  Pull  'Em ;"  Leon  Vavara,  the  well 
known  pianist  in  "The  Evolution  of  a 
Pianist ;"  and  the  Four  Flying  Valen- 
tinos,  casters  of  human  beings. 

Those    famous    French    dancers,    The 

Marvelous  Lockfords,  who  have  created 

a   sensation   here,   will   stay   over   for  a 

second  big  week  and  will   again  be  as- 

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By  Antoinette  Arnold 


San  Francisco  Attorney  Receives 
Honors  of  Distinction 

SIGNAL  honors  were  added  to  those  already  achieved 
by  Annette  Abbott  Adams,  distinguished  attorney-at- 
law.  who  was  this  past  month  named  as  the  California 
notable  chosen  by  the  American  Woman's  Association  of 
New  York  for  an  Honorary  Member. 


Annette  Abbott  Adams, 

former 

Assistant  Attorney  Crucial 

of  the  United  States, 

Chosen  to  Represent 

California 

on  Honor  Roll  of  the 

American   Woman's 

Association  of  New  York, 

Madison   Square  Garden 

Meeting  Thursday, 

March  18,  1926. 


A  mass  meeting  held  in  Madison  Square  Garden,  New- 
York  City,  last  month,  brought  together  prominent  women 
from  practically  every  state  in  the  Union.  It  was  at  this 
mass  meeting  that  Annette  Abbott  Adams,  representing 
the  legal  profession,  was  selected. 

"There  comes  a  time  in  the  progress  of  all  events  when 
for  a  moment  the  past  and  the  future  touch  hands.  The 
present  is  such  a  time,"  states  the  preamble  of  the  program  of 
that  noteworthy  .Mass  Meeting. 

Kathleen  Norris,  the  beloved  author  of  California,  was 
the  presiding  office!*  when  notable  women  were  gathered 
there  in  mutual  concourse.  Gertrude  Robinson  Smith  is 
the  president  of  the  Association  :  and  Anne  Morgan,  the 
chairman  of  the  Working  Committee. 

Madame  Schumann-1  leink.  the  celebrated  singer,  was 
the  soloist,  and  Mary  Pickford,  the  screen  celebrity,  ad- 
dressed the  gathering  on  the  significant  subject:  "I  am 
a  Professional  Woman." 

Olive  Joy  Wright  gave  an  address  on  "The  Spirit  of 
Fellowship";  Harriet  Taylor  Upton,  "The  Cave  to  the 
Ballot  Box";  Honorable  Courtlandt  Nicholl  delivered  an 
address  on  "Our  Dangerous  Friends."  Martha  Van  Rens- 
selaer spoke  on  "Women  and  Business";  and  Maud  Wood 


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Park  gave  an  address  on  "Then  and  Now."  The  Seventh 
Regiment  Band  opened  the  magnificent  event  with  an 
Overture  and  contributed  musical  selections  during  the 
progress  of  the  program. 

Mrs.  Adams  was  Assistant  Attorney  General  of  the 
United  States  serving  in  this  high  position  from  June  26, 
1920  to  August  15,  1921.  She  was  admitted  to  the  Cali- 
fornia bar  in  1912  and  received  the  appointment  of  Assis- 
tant United  States  Attorney  for  the  Northern  District  of 
California  in  1914,  serving  in  this  official  place  for  four  con- 
secutive years.  Mrs.  Adams  became  United  States  Attor- 
ney of  the  same  district  on  July  25,  1918,  and  served  in  this 
high  place  of  distinction  until  June  26,  1920. 

She  is  a  member  of  the  American  Law  Institute  and  the 
California,  American,  and  San  Francisco  Bar  associations. 
Her  club  affiliations  include  the  California  Civic  League. 
Her  sorority  is  the  Delta  Delta  Delta.  As  principal  of  the 
Modoc  County  High  School,  Alturas,  California,  and  a 
graduate  of  the  Chico  State  Normal  School  and  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  this  distinguished  attorney-at-law  be- 
gan her  brilliant  career,  making  friends  among  those  with 
whom  she  associated  in  the  very  beginning  of  her  profes- 
sional life  and  carrying  them  along,  always,  the  same  prin- 
ciples and  steadfastness  of  purpose  which  make  Mrs.  Adams 
an  outstanding  figure  in  the  professional  life  of  American 
women. 

*     *     * 

Women  of  Renown 

Among  the  women  of  renown,  in  addition  to  Mrs.  Adams, 
who  were  elected  to  Honorary  Membership  of  the  Ameri- 
can Woman's  Association,  Inc..  of  New  York  are  included:  Dr. 
Lola  Taylor,  woman  physician  of  Birmingham,  Alabama; 
Allie  Dickerman,  postmistress  of  Tucson,  Arizona;  Thyra 
Samter  Winslow,  author,  of  Arkansas;  Helen  Bell,  director 
of  Public  Relations  for  Women  with  the  Mountain  States 
Telephone  Company  and  a  director  of  the  Denver  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  being  the  only  woman  on  the  Board  with 
twenty-four  men. 

From  Connecticut  was  chosen  Alice  Pattison  Merritt, 
the  first  woman  to  be  elected  to  state  senatorship  in  her 
state  and  the  first  woman  who  ever  presided  over  Con- 
necticut State  Senate.  From  Delaware,  Annie  Jump  Can- 
non was  chosen.  She  is  curator  of  astronomical  photo- 
graphs at  Harvard  Observatory  and  was  the  first  woman 
to  receive  the  degree  of  D.  Sc.  from  Oxford  University. 

Dr.  Louise  Stanley  was  chosen  from  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, her  distinction  being  that  she  is  chief  of  the  Bureau 
of  Home  Economics  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 
Florida  is  represented  on  this  Honorary  list  by  Bonnie 
Busch,  novelist,  realtor,  and  philanthropist.  She  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Florida  League  of  American  Ten  Women  and  a 
National  Vice-president  of  the  Pen  Women. 

Jessie  Dell,  successor  to  Helen  Gardiner,  was  chosen  to 
represent  Georgia  in  her  capacity  of  United  States  Civil 
Service  Commissioner  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Minnie  W. 
Miller,  owner  of  one  of  the  largest  sheep   ranches  in  the 


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country,  is  the  Idaho  representative.  Mary 
M.  Bartelme,  Judge  of  the  Juvenile  Court,  Chi- 
cago, represents  her  state.  Illinois. 

Mrs.  Edward  Franklyn  White,  state  reporter 
of  Indiana,  and  ex-Deputy  Attorney  General, 
is  on  the  Honorary  list.  Kansas  is  represented 
by  I. ilia  Day  Monroe,  lawyer  and  editor  of 
the  Kansas  Woman's  Journal.  She  was  in- 
strumental in  the  drafting  and  passing  of  legis- 
lative measures  for  the  protection  and  better- 
ment of  Kansas  women  and  children. 

*     #     * 
Diversity  of  Callings 

The    wide    range    of    achievements    of    the 
prominent  women  on  the  selective  list  of  hon- 
oraries  included  that  mentioned  by  Kentucky 
which    is   represented   by    Elizabeth   Dainger- 
lield,  a  breeder  of  horses  and  an  owner  of  one 
of   the    largest   stables   in   the   country.     The 
state  of  Maine  is  represented  by  Mrs.  Allen  P. 
Stevens,  member  of  the  City  Council  of  Port- 
land and  an  officer  of  the  Maine  Savings  Bank. 
Ada  Louise  Comstock,  noted  educator  and  the 
distinguished    President   of   Radcliffe    College, 
represents   her   state   of   Massachusetts.      Lena 
rest  insurance  broker  and  former  president  of  the  National 
Federation  of  Business  and  Professional  Women's  Clubs,  rep- 
resents Michigan. 
College  Dean 

Harriet  R.  Sedman,  Dean  of  the  Woman's  State  Univer- 
sity of  Missoula,  represents  Montana  on  the  honorary  list  of 
American  women.  Pell  M.  Ryan.  Assistant  Superintendent 
of  Schools  and  Instructor  in  the  University  of  Nebraska  Sum- 
mer School  represents  Nebraska.  Alice  McAudrews,  of  Reno, 
insurance  broker  and  organizer  was  selected  to  represent 
Nevada. 

Lillian  Gilbreth  of  New  Jersey,  selected  for  this  coterie  of 
prominent  women,  is  an  industrial  engineer  and  a  writer  and 
lecturer  on  Industrial  Psychology.  Isabel  Eckles,  representing 
New  Mexico,  is  State  Superintendent  of  Schools, 

New  York  Notable 

Martha  Van  Rensselaer,  famous  educator,  lecturer  and 
writer,  and  founder  of  the  School  of  Home  Economics,  Cor- 
nell University,  is  a  distinguished  woman  named  as  the  New 
York  representative  on  this  Honorary  Membership  roll. 
Adelia  W.  Wall.  Associate  Editor  of  the  Saturday  I-'. veiling 
I'ost,  is  the  notable  selected  from  Pennsylvania  to  whom  honor 

is  accorded  for  high  literary  attainment.  Ada  I..  Sawyer,  at- 
torney, specializing  in  corporation  taxation  and  probate  law. 
represents  her  state,  Rhode  Island.  Dora  Dee  Walker  of 
South  Carolina,  specialist  in  Conservation  and  Production  in 
the  State  of  South  Carolina  and  Director  ,,f  the  Extension 
Service  at  Winthrop  College,  is  one  of  these  prominent  women. 

Edith  Susong,  Editor  and  Publisher  of  the  I  ireenville  Demo, 
ct at,  represents  Tennessee.  Florence  1'.  Sterling,  a  writer  on 
the  staff  of  Women's  Viewpoint  Magazine,  and  an  officer  of 
a  large  oil  and  refining  company,  was  chosen  to  represent 
Texas.  \  ermont  presents  for  its  representative  woman.  Mrs. 
George  Orvis,  former  Mayor  of  Manchester,  owner  of  the 
Equinox  Motel,  and  prominent  in  national  politics.  Virginia 
sends  the  name  of  Agnes  D.  Randolph,  director  of  State  Tu 
berculosis  Department  of  the  State  Board  "i  Health. 
Pacific  Coast  Woman 

Washington   State  is  represented  by   Reah   II.   Whitehead. 


HOTEL    CANTERBURY 
750  Softer  Street 

San  Francisco's  Finest 
Family  Hotel 

250    Rooms 
Rates:  From  $2.50  per  day 

Lake    For 


Justice   of    the    Peace   since    1915,   and   formerly 
Deputy  District   Attorney  in  Seattle. 

Izetta  Jewel  Brown  of  West  Virginia  is  one  of 
the  Honorary  Members  of  the  American  Woman's 
Association.  She  is  a  writer  and  member  of  the 
National  Committee  of  Home  and  Community 
of  the  American  Farm  Bureau.  Mrs.  Izetta 
Jewel  Brown  is  prominent  in  National  politics 
and  is  remembered  by  San  Francisco  as  one 
of  the  distinguished  women  attending  the  Nation- 
al Democratic  Convention  which  was  held  in  this 
city. 
Woman  Governor  on  List 

Nellie  T.  Ross,  Governor  of  the  State  of  Wyo- 
ming, is  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  Association 
which  has  elected  to  its  roster  women  representa- 
tive of  distinction  and  those  adding  prestige  to 
their  professions,  their  educational  and  business 
callings. 

The  purposes  of  the  American  Woman's  As- 
sociation, according  to  the  formal  announcement 
used  at  the  Madison  Square  Garden  meeting  is 
"chiefly  to  do  its  part  in  enlarging  the  thoughts 
and  interests  of  women  engaged  in  professional 
and  business  life." 

Miss  Robinson  Smith  is  the  I 'resident.  The  personnel  of  the 
executive  board  includes:  Mrs.  Ponsonby  <  )gle,  Miss  Maude  K. 
Wetmore,  Miss  Isabel  Mliger,  Mrs.  Robert  Low  Pierrepont, 
Mrs.  Melville  W.  Thompson,  Miss  Anne  Morgan.  Miss  Miriam 
K.  i  (liver,  Miss  Mary  Andrus,  Miss  Sophie  Brenner,  Miss 
Thalia  X.  Brown,  Mrs.  Newcomb  Carlton,  Mrs.  Isaac  Gimbel. 
Mrs.  Daniel  Guggenheim,  Miss  Virginia  Kirkus,  Mrs.  Alex- 
ander Kohut,  Miss  Gertrude  E.  Lachlan,  Miss  Emma  May- 
crink,  Mrs.  Samuel  Reyburn,  Miss  Harriet  II.  Sheppard,  Mrs. 
W.  K.  Vanderbilt,  Miss  Elma  Warner. 

An  Advisory  Committee  of  men  is  headed  by  Mr.  Henry  W. 
T.iit.  chairman:  Messrs.  George  Barr  Baker,  Newcomb  Carl- 
1 1  ii.  Mi  in  seigneur  l.avelle.  John  Lee  Mahin.  Dudley  Sicher, 
Louis  Stewart  and  Arthur  Williams. 

*  *      * 
At  the  Fairmont 

The  annual  Easter  Breakfast  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  was 
mi.  of  the  outstanding  Easter  Day  events,  in  spite  of  the  in- 
clement weather,  the  gay  colorings  of  spring  time  were  much 
in  evidence  in  the  suiart  gowns  of  the  mothers  and  the  little 
tots.  too.  for  tin'  program  was  arranged  by  Laurel  Conwell 
Bias  for  the  children  especially.  Mr.  Rudy  Seiger  rendered 
several  solos  and  the  Fairmont  Orchestra  under  his  direction 
gave  a  program  of  music  suitable  to  the  occasion.  The  pro- 
gram was  a  -cries  of  surprises,  the  little  boy  with  his  lettuce 
leaves  trying  to  find  his  lost  bunnies,  and  the  little  girl  trying 
to  find  her  chickens,  created  much  sympathy  from  the  children. 
joy  was  restored  when  two  live  speaking  bunnies,  came  along 
with  a  big  basket  crowned  with  a  nest  from  which  a  fluffy 
yellow  chicken  jumped  forth  and  talked  with  the  bunnies,  giv- 
ing them  bright  colored  eggs  to  roll,  the  most  successful  ones 
receiving  prize-.      Many  prominent   in   society   were  noted   as 

entertaining  g 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mr-    J.  K.  Mitchell,  of  Galesburg,  Illinois.  ;ire  late 
arrivals  at  The  Fairmont,  where  they  intend  t"  spend  several 
months  before     (turning  east.      The   Mitchells  have  a  I 
friends  in  San   Francisco  and  a  number  of  affairs  havi 
Dttnoed   on 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

Santa  Maria,  California 

On   ihr    Cm*!    High***)    Halfwav    Between   San    Franntro    and    I  o»     taadei 

\n    Inn  of  Irtmual   Excellence 

0  tro    or    tcritt    for   re*prt<W«o»s    on    your    mrxt    trip   aamth 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why? 

It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall.  SpeciaJ  attrac- 
tions. Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
ming pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
CORAN,  Agua   Caliente.  Sonoma   County,  or  see  Peck-Judah. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  10,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


THERE  has  been  talk  for  a  long 
time  to  the  effect  that  the  short 
waves  would  take  the  lead  in  broad- 
casting,   which    would    cause    all    the 


C.  J.  Pennington 

present  receiving-  sets  to  become  obso- 
lete. From  all  tests,  such  a  change 
would  not  be  to  a  very  good  advan- 
tage, for  the  reason  that  the  short 
waves  are  too  tricky  for  broadcast 
purposes. 

Many  prospective  purchasers  of  re- 
ceiving sets  have  been  skeptical  for 
a  long  time  about  the  possibilities  of 
the  present  wavelengths  being  changed 
for  the  shorter  wavelengths ;  and  for 
that  reason  they  have  been  holding  off 
from  purchasing  a  radio  set. 

All  fears  for  continuing  to  hold  such 
thoughts  may  now  be  banished,  for 
during  the  recent  radio  show  held  in 
New  York  City,  the  exhibits  were  mostly 
all  short  wave  equipment.  It  was  only 
natural  that  the  low  wave  apparatus 
dominated,  because  it  was  an  amateurs' 
show:  they  having  been  assigned  the 
low   wavelengths   by  the   Government. 

The  best  use  that  can  be  found  at 
present  for  the  short  waves  is  long  dis- 
tances, but  nothing  within  a  radius  of 
up  to  1000  miles.  Broadcasting  on 
short  waves  would  do  to  serve  foreign 
countries,  but  they  are  not  satisfactory 
for  the  transmission  of  programs 
which  are  received  every  evening. 

Upon  tests  being  made,  it  has  been 
found  that  through  the  short  waves  it 
was  easy  to  communicate  with  Aus- 
tralia, London  and  other  foreign  sta- 
tions, but  when  communication  was 
tried  from  Washington,  D.  C.  to  Den- 
ver and  Chicago,  the  nearest  that  could 
be  gotten  to  the  United  States  was 
Honolulu,  which  proves  that  the  short 
waves,  after  repeated  tests  of  this  sort, 
are  not  satisfactory  for  local  broadcast- 
ing purposes. 

Have  no  fear  of  a  change  in  wave- 
lengths. 


"B"  Batteries 

A  great  deal  of  trouble  is  sometimes 
experienced  by  some  persons  due  to 
their  "B"  batteries  not  holding  up  as 
they  should.  In  some  cases  it  is  the 
fault  of  the  batteries  and  in  others  the 
fault  of  the  set.  However,  there  is  a 
simple  and  yet  almost  unfailing  method 
of  determining  whether  "B"  batteries 
are  defective.  The  secret  to  the 
method  is  "Voltage  Uniformity." 

An  actual  case  will  best  illustrate  the 
idea.  Take  a  man  who  complains  of 
only  four  months'  life  from  his  two 
45-volt  "B"  batteries.  Measure  .the 
voltage  of  each  half  of  each  battery  and 
hnd  :  Battery  No.  1  reads  16.8  and  16.6. 
Battery  No.  2  reads  17.1  and  17.3  volts. 
The  reason  for  these  uniform  low  read- 
ings is  because  the  batteries  have  been 
discharged,  not  because  they  are  de- 
fective. The  voltage  of  battery  No.  2 
is  slightly  higher  than  that  of  No.  1 
because  No.  2  does  not  have  the  drain 
of  the  detector  tube. 

Another  man  comes  with  the  same 
complaint,  and  upon  measuring  the 
voltages  of  his  batteries,  we  find:  Bat- 
tery No.  1  shows  3  volts  and  21  volts; 
battery  No.  2  reads  21.2  and  21.3  volts. 
In  this  case  the  user's  difficulties  are 
clearly  due  to  a  defective  section  in 
battery  No.  1  and  if  it  is  of  a  good 
standard  make,  a  new  battery  would 
be  given   for  its  replacement. 

If  the  halves  of  each  "B"  battery 
are  reasonably  uniform  and  the  user 
complains  of  short  life,  it  is  almost  a 
certainty  that  the  trouble  is  not  in  the 
battery.  The  trouble  may  be  due  to 
the  use  of  the  wrong  size  battery  or 
to  some  fault  within  the  set:  such  as 
a  leaky  by-pass  condenser  which  will 
continually  drain  the  battery,  or  to 
some  form  of  short  circuit.  The  tubes 
or  leads,  and  many  other  causes  that 
could  be  easily  corrected,  will  cause 
an  unnecessary  drain  on  the  "B"  bat- 
teries. 

As  "B"  batteries  are  more  and  more 
discharged,  the  differences  between 
each  half  of  the  battery  may  become 
greater  without  the  battery  being  de- 
fective. Good  batteries,  which  are  in 
such  a  state  of  discharge  that  eacli  half 
reads  around  20  volts,  will  not  show 
a  difference  of  more  than  a  few  tenths 
of  a  volt,  while  batteries  which  have 
been  discharged  to  a  point  as  low  as 
15  volts  per  22y!>  volt  section,  may 
show  a  difference  of  a  volt  or  two.  A 
difference  of  several  volts  between  the 
halves  indicates  defective  batteries. 

You  will  understand  that  the  above 
is    based    on    the    usual    receiving    set 


which  takes  90-volts  on  all  the  tubes 
but  the  detector,  where  45  volts  are 
generally  used.  If  the  radio  user  has 
some  special  set  where,  for  example. 
67'/2  volts  are  used  on  some  of  the 
tubes,  it  would  not  be  expected  that 
the  two  halves  of  the  top  45-volt  bat- 
tery would  read  equally,  because  they 
have  been  drained  unequally.  Simi- 
larly, when  three  45-volt  batteries  are 
used  to  furnish  135  volts  for  power 
tubes,  the  drain  on  the  top  45-volt  bat- 
tery is  not  so  great  as  that  from  the 
other  two  batteries,  and  therefore  its 
voltage  would  not  be  uniform  with  the 
batteries  constituting  the  90-volt  sec- 
tion. However,  in  cases  of  this  kind, 
the  uniformity  of  the  voltage  of  the 
two  halves  of  each  nattery  will  almost 
unfailingly  tell  the  story  as  to  whether 
there  are  any  defects  in  any  of  the  bat- 
teries. 

*     *     * 

The  Morning  Oregonian,  Station 
KGW,  Portland,  Oregon,  has  a  new 
1000-watt  Western  Electric  transmit- 
ter that  was  placed  on  the  air  a  short 
time  back  in  preliminary  tests  and  gave 
an  excellent  account  of  itself  under  a 
wide  variety  of  operating  condition-,. 
The  new  station  is  now  in  active  oper- 
ation and  has  been  widely  reported  to 
be  far  superior  to  the  500-watt  equip- 
ment previously  used. 

The  completed  mechanical  and  elec- 
trical installation  represents  the  high- 
est degree  of  engineering  perfection  in 
design  and  calculation. 

With  the  increased  power,  KGW  is 
confident  of  furnishing  better  and  more 
consistent  service  to  radio  listeners  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  and  also  of  reaching 
an  even  larger  clientele  than  is  now 
catered  to.  The  approach  of  the  sum- 
mer months,  when  incessant  atmos- 
pheric disturbances  rule  the  air,  the 
higher  powered  station  will  accomplish 
a  real  service  by  efficiently  covering  the 
prescribed  territory  with  a  consistent 
day  and  night  signal. 


Why  Johnny  Got  100 

In  the  beginners'  class  at  school  one 
day,  Johnny  was  called  on  to  spell  the 
word  "frog."  He  did  not  know  how,  but 
after  a  moment's  hesitation  decided  to 
make  the  atempt. 

"F-r,"  he  started,  then  stopped,  lust 
then  the  boy  sitting  behind  him  stuck  .i 
pin  in  Johnny's  leg.  Johnny  felt  the  pain 
and  exclaimed,  "Oh,  gee!" 

"Correct."  said  the  teacher.  "Johnj 
ny,  that's  the  first  thing  you  ever  knew." 

Exchange 


April  10,  1920 


SAX   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 

Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


11 


KPO— HALE    BROS.   AND   THE    CHRON- 
ICLE,   SAN    FRANCISC0^28.3 

S ii ihIii v.    \pril  11th 

9:  l.".  to  10:46  a.  m. — Undenominational  and 
non-sectarian  church  service.  Talk,  "A 
Message  for  the  Disheartened,"  by  Dr. 
Alexander   Bakin.    William  Corris,  organist. 

1<|  :4S  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving-  the 
V.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  infor- 
mation. 

5:00  t<>  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.  Giselman  at  the  California  Palace  of  the 
Legion  of  Honor. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer." 

6:35  to  8:35  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Cyrus 
Trobbe. 

8 :35  to  10:00  p.  m. — Rudy  .Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

Monthly,  April   12tli 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  infor- 
mation. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

7:00  to  7 :30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:30  to  3:3()  ]).  m. — Matinee  program. 

3:30  to  4:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus  Trobbe,  director. 

6:16  to  6:15  p.  m. — 'Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge,  assisted  by  "Uncle  Si"  and 
"Uncle  .lack." 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  quotations  and  general  information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m, — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

S:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel — Gene  James 
and   Orchestra. 

9:00  (o  10:00  p.  m.— KFT.  Los  Angeles,  and 
Kl'i  i.  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously a  program  originating  in  the  KIT 
studio  for  the  Walter  M.  Murphy  Motors 
Company. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Cablrla  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra, Billy  Lmtg,  director. 

Tut'Nilny,   April    Itttli 

7:00.    7:3ii.   8:00  a.    m. — Daily   dozen    exercises 

given    by    I  In-    Y.    M.    (_'.    A. 
10:30    a.    m, — "Ye   Towne   Cryer."    giving  U.    S. 
weather   forecast,   general    information   and 
market    report    on    butter,    eggs,    cheese    ami 

poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  io  2:on  p.  m.— Broadcast  of  a,  luncheon 
■  ii  the  Palace  Hotel  for  the  new  Mission 
Baseball  Club 

2:30   io  ::.;:ti  p.  m. — -Matinee  program. 

8:3 1:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concerl  or- 
chestra. Cyrus  Troi.be,  director. 

5:15  io  6:15  p.  m.— -Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  ol 
Knowledge 

6:16  io  6:30  p.  rn. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
a  \  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co,  stock  mar- 
ket quoti ns  and  general  information 

6:30  io  7:00  p.  m. — The  States  Restauranl 
Orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
kind 

"oo  to  ?:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  I  irchesl  ra. 

s  (l11     '"    9:011     p.     m. —  Homier     l.ake    Camp    Or- 

chest  ra  contest. 
'■''"o    ("    ii'  "ii    p     m.— Program    given    for   the 

Mona     Motor    Oil    Company,    featuring    the 

Bona    M r   Oil    Trio,    the    Mona    Motor   Oil 

harmony  team,  Gypsy  and   M 
1 to  ii  00  p.  m.— Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 

dance  orchesl  ra,  <  lene  James  director 

\\  ednendaj .    v  prll   i  Ufe 

i  00,    i  80,    S:00    a.    m. — Dallj    do 
ii  en   by  the  v    M.  C    A 

m  "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving  the 
i  S.  weather  forecast,  general  informa- 
tion   and    the  market    report    on    butter 

cheese  am!  poultry, 
12:00  noon— Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing 
l  00    to    2:00    p     m.— Rudy    Seiger's    Fairmont 
Hotel  *  ►rchestra, 

:i  M  nine,,    program    and   a 

talk  by  Helen  »:.  Barker,  art  lecturer  at  the 
1  ''     xoung    Museum. 

to     5:40    p.    m.— Fashion      notes      from 
ath  or  the  Avenue 

■'   p    m  —Palace   Hotel  Concerl  Or- 
tra,  Cyrua  Trobbe  director 
0  6:15  p,   m.— Children's   hour   stories   bv 
Big     Brother,     taken     from     the     k.> 
is  nowledge. 


6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Y'e  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations  and  general  information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,  Waldemar  Lind  directing-. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent  Artists  under  the  auspices  of  Ernest 
Ingold,    Inc. 

9:00  to  10:00  p,  m. — Program  by  the  Goodrich 
Sil  vert  own  Cord  Orchestra,  Reg  Code  di- 
recting. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant 
Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind,  director. 

Thursday.   April    ir><h 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by   the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  .P.  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

2:30   to   3:30    p.   m. — Matinee   program. 

3:30  to  4:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus  Trobbe,    director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge,  assisted  by  "Uncle  Si"  and 
"Uncle  Jack." 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — -"Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giv- 
ing A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  quotations  and  general  information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,  Waldemar  Lind,  director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

S;00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  presented 
by  Gypsy  and  Marta,  close  harmony  team. 
in    an    hour  of   their  own  compositions, 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — studio  program  presented 
by  the  Swiss  Band,  George  Bravle.  director. 
10:00    to    11:00    p.    m— Cabiria    Cafe    Dance    Ol 

chestra,  Billy  Long,  director. 

Friday,    April    mill 

7: no.    7:30,    8:00    a.    m. — Dally    dozen    exl  - 
given  by  the   V.  M.  C,  A, 

10:30  a,  m,— "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
l*.  S,  weather  forecast,  genera]  j  nforma  - 
tion    and    market    report    on    butter,    eggs, 

cheese  and    poultry. 
12:00    noon— Time  signals  and   Scripture    read- 
ing. 

U:i.^  p.  in, — Talk  from  the  Common* 
( Hub  luncheon  at  the  Pa  lace  Hotel. 

1 :30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Selgi  i  Pali 
Hotel  '  h  chestra, 

1:00  to  g p.  m.—  Palace   Hotel   o 

chestra.  Cyrus  Trobbe,  director, 

6  16    i"   6:1 5   p.   in.      Btg  1  lea   for 

the      children,      taken      from      the      Book      of 

Knowledge 

6:16  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A,  Housman-Gwathmi  y  &  Co  stock  mar- 
ket  quotations  and  general  Information 

6:80  to  ;  nil  p,  m  '  irant  4  Orches- 

tra   under  the  direction   of   Waldemar  Lind 

7:10   p,   m.— "Sport*   on   the   Air 

sented   m    Harry    B    Smith,   spot  t 
of  The  ■  !hi  onlcli 

s  :00   i p    m.— Studio  pn  en  ted 

by   the   Jonathan   Club,    S..n    Pablo    Lodg 
43. 

■ to    i p.  m.— Palace   Hotel    I 

dance  orchestra,  <  lene  .lames,  din 
9:10  to  g  j..  ,.    m.— Book   reviews  bj    Harry    \ 

Small  "f  the  San  Francisco  Chron 
10:00    t..    11:00    p.    m.— States    Rests 

chestra    under    the    direction    of    Waldemar 

Lind. 

Natvrday,    tprll  17th 

m — Dallj 

given  by  the  v    _\i    « ■     \ 

Ye  Towne  Cryer."  civin^  th.    r 
s     weather    forecast,    general    inform 
and    market    rep..rt    on    bu  I 
and   poultry. 

noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture 
lng\ 

_•  00    p     m  —Rudy    S 

I  'reli.  stra 

2:00  to  a  00  p.  m. — Studio  program  und< 
direction  of  "Doc"  Wlllata,  featurli  - 
Mirlmbs  Hand 

q    ^  i.o   p.    m  —  Henrv    If 
tra,  playing   at   Talt'a  Pomp 
1:00   to   G   :i»   p.   m.  —  Palace    Hotel   Concerl   Or- 

■   I  rus  Trobbe,  dh  ■  ■ 
6:30    to    6  .mi    p     m.— Children's   entertainment 

by   Aunt   I 'oily  ..f  Th.-  Chronicle. 
6:16  t..  6:30  p    m.— "Ye  Towne  rt  ■ 
a.  a    Housman-Owathmey  . 
ket   quotations  and   - 

9 tau rant  «  h 
tra.   \\  alaemar  Lind 

■    j,.    nv — Talk    on    real    .state   fur- 
■i  by  the  r.  a    \\  iis<-n  Company 
Palrmont    H 
Orchestra  i  directing        M 

Gunsky,    tenor,   and    Merton   Bor 
as   In  term  m 


K  GO- 


GENERAL    ELECTRIC   CO., 
OAKLAND— 361 


.Sunday,  April  11 

11:00  a.  m. — First  Congregational  Church  ser- 
vice (San  Francisco);  Rev.  James  L.  Gor- 
don, D.D.,  preacher.  Sermon  subject:  *'YVhy 
Are  Great  Men  Great?"  James  Isherwood, 
baritone,   soloist.      Earl  Towner,   organist. 

3:30  p.  m, — Concert,  KGO  Little  Symphony 
Orchestra,  Carl  Rhodehamel  conducting; 
Arthur  ,S.  Garbett.  musical  interpretative 
writer;  and  Jessie  Pugsley  Perrin,  soprano, 
assisting. 

7:40  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 

7:4n  p.  m. — First  Congregational  Church  ser- 
vice (San  Francisco) ;  Rev.  James  L.  Gor- 
don, D.D.,  preacher.  "Question  Drawer." 
James  Isherwood.  baritone,  soloist.  Karl 
Towner,  organist. 

>!oiuliiy,    April    12 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises.  Hush  Barrett  Dobbs; 
William   H,    Hancock,   accompanist. 

7:45   a.   m. — "Pep  Class,"  Health   Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — ■"Lazybones'  class,"  Health 
Training. 

5  ::n   a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily  Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m, — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Company. 

L2:00  no.m — Time  signal. 

12:30  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1    ::i_i   p.    in— X.    V.   Stock    reports. 

l  ;::7  ]>.  m, — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42  p,   m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 

'.nil  ti,  i:iin  p.  m. — A?inie  H.  Allen,  Univer- 
sity of  California,  talks  on  "Expression." 
Joseph  George  Jacobsen,  pianist,  presents 
Marian  Patricia  Cavanaugh  and  Myrtle 
lOd  n  a  Waltman.  Anna  1 1,  Bacon,  mezfeo- 
sop ran...      Hazel   \v 'liner,   pianist, 

5:30  t"  6:00  p.  in—  Aunt  Betty  (Ruth  Thomp- 
son)  stories;   KGO   Kiddies'   Klub. 

6:00     to     6:66     p.     m. — Twilight     concert     from 

Wiley  B,  Allen  C p.inv  Ampico  Salon,  San 

Fra  m 

6  ■    p     m. — News  items, 

.  63  p.  in. — Weather  Bureau   report. 
06    p,   m. — S.    !■".    Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 
Metals, 

7  ii   p.  m-  X    v    Stock   reports   (closing), 
7:21    p,   m.— s.    i '  ports    (closln 

in — Educational    program — music  and 
speakers. 

Med  ley  of  i  '■'  a  rchi  s     A  rlon  Trio. 

I   0G  p    m     -W.   B,  Schnei  s>t<  >ck,  Mea  t  s 

■a  ool   i  tlvlsion,   Buret i    Igrlcull  ura  i 

economics:     "Marketing     E3arl3     California 
mil:    Lambs,"   r    -1--    Department   of  Agri- 
culture     Also,  address  by  representative  of 

National     Farm     Radio    Council. 

Morning,    from    Peer   Gynl    Suite    (Grieg)  — 

\ii..ti    Tri... 

in,— Joseph    Henry    Jackson:    "Chats 
About  Mew  Books.*' 

Deathe,  from  Peer  Gynl  Suite  (Grieg) 
— Arion  Trio. 
^   '.'I  p    in — Mrs    Q  nklln   West:  "Our 

Citizenship    Program.*'      Donna    May    Lewis, 
speaker:       The  Cultural  Background  ->f  our 
.i.i  pa  ni  se   ( i  Iris 
i  hoi  of  Women's  Clubs. 

i  '.i  nee,     t  rom     Peer     ■  lynl     Suite 
■ 
9  i  :>    p     in. — u     i ;.    Paden,    speaker,    aui 
Home  Department,  California  Congress  Par- 
ents    and     Teachers;      course,      "Character 
Training    In    the    Horn*  "Reapon- 

Violin    Sol.  i.     Holub,    Serenatella 

lis  ». 

i    9     Gifford,    speaker,    aus- 
rslty     of 
i  "a  llfornla  ral    Spi  ech     Im- 

provement,   and    the    Correction 

'  |    and    I  us" 

-  '    '  — Arion    Trio. 

Taesday,    \prii  IS 

realth 

. 

Willi. tin    H.    Hai 
•    16  .,Uh   Traininp. 

v   16   t..  ^  no  a.  m—    l.a/.vbon-  Health 

•injr. 

•lily   Strength." 

pany. 
-   :  Sis.  nal. 

p    m — Weather  B  orts 

m. — X    \ 

rxn. 

Sl     '  Vinton    La   Per- 

tlng. 

man 

Thin- 

P      m  —  T  from 

W  ib  j 
1-  ran 

m. — Weather  Bureau  n 

■ 


12 


SAN  FRAN'CISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  10,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


;  ns   p.    m. — S.   F.   Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 

Metals. 
7:16  p.   m. — N.  Y.   Stock  reports   (closing). 
7:23   p.   m. — S.   F.    Stock   reports   (closing). 
8:00    to    9:00   p.    m. — Eveready    program    (San 
Francisco  studio). 
Metropolitan  Male  Singers — 

Blue      Danube     Waltz      (Strauss) ;      Annie 

Laurie  (Buck  Arr.). 
Trumpet  .Solos — Vladimir  Drucker 
Etude  No.  1,  Op.  2  (Scriabine;  Solveig's  Song 
(Grieg). 
Metropolitan   Male  Singers — 

Land -sighting    (Grieg);    Murmuring 

Zephyrs   (Jensen). 
I'ian'i  Solos — Louise   Polos — 

Polonaise  in  C  sharp  Minor  (Chopin);  Im- 
promptu   in   A   Flat    (Chopin). 
Trumpet   Solos — Vladimir    Drucker 

Melancholy  and  Gypsy  Song   (Mikeshina). 
Metropolitan  Male  .Singers — 

Estudiantina    (Lacome). 
Trumpet  Solo — Vladimir  Drucker 

Kashmiri     Love     Song     ( Woodforde-Fin- 

den). 
Metropolitan   Male   Singers — 

Goodnight    (Buck). 
9:00    to    9:10    p.    m. — Henry    M.    Hyde — ■'Won- 
ders of  the  Sky." 
9:10   to   9:30   p.   m. — Mme.    Rose   Florence  pre- 
sents   Mrs.    Arthur    Ford,    Leonore    Keith  ley 
and   Stanford   E.   Moses.      Irma   Harris  Vogt 
at  the  piano. 
Mezzo -Soprano    Solos — Mrs.    Arthur    Ford — 

May      Night      (Brahms);      Lullaby      (Mac- 
Do  well  i. 
Bass    Solos — Stanford    E.    Moses 

Volga    Boat    Song    (Russian    Folk    Song) ; 
The  Bandolero   (Stuart). 
Soprano   Solos — Leonore   Keithley 

Princesita    iSpanish  ,Song);    Little   Damo- 

zel    iNovello). 
Duet — Leonore     Keithley     and    Stanford     E. 

Moses 

Last    Night    (Kjerulf). 
9:30   p.    m. — Auction   Bridge   feature. 
10:00    p.    m.    to    12:00    midnight — Dance    music, 
Madson's     Midshipmen,     Hotel     St.     Francis, 
San  Francisco. 

Wednesday.  April  14 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class.''  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs; 
William    H.    Hancock,   accompanist. 

7:45  a.  m. — "Pep  Class,"  Health  Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 
Training. 

S:30   a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert: 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Company. 

12:00   noon — Time   Signal. 

12:30   p.  m. — U.   S.    Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1:30  p.  m. — N.   V.  stock  reports. 

1:37  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau   reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Williams  Institute  (Berke- 
ley) speaker.  Boys'  Glee  Club  of  Edison 
.lunior  High  School  (Berkeley),  Edna  Kel- 
logg, director.  Ralph  L.  Cavanaugh.  bari- 
tone, .lohn  T.  Evans,  whistler.  Helen  Mc- 
1 1  vain,  pianist.  "Hints  for  Housekeepers," 
Mabel  Piatt. 

1:00  to  5:3ii  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra.  Hotel 
St.  Francis.  San  Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 
rera  directing. 

5:30  p    m. — Mr.  Fix-it  answers  questions. 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Brokaw  and  his  orches- 
tra from  Paradise  Gardens,  Oakland. 

6:55   p.    m. — News   items. 

7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau   report. 

i    06    ]>.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

7:08  p.  m. — S.  F.  Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 
Metals. 

7:16   p.   m. — N.   Y.   Stock   reports    (closing). 

i  .:::   p.    m. — S.   F.   Stock    reports   (closing). 
Wednesday   night   silent. 

Thursday-,  April  IB 

7:15   to  7:30   a.  m. — "'Energetics'   class."    Health 

Training    Exercises.    Hugh    Barrett    Dobbs: 

William   H.  Hancock,   accompanist. 
7    1".  a.   m. — "Pep  Class,"   Health  Training. 
8:15   to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 

Training. 

■  '-    m. — Cheerio — "Dally    Strength." 
11:30    a.    m.    to    1:00   p.   m. — Luncheon   concert: 

Sherman.    Clay   &   Company. 
12:nn   noon — Time   Signal. 
12:30  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 
1:30  p.    m. — N.    V.   stock   reports. 
1:::;  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 
1:42   p.   m. — Weather  bureau  reports, 
1:00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra.    Hotel 

St.   Francis.   San   Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 

rera  directing. 
5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — George  W.  Ludlow.  "Friend 

to  Boys."  assisted   by  Technical  High  School 

Hi    V. 
6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 
7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7:06  p.  ni. — .Baseball  scores. 
7:ns   p.   m. — S.  F.  Produce,  Grain,   Cotton   and 

Metals. 
7:16  p.  m. — N.  Y.  stock  reports   (closing). 
7:j:;   p.   ni. — S.    F.    Stock   reports    (closing). 
8:<i0  p.   m. — (Oakland  studio). 


Part    One. 
Vocal  Selections — Treble  ClefE  Society,  Uni- 
versity of  California;  Paul  Steindorff,  direc- 
tor. 
Instrumental   Selections — Arion   Trio 

California     Medley     (Arion     Arr.);     Come 

Join  the  Band  (Stanford  Song). 
"The  Track  Meet  on  Saturday."  Al  San- 
toro,  sport  writer,  in  an  Interview  with  Wal- 
ter Christie,  track  coach,  University  of 
i  California,  and  Robert  Lyman  Temple  ton, 
track  coach.  Stanford  University. 
Instrumental  Selections — Arion  Trio 

Medley    of    Stanford    Songs    (Arion    Arr.); 

Fight    for    California    (California    Song). 
Vocal  Selections — Treble   Cleff  Society 

Part   Two. 
Two    one -act    plays    by    F.    W.    McFarland. 
presented    by    KGO    Players,    Wilda    Wilson 
Church    directing".     Music,   Arion   Trio. 
Selection       from       "The       Bartered       Bride" 
(Smetana) — Arion  Trio. 

"Pure  Moonshine." 
Norwegian    Dance  No.   :;    (Grieg) — Arion  Trio. 
a  Resourceful  Wife." 
Au    Pays    Basque    (Tesse) — Arion   Trio. 
10:00   p  .m.   to  12:30  a.  m. — Dance  music,  Bro- 
kaw and  Orchestra.  Paradise  Gardens,  Oak- 
land. 

Friday.  April   i<  = 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs; 
William    H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45  a.   m. —  "Pep  Class,"   Health  Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class."  Health 
Training. 

S:::i>    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 
11:10    a.    in. — Prudence    Penny,    Home-making 
Talk, 

ll:3n    a.    m.    to   1:00   p.   m. — Luncheon    concert; 

Sherman.  Clay  &  Company. 

12:00   i n — Time  Signal. 

12:30   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau  reports, 
1:30   p.  m. — N.  Y.   Stock   reports. 
1:37  p.   m. — S.   F.  Stock  reports. 
1:4 2   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau   reports. 
3:00    to*  4:00    p.    m. — Short   program    by   Pacific 
Coasl    Musical  Review.     Vocal   numbers,  cour- 
tesy of  Bruce  Cameron. 
4:00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra,    Hotel 

St.    Francis.   San   Francisco,   Vinton   La  Fer- 

rera  directing. 

■"' '■'•>"    i"    '•■',<>    p.    m. — Esther    Wood    Schneider. 

KGO  Radio  Girls. 
6:00  to   t>;55   p.  m. — Brokaw  and  his  orchestra 
from   Paradise  Gardens,   Oakland. 
6:55   p,    m. — News   items. 
7:03  p.   m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
r  :06  p.  m.— Baseball  scores. 
7  us    p.    m,— s,    f.    Produce.   Grain.   Cotton   and 

Metals. 
7:16  p.  m.— N.  Y.  Stock   reports  (closing). 
(.23   p.   m.— S.   F.   Stock   reports    (closing). 

Friday  night  silent. 

Saturday*  April  17 

'   !r"   '"  •  :;"  ■';  m.— "Energetics"  class."  Health 

7'-','ningrI_  Exercises.     Hugh     Barrett     Dobbs; 

\\  imam  H.  Hancock,  accompanist. 
7:45  a.   m.— "Pep  Class,"   Health   Training. 
8:15  to  8:30  a.  ro. — "Lazybones"  class,"  Health 

1  raining. 

s:::i>  a.  m. — Cheerio — "Daily  Strength." 
8:46  a,   m. — Songs;   William  H.  Hancock. 

"hi?™  mV.t0  \PA  m.— Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman.  Clay  &  Company. 

12:00   noon— Time  Signal. 

i_'  ■::■!    p.    m. — 1\   s.    Weather   Bureau   report. 
12  33   p    m.— N.   v.  Stock  market  reports. 
I -in    p.    m.__s.    F.    Stock    Market    reports. 
1:00    to    5:30   p.    m.— Concert   orchestra.    Hotel 
bt.   l-rancis.  >an   Francisco,  Vinton   La  Per- 
rera  directing. 
8:00   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau   report.      AI   San- 

toro — "weekly  Sport    Review." 
8:10  p.   m. — Baldwin  Piano  Company  program 
(San    Framisco  studio). 

'Tin     Count    of    Luxembourg."   an    opera   in 
two  acts,   by    Franz   Lehar,   presented   under 
direction  of  Carl  Anderson. 
Casl       Angele       (soprano).      Elsa      Behlow 
Trautner:        Juliette        (soprano),        Ethel 
Wakefield;       Mimi       (soprano).       Beatrice 
Banaderet;     Babbette     (soprano),     Madge 
l"\\itt:    The    Grand    Duke    (tenor),    Har- 
rison   Coles;   Count   Rene    (tenor),    Robert 
E.     Saxe;     Brissard     (bass),     Albert    Peck 
Bates. 
Accompaniments   by   Eva   M.   Garcia,    piano; 
Robert   Rourke,   violin;   Arthur  Garcia,   vio- 
lin: and  Elbert  F.  Cowan,  harmonium. 
!<:4".    p.   m. — Radio   mystery   serial.   "A   Step   on 
the     Stairs."     arranged     by     Radio     Digest 
(eighth   installment). 
10:00    p.    m.    to    12:00   midnight — Dance    music, 
Madson's    Midshipmen,    Hotel    St.     Francis, 
San   Francisco. 


KFWI— RADIO    ENTERTAINMENTS, 
INC.,   SAN    FRANCISCO— 226 

Sunday  April  11 

I  to  2  p.  m. — KFWI  olTers  an  hour  of  concert 
presenting: 

Paul   Edmund  Durney,  pianist;  Ethel  Small, 
soprano;      Ray     MacDonald,     tenor;     Mary 
Ryan,  accompanist. 
S   to   9   p.   m. — Religious  services  broadcasted 
from    First   Church   of  Christ.   Scientist. 

9  to  10  p.  m. — Mr.  Louis  Donato,  tenor;  Miss 
May  Uetz,  cniuratura  soprano;  Miss  Bertha 
Swartz.  violinist,  accompanied  by  Miss  Eve- 
lyn Beberaheiraer;  Mr.  James  Muir,  musical 
saw. 

in  to  12  p.  in. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Orches- 
tra playing  at  II  Trovatore  Restaurant.  In- 
termissions by:  Harry  Hume,  accompanied 
by   Marjorie   Reynolds,   Abby   Berline. 

Monilay.  April    I- 

10:-15  to  11  a.  m. — Letters  of  Suzanne. 

II  to  11:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health,  conducted 
by  May  E.  Garcia,  Lois  Anderson  at  the 
piano. 

I  to  2  p.  m. — Studio  program  featuring  Ben 
Berman.  Peggy  MacDonald,  Dick  Gibiin, 
Gladys  La  Marr,  and  Hie  Parker. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Joe 
Thompson's  dance  orchestra.  During  in- 
termissions: Baron  Keyes,  and  Co  well 
Dein — banjo   solos. 

s  to  '.)  p.  m. — Geo.  B.  Cook,  basso;  Read  Sis- 
ters, singing  harmony;  Eleanor  Weishaar, 
pianist. 

fi  to  10  p.  m. — Program  presented  by  Mrs. 
Laura  Ellen  wlnsor;  Margaret  Jane  Me- 
sh erry,  contralto;  Arthur  Coughlin,  tenor; 
Pearl  May  Poore,  soprano;  Lillian  Loveder, 
pianist. 

10  to  11  p.  m. — Studio  program  of  popular 
songs. 

11  p,  m.  to  1  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  II  Trovatore  Restaur- 
ant. Intermissions  by:  Ben  Berman  and 
Peggy  MacDonald. 

Tu«*Kiln>.   April    13 

II  to  1  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Orches- 
tra playing  at  II  Trovatore  Restaurant.  In- 
termissions by:  Jack  Reed.  George  Taylor, 
assisted  by  Marjorie  Reynolds. 

Wednendny,    April    14 

lit:4r.  to  11   a.   m. — Letters  of  Suzanne. 

11   to  11:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health,  conducted 

by    May    E.    Garcia.    Lois    Anderson    at    the 

pi;i  no, 

I  in  j  i).  m. — Studio  program,  featuring  Harry 
Hume.  Read  Sisters,  Ethel  Lopaz,  Abby 
Berline.  and  James  Muir. 

G:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Georgia 
Melodians,  Geo.  Taylor,  during  intermis- 
sions. 

8    to    s:30   p.    m. — Radiocast   Weekly    program. 

8:30  to  0:30  p.  m, — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Or- 
chestra, playing  at  11  Trovatore  Restaur- 
ant.     Intermissions   by:   Sadie    Woodside. 

9:30  to  11  p.  m. — Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cats. 
Tom  Catton   at   the  microphone. 

II  to  1  a.  m. — 'Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Orches- 
tra plaving  at  II  Trovatore  Restaurant.  In- 
termissions by:  Eddie  Stott,  Baron  Keyes, 
and   Clem   Kennedy. 

Thursday,   April   15,  SILENT. 

Friday.    April  ltt 

10:46   to  11   a.   m. — Letters  of  Suzanne. 

11  to  11:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health  conducted 
by  May  E.  Garcia,  Lois  Anderson  at  the 
piano.  .        „    ,. 

1  to  2  p.  m. — Studio  program  featuring  Sadie 
Woodside.  Baron  Keyes,  Ben  Berman. 
1  'eggy  MacDonald,  Harmonica  Mike,  and 
Cowell  T>ein. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Ray  Hitch- 
cock's  Dance  Band. 

B  10  S:30  p.  m. — Program  presented  by  Leon- 
ard  &  Holt,   offering  the   Singing  Realtors. 

8:30  to  8:40  p.  m. — Travelogue  by  Elliot 
Hardy. 

8:40  to  9  p.  m. — Program  of  Irish  .Songs  with 
Rudie  Swall  and  Eddie  Stott,  accompanied 
by  Hazel  McDaniels. 

!>  to  10  p.  m. — Program  presented  by  Sigmund 
Anker   String  Quartet. 

Hi  to  10:30  p.  m. — Half  hour  of  popular  songs. 

10:80  to  12:30  p.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
orchestra,  playing  at  II  Trovatore  Restaur- 
ant. Intermissions  by  Al  Sather,  Lou  Em- 
mel.   with   Del  Perry   at  the  piano. 

Saturday.   April   IT 

1:30  to  3:30  a.  m. — Pajama  party  with  Clem 
Kennedy,  Baron  Keyes,  Eddie  Stott.  and 
Sadie   Woodside.   Al   Pierce. 

KLX— OAKLAND  TRIBUNE, 
OAKLAND— 508.2 

Sunday,  April  11 

Silent. 
Monday.  April  12 

6:30  to  7  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  Club  Orches- 
tra. 


April  10,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


7  to   7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

8  to  9  p.  m. — -"Martinez  Night."  Program 
broadcast  by  musicians  and  civic  leaders 
of  Martinez,  Calif. 

:»  to  10:30  p.  m. — Weekly  meeting  of  the  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Lake  Merritt  Ducks. 

Tuesday  April  13 

3   p.  m. — Baseball. 

7  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 
Silent  after  7:30  p.  m. 

Wi'dtieNdny.  April  14 

3   p.   m. — Baseball. 

6:30  to  7  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  Club  Orches- 
tra. 

7  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

8  to  9  p.  m. — Educational  program. 

!)  to  10  p.  m. — Program  broadcast  through  the 
courtesy  of  the  Olin  S.  Grove  Phonograph 
and.  Radio  Stores. 

'Thursday,  April  15 

3  p.  m. — Baseball. 
7  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 
Silent  after  7:30   p.  m. 

Friday,  April  1« 

3  p.  m. — Baseball. 

7  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

8  to  9:45  p.  m. — Studio  program  through  the 
courtesy  of  the  Western  Auto  Supply  Com- 
pany. 

9:45  to  10:30  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  Club  Or- 
chestra. 

Saturday,  April   17 

3   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 
Silent  night. 


KFRC— CITY  OF   PARIS   DRY   GOODS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 

Sunday,  April  11 

6:30  p.   m. — "The   Stage   and   Screen." 
6:30  to  7:30  p.   m. — Concert  from  Drury  Lane, 
Hotel  Whitcomb,  by  Stanislaus  Bern's  Little 
Symphony     Orchestra,    Eugenia    Bern    Con- 
ducting. 

8  to  10  p.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little  Sym- 
phony Orchestra. 

10  to  12  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct  wire 
from  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Walter 
Krausgrill's  Balconades  Orchestra,  Lou 
Emmel,  intermission  soloist.  Del  Perry, 
pianist. 

Monday,  April  12 

10     to    11    a.    m. — Household    Hints    by    Mary 

Lewis    Haines,    domestic    science    editor    of 

the  San  Francisco  "Call." 
5    to   5:30   p.   m. — Shopping  Guide   and   Society 

Gossip. 
5:30    to    6:30    p.    m. — Mac    and    hi«    Gang    with 

A.  F.  Merell.  Stamp-man. 
6:30  p.  m. — -"The  .Stage  and  Screen." 
6:30    to    7:00    p.   m. — Joe   Mendel    and   his    Pep 

Band   from   Lido  Cafe. 
7:00  to  7:30   p.    m. — QoodfellOWS    Ad    period. 
S    to    9:13    p.    m. — 'Around    the    CampHre    wit  h 

Mac.    Gladys    ( Ironk,    Paul    Nelson,    Carlton 

Wlrth  and  others. 
9:15    t<>    9:3(k    i).    m. — Current    events    talk    by 

John    D.    Barry,   lecturer   and    special    writer 

for  "The  Call." 
9:30  to  10:00  p.  m. — KFRC  Hawalians. 

Tuesday.  April  1.1 

13  to  12:20  p.  m, — Inspirational  talk  by  Ms>ry 

Katherine,  Maule. 
5:80  t«>  6:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 
i,  so  p.  m, — "The  Stage  ami  Screen.'1 
fi:30    t<>    7:00    p.    m.— Popular    songs    by    Fretf 

McKinley  of  Bigin's  Cafe. 
7:(H1   to  7:15  p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad    Period. 
7:15    to    7:80   p.   m. — Talk   by    the  Ant-man   of 

Marvel   Ant  Gelatin  Co. 
B  i"  9  p.  m. — studio  program  featuring  KFRC 

Male  Quartet]  tinder   the  direction  of  Frank 

Moss. 

9  to  ii  p.  m.— Dance  music  by  Walter  Kraus- 
griil's  Balconades  Orchestra  and  Wm.  Back- 

Stodt's  Old-time  Band. 

A\  criiicKrtny,  April    14 

10  to  11  a.  m. — Household  Hints  by  M.iry 
Lewis    Haines,     domestic     science     editor     of 

"The  CaU." 

5    to   5  SO   p.   m, — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

5:30  to   8:30   p.    m. — Mac  and   his  Gang. 
1    p,    m. —  "The   Stage  and   Screen.1* 

(;:;n  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  from  I>rury  Lane. 
Hotel  Whitcomb,  by  Stanislaus  Penis  Little 
Symphony  Orchestra.  Ray  MaePonald. 
tenor    soloist ;    Mary    Ryan,    pianist. 

S  to  *>  p.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little  Syni- 
phonv  Orchestra ;  Health  and  Safety  talk 
at  8:16  by  Mrs  1  >.  B.  P.  Easton.  chairman 
of  the  Women's   Division  of  the  California 

I  development    Association. 
'.»   to   10  p.   m. — Studio   program — Wm.   Powers. 
or,  singing   negro   spirituals:   Ferdinand 

Himmelreieh.  pianist:  Ord  Bohanan,  reader. 
lit  to  \2  p.  m. — Pa  nee  music  by  direct  wire 
from  the  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Walter 
Krausgrill's  Orchestra,  Paula  George.  In- 
termission  soloist. 


Thursday,    April    15 

4  to  5  p.  m. — Matinee  dance  program  by  Art 
Weidner's  Fior  D'ltalia  Orchestra. 

5:30   to  6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 
6:30  p.  m. — "The  Stage  and  Screen." 
6:30    to    7    p.    m. — Harry    Rose    and    Bill    Mor- 
ris  in    "Thirty  Minutes  Before   the  Mike." 

7  to  7:30  p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

5  to  8:15  p.  m. — Cressy  Ferra,  pianist. 

S:15  to  8:30  p.  m. — Sport  talk  by  Pat  Frayne, 
Sport's   Editor  of  "The   Call." 

8:30  to  10  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct  wire 
from  the  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Walter 
Krausgrill's  Balconades  Orchestra,  Gladys 
La  Mar,  intermission  soloist. 

Friday,  April  16 

12  noon  to  12:20  p.  m. — Inspirational  talk  by 
Mary  Katherine  Maule. 

4:45  to  5:30  p.  m. — Shopping  Guide,  Society 
Gossip  and  Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6:30    p.   m. — "The  ,Stage   and   Screen." 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  by  Stanislaus 
Bern's  Little  Symphony  Orchestra.  Cora 
Turner  Smith,  soprano  soloist;  Effie  Curtis 
Lepping,  pianist. 

S  to  9  p.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little  Sym- 
phony Orchestra;  George  Black,  bass  solo- 
ist. 

9  to  10  p.  m. — Studio  program — Auspices  John 
Franklin  Music  Co. 

10  to  11  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct  wire 
from  the  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Wal  ter 
Krausgrill's  Orchestra  and  Wm.  Back- 
stodt's  Old-time  Band. 

Saturday,  April   17 

4  to  5:30  p.  m. — Tea  hour  concert  by  Stanis- 
laus Bern's  Little  Symphony  Orchestra, 
playing  on  the  roof  garden  of  the  Hotel 
Whitcomb. 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  his  Gang1. 
6:30  p.  m. — "The  £tage  and  Screen." 
6:30    to    7  ::'.n    p.    m. — 1  >ance    music   from    1  nury 
Lane,     Hotel     Whitcomb.     by     Milt     I  iiinzen- 
dorfer's    Hotel    Whitcomb    Radio    Band, 
i  lood fellows     Ad     Period     during     intermis- 
sions,   assisted    by   Perry    Leilunan    ;iml    I"r<  <1 
Ducato. 

8  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.~- Dance   music  by   If  lit 
zendorfer'S    Band.      Impromptu    intermission 
program    featuring    Anne    Lap  kin,    soprano : 
Ozella    BostlCk,    pianist,   and   members   of    thi- 
ol ehestra. 

KTAB— ASSOCIATED  BROADCASTERS. 
OAKLAND— 240 

Mimliiy,    April    I  I 

9:46   to   10:46  a.   m. — Bible  lecture  by  Prof.  E. 

G.    Lirisley, 

1 1  a.  m,  to  i  I  BO  }■    to      '  'iiin-.ii  -■  rvlce 
7:46   to  0:16  p.  m. — Church  service, 
9:30  to  11  p.  m. — Af ter-S.rvlce  Concert. 

HoadaTi   *i>rii  i- 

<t  to  !>  ;80  a.  m  —Prayer  Set  \  I  E    i. 

Spa  wlding. 

IS    to   t    p.  m. — Luncheon  Concert. 

i  to  5  p    in-  Women'a  Club  Note* 
B   to   in   p.   m. — Studio  program. 
TiirMilny,    April    l.'t 

:<  to  0:80  a.  m. — Prayer  Service  by  Rov.  «'■    W 

Phillips. 

1 2  to  i  p.  m. — Luncheon  Concert 

x    to   L0  p    m. —  Program   by  Mills  CollOf 
WrdnrMdny.    \prtl  14 

.«  ,.,  j; so  a    m.— Prayer  Service  by  Rev.  <;    \v 

Phillips. 

i  j  to   i   p.  m. —  Luncheon  Concert 

s    to    in    p,    m — Program    by    Western 

Life  Insurance 
Ihn.-.ln*.    April    II 

'.'  to  9  so  a    m. — Prayer  Service  by   Rav    ■;    W. 

Phillips. 
^2  to  l  p.  m. — Luncheon  Concert. 
s    to    10   p.   m. — Studio  program. 
Friday,     \prll    Id 

9  to  9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  Ban  E  L 
Bnauldtng. 

l ^   to   i   p.  m. — Lunch e. m   Concert 

5  to   10  p.  m. — Program  by  Broun- 
Saturday.    \prll    17 

:»  to  9:00  a.  m, — Prayer  Service  by  Rev   E    i. 

Spa  uMing. 
r:  to   l   p    m— Luncheon  Concert. 

KJBS — JULIUS     BRUNTON     6V    SONS    CO.. 
SAN  FRANCISCO— 220 

Snaday.    \prll    11 

p     m  —  Program    by    Kear- 
I  Orchestra.     Intermission    number*    by 
Ray    BfacDonald,    Mary    Kvan,    Norma 

Mnaday.    \prll   12 

m. — Musical   program 

8:00    i"    I  00   p     m — Thompson's    Alhambrians. 
Intermission   numbers  by:  Gertrude  J 
Tom     Connolly,      ozHIa      Rostiek     end     Jim 
;iing. 

0:00  to  in. no  p  m — Kavnrite  hour  entertain- 
ers, featuring  Gladys  T-a  Marr.  Al  SAther 
and  others. 


Tuesday,    April  IS 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Musical  program. 

2:00   to   2:30   p.   m. — Musical  program. 

Wednenday,  April  14 

9;00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Musical  program. 
2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Musical  program. 
8:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program    by    the    After 

Dinner    Boys,    Jimmy    Raymond    and    Harry 

Hume. 

Thursday.   April   15 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Musical  program. 
2:00   to  2:30  p.  m.— Musical  program. 

Friday,   April   10 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Musical  program. 

2:00   to  2:30  p.   m. — Musical  program. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Billa 
Moret,  with  Ben  Berman  and  Peggy  Mac- 
Donald. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Johnson's  Radio  Band. 
Intermission  numbers  by:  Anne  Lapkin, 
(►zflla   Bostick,  and  the  Melody  Trio. 

liimo  to  11:00  p.  m. — Weekly  meeting  of  the 
Herring  Club. 

Saturday,   April   17 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Musical  program. 
2:00   to   2:30   p.   m. — Musical   program. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 

sisted  by  Paul  Tisen  and  his  wondrous 
stringed  orchestra. 

*  *     * 
Casino 

\\  iih  a  list  nt  principals  that  roads  like 
a  Broadway  production,  and  a  chorus  of 
New  York  size,  described  as  "two  score 
dazzling,  dancing,  darlings."  Henry  Duf- 
fy will  inaugurate  his  tenure  of  the  ' 
vin.»  theatre  next  Friday  evening  with 
"Hone)  Girl/1  a  musical  comedy  of  the 
most  elaborate  sort.  Duffy  purposes  to 
present  only  musical  attractions  at  the 
*  'asino,   which  lie  will  operate  together 

with  the  President  and  Alcazar  theaters. 

"Honey  <iirl"   has   never    been    seen 

west  of  Chicago  and  Duffy  has  obtained 
as  the  outstanding  star.  Walter  Catlett, 
"lie    of    the    most    popular   and   talented 

liruiv  of  the  day.  Vlso  featured  will 
be  Rene  Riano,  comedienne,  and  cue  of 
the  Mars  .  >f  the  « >riginal  mctn »|x  .litan 
presentation.  She  is  not  so  well  known 
here  as  is  (  atlett.  bu  in  the  Ka^t  her  name 
is  heralded  as  one  of  the  real  magnets  of 
Broadway.  Then  there  is  the  clever  and 
talented  Willard  Mall,  whose  work  in 
"No,  Xo.  N'annette."  made  him  a  great 
favorite  here;  Alice  (avanaugh.  lad 
of  "Little  Nellie  Kelly;"  Maurice  Hol- 
land, who  had  a  prominent  role  in  "Lady 
Butterfly,"    Dee    Loretta,   clever   musical 

ly  celebrity,  and  Joe  firiffin.  sjpger 
and  dancer. 

The  attraction  itself  is  >ajd  to  be  a 
whirlwind  of  fun,  melody,  song  and 
dance.  It  contains  a  real  plot,  an  inter- 
esting story,  some  ringing  numbers  that 
are  said  to  entrance  and  captivate  and  a 
girls. 

*  *     * 
Golden  Gate 

A  triple  headline  vaudeville  announced 
for  the  Golden  Gate  next  week  in 
"Tramp.  Tramp.  Tramp.'  f  the 

road  played  by  a  cast  of  eight.  hea'T 
Jack    Can 

(Continued    on    Pare    14) 


14 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  10,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  13) 
Lee;  William  Sully  ami  Genevieve 
Houghton,  supported  by  Sam  Ruse  in 
Kalmer  and  Ruby's  musical  comedy  skit, 
"Arms  and  the  Girl,"  and  Yal  Harris, 
the  noted  rube  comedian  with  pretty  Vera 
Griffin,  comedienne  and  songstress  in 
"The  Sheik  of  '61."  All  three  of  the  acts 
are  standard  headline  attractions. 

The  supporting  show  is  one  of  excep- 
tional appeal  being  headed  by  Monroe 
Tabor  and  Fred  Green,  "Two  Dark 
Knights."  They  are  excellent  blackface 
comedians  and  the  possessors  of  pleasing 
voices.  Key  and  Lnrene  Sterling  in  their 
"Sterling  (  Mlering"  do  a  series  of  diffi- 
cult stunts  and  dances  on  roller  skates. 
The  Gabbers.  "America's  Ingenious  Ath- 
letes," are  American  acrobatic  stars  with 
an  excellent  routine  of  tricks. 

Augmenting  the  stage  bill  will  be  the 
first  San  Francisco  showing  of  "Time, 
the  Comedian."  a  new  Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer  release  starring  Lew  Cody  and 
Mae  Busch.  A  supporting  cast  of  favor- 
ites includes,  Roy  Stewart.  Paulette  Du- 
val,  Creighton  Hale  and  Gertrude  Olm- 
stead. 

The  usual   short   film   features  and  an 
overture    by    Claude    Sweeten's    Golden 
Gate  orchestra  and  Grace  Rollins  Hunt, 
organist,  complete  the  bill. 
*     *     * 

At  the  Elder  Gallery 
Arthur  C.  Pillsbury,  who  has  recent- 
ly been  making  experiments  in  moving 
picture  microscope  photography  in  the 

laboratories  of  the  Botany  Department. 
University  of  California,  will  lecture  in 
the  Paul  Elder  Gallery.  Saturday  after- 
noon,  April  10th.  at  2:30  o'clock,  .in 
"The  Marvels  of  Wild  Flower  Life." 
and  will  show  his  moving  pictures  in 
which  the  movement  of  protoplasm  and 
the  conjugation  of  the  male  and  female 
nuclei  is  depicted.  This  truly  remark- 
able picture,  showing  the  processes  of 
germination  in  such  a  minute  object  as 
a  -vain  of  pollen,  will  lie  supplemented 
by  other  mining  pictures  of  the  secret 
life  nf  wild  flowers  and  of  entertaining 
views  of  tlie  wild  animal  life  of  Yi>- 
semite  Valley. 


Settled 
"Borkesley,"  said  the  grocer  to  the  dead 
beat  who  was  planning  to  move  out  of 

the  community.  "I  don't  believe  you  will 
ever  pay  ue  what  you  owe  me.  It  isn't 
worth  while  to  sue  you  for  it,  and  you 
have  nothing  I  care  to  attach.  I  will 
simply  give  you  a  receipt  anil  call  it  paid,'' 

"fine  nf  you,"  said  Borkesley. 

A  few  minutes  after,  seeing  Borkeslc) 
still   lingering  about,  the  merchant  sail: 

"Was  there  something  you  wished  to 
speak  to  me  about'" 

"Not  especially,  but  ain't  it  customary 
to  give  a  feller  a  cigar  when  his  account's 
settled?"  Forbc- 


Two  Pioneers  Pass 

The  lintel  Oakland,  and  incidentally, 
the  city  nf  Oakland,  lost  a  pioneer  and 
East  Bay  Civic  leader,  in  the  passing  of 
Charles  Jurgens,  owner  of  the  Hotel 
(  lakland,  and  prominent  public-minded 
citizen,  last  Sunday,  the  fourth.  Mr.  Jur- 
gens was  born  in  Germany.  January  3rd, 
1844.  and  came  to  this  country  as  a  boy 
with  his  parents,  settling  in  Michigan. 
In  1863  lie  came  to  Oakland,  finding  em- 
ployment in  a  grocery  store  in  the  Tenes- 
cal  district.  Later  he  bought  out  his  em- 
ployer and  this  small  store  was  the  foun- 
dation  of  his   fortune. 

Several  years  later,  he  purchased  a  ho- 
tel at  15th  and  Broadway  and  in  1917 
he  and  a  son,  William  C.  Jurgens,  took 
control  of  the  Hotel  Oakland. 

Under  liL  ownership  and  management, 
the  Hotel  (lakland  has  become  one  of 
the  famous  hostelries  of  the  Pacific  Coast, 
for  it  is  admitted  to  be  one  of  the  finest 
and  best  managed  hotels  in  this  part  of 
the  world,  and  many  of  the  smartest  so- 
ciety affairs  take  place  within  its  en- 
virons. 

Four  children  survive  Mr.  Jurgens: 
William  C.  Jurgens.  present  manager  of 
the  hotel.  Dr.  Charles  II.  Jurgens,  Mrs. 
A.  E.  Kroenke  and  Mrs.  Marshall  Steel, 
all  of  Oakland. 


The  firm  of  Sherman  Clay  &:  Company 
lost  a  beloved  member  when  Leander  S. 
Sherman,  head  of  this  music  house. 
passed  away  at  his  home  in  Green  street, 
early  this  week.  Coming  from  the  "Hub" 
of  the  United  States,  the  city  of  Boston, 
in  1861.  as  a  boy,  be  demonstrated  his 
love  for  music  by  associating  himself  with 
various  music  bouses  in  the  city,  after- 
wards establishing  his  own.  which  he 
managed    for   fifty-six  years. 

When  be  retired  in  1920  from  active 
service  in  the  firm,  the  son  of  his  partner. 
Phillip  Clay,  became  president,  and  his 
own  son.  Fred  1\.  Sherman,  became  vice- 
president. 

In  addition  lo  directing  the  business  of 
Sherman,  (.day  &  Company,  Mr.  Slier- 
man  was  one  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  United  Railway  Company  of  San 
Francisco,  and  also  of  the  San  Francisco 
I  lank. 

He  i-  survived  by  his  son.  Fred  R. 
Sherman,  bis  daughter.  Mrs.  Julian  II. 
Alco.  and  his  sister,  Miss  Flora  Sherman. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club. 
Pacific  Union  Club,  San  Francisco 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  Cali- 
fornia Development  Board. 


Numb — Roman     women     must     have 

worn  queer  clothes. 

Skull — What   makes  you    think   ^o"J 
"My  history  professor  says  they  heated 

their  houses  by  carrying  around  charcoal 

in  brassieres." 

Washington  Columns 


THOS.  MAGEE 
&S0NS 

Licensed  Real 
Estate  Agents 

Have  moved  to  permanent 

offices  tit 
i 

69  Sutter  Street 

Bit.  Sansome  and  Montgomery' 


1 


.y/.ro  continuing  their 

Sunset  Office 


j    At  N.  E.  Cor.  Taraval  and  21st 


Selling  nil  kinds  of 

S.  F.  Real  Estate 

Also  publishers  S.  F.  Real  Estate 
Circular  since  IS66 


FIRE  AMI  MARINE 
<1  NOI'SIS    OF    THF.    ANNUAL    STATEMENT 

OF  THE 

U.S.Branch  of  the  State  Assurance 
Company,  Limited 

"i  Liver] i,  England,  on  the  31st  flay  >>f  De- 
cember, 1925,  made  to  the  Insurance  Commis- 
sioner <>r  the  State  "i  California,  pursuant  to 
law. 

ASSKTS 

Real   estate       $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  imin.s 

Bonds   and    stocks ...    1,230,489.52 

Cash   in   office  and  banks 106,904.65 

Agents'   balances         227,036.48 

Hills  receivable  taken  for  risks.... 

Other   ledger  assets ^,s7n,::t; 

Total    ledger   assets $1,567,300.96 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    Interest    ami    rents    due    or 

accrued  $ 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

booh   *  ;i  lue 

<Hher   non-ledger   assets 1,663,263.40 

<;n<Ns    assets  (1,663,263.40 

Deduct    assets    not    admitted .'5, '.1117.71; 

Total    admitted    assets.  ...    ..81,659,355.64 

LIABILITIES 
Ne|    amount   of  unpaid   losses  and 

claims    $     153,930.  12 

Unearned  premiums  891,411  IS 

aii   oth<  r    liabilities  ...        82,192.90 

Total    liabilities    (except   capital 

and   surplus)    81,077,534.47 

Capital     - 800,001 

Surplus         381,821.17 

Total    capital,  surplus  and   other 

liabilities „|1,659,365  G  1 

WILLI  \m  n aiii:. 

MimiiBrcr. 

11.  M.  m;\\  11  \i,i,  a  CO., 

Pacille  Cotmi  (icneral   AcentN, 

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April   10,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


KIKE    AM)    MARINE 

SYNOPSIS    OK    THE    AXNIAL     STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

County  Fire  Insurance  Company 

of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  of  Manchester,  in  the 
State  of  New  Hampshire,  on  the  31st  day  of 
December,  1925,  made  to  the  Insurance  Com- 
missioner of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant 
to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real    estate    $       30,208.38 

Mortgages*  and  collateral  loans 7,000.00 

Bonds  and   stocks 1.57S.606.9S 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 74,441.82 

Agents'    balances  149,264.94 

Bills   receivable   taken   for   risks 

Other   ledger    assets 1,176.25 

Total    ledger    assets $1,840,698.37 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued   $       13.59S.65 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  255,791.14 

Other  non-ledger  assets 12,848.53 

Gross   assets    $2,122,936.69 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 6,853.18 

Total   admitted   assets $2,116,083.51 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount   of   unpaid   losses   and 

claims    $     115,373.4  9 

Unearned  premiums  92S.325.37 

All    other    liabilities 34,292.63 

Total    liabilities    (except   capital 

and   surplus)    $1,077,991.49 

Capital     500.000.0d 

Surplus    53S.092.02 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $2,116,083.51 

FRANK  W.  SARGEANT, 

President. 
GEO.  W.  SWALLOW, 

A.gmt,  5ecretarya 
<'.  A.  COLVIN,  Manager 
Pacini*  ('mint  Department 
«:ts  HiinIi  St.,  suti  Francisco,  4'iilif. 


MISCELLANEOUS 
SYNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT 

OP 

Title  Insurance  and  Guaranty  Co. 

of  San   Francisco,   in   tin-  State  of  California. 
on   the  81st  day  of    December,    1926,   made    to 

the    Insurance   Commissioner   <>i'   the    St  air   of 
California,   pursuant    to   law. 

ASSETS 

Real    estate    $  15,44  1.05 

Mortgages  and  collateral   loans 866 

Bonds  and  shu-ks  344,829.68 

('ash     in    company's    office    and    in 

banks 24SJ 

Premiums  in  course  of  collection.. 

Bills   receivable   I  i I 

other   ledger  assets..  76,021.19 

Plant    861,13  I  64 

Ledger  assets  61,286,846.70 

NQN-LEDGEB   ASSETS; 

Interest    and    rents  due   m    accruedf 

Market    value    of    secui  Itli  ■ 

booh   vs  lue  80,3 

Premiums  in  i rse  of  collection  33,492.22 

i  >ther  tion  -ledger  assel  a 

Total   gross  assets.  ...  $..349,188.23 

Deduct    assets   not   admitted..  29,781.16 

Total  admitted  assets  61,319,407.07 

LIABILITIES 

Net  unpaid  claims,  except  liability 
and  workmen's  compensation    ..  $      10,< 

Special  reserve  for  unpaid  liabil- 
ity ami  workmen's  compensa  - 
t  inn  claims 

Estimated    expen  a 
tion  a  mi  ad  .  me 

Total  unearned  premiums  on  un- 
expired risks  

Esci  "\\     funds 

\n    other   liabilities  14 

Total   liabilities   (except   capital 

and  surplus)         ...  $  27:!.:: 

Capital    ...  750 

Title  Insurance  surplus  fund  187. J 

Surplus  10&.13S.T4 

Total    liabilities,   capital   and 

surplus  $1.319. t 

O.    II.    KOI   I.K.Al  . 

resident. 
B.    «..    81    M\\    VKT/M  \\>. 

Seeretarj . 

li,"VO  Mon<tonirr>    Street, 

Sua  Fnukefaee 


Insurance 

SINCE  the  great  fire,  no  phenomenon 
has  been  more  conspicuous  than  the 
growth  and  development  of  insurance 
companies.  They  have  now  become  great 
financial  institutions,  with  more  invested 
capital  than  many  ostensibly  purely 
money-dealing  corporations.  Their  value 
to  the  community  is  inestimable.  They 
have  the-  most  certain  reputation  for 
honest  dealing  and  complete  security.  As 
will  be  seen  from  the  statements  in  this 
issue,  they  are  a  bulwark  of  safety  against 
the  risks  of  life.  Property  is  preserved 
by  them  as  in  no  other  way.  The  Ameri- 
can insurance  company  is  perhaps  the 
greatest  triumph  of  American  financial 
genius. 

*  *     * 

No  one  can  read  the  achievements  of 
the  insurance  companies  of  San  Francis- 
co, both  at  the  time  of  the  great  fire  and 
since,  without  a  thrill  of  admiration  for 
the  men,  who,  face  to  face  with  the  great 
losses  of  that  historical  occasion,  pulled 
out  of  the  destruction  a  reputation  For 
character  and  integrity  which  has  borne 
fruits  of  success,  almost  incredibly  great. 

*  *      * 

The  Canadian  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  Winnipeg,  is  establishing  a  Uni- 
ted States  department  in  California.  Li- 
cense will  be  granted  to  the  company  by 
the  state  insurance  commission.  Harris 
anil  Watson  have  charge  of  il-  interests. 
This  company  has  always  had  an  envi- 
able reputation  in  Canada. 

*  *    * 

The  aggregate  tire  company  losses  for 

1925   show  a  greater   volume  than  in  the 

previous  year.  The  net  losses  accord- 
ing to  the  statement  <>t'  the  Argus  Fire 
Chart,  show  about  $8,000,000  of  an  in- 
crease in  net  loss. 

*  *     » 

California,  Oregon  and  Montana  are 
in  the  honor  cla^s  for  fire  prevention, 
as  chosen  \<\  the  Board  of  Awards  of  the 
National  Fire  Waste  Council. 


Six  additional  Pacific  Coast  under- 
writers have  been  elected  fellows  of  the 
Insurance  Institute  of  America.  They 
are:  Thos.  11.  Anderson.  Pacific  depart- 
ment manager  for  the  Liverpool  ft  Lon- 
don &  Globe;  William  Deans  of  tin 

bach  K:  Deans  general  agency  and  pre-1 
dent  of  the  Pacific  Hoard;  < ',.  A.  K. 
1  letter,  insurance  manager  tor  the  San 
Francisco  Realty  Company  and  former 
Pacific  Coast  fieldman;  R.  W.  Osborn, 
arbitrator  for  the  Pacific  Board;  Fred  J. 
Perry,  agencj  superintendent  for  the  Pa- 
cific department  of  the  Royal  fleet ;  and 
Charles  F.  Wilson  of  Denver. 


FIRE   AND   MARINE 
SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

Caledonian-American  Insurance  Co. 

of  New  York,  in  the  ,Ptate  of  New  York,  on  the 
31st  day  of  December,  1925,  made  to  the  In- 
surance Commissioner  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real  estate  $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds   and   stocks Sll.146.84 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 57,651.22 

Agents'    balances   75,134.08 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other    ledger    assets,    reinsurance 

recoverable  on  paid  losses S, 271. 96 

Total  ledger  assets $     952,204.10 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued    $       10,562.01 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value 3,903.16 

other  non-ledger  assets 

'  l-ross    assets    $    966,669.27 

l  deduct  assets  not  admitted 1,412.00 

Total  admitted   assets $  965.257.27 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount   of  unpaid  losses  and 

Claims     $  34,876,65 

Unearned  premiums  391,620.20 

All    other    liabilities 20,700.00 

Total   liabilities   (except   capital 

and  surplus)  $  447.196.85 

Capital  200.000.00 

Surplus   318,060.42 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $    966,267.27 

It.   <  .    <   HltlSTOPHKR, 

P  resilient. 
H.    B.    FRAXt  K. 

Secretary. 
SE.LH  \CH  A    DB  WS. 
General    \ i; »*n i -, 
2tu  Pine  Street.  §«■  rrmteiwo,  Calif. 


'What  would  you  say  it  I  k 
'I  wouldn't  be  in  -peak." 

X.  Carolina  Buccaneer 


rim:    \\u  m  UUIfB 

NY  TV  OPS  18    OF    Till;     \NM    \i.    BTATBMBHT 

OF  Tin: 

Minneapolis  Fire  &  Marine 
Insurance  Company 

■  •t  Minneapolis,  in  the  State  of  Minnesota,  on 
Isl   day  , . r  December,   p«j.'-.  made  to  the 
Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  State  "f  <\ili- 
fornla.  pursuant  to  law 

ASSETS 
tatt  $ 

ti.i  collate! 

■tocks  I2S 

•  :ish  in  office  and  banks  189 

191 

able  taken  for  risks 4.716.38 

'  oh.  r 

T.o.il   ledgi                                                f  920.518.72 
NON.I.BUGER 
T'-tai    Interest    and    rents    du 

I  1."., 719. 90 
Market    value    of    securities    over 

book   mhi.  14.897. 70 
i  liner  non-ledger   t  -   ■ 

949.U8.il 

•  I  admitted  ^.740.87 

Total    admitted  8    94S.i9S.4S 

LIABILITIES 

I'Oinl   of   unpaid    losses   and 
claim-  I 

■  ii   pr.-mium- 
ther   liabilities  i05.848.84 

I    liabilities   (except   capital 

305.848.84 

Surpii-  439.54«.«1 

l  capital,  surplus  and  other 
llahil   ■  ■  -  »    945.395.45 

J.  I».  MeMII  I   W 

Vlre- Presides!. 
Illll  IK    i       I   I'.ACH. 

"MTftsrx. 
II.    M.   MM  II  »l  I     A    • 
Pacific  in,.l  f.encral    Vir.t. 
210    Hattfrv    street 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April   10.  1926 


THE  Sante  Fe  is  inaugurating  one  of  the  greatest  innova- 
tions in  railroad,  scenic,  scientific  and  educational  travel 
in  America  in  its  "Indian  Detours."  It  is  a  combination  of 
transcontinental  train  service  and  motor  car  service  with  Har- 
vey meals  and  hotels.  Trains  are  left  for  the  detour  at  Las 
Vegas  and  the  rail  journey  is  resumed  at  Albuquerque. 

*  *     * 

—The  Pioneer  Rubber  Mills  which  started  here  in  1888  is 
now  one  of  the  most  important  manufacturers  of  rubber  goods 
in  the  country.  It  has  discovered  and  developed  a  new  method 
of  manufacturing  garden  hose  which  has  placed  it  at  the  head 
of  that  particular  class  of  goods. 

*  *     * 

It  has  been  well  pointed  out  that  there  are  still  hundreds 

of  acre-  of  industrial  property  that  are  without  water  front 
facilities,  within  the  city  limits.  They  say  that  there  arc  more 
than  250  industrial  acres  to  be  reclaimed  in  Islais  Creek  Re- 
clamation District  alone. 

*  *     * 

The  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  its  weekly 

organ,  "Business,"  says:  "Aside  from  industrial  property  with- 
in the  city,  acreage  for  vast  growth  and  development  of  the 
future  is  to  be  found  down  the  Peninsula,  where  49  miles  of 
industrial  waterfront,  with  thousands  of  industrial  acres  ad- 
jacent, are  favored  with  deep  water." 

*  *     * 

— The  San  Francisco  Bureau  of  Governmental  Research 
in  its  organ,  "The  City"  says  that  the  salary  standardization 
amendment  adopted  at'the  election  of  1924  was  adopted  with 
the  idea  of  getting  equal  work  for  equal  pay.  This  idea  will 
not  be  carried  out,  maintains  the  paper  in  question,  if  the  pro- 
posed classification  by  the  Civil  Service  Commission  is  adopted. 
The  objection  is  that  the  classification  does  not  provide  a  de- 
pendable basis. 

*  *     * 

— The  economic  results  of  the  straw  vote  on  prohibition  are 
already  making  themselves  felt  in  an  increased  demand  for 
former  brewery  buildings  and  a  development  in  values  of  such 
plants.  It  is  more  and  more  coming  to  be  the  conviction  oi 
thoughtful  people  that  the  return  of  light  wines  and  beers  is 
destined  to  be  certain  within  a  short  time. 

*  *     * 

— There  is  a  great  deal  of  truth  in  the  following  advice  by 
Edwin  Evans  Mentzer,  the  well-known  investment  consultant  : 
"In  times  like  these  it  is  imperative  that  most  people  have  their 
investment  lists  reviewed  by  men  skilled  in  determining  real 
values.  Wholesale  advice  does  not  fit  securities  to  the  needs 
of- individual  pocket-books.  Many  people  have  'book  profits' 
they  should  turn  into  cash.  Many  people  have  good-looking 
stocks  without  much  substance,  which  should  be  sold.  It  is 
house-cleaning  time.  It  is  time  to  clear  the  muck  out  of  your 
pocket  book  and  put  your  affairs  in  order." 

*  *     * 

— While  indications  arc  that  the  federal  estate  tax  will  be 
finally  eliminated,  it  is  not  expected  that  this  will  lessen  the 
"death  tax"  demands.  An  increase  in  state  inheritance  taxes 
is  not  unlikely. 


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DR. 

B 

W. 

HAINES 

Elkan 

323  G 

San 

■  ■■■■■ 

Gunst  Building 
eary  at  Powell 

Francisco 

DENTIST 

Telephone 

Hours 
Dougl 

9  to  4 
ss  2949 

.... . . 4 

THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.  186a 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidat  ions  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  nnd  21st  Streets 

PARK-PRESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

IIAIC1IT  STREET  BRANCH Haipht  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (4}4)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO.  CANADA 

Paid   I  |i  i  apiliil  $20,000,000  $20,000,000  Reserve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL,  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON.  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,    ORE.;     SEATTLE.     WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY,     MEXICO. 

Son  FrnnclHco  OHIce:  450  California  Street 
BRUCE   HEATHCOTE  W.  J.   COBLTHARD 

Monager  Aumi.  Manager 


Compensation,   General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  VV.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phone  Douclas  2244 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

MANVFACTVRERS  OF 
RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE.    TANKS,     CULVERTS,     PENSTOCKS. 

FLUMES.  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS.  ETC. 
Snn  Frnnclseo,  Cnllf.  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

444  Market  Street  5717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


^__^  MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 

f/fl6s.E]fenf  Shirts  ' ItlOsEKenli 

^IHF    »s»    %m? 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 


25  Kearny  Street 


Phone  Kearny  3714 


April   10.  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

Touring  the  South  Seas — Vacation  Voyages  to  Samoa, 
Fiji  and  the  Antipodes 

SAN  FRANCISCO  is  the  ocean  gateway  to  a  vacation  realm 
of  unique  charm.  All  who  have  read  the  seafaring  stories 
of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  Jack  London,  and  Frank  Norris, 
recall  the  glamor  of  romance  which  they  cast  about  the  "island 
schooners"  putting  out  from  this  port  for  the  South  Seas.  And 
the  readers  who  followed,  in  their  bright  pages,  the  course  of 
those  romantic  craft  southward,  longed  to  call  with  them  at 
the  quaint  island  villages  of  Polynesia. 

Now.  with  the  development  of  swift  steamship  service  to 
the  South  Pacific,  it  is  possible  to  reach  these  island-groups 
in  a  comparatively  few  days  from  San  Francisco.  Only  a 
week's  voyage  beyond  Hawaii,  for  instance,  liners  of  the 
Oceanic  Steamship  Company  put  in  at  Pago  Pago,  in  the 
Samoan  islands ;  and  Suva,  Fiji,  is  but  2  days  farther  on. 

Pago  Pago,  on  Tutuila,  in  the  Samoan  group,  has  one  of  the 
finest  harbors  in  the  South  Seas.  It  is  the  site  of  a  United 
States  naval  station. 

As  the  liner  steers  through  the  high-walled  entrance,  one 
is  struck  with  the  magnificence  of  Pago  Pago  harbor. 

Tourists  here  go  ashore,  inspect  the  naval  station  and  the 
mission  settlement,  and  motor  to  nearby  villages.  The  native 
Samoans,  handsome  in  appearance,  arc  the  fairest-skinned  of 
the  Polynesian  peoples  and  the  tallest  of  all  the  human  family. 

Covered  with  a  mantle  of  perennial  verdure,  from  the  coral 
sands  of  the  coast  to  the  steep-ridged  inland  peaks,  the  Samoan 
islands  are  indeed  "Isles  of  the  Blest."  Besides  Tutuila  there 
are  other  and  larger  islands  in  the  group,  forming  Western 
Samoa  (under  New  Zealand's  control),  and  their  port  of  Apia 
is  only  60  miles  by  Steamer  from  Pago  Pago;  but  usually  Apia 
is  visited  from  Suva,   Fiji, 

Picturesquely  situated  beside  a  reef-locked  harbor.  Suva  is 
the  chief  port  and  capital  of  the  British  crown  colony  of  Fiji — 
larger  in  area  than  our  own  glorious  recreation  domain  of 
Hawaii,  and  comparable  to  it  in  beauty. 

There  are  delightful  motor  trips  throughout  the  island  of 
Yiti  Levu,  upon  which  Suva  is  situated. 

On  inter-island  steamers  one  can  visit  I.evuka.  the  former 
British  capital,  on  Ovalau,  and  many  quaint  outports  where 
native  life  is  seen  at  its  best. 

The  sea-fishing  of  Fiji  offers  superb  sport, 

Suva  is  the  point  of  departure  for  the  triangular  tour  by 
steamer,  embracing  Tonga  and  Samoa — ID  days  of  leisurely 

cruising.  The  Tonga  group,  or  Friendly  Islands,  arc  of  both 
volcanic  and  upraised  coral  formation.  Chief  of  the  isles  i- 
Tongatabu,  low-lying  and  verdant 

Fhe  visitor  will  he  delighted  with  the  quaint  customs  and 
clever  craftsmanship  of   the  Tonga  nation,  and  wonder  at   the 

mysterious  ruins  of  prehistoric  civilization  here  in  mid-oci 
Western  Samoa  was  formerly  a  German  colony,  hut  since 

the  World  War  has  been  under  the  mandate  of  New  Zealand. 
Apia  is  its  port  of  call. 

Native  schools  and  justice  courts  and  villages  call  for  \i-il-: 
and  one  learns  with  amusement  that  the  natives  pay  their  taxes 
in  copra,  the  dried  meat  of  the  cocoanut,  which  is  the  principal 
export  of  the  islands. 

Throngs  of  tourists  visit  the  grave  of  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
con  alop  Mount  Yaea  above  \pia.  and  Vailima.  his  home  upon 
its  lower  slopes. 

Suva,   to  which    return   is   made   from    Apia,   is  the  central 
point  of  Pacific  travel.     In  fact,  within  a  space  oi  two  months. 
\isiis  can  he  made  thence    o  all  the  principal  island  groups 
the  South  Seas. 

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ocean  liners  will  carry  them  to  Sydney,  metropolis  and  chief 
port  of  the  Commonwealth.  After  a  visit  in  Australia,  the 
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SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 

planned  to  welcome  them  to  the  city.  On  Easter  Sunday. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mitchell  entertained  at  dinner,  their  guests  being 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  Williamson  of  Calcutta.  India,  who  are 
visitors  in  San  Francisco  for  a  short  time.  The  Williamsons 
are  well  known  in  English  society  circles,  and  Mr.  Williamson 

is  a  large  publisher. 

*  *     * 

Miss  I'.ernice  Moore  assembled  a  group  of  friends  at  tea 
on  Saturday  at  the  Fairmont  Motel,  her  honor  guest  being 
Miss  Lou  Schroeder,  whose  engagement  to  Robert  William 
Clyde  has  recently  been  announced,  the  wedding  to  be  cele- 
brated during  the  earlv  summer  months.  The  table  decorations 
were  particularly  lovely,  the  table  being  centered  with  a  fancy 
box,  on  which  was  tied  an  immense  pink  tulle  bow.  Spring 
flowers  falling  gracefully,  tall  pink  candles  and  place  cards  sug- 
gestive of  Easter,  completed  the  decorative  scheme.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  part\-  in  addition  to  the  guest  of  honor  included : 
Mesdames  Rudolph  Zimmerman.  Harold  Weule,  Katherine 
Doolittle.  Horace  Doyle.  William  Tuck.  Milton  W.  Morrison, 
Mvrtle  K.  Wright.     Misses:  Hazel  Barrow,  Juliette   I'.arieau. 

Emma  Grief. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  C.  Dennett  entertained  a  group  of  friends 
at  dinner  Wednesday  evening  at  Hotel  Claremont.  A  grace- 
ful basket  of  spring  blossoms  from  the  hotel  gardens  filled 
the  center  of  the  table.  Lavender  candles  to  carry  out  the  pre- 
dominating color  added  to  the  attraciveness  of  the  table. 

The  guests  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Miller,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Russell  Owen.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Smith,  and  Mrs.  T.  F. 

Sloan. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Louis  Dudley  Manning  was  hostess  for  the  Adams 
Point  Bridge  Club  of  Oakland  at  luncheon  Thursday  at  Hotel 
Claremont. 

Those  playing  cards  in  the  Palm  Room  after  luncheon  were: 
Mrs.  John  Warren:  Mrs.  Evelyn  Boyden;  Mrs.  Emma  Whit- 
more;  Mrs.  Alice  Buteau ;  Mrs.  Thomas  Church;  Mrs.  B.  A. 
Forrester;  Mrs.  L.  D.  Manning;  Miss  Nancy  Brewer. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Noyes  Pratt  entertained  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  C.  Bennett  at  dinner  Sunday  evening  at  Hotel  Clare- 
mont. The  table  was  very  pleasing  with  its  graceful  center- 
piece of  lilacs,  matched  by  candles  of  corresponding  shade. 


— There  is  a  curious  tendency  to  greater  rigidity  in  Sunday 
laws  nowadays.  It  is  hard  to  see  how  it  has  arisen.  In  Cali- 
fornia, we  have  no  Sunday  law-*  and  so  we  are  a  shining 
mark  for  the  bigots.  These  Sunday  laws  are  economic 
nuisances.  They  interfere  with  reasonable  and  legitimate  oc- 
cupation. In  many  states,  it  is  unlawful  for  a  shoe  black  to 
shine  up  on  Sunday.  Any  tendency  to  destroy  our  free  Sunday 
should  be  rigorously  met. 


Stage  Fright 
Director — Terrible!     What   can    I    do   to   make    you    put 
more  expression  into  the  kissing  scene? 

Would-be — Pull   down   the  curtain,  get  everyone   out  of 
here,  and  leave  me  alone  with  that  lilon.lt  over  there. 

— Johns  Hopkins  Black  and  Blue  fay. 


— The  freight  tons  per  train  show  a  steady  increase  since 
1921  on  the  Southern  Pacific.  The  net  tons  per  train  estab- 
lished an  average  that  was  higher  through  1925  than  dur- 
ing the  preceding  five  years. 


LARKINS  DUCO 
Has  Lustre 

Combined  with  lustre,  it  possesses  a  durability  that 
is  amazing.    Be  sure  of  a  good  job. 

Prices  reasonable 

LARKINS  &  CO. 

First  Avenue  at  Geary  Street 


1140  GEARY   ST.      ^  TEL.  FRANKLIN  368B 

Metal  Work  Apper- 
taining: to  Automo- 
biles —  Oxy-Acety  lene 
Welding  —  Blnok- 
Nmlthtng;. 

AUTO  FENDER  AND  RADIATOR  WORKS 


CHAS.  J.  EVANS 

PALACE  GARAGE 

Opposite  Palace  Hotel 
HAVE   YOUR  CARS   WASHED   AND  GREASED 

"THE  PALACE  WAY" 

Rates:  35c  per  day;   $7.50  per  month 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  24  3 

Six  Floors  for  Service  and  Storage  of  Automobiles 


Parisian  Dyeing  and  Cleaning 

Snill    fr.  .    .  .1    By    Hand    Only — Su 

1*    Called    For   and    Delivered 

MME.  M.  S. 

E.  LEE 

Parisian    Dwinf  a 

id    Cleaning                                                                   i 

583  Post  Street 

San   Francisco      I 

In  Vihcima  Hotel 

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Phone  Franklin  2510      | 

J.  SPAULDING  &  CO. 

r,-ir.lili-li.,l   1864 

The  Original  Pioneer  Carpet  and  Rug  Cleaners 

853  TEHAMA    STREET.   SAX  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douelnx  3084 


W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY    PUBLIC— INSURANCE    BROKER 

208    Crocker    Building:    (Opposite    Palace    Hotel),    Snn    Franclnco 
Phone   Kearny   391 


The  Lady — They  say  drinking  shortens  a  man's  life. 
The  Gentleman — Yes,  but  he  sees  twice  as  much  in  the 
same  length  of  time.  —Pitt  Panther. 


DENMAN  GARAGE 


902  Bush    (cor.  Taylor) 


A   convenient   location  for  club   memberi 


Proipeet  9S6 


April  10,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National   Automobile  Club 

Victory  Highway  Improvement  on 
Sacramento  River 

PLANS  for  development  of  the  Vic- 
tory Highway  between  Sacramento 
and  San  Francisco  arc  being  discussed  in 
Sacramento  County,  according  to  Hen 
lilow.  Field  Secretary  of  the  National 
Automobile  Club  and  Vice-President  of 
the  Victory   Highway   Association. 

That  a  greatly  increased  volume  of 
traffic  will  How  over  this  road  when  the 
bridge  across  Three  Mile  Slough  is  opened 
and  the  highway  across  Sherman  Island 
is  completed,  is  generally  conceded,  and  to 
provide  this  traffic  with  a  highway  ca- 
pable of  safely  handling  thousands  of 
cars  daily,  is  the  problem  lining  the  Sac- 
ramento County  Board  and  County  En- 
gineer Deterding. 

Entering  Sacramento  by  way  of  12th 
Street,  the  Victory  Highway  leaves  by 
way  of  21st  street  and  thence  over  what 
is  locally  known  as  the  I'recport  road  to 
the  Sacramento  river,  where  it  climbs  to 
the    top    of    die    levee    and     follows     the 

meanderings  of  the  river  to  a  point  below 
Paintersville,  where  crossing  is  made  to 
the  (Iran. I  Island  side  ami  thence,  also 
on  top  of  the  levee  to  the  Isleton  bridge 

With  Yolo  count)  already  discussing 
development  of  a  highway  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Sa<  ramento  river,  to  serve  a 
rapidly  developing  agricultural  area  an.! 
Sacramento  county  contemplating  paving 
the  road  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  be- 
tween Painters;  ille  and  Isleton.  an  oppor- 
tunity will  be  afforded  for  dividing  traf- 
fic and  supplying  a  needed  measure  of 
safety  :  the  existing  levee  roads  in  Sac- 
ramento count)  being  mainly  15  feet 
wide  with  the  river  on  one  side  and  a 
high   bank   on   the  other. 

In  advancing  the  road  construction 
now  under  way  to  serve  the  traffic  flow 
across   the    Antioch    bridge.    Sacramento 


county  is  building  a  wide  road  down  the" 
levee,  below  Rio  Vista  and  across  Sher- 
man island  toward  the  Contra  Costa  side, 
while  Contra  Costa  County  is  putting  in 
a  concrete  road  twenty  feet  wide,  8  inches 
thick  at  the  edge  and  six  inches  in  the' 
center  in  anticipation  of  a  great  increase" 
of  traffic  flow.  -1 

With  the  road  improvement  plans  oi. 
Sacramento  and  Yolo  Counties  rapidly 
being  brought  into  definite  shape  the 
various  towns  and  Chambers  of  Com- 
merce en  route  are  looking  forward  to 
that  time  when  the  Victory  Highway 
line  between  Sacramento  and  Oakland 
will  be  a  state  highway  and  are  even  going 
further  in  suggesting  that  it  be  made  part 
of  L'nited  States  Highway  No.  40.  which" 
follows  the  line  adopted  for  the  Victoryi 
Highway  across  the  United  States  more^ 
than  four  years  ago  with  scarcely  a  de- 
viation. "     '<j£|j 

Selection  of  the  Sacramento  River 
routing  for  the  Victory  Highway  was 
made  by  the  Hoard  of  Directors  of  the 
Victory  Highway  Association  at  the  joint 
recommendation  of  Harvey  M.  Toy,  then 
a  director,  and  I '.en  I '.low,  the  manager. 
more  than  three  years  ago.  since  which 
time  the  Antioch  bridge  has  been  built 
and  practically  a  new  line  into  San  Fran- 
cisco provided  from  the  upper  reaches  of 
tin-  great  Sacramento  Valley,  through  one 
of  the  most  prolific  agricultural  areas  mi 
the  United  States. 


Careless 

I      o  traveling  salesmen  went  to  a  -mall 

town.     There   was  only  one  r n   at   the 

hotel,  so  they  took  this  together. 

About  nine-thirty,    one    went    to    the 

lie  locked  the  door  on  the  inside, 
threw  the  key  over  the  transom,  ami  went 

to  sleep, 

Aln  ■ut  eleven,  the  other  salesman  came 
up.    found    the    key,    and    let    himself    in. 

I  hen  he  woke  up  tin-  other  salesman. 

"I  ley,  you.  what  do  you  mean  lock- 
ing yourself  in  this  way?"  he  said.  "Don't 
you  know  there  might  be  a  fire?" 

'Well,  what  if  there  was-"  said  the 
other.     "I  wouldn't  go  to  it." 


numb — Funny  how    he  is  s,,  lucky  at 
cards    and    then    loses    his    winnn  _ 
the   race   track 

Dumber— Not     very    funny.      They 
won't    let    him    shuttle    the    horses! 

>lby    White   Mule 


A   Well-Earned   Rest 
"Fellow   citizens,"   said   the  candi 
"I    have    fought      i  -.1 

have  often  .  I  but  the  battli 

and  no  canopy  but  the  sky.  I  have 
marched  over  the  fro/en  ground  till  even 
step  was  marked  with  hi. 

His  sor\  took  well  till  a  dried-tip  I 
ing  voter  came  to  the  front 

"I'll  say  y.u've  done  en.  ugh 
country.      Go   home    and    rest.      Ill 
for  the  other   fellow ." 

The  Continent 


"Westward  Ho!"  and  the '49'ers 
in  their  covered  wagons  moved  on — 
in  a  quest  of  better  things — onward 
to  the  sun  setting  in  the  Pacific. 

The)' — gifted  with  faith  and  confidence 
— paved  the  way  for  a  development  now 
:njoyed  to  a  greater  extent  in  California 
:han  elsewhere. 

Thru  business  initiative  the  development 
of  Hydro-Electric  energy  in  this  state  has 
leen  financed  and  perfected  most  exten- 
sively— and  service  is  available  at  a  de- 
creasing  cost,  within  the  reach  of  all. 

fc*7  PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
♦Vl  t  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


p.Q.and 


-►Acme  stavict- 
b       Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
g^  •  by  Californians 

Since  1913 

Cost  of  Government  increased    -    -    -    -     313% 

Cost  of  Living  increased    ------      65% 

Cost  of  Electricity  decreased      -     -    -    -        %% 


ike  ke&rjok  brew- 

©wells 

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SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  10,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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"^^J^f" 


Frank  J.  Foran 

Secretary   and 

Director     of     the 

Olympic    Club 

Who    Won    His 

Trophy    in    Rotary 

Golf  Tournament. 


THE  San  Francisco  Rotary  Club  members,  acknowledged 
to  be  the  world's  greatest  divot  diggers,  paid  their  last  re- 
spects to  the  California  Club  prior  to  their  moving  to  the  new 
Hhome  at  Baden.  Fifty  players  enjoyed  the 
hospitality  of  Bill  Taylor,  the  club's  president, 
when  they  played  off  their  monthly  golf  tourna- 
ment, which  was  a  qualified  success  from  start 
to  Jinish.  Carl  Eddy,  the  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  the  Rotary  golf  chapter,  was  so  busy 
selling  rice  that  he  had  to  forego  the  honor  of 
swapping  divots  with  the  rest  of  the  gang, 
so  Pete  "Xurmi"  Gerhardt  acted  in  his  stead. 
The  day  brought  out  some  wonderful  golf  and 
the  nineteenth  hole  was  played  according  to 
Hoyle.  Fred  Xeely,  member  of  the  host  club. 
showed  his  appreciation  as  team  captain  by  defeating  Bob 
Weber's  team  by  57  of  Heinz  varieties. 

Matt  "Mot"  Harris,  president  of  the  San  Francisco  Rotary 
Club  and  old  time  Olympian,  first  chairman  of  the  athletic 
committtee  in  1906.  all-round  athle'e  and  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Dipsea  Indians,  watched  the  boys  go  through  their 
stunts,  but  didn't  play  golf  himself.  Matt  claims  he  isn't  old 
enough  yet.  However,  he  is  a  past  master  as  a  toastmaster 
and  his  criticisms  and  witicisms  were  greatly  appreciated 
around  the  banquet  board. 

*  *     * 

Louis  Campaglia  couldn't  make  the  grade,  he  was  too  busy 
figuring  the  price  of  sugar. 

*  *     * 

Perry  Cumberson  expected  to  score  a  hit  with  his  latest 
Paris  creation,  but  his  wardrobe  arrived  too  late ;  Perry  was 
out  of  luck. 

*  *     * 

Tom  Stephens  says  that  if  Charlie  Graham  doesn't  bring- 
home  the  bacon  soon,  he'll  have  to  take  up  golf  himself. 

*  *     * 

Billie  Erskine  donated  a  flock  of  adding  machines,  but  he 
ran  completely  out  of  numbers. 

*  *     * 

"Doggy"  Kron,  the  bulldog  tamer,  barked  his  way  around 
the  course. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Loughrey  has  quit  handling  kids.  Joe  was  so  electrically 
lit  that  he  burnt  holes  in  the  course. 

*  *     * 

Max  Sommer  plays  his  best  golf  in  the  winter. 

*  *     * 

Cyrus  McLaughlin  was  shooting  off  gas  like  the  Associated 
Oil  tanks. 

*  *     * 

George  Makins,  the  big  Putter  and  Egg  man  of  the  West, 
couldn't  keep  his  eyes  off  the  Chickens. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Henkel  quit  business  for  Golf,  Now  he's  a  fur  dealer. 
Joe  loves  a  skin  game. 

*  *     * 

Frank  Foran,  the  king  of  King  Coal,  won  his  first  trophy. 
Frank  said  it  was  a  pleasure  to  fill  the  cup. 

*  *     * 

Pete  Gerhardt  claimed  he  shot  the  curse  in  78.  Hob  Ohea 
said  it  was  his  age  he  was  talking  about. 

*  *     * 

Carl  Eddy  sent  his  regrets  from  Xapa.  Carl  is  out  there  on 
a  visit. 


Charlie  Graham,  the  baseball  whiz,  batted  in  several  home 
runs,  especially  at  the  19th. 

*  *     * 

Angy  Thomas,  the  lead-man,  presented  each  player  with  a 
Faber  on  leaving  the  first  tee.  Charlie  Culver  lost  his  at  the 
12th  hole — but  he  didn't  win  a  cup. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Trippler  showed  up  with  a  kit  of  sawed-off  clubs. 
Charlie  says  he  may  be  short  on  clubs,  but  he's  long  on  drives. 

*  *     * 

Captain  Jack  Stolz,  the  elevator  demon,  got  elevated  into 
the  win  column  for  the  first  time. 

*  *     * 

Tom  Delury,  the  Telephone  ace,  phoned  the  scores  to  all 
parts  of  the  world. 

*  *     * 

"Topsy"  Davis  says  winning  golf  tournaments  is  like  shoot- 
ing fish  in  a  can. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Culver,  the  Rotary  cop,  escorted  the  boys  home  in 
his  wagon. 

*  *     * 

Ernest  La  Fleur,  the  Arrow  Collar  man,  lost  everything, 
including  his  cuffs. 

*  *     * 

Fred  Xeelv  got  awful  cold  feet  the  moment  they  mentioned 
"collect." 

*  *     * 

Bob  "Dupont"  Mattbey  was  busy  blasting  them  out  of  the 

rough. 

*  *     * 

Colonel  Jim  Power  captured  the  guest  prize,  a  ton  of  coal 
from  Old  King  Coal. 


There's  always  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 


CALIFORNIA 


Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 


Casa  del  Rey  (Hotel  and  Cottages)  at  the 

heart  of  it  all— offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

enjoyment. 

CASA  DEL  REY 

AT  THE  BEACH 
Santa  Cruz  California 

PRICES  MODERATE 

OPEN  THE  YEAR  'ROUND 


^MM^M^MM^^m^msm^Miws^^^m 


April  10,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


21 


Bob  Thompson,  manager  of  the  Howard  Automobile  Com- 
pany and  prominent  Rotarian,  left  yesterday  on  the  Olympic 
from  New  York  for  a  three  months'  visit  with  his  folks  in 
Liverpool,  England.     Bob  has  longed  for  many 
years  to  see  the  old  home  town,  so  decided  that 
lie  and  Mrs.  Thompson  would  renew  their  ac- 
quaintance with  the  land  of  their  birth.    While 
in  the  old  country  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thompson  in- 
tend visiting  all  the  principal  parts  of  England, 
Ireland.     Scotland,     France    and     Switzerland. 
Bob's  many  friends  gave  them  a  farewell  ban- 
quet and  presented    Mrs.    Thompson    with    a 
promineTTo"     beautifully  fitted  traveling  bag.     The  men  gave 
tari.n  _Th.°  ]-e"  Bob  a  set  of  war  clubs.     Bob  intends  to  enter 

for     England 

Today.  the  British  open. 

*  *     * 

Joe  Collins  was  out  pitching  them  all  over  the  lot.    Joe  didn't 
make  first  base. 

Johnny  Crowe  crowed  so  much  that  the  chickens  chased  him 

off  the  course. 

*  #     # 

Bill  Taylor  overdrew  his  banking  account  after  settling  up 

with  Frank  Foran. 

*  *     * 

Jim  Patrick,  the  Rubber  man,  stretched  a  few  points. 

*  *     * 

Fred  Neely,  the  perfume  king,  is  a  bear  in  the  rough.     Fred 
has  a  wonderful  scent  for  lost  balls. 

*  *     * 

"Zev"  Gerhardt  made  the  round  in  ten  flat,  out-distancing 
the  field  by  several  lengths. 

*  *     * 

Rudy  Habernicht,  the  glassman,  cut  some  wonderful  divots 
with  his  educated  mashie. 

*  *     * 

Mike  Savanah,  of  Paragon   fame,  showed  a  l"t  of  class  in 
his  Grant  avenue  creations. 

*  *     * 

Harold  Cossitt.  the  expert  re-producer,  didn't  bring  a  drop. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Graham  is  more  familiar  with  baseballs  than  he  is 
with  golf  balls.     Charlie  got  his  share  at  Tuesday's  meeting. 

*  *     * 

Oscar  Boldemann's  caddy  was  a  real  chocolate  drop. 

*  *     * 

Cliff  Ireland  is  training  hard   for  the  next  tournament,  ac- 
companied by  Al  Ehrman,  late  of  Manila. 


Auto  Service  Plus 

This  last  storm  was  a  rather  disheveling  one,  not  only  to  the 
pedestrian's  clothes,  but  also  to  the  motor  vehicle,  especially 
if  one  traveled  into  the  suburbs  or  rural  districts. 

We  came  across  many  a  mud-stained  automobile,  looking 
as  if  it  had  just  emerged  from  the  trenches,  and  we  felt  very 
much  like  approaching  it  with  the  words:  "Why  don't  you 
go  to  the  Auto  Service  Plus,  at  Van  Ness  Ave.  and  Ellis  St.. 
and  get  a  good  'dolling  up?'  Inside  of  forty  minutes  or  so,  you 
won't  know  the  old  bus,  so  spick  and  span  will  she  look,  so 
altogether  'redded  up'  as  the  New  Englanders  say.  Take  our 
advice,  and  be  on  your  way." 


Real  Estate  for  Three  Generations 

The  real  estate  firm  of  Thos.  Magee  and  Sons,  is  now  in  its 
third  generation.  This  pioneer  Company  has  now  added  to  its 
personnel,  the  two  sons  of  William  A.  Magee,  president  of 
the  firm,  William  A.  Magee,  Jr.,  and  Harry  H.  Magee. 

The  firm  was  founded  by  Thomas  Magee,  who  went  into  the 
real  estate  business  soon  after  his  arrival  in  San  Francisco  in 
1859,  and  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  California. 

The  San  Francisco  Real  Estate  Circular,  a  recognized 
authority  in  this  city  on  all  matters  pertaining  to  real  estate. 
was  started  by  Thomas  Magee  in  1866  and  has  been  con- 
tinuously printed  by  Thos.  Magee  &  Sons  ever  since. 

This  publication  will  soon  celebrate  its  sixtieth  anniversary, 
in  which  will  be  given  statistics  for  the  last  sixty  years,  and 
and  a  review  of  the  market  from  1886  to  1926. 

Thus.  Magee  &  Sons  have  just  moved  into  their  new  home 
at  69  Sutter  St. 


Announcement 


Singleton  's 


AlUnjGIat 

CLUB  INN 


Now  Serves  a   Delicious 
Five-Course 

DINNER  75c 

Also 
Fried  Chicken.   Steaks. 
Chicken  Pot  Pies  in  Cas- 
serole,  Etc..   a    la   Carte. 


Tom  Walsh  arrived  in  time  from  Vancouver  to  assist  Charlie 

Melrose  with  the  ice. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Waters  played  105  in  the  shade, 

*  *     * 

Tom  Doane,  the  world's  greatest  southpaw,  was  clicking 
them  a  mile  from  the  portside. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Brandenburg,  fresh  from  his  European  trip,  stood 
the  boys  i'H  their  ears  when  he  gave  a  demonstration  of  fancy 
trick  shots. 

*  *     * 

Archie  Littler  has  a  bigger  score  each  time  he  plays.  Archie 
expects  to  master  the  game,  providing  he  lives  long  enough. 

*  *     * 

Bob  Brenner,  the  ship's  chandler,  had  rough  sailing'.     Bob 

got  anchored  in  a  bunker. 

*  *     * 

The  famous  Canada  Dry  I  lole-in-One  Club  has  admitted 
to  membership  Mr.  Karl  T.  l'arrish.  of  Berkeley,  Calif.,  and 
Mr.  IX  D.  Dorward.   lr..  of  I  >akland.  Calif. 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

ma \.  tAi.iF. 
The  finest  meals  in  the 

VALLEY  OF  THE  MOON 

Oar    "prrUMy — **<*teaka   With  Mamhroomm" 

.i     H-.-m.,     (Iran     linen.    (.Iran     r»mlhir>( 
VmiI    Snwai    I  *•*)»'•    Fmmi    R*»»m   mmI    Mineral    iTim    Wat#->     Swoa 
Tank,    lr..    Tp..    H.r.l 

R«l«     (ir'pl)MlUt     ItMMilll 

Irkpkoar    UO 


Better  service  at  no  extra  cost. 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

"The  Recommended  Laundri" 
250  Twelfth  St..  S>  Fu>-  isco  *Pho*x  Maik.it  fit 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  10,  1926 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH   YOUR    MEALS— IT   HELPS 

Order  by  the  case   from  your  grocer 

Established   1868 

Main    Office.   240  Second   Street,  San    Francisco,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


.PIONEER 


The 
Name  J 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer  or  sta- 
sh ow 


■m+VU"HLJ:l:»J^^r  "--samples" 


BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  185B 
41  First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


'I 


PHONES: 


San  Frnneisco- 
West  7113 


Ilurlingnme 
478 


Pho. 


Sitter  3278 


Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

[Formerly    with    Shrevc    &    Company) 

CLOCKMAKERS   and  WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME.  ANTIQUE   AND  COMPLICATED  CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A  SPECIALTY 

200   PoMt    Street   at  Grant   Avenue 

San    Francisco,    Calif. 

Call    and    Deliver    in    San    Francisco,    Alameda 

and    San    Mateo    Counties 


875   FOLSOM   ST.  818   EMERSON   ST. 


Phone i 
KEARNY   644-645 


PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


Algernon — You  know,  you  must  be 
twins. 

Fauntleroy — Elucidate.   Algernon. 
"One  guy  can't  be  so  dumb. 

Penn  State  Froth 


"Why  was  Ruth  swearing  so  last  Sun- 
day morning?" 

"She   couldn't  find  her  prayer  book." 
Oklahoma  Whirlwind 


Circumstantial  Evidence 

A  country  school  board  was  visiting 
a  school,  and  the  principal  was  putting 
his  pupils  through  their  paces. 

"Who  signed  Magna  Charta,  Robert?" 
he  asked,  turning  to  one  boy. 

"Please,  sir,  'twasn't  me,"  whimpered 
the  youngster. 

The  teacher,  in  disgust,  told  him  to 
take  his  seat;  but  an  old  tobacco-chewing 
countryman  on  the  board  was  not  satis- 
fied ;  ^o.  after  a  well-directed  aim  at  the 
cuspidor,  he  said:  "Call  that  boy  back.  I 
don't  like  his  manner.  I  believe  he  did 
do  it."  The  Pepper  Pot 


STATEMENT    OF    THE    OWNERSHIP,    MAN- 
AGEMENT.     CIRCULATION,      ETC.,      RE- 
QUIRED   nV  THE  ACT   OF    CONGRESS    OF 
AUGUST  24,  1012, 
Of    s';m     Francisco    News    Tetter,    published 
weekly  at   San   Francisco,   Calif.,   for  April   1, 
192(5. 

State  of  California.  ]  „_ 

County   of  San  Francisco,  J  os' 

Before  me.  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for  the 
Slat  i-  and  county  aforesaid,  personally  ap- 
peared Frederick  A.  Marriott,  who,  having 
been  duly  sworn  according  to  law,  deposes 
and  says  that  he  is  the  publisher  of  the  San 
Francisco  News  Letter,  and  that  the  follow- 
ing is.  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  be- 
lief, a  true  statement  of  the  ownership,  man- 
agement land  if  a  daily  paper,  the  circula- 
tion), etc..  of  the  aforesaid  publication  for 
the  date  shown  in  the  above  caption,  required 
by  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912,  embodied  in 
section  411.  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations, 
print-el   on   the   reverse  of  this  form,    to-wit: 

1.  That  the  names  and  addresses  of  the 
publisher,  editor,  managing  editor,  and  busi- 
ness managers  are:  Publisher,  F.  A.  Marriott, 
268  Market  St..  San  Francisco:  Editor.  E.  V. 
Ross,  268  .Market  St.,  San  Francisco:  Manag- 
ing Editor.  None;  Business  Manager.  F.  A. 
Marriott.  268  Market  St..  San  Francisco. 

2.  That  the  owner  is  Frederick  A.  Marriott, 
268  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 

8.  That  the  known  bondholders,  mortga- 
gees, and  other  security  holders  owning  or 
holding  1  per  cent  or  more  of  total  amount 
of  bonds,  mortgages,  or  other  securities  are: 
None. 

F.  A.  MAP.RIOTT. 

Publisher. 
Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  ISth 
day  of  March,   1926. 

(Seal  I  W.  W.  HEAX.EY, 

Notary  Public  in  and  for  the  City  and  Coun- 
ty of  Kan  Francisco.  State  of  California.  (My 
commission  expires  August  29.  1929). 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE 
The  Mineral  Development  Company 

Loco  i  ion  >>i  principal  place  of  buxincNH, 
Snn  Frnnclxco,  Cnllf. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  regular 
meeting  of  the  Directors  held  on  the  16th 
day  of  March.  1926  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,  Ronni  L'-I.S.  Monadnock  Building, 
San   Francisco,  Calif. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  22nd  day  of  April,  1926, 
will  be  delinquent  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  Wednesday  the 
19th  day  of  May,  1926  to  pay  the  delinquent 
assessment,  together  with  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expense  of  sale. 

M.  J.  SEELY,  Secretary. 
245   Monadnock   Building, 
San   Francisco,   Calif. 


n.   w.  CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New   Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual   Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Ofllce  nnd  Works  1025  Mission   St. 

Phone   Market   7013 

Branch   OOlce:  700   Sutter    St. 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Blag.) 

Phone    Prospect    0845 

Work  Called   For  and   Delivered 


i.i  , mi. i   C.  Homer  S.  A.  Lovejoy 

Cnrficld  2024 

The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment,  Current  Delinquent  Accounts,  Legal  Aid. 
Audits-Systems,  Financial  Statements,  tncom*  Tax 
Reports,  Bookkeeping    (Part    Timo  Service) 


Dt  YoiNC    Hi    n  i.i'. 


San  Francisco 


USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL  ADDING  MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  tarfleld  3852  564  Market  St. 


WHERE  TO  DINE 


CAFE   MARQUARD 

Adjoining  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 
GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

^REVUE^ 

Nightly 

THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The   City's  Mosl  Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

50c.  75c,  $1.00       35c,  50c,  75c     SI.00.S1.50         a  la  carte 
Dancing   7:00  P.   M.   to   1:00   A.   M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL    PARTIES    ARRANGED 
HEADQUARTERS    FOR   THEATRICAL   PEOPLE 

HATTIE    MOOSER  MINNIE   C.    MOOSER 


ICE  CREAM 


CANDY 
PASTRY 


l  CALIFORNIA  ST5 

Graystonti 
3100  3101  1102 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


w 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


3.34  Sutter  St. 


Douglas  7118- 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.    (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for   banquets   and   parties,   seating   75   to  100  people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


"fflstf        BLANCO'S         T^z  o 

Luncheon   (11:30  to  2  p.  m.) $  .75         No  Visitor   Should   Leare  lha  City   With. 

Sunday    Luncheon    1.00  0„i   Dinina   in   the   Finest   Cafe 

Dinner,    Week   Days ,1.50  ,n  America 

Dinner,    Sundays   and    Holidays 1.7S 

DANCINC  SUNDAY  EVENINGS 


NO  A  H'S 
ARK 

BS  Third  Avenue.  SAX    MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cooking 
Open   From 
11:30  a.   m.   to   2:00   p.   m. 
5:30    p.    m.    to    8:30   p.    m. 
Sundays     and      Holidavs 
4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

CLOSED    EVERY    MONDAY 

Hnlf  IUock   from    Highway 


£$&. 


Uncle  Tom's  Cab 

Restaurant 

OPEN  1 40  A.  M    TO   11  H»  P.  H. 
UNSURPASSED  CUISHfl 

Carl  Leonhaidt 

forasartr  ./ 
Golden  Cate  Pact  Caaiaus 


=  1 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  brushing  once  or  twice  a  day  ia 
taking  very  good  care  of  them.  Brushing  is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL  DENTIST" 
908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions:     Crowns:     Self     Cleaning:     Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  nnd  Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of.    the    Sisters    of    St.    Dominic. 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12,  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Building,  Powell  and  Market  Sts.,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


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Make   yourself  at   home   at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

>'o,    2    T« II matin    Place,    at    211    Cranl    Avenue 

The    Home   of    the    Book    Lover 

Rare    Books — First    Editions — Fine    Bindings 

porta t ions    from    Zachnsdorf,    Root,    Morrell,    etc.,    of   London 

Commissions    in    London    Executed 

Single   Books  and   Libraries   Purchased 

Phone  Kearny  5816 


Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the  News   Letter  c 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 

AND    PAUL    ELDERS   LIBRARY 
239  Post  Street  San  Francisco.  Calif,     j 


an  be  obtained     j 

'S 


RARE     BOOKS 

EAHL1   FlilTlON- 

John  Howell 

Unnv,  Pihi-hf. 


\..«.    open   («r  buMBf"   at   *or  nr«    loealton 
131  Pr.  t  -i«f»7.  ^»>   fa. 


GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 
|    Chapel— 771   to  777   Valencia  Street.  Bet.  18th  and   19th  Sts., 
San  Francisco.     Phone  Market  64 


MOUNTAIN    SPRINGS   WATER 

"BottUd  sat  |A.  Sprusas" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

H»    Clara    «lr..l— CrSrla    144 


"She  fascination  of 
PICTURES 

Beauty!  Mystery!  Novelty!  Drama!  The 
delightful  pictures  in  the  Rotagravure  of  The 
Sunday  Chronicle  portray  subjects  to  appeal  to 
every  human  emotion. 

Be  sure  to  see  this  beautiful  pictorial  section — 
the 

ROTAGRAVURE 

of  The 

g>att  iFnmriarn  (Hhrntttrl? 


Their  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy. — This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 


The  center 
for  Theatres 
'Banks,  Shops 


$    RATES— 'Per  1>ayt  single,  European  Wan 

52-50  ro  94-00 
3.50  to  5.00 
6.00  to     8.00 


Tteast  wrtft 
for  booklet 


I 


120  rooms  with  running  water 
220  rooms  with  bath 
160  rooms  with  bath 


Double,  $4.00  up 

Alto  *  number  of  large  and  beautiful  rooms  and 
suite*,  some  in  period  furnishings  with  grand  piano, 
fire  place  and  bath.  SIO  00  up. 

LARGE  AND  WELL  EQUIPPED  SAMP!  E  ROOMS 


T%AeHCH0  Q0LF  CLVB\ 
L         available  to  all  guestsJ 

HAROLD   E.  LATHROP 

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HOTEL 


ALEXANDRIA 

Los  Angeles     ».. 


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Back  East      to  New  York 

EXCU ySSOflUS        '  Around  and  Across  America 


EFFECTIVE  MAY  22 

REDUCED  roundtrip  tickets  sold 
daily  until  Sept.  15;  good  until  Oct. 
31.   Stopovers. 

Make  Reservations  Now 
for  Any  Date 

Choice  of  four  commanding  transconti- 
nental routes  to  the  east.  Go  one  way. 
return  another  if  you  wish. 

Send  or  call  today  for  complete  infor- 
mation about  service  and  fares  to  your 
eastern  destinatii  in. 

Ask  about  "Circle  Tour  of  the  United 
States"  —  greatest  summer  travel  bar- 
grain. 

out  hern  Pacific  Lines 


Also 
Pacific  Coast 
Excursions 
Li  iw  n  lundtrip 
fares 
April  30 
and  daily  there- 
after. 
Long  limits  ; 
stopovers. 


One  Way  Water 


One  Way  Rait 


V 


Ferry  Slotit 


65  Gear?  sir. .  i 
Or  Phone  Sutler  1000 


Third  Street  Sljliun 


A  1 6-day  voyage  on  largest  and  fastest  ships  in  Coast-to' 
Coast  service.  Sightseeing  at  Panama  Canal  and  Havana. 

Your  choice  of  rail  routes,  whether  going  or  returning 
across  the  Continent,  with  authorized  stop-overs. 

REDUCED  SUMMER  RATES 

Round  Trip — Rail  and  Water  .  .  $350  1st  Class 
From  your  home  town  (on  mum  line  points)  ar.d  buck. 

Round  Trip — Both  ways  Water  .  $425  1st  Class 

Oneway— Water $250  1st  Class 

Proportionately  lower  rates  in  2nd,  Tourist  and  3rd  Class. 
For  complete  information  apply  to 

„  PANAMA  PACIFIC  LINE 

460  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  or  authorized  agents 


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RattanWoits 


Established  1 897 

361  Sutter  St.,  above  Grant  Ave. 
Garfield  6973 


We 

renovate 

Reed 

Furniture 

with    our  new 

Celluloid  Finish 

Process. 

Wilt  not  peel, 

crack  or 

chip. 


J  OR  28  years  we  have  featured 
exclusively  in  manufacturing 
high-grade  Reed  Furniture, 
and  specialties. 

A  large  assortment  of 
Imported  Grass  Rugs 


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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN   FRANCISCO,   CALIF.,  APRIL   17,   1926 


No.  16 


The  Women  at  Washington 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


There  are  three  contingencies  which  may  be  actuating  those 
misguided  females  at  Washington,  who  are  trying  their 
darndest  to  block  the  proposed  light  wines  and  beer  amendment 
to  the  Volstead  Act. 


1st — They  may  be  sincere  in  their  efforts,  but  they  are  deaf, 
dumb  and  blind  to  the  deplorable  conditions  which  have  existed 
ever  since  the  Volstead  Act  was  perpetrated,  and  which  give 
promise  of  existing  to  the  end  of  the  chapter ; 


2nd — They   want    Prohibition    to   continue    because   of    the 

thrill  they  get  out  of  law  breaking: 


3rd — They  arc 
leggers ! 


(awful  thought!)    standing  in  with   the  1 ' 


Now  you  know  that  the  human  inclination  is  always  to  jump 
over  the  fence  which  flaunts  the  sign  :  "No  Trespassing." 


And  you  know  that  there  is  nothing  half  so  sweet   in  life 
as  forbidden  fruit,  even  when  it's  sour.     Do  you  remember 

the  stolen  green  apples  of  your  childhood  days,  and  the  inevit- 
able belly-ache  afterwards3  Even  that  belly-ache  didn't  deter 
yon  from  stealing  those  little  round,  green  balls  of  pain  the 
next  Summer,  did  it  ? 


No  matter  what  devastation  and  damnation  old  man  \  olstead 
has  brought  about,  we  can.  most  of  US  (unless  we  are  aenemic, 
mentally  or  physically)  get  a  thrill  out  of  shutting  the  door- 
tight,  and  indulging  in  a  little  drink,  sometimes  for  two.  some- 
times for  more  ! 


They  are  generally  women  who  lead  sheltered  lives,  or  women 
engaged  in  business  of  a  nature  which  does  not  bring  them 
into  contact  with  various  classes  of  mankind,  or  the  "seamy" 
side  of  human  existence.  ( )r  they  may  be  of  Scotch  ancestry, 
anil  possess  "barnacle  minds." 


With  no  wide  or  varied  experience  hack  of  them,  they  dis- 
cuss Prohibition  as  if  it  really  existed,  not  as  if  it  was  the 
monstrous  farce  that  it  is. 


They  argue  absolutely   from  an  emotional  standpoint,  not 

with  an  uncontrovertible  display  of  statistics,  which  are  the  only 
instruments    that   can   prove  fails. 


Thej   persist  in  praising  the  advantages  of   Prohibition  for 

the   "rising   generation."   blind   to   the   sad   truth   that    it    i~   the 
rising  generation   which   shoots  the  strongest   broadside  volleys 

at  Volstead. 


These  are  the  s,,rt  of  women  who,  when  you  state  an  un- 
pleasant reality  to  them,  exclaim:  "How  pessimistic  you  are!" 
There  is  no  use  shouting  hack  at  them:  "But,  good  Heavens. 
this  is  the  truth!     It  isn't  the  way  we  want  things,  it  is  the  way 

the\  really  are  in  life I" 


These  are  the  sort  of  women  who  are  a  detriment  in  poli- 
tics, rather  than  a  help,  for  the  reason  that  they  possess  little 
or  no  plain,  common,  "horse  sense."  and  "horse  sense"  is  one 
of  the  greatest  essentials  in  any  kind  of  business,  political  or 
otherw  ise 


And  then  there  is  a  breed  of  women,  who  can  he  bribed. 


Now   those  women  at  Washington  (may  the  devil  run  away 
with   them,   as   my   old    Irish    nurse   would    say.    were    she   still 

reading  newspapers)  may  be  just  as  red  blooded  as  either  you  

or  I.      Perhaps  the  only  excitement  in  their  lives  is  the  act  of  .... 

defying  Volstead           '  Lan  ''  llc  fH,'-,,',t-  that  back  of  the  Women  s  National  Lom- 

•                     '    '                    mittee  on  Law  Enforcement,  now  raising  its  voice  at  Washing- 
ton, in  protest  against  the  amending  of  the  Volstead  Act  to  the 

There  is  still  a  large  percentage  of  women  in  the  U.   S.  A.  extent  of  allowing  the  manufacture  of  light  wines  and  l*ers. 

who.dcspite  the  educational  advantages  which  female  emancipa-  cower    the    shadows    of    "speak    easies."    "blind    pigs.'     "illicit 

tion  should  have  brought  to  them,  are  still  just  "silly."  -tills  ?" 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April    17,   1926 


For  years  we  have  been  insist- 
Our  City  Transportation  ing  that  the  transportation  fa- 
cilities of  the  city  arc  not  what 
they  should  be.  This  seems  to  have  been  fairly  well  recog- 
nized everywhere,  but  nothing  which  could  be  said  to  miti- 
gate the  situation  has  been  done  about  it.  The  most  feas- 
ible  idea  appeared  to  be  that  the  city  should,  at  a  reason- 
aide  figure,  take  over  the  property  of  the  Market  Street 
Railway  Company,  and  then,  being  in  possession  of  a  united 
transportation  property,  proceed  to  develop  the  communal 
facilities. 

This  solution,  however,  depended  upon  a  very  uncertain 
quantity;  namely,  the  amount  of  common  sense-  in  the  city 
administration  and  the  sagacity  which  would  make  an  equit- 
able bargain  with  the  Market  Street  Railway  Company,  an 
essential  preliminary  to  the  organization.  It  must  be  sadly 
admitted  that,  so  far.  there  has  not  appeared  that  reasonable 
understanding  of  the  condition  which  would  produce 
equitable  results.  On  the  contrary,  there  has  been,  rather 
evident,  a  distinct  tendency  to  try  and  take  advantage  of 
the  situation,  so  as  to  inflict  a  detriment  upon  the  railroads. 

But  what  has  whappened?  The  Market  Street  Railway, 
with  a  much  better  grasp  of  the  essentials  of  the  situation 
and  a  much  higher  civic  spirit  than  the  citizens  themselves 
have  shown,  is  proceeding  to  install  bus  lines  in  those  por- 
tions  of  the  city  which  are  most  in  need  of  better  trans- 
portation at  present;  notably,  in  that  part  of  the  city  which 
extends  south  of  Mission  Street  to  Geneva  Avenue  where 
there  is  a  new  residential  population  which  depends  upon 
transportation  for  ready  access  to  its  daily  toil,  and  which 
has  been  very  much  overlooked,  so  that  parts  of  this  dis- 
trict are  a  long  way  from  established  car  lines. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  the  bus  lines  will  be  enormously 
useful  to  these  people. 


The  prohibitionists  have  done- 
Champions  of  Freedom  something  which  they  never  ex- 
pected to  do.  They  have  brought 
a  real  issue  into  politics  and  have  made  the  matter  of  per- 
sonal freedom  a  matter  of  concern  to  the  people  of  this  coun- 
try, as  it  has  not  been  since  the  days  of  the  abolition  move- 
ment. The  wdiite  slaves  of  the  modern  state  are  in  revolt. 
The  revolt  is  much  wider  and  greater  than  the  mere  pro- 
hibition question,  great  though  that  is.  It  is  a  revolt  against 
bureaucracy,  against  the  unwarrantable  assumption  that 
the  government  can  make  a  crime  of  what  the  mass  of  the 
people  do  not  regard  as  a  crime.  It  is  a  fight  which  is  of 
enormous  importance-  to  the  people  of  this  land.  <  lur  very  fu- 
ture may  depend  largely  on  its  outcome. 

And  with  this  tight  there  grows  the  spirit  to  meet  it.  Men 
are  talking  with  a  strength  of  conviction  which  we  have'  nol 
lately  seen  manifested.  The  timid  politicians  who,  until 
lately,  shivered  at  tin-  mention  of  the  prohibition  question, 
as  one  which  might  lose  them  their  jobs,  are  now  begin- 
ning  to  pick  up  their  courage  and  to  put  some  heart  into 
the  fight  for  liberty. 

We  quote  in  full  some  of  the  remarks  of  Senator  Bruce. 
These  are  so  cogent  that  they  need  no  reinforcing.  Xe-\e-r 
lias  i lie  matter  been  more  truthfully  or  clearly  stated. 

The  Volstead  act  has  placed  human  happiness  in  more 
than  one  vital  particular  under  the  irritating  and  harassing 
domination  of  a  sour,  corrosive  and  narrow-minded  Puritan- 
ism which  does  not  hesitate  to  avow  its  enmity  even  to  such 
innocent  recreations  as  smoking  and  dancing. 


It  has  for  the  first  time  brought  the  church  deeply  into 
politics.  It  has  established  a  settled  commerce  between  the 
worthiest  and  the  unworthiest  members  of  the  community. 

It  has  created  an  underworld  almost  as  thoroughly  or- 
ganized as  the  respectable  world  above  it. 

It  is  responsible  for  the  unprecedented  phenomenon  of 
thousands  and  thousands  of  reputable  men  and  women,  in- 
cluding ministers  of  the  law  itself,  living  in  habitual  dis- 
regard of  the  Constitution  and  law. 

It  has  tended  to  bring  all  laws,  including  itself,  into  more 
or  less  disrepute. 


The  second  District  Court  of  Appeal 
More  Divorce  Law  in  Los  Angeles,  decided  recently,  the 
case  of  Miles  vs.  Miles,  in  an  opinion 
written  by  Judge  Hemser.  who  may  generally  be  depended 
upon  to  get  matters  straight  on  law  questions.  It  is  a 
curious  sort  of  case  and  involves  a  new  question  which  may 
interest  parents  who  are  tempted  to  interfere  in  the  matri- 
monial arrangements  of  their  children. 

In  this  case,  it  seems  that  the  parents  were  very  anxious 
to  effect  a  complete  separation  between  the  son  and  his 
wife.  One  can  therefore  only  partially  imagine  the  con- 
flicts which  occurred  in  that  family  prior  to  the  time  when 
the  divorce  was  settled.  At  any  rate,  the  parents  con- 
tracted with  their  son  to  pay  the  wife,  after  divorce,  a  cer- 
tain sum  of  money,  in  part  consideration  that  the  son  leave 
the  state.  The  object  of  the  parents  was  obviously  to  pre- 
vent remarriage.  The  son  left  the  state  and  the  parents 
paid  money  over  to  a  trustee  for  the  benefit  of  the  divorced 
wife,  and  then  instructed  the  trustee  not  to  pay  it  over  to 
the  wRe. 

The  wife-  won  the  suit.  At  first,  it  would  seem  hard  to 
say  why,  because  there  does  not  appear  to  be  any  consid- 
eration for  the  contract,  and  the  wife  was  not  a  party  to  the 
contract.  But  she  was  a  beneficiary,  under  the  contract, 
and  so  was  held  to  have  a  suable  right.  As  for  the  con- 
sideration, that  was  another  question.  But  it  appeared 
that  the  wife  had  surrended  a  promissory  note  given  her  by 
her  husband,  and  in  her  possession  at  the  time  of  his  leav- 
ing the  state,  and  had  thus  parted  with  a  right  to  sue.  which 
is  a  valuable  consideration. 

We  do  not  suppose  there  is  anything  to  he  said  about 
the  correctness  of  the  decision  and  surely  the  parents,  hav- 
ing entered  into  the  agreement,  have  little  to  complain  about. 
But  it  is  another  instance-  of  the-  stupidity  of  interfering  in 
other  people's  matrimonial  affairs,  even  though  they  be 
those  of  vour  own  children. 


We  are  making  one  of  the 
Political  Education  and  Radio  first  great  efforts  to  realize- 
out  of  radio  that  knowledge 
and  cultural  advance,  which  so  powerful  and  widespread 
an  invention  would  seem  to  imply.  As  usual,  we  are  a  little 
backward  in  such  matters,  for  various  European  countries 
have  undertaken  a  campaign  of  education  by  the  radio  which 
we-  have   not  yet   approached. 

But  we  are-  making  a  good  beginning,     fohn  L.  McNab, 

one  of  the-  most  conspicuously  gifted  members  of  the  San 
Francisco  Bar,  delivered  a  lecture  on  the  Federal  Conven- 
tion of  1787,  being  a  part  of  a  series  of  lectures  intended  for 
the  purpose  of  enlightening  the  citizens  on  the  subject  of 
the  United  States  Constitution. 

lie  was  followed  on  the  next  night  by  Attorney  General 
U.  S.  Webb.  These  talks  were  given  under  the  auspices  of 
the  American  Bar  Association,  a  national  organization 
which  will  prosecute  its  efforts  to  instruct  the  people  of 
the-  United  States  in  the  fundamental  law  of  tin  country. 
In  order  t"  do  this,  it  formed  a  committee  on  American 
Citizenship.  In  connection  with  that  committee,  the  leical 
arrangements  are  in  the  hands  of  a  commission,  of  which 
Hon.  Jeremiah  Sullivan,  former  president  of  the  State  Bar 
Association,  is  chairman  ami    lion.  W.  W,   Morrow,  (  >.   lv. 


April   17,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


dishing,  Maurice  E.  Harrison,  C.  J.  Goodcell  and  Andrew 
Y.  Wood,  managing  editor  of  the  "Recorder,"  are  members. 

These  lectures,  delivered  in  turn  by  John  L.  McNab, 
Warren  Olney,  Chief  Justice  William  H.  Waste,  and  Lewis 
F.  Byington,  are  all  of  them  of  the  highest  grade,  showing 
the  broadest  patriotism  of  the  most  cultured  and  modern 
sort. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  about  the  value  of  this  kind  of 
work  to  the  community.  It  means  more  than  appears  at 
first  sight.  It  may  easily  be  the  beginning  of  a  public 
education  which  will  place  our  nation  as  far  ahead  of  the 
rest  of  the  world,  educationally,  as  we  now  are  economically. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


There  is  a  great  deal  of  complaint 
Needless  Grumbling  about  the  way  in  which  our  public 
business  is  carried  on  and  even  more 
vehement  criticism  directed  against  delays  in  legal  proced- 
ure. We  hold  no  brief  for  carelessness  and  delay  and  these 
should  be  abolished  as  rapidly  as  possible,  but  the  peculiar 
circumstances  of  our  extraordinarily  rapid  development 
must  be  carefully  taken  into  consideration,  when  we  ex- 
amine such  things. 

Associate  Justice  J.  W.  Curtis  put  this  matter  rather  well 
the  other  day  at  a  speech  before  the  Public  Spirit  Club,  an 
organization,  by  the  way,  which  is  rapidly  coming  to  the  front 
now,  and  is  filling  a  want  in  the  lunch-club  activities  of  the  city. 
Justice  Curtis  maintains  that  the  rapid  growth  of  California, 
which  is  greater  than  that  of  the  country,  as  a  whole,  makes 
it  impossible  for  the  legal  machinery  to  keep  pace  with  the  de- 
velopment. He  says:  "We  create  new  courts  and  find  them 
overworked  on  the  day  that  they  are  opened.  The  legal  ma- 
chinery would  be  capable  of  handling  the  business  if  the  busi- 
ness were  constant  or  were  increasing  moderately,  but  expan- 
sion to  meet  existing  conditions  seems  impossible." 

That  is  a  very  reasonable  summary  of  the  condition,  in  the 
matter  of  law  actions,  and  it  is  equally  reasonable  when 
applied  to  other  governmental  and  social  agencies.  A  period 
of  exceptionally  rapid  economic  development,  with  all  that  is 
implied  by  that  expression,  means  also  a  period  of  greater  or 
less  dislocation  of  some  of  those  activities  which  are  known  as 
social  activities. 

The  fact  of  the  matter  is  that  the  whole  edifice  of  social  life 
rises  on  the  basis  of  economic  solidity.  If  owing  to  one  thing 
and  another  that  foundation  expands  rapidly,  it  is  obvious  that 
the  superstructure  cannot  keep  pace  with  shifting  base.  That 
is  what  is  happening  here. 


Woman  Pays  Club 

The  Woman  Pays  Club  of  San  Francisco,  which  numbers 
on  its  roster  some  of  the  most  brilliant  women  of  the  city, 
gave  a  dinner  party  last  Saturday  night  at  the  Hotel  Clift 
in  compliment  to  the  men — husbands  and  friends,  who  were 
not   permitted  "to  pay." 

This  unusual  club  had  its  inception  in  Xcw  York  City, 
where,  one  day.  so  the  legend  goes — Reinald  Werrenrath, 
the  famous  singer,  was  dining  with  Fannie  Hurst  and  Mary 
Roberts  Rhinehart.  When  the  check  for  the  intellectual 
feast  and  the  satisfying  of  "inner  man."  came  to  the  table. 
the  ladies  of  the  party  insisted  Upon  paying  their  individual 
share.     And  from  that — started  "The  Woman  Pays  Club." 

Miss  Gladys  Johnson,  the  prominent  author,  is  president 
of  the  local  organization,  the  personnel  of  which  comprises 
some   of   California's   most    distinguished   writers    including 

Barrett  Willoughby,  Grace  Sanderson  Michie,  (Catherine 
Eggleston  Holmes.  Dr.  Hughes  Cornell.  Helen  Bamberger, 
Eula  Howard  Xunan.  Mollie  Merrick.  Anna  Blake  Mez- 
quida.  Dorothy  Barrett— all  of  whom  have  "arrived"  in 
their  chosen  fields  of  creative  work. 

The  dinner  party  over  which  the  beautiful  Gladys   lohn- 

son   presided,   was   typically   clever   and  original.     Corsage 

bouquets    were    placed    at  "each    plate    for    the    men.      The 

women  had  tiny  rolling  pins  for  their  souvenirs.    The  quests 

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No,  romance  is  not  dead.  A  New  York  girl  is  reported 
by  a  friend  as  so  much  in  love  with  her  fiance  that  she  has 
given  up  smoking,  drinking  and  swearing  for  him. — Ta- 
coma  Ledger. 

*  *     * 

In  number  of  falls  per  annum  the  French  Government 
and  the  Prince  of  Wales  continue  to  run  about  even. — 
New  York  Times. 

*  *     * 

A  crusade  has  been  started  to  bring  cosmetics  under  the 
pure  food  act.  What  cowards  men  are !— Lynden  (Wash.) 
Tribune. 

*  *     * 

Those  of  us  who  can  not  keep  our  checkbooks  straight  are 
comforted  by  the  news  that  the  Senate  Finance  Committee 
made  an  error  in  calculation  of  forty-three  million  dollars. 
Comparatively  few  of  us  ever  do  as  badly  as  that. — The  New 
Yorker. 

*  *     * 

If  there's  anything  in  evolution,  there  is  sure  to  be  developed 
in  time  a  tougher  and  more  resistant  pedestrian. — Tacoma 
Ledger. 

*  *     * 

Sometimes  it's  the  last  step  which  counts,  if  you  make  it 
on  the  accelerator  instead  of  on  the  brake. — Punch'. 

*  *     * 

Henry  Ford  despises  the  new-fangled  dances,  hut  his  lizzie 
Still  clings  to  the  shimmy.— Fergus  Falls  i  Minn.)  Journal. 

*  *     * 

Anil  the  greatest  paradox  of  them  all  is  still  Civilized  War- 
fare.— Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

About  the   only   use  left   to  the  nickel   is  to  provide  change 

for  a  quarter. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *    * 

What  the  future  has  in  store  for  you  depends  in  large 
measure  on  what  you  place  in  store  for  the  future. — Fergus 
Falls  l  Minn.  I   (ournal. 

*  *     * 

Scientists  have  discovered  that  the  world  is  covered  by  a 
"radio  mof."  This,  in  all  probability,  is  what  static  is  trying 
to  raise. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

"It  is  roast  beef,"  s.,ys  a  centenarian,  "that  has  made  England 
what  it  is."  We  have  never  heard  a  more  powerful  plea  for 
vegetarianism. — Punch. 

*  *    * 

It  is  possible  that  the  man  who  wakes  up  to  find  himself 
famous  has  been  sleeping  all  the  while  with  one  eve  open. — 
Arkansas  I  iazctte. 

*  *     * 

Like  the  lily,  the  flapper  toils  not.  but  when  there  is  a  car 
available  she  spins  some. — Florence  (  Ala.  I  Herald. 

*  *     * 

Nowadays  a  man  has  to  light  to  stay  on  top  in  every  field 
of  human  endeavor  except  pugilism. — Detroit  New 

*  *     * 

It  remained  for  a  British  visitor  to  remind  us  that  the  Statue 
of  Liberty  stands  with  her  back  to  the  United  States — Omaha 
Bee 

*  *    » 

"Any  one  willing  to  work  is  welcome  here."  Canada  an- 
nounces. This  seems  to  cover  the  field  fairly  well  in  selective 
immigration. — Detroit  Xe«>. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April   17,  1926 


LEISURE'S  WW 


OBEY   NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURES 

_  Tom  Moone- 


Kallierine    Schwartz 


Curran 

"The  Student  Prince"  engagement  at 
the  Curran  Theater  is  proving  as  big  a 
drawing  card  on  its  return  as  it  did  on  its 
first  engage- 
ment. Now 
beginning  its 
third  week,  it 
has  already 
played  to 
more  people 
than  it  did  in 
a  similar  time 
last  Novem- 
ber, when  the 
a  t  t  r  action 
was  first  seen 
here.  The  in- 
dications are 
that  capacity 
houses  will  be  the  rule  during  the  balance 
of  its  engagement  here. 

The  company  is  headed  by  Howard 
.Marsh  and  llsa  Marvenga,  who  were 
sent  here  by  the  Messrs.  Schubert  from 
New  York  especially  for  the  return  en- 
gagement in  San  Francisco.  The  balance 
of  the  organization  is  the  same  as  was 
seen  here  before  and  includes  Douglas 
Leavitt,  fun  maker ;  Bertram  Peacock, 
Thurlow  Bergen,  Alec  Harford,  David 
Reese,  Medley  Hall,  A.  W.  Callam.  Mar- 
garet Cantrell,  Nathaniel  Sack,  Albert 
Groom,  Ruth  Lockwood  and  the  splen- 
did male  chorus  of  fifty. 

*     *     * 
Casino 

Last  night  marked  the  opening  of  the 
Casino  Theater  with  Henry  Duffy's  new 
venture,  musical  comedy  at  popular 
prices.  The  opening  attraction,  "Honey 
(  rirl,"  is  seen  here  for  the  first  time,  and 
it  is  a  sensation.  Walter  Catlett,  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  foremost  comedians 
of  the  American  stage,  was  brought  here 
by  Mr.  Duffy,  especially  for  this  en- 
gagement, and  he  is  great.  Reno  Riano, 
comedienne,  who  originated  the  role  of 
slavey  <>n  I  (roadway,  plays  opposite  him. 
Alice  Cavanaugh.  star  of  "Little  Nellie 
Kelly"  is  the  prima  donna.  Willard 
Hall,  well  known  here  for  his  splendid 
work  in  "No,  No,  Nannette,  is  also  in 
the  cast.  Maurice  Holland,  Dee  Loretta 
and  Joe  Griffin  are  others  in  the  com- 
pany. There  is  a  wonderful  chorus  of 
girls  who  are  beautiful,  good  dancers 
and  can  sing  well. 


(Conducted  by  Katherine  Schwartz) 

President 

"The  Nervous  Wreck"  farce-comedy 
by  Owen  Davis,  comes  to  the  President, 
where  it  will  open  tomorrow  afternoon. 
It  is  a  play  of  ills  and  pills,  of  cowboys 
and  tenderfeet,  and  has  proved  to  be 
one  of  the  great  successes  on  Broadway. 

Fur  this  play,  Henry  Duffy  has  selected 
a  fine  cast.  Phil  Tead  will  make  his  first 
President  appearance  in  the  role  of  the 
nervous  individual  who  believes  himself 
heir  to  all  the  maladies  of  the  universe. 
Dale  will  be  the  country  girl  who  cham- 
pions his  cause.  Another  important  role 
will  be  in  the  capable  hands  of  Kenneth 
Daigneau. 

Among  the  supporting  players  will  be 
seen  Robert  Lowe,  Earl  Lee,  Thomas 
Kelly.  Alice  I'.artlett.  William  Abram, 
Charles  Edler  and  Ray  L.  Royce. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"The  Gorilla,"  that  thrilling  mystery 
play  which  contains  all  the  various  de- 
vices which  have  ever  been  used  in  any 
mystery  play,  is  still  drawing  fine  at 
this  popular  theater. 

William  Davidson  and  Henry  Frau- 
nie  have  the  leading  comedy  roles,  and 
furnish  much  amusement  in  their  por- 
trayal of  the  roles  of  two  "detectuffs." 
Betty  Laurence  is  fine  as  the  girl  in 
the  case.  The  others  in  the  support- 
ing cast  all  acquit  themselves  admir- 
ably. The  question  is,  who  is  the  gor- 
illa, and  who  is  the  murderer. 

*  *     * 
Orpheum 

There  is  a  big  triple  headline  bill  of- 
fered as  the  attraction  at  the  Orpheum 
Theater  this  week,  headed  by  Bobby 
Clark  and  I'aul  McCullough,  late  stars 
of  Irving  Merlin's  Music  Box  Revue, 
who  are  remaining  over  for  a  second 
big  week;  Georgie  Price,  well-known 
here  for  his  Victor  records  and  for  his 
several  appearances  on  the  Orpheum 
Circuit  as  star  of  "The  Passing  Show," 
which  played  here  last  season.  He  will 
be  seen  in  an  act  called  "What  Price 
( id  irgie." 

Harry  M.  Snodgrass,  popular  radio 
artist,  known  the  country  over,  as  the 
"King  of  the  Ivories,"  will  render  a 
program  of  selected  number  on  the 
piano  and  will  be  introduced  by  J.  M. 
Witten,  prize-winning  announcer  from 
W<  IS.  Jefferson  City,  Mo. 

<  Ither  big  acts  on  the  bill  are  John 
Miller  and  James  Mack,  known  as  the 


"Ming  Boys;"  Theodore  Bekefi  and 
Henry  Barsea  in  a  dancing  revue  called 
"Tip  Toe,"  one  of  George  Choos'  pre- 
sentations, with  Mooney  and  Church- 
ill and  Grace  Robinson,  Bee  Wendall, 
Dennis  Chabot  and  Nonette  Tortini, 
the  boy  from  Belgium  and  the  girl 
from  France;  the  Three  Orontos  in 
sensational  balancing  stunts ;  Edwin 
Roth  and  Edna  Drake  in  a  dainty 
aerial  novelty. 

*  *     * 
Golden  Gate 

The  headline  attraction  at  the  Gold- 
en Gate  this  week  is  the  San  Antonio 
Siamese  Twins,  born  joined  together. 
These  two  young  girls,  Daisy  and  Vi- 
olet Hinton,  were  born  in  England  and 
brought  to  this  country  by  their  aunt, 
and  were  raised  and  educated  in  San 
Antonio,  Texas.  They  have  just  re- 
cently gone  on  the  stage,  and  sing,  and 
dance,  play  various  musical  intru- 
ments,  and  do  many  other  entertaining 
things. 

Others  on  the  bill  are  the  Trado 
Twins  in  "A  Delectable  Dance  Diver- 
tissement;"  Foster  and  Peggy  in 
"Pals;"  Herman  Berrens  will  present 
Mile.  Fifi  and  himself  in  a  comedy  riot 
called  "Ten  Dollars  a  Lesson  ;"  Moss 
&  Frye  in  "How  High  is  Up?";  Edward 
Marshall,  the  cartoonist  is  also  on  the 
bill. 

The  feature  on  the  screen  is  a  very 
fine  picture,  entitled  "Thunder  Storm" 
featuring  Madge  Bellamy. 

Claude  Sweeten  and  his  orchestra, 
Grace  Rollins  Hunt,  organist,  and  the 
usual  short  films  round  out  a  well-bal- 
anced program. 

*  *     * 

Columbia 

Tomorrow  begins  the  last  week  of 
the  engagement  of  George  White's 
"Scandals"  at  the  Columbia  Theater. 
With  colorful  settings,  beautiful  girls, 
dancers,  singers,  comedians  and  speci- 
alty acts,  this  show  has  taken  the  city 
by  storm.  There  are  some  twenty-five 
scenes,  moving  with  such  rapidity,  that 
the  eye  can  hardly  take  in  the  beauties 
of  one  set.  before  another  is  on  the 
way, 

Following  this  show  into  the  Colum- 
bia, our  own  Rosetta  and  Vivian  Dun- 
can are  coming  back  to  San  Francisco, 
wdiere  they  will  play  a  limited  return 
engagement  of  their  whirlwind  success. 
"Topsy  and   Eva,"   which   played   here 


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Buck    Jones,    "Dm  an.  1     of    the 

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Never  Say  Die ! 
Wife     (tearfully) — "You've    broken 
the  promise  you  made  me." 

Husband — "Never    mind,    my    dear. 
don't  cry:     I'll  make  you  another!" 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 

to  capacity  audiences  for  such  a  long 
time,  before  these  two  clever  girls  went 
East,  winning  new  laurels  for  them- 
selves everywhere. 

Several  numbers  have  been  added  to 
the  show  since  it  was  last  seen  here, 
and  seats  go  on  sale  at  the  box  office, 
Thursday  morning,  April  22. 

*  *     * 
California 

"The  Bat,"  that  great  mystery  story 
by  Mary  Roberts  Rinehart,  which  en- 
joyed such  an  immense  success  on  the 
speaking  stage,  has  been  adapted  for 
the  screen,  and  will  be  the  attraction  at 
the  California  this  week.  Max  Dolin 
will  entertain  with  a  popular  concert. 

*  *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

The  press  agent  of  the  Warfield 
theater  may  be  pardoned  this  coming 
week  if  he',  or  she,  boasts  about  the 
new  program.  On  paper,  at  least,  the 
list  of  attraction  for  this  house  is  even 
higher  than  the  elevated  standard  West 
Coast  Theaters,  Inc.,  have  set  for 
Loew's  Warfield. 

"The  Greater  Glory,"  made  from 
Edith  O'Shaughnessy's  novel.  "The 
Viennese  Medley,"  and  starring  Con- 
way Tearle,  Anna  O.  Nilsson,  May  Al- 
lison, Jean  Hersholt,  Ian  Keith  and 
Lucy  Beaumont,  is  the  principal  screen 
feature.  The  story  concerns  post-war 
Vienna  and  the  sacrifice  one  girl  made 
for  the  salvation  of  her  family.  There 
will  be  other  screen  attractions  includ- 
ing "The  Twenty  Years  Alter"  fire 
reels. 

On  the  stage  will  be  the  Royal 
Welsh  Gleemen,  fourteen  choral  sing- 
ers direct  from  Wales  and  an  organiza- 
iid  to  be  the  finest  singing  soci 
ety  ever  heard  in  a  San  Francisco 
theater.  Nell  Kelly,  the  merry  Mission 
madcap,  continues  with  Arline  Langan 
and  Walt  Roesner  and  the  Super  Solo- 
ists. 

*    *    * 

Wilkes 

Douglas  Fairbanks,  in  his  latest  ve- 
hicle. "The  Black  Pirate."  continues 
to  be  a  good  drawing  card  at  this  the- 
ater. The  picture  is  a  new  departure 
in    technicolor,    and    is    full    of    pirates. 

swashbuckling   heros,   ships,   and    the 

sea. 

There  is  a  strong  supporting  cast. 
and  it  is  splendid  entertainment.  It  i- 
very  interesting  t"  note  that  all  of  the 
equipment  for  the  various  galleons 
used  in  this  picture  were  secured  right 
here  in  San  Francisco. 
*  *  * 
Granada 

This  is  "Laughing  Week"  at  the 
Granada.  The  screen  feature  is  "That's 
My  Baby,"  featuring  Douglas  McLean. 
Eddie  Peabody  and  the  Synco-Sym- 
phonistS  will  be  seen  in  a  revue  called 
"The  1.17/  Grali  Bag  Revue"  in  which 
the  Granada  Beauties.  Edith  Griffith 
and  others,  will  take  part. 


Players  Guild 

Eugene  O'Neill's  play,  "The  Hairy 
Ape,"  which  created  such  a  sensation 
when  produced  in  New  York,  was  pre- 
sented by  the  Players'  Guild  last  night, 
and  will  be  repeated  again  tonight. 
Guy  Kibbee  has  the  title  role  in  the 
piece.  Others  seen  in  the  production 
are  J.  W.  Chambers,  Marion  Crawford, 
Walter  Goldberg,  W.  C.  Nolte,  Ver- 
neita  Thompson,  Robt.  Rathbone  Jr., 
Cyrus  S.  Kauffman,  and  others. 
(Continued  on  Page  15) 


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(Off.  Kearny  Street) 

Increased  Seating  Capacity 

We  Now  Have 

24  PRIVATE  BOOTHS 

and 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  17,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Ambitions  Realized 

HAPPINESS,  gratification  and  ambitions  realized,  are 
significant  expressions  which  might  well  be  inscribed 
under  the  insignia  of  the  National  League  for  Woman's 
Service,  upon  the  formal  opening  of  their  handsome  new 
million  dollar  club  house. 

Every  well-known  National  League  worker — and  there 
were  stalwart  members  among  them — was  justly  proud  of 
the  beautiful  building,  for,  as  they  said  themselves,  they 
had  really  builded  better  than  they  knew! 

"The  House  Warming"  of  this  past  week  was  a  trans- 
cendent success.  It  was  like  all  National  League  affairs 
have  ever  been — impressive  but  simple ;  wholesome  and  un- 
ostentatious.    Genuine! 

Proud  as  the  builders  committee  must  have  been  on  the 
formal  opening  day,  last  Monday,  they  could  not  begin  to 
be  as  proud  as  were  the  members  who  were  admitted  for 
the  first  inspection.  The  little  yellow  membership  cards, 
receipts  for  initiation  and  dues  covering  a  period  of  pre- 
building  days  took  on  a  new  significance  last  Monday,  when 
Members.  Only,  were  permitted  entrance  to  the  new  club 
home  on  Post  street,  adjoining  the  St.  Francis  Hotel. 

The  moment  one  entered  the  building,  which  by  the  way, 
is  compared  favorably  with  other  large  and  famous  club 
homes  elsewhere,  the  sense  of  coziness  was  evident.  Spaci- 
ous as  were  the  halls,  the  corridors  and  the  broad  stairways, 
there  was,  unmistakably,  that  characteristic  home-like  feel- 
ing which  permeated  every  hall,  nook  and  corner  of  the  can- 
teens of  the  magnificent  organization — The  National  League 
for  Woman's  Service. 

New  Name  for  Club 

The  National  League  for  Woman's  Service  has  given 
their  new  house  a  new  name :  "The  Women's  City  Club  of 
San  Francisco." 

It  was  chosen  after  the  manner  of  other  large  club  houses 
in  other  metropolitan  centers  and  bears  to  the  city  of  San 
Francisco  the  same  definite  relationship  as  that  of  its  wo- 
man's citizenry  to  the  great  commonwealth.  They  who 
were  behind  the  financial  venture  are  glad  "within,"  and 
satisfied,  fiancially,  for  the  investment  has  been  a  safe  and 
profitable  one — bringing  prestige  to  financiers  and  build- 
ers, workers,   thinkers   and   dreamers — alike. 

Exquisite  Taste 

Exquisite  taste  has  been  exercised  throughout  the  entire 
building  and  in  the  minutest  details  of  its  furnishings! 

Every  woman  member  so  expressed  herself  on  Monday 
as  the  color  scheme,  the  refinement,  the  choice  of  colorings, 
the  luxury  of  the  furniture,  the  comfort  and  the  charm  of 
everything  greeted  the  member-visitor!  Proud  was  each 
one — and  yet  no  one  took  unto  herself  the  praise.  It  seemed 
to  be  consummate  taste,  for  there  were  many  heads  hud- 
dled together  over  the  slightest  design  and  plan. 

Entrance  Fascinating 

The  entrance  to  the  club  house  is  made  beautiful  by  a 
hand  carved  teakwood  door  and  archway  given  as  a  mem- 
orial by  an  anonymous  donor. 

COLONIAL  HOTEL 

850   Bush    Street,   Between   Powell    and    Stockton,    San    Francisco 

Telephone  Sutter  3580 

HOWARD  T.  BLETHEN,  Proprietor 


The  arcade  is  lined  with  attractive  show  cases  leading 
to  smart  shops  where  articles  are  sold.  At  the  left,  just  in 
front  of  the  elevators  is  the  League  Shop :  The  stairway 
leads  to  the  mezzanine  floor  and  the  Economy  Shop,  where 
used  garments  are  sold  and  objects  of  art  may  be  obtained. 
Smiles  Predominated 

Smiles  predominated  throughout  the  magnificent  struc- 
ture where  loyal  National  League  women  were  congre- 
gated, busily  engaged  looking  after  every  one's  welfare  and 
comfort — as  is  typical  of  them. 

Airs.  S.  G.  Chapman,  chairman  of  the  Building  Project, 
was  surrounded  by  the  same  coterie  of  efficient  women  who  have 
carried  to  fruition  the  long  cherished  dream.  Miss  Marion  W. 
Leale.  manager  of  the  building  project,  had  the  same  faculty, 
every  reception  day,  as  usual,  of  being  at  the  right  place  at  the 
right  time.  Mrs.  Marcus  Koshland  is  chairman  of  the  Building 
Plans.  Miss  Henrietta  Moffatt  acts  as  chairman  of  furnish- 
ings. Mrs.  If.  A.  Stephenson  is  chairman  of  future  activities; 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Terwilliger  is  chairman  of  membership  and  Mrs. 
Clarence  M.  Smith  is  the  chairman  of  finance.  Mrs.  William 
Palmer  Lucas  acts  as  publicity  chairman. 
Gracious  Hostesses 

With  a  graciousness  which  seemed  to  shower  its  effect  upon 
every  member  and  visitor,  a  special  committee  of  National 
League  leaders  acted  as  hostesses  during  the  opening  ceremonies. 

Mrs.  Percy  Eyre,  chairman,  was  ably  aided  by  women 
whose  prominence  and  gracious  bearing  particularly  quali- 
fied them  for  the  happy  task  of  greeting  visitors.  Mrs. 
William  B.  Hamilton,  Mrs.  William  Warren,  Miss  Mabel 
Pierce,  Miss  Edith  Leale,  Miss  Laura  McKinstry,  Mrs. 
Albert  Jannopoulos,  Mrs.  Carter,  Mrs.  Necker  were  of  this 
distinguished  committee.  Mrs.  Max  C.  Sloss,  en  route  to 
Europe,  was  named  among  the  ladies  of  this  group. 
Home-Like  Atmosphere 

The  home-like  atmosphere  of  the  Woman's  City  Club 
illumines  every  room  in  the  building.  The  elegant  recep- 
tion rooms,  with  the  comfortable,  luxurious  easy  chairs, 
lounges,  settees  and  the  rows  and  rows  of  choice  books, 
literature,  magazines  and  the  best  known  reading  matter, 
welcome  the  member  with  a  beckoning  hand. 

The  sun-flooded  library  faces  on  Post  street,  and  while 
the  days  are  delightful,  there  are  other  days  for  which  the 
memorial  fireplace  makes  provision.  This  fireplace  was  a 
gift  from  Mrs.  Leon  Guggenheim. 

The  board  room  contains  furniture  inherited  from  the 
National  Defenders'  Club  of  the  Presidio  days.  Execu- 
tive offices,  as  well  as  lounging  rooms,  provide  comfort 
and  that  restful  feeling  which  somehow  seems  to  have 
claimed  the  entire  building. 
Private  Dining  Rooms 

Three  private  dining  rooms  are  to  be  found  on  the  third 
floor.  The  one  on  the  west  was  furnished  by  ten  National 
Defenders  Clubs  of  California.  The  private  dining  room 
on  the  east  has  some  beautiful  murals,  the  work  of  the 
California  School  of  Arts,  under  the  direction  of  Miss  Hart- 
well.  The  kitchen  is  located  on  this  floor,  running  from 
the  Post  street  side  to  the  sunny  steam  table  room.     The 

HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 

Make  Your  Reservations  at  City  Booking  Office 

401   Crocker  Building 

Telephone  Softer  0130       Under  Management  CARL  S.  STANLEY 


April  17,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


very  latest  in  culinary  art  has  been  provided. 
There  are  no  partitions  excepting  the  actual 
storeroom  walls,  aiding  ventilation  by  this  ar- 
rangement. The  salad,  bakery  and  meat  con- 
tainers each  have  individual  ice  boxes,  with 
automatic  refrigeration. 

Cupboards  that  lock,  cupboards  for  Copeland 
China  and  the  kitchen  steam  tables  are  equip- 
ment of  which  the  building  committee  takes 
some  additional  pride. 

"For  the  service  dining  rooms,  Matteo  San- 
dona  is  giving  us  a  painting  which  shall  rep- 
resent the  ideals  of  the  League,"  stated  Miss 
Leale  in  pointing  out  some  details  of  the  build- 
ing. 

One  of  the  attractions  which  caused  praising 
comments  was  the  roof  garden  with  playing 
fountain,  garden  furniture  and  growing  plants 
and  shrubbery.  On  the  opening  day,  when 
inspection  for  members  was  scheduled — this 
open  space  was  streaming  with  sunshine  and 
lured  many  a  member  to  its  center.  Tables  for 
tea  are  to  be  spread  in  this  open  place  and  it 
certainly  will  be  a  nook  of  contentment. 

A  cafeteria   is   an   adjunct   of  importance 


L      -     ■_         -  : 


! 


Rates 
Mrs.  Emily 
Ingiin,  who  made  the  cafeteria  popular  at  the  former  lo- 
cality, has  retired  as  kitchen  majordomo  and  will  be  suc- 
ceeded by  a  chef.  But  Mrs.  Ingiin  will  be  present  as  head 
of  the  pastry  department. 

Large  Auditorium 

The  large  auditorium  of  the  Woman's  City  Club  is  on 
the  first  floor  and  is  equipped  with  motion  picture  apparatus. 
"Don't  forget  to  look  up  at  the  ceiling,"  said  one  of  the  en- 
thusiastic hostesses  as  members  streamed  in  and  out  of  the 
various  room.  "Don't  miss  that  ceiling,"  we  reiterate,  for 
it  is  really  beautiful,  with  its  blues  and  blending  tones  of 
soft  shades  and  harmonizing  colorings. 

The  latest  type  of  a  stage  with  lighting  plans  of  correct 
manipulation  is  part  of  the  equipment  supervised  by  M5ss 
Donohue.  A  handsome  curtain,  is  a  gift  of  the  Meiere  familv 
in  memory  of  Mrs.  Meiere,  and  painted  at  the  llertcr  looms," 
according  to  designs  of  Miss  Hildreth  Meiere,  a  former 
board  member. 
Boudoirs  Dainty 

Feminine,  dainty  and  consistent  are  the  sleeping  rooms 
of  the  club  home  which  occupy  the  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh 
floors.  There  are  ninety-eight  rooms  and  fifty  with  baths. 
One  fourth  of  the  total  number  are  to  lie  set  aside  for  tran>i- 
ent  use  of  members  and  for  reciprocal  guests.  All  rooms 
have  stationary  wash-stands  an, I  oh.  delight  of  tin-  femi- 
nine heart  they  have  large  closets, 

Each  room  is  furnished  in  a  different  color.  All  of  the 
decorations  are  simple,  but  charming,  of  exquisite  taste 
and  pervading  an  js  that  distinctive  tone  of  refinement  and 
adherence  to  a  law  of  elimination  which,  after  all.  , 
tutes  so  much  that  is  really  in  good  taste  ami  of  sensible 
judgement. 
First  Luncheon 

The  first  luncheon  served  for  members  was  given  on  Wed- 
nesday of  this  past  week,  both  the  dining  room  and  the 
cafeteria  being  utilized  for  the  accommodation  of  many  mem- 
bers. A  special  dinner  for  members  and  their  guests  w  ri ~  given 
Wednesday  night  and  the  (lining  room  was  filled  to  ca- 
pacity. 


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Swimming  Pool 

There  was  not  a  member  nor  a  visitor  who 
did  not  inquire:  "Where  is  the  swimming 
pool?"  That  the  tanks  will  be  one  of  the  most 
popular  adjuncts  to  the  entire  accommodation 
plan,  there  is  no  doubt.  The  pool  certainly 
looks  tempting  now,  and  when  it  is  in  full  op- 
eration, it  surely  will  be  the  central  meeting 
place — for  those  who  love  the  sport,  at  any 
rate. 

Beauty  parlors  and  the  adjoining  rooms 
catering  to  the  charms  of  women  will  have 
their  quota  of  adherents — of  that  we  are  posi- 
tive— for  everything  looks  so  clean  and  con- 
venient— so  appealing  to  any  woman  with  a 
feminine  soul  that  these  parlors  should  really 
be  the  making  of  more  beauty  in  our  midst — 
and  a  source  of  substantial  revenue  to  the 
management  of  this  magnificent  Woman's 
Citv  Club! 


Engagement  Broken 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  G.  Brady  announce  that 
the  engagement  of  their  daughter.  Miss  Eileen 
Brady  and  Mr.  Robert  James  Tyson,  has  been  broken,  ac- 
cording to   an   authoritative    statement   made   in    the   daily 

press  of  Monday,  April  12. 

*     *     * 

Franciscan  Festival 

An  impressive  and  colorful  Franciscan  Festival  will  be 
given  in  the  San  Francisco  Civic  Auditorium,  May  10  to  15. 
under  the  direction  of  a  committee  of  Franciscan  Fathers, 
five  hundred  representative  citizens  and  more  than  one 
hundred  organizations  of  men  and  women. 

Miniature  reproductions  of  the  twenty-one  Missions  es- 
tablished by  the  Franciscan  Fathers  along  the  El  Camino 
Real  will  be  arranged  around  the  entire  auditorium.  In 
these  miniature  Missions  will  be  sold  articles  from  all  part-- 
of  the  world. 

Santa  Barbara  Mission  will  be  reproduced  in  detail  on 
nter  stage,  <  me  of  the  primal  purposes  of  the  festi- 
val is  to  aid  in  the  restoration  of  Mission  Santa  Barbara 
recently  destroyed  by  earthquake.  Two  other  leading  pur- 
poses are:  Commemoration  of  the  seven  hundredth  .anni- 
versary of  the  death  of  Saint  Francis,  patron  Saint  of  San 
Francisco:  and,  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary 
of  the  founding  of  Mission  Dolores  in  San  Francisco. 

Archbishop  Edward  I.  Hanna  sponsors  the  Franciscan 
Festival.  Mayor  James  Rolph  Jr.,  is  honorary  chairman  of 
tin-  festival;  Rev.  Father  Bernardine,  O.  F.  M.,  is  secretary- 
treasurer  and  general  director;  Harry  I.  Mulcrevy  is  i 
tive  chairman:  and  William  P..  Whelan  is  acting  -ecretary 
of  festival  headquarters,  weekly  meetings  of  the  commit- 
ind  a  director  of  special  parades. 

Booths  will  be  installed  in  the  Auditorium  with  the  Mis- 
sions in  replica  arranged  according  to  the  date  of  their 
founding.  An  encircling  promenade  will  be  of  educational 
value  Each  night  there  will  be  a  change  of  program  with 
music,  legends,  pageants,  flower-shows,  romantic  episodes 
and  historical  events  included.  There  will  be  dancing  every 
night  in  the  smaller  halls  of  the  Auditorium. 

Every    Thursday    night   during   the   day^    preceding   the 
Franciscan    Festival,   committee   meetings   will    be   held    in 
Knights  of  Columbus  hall   when  reports   wdl   be  given  by 
n'ominued  <in  Page  161 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why? 


It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall  Special  attrac- 
tions. Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
ming pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet.  T.  H.  COR- 
CORAN.  Agua  Caliente.  Sonoma   County,  or  see  Peck-Judah 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  17,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Cut  Out  KQ  W ! 

EVERY  day,  letters  continue  to  ar- 
rive containing  complaints  regard- 
ing the  broadcasting  stat'on  KQW  at 


C.  J.  Pennington 

San  Jose.  California.  Every  Radio  pub- 
lication has  also  been  receiving  com- 
plaints about  this  station  for  some 
time.  Fn  ni  all  the  letter;  that  have 
been  published  ;  it  is  a  sure  .liing  that 
the  volume  of  mail  eceived  by  the  sta- 
tion itself  is  about  99  percent  com- 
plaints, due  to  their  staying  on  the  a;.r 
between   7:30  and  8  :00  p.  m. 

Many  remedies  have  been  offered  to 
force  KOW  to  close  down,  but  appar- 
ently to  no  avail. 

Then,  on  the  other  hand,  the  station 
seems  to  have  a  few  staunch  support- 
ers that  continue  to  uphold  it.  Evi- 
dently they  are  the  ones  who  have  nut 
heard  the  stale  jokes  that  are  broad- 
casted under  the  guise  of  wit. 

It  has  developed  to  such  a  state  that 
even  the  farmers  are  getting  disgusted 
with  the  station.  Consequently,  it 
must  be  a  fine  state  of  affairs  when 
the  people  whom  the  station  is  sup- 
posed to  be  benefitting,  are  turning 
against  it;  joining  the  ranks  of  those 
who  want  the  station  to  close  down 
for  the  DX  period. 

In  order  to  place  a  few  facts  before 
the  readers,  a  survey  was  recently 
made  by  a  large  concern  and  1,176 
radioized  farms  in  seven  states  were 
canvassed  in  regard  to  their  preference 
of  eight  different  periods  for  broadcast- 
ing market  reports  and  other  informa- 
tion pertaining  to  the  farm  and  the 
farmer. 

The  noon  hour  was  the  choice  of  58 
percent  or  over  half  the  listeners.  They 
like  to  turn  on  the  radio  while  eating 
their  noun-day  meal.  Only  15  percent 
show  a  preference  for  6:00  p.  m.  In 
comparing  the  noon  and  evening  peri- 
ods  it  was  found  that  SS  percent  prefer 
the  noon  hour  as  compared  to  12  per- 


cent preferring  the  evening  hours  for 
receiving  market  or  economic  informa- 
tion. Which  proves  that  after  any 
farmer  has  put  in  a  hard  day  in  the 
field,  he  does  not  relish  the  idea  of 
turning  on  his  radio  and  listening  to 
the  same  thing  read  over  the  air  that  he 
has  been  doing  all  day  in  the  field.  In 
that  respect  the  old  saying  holds  good, 
"All  work  and  no  play  makes  Jack  a 
dull  boy."  Then,  it  is  very  hard  to 
force  anything  over  the  air  that  no  one 
cares  to  listen  to,  especially  when  they 
do  not  have  to.  And  what  the  radio 
listening  public  is  complaining  about, 
is  that  they  prefer  to  tune  for  distance 
during  the  DX  period  and  do  not  like 
the  harmonics  from  KQW  breaking- 
through. 

When  the  farmer  arrives  in  his  home 
after  a  hard  day  in  the  field  he  desires 
entertainment,  with  something  pleas- 
ant and  restful  to  the  mind  and  body, 
and  not  the  reading  of  a  lot  of  dry  bul- 
letins, which  would  be  very  good  in 
their  proper  time.  The  farmer  is  no 
different  than  any  other  worker:  when 
he  sits  down  after  his  day's  labor,  he 
wants  to  forget  his  work  and  relax, 
with  something  on  his  mind  besides 
his  every  day  labors. 

Every  station  does  better  work  in 
taking  advice  from  the  letters  that  are 
received  commenting  on  some  excel- 
lent program,  and  the  better  stations, 
on  receiving  complaints,  make  every 
effort  to  correct  them  and  put  some- 
thing on  the  air  that  will  bring  in  let- 
ters of  praise. 

KQW"  may  continue  to  broadcast 
during  the  DX  period,  but  when  the 
time  arrives  to  eliminate  a  certain  num- 
ber of  the  stations  that  are  now  crowd- 
ing the  lower  wavelengths,  (and  that 
time  is  not  far  away),  we  wonder  how 
long  KQW  will  manage  to  stay  on  the 
air?  We  are  wondering  how  many 
fans  would  vote  for  that  station  to  con- 
tinue broadcasting.  Not  enough,  wc 
hardly  think,  to  warrant  the  continua- 
tion of  the  station,  for  it  is  a  sure  thing 
that  the  radio  public  is  to  have  some- 
thing to  say  in  the  matter  of  what  sta- 
tions will  remain  on  the  air. 

There  is  yet  time  for  KQW  to  make 
amends  for  the  ill  feelings  they  have 
caused  among  the  majority  of  radio 
fans,  and  if  they  hope  to  successfully 
remain  on  the  air,  they  should  take  into 
consideration  the  fact  that  the  public 
will  do  the  deciding  as  to  whether  they 
should.  And,  sooner  or  later,  if  they 
fail  to  heed  the  many  warnings  they 
are  now  receiving,  they  may  be  classed 
among  the  "has-been"  broadcasters. 


Radio  Chain  of  Rebroadcasting  Stations 
Is  Proved  Practicable 

That  a  coast  to  coast  chain  of  re- 
broadcasting  stations  is  not  only  prac- 
ticable but  will  be  a  regular  feature  of 
the  winter  month's  programs  of  1926- 
27  was  demonstrated  conclusively  re- 
cently when  KNX,  the  Evening  Ex- 
press (Los  Angeles)  broadcasting  station, 
staged  a  "radio  party." 

Invitations   were   sent   out   through- 
out the  country  to  more  than  a  score- 
of   stations   and   replies   promising   co- 
operation were  received. 

Despite  the  fact  that  the  night  of 
the  "party"  was  unusually  poor  from  a 
DX  viewpoint,  every  station  with  the 
exception  of  Chicago  was  able  to  pick 
up  the  KNX  wave.  WGY  picked  up 
KNX  direct  from  across  the  countrv 
and  rebroadcast  on  35  and  379  meters. 

An  unusual  feature  of  the  party  was 
that  KFWO  at  Avalon,  California,  suc- 
ceeded not  only  in  broadcasting  KNX, 
but  varied  the  performance  by  switch- 
ing to  WGY  and  rebroadcasting  from 
it,  thus  broadcasting  a  radio  wave  that 
had  traveled  across  the  United  States 
and  return. 

*     *     * 

Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

KPO — HALE    IIHOS.   AND  THK   CHRONICLE, 

SAX    FRANCISCO 128.3 

Sunday.  April  isih 

9:45    tn    L0:45    ;l.    m. — Undenominational    and 

non-sectarian  church  service.  Talk,  "Sky- 
line After  Twenty  Years,"  by  Rev.  Wm.  J. 
Owen,  pastor  of  Ashbury  Methodist  Church. 

10:45  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  glviim  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  informa 
Hon. 

5:00  to  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.  Gl  eel  man  at  the  California  Palace  of  the 
Legion    of    Honor. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant 
Orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Unci. 

6:30  p.   ni. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer." 

b':::S  to  8:35  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Cyrus 
T  rob  be. 

8:35  to  10:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Se Igor's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 


Monday.    April   Iflth 

7:00,  7:30,  S:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m, — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  P.  weather  forecast  and  general  in- 
formation. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

I:ii0  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

2:30    to   3:30    p.   m. — Matinee   program. 

3:80  to  1:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,  Cyrus   Trobbe,   director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge,  assisted  by  Uncle  Hi  and 
Uncle   Si. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  quotations  and  general  information, 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  in. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

K:00  to  8:10  p.  m. — American  Forest  Week 
talk. 

-:1i>    it>    !i:li0    p.    m.  —  Palace    Hotel     Rose    Room 


April  17,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


i  la  nee    Orchestra,   Gene   James    director. 

8:00  to  L0:0Q  p,  m. — KFI,  Los  Angeles,  and 
K  P<  i.  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneous lv  a  program  originating  in  the 
KFI  studio  for  the  "Walter  M.  Murphy 
Motors  Company. 

in. mi  to  11:00  p.  m, — Cabiria  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra, Billy  Long,  director. 


Tuesday,  April   20th 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  Weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

2:30   to   3:30  p.    m. — Matinee   program, 

3:40  to  4:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,  Cyrus   Trobbe,   director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
the  A.  A,  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  quotations  and  general  information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00   to    9:00   p.    m. — studio    program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  given  for  the 
Mona  Motor  Oil  Company,  featuring  the 
Mona  Motor  Oil  trio  and  the  Mona  Motor 
Oil    harmony    team,    Gypsy   and    Marta. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m, — Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 
Dance    Orchestra,    Gene    James,    director. 


Wednesday!  April  21st 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  Weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

2:30    to   3:3(1   p.    m. — Matinee   program. 

3:30  to  4:30  p.  m.  —  Fashion  notes  from 
"Breath   of   the  Avenue." 

3:40  to  4:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus    Trobbe,    director. 

5:16  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
K  nowledge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. —  "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  quotations  and  general   Information. 

6:30  to  7:01)  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,   Waldemar   Lind.   director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Motel    l  >rchestr:i. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m, — Program  by  the  At  water 
Kent  Artists  under  the  auspices  of  Krnest 
lngold,    Inc. 

9:00  to  I0:0o  p.  m. — Program  by  the  G (rich 

Silverton  Cord  Orchestra,  Ret:    Code  dlreci 
tag. 

10:00    to    1 1 :00    p,    m. — The   States    Restaurant 

i  h  chest  ra,     Waldemar    Lind,    director. 


Thursday,    April  S2d 

7:00,   7:80,   8:00   a.   ra. — Dally   dozen   exercises 

Riven  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
in    80     a.     m.—  "Ye     Towne    Cryer."     giving     the 

C  S.   Weather  forecast,  genera]  information 

and   market   repori   on   butter,  eggs,  cheese 

a  n,i  poultry. 

12:mi    noon — Time    Signals  and   Scripture 

Ing. 

1 :00  to  2:00  p.  m, — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    i  irchesl  ra, 

8:30  to  8:30  p.  m. — Matinee  program, 

3:40  to  1:30  p.  m, — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,  Cyrus   Trobbe,   direi 

5:16  to  6  16  p.  m.— Children's  bom  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  From  the  Book  of 
Knowledge,  assisted  by  Uncle  Hi  and 
Uncle    s, 

to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer/'  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  A  Co,  stock 
market  quotations  and  general  Information 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — The  states  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,  waldemar  Lind,  director, 

:  no  to  7:30  p,  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

8:00  i"  8:00  p.  m  Program  sponsored  by  the 
Caswell  Coffee  Company;  selections  by  the 
KPO  quartet— Ruth  l.inrud,  harpist,  and 
Eva   Grunlnger  Atkinson,   contralto. 

9:00  t"  lit  iht  p,  m. — Studio  program  featur- 
ing organ  and  piano  dints  by  Amy  Bynum 
.mil    Ca  rolii:.     Gray,    with     select  ions    by    the 

Metropol  Itan   Quartet 
10:00  to   ll:00   p.  m.— Cablrls  Cafe   Dance  Or- 
chestra,   Hilly   Long,   director. 


Friday,    April    23d 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  "Weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

12:4  5  p.  m. — Talk  from  the  Commonwealth 
Club   luncheon  at   the  Palace  Hotel. 

1:00  to  2:0H  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

4:00  to  5:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus    Trobbe,    director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  quotations  and  general  information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

7:00  to  7:10  p.  m. — "Sports  on  the  Air,"  under 
the  supervision  of  Harry  B.  Smith,  sporting 
editor    of    The    Chronicle. 

7:10  to  7:20  p.  m. — Bridge  talk  by  Colonel 
Henry    I.    Raymond. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m, — Piano  ensemble  recital 
under  the  direction   of   Kdith  Caubu. 

9:00  lo  10:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 
[uince   Orchestra,    Gene    James,    director. 

9:10  to  9:20  p.  m. — Book  reviews  by  Harry  A. 
Small   of   The   Chronicle. 

9:30  to  9:40  p.  m. — American  Forest  Week 
talk. 

in  nil  to  11:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 


Saturday,    April    IMlh 

7:00,    7:30,   S:00   a.    m. — Dally   dozen    exercises 

given  by   the  Y.   M.  C.  A. 
10:30    a.    m. — "Ye    Towne    Cryer."    giving    the 
U.  S.    Weather  l'- >i  -  ,  .i  .•■  i .    urneral    information 

and  market    repori   on    butter,   eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:iki  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  in  2:00  i'.  m. —  Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    I  >rches1  ra. 

2:80   to  3:30  p.   m. — Matinee   program. 

3:30  to  5:80  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chesl  ra.   Cyrus   Trobbe,    direct 0) 

6:16   to  8:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
tin-  a.   a.   Housman-Gwathmey   A  Co 
market  quotations  ami  general  Information. 

6:30  to  7:20  p.  m,  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,   Waldemar   Lind.   director. 

.:^"  t<>  .:i"  p.  m— Talk  oM  real  estate  furn- 
ished i>\    the   R.  a    Wilson  Company. 

8:00  t,i  '.'no  l.  in  Program  by  the  Thirtieth 
U.   s,   Infa mi  v   Army    i    ind 

9:00  t,»  nine  p,  m.— KFI,  Los  Angeles,  and 
KPO,  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously a  program  originating  In  the 
KFI  si  i),i  i><  foi  'in  Associated  Packard 
i  tea  lera  ol  Calll  ornla. 

LO  ""  to  13:00  p  m — Fairmont  Hotel  Dance 
Orch<  Code  directing,  with  fcfaur- 

Gunsky,     tenor,     and     Morton     i  I 

pianist,    intermission    soloists. 


u«.<» — <. i:\iii\i    i  i  i  <  ritn    to.. 

O  \KI,  \M»— 861 
San  day,  April    I'- 
ll «mi  a.  m.  —  Flrsl  Methodist   Episcopal  Church 
service    (Oakland);   Rev.   Edgar  a    Lowther, 
minister      Sermon  subject      "The  Candle  of 
the  Lord  satty  Roland,  organist. 

3    :,.  ,,    m.— Concert,  KGO  Little  Symphony  <>r- 
chest  ra,   Carl    Rhodehamel   conducting 
thur     s.     Garbett.     musical      Interpret 
writer,  and  aterlyn  Morse,  baritone,  b 
ing.     Joseph  Mclntyre,  accompanist. 
7:26    p,    m. — Weather    Bures 

m.— First   Methodist   Episcopal  Church 
Ice  (Oakland);   Rev.   Edgar  A,  Lowther, 
minister.      Presentation    of   electric    revolv- 
ing  orosv    to   the  church    in   honor   of    Rev. 
K    k.  Dllle,  D.D.,  pastor  emeritus  and  twice 

pastor    of    the    enure1  Rol- 

aiiii.  organist 


Mondni.    \prll    10 

I  ir,  to  ?  SO  a  m — "Energetics'  ebiss,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  II nth  Barrett  I <>'hbs 
William    II     Hancock,   accompanist 

in. — "Pep    i'Ihss."1    Health    Training. 
8:15  to  S:30  a.  m — "Laxyboni  Health 

Training. 

Lith  " 

I I  :30    B  "    p.    m — I  tu-eri : 

Sherman,   clay    \-    Company. 
noon — Tim.    Signal. 

ather   Bureau    rep 
t  :S0    p.    m.  —  V    Y     Stock    rep 
1:37   p    rn. — S,    F.   stock   reports 
J;00   to   -»"<>   p.    m — Annie  H     Alien.   l*ni\ 
of  California,  talks  ,-n  "Ex 
Mourton   Nelson,  contralto.  Gladys  Kelliher. 
rano      Grace   Perelra,  luanna 

soprano. 


:30  to  6:00  p.  m. — Aunt  Betty  (Rutli  Thomp- 
son)    stories;   KGO  Kiddies  Klub. 

:00  to  0:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Baldwin 
Piano  Company;  Knickerbocker  Trio. 

:55  p.   m. — News  items. 

:U3    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau   report. 

.06  p.  m. — S.  F.  Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 
Metals. 

:14  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports  (closing) 

:21    p.    m. — S.    F.   .Stock    reports    (closing). 

:00  p.  m. — Educational  program — music  and 
speakers. 

Invitation     to    the    Dance     (Weber) — Arion 
Trio. 

:05  p.  m. — C.  J.  Hansen.  Assistant  Marketing 
Specialist,  Bureau  of  Agricultural  lOennom- 
ics,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  speak- 
er. Also,  Austin  Black,  speaker,  auspices 
National  Farm  Radio  Council:  '  .Rebuilding 
the   Forests." 

Gavotte    (Martini) — Arion    Trio. 

:25  p.  m. — Joseph  Henry  Jackson — "Chats 
About    New   Books." 

Traumerei    (Schumann) — Arion    Trio. 

:50  p.  m. — Mrs.   Eugene  B.  Lawson:   "Our  Tn- 

.  dian     Girls."       Mrs.     Ruth     Moore,    speaker: 
"Our    Negro    Girls.''    auspices   General    Fed- 
eration  of  Women's  Clubs. 
Cello  Solo — Margaret  Avery, 
Old  English  Air  i  w.  .1.  Squire). 

:15  p.  m.— I  >r.  William  Palmer  Lucas,  speak- 
er, auspices  Home  Department,  California 
Congress  Parents  and  Teachers  course, 
"Character  Training  in  the  Home:"  subject, 
"Foods,  a  Necessary  Factor." 
Standchen    (Pache  » — Arion    Trio. 

;30  p.  oi. — Mabel  S.  Gilford,  speaker,  aus- 
pices Extension  Division,  University  of 
California ;  subject,  "< Jen  era]  Speech  Cm- 
provement,    ami    the    Correction    of  .Speech 

Di  Ei  Cl  S   and    I  >isov<l<  rs  " 

Tlu-    Swan    <  Saini  w  ion    Trio. 


Tuestlny,     \prll    20 

7:15  to  7:80  a.  m. — "Energi  tic  class,"  Health 
Training  Exerci  n  Hugh  I  tarrel  i  i  ><  >bbe  . 
William    }i.    Hancock,   accompanist, 

,  -  l.">     a     "i         'Pep     Class,"     Health    Training. 

s:i  r>  t<>  9 1 30  a.  in.- — "i.:i  i  phones'  class."   Health 

(ting. 
B:30    a      m.— Cheer  lo — "Daily    Strength." 

it :30  a.   ra,   t"   i p.   m.— Luncheon   concert; 

Sherman,    Clay   .<.-    Company. 
12:00    noon— Tim.-   Signal. 
i :'  30   p    m. — W'-a  ther    I 
i   30  p.  rn. — N.   v.  Stock    i  -  poi  ta 
I  ::7  p.   m,  —  S.   F,   Stock    reports. 
1:42  p    m.— Weather   Bureau   reports. 
i  oo   to    5  80    p    m.-  '  'oncerl  i  lotel 

St    Francis,  San   Francisco,  Vinton   La    Fer- 
rers dlreci  Eng. 

ra      Ztlfa    Phillips    Bstcourt:     "As     a 
\\  oman  Thlnketh." 

6  56    p.    ro, — Dinner   concert,    Baldwin 
Piano  Knickerbocker    Trio, 

p.    m — News    Items. 

ni. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
:  in;   p     ni  — Baseba II   sec 
:  08   p.   m. — 8.   F,   Produce,   dain.  Cotton   and 

Metal* 
7:18   p.   m. — N.   Y.  Stock    reports   (closing), 
m  —8.    F.   Stock    reports    (closln 

eready   program    (San 
Francisco    studio). 

Sen  nade    Melancollque    (Tschatkowaky) ; 
\  rensky  >. 
Piano  Soi.. —  i. 

Etud  Chopin I. 

Violin   Solos — Mlsh<  I    I'i:. 

Romance    ( Wlenlawsky) ;     Vatae    Caprice 
*  Wlenlawsky  •. 

.  v  Shorr 

ckowskl '. 
Violin   Solon  -Mlshi 

Ave    Mar  ert-Wllhelmj);   La   Ca- 

i  Blgar  • :  Hungarian  I  i 
<  Brahms-. loachini  i 

Extnl). 
p.   m — Henrv  M     Hyde:    "Wi 
the    Sky." 

■  nk   Carroll  Qlttt  • 
aenl 
Bern  ice  GlnTei 

The    Walt. 
A I    : 

flmt 

Triple    Vale    Quart*  I 

Fra  I  in  let 

•iiUdir. 
Madi 


\\r.lnr«<ln).     Iprll    XI 

Health 

Training 
Willi 


Training 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  17,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,    Clay    &    Company. 

12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 

12:30   p.  m. — U.   S.  Weather  Bureau   reports. 

1:30  p.  m. — N.   Y.   Stock  reports. 

1:37  p.   m. — S.   F.  .Stock   reports. 

1:42   p.    m. — Weather    Bureau   reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Girls'  Glee  Club  of  the 
Longfellow  School  (Oakland),  Jessie  E.  Mil- 
ler, director.  Mrs.  J.  B.  Sarratt,  soprano. 
Caroline  E.  Irons,  pianist,  presents  Estelle 
Meyer  and  Rowena  Johnson.  Williams  In- 
stitute (Berkeley)  speaker.  Jack  Hol- 
worthy,  tenor.  "'Hints  for  Housekeepers," 
Mabel   Plait. 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra.  Hotel 
,St.  Francis,  San  Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 
rera  directing'. 

5:30   p.   m. — Mr.   Fix-it  answers  questions. 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Baldwin 
Piano  Company;   Knickerbocker  Trio. 

6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 

7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 

7:06    p.    m. — Baseball   scores. 

7:oS  p.  m. — S.  F.  Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 
Metals. 

7:16   p.    m. — N.   Y.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.   .Stock    reports    (closing). 

Wednesday    night    silent. 


7:16  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports  (closing). 
7:23  p.  m. — S.  F.  .Stock  reports  (closing). 
Friday  night  silent. 


Thursday.    April    22 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics*  class,"  Health 

Training    Exercises,    Hugh    Barrett   Dobbs; 

William    H.    Hancock,   accompanist. 
7:45    a.    m. — "Pep    Class,"    Health    Training. 
8:15   to  8:30   a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 

Training. 
8:30   a.   m. — Cheerio — "Daily  Strength." 
10:40     a.     m. — Classroom     instruction     by     the 

Oakland  Public   Schools. 
11:30    a.    m.    to    1:00   p.   m. — Luncheon    concert; 

Sherman,    Clay    &    Company. 
12:00    noon — Time    Signal. 
12:30   p.    m. — Weather  Bureau   reports. 
1:30  p.  m. — N.    Y.   Stock   reports. 
1:37  p.   m. — S.   F.  .Stock   reports. 
1:42   j).    m. — Weather    Bureau   reports. 
4:00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra.    Hotel 

St.    Francis,   San  Francisco,   Vinton  La  Fer- 

rera   directing. 
5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — George  W.  Ludlow,  "Friend 

to  Boys,"  assisted  by  Allen's  Boys'  Band. 
6:55   p.   m. — News   items. 
7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7:06   p.    m. — Baseball   scores. 
7:0S   p.    m. — S.   F.   Produce,    Grain,   Cotton   and 

Metals. 
7:16   p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing). 
7:23    p.   m. — S.   F.   .Stock    reports    (closing). 
8:00    p.   m. —  (Oakland    Studio). 
"HAZEL     KIRKE."     comedy    drama     in     tour 

acts,   by  Steele  Mackaye,  presented  by  KGO 

Players,     Wilda    Wilson    Church     directing. 

Music,    Arion   Trio. 

Scotch  Airs — Arion  Trio. 
Act   One:    Exterior    of  Blackburn   Mill. 

Mother  o'  Mine   (Tours) — Arion  Trio. 
Act    Two:    A    boudoir    in    the    villa    of    Fairy 

Grove, 

Valse   Triste    (Sibelius) — Arion   Trio. 
Act  Three:  Kitchen  of  Blackburn  Mill.     Night. 

Russian      Peasant      Dance       (Rubinstein) — 
Arion    Trio. 
Act  Four:  Kitchen  of  Blackburn  Mill.     Morn- 
ing. 

Loch-Lomond    (Scotch    Air) — Arion   Trio. 
10:00  p.  m.   to  12:30  a.  m. — Dance  music,   Bm- 

kaw  and  Orchestra.  Paradise  Gardens,  Oak- 
land. 


Friday.  April  23 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics*  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs; 
William    H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45    a.    m. — "Pep    Class,"    Health    Training. 

8:16  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class."  Health 
Training. 

8:30   a.   m. — Cheerio — "Daily  Strength." 

11:10  a.  m. — Prudence  Penny,  Home-making 
talk. 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman.    Clay    &    Company. 

12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 

12:30   p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 

1:30   p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.  .Stock    reports. 

1:42   p.    m. — Weather    Bureau   reports. 

::;iiii  to  1:00  ]>.  m.— Si^mund  Anker,  violinist, 
presents  Esther  Heller:  Evelyn  Biebesheim- 
er  at  the  piano.  Anna  Lucchesi,  pianist,  pre- 
sented by  Pierre  Douiilet.  Book  Review. 
Mme.  Rose  Florence  presents  Oliene  Tres- 
sidder,  soprano,  and  Marcella  Elliott,  so- 
prano;   Irma   Harris   Vogt,    accompanist. 

4:00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra,    Hote 

St.    Francis,    ,San    Francisco,    Vinton    La    Fer- 

rera  directing. 

5:30  to  6:00  p.  m. — Esther  Wood  Schneider. 
KGO  Radio  Girls. 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Baldwin 
Piano    Company;    Knickerbocker   Trio. 

6  :.'">    p.   m. — News    items. 

7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7:06   p.   m. — Baseball   scores. 

7  mix   P.    ni. — S.   F.   Produce,    Grain,   Cotton    and 

Metals. 


Saturday,  April  24 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs; 
William    H.    Hancock,   accompanist. 

7:4  5    a.    m. — "Pep    Class,"    Health    Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 
Training. 

8:30   a.   m. — Cheerio — "Daily   Strength." 

8:45    a.    m. — Songs,    William    H.    Hancock. 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,    Clav    &    Company. 

12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 

12:30   p.   m. — U.    S.  Weather  Bureau   reports. 

12:33    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    Market   reports. 

12:10  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  Market  reports. 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra.  Hotel 
St,  Francis,  San  Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 
rera  directing. 

8:00  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report.  Al  San- 
toro — "Weekly    Sport    Review." 

8:10  p.  m. — Program  broadcast  from  Muni- 
cipal Auditorium  (Oakland).  Odd  Fellows' 
Alameda  County  reunion,  commemorating 
the  108th  anniversary  of  Oddfellowship  in 
America.  A.  M.  O.  S.  Samaritan  Band  of 
Montezuma    Sanctorum   No.    23. 

9:4o  p.  m. — Radio  mystery  serial,  "A  Step  on 
the  Stairs,"  arranged  by  Radio  Digest 
(ninth    installment). 

10:110  p.  m.  to  12:00  midnight — Dance  music, 
Madson's  Midshipmen,  Hotel  St.  Francis, 
San   Francisco. 


KPRC — CITY     OF    PARIS     DRY     fiOODS     CO., 
SAX  FRANCISCO— 270.1 

Sunday,  April  18th 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  from  Drury  Lane, 
Hotel  Wbitcomb  by  Stanislas  Bern's  Little 
Symphony  Orchestra,  Eugenia  Bern  con- 
ducting. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little 
Symphony   Orchestra. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct 
wire  from  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Wal- 
ter Krausgrill's  Balconades  Orchestra.  Carl 
Winge  and  Frank  Gibney,  intermission 
soloists. 

Monday,   April    i:uh 

10:00  to  11:00  a.  m. — Household  Hints  by 
Mary  Louise  Haines,  domestic  science  edi- 
tor of  the   San   Francisco  Call. 

11:00  to  11:15  a.  m. — Fashion  Hints  by  "Sally." 

5:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Shopping  guide  and  society 
gossip. 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — A.  F.  Merell  and  his  Stamp 
Club. 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Jo  Mendel  and  his  Pep 
Band  from  Lido  Cafe. 

7:00    to   7:30   p.    m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

8:00  to  9:15  p.  m. — Around  the  Camp-Fire 
with   Mac. 

0:15  to  9:30  p.  m. — Current  events  talk  by 
John  D.  Barry,  lecturer  and  special  writer 
for   the   "Call." 

9:30   to   10:00   p.  m. — KFRC  Hawalians. 

TueHdiiy,   April  20th 

l*:(i0  to  12:20  p.  m. — Inspirational  talk  by 
Mary    Katherine    Maule. 

5:30   to  6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and   his  Gang. 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

'•  •'"  to  7 :00  p.  m. — Popular  songs  by  Fred 
McKinley    of   Bigin's   Cafe. 

J:00    to   7:1a   p.    m. — Goodfellows  Ad   Period. 

7:15  to  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  bv  the  Ant-man  of 
Marvel    Ant   Gelatin    Co. 

*:0n  in  9;00  i).  m, — Studin  program  featuring 
KFRC  Male  <_J  u;i  rli-tte  under  the  direction 
nf  Frank  Muss.  Gwynfl  Jones,  tenor;  Har- 
old  Spaulding.  tenor;  James  Isherwood, 
baritone:    Albert  Gillette,  basso. 

9:00  o  11:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Walter 
KrausKiill's  Ruleunades  Orchestra  and  Wm. 
Backstodt's  Old-time   Band. 

Wednesday,  April  2iHt 

10:00  in  11:00  a.  m.—  Household  Hints  by 
Mary  Louise  Haines,  domestic  science  edi- 
tor  of   the    "Call." 

5:00    to    5:30   p.    m. — Goodfellows   Ad  Period. 

5:30   to  6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and   his  Gang. 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

6:30  L"  7:3ii  p.  m. — Concert  from  Drury  Lane, 
Until  Whitcomb.  by  Stanislas  Bern's  Little 
Symphony  Orchestra.  Ray  McDonald,  tenor 
soloist,    Mary   Ryan,    pianist. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little 
Symphony   Orchestra. 

Health  and  Safety  talk  at  8:15  by  Mrs. 
D.  E.  F.  Easton,  chairman  of  the  Woman's 
Division  of  the  California  Development  As- 
sociation. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — .Studio  program. 
Rudy  Swall,   tenor. 
Alys  Jane  Williams,  pianist. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct 
wire  from  the  Balconades  Ballroom  by 
Walter    Krausgrill's    Orchestra. 

Paula    George,    Intermission    soloist. 


Thursday,   April   22 

4 :00    to    5:00    p.    m. — Matinee    dance    program 
by    Art    Weidner's    Fior    d' Italia    Orchestra. 
5:30   to  6:30  p.   m. — Mac  and   his  Gang. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 
6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Harry  Rose  and  Bill  Morris 

in    "Thirty    Minutes    before    the    Mike." 
7:00   to   7:30   p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad   Period. 
8:00   to   8:15   p.   m. — Cressy  Ferra,   pianist. 
8:15  to  8:30  p.   m. — Sport  talk  by  Pat  Frayne, 

Sports   editor   of    "Call." 
8:30  to  10:0  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct  wire 
from    the    Balconades    Ballroom    by    Walter 
Krausgrill's   Balconades    Orchestra. 
Gladys  La  Marr,   intermission  soloist. 
Friday,  April  23d 
12:00   noon    to    12:20   p.   m. — Inspirational   talk 

by    Mary   Katherine    Maule. 
4:45    to    5:30    p.    m. — Shopping    Guide,    Society 

Gossip    and    Goodfellows    Ad    Period. 
5:30   to  6:30  p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 
6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  by  Stanislas  Bern's 
Little   Symphony  Orchestra. 

Cora   Turner  Smith,   soprano   soloist. 
Effle    Curtis    Lepping,    pianist. 
8:0ii    to    9:00    p.    m. — Concert    by    Bern's    Little 
Symphony    Orchestra, 

George    Black,    bass    soloist. 
9:00  to  9:05  p.  m. — Speaker  on   "Public  School 
Week,"   under   the  auspices  Grand  Lodge  of 
Masons    of    California. 
9:05  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Lorelei 
Quartet.       Flora    Howell    Bruner,    soprano; 
Blanche    Hamilton     Fox,    contralto,    Gwynfl 
Jones,    tenor    and    James    Isherwood,    bari- 
tone. 
10:00    to   11:00    p.    m. — Dance    music    by   direct 
wire   from    Balconades  Ballroom    by   Walter 
Krausgrill's     Orchestra     and     Wm.      Back- 
stedt's   Old  Time   Band. 
Saturday.    April   24th 

4:00   to  5:30  p.  m. — Tea  hour  concert  by  Stan- 
islas    Bern's     Little      Symphony     Orchestra 
playing    in    the    roof    garden    of    the    Hotel 
Whitcomb. 
5:30   to   6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and   his  Gang. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 
6:30    to    7:30   p.   m. — Dance   music    from    Drury 
Lane,    Hotel    Whitcomb     by    Wilt     Gunzen- 
dorfer's    Hotel    Whitcomb    Radio    Band. 
Goodfellows    Ad    Period     during     Intermis- 
sions. 
S:00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Wilt  Gun- 
zendorfer's   Band. 

At  S:15  p.  m..  Judge  Fletcher  A.  Cutler. 
Grand  President  of  the  N.  S.  G.  W.,  speak- 
ing at  the  39th  annual  banquet  of  the 
Bay  City  Parlor  of  the  N.  S.  G.  W.  in  the 
roof  garden  of  the  Whitcomb  Hotel,  will 
talk  on  California  and  the  Native  Sons." 
Intermission  solos  during  the  evening  by 
members  of  the  Orchestra  and  from  10:00 
to  12:()()  p.  m.  by  Lou  Emmel,  baritone 
and    Del    Perry,    pianist. 


HXX — OAKLAND   TRIRUNK,   OAK- 
LAND— 508.2 
Sunday,  April  18th 

Silent. 

Monday,    April  Iflth 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  broadcast  through 
the  courtesy  of  the  Piggly  Wiggly  com- 
pany of  Oakland. 

9:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Weekly  meeting  of  the 
Protective    Order    of    Lake    Merritt    Ducks. 

Tut'Nday,  April  201h 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

Silent  after  7:30   p.   m. 

Wednesday.   April  2lHt 

3:00   p.    m. — Baseball. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

7:00    to   7:30   p.   m. — News   broadcast. 

8:00   to   9:00  p.    m. — Educational    program. 

9:00   to    10:00   p.    m. — Special    program. 

ThurNday,    April    22nd 

3:00   p.    m. — Baseball. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

Silent   after   7:30   p.   m. 

Friday,  April  23d 

3:00   p.    m. — Baseball. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

.S:00  to  9:45  p.  m. — Studio  program  through 
the  courtesy  of  the  Piedmont  Parlor,  Na- 
tive Sons  of  the  Golden  West.  Orchestra, 
band  and   soloists. 

9:45  to  10.30  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

Saturday,    April    24th 

3:00   p.    m. — Baseball. 

7 :00    to   7:30    p.   m. — News   broadcast. 

Silent  after   7:30   p.   m. 


KJBS — JtTLIl'S  HRFNTON  &   SONS   CO., 
SAN  FRANClSCO—22<> 
Sunday,  April  18th 

5:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  "Tom 
Kearn's  Orchestra.  Intermission  numbers 
by  Bruce  Cameron  and  his  Pupils,  and 
Louis  Donato  and  George  Antonlni. 


April  17,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Moti.la.v,    April    10th 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — iVocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

8:00  to  9:0i>  p.  m. — Studio  Program  by  Thomp- 
son's Alhambrians  Orchestra.  Intermission 
numbers  by  Anne  Lapkin,  Ozella  Bostick 
and  Sheridan  Williams. 

It  :00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  the 
"Favorite  Hour  Entertainers,"  Gladys  La- 
Marr.   Al   Sather  and  others. 

Tuesday,    April  SOtb. 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

'Wednesday,    April   21st 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — 'Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

Sum  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  the 
"After  Dinner  Boys,"  Jimmy  Raymond  and 
Harry  Hume,  assisted  by  Margie  Reynolds 
at  the  piano. 

Thursday,   April  S2d 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

Friday,    April   23d 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

2.00  to  2:30  p.  m. — .Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — .Studio  program  by  the 
"Villa  Moret  Artists,"  including  Peggy  Mc- 
Donald, Benny  Burman,  Gertrude  Tracy, 
Janet  Ettinger   and   others. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  "by  Johnson's 
Radio  Band."  Intermission  numbers  by 
the  "Melody  Boys."  Moore,  Dittmar,  and 
Dixon,  Behr  at  the  piano. 

10:00  to  11:30  p.  m. — Regular  weekly  meet- 
ing of  the  Royal  Order  of  Smoked  Herring. 

Saturday,    April   24th 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  instrumental 
selections. 


KTAB — ASSOCIATED    BROADCASTERS, 
OAKLAND-  240 
Sunday,    April   18th 

9:45  to  10:45  a.  m. — Bible  lecture  by  Prof. 
E.  G.  Linsley. 

1 1  :00    to    12.30    a.    m. — Church    service. 

7:46  to  9:ia  p.  m. — Church   service, 

9:30    to   11:00   p.   m. — After-Service  concert. 

Monday,  April  If) 

9:00  to  9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service  by  Rev. 
EJ.  I-..  Snaulding. 

12:00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert  by  Lor- 
raine  Trio, 

4:00   to   5;00   p.   m. — Women's   Club  Notes. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m.  Stu Program. 

Tttrndny,   April  20th 

9:00  to  9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service  by  Rev. 
«:.    W.    Phillip*. 

12:00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Lunoheon  concert  by  Lor- 
raine   Trio. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  by  Mills  College, 

Wednesday,   April  21 

9:00  to  9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service  bv  Rev. 
G,   W,    Phillips. 

L2;0G  to  1:00  p,  m. — Luncheon  concert  by  Lor- 
raine  Trio. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  bv  Western 
States   Life   Ins.   Co. 

Thursday,   April  22 

»:00  t<>  9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service  bv  Rev, 
<:    W.    Phillips. 

12:00  to  1:00  p.  m.— Luncheon  Concert  by 
Sterling    Trio, 

8  00    to    10:00   p.    m. — Studio   program. 

Friday,   April  2:1 

8:00  to  9:30  a.  m, — Prayer  Service  by  Rev 
B.  l.  Spaulding, 

IS  00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  e<  ncert  by 
Sterling   Trio. 

8:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program    by   Rreuner's 

Saturday.    April    24 

9:0n    to    9:80   a.    m.— Prayer    Service    by    Rei 

K     L    spa  uldlng. 
IS  00     to     1    'Hi     p,     m. — Lunoheon      concert      bv 
Sterling    Trio. 


KF] — EARLE  *.    VNTHON Y.  INC., 
LOS     iNGISLBS — i«7 

(Copyrlghl  1925  by  Earle  c.  Anthony,  inc. 

Sumlny,    April    18 

10  00   a.   m.     Morning  Services,  direction  Los 
ration. 
.   a,    m, — Temple    Baptist  Church. 

ler   Service  arranged  by  Fed- 
ed    Church    M  uslciana 
B;30   p.   m—  KFI   Nightly    Doings 
6:46    p.    m. — Mus  1<  la  t  ion     Chat,     and 

Father    Uf card's    Sun    Spot    YV.ather    Fore- 

'    m. — A.  H.  Grebe  A  Co.,  inc..  featuring 
Grebe   Synchrophasa   String   Ensemble. 
7:30  p.   m. — Popular   program. 
8:00    p.    m —Aeolian    Organ    Recital.      Dan    L. 
Mac  Far)  and   at   the  console. 


9:00  p.  m. — Movieland  Syncopators  and  Mert 
Den  man    and    his    Uke. 

10:00  p.  m. — The  Packard  Six  Orchestra,  un- 
der the  co-direction  of  Bill  Hennessy  and 
Chet  Mittendorf. 


Monday,   April   lit 

10:45  a.  m. — Betty  Crocker  Gold  Medal  Flour 
Home   Service   Talk. 

5:30   p.  m. — Matinee   Program. 

6:00  p.  m. — KFI  Nijihllv  Doings. 

6:15   p.   m. — KFI  Radio  Travel  Guide. 

6:30  p.  m. — Harold  R.  Wilson,   tenor. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radio torial    Period. 

7:00  p.  m. — Owen  Fallon  and  his  Californians. 

8:00   p.   m. — "Varied  Program. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  presented  by  Walter  M. 
Murphy  Motors  Co.,  featuring  Virginia 
Flohri,  soprano;  Olga  Steffani,  contralto, 
and  Misha  Gegna  Orchestra.  Broadcast 
simultaneously  by  KFI,  Los  Angeles,  and 
KPO,  San  Francisco. 

10:00   p.    m. — Program    by   Meiklejohn    Bros. 


Tuesday.    April    20 

5:30  p.  m. — Matinee  Program. 

6:00  p.  m. — KFI  Nightly  Doings. 

6:15  p.  m.   KFI   Radio  Travel  Guide. 

6:30  p.  m. — Vest  Pocket  Program. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

7:00  p.  m. — Jack  Rin chart's  Chinese  Garden 
Orchestra. 

8:00   p.   m. — Screen  Artists'    Quartette. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  presented  by  A.  V.  .Shot- 
well  Corporation,  manufacturers  of  Uni- 
versal  Deluxe  Shoe  Dressing. 

10:00   p.    m. — Packard  Radio  Club. 


Wednesday,   April    21 

10:46  a.  m. — Betty  Crocker  Gold  Medal  Flour 
Home  Service  Talk. 

5:30   p.  m. — Matinee   Program. 

6:00  p.  m. — KFI  Nightly  Doings. 

6:15  p.   m.   KFI  Radio  Travel   Guide. 

6:30  p.   m. — Vest  Pocket   Program 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

7:00  p  m. — A.  H.  Grebe  &  Co.,  Inc..  featuring 
Grebe    Synchrophase   String    Bnsemble, 

7:80  p.   m. — Nick  Hun-is   Detective  Stories. 

8:00  p.  m, — Ventura  Refining  Company,  Vir- 
ginia Flohri.  soprano,   Ventura  Trio. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  Chevrolet  Motor  Co.. 
of  California,  featuring  Chevrolet  String 
EJns  emble. 

10:00  p.   m.— Popular  Program. 


Thursday,  April  22 

6  80  p.  in— Mississippi  Rhythm  Kings,  from 
Bamboo    *  harden, 

6  00  p    in      k  n  Nightly  !  lolnga 

ii :  l  ."i  p.  in    KF1    Radio  Travel  Guide. 

8:80  p.  m — ai  Lyman  and  his  Uke. 
,,     m.— KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

7:00  p.  m — Program  by  University  "f  South- 
ern   I  !al  ifoinia.- 

8:00  p.  m. — Program  arranged  by  M.  Barbara 
Dae  ler,  Southwest   Museum  of   i- 

8:00  p  m  Program  by  Southern  California 
Musi.-  Company,  from  Chlckerlng  Hail,  Los 
tag* 

10:00    p.    in.  —  Popular    Program. 


Friday,  April  2:t 

L0  is  a,   m.  —  Bettj  Gold  Medal  Flour 

Home  Service  Talk 

el  ii    m  orse    and   his    ^* 
■  oom   Orchestra 
6  DO   p.    m. — KFI   Nightly   Doings. 
«;  i -,   p    m. — KFI    Radio  Travel  Guide. 
6  80  p    m. — Carlyle  Stevenson's  "rchestra. 
6  16   p.    m. — KFI  rlod. 

t  oo  p,   m. — Carlyle  Stevenson's  Orchestra. 

m. — Fellp  ICedta  hora   Es- 

pano 
v  on    p.     ni. — Aeolian    Organ    Recital.       Maude 

Darling  Weaver, 
9:00    p.    m — M.    Brick  son,    'cellist    with    Julia 

Ol  tenbach. 
9:80     p.     m. — Program     presented     by     Mutual 
Motors,     Inc.    featuring    ICuslc     and     Joke 
Timmi.    slack,  }oke  editor. 
p    m. — Packard    Ballad  Hour,   featuring 
Bmroa    Klmmel,    Art    Meyer,    Paul    Roberts. 
Ashley    Sisters.    Leslie    Adams. 


smurd»>.     \prl1    M 

5:30  p.   ni — KFI   ftl  tram. 

8:00  p.    m— KFI    N 

p    m. — KFI   Radio  Travel  Guide. 
v    m. — Johnson  and   McArthur.   the 
dy   <^irls. 
8:46  p.  m. — KFI  Radiotorial  Pe 
p.   nv — Popular   Program. 
DO. — Varied    Program 
9:00    p.    m  — Program    by    Associated    Packard 
rs    featuring  Screen  Artists'  Quartette. 
Ivan    Bd s  •     K i  1 1 ia n.      Broadcast 

ultaneously    by    KFI.   Los    Angeles,    and 

San  Franc 
P     nj — Packard    Radio    Club,    featuring 
prominent    radio    favorites. 
11   00   p.    m.-[KFI   Midnight   Ft 


KFWI — RADIO    ENTERTAINMENTS,    INC., 

SAN  FRANCISCO — 22« 

Sunday,    April  18th 

1:00    to    2:00    p.    m. — KFWI    offers  an   hour    of 
concert  presenting: 
Gordon   Russell,  tenor 
Ethel    Small,    soprano 
Geo.   E.    Cook,   basso 
Helen   Marie   Coulter,   accompanist. 
8:00   to   9:00   p.   m. — Religious   services   broad- 
casted  by   First   Baptist  Church   of  Christ, 
Scientist. 
9:00    to   10 :00   p.   m. — Program   featuring: 
Rudie    Swall,    tenor 
Alys  Jane  Williams,  pianist 
Donna   Anderson,   ace.   by   Idell   Anderson. 
10:00    to    12:00    p.    m. — Paul    Kelli's    Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  II  Trovatore  Restaur- 
ant.     Intermission    by   Harry    Hume,    Abby 
Berline    and    Marjorie    Primley. 

Monday,    April    lflth 

10:45    to    11:00    a.    m. — Letters   of    Suzanne. 

11:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health  con- 
ducted by  May  E.  Garcia.  Lois  Anderson 
at   the  piano. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Impromptu  studio  program 
featuring  Ben  Berman,  Peggy  McDonald. 
Dick  Giblin,  Gladys  La  Marr  and  Hie 
Parker. 

^  :00  to  7 :30  p.  m. — Joe  Thompson's  Alham- 
brians. Intermission  by  Cowell  Deln,  ban- 
joist  and  Baron  Keyes. 

S:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Helen  Irene  Wilson,  so- 
prano: Paul  Edward  Durney.  pianist;  Ray 
McDonald,     tenor,     accompanied     by     Mary 

II  van. 
9:00    t<<    10:00    p.    m. — String    and    Flute    Trio 

under    direction    of    Katherine    Woolf. 
10:00  i"  11:00  p.   m, — Studio  program  of  popu- 
lar music  featuring  the  Read  Sisters,  Dick 

GlbHn   and   Eddie  Stott. 
11:00  to  1:00  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Or- 

chestra  playing  at  11  Trovatore  Restaurant. 

Intermission    by    Ben    R.M-man,    and    Peggy 

Mel  '"nnld. 

TtifMilny.    April    20th 

i  l  00  to  1:00  a.  in. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Or- 
cbestre  playing  al  ii  Trovatore  Restaurant. 

Intermission    by    Jack    Reed.    Marjorie    Rey- 
nolds,  George   Taylor. 

WrdnCNtiny.    April    21nt 

10:46  to  11:00  a.  m. — Letters  of  Suss 

m     -I  lance     to     Health     con- 
ducted  by    May    ED.    <  '•■!  rcla,      Lois   And* 
at    the    piano. 

2  00  p    m.— Impromptu  studio  program 
lirlng   Harry    Hum.-.    Qthel    LopaX,    Abby 
Berlins,    James    Muir    and    Read    Sisters. 

Georgia    sfelodlans  dance 

orchestra.     Intermission   by  George  Taylor. 

B  00  to  8:80  p.  m.  —  Radiocast  Weekly  Humor- 

oiis    program    and     Hazel    Me  Dan  I  els    at     (he 
piano. 

p,  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Or- 
chestrs  playing  al  II  Trovatore  Restaurant. 
Intermission    bv    Sadie    WoodsldC. 

11:00  P    m. — Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cats. 
T.  C    ;i  r   the  U 

0   i    m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatoi 
chest ra   playing  at   II  Trovatore  Restaurant. 
Intermission    by   Baron    Keyes.    Kddie    Stott. 
Clem    Kennedy. 

Taur-day.    April   Z3d 

Bllenl 

Friday,     tprll    23d 

Iters  of   Suzanne. 
to    11:M    a.    m. — Dance    to    Health    con- 
ducted  by    Hay    B    Garcia.      Lola  Anderson 
at    the  piano. 

p.  ni. — Impromptu  studio  pro- 
(tram  featuring  Sadie  Wood  side.  Baron 
Keyes,  Harmonica  Mike.  Cowell  Deln,  Ben 
Herman,    and    Peg  try    McDonald. 

Hitchcock's  dance  Or- 
'■a      Harmon   Hie  Parker  during   inter- 
missions. 

■  n  m  — Program  presented  by 
Leonard  A  Holt  offering  th*-  Singing  Real- 
tors. 

0  p.  m. — Travelogue  by  f'lllot 
Hardy  and  James  Muir — musical  saw  and 
Frederick   Xoddcr.  tenor. 

m. — Stgmund    Anker    String 
Quartette. 

1  p.  m  — Program  of  popular 
music  featuring  "Th*>  Two  Man  Jaai  Band" 
and   Ethel    Tx>paz  an  : 

m — Paul    K 
Orchestra  playing  at    " 

ant.  Em- 

mel,   and    Del   P- 

Mansflssy,  a»hi  24ta 

to    330   a.    m — Pajama    | 
Clem    Kennedy.    Edd 
and   Abby   Berline.   Sadie   W* 


featuring 
bsj   Ksyea, 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  17,  1926 


U  i  xx 


CthiS 

Mmrnez 

V^catkonTrips 


Indian-detour 


Jbacktast; 

are  profitable 
travel  Investments 

iJVow  and  take 
1*.  ofe  bur.— ' 
travel  service  Valines 
inar*angwg  yuurtrtp* 

Santa  Fe  Ticket  Offices 
and  Travel  Bureaux 

601  Market  Street 

Telephone  Sutler  7600 

Ferry  Depot 

San  Francisco,  California 

434  Thirteenth  St. 

Telephone  Oakland  167 

Oakland,  Calif. 

2134  University  Ave. 

Telephone  Berkeley  2135 

Berkeley.  Calif. 


Finance 

THE  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany is  constructing  the  new  Mo- 
kelumne*  River  project.  A  $10,000,000 
development  program  is  under  way. 
The  water  impounded  will  create  a 
reservoir  of  60,000  acre-feet  capacity 
From  an  intake  at  the  darn,  the  water 
will  be  conveyed  by  a  concrete  lined 
canal  and  tunnel  for  twenty-five  miles 
to  Tiger  Creek.  It  will  then  be  dropped 
1200  feet  through  penstocks  to  oper- 
ate a  new  power  house  with  an  in- 
stalled capacity  of  47,000  horse  power. 
It  will  then  be  carried  from  the  Tiger 
Creek  power  house  to  the  company's 
Electra  power-house,  where  it  will  .be 
used  for  the  development  of  electrical 
energy,  increasing  the  output  of  the 
Electra  power  house,  which  has  an  in- 
stalled capacity  of  28,210  horse  power. 

*  *     * 

— One  of  the  most  important  factor- 
in  the  development  of  the  growth  of 
the  San  Joaquin  Valley  has  been  the 
work  of  the  Western  Pipe  &  Steel 
Company.  It  started  in  1912  with  a 
small  shop,  and  is  now  the  owner  of 
a  large  plant  engaged  in  the  fabrica- 
tion of  such  products  as  waterwell  cas- 
ing, galvanized  tanks,  wagon  tanks, 
smoke  stacks,  black  welded  tanks  and 
general   sheet  jobbing  work. 

*  *     * 

— Julian  Arnold  very  pithily  says: 
"It  would  be  very  well  for  us  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  to  have  a  conference  deal- 
ing with  our  relations  with  the  Chinese 
now  living  in  America.  They  have 
many  real  problems  which  we  should 
help  to  solve." 

*  *     * 

— The  California  Tax  Digest  recent- 
ly called  afention  to  the  fact  that  no 
independent  checking  has  been  made 
of  the  San  Gabriel  flood-control  dam 
plans  of  chief  engineer  J.  W.  Reagan. 
and  there  still  remains  the  risk  that 
several  millions  of  the  taxpayers  money 

will  be  wasted. 

*  *     * 

— The  reports  of  business  coming  in 
for  March  show  a  high  level  of  produc- 
tion and  trade.  The  volume  of  checks 
bandied  by  the  banks  is  greater  than 
at  an}'  other  period  of  this  season.  Rail- 
way freights  are  keeping;  up.  being 
greater  than  last  year.  There  is  prac- 
tically full  employment  throughout  the 

entire  country. 

*  *     * 

— There  is  much  difference  of  opinion 
among  economists  as  to  installment 
buying.  On  the  other  hand,  we  find 
no  real  difference  among  the  wise,  as 
to  the  legitimate  place  which  instal- 
ment buying  has  in  any  modern  financ- 
ing system.  The  only  trouble  about 
the  present  instalment  buying,  is,  that 
most  of  it  is  for  articles  which  have  no 
reproductive  power  and  which  become 
less  valuable  bv  use. 


FIRE    AND    MARINE! 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

Liberty  Bell  Insurance  Co. 

of  Philadelphia,  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1925,  made  to 
the  Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  .State  of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real    estate   $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 291,800.00 

B la   and   Stocks 617,845.38 

Cash   in  office  and  banks 31,531,12 

Agents'    balances   114,102.59 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other  ledger  assets 

Total  ledger  assets $1,055,279.09 

x<  IN-LE1  iGER: 

Total     interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued    12,428.18 

Market    values   of    securities   over 

book  value  14.12 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

1  i-ross  assets  $1,067,721.39 

Deduct   assets  not  admitted 

Total    admitted    assets $1,067,721.39 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount  of  unpaid   losses  and 

claims $     100,179.73 

Unearned  premiums  450,172.22 

All    other    liabilities Ia.0o0.0n 

Total    liabilities    (except    capital 

and   surplus   $  565,351.95 

Capital 250,000.00 

Surplus    252,369.44 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities   $1,067,721.39 

HENRY  M.  BROWN, 

Presldenti 
CHARLES  S.  CONKLIN, 

Secretary. 

H.  M.  NKWHALl  &  CO., 

Pacific  CoaAt  General  AfgcntN, 

210  IJattery  Street,  Snn  FranclNCo 


FIKK  AND  MARINE 
SYNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT 

OK  THE 

U.  S.  Branch  of  the  State  Assurance 
Company,  Limited 

of  Liverpool,  England,  on  the  31st  day  of  De- 
cember, 1925,  made  i<>  the  insurance  Commis- 
si', ner  of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  to 
law. 

ASSETS 

Real   estate   .       % 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds  and  stocks 1,280,489.52 

i 'ash    in   office  and  banks 106,904.66 

Agents'  balances    227,036.43 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks... 

Other   ledger  assets 2,870.36 

Total    ledger    assets $1,667,800.96 

V  tN-LEDGER: 

Total     interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued $ 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  

Other  non-ledger  assets 1,663.263.40 

Gross    assets    $1,663,263.40 

Deduct   assets    not   admitted 3,907.76 

Total   admitted   assets $1,659,355.64 

LIABILITIES 
Net    amount    Of   unpaid    losses   and 

claims $     153,930.4  2 

Unearned  premiums S9i.iii.ir. 

All    Other    liabilities 32,192.90 

Total    liabilities    (except   capital 

and  surplus)    $1,077,534.47 

Capital     200,000.00 

Surplus 381,821.17 

Total   capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $1,659,355.64 

\\  11,1,1  \M   HARE, 

Mnnaeer. 

H.  M.  NEWHA1X  A  CO., 

Pacific  Coast  General  Ajjrent*, 
SIO    Mattery  Street,   San   FrnnclNcn 


April  17,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


FIRE   AND   MARINE 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

County  Fire  Insurance  Company 

of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  of  Manchester,  in  the 
stale  of  New  Hampshire,  on  the  31st  day  of 
December,  1925,  made  to  the  Insurance  Com- 
missioner of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant 
to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real   estate   %      30,208.38 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 7,000.00 

Bonds  and   stocks 1,578,606.98 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 74.441.82 

Agents"  balances  149.264.94 

Bills   receivable   taken   for   risks 

Other  ledger  assets 1,176.25 

Total   ledger   assets $1,840,698.37 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued    $       13,598.66 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  255,791.14 

Other  non-ledger  assets 12,848.53 

Gross   assets    $2,122,936.69 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 6,853.18 

Total  admitted  assets $2,116,083.51 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount   of   unpaid   losses   and 

claims    $    115,373.49 

Unearned  premiums  928,325.37 

All   other   liabilities 34,292.63 

Total   liabilities    (except  capital 

and  surplus  I    $1,077,991.49 

Capital    500,000.00 

Surplus   538,092.02 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $2,116,083.61 

FRANK  W.  SARGEANT, 

President. 
GEO.  W.  SWALLOW. 

Asst.  Secretnry. 
C.  A.  COLVIN,  Mnnngcr 
Pacific  Const  Department 
238  Hush  St.,  Sun  Francisco,  Cnlif. 


MISCELLANEOUS 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT 

OF 

Title  Insurance  and  Guaranty  Co. 

of  San  Francisco,  In  the  Estate  of  California) 
on  the  81st  day  of  December,  L926,  made  to 
the  Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  state  of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 

ASSKTS 

Real   estate  %  16,444.05 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 166,629 

Bonds  and  stocks 844,829.69 

Cash    in   company's   offloe   and    in 

banks  848  I 

Premiums  in  course  of  collection- 

Bills   receivable  L60  00 

i  m  in  r   Ledger  assets 76,021.19 

Plant    35!   i 

Ledger  assets  11,286,346.70 

NON-LEI  >GER    ASSETS 

interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued! 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

bonk    value    80, 

Premiums   in    mursc    oi'  rnll.r > 

< miut  non-ledger  ass. 'is 

Total    gross    assets 11,349 

Deduct   assets  not  admitted 8 9,7 81. 16 

T..tai  admitted  assets    $i. 319,407. 07 

LIABILITIES 
N'ei  unpaid  claims,  except  Liability 

and  workmen's  eonip<  nsniion $       10,000.00 

Spi  -iii  reserve  tor  unpa  Id  llabll  - 
ity  and  workmen's  compensa- 
tion claims  .         

Estimated    expenses    of    Investiga 

i  Ion  a  nd  adjust  ment  of  cla  ti 
Total    unearned   premiums  on  un- 

explrei  I  -  I  ah 
Escrow    funds  227,428.07 

All    other    liabilities.  .         36,335.26 

Total    liabilities    (except  capital 
and   surplus)    $ 

Capital  750.ooo.oo 

PlO surplus   fund    ...       187,600.00 

Surplus  108,133.74 

Total   liabilities,   capital   and 

surplus  $1,319.1 

o.  ll.  hoi  LBAU, 

PreK.dent. 
E.   Q.   Sf'HW    \IIT7.M  V\\. 

Secretary, 

W  Montsomcry  Street. 
San  Francisco 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 

St.  Francis 

Norma  Talmadge  has  won  new  laur- 
els in  her  new  picture  now  being  shown 
at  this  theater,  where  she  portrays  the 
part  of  "Kiki,"  the  little  street  gamin 
of  Paris.  Ronald  Colman  plays  oppo- 
site Miss  Talmadge  and  Gertrude  As- 
tor  is  seen  to  good  advantage  in  the 
role  of  Paulette. 

*     *     * 
Imperial 

Harold  Lloyd's  "For  Heaven's  Sake" 
now  being  shown  at  the  Imperial  The- 
ater is  establishing  new  records  in  at- 
tendance. Ray  Page  and  his  orchestra 
appear  on  the  stage  in  a  radio  concert, 
featuring  a  broadcasting  unit,  never  be- 
fore seen  in  a  local  theater. 


A  California  Astronomer  Honored 
The  Astronomical  Society  of  the  Pa- 
cific announces  that  the  world's  must 
honored  recognition  of  Distinguishi  -I 
Services  to  Astronomy,  the  Bruce  <  iold 
Medal,  has  this  year  been  awarded  to 
Doctor  Robert  Grant  Aitken,  Associ- 
ate Director  of  the  Lick  Observatory. 
Doctor  William  Wallace  Campbell, 
President  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, will  make  the  formal  presenta- 
tion of  the  medal  to   Doctor  Aitken  on 

Monday  evening,  April  19th,  at  the 
Auditorium  of  the  Pacific  lias  &  Elec- 
ta* Building,  245  Market  Street  (Main 
I-  li  ii  11  i   at  8  o'clock. 

Following  the  presentation  cere- 
mony. Doctor  Aitken  will  deliver  a 
lecture  on  "The  Miliary  Stars," 

The    public    is    cordially    invited. 


SYNOPSIS    OF    Till;     \\M    \l.    STATEMENT 
OF  THE 

Palatine  Insurance  Co.,  Ltd. 

of    London.    1  Ing  Is  nd,   on   ths  .11  st   ■ 

v,  1086,  mad-    to  the  insurance  Commis- 
of  Hi-'  Stat«  of  California,  pursuant  to 
law, 

ASSKTS 

Bonds   and   stocks  $.1,839,624.87 

Cash  in  office  and  banks  111,063.31 
Agents'  bale  new 

ecetvable  taken  for  risks  i, 

Other  ledger  assets  16, 

T..t:»I  ISdjr  It. SSI. 699.90 

ER: 
Interest    and    rents    du 
acorued  '.426.00 

Market    value    of    seeurll  lea    over 
book  value 

Qross  $5,135,789.03 

Deduct   as*  Iroltted 

Total  admitted  $6,109,484.26 

LIABILITIES 

Net    amount    of   unpaid   losses  and 

claims 
Unearned  premiums  ....  1.081.3S4.11 

All    other    liability  a 

Total   liabilities    (except   capital 

and   surplus-  |  S  012.11 

Surplus    .  :   "i 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities  J5.10S.484.26 

.Mcn.-,l-    WHITNE1    P\I.  U'HE. 

i        B.    ■■■—■». 


FIRE  AND   MARINE 
SYNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OP   THE 

Caledonian-American  Insurance  Co. 

of  New  York,  in  the  .State  of  New  York,  on  the 
31st  day  of  December,  1925,  made  to  the  In- 
surance Commissioner  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real  estate  % 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds   and   stocks 811,146.84 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 57.651.22 

Agents'   balances   75,134.08 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other    ledger    assets,    reinsurance 

recoverable  on  paid  losses 8,271.96 

Total  ledger  assets $    952,204.10 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued  $      10,562.01 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  3,903.16 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross   assets   _ - $    966.669.27 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 1,412.00 

Total  admitted   assets $  965,257.27 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount   of   unpaid   losses   and 

Claims $  34.876.65 

Unearned  premiums  391,620.20 

All    other    liabilities 20.700.00 

Total    liabilities    (except    capital 

and  surplus* %  447,196.85 

Capital    200,000.00 

Surplus    318,060.42 

Total   capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities $    965,257.27 

R.  C.  CHRISTOPHER. 

President. 
H.  E.  FRANCK, 

Secretory. 
sr.1,11  1CH  *  DEANS, 
General   AfcentN, 
211)  Pine  Street.  San  l-rnnrlwo,  Calif. 


FIRE    \\I»    M  \iw\r. 

SYNOPSES     OF     THE      \\\l   Al.     ST\TEME\'T 

OF  THE 

Minneapolis  Fire  &  Marine 
Insurance  Company 

ol   Minneapolis,  In  the  State  of  Minnesota,  on 

the  ;ilst   day  "f  I ember,   1925.  made  to  the 

[neurance  I'ommlssloner  of  the  State  of  Call- 
liursuant  to  law. 

ASSKTS 

Real  •  atate  I 

Mortgraarea  and  collateral  loans 125.650.00 

425,469.80 

i':ish    In   ..mo-   and   hank-  139,019.51 

Agents'   halances  197.308.21 

.  I>le  taken  for  risks 4,715.38 

Other  ledger  aaaeu               — ..  28,355.82 

T..tal  ledger  assets t    920.518.72 

NON-LEDGER 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

S       13.719.90 
Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  14,897.70 

Other  nnn-ledeer 


Oroae  aaat T ; 

I'ertuct  assets  not  admitted... 


949.136.32 
3.740.87 


Total  admitted  assets  $    945.395.45 

UABHJ1 
mount  of  unpaid  losses  and 
claims  S 

I'nearned  premiums  

All    other    liahlllt..  -  305.848.84 


Total    liabilities   (except   capital 

and  surplus  I  305.848.84 

.      .''00.00 
Surplus  439.546.fl 


Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities  I    945.395.45 

J.   D.    Mr  Ml  I.I \V 

\  lce-Pre»ldent. 
WALTER  <  .    LaV&l  II, 

Secretary. 

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Parlflr  Coaat  l.eneral  Aaeata 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  17,  1926 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 
chairmen  of  the  active  committees  working  enthusiastical- 
ly for  the  success  of  the  festival. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  Williamson  of  Calcutta,  after  a  visit 
at  Del  Monte,  have  returned  to  The  Fairmont  for  a  short 
stay  before  continuing  their  journey  to  New  York,  en  route 
to  England,  where  they  are  social  favorites.  Mr.  William- 
son is  a  large  publisher  in  Calcutta,  and  prominent  in  diplo- 
matic affairs. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Emily  Carolan,  who  has  been  spending  part  of  the 
winter  in  Santa  Barbara,  Pasadena  and  other  cities  of  the 
south,  returned  on  Friday  to  her  home  at  The  Fairmont, 
where  she  expects  to  remain  for  the  greater  portion  oi  the 
summer.  Miss  Carolan  has  a  host  of  friends  in  the  south- 
land  and  many  social   functions  were  given   in   her  honor 

during  her  sojourn  there. 

*  *     * 

Rear  Admiral  and  Mrs.  H.  B.  Wilson  are  at  The  Fair- 
mont Hotel,  where  they  expect  to  remain  for  some  time. 
Both   are   social  favorites  and  have   many   friends  in    San 

Francisco. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tohn  J.  Troy  of  Altadena  have  been  visitors 
in  the  city  the  past  week  and  domiciled  at  The  Fairmont. 
The  Troy's  have  a  beautiful  home  in  that  charming  suburb 
to  Pasadena,  and  Mr.  Troy  is  one  of  the  prominent  bankers 

of  the  south. 

*  *     * 

Kathleen  Vanderbilt  dishing,  having  inherited,  outright, 
two  and  one-half  millions  of  Vanderbilt  dollars  from  her 
father,  the  late  "Reggie"  Vanderbilt,  has  decided  to  use  a 
part  of  her  inheritance  to  provide  suitable  shelter,  both  in 
New  York  and  out  in  the  country,  for  herself  and  her  hus- 
band. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  M.  Grant  of  Woodside,  are  spending  a 
few  days  at  The  Fairmont  hotel,  their  San  Francisco  home. 
They  have  recently  completed  their  new  home  at  Wood- 
side,  entertaining  there  extensively  during  the  social  season. 
Mr.  Grant  is  a  retired  banker. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Douglas  Schoder  Mueller  of  Los  Angeles. 
are  spending  their  honeymoon  at  The  Fairmont.  Before 
her  marriage  on  April  the  seventh,  Miss  Margaret  Barnard 
was  guest  of  honor  at  many  social  functions  in  her  home 
city.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mueller  are  prominent  socially 
and  members  of  well-known  families.  Their  wedding  was 
one  of  the  brilliant  events  of  the  early  Spring. 


The  Bank  of  Italy  Case 
The  accusations  made  against  J.  F.  Johnson,  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Banks,  in  the  Bank  of  Italy  matter,  are  very  serious 
and  go  to  the  foundations  of  the  banking  business  in  this  state. 
As  the  matter  is  stated  by  Garret  W.  McEnerney,  perhaps  the 
greatest  and  most  trusted  lawyer  in  this  city,  "The  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Banks  has  attempted  to  secure  a  monopoly  of 
Banking  in  Los  Angeles  for  five  favored  institutions  of  that 
city."  It  would  be  hard  to  find  a  graver  charge  against  an 
official  holding  such  a  position,  and  we  hope  sincerely  for  the 
credit  of  the  community  that  such  a  severe  arraignment  may 
be  disposed  of  satisfactorily.  Eustace  Cullinan,  a  lawyer  of 
distinction,  and  attorney  for  the  Bank  of  Italy,  has  said  without 
any  qualification  that  there  was  such  an  understanding. 


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TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

In  Shakespeare's  Country 

Shakespeare's  Country  in  general,  and  Startford-on-Avon 
in  particular,  will  ever  form  the  Mecca  of  many  an  American 
pilgrimage,  for  the  immortal  dramatist  is  deservedly  held  in 
high  esteem  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic,  his  birthplace  anil  bis 
tomb  are  hallowed  shrines,  and  a  deep  interest  is  felt  in  every 
spot  which  is  associated  with  his  brief  but  brilliant  career. 
The  transition  from  the  past  and  present  glories  of  Oxford  to 
that  lovely  district  known  as  "Shakespeare's  Country,"  is  as 
easy  as  it  is  natural,  but  if  one  elects  to  journey  thither  from 
London  direct,  Stratford-on-Avon  may  be  reached  in  less  than 
three  hours. 

To  a  certain  extent  "Shakespeare's  Country"  is  bisected  by 
the  Stour,  the  Cotswolds  and  the  Roman  Fosse  Way,  but  it  is 
evident  that  while  making  Stratford  your  centre,  you  can  easily 
visit,  not  only  Shottery  (the  scene  of  Ann  Hatha  way's  cot- 
tage), Snitterfield,  Hampton  Lacy,  Charlcote,  Henley-in-Ar- 
den,  and  Aston  Cantlow,  but  Coventry,  the  "town  of  spires," 
Warwick  and  Kenilworth  Castles.  When  practicable,  visitors 
to  "Shakespeare's  Country"  should  include  "Leafy  Leaming- 
ton" in  the  programme  of  their  wanderings,  for  it  was  there 
that  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  in  his  inimitable  "Our  Old  Home," 
discovered  "the  cosiest  nooks  in  England  or  the  World." 

There  are  few  places  so  easy  to  find  one's  way  in  as  Strat- 
ford, for  everything  begins  and  ends  with  Shakespeare,  and 
all  that  has  been  done  during  the  past  three  centuries  to  honour 
and  perpetuate  his  memory.  In  the  course  of  a  single  day  you 
can  conveniently  visit  his  birthplace,  his  school,  and  the  church 
in  which  he  was  buried;  but  an  afternoon  might  with  advan- 
tage be  devoted  to  even  a  cursory  examination  of  the  Shake- 
spearean library  of  ten  thousand  volumes,  which  in  time  to 
come  must  necessarily  attract  to  Stratford  all  those  who  arc 
anxious  to  investigate  the  literature  of  Shakespearean  criti- 
cism and  exegesis. 

If  only  to  see  the  Gainsborough  portrait  of  Garrick,  the 
Guildhall  should  be  visited,  but  in  the  Memorial  Picture  Gal- 
lery may  be  seen  some  world-famous  pictures  and  dramatic 
paintings  and  portraits.  Stratford  has  also  been  tin-  -cene  of 
at  least  two  centennary  Shakespeare  festivals,  the  most  cele- 
brated being  that  of  David  Garrick  in  1769,  in  which  be  was 
supported  by  all  the  great  players  of  the  epoch,  as  well  as  by 
the  principal  representatives  of  contemporary  rank  and  fashion. 

On  the  right-hand  side  of  Stratford  High  Street  -Kinds  a 
quaint  timbered  house  bearing  the  date  1596,  when  it  was 
built  by  Alderman  Thomas  Rogers,  whose  daughter  Catherine 
married  John  Harvard  of  Southwark.  From  their  union 
sprang  the  Rev.  John  Harvard,  who  went  t.>  New  England 
in  1637,  and.  dying  in  1638  bequeathed  to  a  college  which  it  was 
then  proposed  to  erect  there,  his  library  of  over  300  volumes. 
'Phis  College,  which  was  named  after  him,  is  now  the  well- 
known  Harvard  University  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
from  which  many  pilgrims  go  to  Stratford  yearly. 

There  arc  lew  livelier  spots  in  all  England  than  \\  arwick 
Castle,  the  traditional  glories  of  which  have  been  SO  well 
maintained,  and  a  few  miles  to  the  north  of  it  lies  Kenil- 
worth.     It  was  at    Kenilworth  that   Robert    Dudley,    1 

Leicester,  welcomed  Queen   Elizabeth  in   1575. 


Woman  Pays  Club 
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CONGRESS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
House  of  Representatives 
Washington,  D.  C. 
April  6,  1926. 
Mr.  F.  Marriott,  Publisher, 
San  Francisco  News  Letter, 
259  Minna  Street, 
San  Francisco,  California. 
Dear  Mr.  Marriott : 

Permit  me  to  thank  you  for  the  article  which  appeared 
in  the  San  Francisco  News  Letter  of  March  27,  upholding 
the  stand  which  I  have  taken  for  a  modification  of  the  Pro- 
hibition laws.  I  am  for  law  enforcement  and  for  an  en- 
forcible  law ;  I  do  not  believe  that  the  present  drastic  Pro- 
hibition law  can  be  enforced  no  matter  how  much  money 
is  spent  or  how  many  people  are  employed  to  do  it. 
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Florence  P.  Kahn. 


At  Paul  Elders 
"Why  the  Dearth  of  Great  Artists  Among  Singers"  is 
the  query  that  Mr.  H.  Bickford  Pasmore  proposes  to  an- 
swer and  also  to  suggest  a  remedy  for,  in  a  lecture  he  will 
deliver  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon,  April 
24th,  at  2:30  o'clock.  Mr.  Pasmore,  composer,  teacher  of 
singing  and  lecturer,  during  some  forty  years  of  the  study 
and  teaching  of  singing,  has  crossed  the  ocean  four  times 
in  his  search  for  knowledge  regarding  that  beautiful  art 
and  has  been  connected  with  notable  institutions  of  learn- 
ing in  this  country,  as  well  as  abroad.  He  has  heard  most 
of  the  great  artists  of  the  past,  when  in  their  prime,  and  is 
competent,  through  thorough  knowledge  of  the  subject,  to 
draw  comparisons  between  them  and  the  singers  of  today. 
Mr.  Pasmore  is  an  enertaining  speaker  and  often  drives 
home  the  truth  through   humorous  allusions. 


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To  the  S.  F.  News  Letter, 
268  Market  St., 
San  Francisco,  Calif. 
Gentlemen : 

Troop  No.  93,  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America  wishes  to  thank 
the  staff  of  the  San  Francisco  News  Letter  for  the  help  they 
are  giving  us  in  making  this  troop  a  success 

Perhaps  the  readers  of  the  News  Letter  would  like  to  know 
what  progress  we  are  making : 

Mr.  Pierce,  our  scoutmaster,  has  introduced  a  new  system 
in  San  Francisco  scouting.  He  has  organized  three  patrols, 
each  one  specializing  in  its  own  line  of  work,  namely:  nature 
study,  including  camping,  woodcraft,  outdoor  photography, 
forestry,  botany,  camp  cooking,  etc;  signalling  with  the  .Morse 
code  in  various  forms,  and  first  aid. 

We  are  adopting  this  new  system  so  that  each  scout  may 
study  the  subject  he  is  most  interested  in,  and  also  to  satisfy 
the  demands  for  a  more  superior  troop. 

We  are  receiving  wonderful  support  from  the  Zane-Irwin 
Post  No.  93,  of  the  American  Legion.  Due  to  the  fine  example 
set  by  our  post,  the  scouts  are  making  a  sincere  effort  to  ad- 
vance. We  feel  certain  that  the  troop  could  not  be  what  it  is, 
were  it  not  for  the  inspiring  and  unselfish  work  of  post  No.  93, 
of  the  American  Legion,  and  it  may  rest  assured  that  the  troop 
appreciate  and  admires  these  "elder  brothers." 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

C.  L.  Lastrucci. 
Scribe  for  Troop  No.  93, 
Boy  Scouts. 


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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of   Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

The  statistician  can  find  plenty  to  oc- 
cupy his  attention  if  he  chooses  Cali- 
fornia as  a  subject. 

Automobile  registration  is  estimate  I  b) 
the  State  Motor  Vehicle  Department  at 
one  million  and  one-half,  or  about  two 
and  eight-tenths  persons  per  car.  In  tin- 
twelve  months  ending  January  1,  1926, 
California  showed  a  gain  in  automobile 
registration  of  8.9  per  cent  and  the  satur- 
ation point  is  still  far  away.  California 
is  now  second  only  to  New  York  in  the 
number  of  automobiles  registered. 

The  people  of  the  United  State-;  own 
and  operate  four-fifths  of  all  the  motor 
vehicles  of  the  world  and  California 
alone  possesses  one-sixteenth  of  the 
world's  motor  car  registration.  The 
number  of  motor  vehicles  in  I.os  Angeles 
County  alone  is  just  about  the  same  as 
the  total  operated  in  the  British  [sles, 
San  Francisco's  motor  car  registration 
equals  that  of  Italy  and  there  are  more 
motor  vehicles  to  be  encountered  on  the 

city  streets  and  highways  of  Alameda 
County  than  are  to  be  found  in  Spain. 

The  two  cent  gasoline  tax  which  - 
to  keep  up  the  highways  of  the  slate. 
brought  in  last  year  nearly  fourteen  mil- 
lions of  dollars  or  approximately  the 
same  amount  as  the  total  output  of  the 
gold  mines  of  the  state. 

The  city  of  I.os  Angeles,  with  its  391 
square  miles  of  area,  the  largest  area  ^i 

am  city  in  the  United  States,  has  prob- 
ably more  automobiles  to  the  square  mile 
than  any  other  district  in  the  world.  In 
spite  of  the  remarkable  increase  in  auto- 
mobile registrations  in  this  state,  the  sta- 
tistics show  that  there  is  plenty  of  room 
for  the  tourist  throngs  which  every  year 
come  to  see  and  remain  to  enjoy. 

The  last  estimated  population  of  Cali- 
fornia sets  a  figure  of  25.6  persons  to  the 


square  mile  and  about  three  motor  ve- 
hicles to  the  same  square  mile.  The  only 
difficulty  encountered  by  the  traffic  engi- 
neers is  to  persuade  the  three  motor  ve- 
hicles to  stay  in  their  own  square  mile. 

The  gasoline  bill  of  the  California  mo- 
torist for  1925,  according  to  figures  pre- 
■  pared  by  the  National  Automobile  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  was  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  one  hundred  thirty-eight  mil- 
lions of  dollars  and  in  traveling  from  the 
Sierra  to  the  sea  and  the  Oregon  line  to 
the  Mexican  border,  with  a  few  side  trips 
to  the  National  Parks  and  the  groves  of 
big  trees,  the  California  motorist  piled 
up  a  mileage  of  approximately  seven  and 
one-half  billion  miles.  It  would  take  a 
rather  healthy  odometer  to  record  a  total 
mileage  as  staggering  as  that. 

The  tremendous  mileage  piled  up  by 
the  California  motorist  on  account  of  the 
superb  condition  of  the  highways  and  the 
number  of  interesting  places  which  may 
be  visited  almost  any  day  of  the  year, 
will  show  an  increase  rather  than  a  de- 
crease from  year  to  year,  because  of  the 
improvement  in  roads  and  the  new  sur- 
faced highways  which  are  being  con- 
structed. It  is  estimated  that  with  the 
opening  of  the  I'd  Portal  paved  highway 
into  the  Yosemite,  more  than  one-half 
million  California  motorists  will  visit  this 
most  remarkable  of  California's  wonder- 
lands during  the  first  twelvemonth  after 
this  highway  is  completed. 

Five  states  have  passed  the  million 
mark  in  automobile  registration.  Xew 
York  leads,  California  is  second,  Penn- 
sylvania, third;  Ohio,  fourth,  and  Illi- 
nois tilth.  Registration  fees  collected 
the  Stat  Governments  amounted  to 
$244,000,000  last  year,  and  in  addition 
to  this  nearlj  Sl_\  ,000,000  were  collected 
in  addition  from  the  gasoline  taxes  in  ef- 
fect in  all  of  the  states  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Illinois.  Massachusetts.  Xew  Jer- 
sey. Xew  York,  Rhode  Island  and  \Vis- 
in. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that,  whereas, 
the  motorists  of  Xew  York  paid  more 
than  $2  'ration  fees  dur- 

ing 1925,  California  motorists  paid  nearly 
$21,000,000  from  the  registration  fee's 
and  gasoline  taxes. 

Statistics  based  on  actual  registrations 
and  dollars  and  cents,  form  one  of  the 
best  methods  ,,f  advertising  to  the  world 
the  remarkable  prosperity  of  California 
an<l  its  tremendous  - 


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"Do  you  realize  what   wonders  there 
are  in  a  drop  of  water?" 

'Acs  ;  my  wife  and  1  spent  our  honey- 
moon looking  at  one." 

'What!  Gazing  at  a  drop  of  water:" 

"Uh-huh!     Xiagara  Falls." 

Boston  Transcript. 


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pioneers,  who  faced  the  dangers  of  an 
unknown  West,  that  you  and  I  might 
enjoy  the  benefits  of  this  later  day. 

In  their  quest  for  gold  they  conceived  and 
perfected  the  Hydraulic  Monitor  using 
water  power  to  wash  away  mountain  sides 
— speeding  up  their  industry  and  making 
life  easier. 

Their  ingenuity  paved  the  way  for  the 
development  of  Hydro-Electric  Power. 

Thru  business  initiative  and  the  efficient 
management  of  this  industry,  California 
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the  reach  of  all. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  17,  1926 


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ERXIE  WEST,  the  illustrious  potentate  of  Islam  Temple, 
will  head  a  contingent  of  300  Shriners  and  their  wives  and 
families  for  the  annual  High  Jinks  at  Del  Monte  next  week.  The 
caravan  will  leave  the  Palace  Hotel  Thursday  afternoon,  April 


Ernest  L.  West, 

Popular  Potentate 

of  Islam  Temple 

who  will  head 

300  Shriners  at 

Del  Monte 

April  30. 


29th.  A  splendid  program  of  events  has  been  arranged  by 
our  esteemed  noble,  Bill  Woodlield,  who  has  charge  of  the 
athletic  events. 

There  will  be  amusements  to  suit  every  taste.  Golf,  swim- 
ming, baseball,  track  events,  African  golf,  mah  jongg  and 
bridge.  Some  $2000  worth  of  valuable  trophies  will  be  awarded 
to  the  successful  winners  of  the  various  events.  Special  at- 
tractions will  be  provided  for  the  ladies,  including  a  ladies' 
putting  and  handicap  golf  event.  Last  year,  when  Hugh  King 
McKevitt  was  potentate,  we  had  one  of  the  largest  attendances 
since  the  Shrine  held  their  first  High  Jinks  at  Del  Monte  six 
years  ago. 

This  year,  however,  since  the  Shrine  luncheon  club  was 
organized  by  Past  Potentate  McKevitt,  the  boys  have  become 
better  acquainted  and  scores  of  Shriners  have  joined  the  big 
parade  of  pellet  pushers.  Bill  Woodfield,  chairman  De  Luxe 
of  the  Shrine  sports  outing,  is  certainly  glad  to  be  with  us 
again.  Bill  had  a  tough  time  in  the  St.  Francis  Hospital  for 
over  three  months,  but  since  he  got  on  his  feet  again,  he  has 
spent  a  month  in  the  South,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Woodfield, 
and  says  he  feels  at  least  ten  years  younger  and  his  game 
has  improved  so  much  that  he's  going  to  make  a  stab  at  the 
next  golf  championship. 

*  *     * 

Bob  "Dupont"  Matthey,  the  boy  who  shoots  bombs  out  of 
the  bunkers,  has  also  been  caught  taking  a  special  course  of 
lessons  from  Walter  Hagen,  in  Pasadena.  Bob  says  lie's 
won  most  every  title  in  athletics  except  golf. 

Bob  and  Mrs.  Matthey  spent  a  month  down  South  playing 
the  various  courses  and  by  what  we  can  gather  the  big  gun- 
powder boy  intends  to  blast  himself  into  first  place  at  Del 
Monte.  Yes;  and  there's  another  big  Shriner  who  secretly 
stole  away  from  the  city  and  is  now  swatting  the  little  pellet 
around  at  Pebble  Beach. 

This  boy  is  none  other  than  Hugo  "Deerfoot"  Ramacciotti, 
one  of  Italy's  greatest  golfers.  Ramie  can  play  a  round  of 
golf  so  fast  that  he  invariably  meets  himself  coming  back,  even 
the  great  Pete  "Nurmi"  Gerhardt  has  to  acknowledge  that 
Italy's  greatest  son  is  the  real  "Zev"  of  the  links. 

*  *     * 

Bob  Thompson,  the  Buick  Boss,  had  fully  expected  to  have 
made  his  initial  bow  in  the  Islam's  Temple  Del  Monte  golf 


play,  but  when  he  checked  up  on  how  many  thousand  Buicks 
he  sold  last  year,  he  decided  to  take  his  dear  wife  on  a  trip 
to  Liverpool,  England,  his  native  heath.  Bob  and  Mrs.  Thomp- 
son have  all  the  good  wishes  from  the  Shriners  for  a  pleasant 
trip.  However,  the  Buick  industry  will  be  properly  taken  care 
of,  as  Charlie  Howard  and  Eaton  McMillan  are  two  of  the 
most  capable  club  wielders  among  the  boys  with  the  fez. 

George  Habernicht.  as  usual,  will  have  charge  of  the  swim- 
ming events.  George  is  a  former  swimming  champion  of  the 
Olympic  club.  George  intends  to  have  a  bevy  of  diving  beau- 
ties who  will  give  free  exhibitions  of  fancy  diving  and  swim- 
ming each  day  at  12  and  4.  Pete  Gerhardt  will  be  High  Chief 
Executioner  of  the  Calcutta  Pool  at  the  banquet  Friday  evening. 

Pete  is  an  adept  at  separating  the  long  greens  from  the 
boys.  He  acquired  this  achievement  from  his  own  profession 
as  a  trimmer.  The  big  scream  of  the  evening,  however,  will 
be  the  African  golf  game  among  the  fair  sex  which  will  be 
held  in  the  dining  room,  following  the  banquet.  "Rolling 
the  bones"  is  a  fascinating  pastime  among  the  women. 

Committees  in  charge  of  the  various  activities  are :  General 
Chairman,  Hill  Woodfield;  Ladies'  General  Chairman,  Mrs. 
Ernest  L.  West;  Tournament  Chairman,  Ed  Bernhard ;  Handi- 
cap Committee,  Munroe  Moss,  Ed  Bernhard,  George  Erlin, 
Gus  Lee,  Fred  Green,  and  Herman  Hogrefe ;  Trophies  and 
Prizes,  Chairman,  Howard  Xauman,  Pete  Gerhardt,  Munroe 
Moss,  George  Benioft".  and  Louis  Ghirardelli. 

Entertainment  Committe,  Chairman.  Dr.  J.  Claud  Perry, 
Ross  Poole,  A.  J.  Crocker.  Frank  Sykes,  Ira  Coburn,  Tom 
Doane.  Harry  Annan,  and  Gus  Lachman.  Advisory,  Chairman, 
Pete  Gerhardt,  Hugh  King  McKevitt,  and  Bill  Read. 

Publicity,  Chairman,  Jack  Houston,  Bill  Hines,  F.  H.  Moul- 
throp,  Leon  Leborie,  and  Rod  Guyette. 


There's  always  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 

CALIFORNIA 

Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasuref ul  Pastimes 


Casa  del  Rey  {Hotel  and  Cottages)  at  the 

heart  of  it  all— offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

enjoyment. 

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llmv  the  Nobles  expect  to  Hit  them  once  they  reach  the 
con  rse. 

*  *     * 

Ernie  West,  the  fastidious  tailor,  addresses  a  golf  ball  same 
as  he  dresses  a  model — Well,  Ernie  is  good  on  style. ! 

*  *     * 

(his  Lee  will  be  on  the  lookout  for  chickens;  he  has  a  mil- 
lion of  them  in  Petaluma. 

*  *     * 

If  Eaton  McMillan  has  his  four-wheel  brakes  working  right, 
lie's  a  1  to  10  shot  to  cop  the  cup. 

*  *     * 

Rod  Guyette  has  wagered  he  has  the  best  score.  Rod  shot 
131  in  The  ISulletin  tourney  and  won  a  cup  for  honesty. 

*  #     # 

Rudy  Ilabernicht  says  that  if  he  wins  the  Charleston  he 
will  charter  the  Tong  King  and  take  the  boys  a  trip  around 
the  world. 

*  *     * 

Berl  Page,  the  newspaper  ace,  will  lend  a  little  color  to  the 
tournament.    Berl  is  the  classiest  golfer  entered. 

*  *     * 

Ivan  Ward,  the  steel  magnate,  will  steal  a  march,  as  his  boss 
has  left  for  the  East. 

*  *     * 

Arthur  Heinz,  the  diamond  merchant,  will  he  out  there 
pickling  a  few — . 

*  *     * 

Ralph  McLaren  hopes  to  be  there,  providing  Mayor  Rolph 
will  stay  at  home. 

*  *     * 

Bill  Symon  will  do  all  the  wrecking  on  the  course. 

*  *     * 

Frank  Nestroy  would  like  to  play,  but  claims  the  course  is 

not  properly  tailored. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Traung  radiographed  his  regrets  from  London. 

*  *     * 

"Swede"  Woods,  the  Sheik  of  Marin,  will  demonstrate  how 
.he  won  medals  for  bravery  in  France. 

*  *     * 

Frank  Sykes  couldn't  make  the  grade,  lie's  too  busy  ^loot- 
ing up  rents. 

*  *     * 

The  Newhouse  triplets  hope  at  least  to  win  four  cup-. 

*  *     * 

Doc  Kron,  the  canine  specialist,  will  cut  the  bark  off  the 

course. 

*  *     * 

Carl  Eddy  promised  the  writer  a  case  if  he'd  keep  his  name 

oul  of  the  paper. 

*  *    * 

Nat  T.  Messer  scored  a  hole-in-one  at  the  Menlo  Country 
Club  and  thereby  won  a  membership  in  the  Canada  Dry  Hole- 
in-(  'ne  Club. 


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The  Brake  Service  Corporation 
With  the  advent  of  four-wheel 
brakes  and  their  adoption  by  most  car 
manufacturers,  brake  relining  service  has 
changed  from  an  apprentice's  job  to  a 
specialist's  profession.  The  automo- 
bile industry  has  focused  the  attention 
of  the  public  on  brakes.  The  higher 
speed  of  ordinary  automobile  travel 
with  the  resulting  accidents  from  cars 
not  under  control,  has  created  a  de- 
mand for  a  new  type  of  service. 

The  new  shop  of  the  lirake  Service 
Corporation  at  625  Turk  Street  is  a 
natural  result  of  this  development  of 
specialized  brake  service.  The  shop 
is  equipped  with  every  modern  tool  de- 
vised especially  for  lirake  repairs.  They 
have  in  use  drilling  and  countersinking 
machines  for  applying  lining,  a  special 
lathe  for  truing  brake  drums,  and  a 
new  machine  which  tests  brakes  elec- 
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The  use  of  these  tools  in  the  hands 
of  trained  lirake  mechanics  creates  a 
service  that  cannot  be  duplicated  by 
the  average  repair  shop.  The  work  is 
accomplished  in  less  time  and  with  bet- 
ter results.  To  repeat  a  hackneyed 
phrase,  its  a  specialist's  job  and  this 
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TRIBUTE 
By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 

In  the  recent  passing  of  the  gentle 
and  beloved  Luther  Burbank,  all  the 
unkind  criticism  caused  by  the  frank 
statement  of  his  unbelief,  made  just 
before  he  died,  lades  into  oblivion  and 
insignificance.  It  is  to  be  hoped  few. 
if  any.  persons  will  >ee  tit  to  remind  the 
world  that  this  Christian-like  charac- 
ter ever  admitted  his  doubts  as  to  a 
hereafter  or  a  personal  Cod. 

Applying  the  Biblical  saying:  "As  a 
man  thinketh,  so  is  he,"  to  Burbank. 
then  the  "outward  and  visible  sign  of 
an  inward  and  spiritual  grace."  was 
only  too  obvious  all  through  this  great 
Bower  lover's  life,  and  his  acts  spoke 
only  too  eloquently  of  his  sweet  and 
unselfish  nature. 

Dr.  James  L.  Gordon,  Prof.  George 
J.  I'eirce.  Rabbi  Louis  I.  Newman. 
Professor  Leroy  Abrams,  Dr.  David 
Starr  Jordan,  Dr.  W.  \V.  Campbell.  Dr. 
David  1'.  Barrows.  Dean  E.  D.  Merrill, 
Samuel  M.  Shortridge.  Judge  Ben 
Lindsay,  are  only  a  few  of  the  notable 
men  who  have  acclaimed  Burbank  as 
a  great  and  very  lovable  genius. 

Perhaps  Dr.  Cordon  sums  up  Bur- 
bank's  standpoint  as  concisely  and 
clearly  as  possible : 

"Burbank  belonged  to  that  growing 
group  of  people  who  find  themselves 
unable  to  reconcile  science  with  the- 
olofiry." 


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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  APRIL  24,  1926 


No.  17 


MARRIAGE 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


I  can  read  fortunes  by  cards,  and  my  experience  has  taught 
me  that  there  are  three  subjects  which  the  ordinary  human 
being  is  more  interested  in  than  any  others — and  those  arc 
marriage,  money  and  love,  with  marriage  always  in  the  ascend- 
ant. 


The  most  confirmed  and  crotchety  old  bachelor  will  prick 
up  his  ears  at  the  word:  "Marriage;''  the  most  hopeless  and 
dried  up  old  maid  will  simper  at  the  sound  :  "love."  While 
"money," — well,  we  all  want  it,  don't  we? 


Not  only  are  we  all  exercised  at  limes  regarding  our  own 
marriage,  but  the  great  majority  arc  always  only  too  read} 
to  regulate  the  marriages  of  others,  and  to  condemn  or  approve, 
as  the  spirit  moves  them. 


The  spirit  of  criticism  reparding  the  matrimonial  yoke,  which 
is  manifested  by  persons  who  could  never  be  anything  bin 
absolutely  ignorant  of  the  conditions  surrounding  certain  con- 
nubial relationships,  is  as  monstrously  uncalled  For,  as  it  is 
ill  bred. 


There  is  no  possible  way  of  judging  the  married  relations 
of  two  people  except  by  what  they  themselves  tell  the  world, 
and  at  that,  Diogenes  might  have  In  use  bis  little  lantern  occa- 
sionally ! 


How  often  have  we  had  among  .mi  friends  or  acquaintances, 
married  people  whom  we  have  looked  upon  as  perennial  lovers. 
only  to  be  eventually  shocked  at  the  news  of  their  divorce  pro- 
ceedings? 


How  often  have  we  overheard  bitter  squabbles  between  two 
whom  we  have  thought  were  unhappily  mated,  and  yet.  were 
the  truth  known    who  loved  each  other  intensely? 


The  intrepid  person  who  tries  t,.  settle  a  dispute  between  a 
man  and  woman  who.  to  all  appearances,  are  tilled  with  a 
desire  to  annihilate  each  other,  often  learns  to  his  own  dis- 
Comfort,  that  matrimonial  discussions  can  only  he  fought  out 
by  the  two  human  beings  most  concerned. 


"What  can  she  see.  by  love,  in  that  little  shrimp?"  questions 
Clarence;  "How  could  a  man  like  George  fall  in  love  with  that 
awful  frump?"  muses  Clarihel.     These  and  other  questi 


the  same  kind  always  accompany  the  Wedding  March.  But 
remember,  Clarihel,  and  take  notice,  Clarence,  they  are  very 
likely  being  said  about  you  both,  this  very  minute! 


The  public  in  general  is  just  now  very  much  concerned  re- 
garding the  recent  marriage  of  Edward  Browning,  wealthy 
middle-aged  New  Yorker,  and  Frances  Heenan,  fifteen  year 
old  flapper;  so  much  concerned,  in  fact,  that  the  august  body  of 
the  state  legislature  of  New  York  took  the  trouble  to  charac- 
terize it  as  a  "monstrosity."  when  the  subject  was  injected 
into  a  debate  on  a  bill  signed  to  prevent  the  marriage  of  boys 
and  girls  under  fourteen. 


Anyone,  of  course,  with  a  grain  of  sense,  would  object  to 
marriage  between  children  under  fourteen.  The  state  itself 
must  object  to  minors  taking  upon  themselves  the  responsi- 
bilities, physical,  mental  ami  moral,  of  matrimony  at  such  an 

age. 


But  the  Browning  case  involve*  an  obviously  fully  developed 
and  (apparently)  sophisticated  woman,  and  a  mature  and  (ap- 
parently) very  kind  and  considerate  man.  Personally,  we  fail 
to  ~ee  what  objection  there  could  be  to  such  a  union.  The 
girl  is  evidently  very  happy;  Si ,  is  the  man.  Whose  business, 
then,  is  it? 


Years,  very  often,  in  love  affairs,  are  merely  the  fleeting  of 
time.  A  man  of  fifty  or  thereabouts,  may  be,  in  spirit  and 
body,  only  about  thirty;  a  girl  of  fifteen,  in  this  precocious  age. 
may  possess  the  physical  and  mental  qualities  of  a  woman  of 
twenty-five.  Why  should  the  public  excite  itself  over  the  very 
personal  and  intimate  relations  of  two  people  of  this  type? 


There  is  also,  a  great  hue  and  cry  over  the  fact  that  Mr. 
Browning  presents  Mrs.  Browning  with  a  thousand  dollars  to 
do  what  she  likes  with,  every  day.  Presuming,  quite  logically, 
that  Mrs.  Browning  spends  it.  why  should  anyone  ohject  to 
that  amount  of  money  passing  daily,  into  other  hands?  Much 
better,  isn't  it.  than  if  Mr.  Browning  put  it  in  the  sugar  bowl. 
or  tied  it  up  in  Mrs.  B's  silken  ; 


Very  often  the  world  bee  tive  in  pi 

private  affairs,  which  they  themselves,  only,  can  adjust,  and 
again  will  remain  serenely  and  coldly  indifferent  to  shameful 
conditions  of  sin  and  poverty  that  are  fairly  crying  out  to  the 
I  leavens  for  relief  and  regulation. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24,  1926 


We  have  had  all  sorts  of 
Prohibition  Fosters  Alcoholism     attacks    upon    prohibition. 

During  the  past  six  months, 
there  has  been  a  combined  attack  of  all  the  civilizing  forces 
upon  the  delusion  and  tyranny  of  the  prohibition  assault  on 
liberty  and  American  manhood. 

These  forces  are  of  many  sorts.  In  the  first  place,  the 
social  philosophers,  who  attached  some  degree  of  import- 
ance to  the  American  idea  of  personal  liberty,  were  ve- 
hement in  their  opposition  to  the  prohibition  social  theory 
which  rests  upon  the  denial  of  individual  liberty.  Then 
came  the  politicians  of  the  higher  kind,  who  had  no  par- 
ticular social  theories,  but  were  interested  in  clean  politics. 
They  proved  that  the  prohibition  movement  was  on  the 
whole  a  very  demoralizing,  political  manifestation.  They 
showed  that,  in  its  essence,  the  enforcement  of  the  Volstead 
Act  depended  upon  the  giving  to  politicians  the  control  of  a 
vast  amount  of  patronage  under  the  title  of  prohibition 
agents. 

Then  came  the  church,  the  great  Catholic  church  especial- 
ly, which  spoke  eloquently  of  the  mischief  wrought  by  the 
substitution  of  poisonous,  strong,  adulterated,  alcoholic 
stimulants  for  milder  and  less  dangerous  beverages,  of  the 
evil  which  has  arisen  from  secret  and  fashionable  drinking 
displayed  in  the  carrying  of  flasks  and  the  indiscriminate 
use  of  strong  alcohol  by  the  youth  of  both  sexes. 

Through  all  this,  the  prohibitionists  have  endeavored  to 
make  the  reply  that,  after  all,  alcoholism  was  diminishing 
and  that  in  the  course  of  time  it  would  disappear,  under  pro- 
hibition. Unfortunately,  just  at  this  point  the  medical  pro- 
fession in  the  person  of  Dr.  William  H.  Robey,  senior  visit- 
ing physician  of  the  Boston  City  Hospital,  has  shown  that 
alcoholism  has  increased  rapidly  and  steadily  under  pro- 
hibition and  that  lethyl  poisoning  and  alcoholic  poisoning 
were  rapidly  increasing  until  the  bootleggers  learned  to 
make  less  dangerous  concoctions. 


There  is  a  deficit  of  about  $50,000 
Support  the  Symphony  on  the  season  of  the  San  Franciso  i 
Symphony.  That  is  not  very  much 
and  it  has  been  pointed  out  that  it  is  only  one-fifth  of  the 
deficit  which  annually  confronts  the  Los  Angeles  Philhar- 
monic Orchestra.  It  must  also  be  noted  that  the  deficit  is 
not  regarded  as  extravagant  and  is  met  as  a  bill,  to  be  paid 
for  the  development  of  public  music  education. 

Our  local  Symphony  is  supported  by  the  subscriptions  of 
a  thousand  people  who  give  various  sums  running  from 
$5000  to  $50,  a  year.  There  is  a  deficit  every  year  and  one 
of  the  most  important  and  joyous  of  San  Francisco  functions 
is  making  up  the  deficit.  This  is  done  in  two  ways,  private- 
ly, by  the  giving  of  individual  subscriptions  and  publicly,  by 
the  giving  of  concerts  and  musical  festivals,  such  as  was 
presided  over  by  our  much  respected  and  admired  leader  of 
the  Symphony,  Alfred  Hertz. 

Why  should  there  be  a  deficit?  This  is  a  question  which 
puzzles  some  of  our  business  men,  who  are  hard  headed 
commercialists  and  who  cannot  understand  an  activity  which 
does  not  pay  its  way.  But  what  can  pay  its  way  when  it 
is  in  the  very  nature  of  the  case  artistic  and  educational  ? 
One  cannot  point  anywhere  to  purely  educational  institu- 
tions which  in  the  money-sense  pay  their  way,  and  yet  edu- 
cation must  be  maintained,  because,  in  the  long  run,  it  is 
such  a  paying  investment  that  no  community  which  does 
not  so  invest,  can  live  in  competition  with  a  community 
which  lavishes  wealth  upon  the  development  of  culture. 


The  Symphony  is  a  great  asset  to  this  city.  Without  its 
beauty  and  the  accomplishments  of  its  gifted  director,  who 
has  made  of  it  a  body  that  will  hold  its  own  with  the  best, 
we  should  be  immeasurably  worse  off  and  our  position  in 
the  scale  of  civilization  would  be  much  less  secure.  We 
should  support  the  Symphony  with  all  our  might  and  even 
increase  and  develop  it. 


We  have,  from  infancy,  heard  and 
Freedom  and  Flowers     read  pathetic  stories  of  flowers  and 

imprisonment,  of  prisoners  who 
have  loved  flowers  and  who,  through  the  influence  of  flow- 
ers, have  developed  into  men  of  virtue,  strong  to  meet  the 
hardships  of  their  lot.  We  used  to  read,  in  French,  of  the 
joyful  efforts  of  an  Italian  political  prisoner  to  raise  a  flow- 
er between  the  paving  stones  of  his  prison  yard.  It  remains, 
however,  for  San  Quentin  to  produce  a  prisoner  who  re- 
gained his  liberty  through  his  ability  to  cultivate  dahlias. 
His  name  is  Albert  K.  Rumsey.  He  was  a  former  naval 
lieutenant  and  medical  officer  and  was  recently  pardoned  by 
the  Naval  Clemency  Board  after  having  served  four  years 
of  a  ten  year  sentence.  Moreover,  the  pardon  came  because 
of  the  efforts  of  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  who 
took  notice  of  his  exhibit  at  the  San  Leandro  dahlia  ex- 
hibit and  who  persuaded  Samuel  Shortridge,  our  senator, 
who  can  always  be  depended  upon  to  do  the  right  and  hu- 
mane thing,  to  take  up  his  cause  before  the  Clemency  Board. 
Whatever  may  have  been  the  delinquencies  of  the  late 
lieutenant,  and  we  are  not,  at  this  time,  interested  in  them, 
there  is  no  doubt  about  his  ability  to  grow  dahlias.  No 
competitors  had  a  chance  against  him.  He  grew  them  in 
the  prison  garden  and  on  their  being  sent  into  competitions, 
they  promptly  swept  the  prizes.  The  convict  was  trans- 
lated from  prison  thraldom,  he  became  a  person  of  import- 
ance, sentence  or  no  sentence,  because  he  could  produce 
beaut}-  in  dahlias.  So  he  is  dismissed  from  prison  to  still 
further  cultivate  dahlias  in  San  Leandro.  It  is  a  nice  ques- 
tion is  it  not,  whether  a  person  should  be  forgiven  his  faults 
because  he  is  a  good  gardner? 


The  echoes  of  the  decision  of  the 
Community  Tax  Rulings  United  States  Supreme  Court  in 
the  famous  Robbins  case  are  still 
reverberating.  As  it  will  be  remembered  in  that  case,  the 
Supreme  Court  decided,  basing  its  statement  on  the  Cali- 
fornia case  of  Roberts  vs.  Wehrmeyer,  that  the  interest  of 
the  wife  in  the  community  property  is  merely  an  expect- 
ancy. 

Mr.  J.  15.  Coryell,  leader  of  the  California  community 
property  tax  fight,  points  out  with  great  force,  that  this  rul- 
ing has  done  a  great  deal  of  harm  to  this  state  and  that  the 
Treasury  Department  has  appealed  to  the  attorney  general 
to  have  this  decision  in  the  Robbins  case  applied  to  inheri- 
tance taxes. 

Prior  to  the  decision  in  the  Robbins  case,  the  Treasury 
Department  had  applied  the  same  rule  to  California,  as  to 
the  other  seven  states  which  have  community  property  laws. 
Therefore,  a  wife  in  California,-  who  survived  her  husband, 
had  to  pay  inheritance  taxes  only  on  the  one-half  of  the 
community  property  which  she  inherited  from  her  husband, 
the  other  half  having  been  considered  hers  by  a  vested  right. 

It  is  a  very  serious  condition  of  things  for  this  state,  since 
we  remain  the  only  one  of  the  eight  community  property 
states  where  the  wife  is  not  considered  to  have  a  vested 
interest  in  the  community  property,  during  the  lifetime  of 
her  husband. 

Under  the  ruling  prior  to  the  Robbins  case  the  govern- 
ment refunded  about  seven  millions  to  California  wives ; 
now  the  government  will  ask  for  the  money  back  again. 
And  this  applies  to  us  alone  of  the  eight  community  prop- 
erty states.  The  whole  thing  rests  upon  just  one  opinion 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  our  own  state.  Words  likes  "vested" 
and  "expectancy"  come  high. 


April  24.  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Polfce  Judge  Joseph  Golden  has 
An  Extraordinary  Judge  made  a  record  for  himself  which 
he  will  find  it  hard  to  overcome, 
if  the  report  of  his  utterances  in  the  public  press  in  con- 
nection with  labor  disturbances,  turn  out  to  be  true.  They 
constitute  the  most  extraordinary  statements  from  the  bench 
with  which  we  are  familiar. 

There  was  a  charge  of  assault  upon  union  sympathizers, 
by  an  alleged  strikebreaker.  Unfortunately,  as  we  have 
pointed  out,  these  assault  cases  are  not  uncommon  and  they 
are  by  no  means  confined  to  one  side  of  the  labor  contro- 
versy, Indeed,  they  have  proceeded  more  strongly  from  the 
side  which  is  attached  to  the  unions,  as  appears  from  the 
records  in  the  ironmolders'  trouble.  The  judge,  however, 
took  the  occasion  to  make  a  highly  partisan  statement  from 
the  bench,  much  more  in  accord  with  utterances  of  twenty 
years  ago  than  with  those  of  today.  He  said,  according  to 
the  press,  "The  crime  wave,  the  killing  of  policemen,  rob- 
bing of  banks  and  graver  crimes,  are  due  in  a  large  degree 
to  this  importation  of  thugs,  yeggmen  and  ex-convicts  dur- 
ing labor  disturbances.  That  is  why  I  say  there  seems  to 
be  no  cure  for  such  situations,  except  tar  and  feathers." 

There  is  great  lack  of  judicial  poise  about  such  state- 
ments. There  is  no  evidence  upon  which  can  be  based  the 
conclusion  that  the  importation  of  so-called  criminals  is 
actually  existent.  There  was  no  testimony  before  the  court 
that  such  people  were  here.  There  have  been  demonstra- 
tions by  striking  workmen  and  counter  demonstrations  by 
those  who  were  against  the  strikers.  But  the  inference  of 
the  court  that  there  has  been  any  importation  of  rough 
characters,  for  the  purpose  of  intervening  in  labor  disputes, 
rests  on  no  foundation  and  should  not  have  been  made.  The 
association  of  criminal  activity  with  anti-strikers  is  utterly 
gratituitous  and  uncalled  for. 


It  would  seem  that  the  dispute  in  Un- 
it Looks  Unfair     building   trades   is   passing    the   bounds   of 

fair  play  and  that  stale  officials  arc  tak- 
ing a  band  in  the  matter,  to  the  unjust  detriment  of  the 
president  of  the  Builders  Exchange.  In  a  Sunday  morning 
paper  there  appeared  an  article  stating  that  State  Labor 
Commissioner  Walter   Matthewson  and  Arthur  L,   Johnson, 

deputy    labor    commissioner,    had    launched    a    prosecution 
against    W.    II.    George,    secretary-manager    of    the    Cowell 
Portland  Cement   Co,  and  against   the  company   itself.     The 
charge  is  a  civil  suit  as  well  as  criminal  and  demands  penal 
ties  for  the  violation  of  the  two  pay  day  a  month  law. 

It  is  notable  that,  in  connection  with  this  matter,  the  dis- 
trict atorney's  office  at  Martinez  refused  to  issue  a  warrant. 
but  the  same  was  issued  on  the  initiative  of  a  local  justice 
of  the  peace. 

The  company  replies  that  it  has  a  pay  day  every  day  and 
that  the  men  are  provided  with  board  and  credit  at  the  com- 
pany store.  There  lias  been  no  complaint  upon  the  part  of 
the  people  employed  at  Cowell,  which  has  all  the  appear- 
ance of  a  thoroughly  satisfied  community,  Mr.  George  says 
"No1  one  of  our  employees  has  ever  made  a  complaint  to 
the  labor  commissioner,  as  he  well  knows.  In  fact,  they 
do  not  want  two  semi-monthly  pay  days  a  month  and  pre- 
fer pa)    ever)    day  and   have  so  stated." 

The  Cowell  Portland  Cement  Company  has  always  had 
the  reputation  of  being  a  very  high  class  business  concern 
which  pays  special  attention  to  the  well-being  of  its  employes, 
and  tile  prosecution  bears  all  the  marks  of  an  unfair  endeavor 
to  intervene  in  the  building  trades  quarrel. 


Ralph  Spence.  whose  seven  road  companies  of  "The 
Gorilla"  are  cleaning  up  coin  for  the  author,  has  arrived  at 
the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel.  Hollywood.  California.  While 
in  the  West  he  will  title  a  Harold  Lloyd  picture  and  a 
Corinne  Griffith  feature. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


Reports  have  come  to  hand  of  a  new  island  that  has  ap- 
peared in  the  Pacific.  It  is  not  known  how  soon  it  will  ap- 
ply for  a  permanent  seat  on  the  Council  of  the  League  of 
Nations. — Punch. 

#  *     * 

It  is  reported  from  London  that  the  Prince  of  Wales  is 
not  as  heavy  as  he  used  to  be.  Yes,  we  noticed  in  the  papers 
that  he  has  been  falling  off  a  good  deal  lately. — Southern 
Lumberman. 

#  *     # 

Immigrants  to  the  U.  S.  A.  are  in  future  to  be  judged  by 
the  standards  of  moral  turpitude  usual  in  their  own  coun- 
tries. Head-hunters  from  Borneo  will  be  glad  they  haven't 
to  conform  to  Chicago. — Punch. 

#  #     # 

So  live  that  Gen.  Smedley  D.  Butler  might  drop  in  at  any 
moment. — Ohio  State  journal. 


Traffic  Judge, 
■liars  and  co^ts 


1950 — "Wrong  side  of  the  cloud,  eh?     Fifty 
" — Baltimore  Sun. 


Sometimes  we  doubt  whether  man's  descent  from  the  monkey 

has  started  vet. —  Portland  Oregonian. 

*  *     * 

Many  of  the  girls  of  the  younger  set  aren't  as  black  as  they 
are  painted,  or  even  as  pink. — Louisville  Times. 

*  *     * 

General  Feng  has  ordered  sun;)  Bibles  for  his  soldiers,  and 

think   of   the   lighting   Spirit   he   will   have   when   the  Controver- 
sies get  started! — Boston  Transcript. 

*  *     * 

A  chemist  says  the  first  alcohol  ever  distilled  was  Arabian, 
which  may  explain  those  nights. — Detroit   News. 

*  *      * 

Women  are  going  into  tin-  diplomatic  service.  Perhaps  their 
interest  was  arouse. I  when  the  peace  conference  convened  in 
the  Hall  of  Mirrors,     i  hicago  Daily  News. 

*  *     *' 

The  Swedish  princess  who  is  being  backed  as  the  future 
Mrs.  Prince  of  Wales  because  of  her  ability  as  a  cook  could 
cinch  the  job  if  she'd  take  a  course  in  bone  setting. — Arkansas 
<  iazette. 

*  *    * 

There  may  be  some  dissatisfaction  over  the  use  of  soft  coal 
for  heating  in  the  large  cities  of  the  East,  but  on  the  whole 
every  one  is  pretty  well  sooted. — New  York  American. 

*  *     » 

America  has  no  caste  system,  hut  you  can  guess  a  man's 
standing  by  the  laws  he  breaks. — New  Bedford  Tin 

*  *     * 

A  California  woman  wants  a  divorce  because  he  threw  eggs 
at  her.     The  conjugal  yolk  became  intolerable. — Dallas  Xews. 

*  *     « 

A  lecturer  says  somewhat  cryptically  that  "Those  who  had 
the  right  kind  of  home  training  still  maintain  a  belief  in  hell." 
— Arkansas  ( iazette. 

*  *     » 


pedestrian  used  to  In-  a  person  who  walks 
— Toledo  Blade. 


Xovv  he  jumps. 


If  only  the  Constitution  required  killing  law  before 

g  another. — Davenport  Times. 

*     »     * 

It  usually  takes  five  years  for  a  tree  to  produce  nuts,  but  this 
isn't  true  of  a  family  tree. — Detroit  Free  1 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24,  1926 


leisure's  Wind 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURES 

_  Tom  Moore, 


San  Francisco  Is 
Real  Theater  Town 

SAN  FRANCISCO  has  acquired  the 
enviable  reputation  of  being  a  good 
theater  town. 

Long-time  engagements  of  plays, 
players,  opera,  comedies  and  motion 
pictures  have  firmly  established  local 
appreciation  of  outstanding  produc- 
tions. The  box-office  language,  of 
course,  is  criterion  for  success.     Yet — 

Theater-going  San  Franciscans — and 
their  name  is  legion — do  more,  how- 
ever, than  express  their  appreciation 
or  approval  in  cash.  They  give  to  plays 
and  players  what  is  infinitely  more 
valuable — substantial  sincerity  and  en- 
thusiastic acclaim. 

"San  Francisco's  audiences  are  a 
tonic,"  said  a  well-known  visiting  critic. 
"When  they  like  a  show,  they  don't 
hesitate  to  say  so.  Their  applause  is 
the  elixir  of  the  stage.  It  is  the  propel- 
ling power  which  makes  the  actors  put 
forth  their  best. 

"Eastern  producers  and  actors  know- 
that  San  Francisco  will  either  accept, 
or  reject,  with  a  warmth  of  decision 
seldom  matched  anywdiere  on  the  face 
of  the  globe.  Their  opinions  create  a 
trail  which  reaches  across  the  conti- 
nent." 

Our  friend  from  Broadway  went  on 
to  say  that  theatrical  people  respect 
the  opinions  pronounced  here. 

"Let  San  Francisco  place  the  laurel 
wreath  upon  your  brow  and  you  have 
arrived,"  said  an  actor  of  international 
renown.  "On  the  other  hand,  watch 
out  for  silences.  One  can  be  either 
made  or  unmade  according  to  this  de- 
cree." 

That  San  Francisco  has  a  mind  of 
its  own  is  no  trite  chatter.  For,  it  has. 
Decidedly. 

_     .  *     *     * 

Casino 

"Honey  Girl"  the  inaugural  musical 
comedy  with  which  Henry  Duffy  opened 
his  latest  playhouse,  the  Casino  The- 
ater, corner  of  Ellis  and  Mason  streets, 
presages  the  success  of  another  Duffy 
enterprise. 

The  theater  was  packed  on  opening 
night.  Crowds  thronged  before  the 
doorways.  In  fact,  the  well  dressed 
first  nighters  reminded  one  of  the  opera 
season  or  other  auspicious  events  in 
the  local  theatrical  and  musical  world. 

"Duffy  will  succeed.  He  deserves  it  : 
in  the   first  place    he    knows    what    the 


By  "Jingle" 

people  want  and  he  gives  it  to  them  a 
little  better  even  than  they  expected." 
Such  were  the  expressions  heard  on 
all  sides  when  "Honey  Girl"  made  its 
bow  in  the  already  popular  playhouse. 

Walter  Catlett,  the  San  Francisc.o 
star,  has  received  an  ovation  every 
night  of  the  performances.  That  he 
will  continue  to  please  is  plainly  evi- 
dent. He  presents  a  characterization 
rich  in  rare  humor,  dynamic  and  versa- 
tile. He  dances  so  well  that  some  of 
his  own  innovations  are  features  by 
themselves. 

Alice  Cavanagh,  loved  for  herself, 
admired  for  her  charm  and  refinement 
of  characterizations  and  Marion  Saki. 
straight  from  Broadway,  are  two  fas- 
cinating young  women  different  entire- 
ly in  their  presentations  but  equally 
claiming  approval.  Renie  Riano  steps 
right  along  with  her  eccentric  dancing 
into  one's  heart.  She  has  personality 
and  some  of  those  kicks  of  hers  alone 
could  make  her  famous. 

The  Duffy  production  is  beautiful. 
The  costumes  are  dainty  and  elegant 
and  the  girls  who  wear  them  are  young, 
pretty  and  talented.  There  is  no  doubt 
but  that  "Honey  Girl"  is  scheduled  for 
a  long  run  and  with  the  time  now  cut 
down  to  regular  hours,  the  play  has  re- 
doubled   in   popularity   and   patronage. 

Loew's  Warfield 

"Monte  Carlo,"  vastly  different  than 
the  title  would  indicate,  (for  the  story 
is  for  farce  comedy  effect  rather  than 
melodrama.)  comes  to  the  Warfield  on 
Saturday  to  follow  the  current  engage- 
ment of  "The  Greater  Glory."  The 
story  tells  of  the  gay  Capitols  of  Europe 
and  the  adventures  and  experiences  of 
a  group  of  typical  American  tourists, 
this  particular  party  being  from  Water- 
bury,  Conn.  Lew  Codv  is  the  featured 
star  and  with  him  a  carefully  selected 
cast  of  coined}-  players  among  whom 
are.  Gertrude  Olmstead.  ZaSu  Pitts, 
Roy  D'Arcy,  Trixie  Friganza,  Harry 
Myers.  Arthur  Hoyt  and  Karl  Dane. 
There  will  be  other  shorter  screen  sub- 
jects. 

On  the  stage  will  be  Renoff  and  Re- 
nova,  the  sensational  dancing  team  which 
was  forced  to  cancel  its  engagement  a  few 
weeks  ago  because  of  an  injury  to  Mile. 
Renova's  foot.  Alexander  Akimoff,  the 
young  Russian  baritone.  Xell  Kellv  will 
clown  with  Walt  Roesner,   (this,  by  the 


way,  being  the  final  week  of  Miss  Kelly's 
engagement ;)  the  Sunkist  beauties  will 
be  seen  in  new  dances  and  the  Super- 
Soloists  will  have  a  happy  combina- 
tion of  the  classical  and  the  popular 
in  their  program. 

*  *     * 
Columbia 

Rosetta  and  Vivian  Duncan,  San 
Francisco's  favorites,  who  have  carried 
their  fame  into  every  large  city,  spread- 
ing the  glory  of  California  with  their 
creation,  will  again  delight  us  with 
their  characterizations  of  "Topsy  and 
Eva." 

They  will  be  with  us  tomorrow,  April 
25,  beginning  we  are  sure,  another 
record-breaking  engagement  at  the  Co- 
lumbia Theater  on  Eddy  and  Mason 
streets.  The  clever  stage  stars  have 
added  some  features  to  their  produc- 
tion, introducing  a  pickaninny  ballet 
by  way  of  further  attraction. 

In  her  role  of  "Topsy,"  Rosetta  Dun- 
can is  the  dynamic  commedienne  in 
the  musical  version  of  "Uncle  Tom's 
Cabin"  which  the  Duncan  Sisters  have 
immortalized  in  their  own  particular 
manner.  Vivian,  gentle-mannered  Eva 
of  the  play,  has  winning  ways  of  such 
magnetism  that  she  makes  claim  to  the 
affections  as  well  as  to  one's  apprecia- 
tion of  her  art. 

Plantation  days,  with  lilting  melo- 
dies and  ragtime  rhymes  are  depicted 
with  consummate  skill.  The  ballet  be- 
gins in  the  folklore  period  of  the  col- 
ored race  and  by  gradual  intonations 
concludes  with  modern  jazz.  The  popu- 
larity of  the  Duncan  Sisters  presages 
Standing  Room  Only  signs  from  the 
hour  the  ticket  gates  are  thrown  ajar. 

Wilkes 

The  cinema  celebrity,  Douglas  Fair- 
banks, is  still  drawing  crowds  to  his 
latest  picture,  "The  Black  Pirate"  done 
in  technicolor,  and  so  faithfully  true 
to  the  pigments  of  the  paint  pot  that 
we  wonder  why  such  productions  have 
not  been  presented  long  ago. 

*  *     * 
President 

Laughter  and  much  of  it  are  in  store 
for  those  who  see  "The  Nervous 
Wreck"  at  Henry  Duffy's  theater.  The 
President,  on  McAllister  Street  just 
above  Market.  Owen  Davis,  one  of 
America's  best-known  playwrights,  is 
responsible    for    this    roltcking    drama 


April  24,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Amusements 


NEXT  WEEK 


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ST.  FRANCIS                  (                  "'-"  ■■"heme" 

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Geary  and  Mason           t           "The  Black  Plrale" 

WIGWAM                        ( 

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Manly  Defiance 

Boss — "Did  you  colled  thai  lull :" 
Jenkins— "No,    sir.     Me    kicked    me 
di  '\\  n  a  flighl  1 1{  stairs." 

Boss  "You  go  Uack  and  .yet  that 
money.  I'll  show  him  he  can't  scare 
me."  Alston  i  111.  i   Recorder. 


Her  Social  Success 

Mother — "Well.  dear,  did  you  have 
a  lot  nt'  attention  paid  to  you  at  the 
party?" 

sie — "Some,     mama.      Two     little 
boys  made  faces  at  me. 

Boston   Transcript. 


with    its    health    complex,    which    fur- 
nishes rounds  of  hilarity. 

Phil  Tead,  who  comes  to  the  theater 
for  this  play,  has  the  leading  role  and 
Dale  Winter  is  the  vivacious  young 
heroine  who  makes  life  enjoyable  for 
him  throughout  her  system  of  situa- 
tions minus  medicine  and  doctors.  Ken- 
neth Daigneau,  Earl  Lee,  William 
Abram,  Charles  Edler,  Alice  Bartlett 
and  Ray  L.  Royce  are  other  players. 

*  #     * 
Alcazar 

"The  Gorilla,"  fascinating  mystery 
play,  begins  its  fourth  week  at  the  Al- 
cazar next  Sunday  night.  Of  all  the 
thrillers  this  is  the  funniest.  Its  puz- 
zling features  remain  unsolved  until 
the  last  few  minutes.  Audiences  every- 
where have  preserved  the  secret  of  the 
plot  so  that  those  who  have  not  seen 
can  speculate  as  to  the  outcome. 

The  author,  Ralph  Spence,  created 
the  piece  with  the  idea  of  making  it  a 
burlesque  on  mystery  plays.  He  ac- 
complishes that  purpose  and  turned  out 
an  exceedingly  funny  comedy,  and  at 
the  same  time  furnished  some  surpris- 
ing features. 

William  Davidson,  as  Mr.  Mulligan, 
and  Francis  Fraunie,  as  Mr.  Garrity, 
carry  the  burden  of  the  merry  making. 
These  characters  are  detectives  sent 
to  catch  the  gorilla,  a  noted  criminal, 
and  they  get  themselves  into  all  sorts 
of  awkward  situations  in  the  com 
their  efforts.  Another  amusing  indi- 
vidual is  a  negro  servant,  cleverly  por- 
trayed by  Frank  Darien.  The  support- 
ing players  include:  Bett)  Laurence, 
Fergus  Reddie,  Edward  Lynch,  Norvell 
Thompson,  i  .alt  Bell  and  I  larry  I.  I  .<■ 
land. 

*  *     * 

California 

"The  New  Commandment,"  from  the 
novel  by  Colonel  Frederick  Palmer,  is 

on  the  screen  at   the  California  Theater 

with  Blanche  Sweet.  Ben  Lyon  ami  an 
all  star  supporting  cast.     This  Robert 
T.  Kane  production  is  a  stirring  drama 
of  youth  and   sacrifice  with   thrills 
mance.   laughs  and   pathos   packed   into 

the  story.  Holbrook  Blinn  has  a  leading 

part  and  l-.rrie  Shannon  appears  a;  a  Mar 
quise, 

Tender  love  scenes  and  Armistice 
Day  settings  are  shown  in  the  picture, 

filmed  from  "Invisible  Wounds"  with 

the  theme  of  the  right  '  •!  the 

quality  of  bravery,  intertwined. 

Max  Dolin,  the  popular  leader,  and 
his  orchestra,  have  a  special  program 
to  offer  with   this  week-  concert. 

*  *     * 
Imperial 

"Stella  Dallas."  tilmed  from  the  novel 
by  i  Hive  Higgins  Prouty  and  directed 
by  Henry  King,  began  its  run  with 
this  week's  schedule.  Friday,  at  the 
Imperial  Theater.  Belle  Bennett,  the 
ntinued  on  Pipe  15) 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Weddings  and  Betrothals 
Trot  Along  With  Spring 

WEDDING   bells,   betrothal   parties   and   anniversaries 
proclaim    the   advent   of    Spring   as   unmistakably   as 
the  calendar  itself. 

Ever  since  Easter  there  have  been  many  marriages  within 
the  realm  of  society  and  along  with  the  merry  tinkling  of 
wedding  bells  come  the  pretty  betrothal  announcements. 

April  and  Tune  have  long  been  favored  months  for  ro- 
mance, and  this  year  there  seems  to  be  still  more  willing 
maids  and  persistent  suitors  to  excel  the  records  of  other 

days. 

*  *     * 

Famous  Mission  Dolores 
Scene  of  Pretty  Wedding 

Mission  Dolores,  one  of  the  most  famous  of  California's 
historical  missions,  was  the  scene  of  a  beautiful  ceremony 
Wednesday,  April  14  when,  at  high  noon,  the  nuptials  of 
Miss  Grace  McMurdo  and  Mr.  Westcott  Porter  were  cele- 
brated. 

The  wedding  ceremony  was  performed  by  Rev.  Father 
Sullivan  in  the  picturesque  old  Mission  Dolores  founded  in 
1776,  just  five  days  prior  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
of  the  United  States.  The  bride  entered  the  chapel  of  this 
historic  old  church  preceded  by  seven  choir  boys  who 
sang  the  wedding  march.  The  old  altar  of  the  church  was 
massed  in  Easter  lilies,  pink  tulips  and  blue  iris. 

The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  John  N.  McMurdo, 
prominent  in  San  Francisco's  social  circles,  and  of  the  well 
known  California  families.  The  groom  is  the  son  of  Mrs. 
Augusta  Porter  and  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia. His  bride  received  her  education  at  the  Academy 
of  the  Sacred  Heart. 

The  bridal  dress  was  of  ivory  satin  made  in  the  prevailing 
period  stvle  and  covered  with  a  trailing  veil,  caught  to  the 
coiffure  with  a  coronet  of  orange  blossoms.  Rich  old  lace 
was  used  with  the  veil  as  part  of  the  graceful  adornment. 
Gardenias  and  lilies  of  the  valley  formed  a  shower  bouquet 
which  fell  to  the  hem  of  the  bridal  gown. 

Miss  Molly  Steines  was  the  bridesmaid  and  made  a 
charming  picture  in  a  fascinating  gown  of  love-bird  green 
and  orchid  silk  with  a  flaring  hat  of  the  same  colorings. 
Her  bouquet  was  of  gardenias. 

The  best  man  was  1  larold  Pischell.  a  college  friend  of  the 
groom. 

The  wedding  breakfast  took  place  at  the  home  of  the 
bride  on  Twelfth  avenue.  Two  hundred  friends  of  the  two 
families  were  guests  at  the  wedding  ceremony.  Following 
their  honeymoon,  the  young  couple  will  make  their  home 

in  this  city. 

*  *     # 

Betrothal  Party 

At  a  beautifully  appointed  home  party  last  Wednesday, 
the  betrothal  was  announced  of  Miss  Ruth  1  lildcbrecht. 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Theresa  Mercereau  and  Mr.  Charles  1  lildc- 
brecht, to  Mr.  Harold  N.  Bowen. 


The  bridge  tea  was  given  in  compliment  to  another  en- 
gaged girl.  Miss  Marjorie  Gay,  whose  marriage  to  Mr. 
Edwin  Howard  Walter  will  take  place  this  month. 

Miss  Hildebrecht  is  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Edward  Lichtenberg 
and  a  favorite  in  the  younger  set.  Mrs.  Gustave  Greische. 
of  Berkeley,  is  a  sister  of  Mr.  Bowen's.  Miss  Betsy  Bowen 
of  (  lakland  is  his  aunt.  Mrs.  Edward  Lichtenberg  and  Miss 
Gay  assisted 'the  young  bride-to-be  in  receiving  her  guests. 

*  *     * 

Admiral  and  Mrs.  John  Haven  Dayton  of  the  Navy  Yard. 
Mare  Island  are  at  the  Fairmont,  coming  in  to  spend  the 
week-end.  They  are  accompanied  by  Miss  Reed,  and  the 
ladies  have  been  sojourning  for  a  short  time  at  Carmel-by- 

the-Sea. 

*  *     * 

Engaged 

The  engagement  has  been  announced  of  Miss  Elizabeth 
Burke  and  Mr.  James  T.  Wrightson  and  the  wedding  day 
to  be  the  first  of  June.  Miss  Burke  is  a  daughter  of  the 
late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  T.  Burke.  Her  fiance,  the  son  of  the 
late  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Wrightson  of  Easton,  Maryland. 
is  a  Princeton  man  and  during  the  war  served  as  an  ensign 
in  the  navy. 

After  the  wedding  the  young  people  will  make  their  home 

in  Portland,  '  (regon. 

*  *     * 

Sailing  for  Home 

The  many  friends  of  Miss  Helene  Lundborg  have  been 
grieved  to  learn  of  her  illness  in  Paris.  She  has  recovered 
sufficiently  however,  to  enable  her  to  sail  for  home  on  April 
2S,  in  company  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  Irving  Lundborg. 

*  *     * 

So  many  San  Franciscans  have  been  making  plans  for 
European  trips  that  not  a  day  passes  but  coteries  from  the 
local  society  set  have  farewell  events  prior  to  visits  of  long  or 
short  duration  in  Europe  or  the  Orient. 

Mrs.  George  Clough  is  leaving  the  last  of  this  month  for 
Europe,  expecting  to  be  abroad  for  a  year  or  more. 

*  *       * 

The  new  Woman's  City  Club  which  opened  its  doors  last 
Monday  is  already  being  besieged  with  requests  for  rooms 
and  permanent  accommodations  and  it  is  no  wonder,  for  the 
rooms  are  most  attractively  arranged  with  that  homey-at- 
mosphere permeating  every  nook  and  corner.  Good  taste 
predominates  and  there  is  withal  a  certain  cordiality  and 
possession  of  one's  own  which  is  making  a  strong  appeal 
to  members  who  have  decided  to  make  the  club  their  happy 
abiding  place. 

Mrs.  Sally  Waters  has  moved  into  one  of  the  permanent 
rooms  and  will  henceforth  have  her  address  at  the  beautiful 
new  Woman's  City  Club. 

*  *     * 

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along  the  El  Caniino  Real  will  be  the  center 
of  interest  at  the  Franciscan  Festival  to  be 
staged.  May  10  to  15  in  the  Exposition  Audi- 
torium. More  than  100  prominent  organiza- 
tions of  men  and  women  are  participating  in 
this  noteworthy  event. 

Mission  Santa  Barbara  will  be  the  benefici- 
ary as  proceeds  will  be  used  in  aid  of  the  re- 
storation fund  for  the  Mission  recently  de- 
stroyed by  earthquake.  Federal,  State  and 
City  officials  have  endorsed  the  festival  ac- 
cording to  Rev.  Father  Bernardine,  O.  F.  M.. 
general  director  and  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
festival. 

Mayor  James  Rolph  Jr.,  is  honorary  chair- 
man and  Hon.  Harry  I  Mulcrevy  is  executive 
chairman.  Dignitaries  of  leading  civic,  educa- 
tional and  religious  societies  are  supporting 
the  cause  which  has  endeared  itself  to  thous- 
ands of  people  throughout  the  entire  state. 

The  twenty-one  Missions  founded  by  the 
Franciscan  Fathers  will  be  reproduced  in  min- 
iature and  placed  in  booths  encompassing  the 
auditorium.  Mission  Santa  Barbara,  repro- 
duced in  detail,  will  be  on  the  stage.  A  promenade  of  the 
festival  scenes  will  be  of  educational  value  as  the  chrono- 
logical arrangement  will  represent  important  data  and  in- 
formation. 

Gifts  from  many  parts  of  the  world  will  be  displayed  and 
each  night  there  will  be  a  program  depicting  iii  song, 
pageantry  and  story  the  purposes  of  the  festival.  There 
will  be  dancing  every  evening. 

California's  Missions  are  famous  throughout  the  civilized 
world  and  the  Franciscan  Festival  will  aim  to  make  the 
great  work  of  the  Missions  and  their  founders  one  of  the 
most  impressive  historical  events  which  our  city  lias  ever 
known,  according  to  those  who  have  supervision  over  the 
festival  and  its  lofty  purposes. 

*  *     * 
Baldwins  Home 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Baldwin  have  been  the  9peciall) 
honored  guests  at  a  round  of  teas,  receptions  and  dinners 
since  their  return  from  Colorado  Springs.  They  have  been 
visiting  Mrs.  Baldwin's  niece,  Mrs.  William  \\  ,  (rocker. 
and  Mr.  Crocker  at  their  mansion  in   Burlingame, 

Mrs.  William  I'..  Bourn  gave  a  charming  luncheon  for 
the    Baldwins   last    week,   entertaining,     also,     the     Due     de 

Trevise  and  many  societ)  folks  of  the  peninsula  sel 

Leaving  on  Friday  fur  Pebble  Beach,  the  Baldwins  have 

been  visiting  Mrs.  John   B,  Casserl)   at   her  beautiful   1'oint 
Lobos  home  near  Carmel. 

*  *     * 

Air.  and  Mrs.  Phillip  Fay  and  their  daughter.  Miss  Phil- 
lip Fay,  return  home  this  week,  after  having  visited  at  the 
Symington  home  in  Baltimore.  Captain  Powers  Symington 
and  Mrs.  Symington,  (nee  Maude  Fay)  are  relatives  of  the 
Baltimore   Symingti  >n>. 

*  *     * 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Charles  Mills  Gayley  and  Mi"  Betty 
Gayley  of  the  University  ,,f  California,  have  returned  home 
after  a  long  absence  abroad.     They  spent   considerable  time 

in  England. 

Miss  Gayley  was  presented  at  the  Court  of  St.  fames 
last  year. 


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Airs.  William  Sesnon  gave  one  of  the  most 
attractive  of  the  Spring  luncheons  this  past 
week  at  her  Divisadero  home  in  compliment  to 
Mrs.  George  Forderer,  who  has  just  returned 
from  Europe.  Mrs.  Sesnon's  guests  were  :  Mes- 
dames  William  Weir,  Howard  Morrow,  Her- 
man Meyer,  Leland  S.  Lathrop,  Arthur  Sharp, 
Frank  Fuller,  Albert  J.  Houston,  Florence 
Porter  Pfingst,  Charles  C.  Moore,  Thomas  H. 
Williams,  Anna  Voorhies,  Bishop,  Paul  Ban- 
croft, John  Deahl,  Prentis  Cobb  Hale,  John 
Sutton,  Edward  Haas,  Leroy  Briggs  and  Ed- 
win Sheldon. 

*     *     * 

Feted  at  Luncheon 

A  large  luncheon  was  given  by  Mrs.  William 
Frederick  Fay  at  the  Fairmont  in  honor  of 
Miss  Marjorie  Gay.  There  were  about  fifty 
guests  seated  at  two  elaborately  decorated 
tables.  Among  them  were  Mesdames  Kenneth 
Lynch,  Wells  Pleas,  Frank  Dickey,  Harold 
Turner.  11.  (  >.  Warren.  John  II.  Threlkeld, 
Robert  Steinberger,  Lester  B.  Cranz,  Lawrence 
Ionian,  Reed  Funsten.  Hubert  Anderson,  Stanley  Powell. 
Dudley  Bliss  Jr..  Vernon  Alvord,  Ghirardelli  Menefee,  Ger- 
ald Halsey,  Cyril  Cornwallis-Stevenson,  William  Woods 
Adams.  Charles  < ,.  Gwynn,  Herbert  Schoning,  Lyman  Hea- 
cock,  Thomas  (  ('Council.  Earl  Wright.  Judson  Sale.  Fred- 
erick lk"-s  and  Misses  Virginia  Powell.  Claire  and  Helen 
Stringer.  Doreen  Tittle,  Lucile  Bruns,  Barbara  Payne,  Vera 
Bernhard,  Ruth  Hildebrecht,  Ethel  Stoakes  and  a  number  of 

others,  including  about   fifteen   from  across  the  bay. 

*  *      * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Franklin  Noah  Dewej  were  hosts  at  a  pleas- 
ant informal  dinner  Friday  night  at  Hotel  Clareinont  to  a 
few  intimate  friends 

The  table  was  centered  by  a  dainty  bunch  of  pink  rose- 
buds and  lavender  sweet  peas, 

Those  gathered  about  the  tabic  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ray 
Simonds,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chester  Eschens,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Franklin  Noah  Dewey,  Mr.  Franklin   Dewey.  Mr.   Donald 

I  >cwcv. 

*  *     * 

Among  the  prominent  guests  who  have  been  at  the  Fair- 
mont hotel  the  past  week  are:  C.  II.  Poppenhau-cn  of  Chi- 
\!r.  and  Mr-.  Fred  R.  Webb  of  London.  Mrs.  J.  Henry 
Watson  of  New  York  and  Major  Henry  L.  Watson,  of 
Monterey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo  Chcrniav  akv  of  London  and  a 
party  of  prominent  people  from  Detroit  —  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
A.  W  Winter,  Mi^s  Lucille  Winter.  Mr.  anil  Mrs  W.  H 
Graham  and  Mr.  and  Mr-.  VV.  G.  I.erchen  and  family. 

*  *     * 

Saturday  evening  the  sun  porch  of  Hotel  Clareniotit  was 
the  attractive  setting  for  the  initiation  dinner  of  the  Pi 
Sigma  Phi  Sorority,  the  women's  professional  chemistry 
ainl  allied  science  sorority  of  the  University  of  California. 

Ten   new  member-   were  welcomed  on  that  night. 

The  table  decorations  were  particularly  lovely  with 
dainty  lavender  and  pink  sweet  peas.  Lavender  candles  and 
pink  nut  cups  completed  the  decorative  scheme. 

Mi-s  1'1-a  Brum  lop.  of  Berkeley,  and   Mi--   Frances  Tay- 
lor of  i  takland  were  in  charge  of  the  affair. 
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tions.    Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim- 
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10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Amateurs  are  Good  Starters 

THE  other  , day  an  advertisement 
appeared  in  a  weekly  radio  publi- 
cation ad  ertising  a  well-known  make 
of    receiving-    set.      Well-known     from 


C.  J.  Pennington 

consistent  advertising  and  not  from  any 
wonderful  results  that  the  set  itself  has 
ever  produced. 

Now  this  particular  advertisement 
stated  that  radio  had  outgrown  the 
amateur,  which  we  will  agree  with,  to 
the  extent  of  investing  millions  of  dol- 
lars, but  as  for  the  investment  of  brains, 
never: 

"Radio,  today,  is  in  the  bands  of  the 
greatest  scientific  minds:"  (stated  the 
ad)  "vet  the  scientific  minds  of  today 
in  radio  were  the  amateurs  of  yester- 
day, and  practically  every  radio  expert 
today  was  at  one  time  only  an  amateur, 
and  mure  than  likely  proud  of  the  fact. 
Those  who  have  entered  the  field  with- 
out a  knowledge  of  radio,  entered  with 
their  money  and  reputation  along  other 
lines,  which  was  needed  to  make  radio 
wdiat  it  is  today,  but  as  far  as  the  in- 
vention of  any  new  and  startling  ap- 
paratus is  concerned,  these  people  are 
lacking.  They  furnish  the  capital,  but 
not  the  thinking  for  designing  the  dif- 
ferent hook-ups." 

This  advertisement  also  stated  that 
it  was  not  possible  for  the  amateur  to 
build  as  good  a  receiving  set  as  those 
turned  out  of  a  factory.  Perhaps  not 
as  beautiful  in  looks,  but  when  it  comes 
to  operation,  the  amateur  has  the  edge ; 
for  the  reason  that  this  writer  has  had 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  and  hearing  a 
receiving  set  designed  and  built  by  an 
amateur  that  is  the  best  he  has  had  the 
pleasure  of  ever  listening  to  under  any 
conditions.  This  particular  set  was 
built  almost  two  years  ago  and  is  doing 
service  at  the  present  time  and  nothing 
has  arrived  on  the  market  to  out-work 
it,  even  though  the  large  firms  have 
millions  to  do  with. 


The  writer  of  this  advertisement  had 
the  courage  to  state,  on  a  printed  page, 
that  radio  has  outgrown  the  amateur! 
If  it  was  not  for  the  amateur,  where 
would  radio  be  today?  The  amateur, 
by  his  consistent  experimenting,  made 
radio  what  it  is.  and  he  will  continue  to 
improve  it  as  time  goes  on. 

Not  long  ago  there  was  talk  of  drop- 
ping the  wave  band  to  150  meters  and 
by  so  doing  junk  a  half  billion  dollars 
worth  of  radio  apparatus,  thereby  kill- 
ing the  game  for  another  long  period 
of  time.  What  the  manufacturer  should 
do  is  not  to  strive  to  conquer  new  fields 
continually,  but  try  and  concpier  the 
field  that  is  now  in  his  power. 

The  advertisement  stated  the  truth 
when  it  said  that  radio  owed  a  debt 
to  the  amateur.  It  does,  and  it  always 
will,  for  it  is  safe  to  say  that  it  will  be 
an  amateur  who  will  develop  radio  to 
its   highest   state  of   perfection    in    the 

future. 

*     *     * 

More  About  Aerials 

A  recent  arrival  is  a  new  type  of 
aerial  that  to  date  is  the  best  that  has 
as  vet  been  placed  on  the  market  or 
invented  ;  and  one  of  the  greatest  as- 
sets  to  present  day   reception. 

It  seems  that  the  present  radio  fan  is 
entirely  too  slack  in  the  matter  of  put- 
ting up  an  antenna,  and  this  latest  in- 
vention till  a  long  felt  want  in  that 
respect. 

This  new  invention  in  aerials  is  the 
Kuster  Double  Loop  outdoor  antenna 
and  it  is  the  aerial  that  will  come  near- 
est to  perfect  reception  without  a  chance 
of  failure.  It  is  absolutely  non-direction- 
al, eliminates  interference  due  to  ad- 
jacent antennas  and  power  lines;  has 
a  low  resistance  and  produces  strong 
signals.  It  is  easily  attached  to  any 
roof  or  to  the  side  of  the  building;  will 
not  sway  in  the  wind  and  does  away 
with  any  tendency  to  fading  that  comes 
from  the  ordinary  antenna  becoming 
slack. 

It  is  made  in  three  types:  Type  "A" 
has  100  feet  of  wire  and  is  used  where 
great  volume  is  desired,  or  in  localities 
where  reception  is  ordinarily  difficult. 
Type  "B"  has  60  feet  of  wire  and  is 
more  selective  than  type  "A."  This 
type  is  more  popular  for  use  in  cities 
and  crowded  communities.  Type  "C" 
carries  30  feet  of  wire  and  is  extremely 
selective  and  may  be  used  where  recep- 
tion  is  unusually  good. 

The  Kuster  Double  Loop  outdoor 
antenna  is  strongly  made  and  will  last 
indefinitely  in  any  climate.  It  is  easily 
attached  and  requires  one  man  only  to 


make  an   installation.     It  is  non-mag- 
netic, water  and  weather-proof. 

To  those  who  are  skeptical  an  inves- 
tigation will  bear  out  the  above  state- 
ments, to  anyone's  full  satisfaction. 


Broadcasting  station  KPO  has  in- 
augurated a  series  of  daily  broadcasts 
of  all  Pacific  Coast  League  games 
played  here.  Remote  control  equip- 
ment has  been  installed  at  Recreation 
Park,  the  local  field,  and  every  game 
played  there  during  the  season  will  be 
put  on  the  air,  play  by  play.  Clair  E. 
Morrison,  chief  announcer  of  KPO, 
will  be  "behind  the  microphone"  for 
the  broadcasts  which  will  mark  a  new 
departure  in  western  radio.  Several 
stations  have  carried  telegraphic  re- 
ports of  ball  games,  but  KPO  is  the 
first  on  record  to  broadcast  direct  from 
the  field  in  a  daily  service  to  the  radio 
audience. 

*     *     * 

First  Aid  to  Radios 

Similar  to  the  American  Automobile 
Association  and  other  such  protective 
orders,  the  California  State  Radio  As- 
sociation has  come  to  make  its  home  in 
San  Francisco.  The  promotors  of  the 
association,  Bert  B.  Gottschalk  and 
Harry  H.  Sewelson.  created  it  to  fill 
an  expressed  want  for  an  efficient  radio 
maintenance  service. 

By  joining  the  association,  the  own- 
er of  any  radio  receiver  is  guaranteed 
real  and  constant  service  from  his  set. 
at  a  nominal  cost.  Offices  have  been 
installed  at  322  Pacific  Bldg.,  Market 
and  4th  Sts.  Special  service  cars  have 
been  provided  for  monthly  inspection 
calls  as  well  as  for  emergency  calls. 


Inventor  of  Radio 

The  first  commercially  successful  radio 
or  wireless  system  was  patented  in  1897 
by  Guglielmo  Marconi,  the  Italian  inven- 
tor, who  since  became  known  as  the 
"wireless  wizard."  The  next  important 
discovery  in  radio  was  about  1906,  when 
Lee  DeForest,  an  American,  invented  the 
audion  or  three  electrode  vacuum  tube. 


— The  Bureau  of  Mines,  which  form 
a  part  of  the  Department  of  Commerce 
at  Washington,  after  a  very  compre- 
hensive investigation  of  the  problem 
of  the  recovery  of  oil  from  oil  sands, 
says:  "It  is  generally  estimated  that 
only  about  20  per  cent  of  the  oil  under- 
ground is  recovered  by  present  meth- 
ods of  flowing  and  pumping." 


April  24,   1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


KLX — OAKLAND  THIRI'MO,    OAK- 
LAND—  BOS.2 

Sunday,  April  25 

Silent 

Monday.  April  '2(1 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

S:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  broadcast  through 
the  courtesy  of  Harry  M.   Shane,  jeweler. 

9:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Weekly  meeting  of  the 
Protective  Order  of  Lake  Merritt  Ducks. 

Tuesday,  April  '27 

3:00   p.  m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

Silent  after   7:30   p.  m. 

Wednesday,  April  28 

3:00    p.   m. — Baseball. 

fi:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

8:00    to   9:00   p.   m. — Educational  program. 

9:00     to    10:00    p.    m. — Program    through 
courtesy    of   Olin   S.   Grove   Phonograph   and 
Radio  Shop. 

Thursday,   April   21) 

3:00   p.    m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

.Silent  after  7:30  p.  m. 

Friday,   April   SO 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

8:0  to  9:45  p.  m. — Studio  program  through  the 
courtesy  of  the  Western  Auto  Supply  com- 
pany. 

9:45  to  10:30  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

Saturday,  May  1 

3:00    p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

Silent  after  7:30  p.  m. 


the 


KGO — GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO., 
OAKLAND — 301 

Sunday,  April  25 

11:00  a.  m. — Trinity  Espiscopal  Church  service 
(San  Francisco):  Rev.  Chas.  P.  Deems,  rec- 
tor. Sermon  text:  Isaiah  62:10,  "Lift  Up  a 
Standard  for  the  People."  Benjamin  Moore, 
organist. 

3:30  p.  m. — Vesper  services,  Grace  Cathedral. 
,San    Francisco. 

7:40   p.    m.— Weather   Bureau    report. 

7:45  p.  m. — Trinity  Episcopal  Church  service 
(San  Francisco);  Rev.  Chas.  P.  Deems,  rec- 
tor. Sermon  subject:  "The  Joy  that  Cannot 
Be  Taken  out  of  Life."  Benjamin  Moore, 
organist. 

Monday,  April  20 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs. 
William    H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45   a.    m. — "Pep    Class."    Health    Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class."  Health 
Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,    Clay   &   Company. 

12:00  noon. — Time  Signal. 

1 2:30    p.    m, — Weather    Bureau    reports, 

1:30  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock   reports. 

1:37   p.   m.— S.    P,   stock    reports. 

I  :  12    p,    in.— Weather   Bureau    reports, 

3:00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Annie  H.  Allen.  University 
of  California,  talk  on  "Expression."  Maud 
Sloan  Fluno.  Boprano,  Star  Trio:  Helen 
Geiger,  soprano;  Mi  Id  reel  MeFall,  mezzo . 
Marie    Stebbins,   contralto. 

5:30  to  6:00  p.  m. — Aunt  Betty  tliuth  Thomp- 
son)    Stories;    KGO    Kiddies'    Klub. 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Kohler  & 
Chase.    San    Francisco  ;    A  in ph  ion    Trio. 

6:66  p.  m. — News  Items. 

i  03    p,   m.— Weather  Bureau    report 

Tim;  p.  m. — S.  F.  Produce.  Grain,  Cotton  and 
Metals. 

7:14   p.  m. — N.   Y.  stock   reports   (closing). 

7:21    p.    in. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

8:00  p.  in.  —  educational  program — music  and 
speakers. 

Carmena    (Wilson) — Avion    Trio. 

S:05  p.  m. — Major  ftdw.  1.  Bowie,  Director  of 
Weather  Bureau,  speaker  for  £j.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  AgTtCUlture.  Also.  Belle  de  Graf. 
11  nine  Economics  Specialist:  "Springtime 
and    l,;iml'.' 

Country    Mane.'    (Nell    Gwyn    Dances — Ger- 
m«  n  > — Arlon    Trio. 
8:25     p.     m. — Joseph     Hen  iv     Jackson:     "Chats 

Ab.-ut  New  Books  " 

Pastoral      <  Nell     Gwyn     i  dances — German ) 

Arion   Trio, 
8:60    p.   in. — Mrs.    Thomas   G,    Winter,   speaker. 

Chairman    International    Relations,    C.eneral 

Federation  of  Women's  Clubs:  "Don't  Rock 

the   Boat."      Also,  greetings  from  Mrs.  \V.   R. 

\  u  oi  .1.  Chairman  American  Citizenship: 
Mrs.     Uaggfe     Harry.      Chairman      American 

Home  Department;  and  Anne  Faulkner 
Obendorfer,   chairman    of  Music 

Merrymakers    Dance     ( Nell    Gwyn    Dances — 
German) — Arion    Trio, 


9:16  p.  m. — Klizabeth  G.  Anderson,  police- 
woman of  Berkeley,  speaker,  auspices  of 
Home  Department,  Second  District,  Califor- 
nia Congress  of  Parents  and  Teachers; 
course,  "Character  Training  in  the  Home;" 
subect,  "Character  Training  as  a  Crime 
Preventive." 

Piano  Solo — Joyce  Hollo  way  Barthelson — 
The    Brookside    (Stojowski) 

9:30  p.  m. — Mabel  S.  Gifford,  speaker,  aus- 
pices Extension  Division,  University  of  Cali- 
fornia; subject,  "General  Speech  Improve- 
ment, and  the  Correction  of  Speech  De- 
fects   and    Disorders." 

Thank  God  for  a  Garden  (Del  Riego)  Arion 
Trio. 

Tuemlay,    April    '27 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs; 
William    H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45   a.   m. — "Pep    Class,"    Health   Tra-i.-vng. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class."  Health 
Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert-, 
Sherman,    Clay   &   Company. 

12:00   noon. — Time  Signal. 

12:30    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau   reports. 

1:30   p.   m. — N.   Y.  Stock   reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.   .Stock    reports. 

1:42    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 

4 :00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra,  Hotel 
St.  Francis,  ,San  Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 
rera  directing. 

5:30  p.  m. — Zilfa  Phillips  Estcourt:  "As  a 
Woman    Thinketh." 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Kohler  & 
('base,  San   Francisco;  Amphion  Trio. 

6:55  p.  m. — News  Items. 

7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:06   p.    m. —  Baseball    scores. 

7:0S  p.  m. — S.  F.  Produce,  Grain.  Cotton  and 
Metals. 

7:Hi   p.   m. — N.    V.   Stock    reports    (closing). 

7 :2S    p.    m. — S.    F.   Stock   reports   (closing). 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  ni. — Rveready  program  (San 
Francisco    studio). 

Duets  for  Contralto  and  Tenor — Eva  Grun- 
lnger  Atkinson    ami    Huston    Kent 

i  ..i  Camargo     (Air    de    la     Provencale) 
Schindler;     L'Addlo    a     Napoll     (Cottrau); 
Beta    Marvin    Pomeroy,    Accompanist 
Tenor   Solos — Baston    Kent 

Marching   Along    (White);    Where'er   You 
Walk    (Handel);   Invlctus   tHuhm. 

V  ii'lin     Solos — M;irioti      Nicholson 

Larghetto   Affettuoaa    i  Marcello-Pranko); 
Gavotte    <  Mozart  -  Auer  >. 

Contralto  Solos-  Eva  Grunlnger  Atkinson 
Romance  (Debussy) ;  Ltlebesfeler  (Weln- 
gartner);  Who'll  Buy  My  Lavender  (Ger- 
man l :  The  Sea    (Schaefer). 

Duets-— dSva  Grunlnger  Atkinson  and  Baston 
Kent 

At      Parting      (Rubinstein);     Wanderer's 
Night   Song    <  Rubinstein). 

T»  nor    Solos — Baston     Kent 

L'Heure    Bxqulse    (Poldowskl);  Tea   Veux 

<  Rati 

Beta  Marvin   Pomeroy,   Accompanist. 

Violin     Solos—  Marion    Nicholson 
1 1  >  inn     to     iti.>     Sun     i  Kimsky-K 

i.a    « !aprlcleuse    <  ESIg 
Contralto    Solos— Bva    Grunlnger    Atkinson 
Dream    Maker    Man    (Nevln);    <  >h    Lovely 
Night    (Landon    Ronald) ;    in   the   Land   of 
Sunshine    (Uda    Waldrop);    Salutation    to 

the    Dawn    (with    violin  oblfgalo>    (Steven- 
son *. 
DuetS — Eva  Grunlnger  Atkinson  and  KaMon 

Kent 

Fa  r     Aw  a      i  Beach  I .     Breezes     of     Night 
.  Barcarolle  I    <  <  lounod). 
9:00  to  9:10  p.  m. — Henry  M    Hyds      Wonders 

oi     ihe    Skv 

9:io   to   10:00  p,   m.  —  (San   Francisco  studio* 
[nstrumental     Selections— 1  >uk>-     Kamoku's 
Hawaiian    Players, 
Bass  Solos —  Donald  Neal 
still  as  the  Night   (Bohm);  Mother  Carey 

(Keel);    Port    o'    Many    Ships    <K- 

Helen    M<  ompanlat 

instrumental     Selections — l  >uke     Kamoka'a 

Hawaiian 
10:00    p.    m.    to    18:00    midnight — Dance    music. 

Madson's     Midshipmen,     Hotel    St.     Francis. 

San  Pran< 
Wedaa— day,  April  sfl 

7:16    t.>  7  Sn  a     m. — 'Knergetics    class."    Health 
Training    Exercises,    Hugh    Barrett    I,»obbs; 
William    H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 
7:46  a.   m. — "Pep   '"lass."    Health   Training 
•»   l  ".    to   y   SO  a,   m. —   lazybones'  class."  Health 

Training 
8:80    a.    m — I  Strength." 

11:30   a.    m.    to    1  no   p     m. — Luncheon   concert, 
Sherman,    Clay    &    Company, 
noon. — Time   Signal. 
p.    m. — r.    s.    Weather    Bureau    reports 
p    in — N    Y    Stock  report* 
1:3 1    p.    m. — S     F.    Stock    reports. 

p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports 

p.  m — Williams  Institute   (Rerke- 
N  y  i     speaker        Tlulh     Wamhold     Park  - 


piano.       Albert     Peck     Bates,     basso.       Eva 

Garcia,    pianist,    presents     Lillian     Herman 

and  Virginia  Beanston.      "Hints   for  House- 
keepers." 
4 :00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra.    Hotel 

St.  Francis,  San  Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 

rera   directing". 
5:30    p.   m. — Mr.    Fix -it    answers    questions. 
0:00   to   6:55   p.  m. — Dinner   concert,    Kohler   & 

Chase,    San    Francisco;    Amphion    Trio. 
6:55  p.  m. — News  Items. 
7 :03    p.   m. — Weather   Bureau    report. 
7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 
7:08    p.    m. — S.   F.   Produce,    Grain,   Cotton    and 

Metals. 
7:16    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing1). 
7:23   p.   m. — S.   F.   Stock  reports    (closing-). 
Wednesday    night    silent. 
Thursday.  April  '20 
7:15  to  7:30  a.  m, — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 

Training    Exercises,    Hugh    Barrett    Dobbs; 

William    H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 
7:45   a.    m. — "Pep   Class,"    Health   Training. 
8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 

Training. 
S:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 
11:30   a.    m.    to    1:00   p.   m. — 'Luncheon   concert; 

Sherman,   Clay   &   Company. 
12:00   noon. — Time  Signal. 
12:30    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 
1:30  p.   m. — N.   Y.  Stock   reports. 
1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.  .Stock    reports. 
1:42    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 
4 :00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra,    Hotel 

St.    Francis.   San   Francisco,  Vinton   La  Fer- 

i  era    directing. 
.->  30  lo  6:3ii  p.  m. — George  W.  Ludlow.  "Friend 

to  Boys,"   assisted   by   George  Blaufuss,   Jr.. 

juvenile   entertainer. 

6:66    p.    111. — News    Items. 

7:08    p.    m. —  Weather    Bureau     report 

7:iifi    p.    m. — -Baseball    scores. 

7  :i»s    p,    m. — S.    F.    Produce.    Grain.    CottOH    and 

.Metals. 
7 :1  H    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing), 
i  :23    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing1). 
8:00   p.    m. — (Oakland   studio) 

I>os    i  '.at os    H  igh    School    Orchestra 

Fatinit/.a     March     (  von     Sup  p.-  >  ;     Selection 

From  "Chimes  of  Normandy    (Planquette). 
Charles   Hay  ward,  director. 
Tenor    SolO — Herbert    L.    Roberts 

The   Road    that    Brought  You   to  Me   (Ham- 

blen). 
i  'm  lot   Solo — Ben   Mable 

Villa!    My   Villa!    i  Lehar  i 
Los    Oatoa    High    School    Orchestra 
Stradella  Overture    (Flotow);   in   a   Persian 

Market    I  Ketelby), 
Bassoon    Solo — Howard    Lewis 
l.e    Bonneur    <  S-iuir'1  >. 

Sol  ob — Herberl   L,    Roberts 

Vale  (Russell);  My  Treasure  (Trevelsa). 
Los   ■  '■<  I  o*.    High    School    Orchestra 

Chanson  Trlste  (Tschatkowsky);  Selection 
■ni    "Blossom   Time"    < Schubert). 

I p    in — Program  under  direction  of  Santa 

•  'lara  Valley  *Fiests  de  his  Rosas"  present- 
ing the  Fiesta  de  las  Rosas  Instrumental 
ixtette,  Dr.  Chas.  M  Richards,  director. 
SSetta  Goodman,  piano  log  1st  Ed  Ferguson, 
tenor.  Mr.  w,  l  >.  Gordon,  Scotch  bagpiper, 
Former  soloist   with    the   Gordon    Hlgnland- 

10  a    in.  —  Dance  music,  Rro- 

kaw  and  Orchestra,  Paradise  Gardens.  Oak- 
land 

Kilriny.    April  30 

7:16  to  7:10  a  m. —  "Energetics1  class,"  Health 
Training     Exercises,     Hugh     Barrett     Dobbs; 

William    H     M  impanlst 

7:46    a.    m. — "Pep   Class."    Health    Training. 
8:16  to  8:30  a.  m. — "lazybones'  class."  Health 

Training. 

$:3n    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 

1110    a.    m. — Pro  Horn  .making 

Talk. 
11   80   a.    m.    to    1  mo   p.   ni. — Luncheon   concert: 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Company. 
noon — Time  Signal. 
I»     m.  —  Wfath<T    Bureau    rep 
1:30  p.   m.— N    Y    Stock    rep    i 
1:31   p.   m. — s.    P.  stock   reports, 

1  ;IJ    p.    m — Weather    Bureau    reports 

■     ■ 

P*l01  its    Mrs      Henry     I 

prano.  and  Martha  .lalava,  meKo-««pran". 
Irma  Harris  Vngt.  accompanist. 
Meyer,  pianist.  Frederick  t;  Nodder,  tenor 
0  p  m — Concert  orchestra.  Hotel 
St.  Francis.  San  Francisco.  Vinton  La  Fer- 
rera   directing. 

m. — Km  her    Wood    Schneider. 
KiP  I    P.adfo    Girls. 

P    m. — Dinner  concert.   Kohler  A 
chase.  San  Francisco;  Amphion   1 
ni — News   Items. 
m  — Weather    Bureau    report. 
m — Baseball    s 

n   and 
sfetaOa. 

nv — N.    Y     StocK    reports    (closing! 
m — S     F.    Stock    reports    t  closing  >. 
Friday   night   sib 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


.Saturday,  May  1 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetfcs"  class,"  Health 
Training    Exercises,    Hugh    Barrett    Dobbs; 
William    H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 
7:45   a.    m. — "'Pep    Class,"    Health   Training. 
8:15   to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 

Training. 
8:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 
8:45    a.    m. — ;Songs;    William    H.    Hancock. 
11:30  a.  m.   to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 

Sherman,   Clay   &  Company. 
12:00  noon. — Time  Signal. 

12 :30    p.    m. — U.    S.    Weather    Bureau    rep  oils. 
12:33    p.   m. — N.    Y.   Stock   reports. 
12:40    p.    m. — S.   F.  .Stock   reports. 
4 :00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra,    Hotel 
St.   Francis,  San  Francisco,  Vinton   La   Fer- 
rera  directing. 
8:00   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau   report.     Al  San- 

toro — "Weekly   Sport    Review. 
8:10     p.     m. — (Oakland    studio  ) — Program     by 
Radio     Department,     The     Emporium,     San 
Francisco. 

Suite  for  two  violins  and  piano    (Moszkow- 
ski ) — George    Lipschultz,     Isias    Barrientos 
and    Adolph    Knauer. 
Soprano    Solos — Elsa    Beblow    Trautner 

Lo,  Hear   the  Gentle  Lark    (Bishop);   Thou 
Brilliant   Bird    (David). 

( Flute    obligatos   by    Willard    Flashman) 
Strollers    Male    Quartette 

Invictus    (Huhn);    All    the    World    Loves 
a    Smiler    (Wing). 
Flute  Solos — Willard   Flashman 

Ballade      (Perilhon  > ;     Bagatelle      (Flash- 
man). 
Violin   Solos — George  Lipschultz 

Serenade  (Tosellii;  Absent  (Metcalf);  No- 
body   Knows    de    Trouble    As    See    (Negro 
Spiritual ). 
Tenor   Solos — Jennings   Pierce 

The  Way  to   Your  Heart   (Lockhart);   Till 
the   Dawn  Breaks  Through    (Kountz). 
Whistling    Solos — Mildred    Wright 

Come,   for   It's  June   (Forster):    Birds   and 
the  Brook    (Stults);   Waltz    (Chopin). 
Strollers   Male    Quartette 

Juanita  (Norton);  Sweet  and  Low   (Barn- 
by). 
Bass   Solos — Morton   Gleason 

Sittin"    Thinkin'    (Fisher);    Give   a  Man    a 
Horse    (Head). 
Two-piano    numbers — Phyllida    Ashley    and 
Aileen    Fealey 

Romance   and    Waltz    ( Arenskv  i ;    Gavotte 
and    Musette    (Raff). 
Tenor  Solos — Philip   Ashcrafl 

The   Gypsy  Trail    (Galloway);   I    Know  of 
Two    Bright   Eyes    (Clutsam). 
Hawaiian    Songs — Haleala   Desha    Becker. 
Strollers   Male    Quartette 

The  Trumpeter  (Dixi;  Wake,  Miss  Lindy. 
9:45  p.  m. — Radio  mystery  serial,  "A  Step  on 
the  .Stairs."  arranged  by  Radio  Digest 
(tenth  installment ). 
10 :00  p.  m.  to  12:00  midnight — Dance  music, 
Madson's  Midshipmen.  Hotel  St.  Francis, 
San    Francisco. 


KPO — HALE  BROS.  AM)  THK  CHRONICLE, 
SAN   FRANCISCO — 128.3 

Sunday.    April   25 

9:45  to  10:46  a.  m. — Undenominational  and 
non-sectarian  church  services  conducted  by 
Dr.  R.  S.  Donaldson,  Presbyterian  superin- 
tendent for  San  Francisco  bay  region; 
theme,  "The  Antidote  for  Modern  Confu- 
sion." William  Corriss  at  the  Wurlitzer 
organ. 

10:45  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  in- 
formation. 

2:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Broadcast  of  the  Boys' 
Band  of  Modesto,  assisted  by  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Mo  u  trey,  soprano  soloist,  from  the 
<  'ivic    Auditorium. 

5:00  to  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.  Giselman  at  the  California  Palace  of 
the  Legion  of   Honor. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant 
orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

6:30  p.   m, — "Ye  Towne  Cryer." 

6:36  to  S:3-r.  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Cyrus 
Trobbe. 

8:35  to  10:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

Monday,   April  2« 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given   by   the  Y.   M.  C.   A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  informa- 
tion. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

2:30   to   3:30   p.    m. — Matinee  program. 

3:30  to  4:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra.   Cyrus   Trobbe    director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  bv 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge,  assisted  by  Uncle  Hi  and  Uncle 


6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  Quotations  and  general  information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

S:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 
Dance   Orchestra,    directed   by   Gene  James. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — KF1.  Los  Angeles,  and 
KPO,  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously a  program  originating  in  the 
KFI  studio  for  the  Walter  M,  Murphy  Mo- 
tors   Company. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Cabiria  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra,    Billy    Long    director. 

TiM'sdjiy,    April    27 

i  :00,  7:30,  s:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given    by    the    Y.    M.    C.    A. 

10:30  a.  m.— 'Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and    poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

2:30    to   3:30   p.    m. — Matinee   program. 

3:30  to  4:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra.   <  lyrus    Trobbe    director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket   limitations  and  general   information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m.— The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

r:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

8:00   to  3:00   p.  m. — Studio  program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  Riven  for  the 
Mona  Motor  Oil  Company,  featuring  the 
Mima  Motor  Oil  trio,  and  the  Mona  Motor 
Oil    harmony    team,    Gypsy   and   Marta. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 
Dance    Orchestra,   Gene   James   director. 

Wertne-sday.    April   28 

i  mi,  i  ::;<i.  8;00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given    by    the    Y.    M.    C.   A. 

10:30  a.  m.— "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheesi 
ami    poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

l:i)0  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

2:30  to  2:40  p.  m. — Talk  by  Helen  Gordon 
Barker,  art  lecturer  at  the  De  Young  Mu- 
seum. 

2:40  to  3:30  p.  m. — Matinee  program  presented 
by  James  Lono's  Hawaiians. 

3:30  to  3:40  p.  m. — Fashion  notes  from  "Breath 
of    tlie   Avenue." 

3:4(i  to  4:30  p.  in. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,  Cyrus  Trobbe  director. 

5:15  in  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  to. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stork  mar- 
ket   quotations   and   general    information. 

0:30  (o  7:  mi  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,    AValdemar     Lind     directing. 

7:'i'i  to  ( :30  n.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

8:00  to  0:on  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent  Artists  under  the  auspices  of  Ernest 
tngold,    Inc. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m, — Program  by  the  Goodrich 
Silverton  Cord  orchestra,  Reg  Code  direct- 
ing. 

10:00  to  11:00  P.  m.— The  States  Restaurant 
Orchestra,    Waldemar   Lind   directing. 

Thursday,  April  20 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m, — Dally  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  Y.   M.  c.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
1'  S,  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and    poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. —  Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra, 

-'■■'•"    to    3:30    p.    m. — Matinee    program. 

3:30  to  1:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus    Trobbe    director. 

5:16  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  bv 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of  Knowl- 
edge,  assisted   by   Uncle   Si   and  Uncle   Hi. 

G:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket   quotations  and   general   information. 

t»:3o  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra, Waldemar  Lind  director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  .Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

v<io  to  10:00  p.  m. — Musical  program  and  one- 
act  play  presented  by  the  Humboldt  State 
Teachers'    College. 

10  nn  to  nniii  p.  m.— Cabiria  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra,   Billy    Long    director. 


Friday.    April    80 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given   by   the  Y.   M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and    poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

12:45  p.  m. — Talk  from  the  Commonwealth 
Club   luncheon   at    the   Palace   Hotel. 

1  :30  to  -  :00  j),  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
i  lotel    Orchestra. 

4:n0  to  5:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus   Trobbe   director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Big  Brother's  stories  for 
the  children,  taken  from  the  Book  of  Knowl- 
edge. 

6:15  to  6:3fi  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket   quotations   and    general   information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra  under   the  direction  of  Waldemar  Lind. 

7:00  to  7:10  p.  m. — "Sports  on  the  Air,"  pre- 
sented by  Harry  B.  Smith,  editor  of  the 
San    Francisco    Chronicle    Sporting    Green. 

.  :Hi  to  7:2n  p.  m. — Lessons  in  bridge  by 
Colonel    Henry    l.    Uavmond. 

8:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — "Dance  With  Hales"  night. 
Gene  James  and  the  Palace  Hotel  Dance 
Orchestra  will  play  from  KPO  studio  for 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  store  party  of 
Hales'  employes.  Intermission  entertain- 
ment will  be  furnished  by  Gypsy  and  Marta. 
cb.se  harmony  team;  Maurice  Gun  sky, 
tenor;  Merton  Bories,  pianist,  and  other  en- 
tertainers. 

Saturday,   Mny  1 

i  :tiO,  7:3n,  vmi  a.  m.- — I  >a  ily  dozen  exercises 
given    by    the    Y.    M.    C.   A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving  the 
V.  S.  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  mai  ket  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and    poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

L:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:00    to    !:iiii    p.    m. — Matinee  program. 

4:00  to  5:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,    Cyrus    Trobbe    director. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m, — "Ye  Town.-  Cryer,"  giving 
A,  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co',  stock  mar- 
ket   quotations    and    general     information. 

6:30  to  7:20  p.  m. — The  Stales  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,   Waldemar    Lind    director. 

?:20  to  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  on  real  estate  fur- 
nished   by   the   R.   a.    Wilson   Company. 

B:00  to  12:00  i>.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Dance 
Orchestra.    Reg  Code,    directing. 


K.11IS— .11  1,11  S   HRl  \To\  A-  SOXS   CO.. 
S  A  N    FRANCISCO — 220 

Sunday,  April  'zr* 

5 to   6:30   p.    m. — Studio   program   by    Bruce 

Cameron   and  his  pupils. 
Monday,  April  20 

9:00    to    lii:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and    instrumental 

si  led  ions. 
2:00    to     2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    instruments! 

selections. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Thomp- 
son's A  1  ham  brans.  Intermission  solos  by 
Nita  Mitchell   and   Max  Sehultz. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  by  Johnson's 
Radio  Band.  Intermission  numbers  by  Lou 
Emm  el    and    Del    Perry. 

Tuesday,   April   27 

9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and 
selections. 

-:"<i    to    2:80    p.    m. — Vocal   and 
selections. 

Wednesday,    April    28 

9:00    to    10:40   a. 

selections. 

2:00    to    :-:::ti    p. 

selections. 

m. — Studio    program    by    the 

Boys,"    Jimmy   Raymond    and 

Margie      Reynolds     at      the 


instrumental 
instrumental 


-Vocal    and 
m. — Vocal    and 


instrumental 
instrumental 


instrumental 
instrumental 


instrumental 
instrumental 


8:00    to    10:00    p 

"After-dinner 

i  [a  rr-\     Humi 

pia  no. 
Thursday,    April   20 
9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and 

selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m.—  Vocal    and 

selections. 
Friday.    April  30 
9:00    to    10:40   a.    m. — Vocal    and 

selections, 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and 

selections. 
8:00    to    9:00    p.     m. — Studio    program    by    the 

Villa     Moret     Artists — Ben     Berman,     Peggy 

MacDonald,   Gertrude  Tracy,   Janet   Et tink- 
er and  other  favorites. 
9: i   10:00  p.  m. — Program   by   the  Favorite 

Hour  Entertainers — Gladys  La  Marr,  Al  ,Sa- 

i  her   ;i  mi   others. 
10:00    to   11:30    p.   m. — Royal   Order  of   Smoked 

I  ferrings. 
Saturday,   May   1 
9:00    to    10:40   a.    m. — Vocal   and    Instrumental 

selections. 
2:00    to     2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

selections. 


April  24.   1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


KPKC — CIT1      OF    PARIS     1MIY     GOODS     CO., 
san    FRANCISCO— 270.1 

Similiiy.    April    25 

6:30    p.    m.— "The   Stage  and   Screen." 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  Hi. — Concert  from  Drury  ban-, 
Hotel  Whitcomb  by  Stanislas  Bern's  Little 
.Symphony  Orcbesra,  Eugenia  Bern  conduct- 
ing. 

vnn  to  10:00  v>.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little 
Symphony   Orchestra. 

10:uu    lu    i»:00    p.    m. — Dance    music   by    direct 

\\  Ire  from  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Walter 
Krausgrill's  Balconades  Orchestra.  Carl 
Winge  and  Frank  Gibney,  intermission 
soloists. 

Monday,  April  241 

10:00  to  11:00  a.  m. — Household  Hints  by 
Mary  Louise  Haines,  domestic  science  edi- 
tor  of   the   San   Francisco   Call. 

11:00  to  11:15  a.  m. — Fashion  hints  by  "Sally." 

5:00  to  5:30  p,  m. — Shopping  guide  and  So- 
ciety  Gossip. 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — A.  F.  Merrell  and  his  Stamp 
Club. 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — 'Jo  Mendel  and  his  Pep 
Band    from    Lido   Cafe. 

7:00  to  7:30   p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

8:00  to  9:16  p.  m. — Around  the  Camp-Fire 
with  Mac.  "Arkansas  Charlie,"  and  Castro 
Parlor  N.  S.  G.  W.  Trio,  including  Charlie 
Dunny,  tenor,  Earl  Howard,  baritone,  Ray 
Nolan,  basso.  Also  "The  History  of  a  Deck 
of  Cards,"  an  humorous  disertation  by  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  American  Magici- 
ans. 

9:15  to  9:30  p.  m. — Current  events  talk  by. 
John  D.  Barry,  lecturer  ami  special  writer 
for    the    "Call." 

9:30   to   10:00   p.  m. — KFRC  Hawaiians. 

Tuesday,    April    27 

12:00    to    12:20    p.    m. — Inspirational    talk    by 

Mary    Katherine    Maule. 
5:30   to   6:30  p.   m. — Mac  and   his   Gang. 
6:30   p.   m. — "The   Stage  and   Screen." 
6:30    to    7 :00    p.    m. — 'Popular    songs    by    Fred 

McKinley   of   Bigin's  Cafe. 
7:iHi    to    7:15    p.    m. — Goodfellows    Ad    Period. 
7:15    to    7:30    p.    m. — Talk    by    the    Ant-man    of 

Marvel   Ant    Gelatin   Co. 
8:00   to   9:00   p.   m. — Studio    program    featuring 
KFi;c    Male    Quartet,    under    the    direction 
of    Frank    Moss. 

Gwynfi    Jones,    tenor 
Harold   J3paulding\    tenor 
James  Isnerwood,   baritone 
Albert  Gillette,  basso 
8:00   to   ii:iiu   p.   in, — Dance   music   by    Walter 
Krausgrill's  Balconades  Orchestra  and  Wm, 
Backstodt's  Old-time   Band. 

\\<-<ltu-Mlio.    April   28 

lii;nii   to   ll:iMl  a.  m. — Household  hints  by    M.u> 

Louise    1  la ini's,    domestic   science    editor    ol 
tio.   "Call." 
5:00  to  5:30  p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad   Period. 

:.;:;n    to    ti:3n    p.    in.  —  Mae   and    his    Gang, 

6:30   p.    m. — "Tin-  Stage  and   Screen." 

6:80  to  7:30  p.  m, — Concert  from   Drury  Lam-. 

Hotel   Whitcomb,   by   Stanislas  Bern's  Little 

Symphony   <  Orchestra, 

Ray    Mac!  >ona  Id,    t  enor    soloist 

Ma  iv     I  ;v;i  n.    pianist. 

B:00    to   9:00    p.    m.— Concert    i>>     Bi  n 
Symphony  Orchesl  ra. 

Health  ami  Safety  talk  at  s ; l  ;,  by  Mrs 
i »  E,  F.  ESaston,  chairman  of  the  women's 
Division  of  the  California  Development  As- 
sociation. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — studio  program:  Slgmund 
Anker  presents  in  recil  b  I 
Qsl  her    Heller,    violinist 
Evelj  n     \  Eel  beshelmer,    pianist. 

liiiin    to    12:00   p.   m— Man.-.-    music    by 
wire    from    the    Balconades     Ballroom     by 
Walter   Krausgrill's  Orchestra. 
l  'aula    i  h  orge,    tnt<  i  mission    soloist 

Thumdny,    \prll  -i» 

1:00  i"  5:00  p.  m.  —  Matinee  dance  program  by 
Art    Weidener's   Fior   D*  I  tali  a    Orchestra, 

5:30  to  6:30  p.   m.  —  Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6  :S0    p,    m. — "The   si  age   b  nd    S<  i  ■ 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m.-  Harry  Rost    and  Rill  Mor- 
ni  "Thirty  Minutes   before   the  Mike." 

30    p.   m. — Goodfellows   Ad    Per 

8  in*    to  8:15   p.    m.— Cressy    Ferra,   pianist. 

B:16  to  8:30  p.  m. — Sport  talk  by  Pat  Frayn.-. 
Spoi  t's    edit  or    o(    Call. 

■  "    to    i *   p.    m      Dance   music   by   direct 

wire     from     the     Balconades    Ballroom    by 
Walter    Krausgrill's    Balconades 
Gladys   La    Man-,    intermission   soloist, 

I  riilny.     \prll    SO 

18:00    noon    (0    12:80    P,    m. —  Inspirational    talk 

by    Mary   Katherine   Maule. 
1:46    to    5:30    p,    ra, — Shopping    Guide,    & 
Gossl  d fellows   Ad    Period 

p.    m. — Mac  and    his    Gi 

i,    ,,,. — -'The   Stags   and   Screen." 

i  rt   by   Stanislas  Bern's 
Little    Symphony    Orchestra.      Cora    Turner 

Smith,     soprano     soloist;     Kill.-     Curtis     lap- 
ping,  pia  n 

by    Bern's   Little 
Symphony    Orchi 
■  s*ih  ■ 


8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by 
Lorelei  Quartet,  Flora  Howell  Bruner,  so- 
prano, Blanche  Hamilton  Fox,  contralto, 
Gwynfi  Jones,  tenor  and  James  Isherwood, 
baritone. 

1  ii  :00  to  ]  l  :00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct 
u ire  from  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Walter 
Krausgrill's  Orchestra  and  Wm.  Backstedt's 
Old-time   Band. 

Snturdny.   May  1 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Tea  hour  concert  by  Stanis- 
las Bern's  Little  Symphony  Orchestra  play- 
ing" in  the  roof  garden  of  the  Hotel  Whit- 
comb. 

5:30   to   6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang". 

i;  :30    p.   m. — "The   Stage   and  Screen." 

6:30   to   7:30  p.   m. — Dance  music  from   Drury 
Lane,    Hotel    Whitcomb,    by    Wilt    Gunzen- 
dorfer's  Hotel   Whitcomb   Radio   Band. 
Goodfellows    Ad    Period     during     intermis- 
sions. 

8:00  p,  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music  by  Wilt 
Gunzendorfer's  Band.  Intermission  solos 
during  the  evening  bv  members  of  the  Or- 
chestra and  from  10:00  to  12:00  p.  m.  by 
Lou  10mm el,  baritone,  Del  Perry,  pianist, 
and  the  Bill  Ha  wley  -Charles  Midgley 
comedy    harmony    team. 


KTAII — ASSOCIATED     HKOADCASTKUS. 
OAKLAND — 2-10 
Sunday,  April  25 

9:45    to    in:  if)    a.    m. — Bible    lecture    bs     i'">i 

E.  G.  Linsley, 
11:00  a.   m.    to    12:30   p.   m. — Church   service. 
,:!",    to    0:15    p.    m. — Church    service. 

9:30    to   ii  jim   p.   m, — After-service  Concert. 

Monday,    April    2lt 

9:00    i  o    9:80    a.    m. — Prayer    service    by    Rev. 

B,    L.    Spa  ut<l  i  rig, 
1 2 :0G    noon    to    1  :00    p.    m. —  Luncheon    Coi 

by   Lorraine  Trio. 
l:iio  to  6:00  p.  m, — Women's  Club  Notes. 
8:00   to   10:00   p.    m, — Studio  program. 

Tuesd:i>,    April    27 

9:00    to    9:30    a.    m, — Prj  vice    by    Rev. 

<;,   W.  Phillips, 
i  Z  .no    noon    to    1:00    p.    in. — Luncheon    - 

by  Lorraine  Trio. 
8:00   to    9:00    p.    m.— Educational    Program    ol 

.Mills  Collegi . 
\\  edneadny.  April   28 
9:00    to    9:30    a.    m. — Prayer  Rev 

G,     W.     Phillips. 

i  ■  n    to    i  im   |.     i  i      i  .uncheon   -■■  ■ 

by    Lorraine  Trio. 
8  ■mi    to     i p      n        Pro    ram     b 

Sta  l«-s    Life    1  ns.    Co. 
TliurMiliiY,    April    20 

\i  00    to    9  30    a.    m      Prayei  Rev 

G,   W.  Phillips. 

1  J  .ml     noon     t..     1  ;00     p.     in        !  iUnctl<  ■ 

by    Sterling    Trio, 
s  mi    to    10:00   p    in  -  SI  '  am. 

Friday,     \,..il    N 

9:00    to    :i  :*■"    a.    m      Pra;  Rev, 

B,  l..  Spauldlng. 

i n    to    1:00    p.   m, —  Luncheon   C 

by  Sterling  Trio. 

i i  p    in — Program  by  Breum 

Snttirdny.    May    1 

0    a.    m. — Prayer    asm  l< 

E    i. 

00      i  m  .— Lunch< 

by  Sterling   Trio. 


KFI — i:\ltl.K    I.     WTIiOM.    IM 
ins    xm.iii  a— 407 

( Copy  i  !ar le  C    I  n  t hony ,  1 

Monday.    Iprll   2.". 

■i    Los 
.:  eles  » 'lin  i eh    Ft  d<  i  .1 1  Ion, 

: 

Imlah. 

m, — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:  i r.    p.    in. — Mum.-     App 

Father     Uicard's     Sun     Bpo(     Weathei 

.•a  si 
T    00     P       ni  -     Vs  riii!     pi 

\  :00    p.    in  -  -Aeol  Is  n    i  i 
MacFai  land  at   tl 

I,-,  — Kay   QUI   and   his  Mo> 
copators.       l»la     QUI     and     M- rt      Iw-nman. 

sol.. 

10:00  p.  m. — The  Packard  six  Orch< 
Uie  co- direction  of  BUI   Hennesaj    an 
Mtttendorf. 

Monday.    April    M 

LP:  IS  a.  m. — Betty    i  Flour 

Home   Service  Talk 

!    m. — Standard  Nut  Margarine  Co    Mrs 
Claire   Charles. 

p.    m. — Mat Uiee   program. 

m. — KFI    N   - 
i      m. — KFI     i  —I    Guide, 

p    m. — Harold   R   Wilson,   tenor, 
p.  m. — KFI   Radlolortal   Pei 
7:00  p.  nv — Owen  Fallon  and  nlans. 

Garnet    Kibler,   blui  - 
v  oo   • 

M   Murphy    Mot  _    Gllad    Mar- 

ch i-iti,   Los  String  Quartet,   Morris 

[T .    violinist.      Bi  n u  1 1 a neous - 

ly    from    KFI. 
Fran. 
10:00   p.    m — Program   by   Me  Ik  le  John   B 


Tuesday,  April  27 

5:30    p.   m. — Matinee  Program. 

<i:00    p.   m. — KFI   Nightly    Doings. 

6:15   v-   m. — KFI   Radio  Travel   Guid^. 

6:30  p.  m. — Vest  Pocket  Program. 

6:45   p.   m, — KFI   Radio  tor  ial  Period. 

7:00    p.    ni. — Jack    Rinehart's   Chinese    Garden 

'  >i  chestra. 
*:!)<)    p.    m. — Screen    Atrists'    Quartet. 
9:00  p,   m. — Pat  O'Neal,   Gray   Tremaine. 
10:00    p.    m. — Packard   Radio   Club. 
Wednesday,    April    2S 
10:45   a.  m. — Betty  Crocker  Gold  Medal  Flour 

Home  Service  Talk. 


5:3U  p 
6:00  p. 
6:15  p. 
6:30  p. 
6:  15  p. 
7:00  p. 
7:30    p. 


Matinee  program, 
m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
m.— KFI   Radio  Travel  Guide, 
m. — Sol  Groman. 
m. — KFI    Radiotorial   Period, 
m. — Popular   program. 
m. — Nick    Harris   Detective   Stories. 
S:00  p.   m. — Program  by   California  Petroleum 
I  'in  poration,     featuring    Ventura    Ensemble 
( >rchestra. 
9:00    p.    m. — Program     by     Venice      Business 

Mien's    Association. 
10:00     p.     m. — Program     arranged      by     Paul 

Roberts. 
Thursday,    April    29 

1 2  :in  p.  m. — Christian  Science  lecture  from 
Philharmonic  Auditorium.  Lecture  by  John 
J.    Flinn,    C.    S. 

5:30  p.  m.— Mississippi  Rhythm  Kings,  from 
Bs  miioo  i  ;.■!  rden. 

i;  :00   p.    m. — K  PI   Nightly   Doings. 

6:15    p.    U1.--KKI     Radio    Travel    Guide. 

6:30   p.   m.— J Vest    Pockel    i  'rogram. 

6:46    p    in. —  KFI    Radl rial    Period. 

.  00  [■.  mi  Pro  ram  by  University  of  South- 
ern   California. 

^  :00    p.     m.-       la    sic     Hi 

9:00  p.  m.  —  Program  by  Southern  California 
Music  Com  m  Chlckering  Hall,   Loa 

a  ngeles, 

I p     in      Patrick*-Marsh   Orchestra;   Betty 

Pali  Ick,     BO 

Friday,    \prii  :t" 

in   \:.  a  Betty  Ci  ocker  Gold  Medal   Flour 

Hon,  Talk. 

I  '«■  FIs- 

ca  llus, 
..  00  p,   in.—  k  Fl    Nightly    Dolnga 

in-    KFI    Radio  Tr.i\  .1  i  lulde. 

m. — Al  i  tyman hi     ul 

m.—  K  i'i    Radlotorla I    Perlpd. 
i  ni'   p    in — Penberthy's    Ramblers, 
s  mi    p     in.  Recital 

Klmmel,  soprano. 

p.    m.—  varied    program, 

m — Program     presented     by     .Mutual 

Mill-  ring      U  USlC      and      Joke 

Contest    Jlmmle  Mark.  j--k<-  editor. 

1<|   00     p.    in  -  I     '  Had     Hour,     fea  I  U 

Wilds      Bernard,     Tom     McLaughlin,     Paul 

Rubei  \   lams.    Ashley    Sisters. 

sniiirdfi>.    Ha 

30  p    in    -kki    Matinee  Program. 
m.— KFI    Nightly    l  »-•-  ■ 
m — kki    Radio   Trav.-i   Guide, 
igrara, 

■ 

Trio. 

v  00  p  Hour,  arranged  by  Robert 

Hurd. 

Bo  wen,   HukIi  Wellington 
■  i  r  i  n  k 
prominent  rites, 

II  i, i»   p    m, — KFI    Midnight   Frolic,   until 
a.   m. 


MHi..iiu>ni    i.NrninnMKMs.    in<  .. 

s  \  \  ni  \m  i*(  o   m 

"•uniln?.     \pril    -"• 

p,   in. —  k  i'\vi   offers  an   hour   of 

i  ing 
Ra 

baritone 
violinist 

Lid. 

1  i    p.    m. —  I;  from 

Flrsl    rhureh  Scientist. 

—Mr    Gord  tenor. 

Thelma   Caul**y.   vlolin- 
Dahl. 
. 

-taur- 
■ 

Imley. 

Suzanne. 
T^-slth    con- 

ducti 

morpl  7  iano. 

lo  program 
•  ;tblln    and 

Thomp- 

by     Baron 

'    lliams.  soprano: 
nn.      Impersonator:     Nathan 

ighlln. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24,  1926 


*J   I  l\ 


Cthis 
Rummer 

V&catkmTrins 


are  profitable 
travel  Inves tm  ents 
take 
2e  of-  our" 
travel  Sefvice  facilities 
in  arranging  your  trip  ♦ 

Santa  Fe  Ticket  Of  Sices 
and  Travel  Bureaux 

601  Market  Street 

Telephone  Sutter  7600 

Ferry  Depot 

San  Francisco,  California 

434  Thirteenth  St. 

Telephone  Oakland  167 

Oakland,  Calif. 

2134  University  Ave. 

Telephone  Berkeley  2135 

Berkeley,  Calif. 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

Jane  Me  sherry,   contralto;   Lillian  Loveder; 
.Jim    Dowd,    tenor. 
10:00    to   11:00    p.  m. — Hour  of  popular  music 
featuring    Ethel    Lopaz,    Al    Pearce    and    Ger- 
trude  Tracey. 
11:00  i"  12:30  p,  m. — Paul  Kelli's  II  Trovatore 
Orchestra      playing     at     II     Trovatore     Res- 
taurant.     Intermission  by  Ben  Berman  and 
Peggy   Mac]  tonald. 

Tut'Nilny,    April    117 

11:00  to  1:00  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  II  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  II  Trovatore  Res- 
taurant. Intermission  by  Jack  Reed,  and 
Marjoi  ie    Reynolds. 

Wednesday-)  April  zn 

10:45    lo   li:0ii   a.   m. — Letters  of  Suzanne. 

11:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health  con- 
ducted by  May  B.  Garcia.  Alice  Good- 
mui  phy   at    the  piano. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Impromptu  studio  program 
Featuring  Harry  Hume,  James  Muir,  Al 
Pearce  and  Janet  Ettinger. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  in. — Dance  music  by  the 
Georgia  Melodians.  Intermissions  by  Hie 
I  'arker, 

S:HU    to    b:30    p.    m. — Read    Sisters    in    harmony, 

and    Janet    Ettingei — ballad   singer, 

8:30  to  9:30  p.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  11  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  11  Trovatore  Res- 
taurant.    Intermissions  by  Sadie  Woodslde. 

9:30  to  11:00  p.  m. — Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cats. 
T.   C.   at   the  Microphone. 

11:00  to  L:00  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
l  trchesti  a  playing  at  11  Trovatore  Res- 
taurant.  Intermission  by  Abby  Berline, 
Eddie  Stott,  Clem  Kennedy  and  Harmonica 
Mike. 

I  Inii sdaj  .    April    '20 

Silent. 

Friday,    April  :t0 

10:45  to  11:00  a.  m. — Letters  of  Suzanne, 
11:00    to    11:30    a.    m. — Dance    to    Health    con- 
ducted   by    .May    i-:.     Garcia.      Alice     Good- 
murhpy   at    the  piano. 
1:00    to    2:00    p.    m. — Impromptu    studio    pro- 
gram     featuring      Ethel      LOpaz,      Harmonica 

Mike.    Cowell    Dein,    Arthur    Cough  I  in. 
G  30    to    f":30    p.    m. — Read  Sisters   in   harmony 

and   Gladys   La   Marr. 
8:00     to     8:30     p.     m. — Program      presented      by 

Leonard  &  Holt,  offering  the  Singing  Real- 
tors. 

B:30  to  9:00  p.  m. — Gene  CowleS",  baritone: 
Miss    Sadie    Tichner,    soprano. 

9:00  to  1  ii : mi  i).  m. — Program  presented  by 
Sigmund    Anker    String    Quartette. 

neon  to  10;30  p.  m. — Half  hour  by  Baron 
ECeyes   and   the  Two   Man   Jazz   Band. 

hi:::ii  i,,  ij..:n  p.  m.— Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  11  Trovatore  Res- 
taurant. Intermission  by  A!  Sat  her,  Lou 
Emmel,    I  >el    Perry. 

Satnrdayf  >iny  1 

12:30  to  3*00  a.  m. — Pajama  party  featuring 
Eddie  Stott,  I  !lem  Kenned  v.  A I  Pearce 
Sadie   Woodslde,    Dick   Giblin. 


Is  Mitchell  Right? 

Colonel  "Billy"  Mitchell,  former 
chief  of  the  Army  Air  Service,  will  pre- 
sent his  cause  for  an  enlarged  air  ser- 
vice at  the  Ch  ic  Auditorium,  next 
Wednesday  evening,  April  28th,  at  8:30 
sharp.  In  other  cities  visited  by  Colon- 
el Mitchell,  he  has  not  referred  in  his 
address  to  his  own  court  martial,  rlis 
lecture,  illustrated  with  slides  and  mo- 
tion pictures,  begins  with  the  promise 
that  "this  country  is  potentially  the 
greatest  in  the  air." 

Mitchell  will  he  introduced  to  the 
San  Francisco  public  by  another  man 
of  extraordinarily  varied  experience, 
Major  A.  V.  Dalrymple,  now  a  promi- 
nent attorney  in  San  Francisco.  Major 
Dalrymple  served  with  Admiral  Samp- 
son in  the  Spanish  War;  was  promi- 
nent in  the  Intelligence  Department  of 
the  United  States  Army  during  the 
World  War,  and  investigated  radicals 
and  disloyals  in  the  army  in  Europe 
with  Dr.  M|asaryk,  now  President  of 
Czecho-Slovakia  and  Ignace  Paderew- 
ski.  former  premier  of  Poland. 

In  Colonel  Mitchell's  San  Francisco 
(Continued  on  Page   22) 


FIRE    AND    MARINE 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF  THE 

Liberty  Bell  Insurance  Co. 

of  Philadelphia,  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  31st  day  of  December.  1925,  made  to 
the  Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  State  of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real   estate  $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  ioans... ...      291.S00.00 

Kon.ls   and    stocks 617,845.38 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 31.531.12 

Agents'  balances  114,102  59 

Hills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other    Ledger    assets 

Total  ledger  assets $1,055,279.09 

Xi'X-LEDGER: 

Total    Interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued    12.12S.1S 

.Market     values    Of    securities    over 

book   value  14.12 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross    ass.- is    $1,067,721.39 

IJerluet  assets  not  admitted 

Total    admitted   assets $1,067,721.39 

LIABILITIES 
Net    amount   of   unpaid    losses  and 

claims  $    100.179.73 

I  nearned   premiums  450,172.22 

.All   other   liabilities 15.000.00 

Total    liabilities    (except    capital 

an.l  surplus  $    565,351.95 

1  Capital   250.ooo.oo 

Surplus   252,369.44 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $1,067,721.39 

HENRY  M.  llBOWJi, 

President. 
(II  UtLES  S.  CONK  LIN, 

Seeretnry. 

H.  M.  NEW  HA  I.I,  &  CO., 

Pneifle  Coavt  General  AgentJI, 

2IO  Itnttery  Street,  Snn  FrnnclMco 


KIRK  AM)  MARINE 

»1  NOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNl'AL     STATEMENT 

OF  THE 

U.  S.  Branch  of  the  State  Assurance 
Company,  Limited 

of  Liverpool,  England,  on  the  31st  day  of  De- 
cember, 1925,  made  to  the  insurance  Commis- 
sioner .-I    the   State  Of  California,  pursuant    to 

I, 'I  \v. 

ASSETS 

Ri  ;ii   esta  i  •■        $ 

MortKagres  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds    and    stocks l,23n,489.52 

Cash   in   office  and  banks 106,904.65 

Agents'    balances     227,036.43 

Bills  receivable   taken   for  risks.... 

Other   ledger  assets 2.870.36 

Total    ledger    assets SI, 567, 300. 96 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    Interest    and    rents   due    or 

accrued   $ 

Mark  el    value    of    securities    over 

book  value 

other  non-ledger  assets 1,663,263.40 

Gross    assets    $1,663,263.40 

Deduct   assets    not   admitted 3,907.76 

Total    admitted   assets $1,659,355.64 

LIABILITIES 
Net    amount    of   unpaid    losses   and 

Claims     $     153,930.4  2 

i  nearned  premiums 891,411.15 

All    other    liabilities 32,192.90 

Total    liabilities    (except    capital 

and  surplus)   $1,077,".::  1. 47 

Capital    200,000.00 

Surplus    3S1.821.17 

Total   capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities $1,659,355.64 

WILLIAM  HARE, 

Mannger, 

II.  M.  NEWHALL  «fc  CO., 

Pacific  Conit  General  AecntK, 

210    Battery   Street,  Snn  FranclMco 


April  24.   1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


FIRE  .VXD  MARINE 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

County  Fire  Insurance  Company 

of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  of  Manchester,  in  the 
State  of  New  Hampshire,  on  the  31st  day  of 
December,  1925,  made  to  the  Insurance  Com- 
missioner of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant 
to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real   estate   ?      30,208.38 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 7,000.00 

Bonds  and  stocks 1,578, 606. 9S 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 74.441.S2 

Agents'   balances  149,261.94 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other  ledger  assets 1,176.25 

Total    ledger    assets $1,840. 698. 37 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued   J       13,598.65 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  255,791.14 

Other  non-ledger  assets 12,848.53 

Gross  assets  $2,122,936.69 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 6,853.18 

Total  admitted  assets $2,116,083.51 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims    $    115,373.49 

Unearned  premiums  928,325.37 

All   other   liabilities 34,292.63 

Total    liabilities    (except   capital 

and  surplus)    $1,077,991.49 

Capital    500,000.00 

Surplus   538,092.1)2 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $2,116,083.51 

FRANK  W.  SARGEANT, 

President. 
GEO.  W.  SWALLOW, 

VsnI.  Secretary. 
C.  A.  COLVIN,  Manager 
Pacific  Const  Department 
238  Bush  St.,  San  FruneUeo,  Cnllf. 


MISCELLANEOUS 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT 

OF 

Title  Insurance  and  Guaranty  Co. 

of  San  Francisco,  in  the  .State  of  California, 
an  the  8 1st  rttiy  of  December,  19S6,  made  t" 
the  [nsurance  Commissioner  of  the  State  of 
California,  pursuant  to  Law. 

ASSETS 

Real    estate    %       15.444.05 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 366 

Bonds   and    Stocks 244.S29.69 

Cash    in    company's    oiflce    and    in 

banks  243.136.79 

Premiums  in   course  of  eollrrt  inn.. 

Bills    receivable    160.00 

Other    ledger   assets 76,021.19 

Plan! 861,134.64 

Ledger  assets  $1,285,346.70 

NON-LEDGER  ASSETS: 

Interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued! 

Market    value    of   securities   over 

book   value  30,350.31 

Premiums  in  course  <>f  collection..  88.492.22 
'Mini'  non-ledger  assets 

Total     gross    assets  $1,349,1  SS. 23 

Deduct    assets   not    admitted 29.781.16 

Total    admitted    assets $1,319,407.07 

LIABILITIES 

Net  unpaid  claims,  except  liability 

and  workmen's  compensation  $       10,000.00 

Special  reserve  for  unpaid  liabil- 
ity and  work  men's  compensa- 
tion claims  

Estimated  expenses  ol  Investlga 
tlon  and  adjustment  of  claims... 

Total  unearned  premiums  on  un- 
expired risks  .  

Escrow     mnds 2  27.438.07 

All    Other    liabilities 36.335.26 

al    liabilities    (except  capital 

Dd    BUrplUS)    $     273.773.33 

Capital  - 750.ooo.00 

Title   insurance   surplus  fund 181 

Surplus    108,188.74 

Total   liabilities,  capital  and 

surplus  $1,319,407.07 

O.  II.  ROULEAU, 

President. 
K.  <;.  M.1IW  VHTZMAW. 

Secrctnry. 
BM  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued   from   Page   7) 

San  Francisco  favorite,  appears  in  the 
title  role,  doing  some  of  her  best  work 
in  this  emotional  characterization  as 
the  mother. 

This  picture  was  no  less  than  a  sen- 
sation in  New  York,  where  it  is  being 
shown  after  several  months  on  the 
screen.  The  sacrifices  of  the  mother 
and  her  great  love  are  tugs  at  the  heart 
which  make  the  photoplay  exceptional. 
In  this  part  Belle  Bennett  makes  a 
magnificent  success.  Alice  Joyce,  Ron- 
ald Colman,  Lois  Moran,  Jean  Her- 
sholt,  Douglas  Fairbanks,  Jr.,  Vera 
Lewis,  Maurice  Murphy  are  other  stars 
of  the  cast.  Harold  Lloyd's  picture, 
"For  Heaven's  Sake,"  which  made  a 
box  office  record,  concluded  its  engage- 
ment Thursday. 

*     *     * 
Golden  Gate 

A  double  headline  bill  is  featured  this 
week  at  the  Golden  Gate  Theater.  Di- 
viding honors  are:  "America's  Most 
Popular  Radio  Artist."  Harry  M.  Snocl- 
grass,  king  of  the  air  waves  from  station 
\Y<  is,  Jefferson  City.  Missouri,  lie  plays 
popular  songs  and  will  give  his  own  ren- 
dition of  "Three  O'Clock  in  the  Morn- 
ing." The  other  headliner  is  the  George 
Choos  dance  production,  "Tip  Toe." 

Elinor  Glyn's  daring  romance.  "The 
<  Inly  Thing."  will  have  its  initial  show- 
ing with  Eleanor  Boardman  and  Con- 
rad Xagel.  the  screen  stars.  Lew  Keed 
and  Paul  La  \  ere.  vaudeville  entertain- 
er-, in  singing,  dancing  novelties  and 
comedies;  Billy  Hallen,  monologist  and 
songster  will  give:  "It's  \ll  Apple- 
sauce." 

(Continued  on  Page  19) 


SYNOPSIS    OF    Tin:     \NM    Mi    BTATKMEVT 
OF  Till: 

Palatine  Insurance  Co.,  Ltd. 

of    London,   England,  "n  the   :;ist   day 

,  made  to  the  Insurance  Oimmla- 
Bloner  ol  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  t<> 
law, 

ASSETS 

Bonds  and  stock,  J    - 

Casta  in  office  and  bank,  ui.063.31 

,'  balance. 
Hills  receivable  taken  for  risks  i 

Other  ledgi  l( 

Total  ledger  ass.'-  II.  851, 699.90 

NON-LEDGER 
Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued   ._  53.426.00 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  vain.  230.663.13 

Gross  asset,  $5,135,789.03 

Deduct   assets  not  admitted  104.77 

Total  admitted  ass-;-  Jo.  108.184. 26 

LIABILITIES 
Not  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims  -t.M8.00 

Unearned  premiums  3.081,354.11 

her   liahilili,  g  lt.140.0ll 

Total   liabilities   (except  capital 

and  surplus)  1.1.565.012.11 

Surplus   .  1.343,472.1:. 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities  55. 108.484. 2« 

ixlcnrdl    WI1IT>F.I    Plld   III 

V.  S.  Maaager. 


FIRE  AND  MARINE 
SYNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OP  THE 

Caledonian-American  Insurance  Co. 

of  New  York,  in  the  .State  of  New  York,  on  the 
31st  day  of  December,  1925.  made  to  the  In- 
surance Commissioner  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Heal  estate  S 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds   and   stocks 811.146.84 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 57.651.22 

Agents'  balances  75,134.08 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other    ledger    assets,    reinsurance 

recoverable  on  paid  losses 8,271.96 

Total  ledger  assets *    952,204.10 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued  $      10,562.01 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  3,903.16 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross   assets    t    966,669.27 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 1.412.00 

Total  admitted    assets t  965,257.27 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount  of   unpaid  losses  and 

claims    S  34,876.65 

i  nearned  premiums  391.620.20 

aii   other   liabilities 20,700.00 

Total   liabilities    (except  capital 

and  surplus)   *  447.196.85 

Capital    200,000.00 

Surplus  318.060.42 

Total    capital,    surplus  ami  other 

liabilities    - J     965.257.27 

R.  C.  CHRISTOPHER. 

Prentdent. 
II.  E.  PRAM  K. 

Secretary. 
nki.ii  tl  II  A   111:  \  \s. 
I.enernl    Agonlp*. 
MS  Pine  Street.  Snn  KrancUco.  Calif. 


line.    IM1  v  mum: 

SYNOPSIS    OF    the     \\M   IX    sT4TK.ME.vr 

OF   THE 

Minneapolis  Fire  &  Marine 
Insurance  Company 

..t  Minneapolis,  In  the  State  of  Minnesota,  on 
lor.    1925.  made   to   the 
Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  State  of  Call- 
i  law, 
;;ts 

I 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 126,650.00 

425.469.80 

Casta    In    office    and    banks 139.019.51 

197.308.21 

o.le  taken  for  risks 4.716.38 

other    ledgei  28.355.82 

Tot.,  %    920,518.72 

NON-LEDGER 

Interest    and   rents    due   or 

t       13.719.90 
securities    over 

14.89i.70 
other  non-ledger  assets 


assets   ..- 
Deduct  assets  not  admitted... 


949.13S.32 
3.740.87 


Total   admitted   asset"  t    945.396.46 

LIAB1LI- 
Net  amount  of  unpaid   losses  and 
claim-  ' 

Unearned  premiums  

her   liabilities 305.S48.I4 

Total    liabilities   (except  capital 

and  surplus)  305.848.84 

Cap;-  200.000.00 

Surplus  439.546  61 

T..tal  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabliltle-  »    945.395.45 

J.  D.  StHIU  l>. 
Tlis  FnnUsnl 

\\   4  1   TKH   I  .    I  t.A<  H. 

Secretary. 
H.  M.  \  I  «  II  IXIi  *  CO_ 
Parllr  <  o»»t  General  Aaeata 
210  Battrrr  Stre»t 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24.  1926 


Finance 


THERE  is  an  unfavorable  balance  for  the  month  of 
March,  as  was  to  be  expected.  It  will  be  found  im- 
possible to  keep  up  the  dramatic  and  unusual  balances  thai 
have  marked  recent  years  in  face  of  the  gradual  rehabili- 
tation of  Europe.  The  decrease  in  exports  which  amounts 
to  $79,000,000  is  due  to  the  decreased  quantity  and  lower 
price  of  cotton.  There  was  also  a  decline  in  the  grain  trade. 
Increase  in  the  value  of  imports  is  said  to  be  largely  due  to 

the  increase  in  the  price  of  rubber. 

*  *     * 

— The  Santa  Fe  reports  that  two  carloads  of  potted  Easter 
lillies,  the  retail  price  of  which  was  $25,000,  were  shipped 
from  Oakland  to  Los  Angeles  for  the  festival.  These  flow- 
ers were  grown  near  Oakland  and  form  only  a  small  frac- 
tion of  the  local  floral  production. 

*  *     * 

— The  Santa  Fe  is  making  preparations  for  the  Sesqui- 
Centennial  Exposition  to  open  at  Philadelphia  on  June  1st. 
There  will  be  a  gigantic  government  display,  but  not  a 
world's  fair,  and  so  there  will  be  a  relative  scarcity  of  foreign 

exhibits. 

*  *      * 

— Municipal  bond  prices  are  holding  up  all  through  the 
country.  Neither  government  financing  nor  reduction  m 
income-tax  nor  weakness  in  the  stock  market  appears  to 
have  the  slightest  influence  on  the  strength  of  municipal 
bonds.  And  the  best  of  it  is,  that  when  prices  and  values 
are  taken  into  consideration,  they  are  not  expensive,  rela- 
tively. *     *     * 

— There  is  an  initiative  measure  to  lie  submitted  to  the 
electors  adding  a  new  article  to  the  Constitution  of  the 
State.  It  arranges  counties  into  two  groups,  appropriates 
five  million  annually  for  twelve  years  for  highway  construc- 
tion,, classifies  the  highways  as  primary  and  secondary. 
and  gives  three-fourths  of  the  appropriation  to  the  primary 
group  and  one-fourth  to  the  secondary.  It  permits  of  group 
bond  indebtedness  or  taxation.  The  foregoing  summary  is 
according  to   the   statements   of   the   attorney   general    and 

appears  to  lie  reasonable. 

*  *     * 

— Dr.  Michael  I.  Pupin,  the  charter-day  speaker  at  the 
University  of  California,  an  outstanding  scientist,  says,  "If 
we,  as  the  greatest  democracy  of  the  world,  want  to  com- 
pete with  other  markets,  in  spite  of  our  labor  costing  more, 
we  must  put  every  bit  of  training  possible  into  our  indus- 
tries.    The  scientific  industries  are  our  third  army  of  national 

defense." 

*  *     * 

— The  Southern  Pacific  wishes  to  encourage  land  buying 
in  California  and  therefore  announces  special  land-seekers' 
excursions  for  parties  of  seven  or  more  passengers  at  special 
rates.  Tickets  will  be  sold  on  Fridays.  They  are  intended 
to  encourage  the  settlement  of  undeveloped  land. 

— The  Southern  Pacific  is  making  strenuous  efforts  to 
meet  the  demand  for  transportation   to   the   International 

Elicharistic  Congress,  to  be  held  at  Chicago  June  20  to  24. 
It  is  quite  expected  that  the  event  will  cause  the  influx  of 
a  million  visitors  in  Chicago. 


DR.  B.  W.  HAINES 

DENTIST 


Elkan  Gunst  Building 
323  Geary  at  Powell 

San  Francisco 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.  1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION   BRANCH Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PARK-I'RESIDIO  BRANCH Clcmeni  Si.  and  7th  Ave. 

IIAIGIIT  SI  REET  BRANCH Height  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (4}i)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douclas  2244 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO.  CANADA 

Paid  Up  t'nuiinl  HiaO.000,000  »2O,00O,0O0  Reserve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG.:  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,   ORE.;     SEATTLE,     WASH.;     MEXICO    CITY,     MEXICO. 

San  FranclMco  Office:  450  California  Street 
BRUCE  HEATHCOTE  W.  J.  COULTHARD 

Manager  Aaat.  Manager 


Compensation,   General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 
RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE.    TANKS.     CULVERTS.     PENSTOCKS. 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 
San   FrnnciNCO,  Calif.  l.os  Angeles,  Calif. 

444  Market  Street  5717  Sniila  Fe  Avenue 


Hours:  9  to  4 
Telephone  Douglas  2949 


^_^  MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 

JhosEKeaf  Shirts  *  IhosEKeal 

^W?    -=■»    ^IffilF 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 


25  Kearny  Street 


Phone  Kearny  3714 


April  .'4.    1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

French  Line  Announces  Launching  of  New  Steamer 
"He  De  France" 

'  >n  the  morning-  of  March  15th  the  French  Line  an- 
nounced the  successful  launching  at  St.  Nazaire.  France,  of 
the  new  giant  oil-burning  quadruple-screw  passenger  steam- 
er "He  De  France,"  built  for  the  New  York,  Plymouth, 
Havre   express   service. 

The  "He  De  France"  will  be  world's  sixth  largest  steamer, 
taking  the  position,  in  the  list  of  great  ships,  now  held  by 
the  present  flagship,  the  "Paris."  The  new  steamer,  which 
is  the  largest  in  the  world  now  building,  is  to  be  of  42,000 
gross  tons,  790  feet  in  length,  92  feet  beam  in  the  hull,  98J4 
feet  beam  on  the  promenade  deck,  and  will  be  fitted  with 
the  most  modern  oil-burning  boilers  and  turbine  engines 
of  52,000  horse-power,  giving  her  an  average  speed  of  23 
knots.  Her  passenger  accommodations  will  carry  1200  first 
and  second  class  passengers,  and  600  in  cabins  in  third  class. 
She  will  be  manned  by  a  crew  of  something  over  500. 

Her  great  size,  however,  is  not  her  most  notable  feature. 
The  "He  De  France"  will  embody  style  of  interior  decora- 
tion and  a  sumptuous  luxury  hitherto  unknown  in  the  world 
of  steamships,  which  will  mark  a  new  era  in  ocean  travel. 
The  motif  of  her  decorations  and  furnishings  will  be  of  the 
ultra-modern  school  which  attracted  so  much  attention  and 
such  wide  interest  in  the  Exposition  des  Arts  Decoratifs 
held  in   Paris  last  summer. 

The  amount  of  wood  used  in  the  launching  apparatus 
alone,  is  equal  to  well  over  a  million  square  feet  of  one- 
inch  board.  To  east  the  sliding  of  the  great  new  vessel 
down  the  ways,  22  tons  of  sheep-tallow,  over  2  tons  of  lard. 
2J/1  tons  of  paraffin  and  more  than  2  tons  of  snap  were  used. 

The  "He  De  France"  will  have,  upon  completion,  nine 
decks,  five  of  which  will  extend  the  entire  length  from  stein 
to  stern;  her  central  superstructure  will  consist  of  a  spaci- 
ous promenade  deck.  and.  above,  the  boat  deck,  this  latter 
being  a  full  hundred  feet  above  tin  keel.  The  most  up-to- 
the-minute  devices  for  assuring  both  safety  and  comfort 
will  be  installed,  such  as  horizontal  as  well  as  vertical 
water-tight  bulkheads,  cellular  double  bottom,  transfer 
pumps  for  the  rapid  changing  of  oil  suppl)  from  one  side  to 
the  other,  automatic  firesignalling  apparatus  in  which  ther- 
mometers set  off  alarms-  when  an  abnormal  temperature  is 
registered  in  compartments  where  men  are  nol  constantly  on 
watch,  life-boat  capacity  considerablj  in  excess  ,,f  the  mini- 
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Wednesday  evening  the  Blue  and  Gold  room  uf  the  Hotel 
Claremont  was  the  attractive  setting  for  the  initiation  ban- 
quet to  welcome  twenty-seven  new  members  of  Esperan, 
the  society  made  up  of  girls  who  have  worked  for  two  years 
or  more  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Daily  Californian,  a 
University  of  California  publication. 

Each  class  is  a  chapter  of  Esperan  according  to  its  year, 
and  every  year  an  initiation  dinner  is  given.  Esperan  '27 
gives  a  banquet  for  Esperan  '28,  and  so  on. 

The  speakers  of  the  evening  are  alway  from  the  year  be- 
fore. The  woman  editor  of  the  Daily  Californian  is  Miss 
Isabel  Jackson,  and  the  managing  editor,  Miss  Dorothea 
Adam  son. 

The  officers  of  Esperan  are:  President,  Miss  Marion 
Simpson;  Vice-President,  Miss  Etniline  Kempkey ;  Secre- 
tary, Miss  Rebecca  Chance;  Treasurer.  Miss  Alethe  An- 
drews. 

*  *     * 

Sir  Karl  and  Lady  Knudsen  of  London,  Miss  I  [etty  Dixon 
and  Mr.  Herbert  Fletcher,  also  of  London,  who  have  been 
making  the  Fairmont  their  headquarters  during  their  tour 
of  California,  after  spending  several  days  at  Yosemite,  left 
on  Wednesday,  fur  the  east.  They  .will  stop  en  route  at 
Salt  Lake  City.  Colorado  Springs,  St.  Louis.  Washington 
and  New  York  from  the  latter  point  sailing  for  home.  Sir 
Karl  is  a  Norwegian  by  birth  but  was  knighted  in  Great 
Britain  for  honorary  service.  1  te  is  president  of  the  Nor- 
wegian Chamber  of  Commerce  in  Loudon,  a  bank  director 
and  very  prominent  in  business  affairs.  They  made  many 
friends  while  stopping  in  San  Francisco. 

*  *     * 

Interesting  visitors  in  the  city  and  at  the  Fairmont  for  a 
few  days  are  Madame  (  )rloff  and  Lady  Paget,  of  Paris, 
motoring  up  from   Santa   Barbara,   where   they   have   been 

for  a  short  visit. 

*  *     * 

Viscount  and  Viscountess  Exmouth  are  making  an  ex- 
tended stay  at  Hotel  Claremont,  while  thev  revisit  old 
haunts.  The  Viscountess  was  educated  in  California,  being 
a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California. 

Before  inheriting  his  title  some  years  ago.  Viscount  Ex 
mouth  was  Mr.  Charles  E.   Pellow,  of  California. 


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April  24.    1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director    of    Publicity 
Nntlounl  Automobile  Club 

HARVEY  M.  TOY,  Chairman  of 
the  California  State  Highway 
Commission,  will  represent  Governor 
Friend  VV.  Richardson  on  the  Victor) 
Highway  Caravan  which  will  leave  San 
.Francisco  on  Wednesday.  June  9,  and 
the  Truckee  River  Canyon  road  will  be 
opened  on  that  date  for  the  passage  of 
cars  participating  in  the  run. 

Ben  Blow,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral-manager of  the  Victory  Highwaj 
Association  and  Field  Secretary  of  the 
National  Automobile  Club,  will  lead 
the  caravan  and  invitations  have  been 
extended  to  all  civic  bodies  in  the  baj 
district  as  well  as  those  along  the  route 
of  the  Victory  Highway  to  join  the 
tour. 

Marshal  Hale  and  E.  C.  F.  Knowles, 
directors  of  the  Victory  Highway  As- 
sociation, have  signified  their  inten- 
tion of  making  the  trip  and  the  city 
of  San  Francisco  and  the  city  of  Oak- 
land will  probablj  send  an  official  rep- 
resentative. 

The  California  delegation  will  meet 
the  Nevada  representation  at  Lovelock, 
Nevada  and  the  caravan  will  leave  that 
point  on  [line  11  and  proceed  to  Salt 
I  ake  City. 

"( )ur  roads  are  so  nearly  completed," 
writes  \\  .  II.  Goodin,  Nevada  director 
of  the  Victory  Highway,  "and  the  un- 
completed   sections   are    in    such    g 1 

condition  that  we  are  now  ready  to  in- 
vite heavy  travel  across  Nevada  and  in- 
sure them  that  they  will  cr.'ss  the  state 
in  excellent  time  and  with  great  com- 
fort. 1  feel  sure  that  the  opening  of 
this  route  will  he  of  inestimable  value 
to  California,  bringing  as  it  will  thous- 
ands of  tourists  from  the  east  to  enjoy 
the  attractions  of  the  great  western 
country." 


Pinnacles  Pageant 

The  Pinnacles  National  Monument 
will  he  the  setting  for  a  pageant  on 
Monday  afternoon.  May  thirty-first. 
The  pageant  was  written  by  Garnet 
Holme  and  has  as  its  theme  an  Indian 
legend  of  a  spirit  which  represented 
the  personification  of  evil. 

The  Pinnacles  lends  itself  in  admir- 
able fashion  to  a  pageant  of  this  type 
and  the  great  rocks  and  caves  which 
form  its  particular  features  will  be  the 
background  for  the  Indian  procession 
which  carries  out  the  theme  of  the  le- 
gend. Sacred  dances,  impressive  ritu- 
als and  Indian  songs  recalling  the  cus- 
toms of  the  early  tribes  will  be  attrac- 
tive features  of  the  performance. 

The  Pinnacles  National  Monument 
which  lies  thirty-eight  miles  south  of 
Hollister  comprises  several  thousand 
acres  surrounded  by  a  forest  reserve 
and  numerous  trails  which  lead  to  the 
scenic  portions  of  the  district. 

The  latest  report  on  road  conditions 
from  the  bay  district  to  the  scene  of 
the  May  pageant  as  prepared  by  the 
Touring  Bureau  of  the  National  Auto- 
mobile Club  is  as   follows  : 

Paved  to  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollis- 
ter and  Tres  Pinos,  thence  an  excellent 
gravel  road  to  the  entrance  to  the  Na- 
tional Monument.  From  the  entrance 
into  the  Monument  is  a  one-way  road, 
operated  under  control,  in  excellent  con- 
dition, 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from   Pass  16) 

Granada 

"\     Social      Celebrity,"      featuring 

Adolph  Menjou,  is  the  screen  attrac- 
tion at  the  (  iranada  Theater,  this  week. 
Monte  Katterjohn  wrote  the  story  es- 
pecially for  Menjou. 

The  stnrv  concerns  a  barber  and  his 
son.  with  Middle  West  locale  and  N'cw 
Y.<rk  scenes  tallying  in  the  plot  de- 
velopments. An  heiress.  a  nobleman, 
and  the  determination  of  the  hero  to 
carry  out  his  scheme  in  winning  the 
Society  ,^irl  provide  suspense  and  ro- 
mantic episodes,  Louise  Brooks,  a 
new  luminary,  appears  with  Menjou 
and  Chester  Conklin  is  a  principal. 


Pantages 

The  New  Pantages  Theater  lias 
staged  a  novelty  for  this  week's  bill, 
with  its  indoor  circus  m  the  tl li 
and  an  atmosphere  of  circus  life 
stretching  over  the  entire  block  lead- 
ing to  the  theater.  There  are  side 
shows,  menagerie  wagons,  circus  par- 
ades with  wild  beasts  and  there  is  the 
inevitable  pink  lemonade  adding  more 
realism  to  their  vaudeville  line. 
I  Continued  on   Pae;e   22) 


Legislation  stopped  hydraulic  min- 
ing in  California.  Thus,  construction 
work  done  by  pioneers  in  their  indus- 
try became  of  no  immediate  value. 
The  inventive  minds  of  Westerners, 
however,  conceived  the  idea  of  har- 
nessing the  waters  used  by  the  miners 
for  the  generation  of  electrical  energy. 

From  this — thru  business  initiative  and 
enterprise — there  has  been  developed  for 
you  in  California  an  industry  generating 
and  distributing  electric  energy. 

California  Power  Companies,  in  their 
management,  operation  and  ability  to  serve 
the  many  instead  of  the  few,  and  at  a  price 
within  the  reach  of  all,  have  established  for 
this  State  a  position  pre-eminent. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


"»ACinC  SBJtVICC* 

Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 

Since  1913 

Cost  of  Government  increased    -    -    -    -  313% 

Cost  of  Living  increased   ------  65% 

Cost  of  ELECTRICITY  decreased      -    -  8% 
IS-4XE 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24,  1926 


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By  Fred  Blair 


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HUGO  RAMACCIOTTI,  chairman  of  the  San  Francis- 
en  Real  Estate  Board's  annual  golf  championship,  an- 
nounces that  these  peers  of  earth  peddlers  will  so  on  a  divot 
digging  excursion  to  Del  Monte.  May  21-2.V  Rami  has 
perpetuated  himself  as  chairman  of  this  organization  since 


Two  Real  Pals. 

Lester  Loupe 

and  Bill  Manaton, 

two  of  San  Francisco's 

big  real  estate 

operators, 

who  will  cut  a 

big  figure 

in  the 

annua!  High  Jinks 

at  Del  Monte 

next  month. 


its  inception  ten  years  ago,  and  no  matter  how  <  >scar  Turn- 
blad  puts  pressure  to  bear  there  is  no  one  either  big  enough 
or  strong  enough  to  dethrone  our  good  friend  Ramacciotti. 
Rami  is  in  a  class  by  himself  when  it  comes  to  putting  the 
party  over  big.  Three  cheers  for  Rami,  the  Nurmi  of  the 
links. 


Al  Rosenstirn  and  Joe   Pallas 

gether  for  the  week. 


have  engaged  a  cottage  to- 


Oscar  Turnblad  will  have  to  snore  all  alone  as  Al  Har- 
rison  says  the  company   is  too  fast. 

*  *     * 

Alfred  Kern  and  Sam  Wienstien  will  occupy  the  same 
room — like  thev  did  last  year. 

'*     *     * 

Mill  Woodfield  was  happy  to  donate  a  cup  after  spending 
six  months  in   the  hi  ispital. 

*  *     * 

Lou  Wiedenmuller,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  com- 
mittee, has  not  played  golf  for  over  four  weeks.  Mrs. 
Wiedenmuller  refuses  to  be  a  golf  widow  any  longer.     Lou 

claims  it  was  neuritis  that  kept   him  off  tin-  links. 

*  *      * 

St.  George  Holden  says  that  if  he  had  known  anything 
about  golf  when  he  opened  up  Claremont  Park,  lie  wouldn't 
have  divided  it  into  building  lots. 

*  ""  *     * 

If  Senator  Joe  Hoey  can  persuade  his  old  pal,  Houligan, 

to  go  with  him  he'll  he  on  deck   with   his  familiar  smile. 

*  *      * 

Dolph  Wolf  plays  his  best  same  of  golf  in  mid-week. 
Dolph  is  plumb  off  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

Dave  Eisenbach  says  he  defeated  Paul  Tissot  in  his  first 
start.  Dave  refuses  to  enter  any  more  as  he  thinks  one  vic- 
tory is  sufficient. 


Julian  Thome  radiographed  his  regrets  from  Iceland. 

*  *     * 

Paul  Tissot  thinks  Bill  Woodlield  is  a  cinch  to  win  first 
flight. 

*  *     * 

Jimmy  Hurst  goes  so  fast  one  would  think  he  was  off 
to  Cyprus  Lawn. 

*  *     * 

Hill  Manaton  was  very  downhearted  after  playing  two 
holes  at  the  San  Francisco  golf  club  and  spoiling  a  perfect- 
ly new  outfit  which  he  wore  for  Sam  Buckbee's  benefit. 

Sam,  however,  proved  a  wonderful  two-handed  host  by 
wetting  his  guests  inside  and  out. 

*  *     * 

Kcwpic  Mallen,  the  prune  farmer  from  San  Jose,  has  of- 
fered to  exchange  his  divots  for  downtown  realtv. 

*  *     * 

Kill  Gilmour,  the  Scotch  spendthrift,  has  purchased  a 
new  pair  of  cheaters;  now  he  has  to  play  his  golf  with  re- 
points. 

*  *     * 

Walter  Hurry  goes  so  fast  that  even  "Pop"  F.isert  can't 
keep  up   with   him. 

Frank  Sutton  nearly  lost  his  silk  shirt  last  Sunday.  Frank- 
gets  so  excited  playing  golf  that  he  usually  flies  a  flag  of 
truce. 

*  *     * 

Percy  Brun  smiled  all  through  the  game. 

*  *     * 

i  hie  Shot  Bill  Dunn,  the  Presidio  ace.  will  be  there  with 
his  educated  mashie. 


There's  al-ways  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 

CALIFORNIA 

Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 


Casa  del  Rey  (Hotel  and  Cottages)  at  the 

heart  of  it  all— offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

enjoyment. 

CASA  DEL  REY 

AT  THE  BEACH 
Santa  Cruz  California 

PRICES  MODERATE 

OPEN  THE  YEAR  'ROUND 


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April  24,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Dinty  Moore  claims  lie's  the  peer  of  realtors.  Dinty  dis- 
covers  more  territory   playing   18  holes  than   most   people 

do  playing  72. 

*  *     # 

Murphy  Hirschberg  has  donated  a  million  rubles  as  a  prize. 

*  *     * 

"Pop"  Eisert  says  Drew  Harrigan  is  not  a  golfer; — he's  a 

Charleston  dancer. 

*  #     * 

George  Brown  of  the  Carquinez  Country  Club,  will  make 

his  initial  start. 

*  *     * 

Louis  Lurie  will  be  paired  off  with  Fred  Holman. 

*  *     * 

Ritchie  Roberts  has  entered  as  a  substitute  jockey,  and 
will  be  permitted  to  get  a  mount,  providing  one  of  the  good 

riders  fails  to  show. 

*  *     * 

Gus  Eisert  and  George  Ivancovich,  the  two  sociable- 
temperamental  golfers,  have  promised  not  to  engage  in  a 

four-round  go. 

*  *     * 

Al  Rosenstirn  will  have  his  Rolls-Royce  dashing  up  and 
down  the  road  to  rattle  his  opponant. 

*  *     * 

Chic  Chaquette  says  that  Rosie  won't  reach  the  sixteenth 
at  Del  Monte,  so  his  carefully  laid  plans  will  be  of  no  avail. 

Fat  Larue  will  give  up  his  literary  efforts  to  be  with  the 
boys. 

*  *     * 

Louis  Lurie  will  emulate  John  D.  Rockefeller  and  will 
scramble  new  dimes  to  the  caddies. 

*  *     * 

Bill  Dunn  has  been  busy  for  the  past  week  compiling  a 
list  of  all  the  merchandise  he's  supposed  to  get  for  making 

a  hole-in-one. 

*  *     * 

Lou  Wiedenmuller  is  coming  out  of  his  splints  and  will 

be  seen  on  the  course  with  a  perfectly  straight  back. 

*  *     * 

Oscar  Turnblad's  game  was  a  big  success  last  Sunday  : 
he  picked  up  three  new  tees 

*  *     * 

Bill  Woodfield's  carpets  arc  getting  worn  since  he  started 
with  a  putter.  Bill  hopes  to  get  all  his  war  clubs  in  action 
soon. 

*  *     * 

Ed  Healey  lost  his  only  golf  ball  last  week  so  lie  played 
with  one  of  Charlie  Arata's  white  onions  and  finished  strong. 

*  *     * 

Lester    Loupe  has   been    taking   three-hour   lessons   from 

Bill  McEwan,  so  he  won't  he  as  wild  as  he  was  at  California. 

*  *     * 

The  following  have  just  been  welcomed  into  the  famous 
Canada  Dry  Hole-in-One  Club,  all  of  San  Francisco:  Mrs. 
George  N.  Crocker,  135  Cedro  Ave;  Dr.  E.  T.  Mervv. 
D.  D.  S.;  516-517  Butler  Bldg. ;  Mr.  E.  C.  Duncan.  2250 
Green  St., Mr.  Morris  Tavne,  154  Verba  Buena  St. 


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Oar   Sprrla.tr — "Steaks  With   Moikroom" 

Clean    Room*,    (lean     I. mm,    Clean    F>»r*thinf 
Nt.it    "onnma    (  nunlt'i    Fantoni    RNtrti    and    Mineral    IWarm    Tatar)     BvSa 
Tank*   From  Toi*   Hotel 

Rate*    t-irtptianaUv     Rea<«nibU 

Trlrpaonr   110 


I    Your  white  things  STAY  white,   when  laundered   by 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 


"The  Recommended  Lanndr\" 


250  Twelfth  9l%,  Safl  Francisco 


Phone  Market  916 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


April  24.  192l 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH    YOUR    MEALS— IT   HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from   your  grocer 

Established    1868 

Main    Office,  240  Second  Street,  San    Francisco,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


^PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
_  printer     or     sta- 

^■^■u"i-iLiJ:«j!rraar  «an?P,e8.h0W 

BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1855 

41  First  Street.  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES! 
San  Francisco— 
West  793 


Burllngnme 

478 


Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly    with    Shrere    &    Company) 

CLOCK-MAKERS   and   WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME,   ANTIQUE   AND   COMPLICATED    CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY 

209   Post    Street   nt    Grant   Avenue 

San  FranclMeo,   Calif. 

Call    and    Deliver    in    San    Francisco,    Alameda 
and    San    Mateo   Counties 


875    FOLSOM   ST. 


818  Emerson  St. 


PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST   EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  19) 
Orpheum 

Erail  Boreo's  "Mirage  De  Paris." 
with  Jack  Broderick  and  Betty  Felsen 
in  a  colorful  revue  of  Parisian  night 
life  and  a  cast  of  thirty,  head  the  Will 
of  augmented  vaudeville  commencing 
tomorrow,  Sunday,  at  the  Orpheum. 

"Radiology"  and  "marcelling  the 
ether  waves."  with  Arnold  Bayiey  and 
Nelson  Yaljean ;  Wills  and  Holmes, 
the  original  backyard  entertainers  ;  Ma- 
linda  and  Dade,  Royal  entertainers; 
Tad  Tieman's  Tunesmiths  with  Pinkie 
Dees ;  Stan  Stanley,  "in  the  audience 
from  1908  to  19 — ?"  and  the  musical 
comedy  star.  Bobby  Folsom,  offering 
story  songs  with  specialties  by  Blanche 
Merrill  are  the  coming  week's  attrac- 
tions. 

*     *     * 

Curran 

"The  Student  Prince,"  upon  popular 
urge,  is  going  to  remain  this  week. 
Those  who  haven't  yet  heard  this  ex- 
quisite bit  of  opera  and  those  who  want 
to  hear  it  for  the  third  or  fourth  time, 
as  many  of  them  have,  will  have  an- 
other opportunity. 

Howard  Marsh,  the  young  Ameri- 
can tenor,  who  sings  the  role  of  Karl 
Franz,  has  left  an  impression  and  a  last- 
ing memory  in  this  city  which  time 
will  not  erase.  "He  is  well  set  up. 
manly  and  good  looking  without  being 
pretty,"  says  George  Warren,  the 
drama  critic  of  the  Chronicle. 


Is  Mitchell  Right? 
(Continued   from   Page  14) 

address  his  foremost  desire  is  to  con- 
vince the  public  that  an  affirmative 
answer  must  be  given  to  the  question  : 
"Is  Mitchell  right?" 

He  wants  to  hammer  home  the  truth 
of  the  assertion  that  the  condition  and 
administration  of  the  air  defenses  of 
the  United  States  constitute  a  grave 
menace  to  the  security  of  the  nation. 
The  personal  element  of  his  recent  con- 
troversy with  the  powers  that  be,  he 
wishes  to  have  regarded  as  a  matter 
of  history.  He  is  out  of  the  army  now 
and  he  feels  free  to  devote  his  atten- 
tion to  the  facts  of  the  air  situation, 
with  no  thought  of  the  reaction  of  his 
erstwhile  superiors  to  his  utterances. 
This  means  no  thought  by  himself  and 
no  thought  by  the  public. 

Colonel  Mitchell's  leading  idea  for 
the  improvement  of  the  present  situa- 
tion is,  of  course,  the  unified  air  ser- 
vice. His  arguments  in  favor  of  this 
recommendation  will  constitute  the 
core  of  his  lecture.  He  will  also  make 
some  attempt,  however,  to  impress  the 
public  with  the  importance  of  the  en- 
tire field  of  aviation.  Therefore,  his 
lecture  will  include  some  observations 
on  the  present  state  and  future  possi- 
bilities of  commercial  aviation. 


N.   W.   CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention   Given  to 

Each  Order 

oilloe  and  Work,  1625  Mission  St. 

Phone  Market  7913 

Branch    Ofllce:   760    Sutter    St. 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Bids.) 

Phone   Prospect   9845 

Work  Called   For  and   Delivered 


George  C  Homes 


S.  A.  Lovuot 


Garfield  2024 


The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment,  Current  Delinquent  Accounts,  Legal  Aid, 

Audits-Systems,     Financial    Statements,     Income    Tax 

Reports,  Bookkeeping   {Part   Time  Service) 


Dk  Yoi  vi,  lit  II  l.isr. 


San  FaUNtuic* 


USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL  ADDING  MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  "larllcld  3852  664  Market  St. 


WHERE  TO  DINE 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The   City's  Most   Distinctive   Oriental  Show  Place 

Lumcheon        Tea        Dinner        Suppek 

50c,  75c.  $1.00       35c.  50c.  75c     $1.00.51.50  a  la  carte 

Dancing    7:00  P.    M.   to    1:00    A.    M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL    PARTIES    ARRANGED 
HEADQUARTERS    FOR    THEATRICAL    PEOPLE 

HATT1E    MOOSER  MINNIE    C.    MOOSER 


ICE  CREA 

CANDY 
PASTRY 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


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Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


334  Sutter  St. 


Douglas  7118 


145  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  p'ace,  where  i  In- 
service    is    dainty    anil    the    prices 
reasonable.   Every  day:    BreakfaBl 
luncheon.    Afternoon    Tea.    Pinner. 
Sundays:  Dinner. 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 


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Merchants'   lunch   11   a.   m.   to  2   p.   m.    (a   la   carte).    Private  din-     I 
ing  rooms   for   banquets  and   parties,   seating:   75   to  100  people,     i 

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441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


°L.,^r        BLANCO'S         „■;„.„„ 

Luncheon    (11:30  to  2   p.  m.) I  .75         No  Visitor  Should    Lam  the  City   1 

Sunday    Luncheon    1.00  out    Dining   in   the   Finer    Cafe 

Dinner.    Week    Days $1.50  in  America 

Dinner,    Sundays    and    Holidays 1.75 

DANCINC  SUNDAY  EVENIM- 


I  NOAH'S 


ARK 


D8  Third  Avenue,  SAM  MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cooking 
Open   From 
11   30   a.   m.   to  2:00   p.   m. 
5:30    p.    m.    to    8:30    p     nv 
Sundays     and      Holiday  a 
4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

CLOSBD  BTBR1    KOITOAl 

Half    Black    from    Hlehwij 


14-Mru  Hoes* 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

OI'rN    >  on   A.  M    TO  DM  P.  M. 

in51fpasskd  cuisot 
Carl  Lconhaibt 

tWta«rr,./ 
Golden  Cate  Park  Casio* 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  i  n  ink  t  bat  o  vigorous  brush  Ln.fr  once  or  twice  a  day  ia 
i.i  kin  A'  very  eood  cure  of  them.  IlruHttinir  is  only  n  part  of  the 
proceNM.  Many  thine*  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  aot  be  as  sound  us  y.ou  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  (rum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  in  today 
antl  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 
908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SIM-'.t'lA  LISTS — Kxtrnrtlims:     Crowns;     Self     Clcnnlne     bridge*; 

Porcelain   Work   and   Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


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For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of    the    Sisters    of    St.    Dominic. 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 


Hours:  9-12,  1-5 
980-82  Flood  Bun. ding,  Powell  and  Market  Sts., 
Phone  Garfield  5394 


San  Francisco 


Make    yourself  at    home    at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.    :    TtHmann    PlaCS,    at    141    CfMl     ivSOtM 

The    Home    of    the    Book    LoVST 

R;i  r  e    Book  s—  First     Bdltl  0  n  s —  F  in*-     Bindings 

Importations    from    Zachnsdorf,    Moot,    Morrell,   etc.,   of   Lo 

Commissions    in    London    Executed 

Single    Books  and    Libraries    Purchased 

Phone  Kearny  5816 


Books  that  are   reviewed   in  the   News   Letter  can  be  obtained 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 

AND  PAUL   ELDER'S   i.ibkakv 
239  Post  Street 


San  Francisco.  Calif.     J 


RARE     BOOKS 

t   \KI  >     IIHTION* 

John  Howell 

I  KFoftTt*.   Pi  hi  i    hi* 
nprn   far   ha«tne"    al   ear   tin.    louli' 

lit  Pfll   M«»t,  8**    I  n  '  ■ 


GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

Chapel — 771    to   777    Valencia  Street.  Bet     ISth  and    19th  Sts.. 

San  Francisco.     Phone  Market  84 


MOUNTAIN    SPRINGS   WATER 

"Battled   sat   lA.  Sprat  f' 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

::«    Clara    flrt-rt-     r.arfirld    t*4 


HOTEL      SENATOR 

facing  Qapitol  park 

c5A  hotel  that  is  loved  for  its  good  cooking 

All  rooms  with  private  bath:  single,  $3  to  $4;  double 
(suites  excepted),  $4.50  to  $6. 


CHARLES  R.  FRASER,  Manager 


SACRAMENTO,    CALIFORNIA 


in 


Their  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy. — This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 

tf    RATES— "Per  Day,  single.  Guropean  Wan 


The  center 
for  Thralrei 
<Ban*j,  Shopi 

fleaie  •write 
for  ^Booklet 


120  rooms  with  running  *>airr 
220  rooms  with  b.uh 
160  rooms  with  bath 


$2.50io»4.O0 
5.50  to  5.00 
6.00  to     8.00 


Double.  $4.00  up 

Also  a  number   of  Urge  and  beautiful  rooms  and 
uites,  some  in  period  furnishings  with  grand  piano. 


J      fire  place  and  bath,  $10  00  up. 
LARGE  AND  WELL  EQUIPPED  SAMP!  E  ROOMS 


T%A!nCHO  QOLF  CLUB] 
L         available  to  all  guestsi 

HAROLD   E.  LATHROP 


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HOTEL, 


ALEXANDRIA 

Los  Angeles     N... 


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Back  East 
Excursions 

EFFECTIVE  MAY  22 


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Also 
Pacific  Coast 
Excursions 
Li  iw  roundtrip 
laics 
April  30 
and  daily  there- 
after. 
Long  limits  ; 
stopovers. 


R  E  DUC  E  1)  roundtrip  tickets  sold 
daily  until  Sept.  15;  good  until  Oct. 
31.  Stopovers. 

Make  Reservations  Now 
for  Any  Date 

Choice  of  four  commanding  transconti- 
nental routes  to  the  east.  Go  one  way. 
return  another  if  you  wish. 

Send  or  call  today  for  complete  infor- 
mation about  service  and  fares  to  your 
eastern  destination. 

Ask  about  "Circle  Tour  of  the  United 
States"  —  greatest  summer  travel  bar- 
gain. 


ioilthern  Pacific  Lines 

F«T«  Slulioti  6S  Cenry  Slrcet  Tlnrd  Slreel  SUIiotl 

\0i  Phone  Sutler  4000  ^ 

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SAN   FRANCISCO 


PRIC 


ESTABLISHED  JLJ^jO^A  F  0  /?  N J 


PRICE  10  CENTS 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


SATURDAY,  MAY  1st,  1926 


$5.00  PER  YEAR 


OS  ANGELES 


Opening  Lake  County  to  the  Motorist 


l  1,-i.f  ,ih>n<j  the  rn  fitly  eomflettd  Mt.  St.  Helena  Stat/  Htoh- 
'  efneen   Catistoaa.   Saf>a    County,    and   Middleto^n.    Lake 
v        This    wonderful    seenic    road    thmfrs    over    the    moun- 
tains nit  ft  easy  grades,  taking  the  plate  of  the  old  steep  and 
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BROADCAST  SCHEDULE  FOR  NEXT  WEEK 


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SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF..  MAY  1,  1926 


No.  18 


CHARITY 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


The  person  of  limited  means  drops  a  dime  or  a  nickel  into 
the  hat  of  the  beggar  on  the  street  corner,  and  goes  his  way 
with  the  comfortable  feeling  that  he  has  "done  his  bit"  towards 
benevolence,  in  happy  ignorance  of  the  fact  that  the  beggar 
mav  possess  valuable  property  somewhere — possibly,  in  the 
"Mission." 


Or  he  subscribes  a  dollar  into  the  coffers  of  some  "charitable" 
institution  with  a  sympathy-provoking  name,  and  a  corps  of 
highly  paid  employees  and  officials,  unaware  that  75  per  cent 
of  his  donation  is  added  to  the  salaries  of  said  officials,  in- 
stead of  going  into  the  bands  of  the  worthy  poor. 


The  wealthy  woman  has  some  "pet"  organization  which 
absorbs  many  a  dollar  during  the  year,  of  the  lucre  which  her 
husband  or  her  father  supplies  her  with,  and  deludes  herself 

witli  the  idea  that  she  is  so  many  steps  nearer  a  peaceful  here- 
after on  this  account. 


The  man  with   the  dime  may.  in  the  next  breath,  malign  the 
reputation  of  some  acquaintance  who  is  sure  prcs-c  1   for  bis 

g I  word;  the  woman  of  weal  h  may  turn  a  haughty  shoulder 

to  blood   relations   who   need   a   little   "boost"   along    the   rocky 
road  of  life. 


The  man  thinks  he  has  performed  a  sort  of  sacrificial  iWvi] 
for  the  betterment  of  his  soul;  or  perhaps  the  fear  of  being 
called  a  "piker"  by  hi-  associates,  actuates  him;  the  woman  of 
wealth  experiences  a  self-satisfied  thrill  at  the  sight  ,,f  her  name 
in  the  newspapers  as  one  of  the  mosl  generous  of  benefactors. 


I  hen  there  is  the  woman  who  does  not  believe  in  giving 
money,  imt  presents  old  clothes  with  a  more  or  less  begrudging 
band,  and  who  is  not  at  all  concerned  if  it  happens  that  the 
coat  of  a  suit  goes  to  otic  pel  son,  ami  the  skirt  to  another.  What 
does  that  matter:  The  main  thing.  \. 
their  bodies  with  something  or  other! 


And  there  is  the  silly  woman  who  bestows  worn  out  silk 
stockings  and  bedraggled  handkerchiefs  upon  the  family  whose 
stomachs  are  crying  out  for  nourishing  food;  and  the  equally 
irritating  person  who  delights  in  giving  what  she  calls  "sensible 
presents"  to  the  young  girl  who.  her  material  wants  sustained, 
is  longing  for  luxuries. 


And  there  is  the  man  who  could,  with  a  turn  of  his  hand, 
secure  a  decent  position  for  an  industrious  friend  or  relative, 
but  who  prefers  to  dole  out  little  sums  of  money  that  really 
do  more  harm  than  good,  with  a  smug  self -complacency  that 
fills  the  recipient  with  a  desire  to  kick  him. 


All  these  and  many  more  types,  can  be  categoric  1  under  the 
title.  "Charitable  people,"  but  to  us.  the  word  "charity"  has  a 
deeper  and  more  significant  meaning,  for  "there  abideth  Faith, 
Hope  and  Charity,  these  three;  and  the  greatest  of  all  is  Chari- 
ty." 


Charity   is  one  of  the  biggest  words  in  the  dictionary.     Aside 
from  the  merely  mechanical   action  of  handing  out  money,  or 

merchandise,  with  (very  often)  a  begrudging  spirit  back  of  it. 

there  is  the  charitable  quality   of   mind   which   is  s,,  lacking  in 

manifesting  itself  amongst  humans. 


It  is  the  kind  of  mind  which  hesitates  in  condemning  the  "girl 
who  has  gone  wrong;"  i  doesn't  that  sound  funny:!  the  man 
who  has  run  off  with  the  bank  funds;  the  husband  who  finds 
pleasure   in   company   other   than   his   wife's;   the   wife   who   is 

starved  for  mental  expression,  and  discovers  it  in  some  one 
<  Ise's  husband. 


The  murderer  who  is  dri\en  to  desperation;  the  liar  who 
saves  a  repu  ation;  the  suicide  who  tries  to  find  surcease  from 
mental  or  physical  agony  :  the  man  who  loathes  war.  and  has  the 
Ci  urage  to  admit  it;  the  degenerate;  all  the  |x>or.  poor  "trans- 
rs"  who  are  only  following  impulses  which  have  been 
inculcated  in  their  mental,  moral  or  physical  make-up;  who 
sin  impulsively,  with  no  thought  of  consequence;  whose  train- 
ing and  environment  have  Iteen  terribly  at  fault. 


Sin  is  almost  always  a  disease  brought  about  by  wrong  school- 
ing; by  a  physical  taint  in  one's  blood;  by  surroundings  that 
foster  nefarious  deeds;  by  drifting,  perhaps,  along  wa- 
seem  pleasant,  but  that  lead  to  punishment:  by  fool  laws  in- 
stituted through  the  agency  of  reformers  who  are  absolutely 
ignorant  of  human  nature. 


It   is  comparative,   for  what  app<  sinning  t 

person,  may  seem  but  a  perfectly  natural  gesture  to  another; 
it  is.  also,  a  consequence  of  superfluous  and  idiotic  laws  ■ 
upon  g        -natured  and  careless  public:  it  is  the  outcome 

of  misunderstanding,  the  lack   of  CHARITY. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  1.  192( 


The  picture  given  at  Washington  is  a  most  humiliating  ami 
disappointing  one  in  a  country  which  has  had,  and  enjoyed,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  years  of  liberty  and  self  government. 


Edward  L.  Doheny,  multi- 
Going  to  Work  in  Chariots     millionaire,  one  of  the  greatest 

of  oil  producers  and  refiners, 
has  startled  the  country  by  registering  as  a  Republican. 
Mr.  Doheny  has  been,  up  to  the  present,  not  only  a  conspicu- 
ous democrat  but  one  of  the  most  munificent  contributors 
to  campaign  funds  for  the  benefit  of  that  party.  According  to 
his  own  statements,  he  has  made  a  stand  for  democratic  politics 
against  his  wife  and  son,  both  of  whom  have  registered 
as  republicans  for  some  time. 

It  is  the  later  policies  of  the  Republican  party  which  have 
SO  won  the  approval  of  Mr.  Doheny.  He  is  of  the  opinion 
that  the  present  great  prosperity  is  largely  due  to  the  sa- 
gacity with  which  that  party  had  handled  the  affairs  of  the 
country.  In  support  of  his  contention,  he  remarks:  "Evi- 
dence of  prosperity  is  seen  on  every  hand,  everywhere  one 
goes  in  America.  We  are  a  happy  people.  Our  working- 
men  go  to  work  in  chariots  a  king  could  not  have  owned  a 
few  years  ago." 

That  last  is  a  striking  expression,  just  as  true  as  it  is 
striking,  and  it  does  not  apply  alone,  by  any  means,  to  the 
popular  ownership  of  automobiles.  One  finds  proofs  in 
dozens  of  ways.  Did  you  ever  notice  how  beautiful  and 
how  really  artistic  are  the  buildings  for  amusement  patron- 
ized by  the  working  people?  No  such  theaters  existed,  even 
for  the  well  to  do,  twenty  years  ago.  It  is  tne  same  where- 
ever  you  turn.  The  American  has  given  his  attention  to 
mass  production  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  as  a  whole, 
rather  than  to  the  making  of  goods  for  limited  classes.  That 
is  the  reason  of  the  wide-spread  prosperity.  The  founda- 
tion of  that  prosperity  is  to  be  found  in  the  American  in- 
dustrialist, commercialist  and  financier,  and  not  in  any  pol- 
itical party. 


The  congressional  investigation 
The  Prohibition  Enquiry     of  the  operation  of  the  Volstead 

Act  is  bringing  out  some  facts  of 
great  significance.  They  cannot  fail  in  the  long  run  to  make 
for  a  very  complete  change  in  the  operation  of  the  law  to 
enforce  the  Eighteenth  Amendment,  if  indeed  the  Amend- 
ment, itself,  actually  survives  in  the  long  run. 

There  is  no  doubt  from  all  the  testimony  that  conditions 
are  in  some  cases  very  much  worse  than  before  the  Amend- 
ment went  into  operation.  It  is  notable,  and  the  testimony 
is  undeniable,  that  there  is  actually  much  more  drinking 
today  among  young  epople  than  there  was  in  pre-prohibi- 
tion  times.  The  reason  is  very  clear.  As  the  whole,  traffic 
in  liquor  is  now  an  outlaw  traffic;  there  are  no  regulations 
that  prevent  the  selling  of  booze  to  minors  and.  consequent- 
ly, prohibition  enforcement  practically  delivers  the  youth 
of  the  country  into  the  hands  of  bootleggers  who,  being  out- 
laws, are  by  no  means  fastidious  as  to  the  persons  to  whom 
they  sell  their  wares. 

The  whole  story  of  prohibition  enforcement,  as  it  has  come 
from  the  lips  of  the  witnesses  in  the  Washington  enquiry. 
is  a  sordid  and  disgusting  story,  which  reflects  no  credit  upon 
the  country,  but  which,  on  the  other  hand,  tends  to  degrade  it, 
as  furnishing  political  material,  which  readily  yields  to  cor- 
rupting influences.  There  has,  perhaps,  in  the  whole  history 
of  civilization,  never  been  a  corps  which,  on  the  whole,  has  been 
as  disgustingly  prone  to  bribery  and  yet  as  brutally  callous 
to  the  ordinary  decencies  of  humanity  as  the  enforcement 
squads  throughout  the  whole  United  States. 


The  fight  on  fire,  lately  made  by  the  forest 
Fight  on  Fire  service  of  the  State  of  California,  is  now  be- 
ginning to  bear  fruit.  The  first  three  months 
of  this  year  have  been  phenomenally  free  from  forest  fires, 
according  to  the  report  of  S.  B.  Snow,  the  federal  district 
forester.  There  have  been  two  reasons  for  this:  in  the  first 
place,  the  vigilant  pat  nil  service,  which  is  now,  with  the 
co-operation  of  the  general  public,  accomplishing  more  than 
ever  before,  and  the  rather  unusual  rains. 

Last  year,  damage  to  the  extent  of  $100,000  was  caused  by 
fire  in  the  nineteen  national  forests  of  this  state,  and  the 
year  before  the  loss  in  the  same  forests  aggregated  $1,000,- 
000.  Thus,  there  has  been  an  almost  miraculous  reduc- 
tion in  a  short  space  of  time.  But  it  has  taken  work  and  or- 
ganization to  do  this,  for  the  people  under  the  control  of  Mr. 
Snow  in  the  summer,  number  some  six  hundred.  And  of 
these,  there  are  three  women  who  have  look-out  positions, 
one  in  Sierra  Iluttes  in  the  Tahoe  national  forest;  another 
on  Sardine  Peak  in  the  Tahoe  district;  and  a  third  in  the 
Klamath  forest  at  Black  Bear.  It  would  be  interesting  to 
hear  of  their  reactions  to  the  loneliness  and  trials  of  the  life. 

But  the  splendid  results  accomplished  are  due  also  to 
great  improvement  in  fire-fighting  methods.  There  are  bet- 
ter means  of  directing  fires  and  readier  ways  of  dealing 
with  them,  when  detected.  Better  than  all  is,  however, 
the  system  of  prevention,  which  is  maintined  by  patrols  who 
move  from  place  to  place  and  make  propaganda  on  fire  pre- 
vention among  campers. 

Among  the  new  materials  which  are  efficacious  in  fire- 
fighting,  the  California  forests  are  now  in  possession  of  a 
pump  capable  of  pumping  water  through  a  1000  foot  hose. 
Additional  pumps  can  relay  water  through  4.000  feet  of 
hose. 

On  the  whole  the  year's  progress  in  forest-fire  fighting  is 
highly  creditable. 


The  shot  of  a  crazy  woman  has  sent 
Mussolini  Triumphant     the  stock  of    the    Italian    dictator 

higher  than  he  could  have  thought 
possible,  even  a  month  ago;  a  slight  injury  to  the  nose  has 
done  more  for  him  than  the  Gallic  campaigns  did  for  Julius 
Caesar  and  Mussolini  now  enjoys  triumphs,  with  the  loss 
of  an  infinitesimal  quantity  of  blood.  It  is  only  fair  to 
say.  however,  that  the  present  dictator  did  shed  his  own 
blood  copiously  enough  in  the  great  war. 

But  Rome  is  mad  these  days  with  the  lust  of  power. 
Lloyd  George,  who  has  had  his  own  triumphs  and  has  rid- 
den through  streets  hailing  him  with  vociferous  approval ; 
Lloyd  George  shakes  his  head  over  a  national  hero  who  in 
peace  times  makes  a  visit  to  a  colony  of  his  county  accom- 
panied by  more  warships  than  ever  went  with  king  or  kais- 
er. Rome  celebrates  the  2680th  anniversary  of  her  birth 
with  vehement  applause  for  Mussolini  and  tempestuous 
cheers  for  the  imperialism  wdiich  he  proclaims.  "The  spirit- 
ual foundation  of  the  new  empire  has  been  created,  now  the 
work  of  realization  must  begin,"  is  what  the  leaders  in 
Rome  are  saying,  national  flags  and  the  black  flags  of  Fas- 
cismo  floating  in  scores  of  thousands  in  the  spring  air. 
There  are  processions  and  wreaths  for  the  war  dead  and 
great  processions  to  the  tomb  of  the  unknown  soldier,  where 
the  incense  rises  to  Italian  skies. 

It  is  all  very  puzzling,  yet  very  ominous.  Mussolini  says 
that  the  Mediterranean  must  be  an  Italian  lake,  as  it  used 
to  be,  and  that  the  Italian  colonies  in  Africa  must  be  built 
up  into  a  solid  empire  with  the  mother-land.  It  is  out  of 
just  such  dreams  as  these  that  war-troubles  come.  The 
necessities  of  Mussolini  may  induce  them  to  come  with  even 
unusual  rapidity.  Poor  Europe  is  again  trembling  on  the 
edge  of  destiny. 


May  1.  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


The  wonders  of  yesterday  arc  now- 
World  Broadcasting  commonplace  ;  the  miracle-  of  a  month 
ago  is  jostled  out  by  the  new  miracle 
of  today.  All  of  which  moralizing  is  excusable,  in  face  of 
the  rather  tremendous  fact  that  London  dancers  are  able 
to  caper  to  the   tune--  of   New    York   orchestras. 

Nobody  paid  much  attention  to  this  at  the  beginning  oi 
the  vear,  when  it  was  accomplished;  still  fewer  would  be 
interested  to  he  told  that  it  is  now  done.  No  wonder  holds 
its  own  very  long.  A  few  years  ago  it  would  have  been 
considered  a  transcendent  feat  of  science  ;  today  it  is  a  mere 
nothing. 

Yet  there  is  a  great  deal  in  it.  (  >ne  notable  fact  is.  that 
the  first  thing  so  broadcasted,  for  three  thousand  miles,  was 
no  great  scientific  or  philosophical  expression  but  just,  jazz. 
What  Europe  wanted  of  America  was  not  thought,  but 
jazz;  what  Europe  expected  of  America  was  not  wisdom, 
but  jazz  ;  what  Europe  got  from  America  was  not  art,  but 
jazz.  And  that  is  all  very  natural,  for  Europe  has.  by  right 
of  inheritance,  wisdom  and  art  and  thought.  For  genera- 
tions the  European  has  been  artist  and  thinker.  The  post- 
war European  is  wiser.  "Wisdom  and  art.  a  fig  for  them," 
he  says,  "Let's  jazz"  and,  as  King  Cole  in  his  off  hours 
called  for  his  pipe  and  bowl  and  fiddlers  three,  so  does  a 
jaded  Europe  call  in  by  broadcasting,  over  the  tempestuous 
seas,  the  revivifying  and  stimulating  jazz. 

Some  articles  have  been  written,  lamenting  the  fact  that 
such  should  have  been  the  first  results  of  the  development 
of  broadcasting  to  its  present  strong  position.  But  what 
would  you?  Deeds  are  louder  than  words.  An  honest 
call  for  jazz  illuminates  the  fact  that  jazz  is  particularly 
wanted.  Why  it  should  be  so  puzzles  the-  philosophical  and 
the  middle-aged.  Perhaps  the  young  and  vital  may  he  able 
to  explain  it  better.  At  all  events  grey-haired  industrious 
scientists  have  accomplished  the  transmission  of  jazz. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


Mayor  James  Rolph,  Jr., 
The  New  Traffic  Survey  Group     has     appointed     the     new 

group  of  eighteen  citizen-, 
to  be  known  as  the  San  Francisco  Traffic  Survey  Commit- 
tee. This  action  followed  tin-  resignation  of  the  members 
of  the  San  Francisco  Traffic  Commission,  which  was  ap- 
pointed two  years  ago. 

The  Mayor  has  the  notion  that  the  best  and  most  effective 
way  of  dealing  with  the  traffic  situation  is  to  co-ordinate 
the  various  groups  interested  in  traffic  control  bv  the  nam- 
ing of  a  new  non-political  committee,  which  i-  self-financing, 
with  no  official  power,  but  deriving  its  influence  from  public 
opinion.  It  is  a  wise  ami  courageous  move  and  worthy  of 
the  high  quality  of  management  which  has  always  marked 
the  public  acts  of  the  Mayor. 

The  Supervisors,  or  some  of  them,  have  at  one  time  Or 
another  played  with  the  idea  of  a  non-political  commission; 
it  lias  rested  with  the  Mayor  to  realize  the  plan.  Now  we 
arc  to  see  what  this  new  departure  will  produce.  We  have 
high  hopes  oi  it. 

The  eighteen  members  are  headed  by  Robert  1.  l'.entlev 
as  temporary  chairman,  the  Mayor  having  so  appointed 
him.  'Idle  other  members  arc  all  affiliated  with  civic  or- 
ganizations of  one  kind  or  another  and  are  public  spirited 
and  influential  citizens.  H  appears  to  lie  a  thoroughly  rep- 
resentatn  e  committee. 

The  general  impression  that  the  San  Francisco  Traffic 
Commission  .lid  not  function  well  seems  to  be  shared  by 
the  Mayor,  who.  however,  justly  pointed  out  that  it  had 
no  funds  and  could  not  get  co-operation   for  legislative  pur- 

We  expect  better  things  of  the  new  organization,  for 
the  traffic  question  has  become  almost  critical  in  this  city. 


Almost  any  politician  can  win  applause  by  saying;  "All  that  I 
am  I  owe  to  the  little  wife."  So  why  not  let  "Ma"  Ferguson 
give  credit  to  the  little  husband  ? — Chicago  Daily  News. 

*  *     * 

Some  of  our  disgruntled  citizens  are  demanding  that  Con- 
gress give  Americans  their  freedom  before  it  grants  it  to  the 
Filipinos. — Memphis  Commercial  Appeal. 

*  *     * 

Seven  new  species  of  barnacle  have  been  discovered.  This 
is  news.  We  thought  they  had  every  variety  classified  down 
at  Washington. — Milwaukee  Journal. 

*  *     * 

Although  the  Prince  of  Wales  is  fond  of  riding,  he  is  not 
greatly  attached  to  the  horse. — Pittsburgh  Gazette  Times. 

*  *     * 

Dance  critic  says  the  Charleston  does  not  appeal  to  the  man 
in  the  street.  And,  in  these  days  of  traffic  congestion,  it's  a 
good  thing  it  doesn't. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

Xo  American  congress  ever  would  be  haled  before  the 
World  Court  on  a  speeding  charge. — Indianapolis  Star. 

*  *     * 

Broadcasting  of  heat  will  soon  be  a  possibility,  says  a  scien- 
tist.     The  sun  lias  been  doing  it  for  years. — Dallas  News. 

*  *     * 

Many  of  the  new  garages  are  being  built  with  houses  at- 
tached.— <  )hio  State  Journal. 

*  *      * 

It  is  the  easy  paroles  that  make  uneasy  payrolls. — Phila- 
delphia  Inquirer. 

*  *     * 

A   northern    visitor   was   robbed   of  $13,000  in    Palm    Beach. 

Manifestly,  he  had  just  arrived. —  Marion  Star. 

*  *    * 

If  the  United  States  sends  delegates  to  the  arms  confer- 
ence they  should  be  heavily  armed. — South  Bend  Tribune. 

*  *     * 

The  difference  between  a  bootlegger  and  a  dry  is  that 
while  both  favor  Prohibition  only  one  of  them  seems  to 
make  practical  use  of  it. —  Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

*  *     * 

Put  if  there  is  anything  in  a  name,  how  come  the  dis- 
tinguished  archeologist,    Dr.   Ales    llrdlicka.   is   not   a   DOOt- 

r?-  Macon  Telegraph. 

*  *    * 

The  automobile  may  be  putting  a  few  railroad  trains 
out  of  business — but  not  when  they  meet  on  a  grade  crow- 
ing.—  I. os  Angeles  Times. 

*  *     * 

We  often  think  that  the  only  way  to  abolish  petting  and 
kindred  evils  would  be  to  resume  drowning  all  the  girl  babies 
-    i  diio  State  Journal. 

*  *    * 

Nations  really  shouldn't  be  so  -cared  of  reasonable  dis- 
armament. The  Venus  de  Milo  went  in  for  it  a  couple  of 
thousand  years  ago  and  she's  come  through  all  right. — Los 

»     *     * 

If  you   are  tired  of  reading  about   amazing  land   values 
and  profits  jn  Florida  and  weary  of  seeing  pictUf 
tors  lolling  on  the  sands  of  Miami  and  Palm   Beach,  sub- 
scribe  to  a   southern    California   newspaper. —  Detroit    Free 
Tre-. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  1,  1926 


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Pleasure's  Ww 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUT  PLEASURE'S 

_  7om  f4oone> 


Enthusiastic  Welcome 
Typical  of  San  Francisco 

IT  \\  AS  magical.  It  was  wonderful. 
It  was  typical. 

Typical  of  San  Francisco  when  it  does 
approve  ami  typical  of  the  reception  ac- 
corded its  own.  We  mean,  certainly,  the 
enthusiastic  reception  accorded  the  fam- 
ous Duncan  Sisters,  upon  their  return 
to  their  native  city,  last  Sunday  night,  at 
the  Columbia. 

"Topsy  and  Eva."  one  of  the  most 
popular  light  musical  comedies  we  have 
ever  known,  is  really  even  more  fascin- 
ating than  ever  before — and  the  Duncan 
Sisters  deserve  their  fame.  They  have 
the  admiration  of  the  whole  town  as  well 
as  the  plaudits  of  enthusiastic  audience-. 

Few  changes  have  been  made  in  the 
production  and  these  appear  in  the  final 
act,  when  several  specialties  fall  to  the 
happy  lot  of  Topsy  and  Eva.  who  give 
some  new  songs;  "Kiss  Me."  being  the 
only  extra  for  Mariette  and  George.  Ro- 
setta  anil  Vivian  have  the  other  new  lilt- 
ing melodies:  "I  Never  Had  a  Mammy;" 
"Happy-Go-Lucky  Days"  and  "Sweet 
Onion  Time  in    Bermuda." 

The  entire  production  is  even  more 
attractive  and  more  beautifully  staged 
than  when  it  left  San  Francisco  for  fame 
elsewhere.  Exquisite  costumes  are  worn 
throughout  the  entire  production  and  that 
same  freshness  which  reminds  one  of 
fields,  flowers  and  delicious  things  per- 
meates the  present  production. 

"Rosetta  comes  back  a  really  great 
comedienne,  knowing  every  inch  of  the 
way  from  her  first  shrill  chuckle,  off 
stage,  to  the  swing  of  her  into  the  flies  on 
the  final  curtain."  We  are  quoting  Mr. 
George  C.  Warren,  dramatic  critic  of  the 
Chronicle  in  this  paragraph  and  Mr. 
Warren  always  knows. 

Vivian  Duncan  always  was  beauti- 
ful and  we  heartily  agree  with  those 
who  say  that  she  is  a  vision  of  loveliness 
and  childish  grace.  Her  sense  of  pro- 
portions are  exceedingly  rare  and  com- 
mendable, for  she  never  oversteps  nor 
overdoes  her  own  part.  She  is  the  ap- 
pealing Eva.  constantly,  and  that  with- 
out being  maudlin  or  too  sweetish  in 
any  part  of  her  work.  She,  too,  has 
that  glorious  appreciation  of  the  keen 
satire  and  wdiolesome  burlesque.  When- 
ever she  needs  this  quality  she  uses  it 
with  convincing  effect. 

Dancer  Pleases 

Marguerite    Ball,    the   pretty   blonde 


By  "Jingle" 

dancer,  captivated  the  Duncan  audi- 
ences with  her  toe  dancing,  her  spright- 
liness  and  her  grace.  She  was  a  fitting 
artist  for  so  finished  a  performance  as 
the   Duncan  Sisters  are  giving  us. 

Virgil  Johnson  gives  us  an  Uncle 
Tom  we  like  and  Vernon  Shelby  is 
stunning  enough  to  be  a  hero  rather 
than  vidian  in  the  plot.  Alvina  Zollc 
is  so  pretty  and  to  her  lot  falls  the 
splendid  task  of  portraying  the  charac- 
ter  of    Mariette. 

The  London  Dancing  girls  in  this 
company  have  many  appearances  for 
which  we  are  grateful.  They  have  pre- 
cision as  well  as  grace  and  their  danc- 
ing could  go  on  forever  and  still  we'd 
be  happy. 

Flowers  and  Speeches 

Gorgeous  flowers,  tons  of  them  al- 
most, heaping  baskets  arranged  accord- 
ing to  the  florist's  consummate  skill. 
supplied  a  gratifying  picture  of  "WEL- 
i  I  'MF.."  They  were  a  part  of  the 
opening  night  and  sentimentally  told 
the  story  of  heart-felt  applause  to  the 
lovely  Duncan  geniuses. 

Throngs  besieged  the  doors  of  the 
Columbia  Theater  every  night.  So  it 
may  be  that  we  shall  have  with  us,  for 
some  time  to  come,  these  two  young 
girls  whose  steady  work  plus  brains 
and  talent  and  application  have  made 
their  names  ring  through  musical  come- 
dy circles  from  eastern  to  western 
shores  with  the  resonance  of  acclama- 
tion. 

*     *     * 

Wilkes 

"Desire   Under  the   Elms"  in   which 

Franklin  McGlynn  is  starred  com- 
mences an  engagement  at  the  Wilkes 
Theater,  Sunday  Night  following  the 
splendid  run  of  Douglas  Fairbank's  pic- 
ture. "The  Black  Pirate." 

In  this  drama  of  the  stage  McGlynn 
takes  the  role  of  Fphraim  Cabot,  a  brute 
and  tyrant  who  quotes  the  scripture 
constantly  to  justify  his  cruelties. 
Tight-fisted  and  greedy,  the  character- 
ization of  a  bard  old  New  Englander 
is  portrayed  with  histrionic  skill  by 
Franklin  McGlynn,  wdio  sprang  into 
immediate  fame  in  his  impersonation 
of  "  \braham  Lincoln." 

Miss  [essie  Arnold  plays  the  part  of 
Abbie  Putnam  and  contributes  great- 
ly to  the  splendid  Wilkes  production 
in  her  characterization  of  the  scheming 
widow. 


Norman  Feusier  and  Forrest  Taylor 
and  Arthur  Lubin  are  other  well-known 
players  in  the  cast.  Others  include 
Margaret  Wesner,  Arthur  Foster,  Har- 
ry Desser,  Allan  Elder,  Billee  Leicester, 
Harrison  J.  Terry,  Richard  Sloan,  Nina 
Chapman  and  Dan  Freeman. 

*     *     * 
Curran 

Louis  ( ).  Macloon  will  bring  his  new- 
dramatic  star,  Mabel  Julienne  Scott,  to 
the  Curran  Theater  Monday  night  in 
Edward  Knoblock's  great  stage  suc- 
cess, "The  Lullaby."  It  is  said  that 
this  offering  of  Knoblock's  eclipses  bis 
wonderful  production  of  "Kismet." 
The  theme  of  the  play,  based  on  mother 
love,  is  a  gripping  one.  Miss  Scott  has 
ample  opportunity  to  harvest  the  praise 
of  her  audiences  for,  during  the  course 
of  the  play,  she  enacts  a  girl  of  seven- 
teen, then  down  on  through  life  with 
her  romances,  emotions,  joys  and  sor- 

n  IWS.  *       *       * 

President 

"The  Nervous  Wreck,"  a  cure-all  for 
the  blues  is  still  drawing  crowds  to  the 
I 'resident.  A  new  star,  Selena  Royle,  the 
.'lever  ami  accomplished  actress,  replac- 
ing Miss  Dale  Winter,  appeared  on  the 
stage  Monday  night  previously  unan- 
nounced. 

Miss  Winter  has  been  called  by 
Henry  Duffy  to  the  Alcazar  with  the 
departure  of  Leneta  Lane,  who  has 
been  called  east.  Many  who  were  sur- 
prised to  see  Selena  Royle  in  the  role 
formerly  essayed  by  Miss  Winter  were 
also  pleased  with  the  ease  with  which 
she  stepped  into  the  characterization. 
She  has  theatrical  heritage,  her  father 
being  Edwin  Milton  Royle,  author  of 
"The  Squaw  Man"  and  other  stage  suc- 
cesses as  well  as  an  actor.  Her  mother 
was  an  actress  of  high  reputation. 

The  sparkling  comedy  will  surely  at- 
tract large  audiences  for  more  weeks 
to  come.  *     *     * 

St.  Francis 

Lillian  Gish  and  John  Gilbert  are  play- 
ing at  the  St.  Francis  this  week  in  "La 
Bobeme."  The  story  is  suggested  by 
Flenry  Murger's  "Life  in  the  Latin 
Quarter"  from  which  Puccini  com- 
posed an  immortal  opera.  The  flawless 
direction  of  King  Vidor,  the  exquisite- 
ness  of  Lillian  Gish  and  the  splendid 
performance  of  John  Gilbert  combine 
to  make  a  pleasing  entertainment  out  of 
a  story  that  is  as  old  as  sin. 


May  1.  1926 


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Amusements 


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ON  THE 

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ALCAZAR 

O'Farrell  nr.  Powell 

"The  Gorilla*' 
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CASINO 

Mason  and  Ellin 

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Musionl  Comedy 

COLUMBIA 

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"Topsy  and  Eva" 
Duncan  Slitters, 

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"The  Nervous 

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WILKES 

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"Desire  Under  the 
Elms" 

VAUDEVILLE 

LiOl.DKIV    GATE 
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Viiudeville-Pietures 

ORPHEUM 
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Vaudeville 

PANTACES  (NEW) 
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Vaudeville-Pictures 

UNION   SQUARE 
O'Farrell  nr.  Powell 

Vaudeville 

WIGWAM 
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A'audeville-Pietures 

ON  THE 

SCREEN 

Reginald    Denny:    "What    Hap- 

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ALEXANDRIA                 (     Eltingc:    "Madame    Behave"— 

Geary  and  184h                 f      Sun.      "Three     Faces     Easl"— 

'       Mon.    to    Wed.      Harold    Lloyd: 

"The   Freshman"  — Thurs.-Fri. 

CALIFORNIA                 (        "The  Reckless  Lady" 
4th  and  Market               r         Max  Dolln  Orchestra 

CAMEO                                       {      "Border   Sheriff"— Jack    Hoxie. 
03«  Market  St.                     f      "North      Star"— villi      the     dog 
1                          "Stronghearl" 

"New       Brooms"    —    Sat. -Sun. 

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HOY  VI.                                 (     Piclurcs  chnn&inK  four 
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BOS  Market  St.                   i                         John  Cilbrrl 

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The  ending  is  sail  and  different  from 
the  usual  motion  picture  ending,  but 
happy  endings  cannot  always  dominate 
art  and  in  this  ease  the  heroine's  (Mi- 
mi's)  death  was  deemed  necessary  to 
complete  the  classical  and  command- 
ing story. 

*  *     * 

Orpheum 

Jimmy  Hussey.  the  famous  Hebrew 
comedian  who,  by  the  way,  is  an  out 
and  out  Irishman,  will  head  the  pro- 
gram at  the  Orpheum  Theater  for  the 
week  beginning  Sunday  next.  Mr. 
Hussey  is  bringing  with  him  Eddie 
Hickey,  who  will  assist  in  presenting 
a  humorous  skit  by  Eddie  Cantor,  called 
"< ietting  a  Ticket."  Air.  Hussey  in  ad- 
dition to  offering  this  skit  will  sing  sev- 
eral of  his  notably  famous  character 
songs. 

A  musical  attraction  will  be  the  en- 
gagement of  the  young  dramatic  tenor, 
Charles  Derickson,  and  Burton  Brown, 
the  eminent  pianist  who  will  offer  a 
program  of  music. 

Charles  Irwin,  the  modern  comedian, 
whose  witty  sayings  and  original  humor 
coupled  with  a  winning  personality,  al- 
ways makes  a  big  hit  wherever  he  ap- 
pears; Jtttta  Yalev  and  Company  in 
"Sky-High,"  will  complete  the  list  of 
newcomers.  The  Orpheum  Combina- 
tion show  includes  Emil  Boreo's  stu- 
pendous and  colorful  revue  of  Parisian 
night  life  with  a  cast  of  30  including 
Jack  Broderick  and  Betty  Felsen  ;  Hec- 
tor Carlton.  Frank  Sieffert.  Tad  Tie- 
man's  Tunesmiths  with  Pinkie  Dees,  a 
clever  comedian-musician  who  will  ap- 
pear with  his  original  style  of  comedy. 
The  team  of  Wills  and  Holmes,  the  or- 
iginal backyard  entertainers,  will  re- 
main over  for  a  second  big  week. 

*  *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

Hany  Langdon  arrives  at  the  War- 
field  today,  May  1.  in  the  western  pre- 
mier of  his  first  feature  length  comedy. 
"Tramp.  Tramp,   Tramp." 

This  is  said  to  be  more  than  a  mere 
announcement,  at  least  to  the  lovers  of 
movies,  for  the  showing  of  the  comedy 
automatically  places  Langdon  in  that 

charmed  circle  occupied  by  Charles 
Chaplin,  Harold  Lloyd  and  Buster 
Keaton. 

Langdon,  in  "Tramp.  Tramp.  Tramp.'' 
has  taken  the  incidents  of  a  cross  coun- 
try walking  match  as  the  adventures 
for  his  first  feature  comedy  and  hiking 
for  love  has  given  the  young  and  sad- 
faced  Harry  ample  opportunity  for  the 
display  of  those  comedy  qualities  which 
have  made  his  rise  in  filmdom  so  rapid 
and  so  secure.  The  pretty  girl  of  the 
story  is  Joan  Crawford. 

On  the  stage  will  be  a  Fanchon  and 
Marco  specialty  idea,  this  one  featur- 
ing the  first  San  Francisco  appearance 
of  Wynne  Bullock,  the  young  tenor 
who  followed  John  Steele  in  the  Irving 
Berlin   "Music    Box    Review." 


Golden  Gate 

A  double  headline  vaudeville  bill  is 
at  the  Golden  date,  topline  honors 
going  to  Georgie  Price,  popular  juven- 
ile comedian  and  Harry  J.  Conley  in  his 
new  sketch  "Slick  as  Ever."  The  screen 
feature  is  a  powerful  drama  of  love, 
"The  Unwritten  Law,"  Elaine  Ham- 
merstein  and  Forrest  Stanley  starring 
in  the  photoplay  which  deals  with  the 
eternal  triangle  of  husband,  wife  and 
lover.  William  Mong,  and  Mary  Al- 
den  play  prominent  supporting  roles. 

Last  seen  in  San  Francisco  as  one  of 
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19  Maiden  Lane 

Opp.  Old  Chronicle  Bldg. 

(Off.  Kearny  Street) 

Increased  Seating  Capacity 

We  Now  Have 

24  PRIVATE  BOOTHS 

and 

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Open   Till   11   p.  m. — Sundays   Included 

Come  in  Your  Outing  or  Golf  Togs 

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May  1.  1926 


Commandery   Breakfast 

VERY   year.   The   Ladies   Auxiliary   of     Golden 


EVERY  year.  The  Ladies  Auxiliary  01  uoiaen  Gate 
Commandery  has  a  beautiful  breakfast  when  some  ce- 
lebrity is  honored  or  tribute  is  paid  to  their  active  leaders 
and  constituents. 

This  year,  the  annual  breakfast  given  in  the  gold  ball- 
room of  the  Fairmont  Hotel  surpassed  preceding  events 
however  brilliant  they  may  have  been,  for  their  honor  guests 
on  the  occasion  included  wives  of  the  Grand  Commandery 
of  California,  who  were  visiting  this  city  at  the  time.  Dr. 
Maude  Noble  Haven,  president  of  the  Auxiliary,  presided 
most  gracefully  at  the  breakfast.  The  distinguished  guests 
for  the  notable  event  included:  Mrs.  Auguste  De  Lemare, 
whose  husband  has  just  been  elected  Grand  Commander 
of  California;  and,  Mrs.  Robert  Wankowski,  Mrs.  A.  I-.. 
Boynton,  Mrs.  Perry  Weidner,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Copp,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Clark,  Mrs.  D.  Knight,  Mrs.  A.  K.  Parks,  Mrs.  R.  P..  day- 
lord,  Mrs.  L.  J.  Brenner,  Mrs.  Henry  Krohs  and  Mrs.  A.  S. 
Crites. 

Prominent  guests  honored  at  the  breakfast  also  included: 
Mrs.  A.  D.  McLean,  California  Auxiliary;  Mrs.  Oscar  Ost- 
lund,  president  San  Francisco  Auxiliary;  Mrs.  W.  R.  Burke. 
president  Berkeley  Auxiliary;  Mrs.  ( ',.  S.  Williams,  president 
Alameda  Auxiliary;  Mrs.  L.  Kempkey,  president  Oakland 
Auxiliary;  Mrs.  A.  \Y.  Scott,  president  Women'-  College 
Club;  Mrs.  A.  W.  Stokes,  president  San  Francisco  City 
and  County  Federation;  Mrs.  John  Phillips,  president  Cali- 
fornia Club:  Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris,  president,  Cap  and 
Bells  Club. 

Each  guest  was  presented  with  a  corsage  bouquet,  Col- 
onial boxes  containing  colonial  bouquets,  and  most  un- 
usually attractive  and  appropriate,  were  gifts  to  guests. 

Dr.  Hoven,  the  president,  was  assisted  in  receiving  by 
Mrs.  L.  V.  Hentrich,  Mrs.  J.  Gordon  Hill  and  Mrs.  Alex 
ander  Woodside,  vice-presidents,  Mrs.  <  iscar  Robinson, 
Mrs.  A.  C.  Brown.  Mrs.  J.  K.  Firth,  the  committee  chair- 
men; Mrs.  Frank  Bailey,  recording  secretary;  Mrs.  Charles 
W.  Gould,  financial  secretary  and  Mrs.  Nclla  Hart,  who 
received  tribute  as  past-president. 


Quiet  Wedding 

Mrs.  Gertude  Douglass,  widow  of  Lieutenant  Command- 
er Eugene  Hale  Douglass,  was  married  last  Tuesday  after- 
noon, to  Mr.  Cornelius  Mandeville,  the  ceremony  taking 
place  in  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  R.  Whittier 
in  Stanford  Court. 

Dean  J.  Wilmer  Gresham  of  Grace  Cathedral  performed 
the  wedding  ceremony  in  the  presence  of  only  a  few  inti- 
mate friends  and  relatives.  A  bower  of  Easter  lilies  formed 
the  background  for  the  marriage,  with  the  season's  choic- 
est blooms  used  in  profusion  about  the  rooms,  lending  a 
garden  setting  to  the  beauty  of  the  home. 

The  bride  was  given  away  by  Mr.  William  Oothout.  I  ler 
bridal  gown  was  of  soft  gray  georgette  embroidered  with 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 

blue  beads  and  when  she  went  away  her  hat  to  match  added 
to  the  bridal  attire  exquisite  taste  and  charm. 

Mr.  Mandeville  was  formerly  of  San  Francisco  in  busi- 
ness here,  but  he  is  now  an  art  photographer  in  Hollywood, 
where  he  will  take  his  bride  after  their  honeymoon  at  Del 
Monte  and  Monterey   pleasure-places. 


Pre- Wedding  Tea 

Preceding  her  marriage  to  Dr.  Timothy  T.  Shea,  Kathleen 
E.  Costello  was  given  an  elaborate  tea  last  week  by  the 
Misses  Helen  and  Carmelita  Hunt. 

The  Laurel  Court  was  the  setting  for  this  charming  affair, 
many  handsome  baskets  of  flowers  being  used  in  the  decorative 
motif.  Those  invited  to  meet  the  bride-to-be  were  Mesdames 
Laid  Wright.  Joseph  Kielty,  Frank  McCarthy,  Nellie  Hunt, 
Duane  Tweedale,  William  Taylor,  James  I  larrington,  Alton  Col- 
lins, Adolph  Canelo,  Harry  Frister,  William  Hunt  Jr..  Paul 
Levy.  Richard  Canelo,  Robert  Steinbcrger,  (  )tto  Jungblut,  Rich- 
ard Quinlan  Jr.,  Mervyn  Burford,  Richard  Quinlan  Si\,  Law- 
rence Heath,  Joseph  Kelly,  Allen  Larkins,  Herman  Stoebel, 
Adolph  Wind  and  the  Misses  Aileen  Lallan,  Helen  Boyd, 
Phyllis  Hydes,  Juliette  Barieau.  Virginia  Marie  Hunt, 
Alyce  Daly,  Barbara  Payne,  ^Catherine  Boyd,  Sally  Walsh. 
Mildred  Bulger,  Virginia  Powell,  Emily  Windei.  Albina 
Rossi,  Agnes  Oliver,  Helen  Taugher  Consuelo  Sullivan, 
Mary  Fink,  Helene  Neubauer. 


Mr.  Hall,  Host 

Mr.  Frederick  W.  Hall  was  host  at  a  bon  voyage  dinner 
at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  Monday  evening,  his  honor  quests 
being  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  F.  Dunne  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul 
Bancroft,  who  are  leaving  for  an  extended  tour  of  Europe 
in  May.  The  table  was  handsomely  decorated  with  rare 
flowers,  artistically  arranged  in  royal  blue  baskets,  which 
were  overturned.  Silver  candlesticks  with  harmonizing 
colored  candles  added  attractiveness  to  the  decorative 
scheme.  The  members  of  the  party  included:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frederick  W.  Bradley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Bancroft,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Samuel  Monsarrat,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Cole- 
man, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  F.  Dunne.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
E.  Bates,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alden  Anderson;  Mesdames:  Flo- 
rence Porter  Pfingst,  J.  B.  Wright.  Ira  Pierce.  Alice  I'.artenlaub. 
R.  P.  Schwerin,  Edward  A.  Van  Bergen.  William  B.  Mat- 
son:  Messrs:  1'.  C.  Harrison.  Thomas  L.  Palmer.  P.  W. 
Hall,  Frank  Mitchell,  Lindsay  Scrutton,  Edward  P.  Pfingst, 
Isaac  0.  Upham. 


An  attractive  party  recently  was  given  by  Mrs.  Howard 
Monroe  for  her  mother,  Mrs.  James  W.  Parker  of  Chicago. 
Invited  to  meet  her  were  Mesdames  Ralston  Page,  Howard 
Park.  Kenneth  Monteagle,  E.  O.  Pringle,  Herbert  O'Brien 
and  George  Llearst. 


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Composer  Motif 

Of  Society  Gathering 

A  number  of  society  music  lovers  gave  a  tea 
in  Laurel  Court,  Fairmont  Hotel,  last  Tues- 
day afternoon,  for  the  express  purpose  of  hear- 
ing Rudy  Seiger  play  some  of  his  own  compo- 
sitions. Mr.  Seiger.  who  recently  returned 
from  Europe  where  he  studied  and  heard  many 
of  the  world's  greatest  musicians,  has  composed 
a  number  of  choice  solos  and  on  Wednesday 
he  played  some  of  these  new  compositions  for 
the  first  time. 

At  the  prettily  decorated  tea  tables  were 
seated  groups  entertaining  friends.  Some  of 
these  hostesses  were:  Mrs.  E.  R.  Richardson, 
Mrs.  A.  C.  Rulofson,  Mrs.  Stewart  Fairweath- 
er,  Mrs.  John  Sibley  and  Miss  Jennie  McFar- 
Iand. 

*      ■■::      * 
Engagement  Party 

The  engagement  of  Miss  June  Clement  and 
Mr.  Arthur  Merrill  Brown  Jr.,  was  announced 
last  week  at  a  delightful  luncheon  given  by 
Miss  Janet  Brown,  sister  of  the  groom-to-be 
in  her  home,  the  Francesca  Apartments. 

Mrs.  John  Edward  Russell,  of  Honolulu,  was  the  hon- 
ored guest  at  this  luncheon,  when  to  the  surprise  of  the 
guests,  the  betrothal  of  Miss  Clement  and  Mr.  Brown  was 
formally   announced. 

Guests  at  the  luncheon  were:  Mrs.  Russell,  Miss  Clement, 
Mrs.  Rene  Le  Roy,  Miss  Barbara  Willett,  Miss  Betsy  Taft. 
Mrs.  Lloyd  Berendson,  Miss  Irma  Clayburgh,  Mrs.  James 
Schlesinger,  Mrs.  Jasper  W.  Tully,  Mrs.  John  Thomas.  Miss 
Phyllis  Edgell,  Miss  Cecile  Mohun,  Miss  Martha  M/Ohun, 
Miss  Margaret  Stacy  ami  Miss   Lea  Calegaris. 

Miss  Clement  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ada  Dougherty 
Clement  of  Oakland  and  Pleasanton,  and  the  granddaughter 
of  Mrs.  Charles  M.  Dougherty,  who  resides  at  the  Clift 
Hotel.  She  is  popular  on  both  sides  of  the  bay  and  has 
take  part  in   the  affairs  of  the  younger  society  set. 

Mr.  Brown  is  the  son  of  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  \rthur  Merrill 
Brown  of  this  city,  lie  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
(  aliloniia. 


HOTEL    CANTERBURY 
750  Sutter  Street 

San  Francisco's  Finest 
Family  Hotel 

250    Rooms 
Rates:  From  $2.50  per  day 


Marshall  Hale,  Mrs.  Phyllida  Ashley  Evering- 
ham,  Mrs.  Leonard  Wollams,  Mrs.  Charles  W. 
Peterson,  Mrs.  \Y.  S.  Davis,  Mrs.  F.  W.  Leis, 
Mrs.  Louis  Seckels,  Mrs.  Selby  Oppenheimer, 
Mrs.  Nathan  Winterburn,  Mrs.  Frederick  Ros- 
ter, Mrs.  Wyatt  Allen,  Miss  Constance  Alex- 
ander, Messrs.  Benjamin  Moore,  John  D.  Mc- 
Kee. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  Alfred  Hertz,  well-known  symphony  or- 
chestra leader,  and  Mrs.  Hertz,  are  guests  at 
Hotel  Claremont.  Mr.  Hertz  will  conduct  the 
mammoth  piano  festival  at  the  ( lakland  Audi- 
torium Sunday  afternoon,  when  twenty-four 
accomplished  pianists  will  be  heard. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Florence  Porter  Pfingst  was  hostess  at 
a  dinner  party  on  Sunday  evening.  April  the 
twenty-fifth,  at  the  Fairmont  hotel  where  she 
makes  her  home.  Roses  shading  from  pink  to 
deep  red  and  yellow  iris  were  gracefully  ar- 
ranged in  a  large  golden  wicker  basket  in  the 
center  of  the  table,  from  which  ribbons  of  deli- 
cate color  extended  to  smart  hows.  Tall  crim- 
in     silver     candlesticks     completed     the    artistic 


son    candles 
decoration. 

The  members  of  the  party  included  :  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Howard 
Morrow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I'.'C.  Hale.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
T.  Sesnon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Rosenfeld,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  C.  Moore.  Miss  Helen  Brack,  Miss  Carrie  Nickelson,  Mr. 
F.  W.  Hall,  Mr.  Huidobro  (Chilean  Consul),  Mr.  Kilroy 
(of  the  Argonaut  I.  Mr.  E.  V.  Saunders.  Mr.  fulian  Hart. 
Mr.  Edward  P.  Pfingst. 

*      *      * 

Mrs.   Dott   Halyard,  who  is  leaving  April  JSth  for  a  six 

weeks  visit  to  the  Hawaiian    Islands,  was  the  incentive  For 

dancing  part)    Friday    evening  at   Hotel  Claremont, 

given    by    Mrs.    Frederick    B.    I  lulling.     The   flowers   and 

.candles  on  the  tables  were  in  delicate  pink  tones. 

Those  enjoying  Mrs.  Hutting's  hospitality  were:  Mrs.  Dot 
Halyard.  Miss  Lassie  McQuoradale,  Mr.  W.  I.  Hupp  and 
Mr.  Burch  Uniting. 


Guest  at  Daughter's  Home 

Mrs.  John  Haldiman  of  Louisville,  K\\.  who  is  visiting 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  George  Lcih,  in  llurling.'imc.  was  the 
guest  of  honor  at  a  tea  given  this  week  by  Mrs.  Ira  Pierce. 
The  guests  at  the  tea  were  Mesdames  I.  Leroy  Nickel,  Frank 
Deering,  Anson  P.  Hotaling,  William  S.  Perkins,  S.  V 
Moserrat  and   Miss  Jennie   Blair. 

*     *     * 
Miss  Seckles'  Tea 

Miss  Alice  Seckels  presided  as  hostess  at  a  tea  given  in 
Laurel  Court  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  on  Tuesday  afternoon, 
following  the  last  of  the  Matinee  Musicales  of  the  - 
Miss  Claire  Dux.  the  charming  artiste  and  Mr.  George  Bar- 
rere  were  her  honor  guests.  A  large  basket  of  spring  flow- 
ers brightened  the  tea  table  at  which  were  seated  besides 
the  complimented  guests:  Mrs.  Frank  Stringham,  Mrs.  fohn 
I1  McKee,  Mrs.  Paul  Denneville,  Mrs.  George  Wilhelm, 
Mis.    Eva    Cruningcr    Atkinson.    Mrs.    Ray    Simonds.    Mrs. 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

Santa  Maria,  California 

On  Hi*   GmM    tliiht>ai    Halfway   Btlwttn  San    Franri*r«  and    Lot    Vairlr 

An    Inn   of   Unusual    K.xcrllmr* 

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i  Ine  of  the  most  delightful  affairs  of  the  season  was  the 
luncheon   and   reception    in   honor   of    Edward   Johnson,  the 

distinguished  tenor  of  the  Metropolitan  Grand  <  )]iera.  giv- 
en b)  Mr.  and  Mrs  Newton  Woodworth  in  their  charming 
studio  at   the   Hotel  Claremont. 

Mr.  fohn  son  and  Mrs.  Woodworth,  known  profession- 
ally as  Gabriel  le  Chapin-Woodworth,  spent  several  years  iii 

Florence,  Italy,  where  they  both  studied  under  the  cele- 
brated Vincenzo  Lombardi,  and  made  their  debut  the  same 
w  eek. 

Because  of  his  friendship  tor  the  Woodworths,  Mr.  John- 
son stepped  aside  from  the  professional  rule,  and  delighted 
the  guests  by  singing  the  aria  from  La  I'.oheme  with  dramatic 
effect,  and  graciously  added.  "Sunrise  and  You."  He  has 
a  beautiful  voice,  which  he  uses  with  the  highest  art. 

Among  those  invited  to  meet  the  great  artist  were:  Lord 
and  Lady  Exmouth,  Mayor  ami  Mrs.  Frank  Stringham, 
Professor  and   Mrs.   Henry  Grady,  General  and  Mrs 

Dr.  and  Mr-.  S.  Everingham  (Phillida  Ashley  i.  Dr. 
anil  Mrs.  Valentine  McGilly-Cuddy. 

!  AGU A  C ALIENTE  SPRINGS-  Why?  I 

j     It's  the  water  and  the  table — New  dance  hall      Special  attrac  I 

tions.     Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water  tub  baths  and  swim-  J 

ming  pool.     Fireproof  hotel.     Write  for  booklet.     T.  H.  COR-  J 

CORAN.   Agua  Caliente.  Sonoma  County,  or  see   Peck  J ud ah  I 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  1.  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


The  Orphan  Radio 

IN  EVERY  business  that  .springs  up. 
such  as  radio  has.  many  concerns 
enter  the  field  of  manufacturing.  Dur- 
ing the  course  of  establishing  the  liusi- 


C.  J.  Pennington 

ness  on  a  firm  basis,  a  great  number  of 
companies  pass  out  of  existence;  new 
companies  taking  their  places  in  some 
instances,  but  in  the  majority  of  cases 
they  go  out  of  business  entirely. 

When  a  radio  manufacturing  com- 
pany goes  out  of  business,  the  sets  they 
have  been  placing  on  the  market  be- 
come known  as  Orphan  Radio  sets. 

Practically  every  radio  set  is  being 
constructed  along  the  same  lines  and 
the  fact  that  a  receiving  set  becomes 
an  orphan  will  never  affect  radio  to 
any  great  extent,  for  the  reason  that 
practically  every  radio  set  can  be  sup- 
plied with  other  makes  of  parts  that 
will  operate  jus',  as  well  as  the  original 
parts  supplied  with  the  receiver. 

Some  manufacturers  put  stress  on 
the  point  of  obtaining  a  matched  unit 
radio.  Perhaps  it  is  an  excellent  idea, 
for  it  is  certain  that  if  every  part  is  in 
harmony,  better  service  will  be  had. 
but  the  joker  seems  to  be  in  the 
matched  unit  radio. 

For  instance  :  Supposing  a  transform- 
er burns  out.  nine  times  out  of  ten  the 
transformer  is  a  standard  make  that 
may  be  replaced  at  your  nearest  radio 
dealer.  Then  presume  that  a  socket  is 
broken,  possibly  it  would  be  very  diffi- 
cult to  get  another  socket  the  exact 
duplicate,  but  it  would  not  be  much  of 
a  task  to  obtain  one  that  would  fill  the 
place  of  the  brocken  socket  and  it  would 
perform  just  as  efficiently  as  the  one 
furnished  by  the  manufacturer. 

And  so  it  goes,  every  part  incorpor- 
ated within  your  radio  set  may  be  re- 
placed. If  an  exact  duplicate  cannot  be 
had.     something     so     near     could     be 


bought  that  it  would  do  the  work  in 
harmony  with  the  rest  of  the  apparatus 
just  as  well  as  the  original  part. 

It  is  very  unusual  for  a  radio  set  to 
go  amiss  mechanically  if  it  is  taken  care 
of  as  it  should  be.  Xo  one  need  fear 
any  great  difficulty  if  they  give  their 
set  the  attention  it  is  entitled  to.  Nat- 
urally, if  a  radio  set  is  thrown  from  cor- 
ner to  corner  and  handled  in  a  general 
rough  manner,  it  is  doomed  lor  an  early 
destruction. 

If  a  person  enters  a  radio  store  and 
finds  there  a  receiving  set  that  is  sat- 
isfactory, there  is  no  reason  why  it 
should  not  be  purchased  without  the 
thought  that  the  set  may  become  an  or- 
phan in  the  future.  For  if  it  should 
become  so,  it  would  not  be  difficult  to 
have  it  repaired. 

The  replacement  of  parts  in  any 
radio  set  is  not  a  question  of  gears  or 
of  any  other  part  which  must  be  the  same 
make  as  the  original.  It  is  a  question 
of  good  parts,  and  no  one  need  have 
any  doubts  about  the  excellence  of  an 
"orphan  radio."  If  you  find  a  set  that 
pleases,  by  all  means  do  not  miss  the 
line  music  and  entertainment  that  is 
ever  present   over  the  air. 


The  Van  Home  Cushion  "X" 

The  Van  Home  Company  of  Frank- 
lin. Ohio,  manufacturers    of    Vacuum 

Products,  are  making  great  progress 
for  the  bette  ment  of  radio  reception. 

Their  latest  product  placed  on  the 
market  is  a  new  tube,  under  the  trade 
name  of  the  Van  Home  Cushion  "X" 
base  t J  pe. 

The  balloon  tire  principle  has  been 
adapted  to  the  construction  of  this 
tube.  A  ring  of  soft  crepe  rubber  being 
incorporated  in  the  base  of  the  tube 
which  gives  excellent  results.  Actual 
tests  have  proved  it  to  prevent  set  and 
speaker  vibrations  from  entering  the 
tubes  and  interfering  with  tonal  quali- 
ties. Microphonic  trouble  in  receiving 
sets  due  to  the  tubes  being  susceptible 
to  vibrations,  causing  "humming"  and 
"bowling"  noises,  is  entirely  eliminated. 

Those  who  have  taken  advantage  of 
any  article  placed  on  the  market  by  the 
Van  Home  Company,  will  undoubted- 
ly discover  a  new  revelation  with  the 
use  of  the  new  Van  Home  Cushion 
"X"  base  type  lube. 

Any  good  set  deserves  the  best  that 
can  be  given  it  and  a  set  of  limited 
qualities  will  also  be  greatly  improved 
by  the  use  of  these  lubes.  No  changes 
in  your  set  are  necessary  ;  merely  re- 
move your  old  tubes  and  replace  with 


the  Van  Home  Cushion  "X"  base  type. 
'I  he  result  in  perfect  reception  will  as- 
ti  nish  ymi. 

The  Xews  Letter  takes  pleasure  in 
having  the  opportunity  of  telling  its  read- 
ers about  such  high  grade  merchandise, 
and  a  thorough  trial  of  this  type  of  tube 
will  convince  you. 

*  *     * 

Letters  received  from  radio  fans  by 
KPO  commenting  on  the  daily  broad- 
casts of  Coast  League  baseball  gamc< 
by  KPO,  have  unearthed  San  Francis- 
1 1  i's  "luckiest  man." 

This  San  Franciscan,  living  in  an 
apartment  overlooking  Recreation  Park 
watches  the  games  from  his  kitchen 
window  while  listening  to  the  details 
of  each  play  as  they  come  from  his  re- 
ceiving  set. 

*  *     * 

Radio   Criminals 

I  he  radio  criminal  has  arrived.  KF1 
learns  that  several  brasspounders.  op- 
erating illegal  spark  stations  without  a 
license,  are  cloaking  their  identity  un- 
der the  call  letters  of  KIT,  KGO,  and 
other  Western  stations.  Another  crime 
of  the  radio  scofflaw  is  to  buy  program 
magazines  and  newspapers  that  list  the 
programs  of  distant  stations  in  full  and 
write  for  a  verification  stamp,  using  the 
information  culled  from  the  printed 
program.  One  instance  of  this  was  ex- 
posed when  a  New  York  criminal  wrote 
for  a  KFI  stamp,  enclosing  a  dime. 
claiming  to  have  heard  a  fine  program 
of  popular  music  at  a  time  when  the 
Los  Angeles  station  was  broadcasting 
a  complete  opera.  The  listing  of  the 
opera  was  not  available  in  New  York 
as  it  was  booked  only  two  days  before 
being  given.  A  third  criminal  is  be 
who  arouses  false  enthusiasm  in  the 
minds  of  the  simple  owners  of  crystal 
and  one-tube  sets.  A  rascal  in  Con- 
necticut recently  discovered  a  method, 
by  black  magic,  apparently,  whereby 
he  converted  his  receiving  set  into  a 
transmitter  and  so  was  able  to  fill  the 
nearby  ether  with  the  call  letters  of 
foreign  stations.  These  fellows  should 
be   tarred    and    feathered. 

*  *     * 

Two  good  rules  to  observe  in  the 
care  of  a  radio  set  are  to  keep  every- 
thing clean  and  bright  so  that  no  sur- 
face film  may  prevent  good  contacts; 
and  to  have  every  connection  as  tight 
.is   possible   to  keep  down   resistance. 

*  *      * 

The  full  amplifying  efficiency  of  the 
tubes  is  never  realized  in  a  reflex  cir- 
cuit. 


May  1,  1926 


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Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


KPO— HALE    BROS.    AND    THE    CHRON- 
ICLE,  SAN    FRANCISCO — 428.3 

Mnuhiy,    May    - 

:*:  IB"  to  10:45  a.  m. — Undenominational  and 
non-sectarian  church  services  conducted  by 
1  >r.  J,  S.  Lungren,  pastor  Swedish  Baptist 
Church,  San  Francisco;  theme,  "The  New 
Son&"      Wm.    E.    Corris,   organist. 

1.0:45  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
V.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  informa- 
t  ion. 

..'.'."  to  4:00  p.  m. — Broadcast  from  the  Civic 
Auditorium,  San  Francisco,  of  a  sacred  con- 
cert  given    at    the   opening    of    music    week. 

5:00  to  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.  Giselman  at  tho  California  Palace  of 
Region  of  Honor. 

6:00  o  6:30  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,   Waldemar    Lind    director. 

6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  base- 
ball   scores    and    general    information. 

6:35  to  8:35  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,  Cyrus  Trobbe   director. 

8:35  to  10:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

Holiday.   May  3 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  T.  M.  C.  A. 

1 0 :30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  informa- 
tion. 

lS:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
i  n  g. 

12 to    1:00    p.    m. — Organ    recital    from    the 

Civic    Auditorium    for   Music   Week. 

1:00  to  2:0H  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:15  to  4:30  p,  m. — Baseball,  play  by  play. 
from   Recreation  Ball   Park. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of  Knowl- 
edge,  assisted   by  Uncle   Si    and   Uncle    Hi. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  general 
information. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,   Waldemar    Lind    director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

8:00  to  0:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 
Dance   Orchestra.   Gene   .lames    director. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — KFI.  Los  Angeles,  and 
KPO,  San  FranciSco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously a  program  originating  in  the 
KFI  studio  for  the  Walter  M.  Murphy  Mo- 
tors  Company. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Cabiria  Cafe  Dance  or- 
chestra,   Billy   Long   director. 

Tuesday.  Mny  4 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given   by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:80  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U,  '  S.  weather  forecast,  general  Informa- 
tion and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs, 
cheese  and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

12:mi  to  1:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  from  the 
Civic  Auditorium  for  Mil  sir  Week. 

1:00  to  1 :3i»  p.  m.—  Uudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

i:::n  to  2;::t>  p.  m.  Broadcast  from  the  Audi- 
torium of  ;<  concert  by  the  public  school 
children. 

2:46  to  4:30  p.  m. — Baseball,  play  by  play  from 
i  tecreai  ion    Pai  k. 

5:15  to  6:16  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Rig      Brother,      taken      from      the      Book      of 

Knowledge. 

8:16  to  6:30  p,   m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer/'   giving 
the  A.   A.   Housman-Gwathmey  t<.-  Co.   stock 
market  quotations,  baseball  scores  and  gen 
era]    In  forma  i  ion. 

6:30  to  7:00  p,  m.— -States  Restaurant   0 
tra,    Wa  Idema  r    Lind    director. 

r:00  to  7:30  p.  m. —  Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

6:00  to  9:00  p,  m. — Broadcast  of  the  cantata 
"Oul  of  the  West."  by  Karl  Towner,  writ- 
ten for  the  1926  Blossom  Festival,  featur- 
ing Allan  Wilson,  tenoi  soloist;  Lucille 
Ureskell,    soprano   soloist,   and   a    chorus   of 

t  Went  \     vol< 

9:00  to  10:00  p,  m.-  P  ogram  for  the  Mona 
Motor  Oil  Company,  featuring  Gypsy  and 
Marta,  the  Mona  Motor  i  'ii  harmony  team 
and    the    Mona    Motor   Oil    trio. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m.  —  Patacu  Hotel  Rose  Room 
Dance  Orchestra,  Gene   James  director. 

WpUnpMday,    >iny  r. 

7:00,  7:30,  8  00  a.  m.  —  Dally  doaen  exercises 
n   by  the   V.    M    C.   A 

10:30  a.  m. — -"Ye  Towne  Cryer/'  giving  the 
r.  s  weather  forecast,  general  Information 
and    market   report   on   butt)  dieesi 

and    poultry. 

12:00  noon— Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 

12:00  to  i  00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  at  thi 
dttorlum   for  Music  Week, 

to    p.    ni. — Uudy    Seiger's    Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 
1:80  to   2:30   p    m. — Concert    by   the  parochial 
school   children   at    the  Civic  Auditorium 


2:45  to  4:30  p.  m. — Baseball,  play  by  play  from 
Recreation    Park. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Big  Brother's  entertain- 
ment with  stories  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock 
market  quotations,  baseball  scores  and  gen- 
eral   information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,  Waldemar  Lind  director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Uudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent  Artists  under  the  auspices  of  Ernest 
Ingold,   Inc. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  of  dance  music 
by    the    Goodrich    Si  1  vert  on    Cord   Orchestra. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,  Waldemar   Lind  director. 

Thursday,    May  <> 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given  by  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — 'lime  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

12:00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  from  the 
Civic    Auditorium    for    Music    Week. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m . — Ru d y  Se i g e r's  Fa  i r m on  t 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

2:45  to  4:30  p.  m. — Baseball,  play  by  play 
from  Recreation  Park. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  in. — Children's  hour  stories  bi 
Hit;  Brother  of  KPO,  taken  from  the  Book 
nf  Knowledge,  assisted  by  Cnele  Si  and 
Uncle    Hi. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  general 
information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m.—  states  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,  Waldemar  Lind  director. 

7 :  ni'  to  7:80  p.  m. — Rudy  Sefgers  Fairmont 
Hotel   i  Irenes  tra, 

8 to  9:00    p.    m.— Program   for   the   George 

W.  Caswel]  ( !offee  Company,  featuring  the 
K  pi  i   sii  lng  quartet, 

9:00    to    10:00    p.    m, — Concert    uiv.-n    by    the 

I  'an  tie     M  USlCS  I     Sociel  v. 

1 1  to  11:00  p.  m.  -Cabiria  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra      Billy    Long    director 

Friday,  >lny  7<h 

i  :00,    i  :30,    6  :00   .<     m  -    Daily    dosen    exei  ei  ae 
given    by   the   Y.   M.  C.    A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  s.  weather  forecast,  general  information 

and    market     repOl  t     on    but  ter,    ■  )| 

a  ud   poultry. 
12:00  noon— Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
■ 

L2:00    to    L2   16    p    m      Orgs fl l   from   the 

Civic    Auditorium    for    Music    Week, 
12:46    i.i.    in. — Talk    from    the    Commonw< 

i  Mub   luncheon  at    th<  Hotel 

1:80  to  2;00  i>.  m.-  Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchi 

2:46    to     p     'ii      '  '■■'  ■■  ba  i  t,    play    by    pis  y 

from  Recrea  t  ion  Park, 
6:16  to  6  16  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stori 
Big  Brother  >-f  KPO,  taken   from   tin 
■ 
6:16  to  6  SO  p.  m.— "Ye  Towne  Cryi 
the  a.   A    Housman-Gwat hmey  A   I !o 
ma  rkel     quol  r  l 
general    Infoi  mat  ion. 
G  30    to    7  00    p,    m  -  .-  i ...  ,i  '.ii  ani     '  " 

eii est ra,  Waldemar  Lind  dli 
7:00   to  7:10  p.  m.— "Sports  on  the  Air"  under 
the   direction   oi    Harry   B    Smith,   editor   of 
the      San      Francisco     Chronicle      Sporting 
i  ireen 
7:10   to   7  ;20  p.  m. — Bi  id 
el    i  Eenry    I     Raymond. 

m.  —  Book    reviews   by   Harry   A.    Small 
of   The   Chroi 
8:00  to  i'»  SO  p    m. — Broadcast    from  the  Civic 
Auditorium  of  the  R.  ■  '    T.  C.  band  contest. 
to    1 1 :00    p    m.  — siat-  -  ni    Or- 

chestra,   Waldemar    Lind.   dtreel 
Satvvday*  Hay  B 

B  ■>"   a.    m. — Dall] 
'i   by  the   Y.   M    C.    a 
10*30    a     :n      "Ye    Towne    Cryer."*    giving   the 
I".  B.  weather  foi  neral  Information 

and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and    poultry. 

noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

to    i  :0fl   p     m.—  ■  al    from    the 

Civic    Auditorium    for   Music   Week. 
1:00    to    J:00    p,    m. —  Rudy    Seiger's    Fairmont 
Hotel   Orel 

II,    play    by    piaj 
from    Recreation    Park 
l:S0  to  :■  SO  p.   m. — Palace   Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra.   Cyrus    TroM. 

p    m —•■Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
\     \    Houstnan-Gwathmeji   ,  mar- 

ket baseball    scores  and    gener- 

.il     information. 

10    p     m. — States     R  est  aura- 
chest  ra,  Waldemar  land  dir< 


7:20  to  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  on  real  estate  fur- 
nished  by    the    Ii.    A.    Wilson    Company. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — University  of  California 
Orchestra,  Modeste  Alloo,  director;  Edward 
Deru,    concert    master. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Dance 
Orchestra,  Reg  Code  directing;  Maurice 
Gunsky,  tenor,  and  Merton  Bories,  pianist, 
in  termiasion   soloists. 


m. — Yoca  1    and     Instrumental 
■Vocal     and     Instrumental 


KJBS— JULIUS    BRUNTON    &    SONS    CO., 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 220 
Sunday,  May  - 

5:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Thomp- 
son's Alhambrans.  Intermission  solos  by 
Q.  Bellevoice  Martucci,  Earl  L.  Smith,  Adele 

Hal  man    and    Norma    Carlsen. 

Monday,  May  3 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — -Studio  program  by  Thomp- 
son's Alhambrans.  Intermission  numbers 
by  Ozella  Bostwick.  Pearl  Deane  and  Walt- 
er  Smith. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  by  Johnson's 
Radio  Band.  Intermission  solos  by  Lou 
Emmel  and   Del   Perry, 

Tuesday,  May  4 

9:00  to  10:40  a,  m.— Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selecl  ions. 

L'  ;00     to.  J::i (I     ]..     m. — \rocal     and     Instrumental 

Select  ions. 
\\  edneaday<    May  r> 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m.— Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selecl  ions. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Select  ions. 

B:O0  t"  10:00  p.  m.— Studio  program  by  the 
After-Din ner  Boys,  J immy  Raymond  and 
Harry  Hume,  aslsted  by  Margie  Reynolds, 
Jack  Reid,  Frank ie  I  tailing,  Frances  Dur- 
ham,   Millie    Beyers   and   others. 

Thursday,   May  *'• 

9  i'i>  to  10:  hi  a.  in  -Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selecl  ions. 

2:00  t<>  2:30  i>.  m, — Voce i  and  Instrumental 
Selections, 

Pi  idny.    Mny    7 

9:00    to    in   to    a 

Selecl  ions. 

2  mi    t..    2  SO    i'     in 
Selecl  ions. 

8  "ii    to    :>  mi    p,    m. — studio    program    by    the 

Villa  Morel   Artists,  Ben  Herman,  and    Pi 

Mac!  >onald  and  o1  hers. 

9  on   i,,   in  an  p    im     -Favorite   Hour  Entertain- 

Gladys  l -a  Mair,  ai  Sather,  Jesse  Doug:* 
In  Ha  rmony  numbers, 
.i ii-i   .i.i tot    i:t tin 

i to   it  30   p.   m. — Royal  Order  of  Smoked 

Herrings 
Saturday.  May  8 

i  nd     I  nstt  omental 
;  i  ■  I  1 1  s . 

2:80    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 
Selections. 

KFI— EARLE    C.    ANTHONY,    INC.. 
LOS  ANGELES— 467 

(Copyright    1926   by    Barle   < '    Anthony,    Inc.) 
Sunday,    Maj    - 

i     m     -Morning    Services,   direction    i.o- 
ingelea    i  !h  urch    Fedei  a  t  ion. 

i    m — Third  Church  »»r  t'hrist    Scientist 
i  im>  ,,    m — Vesper  Services  arranged  by  Fed- 
era  t'd  < "bin ch  Muslcls 

m.-KFl    Nightly    Doll 
'<  i">     p     m  — Music     Appreciation    "'hat,    and 
Fa  tner    Rlcard's    Sun    Spol    Weather    Fore- 

7:00  i"  m, — a  H.  Grebe  A  Co.,  Inc.,  program 
Grebe    Synchropl  Bnsemble 

m. — Jim.    Jack    and    Jean    Trio.       QogO 

Belanger,   soloist. 

n  I  irgan    \: 
m,  —  i;ay  r.iii  and  his  Movleland  Syn- 

I.oln    QUI    and    Mt-rt    I  'enman    and 
his   T  sts 

p    m —The   Packard   Six  Orchestra,  tin- 
der   the  co -direction   of   Bin    n.-nn,  s«v   and 
Mittendorf. 

Xnndnj,     liny    X 

-    Crocker  «:<dd   Medal   Flour 

Home    Service    Talk. 
11:06  t>    m  — Standard  Nut  Margarine  C.i     Mr* 

<  'lair-     *  "barbs 

m  — Mat  inee  Program. 
6:00   p    m.— KFI    Nightly    Do 
m  — KFI    Radio   Tra' 

igram 
.,     m  _  KFI    Radlotorlal    Pel 

n, — n«>n   Fallon  and  his  Cahfomlan*. 
■  h    Oarnet    Klble*.    bines    sine-er. 
m — Guatnmn    Tro..     .i.;)n    H 
prann. 

liter    M     Murphy 

fng    the    Gamut    Mab 

Kmma    Kimm.  '  Patton 

■  are.     Paul 
taneously    by    KFI.    L  KP<'. 

p    ni — Program  -hn    Rroa 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


.May  1.  1920 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Tne»day.   May  4 

5:30    j).    m. — Program    arranged     by     Charles 

Beauchamp. 
6:00   p.   m. — KFI   Nightly   Doings. 
6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 
fi:30    p.    m. — Vest    Pocket    Program. 

fi:45   p.   m. — KFI    Radio  tor  ial    Period. 

:  nn  p.  m, — .jack  Rinehart's  Chinese  Garden 
Orchestra. 

8:00  p.  m. — Screen  Artists'   Quartet. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  presented  jointly  by  the 
Humboldt  County  Board  of  lrade  and  the 
Eureka    Chamber    «»t"     Commerce,      "Getting 

Back     to     Nature     in      California      Redw I 

Realm."  Presenting  the  Louise  Klos  Trio, 
Mamie  Stark,  Tom  McLaughlin  and  Paul 
Roberts. 

10:00  p.   m. — Packard  Radio  Club. 

\Vedm**dny.    May    5 

10:45  a.  m. — Betty  Crocker  Gold  Medal  Four 
Home    Service    Talk. 

5:30    p,    m, — Matinee    Program. 

6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:15    p.    ni. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 

6:30  p.  m. — Vegaphone  Twins — Simmers-Col - 
burn. 

6  :45    p,    ni. — KFI    Radiol  or  ial    Period. 

: p.  m. — A.  H.  Grebe  &  Co.,   inc.,  program 

Grebe    Synchrophase    string    Ensemble, 

7:30    p.    in. — Nick    Harris    Detective   Stories. 

s  :n0  p.  m. — Program  by  Ventura  Refining 
Company. 

!t:il0  p.  m. — A.  V.  Shotwell  Corp.,  manufactur- 
ers «.f  Universal  l  >el*uxe  Shoe  In-essing. 
program. 

Hi:  ml    p.    m. —    Popular    program. 

Thnr*dny,    .May    « 

5:30  p.  ni. —  Mississippi  Rythni  Kings,  from 
Bamboo    Garden. 

6:00    ]•■   m. — KFI    Nightlv    Doings. 

6:15    p.    in. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 

6:30    p.    ra.— Vest    Pocket    Program. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorlal    Period. 

i  :i>0  p.  in. — Program  by  University  of  South- 
ern   ( 'alit'ornia. 

vm  p.  ni. — Comic  Opera  program.  Emma 
Kimnn-1,    Paul    Roberts.    Angelus   Trio. 

9:00  ]>  .m. —  Program  by  Southern  California 
Music  Company,  from  Chickering  Hall.  LOS 
Angeles. 

10:00  p.  m. — Patrick-Marsh  Orchestra;  Betty 
Patrick,    soloist. 

Kiiday.    Mny    7 

10:45   a.    m. —  Betty    Crocker   Gold   Medal    Flour 

Home    Service    Talk. 
5:30     p.     m. — Kenneth     Morse    and     his     A*  en  ice 

Ballroom    Orchestra. 

G p.    m. —  KFI    Nightlv    Doings, 

H:15   p.   m. —  KFI    Radio   Travel    Guide. 

6 ::'.!'    p.    in. — <  Jarlyle    Stevenson's    <  Orchestra 

fi:4.r>   p.   m. — KFI    Radiotorlal    Period. 


IMI 


iin's    Orehesl  ra. 
Media    Mora     Es- 


a  rlyle    Stevens 
7:30  p.  m. — Felipe   Delgado. 

panola. 
8:00    p.   m. — Aeolian   Organ    Recital. 

0:00    p.    ni. — Classic   program. 

Jl:30  p.  ni. — Program  by  Mutual  Motors,  inc.. 
featuring  musical  program,  and  .1  iinniy 
Mack,    joke    editor. 

10:00  p.  in. — Packard  Ballad  Hour,  featuring 
F.mma  Kinimel.  Dorothy  Myers,  Ashley  Sis- 
ters, Hugii   Wellington,  Leslie  Adams,   Paul 

Roberts. 
Saturday.    Hay    8 

r.  :S0   p.    m. — Shelley    P  la  vers    Orchestra,    with 

Marta    EvartS,   Millie    Hart    and  Teat--    Brady. 
6:00   p.   m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
6:15  ji.   m. — KFI    Radio  Travel   Guide. 
6:30    p.   m. — Vest    pocket    Program 
6:45    p     m. —  KFI    Radiotorlal    Period. 
7:00  p.  m. — Al  Wt-sstm   and   his  Orchestra. 
S:00    p.    m. — Progra f    I'mnic    opera    Musk- 

a  i  in  ngi  d    by    Paul    Roberts. 
9 :00    p.    m. — Classic    Hour, 
in: nil    p.    m. — Packard    Radio    Club,    featuring 

prominent    radio    Stars 

11:00  p.  m. — KFI  Midnight  Frolic.  Master  of 
Ceremonies,    Herb    i;;»\\  i  msnn. 


KFWI— RADIO    ENTERTAINERS,    INC., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 226 

Sunday,    May    '1 

1:00    to    2:(.i.    p.    m,— KFWI     offers    an    hour    Of 

Concert,  present  Ing  Wm.  Powers,  Colored 
Tenor:  Fred  Millhauser,  Violinist:  Byron 
Graber,    Violinist;    Clara    Anker,    Violinist. 

Mrs.    Sigrid    Millhauser.    Mezzo    Soprano. 

S:00  to  o:0(i  p.  m. —  Religious  Services  broad- 
casted  by  First  church  of  Christ.  Science. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Elmer  Stuart,  baritone; 
Fsther  Heller,  violinist,  assisted  by  Evelyn 
Biebesheimer:    Ethel    Small,    soprano. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
Orchestia  playing  at  11  Trovatore  Restaur- 
ant. Harry  Hume  and  Abby  Berline,  ac- 
companied by  Marjory  Prlmley  during  in- 
termissions. 

Monday*  May  3 

10:45    to    n:0n    a.    m.— Letters    of    Suzanne 
11:00    to    11:30    a.    m. — Dance    to    Health    con- 
ducted  by   May   E.   Garcia 
1:00     to    2:00    p.    m. — Impromptu    Studio    pro- 
gram   featuring    Dick    Oiblin.    Cowell    Dein. 


Gladys  La   Marr,   and    Abby    Berline. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m.— Tom  Kearn's  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

7:00  to  7:3o  p.  m. — Program  presented  by 
Westei  n    a  uto    Supply   Co. 

8 to     9:00     p.     ni.—  Program     presented     by 

San  Francisco  Heal  Estate  Board.  Jesse 
Kutz    director. 

9:00  to  9:45  p.  in.— Studio  program  featuring; 
Nathan  Weinstein,  tenor;  Helen  Irene  Wil- 
son,   baritone;   Gladys   Stoddard,    pianist. 

9:45    to    10:30    p.    m. — Program    of    old    Song 

Hits    by    Al    Pearce    and    Dick    Giblin. 

L0:30  to  11:00  p.  m. — Half  loon-  of  popular 
music  featuring  Kthel  Lopaz.  Head  Sisters, 
Waiter    Smith. 

11:00  p.  ni.  to  1:00  a.  m. — Paul  Kellis  Trova- 
tore Orchestra  playing  at  U  Trovatore  res- 
taurant.    Ben   Berman  and  Peggy  MacDon- 

ald    during    i  ni  erm  issions 
Tuesday,    Mny    -I 
11:00     to     lrlMl     a.     m,  —  Dance      music     by     Paul 

K  ell  is  Trovatore  Orchestra  playing  at  11 
Trovatore  Restaurant.    Jack  Reed  and  Mar- 

jorle    Primley,    intermission    soloists. 

Wednesday*  Mny  n 

10:45  to   11:00  a.   m. — Letters  of  Suzanne. 

11:00  to  11:30  a.  m.  —  Dane.-  to  Health  con- 
ducted  by   May   E.  Garcia. 

i  mi  [..  2:00  p-  in. — Impromptu  studio  program 
featuring  Han  y  Hume.  Cert  rude  Traces . 
Janet  Ettinger.   Al   Pearce,    Ethel   Lopaz. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. —  I  'a nee  musie  by  Tom 
Kearn's    Danee    Orchestra.      Harmony     Hie 

I  'a  v k  e r     during     i  r  l 1  - ■  r  in  i ss  i  o n s. 

8:00  to  s:;:n  p  m. — Humorous  program  featur- 
ing .las  Madison  through  lb'-  courtesy  of 
Ho-   Radiocast    Weekly.     Art   Fadden,   piano. 

8:30  to  9:20  p.  m.— ]  fance  Musie  by  Paul  Kelli's 
Trovatore  Orchestra  playing  at  11  Tro- 
vatore Best  a  u  rant.  Sadie  W Iside  dur- 
ing   Intermissions. 

9:20  to  9:30  p.  m. — Program  presented  by  The 

Beckei    Storag  ■  Co.,  featuring  Sadie  W I- 

side. 

9:30  to  11:00  p  m. — Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cats. 
Tom    i  'a ten    at    the    in i crop  1 

11:00  t"  1:00  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  li  Tiovatore  Res- 
taurant. Etfdie  Stott,  Harmonica  Mike. 
Clem  Kennedy,  Harmony  Hie  Parker,  Al 
Pearce.    during    intermissions. 

ThiiiNdny,    May    <> 

Silent. 

Friday.    Mny  7 

10:45    to    11:00   a,   m. — Letters   of  Suzanne. 

iriiii  io  11:30  h  m  — Dance  to  Health  conduc- 
ted by  May   E,   Garcia. 

i  ii 1 1  to  j  -nil  p.  m. — impromptu  studio  pro- 
gram   featuring    Cowell     Dein.     Harmonica 

Mike.    Pen     Be    man    and     Peggy    .Mae Dona  Id. 
6:30    to   7  :m   p.   m — Gladys    La    Marr   and    Or- 
chestra.     George    Taylor    during    Intermis- 
sion. 
8:00  to  s : :; o  p.  in. — Program  presented  through 
the   courtesy    ol    Leonard    &    Holt,    offering 
\  i    Pearce  a  ml   Sadie   Woodside. 
s  - :: n  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  featuring: 
George   B.  Cook,  basso;   Rudle  Swall,  tenor. 
9:00    i"    10:00    p.    in. — Prog  am    presented    by 
Sigmund  Anker  st ring   Quartet. 
Sigmund   Anker.    1st   violin 
Esther    Holler.    2nd    violin 
Laura    Anna     i  'al  Ion,    cello 

Evelyn    Biebesheimer,    piano. 

in  00    io    10:30    p.    m. — Half    hour 
musie  featuring  ihe  Two  Man  Jazz  Band. 

1 0  30  to  i _':;:< >  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  1 1  Trovatore  Res- 
taurant,    ai  Sathei   ami  Lou   Bmmel  during 

intermission. 
Saturday.  Mn?   ** 

1    en     to     3;00     a.     io. —  Pa  in  ma     party     featuring 

Eddie  Stnt i.  Sadie  Woodside,  Abby  Bor- 
Une,    Geo.    Taylor,    Clem    Kennedy. 


of   popular 


KLX— OAKLAND  TRIBUNE.    OAK- 
LAND—508.2 
Siinditv,    May    - 
Silent. 

>t<'tula>.    Mny    :t 

6:30  Io  7:011  p.  m.— Alliens  Athletic  elnl.  or- 
CheSl  ra. 

:  mi    to    7  :ai    p,    m. — News  broadcast. 
8:00  to  9:00  p.  in. — Program  broadcast  through 
e -tesy  of  the  PIggly  Wlggly  Company  of 

'  >akla  ml. 

9:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Weekly  meeting  of  the 
protective  Order  of  Lake  Merrltt    bucks. 

TiirKday,    May   4 

fj;00    p.    m  — Baseball. 

io    7:30   p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

Silent     after    7:iKi    p.    ni. 
WriliM'Kilay.   Mny   T> 

mmi    i».    m. — Baseball. 

G:30  to  7:00  ?>.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

7:00    to    7:30    P-     m.  —  News    broadcast 

8:00    io    9:00    p     m. — Educational    program. 

9:00  to  i  ii; mi  |.  m. — special  program  of  two 
one-act  plays,  courtesy  of  the  Pacific  Coasi 
Radio    Pla  yi'i's. 

Thui-Kday,    May    « 

3:00    p.    m  — Baseball. 

7:iio  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

Silent     after    7:30    p.    m. 


Kriday,    May    7 

3:00  p.    m. — Baseball. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

8:00     to    9:45    i».     ni.  —  Studio    program     through 

the  courtesy  of  the  Pon  Honor  company. 
9:45   to  10:30   p.  m.— Athens  Athletic  club  or- 

chi  stta. 
Saturday,   May  s 
:.    DO     p.     m. — Baseball. 
7:00    to   7:::n    p.   m,— News   broadcast, 
silent    after   7:30    p.    m. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO- 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday.    May   - 

ll  : mi  a.  m. — First  Baptist  Church  service 
(Oakland);  Dr.  .1.  Whltcomb  Brougher.  pas- 
tor. Sermon  subject :  "High  Life  in  Oak- 
land." Bsta  Marvin  Pomeroy,  organist. 
Charles    Lloyd,   director  of  music. 

3  30  p.  m. — Vesper  services.  Grace  Cathedral. 
Sa  n    l'"'  a  ncisco. 

7  10    p.    ni. — Wen  i  lor    Bureau    report. 

,  I  '.  p  m. — Fii  st  Baptist  Church  service 
kland);  Dr.  .1.  Wnitcomb  Brougher,  pas- 
tor. Sermon  subject:  "How  to  lie  Happy" 
or  "Where  to  Catch  the  Bluebird  of  Happi- 
ness." Ruth  Hall  Crandall,  contralto  solo- 
ist. George  Lipschultz,  violinist.  Bsta 
.Marvin    Pomeroy,    organist. 

Nonday(   Mny  3 

7:1.".   to  7;:'.ti  a.   in,-  —  "Knergel  ies'    class,"    Health 

Training  Exercises,  Eric  Rasmussen;  Wil- 
liam   ii.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45   a.    m.^"Pep   Class,"    Health   Training. 
15    to   8:30   a.    in. —  "Lazy bones'    class,"    Health 
'I  rain  i  rig. 

8:30     a.     m.  —  ( "heerio — "I  >a  i  ly     St  length." 

1  1  ."-t>  a.  in,  to  l:mi  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert ; 
Sherman,  Clay   &   Company, 

1  2:00    noon— Time    Signal. 

lJ::;n    p.    in, — Weather    Bureau    reports. 

1:30   p.    in --N.    V.    Stock    reports. 

i    '.7    t-.    in. — s.    i-\   stock    reports. 

1:42    p.     ni. — Weather    Bureau     reports. 

3:00  to  i: m.— Annie  H.  Alien,  Univer- 
sity of  California,  talks  on  "Expression." 
.Mrs.  James  H.  Cobb  led  I  ck,  Jr..  mezzo-so- 
prano; Marian  Victor,  accompanist.  Grace 
i,e  Page  presents  Loretta  Williams,  so- 
prano.      Also,    special    program    for    music 

week. 

■  10  i-  6:00  p.  in. —Aunt  Betty  (Ruth  Thomp- 
son)   stoi  ies;     KGO    Kiddies    Klub. 

6:00  to  (;:,:,  p,  m. — Twilight  concert  from 
Wiley  iv  Ailen  Company  Ampico  Salon, 
San    Francisco. 

G   55    p.    m. — News    items. 

7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:06  p.   m. — S.   F.   Produce,   Grain,  Cotton  and 

Metals. 

7:14  p.  m, — x.  v.  Stock   reports  (closing), 
7 :  _'i    p.   m. — s.   P.   Stock   reports    (closing). 
"i    |,     m, — "Nai  tonal    Music   Week" — Educa  - 
tlonal  program — music  and  speakers.    Med- 
ley  or   Hungarian   Airs — At- ion    Trio, 

6   06    p.    in. — < '.     \V.    Holmes,    Market    Inspector, 

speaker  tor  P.  s.  Departmenl  of  Agricul- 
ture. Subject:  "Agricultural  Outlook." 
Also,  National  Farm  Kadio  Council  speaker. 

Passepled     (Dellbes  > — Arfon    Trio. 

>;  l'"i    p,     in. — Joseph     Henry    .Jackson — "Chats 
About    New     Hooks." 
Romance    (Bogart)— Arion    Trio 

8:50  p.  ni. — Wilda  Wilson  Church:  "New  Poet- 
ry   and    I  Mama.' 
Mazurka     f  Mailing  \  —  Arion    Trio. 

9    I  r.    j,      mi  —Mary     Yost.    Stanford     Universi  I  y. 

3peaker,  auspices  o(  Home  Department, 
Second  District,  California  Congress  of  Par- 
ents     ami      Teachers;      coursi       "Character 

Training  in  the  Home";  subject.  "Self  Con- 
trol." 

Violin    Solo — Josephine     Holub 
Serenade  Espagnole  (Chamlnade). 

9:30  P.  in.- — Mabel  S.  i  rlfford,  speaker,  aus- 
pices Extension  Division,  University  of 
<  California ;    subject.    "<  ieneral    Speech     Im- 

pi  oveinent,  and  the  Correction  of  Speech 
1  lel'eels    and     I  'isorders." 

Serenade   (Saint-Saens)  —  Arion  Trio. 
Tuesday,   Hay   » 

7:16  to  7:80  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class."  Health 

Training    Lxercises.     Kric    Rasmussen ;    A\'il- 

liani     II.     Hancock,    accompanist. 
7:45    a.    m. — "Pep    Class,"    Health    Training, 
sir,    to   8:30   a.    m. —  "Lazybones'   class,"    Health 

Training. 

8  30    a.    m. — Cheerio—  "Daily    Strength." 
11:30   a,    m    to    1:00  p.    m, — Luncheon   concert; 

Sherman.    i'l:iy    ..V-    Company. 

I  2:00     noon — Time    Signal. 

12:30   p.   m, — Weather   Bureau   reports. 

I  ::n  p.    m. — x.    v.    Stock    reports, 

1  :::7    p.    m.—  s     F\    Stock    reports. 

i    12    p,    m, — Wea  t  her    i  iurea  u    reports. 

to  5:30  p,  m. — Concert  orchestra,  Hotel  St. 

Francis,  San  Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 
rera  directing. 

.  io  .  m  — Zllfa  Phillis  E3stcourl :  "As  b  w  o- 
man    Thlnketh." 

6:00  to  6:56  p.  in. — Twilight  concert  from  Wi- 
ley B.  Allen  Company  Am  pi  co  Salon,  San 
Francisco. 

6:65    p.    m. — News    items. 


May  1,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


1  ■    p.    in, — Weather    Bureau    report. 
:06  p.  in. — Baseball  Bcores, 
:08  p.   tn. — s.   P.    Produce,   Grain,  Cotton  and 

Metals. 

:16   p.   ni- — X.    V.   Stock   reports    (closing*. 
::::   p.  m. — s.  F.  Stock  reports   (closing). 
:00    t<>  9:00  p.  m. — -"National   Music   Week" — 
Eve  ready  pros  ram    (San   Francisco   studio). 
San    Francism    i  'dtictrt    *  nchestra — 

Sei  enade      i  MacMurphy  I :     Comic     Opera 

Gems    (  Air.    Tobani  >. 
Ira   i  >.    Morga  n    (baritone)  — 

When    i   Waltz   With    Sou    (Hunt);  Count 

the    Stars    t  Gun sky    &    Bories). 
Conn   Marimba  Band — 

William  Tell  Overture  (von  Suppe) ;  Dinah 

i  Sam     Lewis). 
Flori   Gough    (Cellist)— 

Sony;    of   India    (. Uimsky-Korsakow  ) ;    Ma- 
zurka  (Tupper). 
Beatrice  Benaderet   (soprano) — 
Burgundy     (Malie) ;     Hum    a      Little     Tune 

(Hunt), 
Conn  Marimba  Band — 

La  Paloma  (Tradier);  Somewhere  a  Voice 

Is    Calling    (Tate). 
San    Francisco    Concert    Orchestra — 

A  Little  Love,  a  Little  Kiss  (Silesu) ;  Song 

of    Songs     (Moya) ;     Selection    from     "The 

Vagabond   King"    (Friml ). 
:00  to  9:10  p.  m. — Henry  M.  Hyde:  "Wonders 
of  the  Sky." 

in   to  10:00  p.  m. — (San  Francisco  Studio)— 
Program   by    Jfosemite   Park  &  Curry  Com- 
pany. 
Instrumental    Trio — 

Carol  Weston,  violin 

Anthony    Linden,    flute 

.Marian    Prevost,    piano. 
Marian  Prevost   (pianist) — 

Two    Cuban    Dances    (Ernesto   Lecuona). 
Oliene    Tresidder     <  soprano  )  — 

The    Wren    (Benedict). 

(Flute   obligato   by    Anthony    Linden). 
( la  rol    Weston     (  violinist)  — 
Anthony     Linden     (solo     flutist,     San     Fran- 
cisco  Symphony   Orchestra) 
Glen    Hood,    Camp    Curry's    popular    enter- 
tainer,   in    ba ii jo    melod lea 
Don   Tresidder— A  Talk  on  "The  Outdoors" 
Call     to    Glacier    Point. 
Firefall   .Solo — 

Waters    of    Minnetonka     (Lieurance), 

1 1]  iene  Tresidder;  soprana 

Violin    obligato,  Carol    Weston,    Flute  ob- 
ligato, Anthony  Linden. 
n : in i    p.    m.   to   12:00    midnight  —  Dance    music, 


Wednesday!  >l«y  r» 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m, — "Energetics'  class;-  Health 
Training    Exercises,    Eric    Rasmussen;    Wil- 
liam  H.    Hancock,   accompanist. 
7:46  a.   m.— "Pep  class."    Health  Training 
8:16  to  8:30  a.  in.- — "Lazybones'  class."   Health 

Tra  ining. 
8:30    a.    m, — Cheerio — "I  taily    Strength." 
1 1  :30   a,    ni.    to    1 :00  p.    m.-  -Luncheon   conc<  rl 
Sherman,  Clay   &   Company. 

12:00    noon  —  Time    Signal. 

L2:30  p.  m, — Weather  Bureau   reports, 

1:80   p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    re] 8. 

l  :37    p.    m. — S.    F.   stock    reports 

i    12    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 

3: i  00    p.    m, — Grace    Le    Page    pi  i 

Dona     .Marl  in,    dramatic    soprano.       Williams 

I ns i it utc    (Berkeley)    speaker.      Also,  sped 

a  i  program   for  music  week. 
1:00   to   5:30    p     m,     « loneei  i    oi  chesti  b 

St.  Francis,  s.m   Francisco,   Vlntori    La    Fer- 

rera    direct  Ing, 
5  30    p.   m. — Mr.    Fix -it    answers  questions, 
8 :0 6  56    p.    m       i  trokaw    and    orchestra 

from    Paradise    Gardens,    Oakland. 
G   3  a    p,    m. — News    i  terns. 
"  :03    p,    m.-  -Weather    Burei porl 

7  06   p    ni      i laseba 1 1  scon 

i  :08   p    m.-    s    F.    Produce,   '  Iraln,  Cotton   and 

Metals, 
7:ni   p.   m.— N.    V.   stock    reports    (closiri 

■'■    p.    m. — s,    F,   Stock    reports    (closini   I 
Wednesday     nighl    silent.        • 

Thursday,    May    a 

7:16  to  7:30  a.  m.— "Energetics'  class,"   H 
Training    Exercises,    Eric    Rasmussen     Wil- 
liam   ii     Ham   ■■  pa  nlst. 

7:46    a.    m .-— "I'cp    Class,"    Health   Training. 

8:16    to   8:30   a,    m  — ■'Lazybones'    class,"    Hi 
ni  ing. 

8  SO     i     m. — Cheerio — "Dally    Strength." 

0:40    a.     m . — Classroom     instruction    by    the 
land    Public   Schools. 
i     m    to   i  00   p.    m, — Luncheon  con 
Sherma  n,  Cla; 

|  on     no,.n — Tunc    Signal, 

:  ■ureau    reports. 
\      V      Stock     reports. 
37    p     m.      s     F     Stock    rep. -its 
il'   p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    rei 

;  lotel 
St  Francis,  San  Francisco,  Vinton  La  Fer- 
rers   <i  lr<  cl 

H  30  p.  m  - ■-»  ieorge  W.  Ludlow 
to  B03 

."■;>    p.    in  —  News    Itema 
09    p.    m.— Weather    Bureau    n 
Dti   p.    m.    -Baseball   sc' 


i  us   p.   in.— s.   F.   Produoe,  Grain,  Cotton   and 

Metals. 

,    i  »i   p.   m. — X.    Y.  Stock   reports    (closing). 

7.::;    p.   m.— S.    F.    Stock   reports    (closing). 
8:00   p.    m, — (Oakland   studio), 

"Where    the    Rainbow    Ends,"    a    three-act 

play    by    Howard    W.    Brown,    presented    by 

i  lie     KGO    Players,    Wilda    Wilson    Church 

direct  ing.       .Music,     Arion    Trio. 

Love    Song    (Flegler) — Arion    Trio. 

Act  One  i  Se. He  i  mic  i — Rude  cabin  among 
the  pine  trees  of  the  Nevada  mountains. 
{Scene  Two) — A  ridge,  a  mile  from  the 
cabin. 

Lullaby    (Jensen) — Arion    Ti  ia, 

Act  Two — Reception  room  in  the  Ellery's 
palatial  home  in  New  York. 

Souvenir    (Drdla) — Arion    Trio. 

Act  Three — Large  mill  and  works  in  the 
Nevada   mountains. 

Without    Thee    td'Hardelot) — Arion    Trio. 

"Lobster    a   La   Newberg,"    a    radio    play    in 

one    act,    by    Meridith    Sawyer. 

Autumn     and     Winter     <  t.Jlazannow)— Arion 

Trio;     Russian    Peasant    Dance    (Rubinstein  i 

— Arion   Trio. 
10:00  p.   in.   to  1:00   a.   m. — Dance   music,  Bro- 

liiiw  and  Orchestra,  Paradise  Gardens.  Oak- 
land. 
l"i  iil.-iy.   May  " 
7:15  to  7:30  a.  m, — "Energetics'  class."  Health 

Train  ing    Exercises.    Eric    Rasmussen ;   Wil- 

liam     H.     Hancock,    accompanist. 
7:45   a.    m. — "Pep  Class,"   Health  Training. 
8:15  to  8:30  a.  in. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 

Training. 
8  30    a.    ni.  -i  :heer,io     "  I  >,<  lly    si  bi  ng  i  h  " 
11:10   a.    m.^Prudence    Penny,    I  iom<  -making 

Talk. 

tl:30   a.    m.   to    inn   p.   m, — -Luncheon   concert; 

sherma  ii,  Clay   &   Company. 
u : on    noon — Time    Signal. 
12:30  p.  m.— Weather  Bureau   reports, 
i  :30  p.    m. — N,    v.    Stock    reports 

I  :::?     p.     in.  — -S.     !•',    Stock     reports. 

1:42    p.    in. — Weather    Bureau    reports, 

3:00    lo     pun    p,    m  — Si [4  in  ii  ml    Anker,    violinist, 

presents  Berths  Schwartz;  Clara  Anker,  ac- 

c panfst,      "Magazine    Article    Digest"    bj 

Library  Service  Bureau,     Also,  special  pro- 

g  r;i  in    tor    "NS  (tonal    M  USlC    V1 

i  00    to    ■■    10    1*    iii      Concerl    oi  chestra,    I  lotel 
St.    Francis,  s.m    Francisco,   Vinton    La   Fer» 

i  era     >!  ii  6Ct  i  Tig. 

a  30    to    6  00    p     oi       i'    w l    Sen  I 

KG"  i    Radio    I  Hrls, 
6  :iin  to  6:66  p.  m       Brokav  i  from 

I  'a  i  adise   '  :.u  dens.   •  >a  )■ 

6  ...    p.    in.    -News   Items. 

7 :03    p.    io.      Weathei     Bureau    rsporl 

7 :06    p.    tn, — Baseba  H    scoi 

;  us   p.   in-    s.    I''.    Produi  on  a  nd 

M«  tals. 

i  .i  i;    p.    in      x     r.  SI  mi    repi 

7  23  ii    ni       S    i  Ing  '. 

1    night  sii.  n I 
Nat  or  day,   May  S 

7:1.".    lo    ,     30    a.    m 

Tra  Ining    Exen  I  ]  Wil- 

liam    1  I       I  lane.  11 

m        Pep  Clai  b,"    Heall  i>   1 
B:15  ti  i    y  bones'  class.''   Healt h 

i  re  iii  ing. 

i  >ally    Strength." 

8:46  a     m  Song        Wil       n    I l     Hai    i  ick, 

in  to    i  e"   p    m. — Lunch ei 

Shei  ma  n,  » May  &   <  "on 

■nal. 

i     30   p    m. — V    s    Weather   Bureau   report. 
p    ni      N     v    Stock    Market    reports, 

p    m,     s     l "    Si  ock    M  torts 

:  00    1 <>    '■  30    i'     m.   ■  '  '"■" ■■■:  ■  Hotel 

St.    Fi 

direct  Ing 

m.—  Wen  ther  B  kl    San- 

eeklj     Sport     Review." 
8:10    p  mal    Music   Week."      Leo   3 

i  'ompany  pi 
studio  i 

Mikado."    a    comic    opera    by    Gilbert 
and  Sullivan,  presented  under  the  direction 
of   Carl    Anderson       Accompaniment    | 
by    Vinton    La    ' 

Vum-Vuiii    i  Eva    ■!•■    \  "i. 

Plttl  Sing  <  soprano  >    Adelaide  Ash  ton. 
Kat  is  Itol    Rut  li   Waterman, 

h    i  tenor  i  tales, 

The  Mikado  (basal   Waldemar  Gngberg, 
Pooh-Bah    and    Ko-Ko    (baritone)    Albert 

Idnlght —  i  - 
Madson  s    Mtdsti 

San     F 


KFRC— CITY   OF    PARIS    DRY   GOODS  CO.. 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 
Saaday.    ^ln>     - 

,,     m  ___  The   Stage    and   Sen 

■ 
Hotel    \Vhiteunli    by     - 

Symphon  Bern    con- 

due 

Little 


10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct 
wire  from  Balconades  Ballroom  by  Walter 
ECrausKi  ill's  Balconades  Orchestra.  Inter- 
mission by  the  "Dining  Room  Boys,"  Jim- 
my Raymond  and  Jack  Reid,  assisted  by 
Marjorie    Reynolds,    pianist. 

Monday,    May  3 

10:00  to  n  :00  a.  m.— Household  Hints  by- 
Mary  Lewis  Haines,  domestic  science  edi- 
tor  of   the   San    Francisco   Call. 

1.1:00  to  11:15  a.  m. — Fashion  hints  by  "Sally." 

5:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Shopping  guide  and  society 
gossip. 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — A.  F.  Merrell  and  his  Stamp 
Club. 

6;30    p.    m. — "The   Stage    and   Screen." 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Jo  Mendel  and  his  Pep 
Band  from  Lido  Cafe. 

7:00   to  7:30  p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

8:00  to  9:15  p.  m. — Around  the  Camp-Fire 
with  Mac,  "Arkansas  Charlie,"  also  a  short 
talk  on  the  "Native  Daughter's  Home,"  by 
Mrs.  Emma  Kruber  Foley,  Past  Grand  Presi- 
dent  N.  D.   G.   W. 

9:15  to  9:30  p.  m. — Current  events  talk  by 
John  D.  Barry,  lecturer  and  special  writer 
for   the  "Call." 

9  30    to    10:00    p.    m.— KFRC    Hawaiians. 

Tuesday*   May  4 

12:00  to  1^:^0  p.  in. — Inspirational  talk  by 
Mary    (Catherine    Maule. 

B:30  to  B:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  His  Gang. 

6  30    p.    m. — "The   Stage    and   Screen." 

i,  in  I,,  r:00  p.  m. — Popular  songs  by  Fred 
McKinley    of   Bigin's  Cafe. 

7. mi    to   7::',n   p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period 

s  ""  I"  t'»:i>»  P.  m. — Radio  presentation  of 
Donizetti's  Grand  Opera  "Lucia  di  Lmii- 
mermoore"  under  the  direction  of  Frank 
Moss,  with  .lames  lsberwood.  baritone,  as 
Lord  Henry  Ashton,  Grace  LePage,  soprano, 
M  Lucy,  Harold  Spauldtng,  tenor,  as  Ed- 
gar,  Gwynfl  .loii.'s.  tenor  as  ]Jord  Ar- 
thur  Buck  law,  Albert  Gillette,  basso,  as 
Raymond,  Blanche  Hamilton  Fox,  meziso- 
soprano,  as  Alice  and  Carl  Hoop.-r,  tenor 
;i-  Not  man.  Assisting  in  the  concerted 
work  Florence  Ring-o,  and  Marcella  Knierr. 
sopranos  ami  Bay  McDonald,  tenor.  Inter- 
preth  e    r<  ading   bj    ii aon    Ho  111  way. 

I to     12    00     p.     ni         I  tance     music     by    'direct 

u  ire  from  the  Balconades  Ballroom  "by  Wal- 
ler    Krausg-riU's     Orchesti  a      and      William 
Old-time  band 
\\  edaesday,  Mny  5 

1  to    i  i    -hi  a,   in. —  Household  hints  by  Mary 

Haines,    domestic    science    editor    of 
■ 

"di'eiiows  Ad  Period. 

' m.— Mac  and   his  Gang. 

he   Stage   and   Screen." 
"  p.  m  I  rom  i  >rury  Banc 

t>,     bj     Stanislas    Bern's     i 
S  ynii. 

B  ""  to  :i  oo  ,,.  I,,..  -Concert  by  Bern's  Little 
Symphony  <  Orchestra, 

Health     and     Safety     talk    at     8:15     by    Mrs, 
I'.    ]■;     F.    Bast  on,   chairman    of   the   Woman's 

111 Ea     i  develop  men  t 

Association, 

n  -  -Studio  program. 

i i"    12:00  p.   m. — Dance  music  by 

I  rom     ib..    Ba  Iconad 
Walter       KrausgrlU's      Orchestra.       Paula 
George,    Intermission    soloist 

Thin  -iln?  .    Mny   .% 

t  00  to  G  00  p   in — Matinee  dance  program  by 

\i  t     Wei. i:  acock    Howl    <  Orchestra 

of    l  .a  rkspur,    Calif. 

iv    in — Mac  and    his  Gang, 
,      „, —  The   Stage   and   Sci  • 

;,    ,n_||;iriv   Rose  ami  Bill   Morris 

in    "Thirty    Minutes    before    the    II lh 

p    m — Ooodfellows   Ad   Period. 
p.     m. — Talk     on     "Piik'et     .Sound 

hoc,  and 
Seal '  le  ■  -Ii 
8   1.".   to   8   10  p    in  -  Sport    talk   bv   Pat    Krayne. 
il  ts    Kditor    of    '"The    Call." 
i    in    p.    m. —  Maine    music   by  dir»-et    wire 
inadea    Ha  11  room    by    Walter 
KrausgrlU's     Ralconades    Orchestra. 

i  rlday.  Nay  T 

m. — Inspirational    talk 
by    Mary    Katherine    Maul*-. 

lodfellova    Ad    Period. 

•    klai    and  hi     I  :anK. 

!'      m. "The     Statfe     ami     Scr- 

Cerl   by  Stanislas   B-m's 
Little    Symphony    *  »rclv 

incerl    by    Bern's    ' 
hony    <>rcti- 

tudlo  program  by  Lore- 

ra  Howell  Bruner.  soprano; 

Blanche  Hamlll  -wynfl 

ind    Janes    Isherwood.    barl- 

i  . 
wire    from    Balconades  Ballroom   by   Walter 
Krausgriir««      Orchestra     and      Win.      Back- 
-I  ime    band. 
smurdnv.  May  M 

5.10  p.  m. — Tea  Hour  concert  by  Stan- 
Symphony     Orchestra 
warden    •>! 
Wb  i  r 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  1,  1926 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6:30  p.   m. — "The   Stage   and  Screen." 

6:30    to   7:30    p.    m. — Dance   music   from    Drury 
Lane.    Hotel    Whitcomb     by     Wilt    Gunzen- 
dorfer's   Hotel   Whitcomb    Radio   Band. 
Goodfellows    Ad    Period     during     intermis- 
sions. 

S:00  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music  by  Wilt  Gun- 
zendorfer's  Band.  Intermission  solos  dur- 
ing the  evening  bv  members  of  the  Orches- 
tra and  from  10  to  12  p.  m.  the  Bill  Haw- 
lev-Charles  Midgley  comedy  harmony  team. 


What  An  Organized  Service  Means 

to  Radio 

By  Bert  B.  Gottschalk 

The  California  State  Radio  Associa- 
tion, which  recently  established  its 
general  offices  in  San  Francisco,  and 
operating  throughout  the  state,  already 
numbers  among  its  members  men  and 
women  prominent  in  all  walks  of  life, 
being  the  only  association  solely  de- 
voted in  an  organized,  uniform  main- 
tenance service  to  radio  owners,  such 
service  being  rendered  at  a  nominal 
monthly  charge.  The  California  State 
Radio  Association  will  devote  every  ef- 
fort to  becoming  a  pride  to  the  city  of 
San  Francisco,  which  it  has  chosen  as 
its  home. 

As  the  association  does  not  sell  radio 
merchandise,  it  is  therefore,  not  at  all 
interested  in  persuading  members  to 
"trade  in"  sets  now  owned  by  them,  as 
is  so  often  the  case  with  the  different 
agencies  selling  service,  and,  who,  at 
the  same  time  are  selling  sets  and  ac- 
cessories. The  California  State  Radio 
Association  is  interested  in  only  one 
thing — and  that  is  to  procure  the  ut- 
most efficiency,  with  the  highest  pos- 
sible performance  from  the  radio  sets 
( regardless  of  make)  already  owned 
by  the  members  and  are  striving  from 
every  angle  to  make  this  possible. 

The  California  State  Radio  Associa- 
tion is  the  only  medium  of  its  kind  on 
the  Pacific  Coast ;  with  a  purpose  simi- 
lar to  the  Automobile  Association,  and 
other  such  protective  organizations. 
Radio  service,  previous  to  this  has  been 
rendered  only  by  the  various  sources, 
such  as  the  radio  stores,  charging  from 
one  dollar,  to  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents 
per  call,  for  service,  or  radio  men,  self- 
styled  doing  business  in  a  crude  and  in- 
efficient way,  but  charging  all  that  the 
traffic  will  bear. 

The  executives  of  the  California  State 
Radio  Association  pioneered  the  radio 
business  with  the  opening  of  the  first 
broadcasting  station,  having  been  as- 
sociated with  the  radio  industry  for 
the  past  four  years,  they  have  had  the 
opportunity  of  becoming  thoroughly 
familiar  with  every  phase,  such  as  the 
merchandising  service,  and  broadcast- 
ing end,  of  this  marvelous  industry. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 

the     stars     of    the     "Passing    Show," 
Georgie   Price,  comedian,    singer    and 


phonograph  artist  returns  to  vaude- 
ville. Willard  Mack,  the  well-known 
playwright,  is  the  author  of  Harry  Con- 
ley's  new  skit  "Slick  As  Ever."  Alex- 
ander and  Santos,  with  a  supporting 
company  of  singers  and  dancers  will 
offer  a  speedy  routine  of  songs  and 
steps.  Every  member  of  the  company 
is  a  clever  performer. 

*  *     * 

Music  Week  Begins 
Sunday  Afternoon 

An  impressive  sacred  concert,  in 
which  churches  of  all  denominations 
will  participate,  will  usher  in  San  Fran- 
cisco's Sixth  Annual  Music  Week,  on 
Sunday  afternoon,  at  the  Exposition 
Auditorium,  beginning  at  3  p.  m..  Mrs. 
Alvina  Heuer  Willson  will  be  chair- 
man of  the  concert. 

Two  vested  choirs  of  boys,  from  the 
Sacred  Heart  School,  and  from  the 
Mission  Delores  will  open  and  close 
the  concert.  The  complete  program  for 
the   afternoon   will   include: 

Star  Spangled  Banner,  Congrega- 
tional  singing. 

1.  Schola  Cantorum,  Boys  choir  of 
the  Sacred  Heart  School.  Father  Boyle, 
directing. 

2.  Tenor  solo,  Alan  Wilson,  from  the 
Calvary   Presbyterian. 

3.  Quartet,  mixed  voices,  from  St. 
Ignatius  Church.  Soloists,  Mrs.  J. 
Bruner,  Miss  O'Dea,  Harry  Wood 
Brown,  organist. 

4.  Russian  Choir,  from  the  Greek 
Russian   Church. 

5.  Contralto  solo,  Mme.  Annae  K. 
Blotcky,  of  the  West  Side  Christian 
Church. 

6.  Boys  Choir,  from  the  Grace  pro- 
Cathedral,    Hugh    Williams,    director. 

7.  Solo  and  Chorus,  from  the  Temple 
Emmanuel.     Cantor  Rinder  and  Choir. 

8.  Boys  Choir,  Mission  Dolores 
Church.  Miss  Murphy,  director. 

9.  America,   congregational    singing. 

*  *     * 

New  Portola  to  Give  Vaudeville 

The  New  Portola  Theater  is  to  adopt 
an  aggressive  policy  beginning  Sun- 
day, presenting  vaudeville  and  first- 
run  pictures  at  a  small  admission  fee, 
the  house  remaining  open  from  11:30 
a.  m.  to  11  :30  p.  m.  This  theater  has 
always  been  popular  with  San  Fran- 
si  sco  people,  and  with  this  new  policy 
should  become  even  more  so. 

*  *     * 

French  Theatre 

The  Gaite  Francai.-e,  which  is  dark 
this  present  week,  will  reopen  its  doors 
on  AYednesday,  May  5th,  and  as  part  of 
the  Civic  Music  Week,  will  present  one 
of  the  prettiest  operettas  of  the  French 
Repertory,  and  one  that  has  a  world 
wide  reputation,  not  only  for  the  many 
musical  gems  it  contains,  but  also  for 
the  sprightliness  of  its  plot.  "Mam'- 
selle  Nitouche,"  one  of  the  best-known 


of  the  playwrite-composer  Herve,  has 
been  prepared  by  Andre  Ferrier,  with 
all  the  care  that  this  artist-producer  is 
famed  for  and  in  wdiich,  he  himself, 
impersonating  a  typical  music  master, 
will  dispense  not  only  melody,  but 
comedy  that  sparkles  with  wit  and 
mirth.  To  Martha  Combette  has  been 
assigned  the  title  role,  and  this  young 
artist,  possessor  of  not  only  a  very 
pretty  voice,  but  also  great  histrionic 
ability,  can  be  expected  to  do  full  jus- 
tice to  the  score  and  lyrics.  "Mam'selle 
(Continued  on  Page  19) 


Join  Now! 

A   new   service   to    radio   owners,   at   a 

nominal  cost.    Write  or  phone 

for  particulars. 

General  Offices: 
Pacific  Bldg.,  Kearny  815 


SVNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUA!,    STATEMENT 
OF  THE 

Palatine  Insurance  Co.,  Ltd. 

of  London,  England,  on  the  31st  day  of  De- 
cember, 1925,  made  to  the  Insurance  Commis- 
si. ui-T  of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  to 
law. 

ASSETS 

Bonds   and  stocks $3,839,624.87 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 421.063.31 

Agents'   balances 570,070.08 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 4,433.88 

Other   ledger  assets 16,507.76 

Total  ledger  assets $4,851,699.90 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued  53.426.00 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  230,663.13 

llrr.ss   assets    $5,135,789.03 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 27,304.77 

Total   admitted   assets, $5,108,484.26 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims   384,518.00 

Unearned  premiums  3,081,354.11 

All    other    liabilities 99,140.0" 

Total   liabilities   (except  capital 

an.l  surplus)    $3,565,012.11 

Surplus    1,543,472.15 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $5,108,4  84.20 

(Signed)    WHITNEY  PALACHE, 

V.  S.  Manager, 


May  1,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


FIRE   A>'D   MARINE 

SYNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT 

OP  THE 

County  Fire  Insurance  Company 

of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  of  Manchester,  in  the 
state  of  New  Hampshire,  on  the  31st  day  of 
December,  1925,  made  to  the  Insurance  Com- 
missioner of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant 
in  law. 

ASSETS 

Real    estate    %  30,208,38 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 7,000.00 

Bonds  and   stocks 1,578,606.98 

Irish  in  office  and  banks 74,441.82 

Agents'  balances  149,264.94 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other   ledger    assets 1,176.25 

Total   ledger   assets $1,840,698.37 

.VOX-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued  %      13,598.65 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  255,791.14 

Other  non-ledger  assets 12,848.53 

Gross   assets   $2,122,936.69 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 6,853.18 

Total  admitted  assets $2,116,083.51 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount   of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims    $    115,373.4  9 

Unearned  premiums  928,325.37 

All    other    liabilities 34,292.63 

Total   liabilities   (except  capital 

and  surplus)   $1,077,991.49 

Capital    500,000.00 

Sui  plus    538,092.02 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $2,116,083.51 

PRANK  W.  SARGEANT, 

President. 
GEO.  W.  SWALLOW, 

ANgt.  Secretnry. 
C.  A.  COLVIN,  Manager 
Pacific  Const  Department 
238  Bush  St.,  Snn  Frnnctaco,  Cnlif. 


MISCELLANEOUS 

SYNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OP 

Title  Insurance  and  Guaranty  Co. 

of  San  Francisco,  in   the  £?tate  of  California, 
on    the   31st   day   of    December,    1925,    made    to 
the    Insurance    Commissioner    of    the    State    of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

Real    estate  $      15. 444. or. 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 355,629.34 

Bonds  ami    stocks. 244.829.69 

L'ash    in    company's    office    and    in 

banks  243,136.79 

Premiums  in  course  of  collection- 
Bills    receivable   150.00 

Other    ledger    assels 75,021.19 

Plant    351.134.64 

Ledger  assets  ....$1,286,346.70 

NON-LEDGER   ASSETS: 

[interest   ami   rents  due  or  accrued! 

Market     value    of    securities    over 

book  value 30,350.31 

Premiums  in  course  of  collection..        33,492.22 
Other  non-ledger  assets 

Total     grOSS    assets $1,349,188.23 

Deduct    assets    not    admitted 29,781.16 

Total  admitted  assets $i. 319, 407.07 

LIABILITIES 
Net  unpaid  claims,  except  liability 

ami  workmen's  compensation $      10,000.00 

Special  reserve  for  unpaid  liabil- 
ity and  workmen's  compensa- 
tion  claims 

Rstima  ted  expenses  of  Investlga 
lion  and  adjustment  of  claims.... 

Total  unearned  premiums  on  un- 
expired nsks  

i  iw     funds  227.438.07 

All   other   liabilities     36.335.26 

Potal    liabilities    (except  capital 

and    surplus)    $  273.773.33 

Capital    750,000.00 

Title   insurance   surplus  fund 1S7.500.00 

Surplus  108,133.74 

Total   liabilities,  capital  and 

surplus  $1,319,407.07 

O.  H.  KOl'LEAV, 

Pimldfnt. 
10.  rt.  SOHWARTBH  LNN, 

Secretary. 
-30  MontRomery  Street, 
Sun  Franclnco 


FIRE   AND  MARINE 

SYNOPSIS    OF    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF  THE 

Liberty  Bell  Insurance  Co. 

of  Philadelphia,  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  31st  day  of  December,  1925,  made  to 
( he  insurance  Commissioner  of  the  .State  of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real    estate   $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 291,800.00 

Bonds   and   stocks 617,845.38 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 31,531.12 

Agents'   balances  114,102.59 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other  ledger   assets 

Total  ledger  assets $1,055,279.09 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest   and    rents    due    or 

accrued   12,428.18 

Market   values   of   securities   over 

book  value  14.12 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross    assets   .'..$1,067,721.39 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 

Total  admitted  assets $1,067,721.39 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount  of  unpaid    losses   and 

claims    $    100,179.73 

Unearned  premiums  * 450,172.22 

All   other   liabilities 15,000.00 

Total   liabilities    (except  capital 

and  surplus  $  565,351.95 

Capital    250.000.00 

Surplus 252,369.44 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $1,067,721.39 

HENRY  M.  BROWN, 

President. 
OH  VRLES  S.  CONKLIN, 

Secretary. 

H.  M.  NBWHAXL  &  CO., 

Pnclflc  Coniit  General  Agent*. 
210  Ilattery  Street,  Snn  Franclnco 


FIRE  AND  MARINE 
SA  NOPSIS    OF    THE    ANN! AL    STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

U.S.  Branch  of  the  State  Assurance 
Company,  Limited 

.if  Liverpool,  tSnglantl,  on  the  nist  day  of  De- 
cember,  L9SB,  made  t"  the  insurance  Cummls- 
Bionei    of  tlie  Estate  of  California,  pursuant  to 

hiu 

ASSETS 

Real   estate  ...  $ 

Mortgages  ami  ooiiateral  loan 

Bond!    hi    -iii-        1,230,489.52 

lash    in   otllce  and   banks 106.904.65 

Agents'  balances    .-7.036. 43 

Hills  receivable   taken  for  risks.... 

Other   ledger  assets 2.870.36 


Total   ledger   ^m-  $1,567,300.96 

NON-LEDGER: 
Total    Interest    and    rents   due   or 

accrued   ..  $ 

Market    value    ,.f    securities   over 

book  value  

Other  non-ledger  assets  1,663,263.40 

H    assets  f  1,663,263.40 

Deduct   assets   not   admitted    3.907.76 


Total   admitted   assets $1,659,355.64 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount  of  unpaid   losses  and 

claims    $     153,930.42 

Unearned  premiums  891,111.1.^ 

All    other    llablllti.  -  32.193.90 


Total    liabilities    (except   capital 

and  surplus)  $1,077,531.47 

Capital     .  200.000.00 

Surplus  381.821.17 


FIRE  AND  MARINE 
SVNOPSIS    OP    THE    ANNUAL    STATEMENT 

OP  THE 

Caledonian-American  Insurance  Co. 

of  New  York,  in  the  ,State  of  New  York,  on  the 
31st  day  of  December,  1925,  made  to  the  In- 
surance Commissioner  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real  estate  $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds   and   stocks 811,146.84 

Cash  in  office  and  banks _ 57,651.22 

Agents'   balances  75,134.08 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other    ledger    assets,    reinsurance 

recoverable  on  paid  losses 8,271.96 

Total  ledger  assets %    952,204.10 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued  $      10,562.01 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  3,903.16 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross  assets  _ %    966,669.27 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 1,412.00 

Total  admitted   assets ¥  965,257.27 

LIABILITIES 
Net   amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims    _ $  34,876.65 

Unearned  premiums  391,620.20 

All    other    liabilities 20,700.00 

Total   liabilities    (except  capital 

and  surplus)    ..._ %  447,196.85 

Capital    200.000.00 

Surplus    318,060.42 

Total   capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $    965,257.27 

R.  C.  CHRISTOPHER, 

President. 
H.  E.  FRANCK. 

Secretary. 
SGLBACH  A  DEAN'S, 
General  Accnii, 
240  Pine  Street,  San  Franclnco,  Calif. 


FIRE     \M>    MARINE 

SYNOPSIS     <>F    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

Minneapolis  Fire  &  Marine 
Insurance  Company 

ol   Minneapolis,  in  the  state  of  Minnesota,  on 
the   .list    day   of   December,   1925.    made   to    the 
nee  Commissioner  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

'at,'   I 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 125.650.00 

Bonds   and   stocks 425,469.80 

Cash  In  office  and  banks 139.019.61 

Agents'    balances   197.308.21 

Hills  receivable  taken  for  risks 4,715.38 

Other    ledger    assets _...         28,355.82 

Total  ledger  assets J    920,618.72 

NON-LEDG] 

Total    Interest    and    rents    due    or 

t       13.719.90 
Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  _..        14,897.70 

Other  non-ledger  assets 


Gross  assets   

Deduct  assets  not  admitted... 


919.136.32 
3.740.87 


Total  admitted   assets _...$    945,395.45 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount  of  unpaid   losses  and 

claims  S 

Unearned  premiums 

All    other    liabilities 305.848.84 

Total    liabilities   (except  capital 

and  surplus)   305.848.84 

Capital     ..  200.000.00 

Surplus  439.546.61 


Total   capital,  surplus  and  other 

Itabilltl'  »  81.659.355.64 

V  It. MAM  HARE. 

Manager. 

H.  M.  m:\ihali,  <S  CO.. 

Pacific  Coast  General  Agents. 

Ud    nailery   Street.   San   Fnmrl.ro 


Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities  »     945.395.45 

J.   D.  MCMILLAN. 

Vlre-Prr.ident. 
«   ll.TER  C.  LEACH, 

Secretary. 
H.  M.  \EWIIALL  A  CC 
Pacific  Coast  General  Agents 
210  Battery  Street 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May   1,  1926 


THE  development  in  radio  equipment  is  very  notable.  \\  hat 
was  at  first  nothing  better  than  an  expensive  toy  is  be- 
coming a  very  valuable  and    permanent    source    of    national 

wealth. 

*  *     * 

After  two  weeks  of  strike  conditions,  the  Industrial  As- 
sociation finds  itself  in  an  exceptionally  strong  position,  with 
complete  co-operation  from  the  Builders'  Exchange,  the  Gen- 
eral Contractors  Association,  and  the  Homebuilders  Associa- 
tion "The  employment  offices  of  the  Industrial  Association 
and  the  Builders  Exchange  are  working  in  close  co-operation 
and  contractors  are  calling  freely  for  American  Plan  carpen- 
ters," so  says  the  "American  Plan  Progress." 

*  *     * 

—The  bail  which  was  raised  by  Judge  Golden  in  the  case 
of  McDermott.  was  again  reduced  by  Judge  Parker  of  the  Su- 
perior Bench,  upon  the  ground  that  it  was  excessive  and  in 
violation  of  Article  1,  Sec.  6  of  the  State  Constitution. 

*  *     * 

— The  convention  business  has  become  one  of  the  greatest  im- 
portance to  railway  companies.  The  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany sends  out  a  circular  letter,  eight  pages,  to  agents  and  traf- 
fic representatives  with  regard  to  the  conventions,  the  names 
and  particularities  of  which  fill  that  amount  of  space. 

*  *     * 

— As  showing  something  of  the  extent  of  railroad  operations 
in  this  country,  the  Santa  Fe  carried  15,495,684.594  tons  of 
freight,  one  mile.  It  carried  1.409,504,094  passengers  one  mile. 
The  freight  revenue  was  $174,868,230  as  against  $168,101,035 
the  preceding  year.  It  paid  out  to  pensioners  retired,  $373,500, 
and  death  benefits  running  to  $329,985  in  328  cases. 
*.     *     * 

— The  volume  of  building  construction  is  amazingly  large. 
Signed  contracts  seem  enough  to  keep  the  wheel  going  through 
the  third  quarter.  447.000  motor  vehicles  in  March  broke  the 
record  and  there  is  a  chance  that  April  may  exceed  March. 
That  explains  the  great  activity  in  steel.  But  shrinking  of 
scrap  iron  prices,  lower  unfilled  tonnage,  declining  activity  this 
week,  and  softening  steel  prices,  suggest  resumption  of  the 
hesitating  trend  which  commenced  in  January  and  was  inter- 
rupted by  spring  business."  The  foregoing  summary  by  Ed- 
win Evans  Mentzer  is  pretty  much  in  accord  with  the  actual 
facts  of  the  situation. 

*  *     * 

— There  is  no  immediate  warranted  dread  of  a  money  strin- 
gency. Money  rates  are  normal,  a  little  inclined  to  ease.  Call 
funds  are  4  against  3}^  last  year  and  A]/2  in  April.  1924. 

*  *     * 

— There  is  a  pessimism  abroad,  says  one  wise  observer,  and 
he  points  out  that  the  pessimism  is  political  rather  than  economic. 
But  the  world  can  stand  a  great  deal  of  bad  politics  if  the  econ- 
omic conditions  are  sound.  These  are  real  values  and  as  long 
as  those  exist  the  politician  may  confuse,  but  cannot  destroy. 

*  *     * 

— The  members  of  the  Irving  Street  Property  Owners  As- 
sociation are  carrying  to  completion  a  $5,000,000  improvement 
program.  The  development  in  that  district  is  remarkable  and 
very  creditable  to  the  projectors. 

*  *     * 

— The  new  system  of  writing  group  insurance  is  causing 
much  discussion.  The  question  of  why  group  insurance  of 
associations  will  not  be  written  where  the  members  pay  the 
entire  premium  through  the  secretary  of  the  organization,  has 
been  answered  by  the  statement  that  such  a  method  would  be 
in  reality  assessment  insurance. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY   10TH.   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  nnc!  21st  Streets 

PARK-PRESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  nnd  7th  Ave. 

HAIGHT  STREET  BRANCH Hoight  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St, 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ON2-QUARTER  (4J4)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid  Dp  Capital  *20,00O,O0O  f2O.00O.0OO  Reserve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued,  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES,  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,   ORE.;     SEATTLE,    WASH.:     MEXICO    CITY,     MEXICO. 

San  Francisco  OHlcc:  450  California  Slreet 
Bill  I  E    HEATHCOTE  W.  J.    <  'III  I.TIIAII  l> 

Manager  Aaat.  Manager 


M^fflpffi 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE   &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douci.as  2244 


Henry  J.  Maritzen 


H.C.Gray 


Compensation,    General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity   and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile    Insurance 


C.  W.  Carpenter 


Maritzen  -  Gray  -  Carpenter 

GENERAL  AGENTS 
EUREKA  CASUALTY  COMPANY 

OFCALIFORNIA 

114  SANSOME   STREET,  SAN    FRANCISCO 
Phones  Garfield  5155-5156 

Complete   Automobile   Coverage — Accident,   Health 
and  Hospital  Indemnity 


May  1,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

Through  the  Panama  Canal  by  the  Panama  Mail 
Steamship  Company 

There  is  no  more  delightful  trip  than  that  between  San  Fran- 
cisco and  New  York  by  way  of  the  Panama  Canal.  The  Pana- 
ma Mail  Steamship  Company  by  its  San  Francisco-New  York 
service,  gives  to  the  traveling  public  an  opportunity  to  make 
this  trip  under  unusual  conditions  of  comfort.  Having  placed 
in  the  service  the  "Venezuela."  "Colombia,"  and  "Ecuador," 
three  liners  which  were  for  five  years  so  popular  in  the  Trans- 
pacific service. 

Leaving  San  Francisco,  the  first  port  of  call  is  Los  Angeles 
Harbor.  After  five  days  sailing  from  Los  Angeles,  Manzan- 
illa,  the  most  important  Pacific  port  of  Mexico,  is  reached  and 
rail  tickets  can  be  obtained  from  this  port  to  Uuadalajara  and 
Mexico  City.  After  another  four  days  sailing,  San  Jose  is 
reached,  the  commercial  port  for  Guatemala.  The  following 
day  Acajutla,  port  of  Salvador,  is  reached,  and  the  steamer 
anchors  about  a  half-mile  from  shore  and  passengers  can  go 
ashore  and  return  at  a  cost  of  $2.25  per  passenger.  Next  day 
La  Libertad,  also  in  Salvador,  is  reached  and  passengers  can 
go  ashore  in  launches  at  an  expense  of  about  $2.00  round  trip. 
From  La  Libertad,  the  city  of  San  Salvador  ironies  next,  by 
automobile,  over  an  excellent  road,  a  distance  of  about  twenty 
miles.  After  leaving  La  Libertad  the  steamer  proceeds  to  Cor- 
into,  two  days  from  La  Libertad.  Corinto  is  a  quaint  seaport 
in  Nicaragua,  situated  on  the  Island  of  Aserradores.  From 
Corinto,  rail  connections  arc  made  with  all  interior  cities  of 
importance,  including  Leon,  Granada,  and  Managua,  the  capi- 
tal. The  trip  from  Corinto  to  Managua  takes  about  eight  hours. 
Sufficient  time  is  allowed  at  Balboa,  for  a  visit  to  Panama  City. 

The  Panama  Mail  Steamers,  steam  through  the  'anal  ill  about 
six  hours,  between  Balboa  (the  Pacific  terminal)  and  Cristo- 
bal (the  Atlantic  terminal),  ll  is  not  necessary  to  dwell  upon 
the  wonders  of  the  Panama  Canal,  as  our  readers  are  probably 
conversant  with  its  wonders. 

From  Cristobal  to  Havana,  the  journey  is  four  days.  In 
Havana,  commonly  known  as  the  pearl  of  the  Antilles,  will 
be  found  the  culture  of  Europe,  with  the  romance  and  tradi- 
tions of  the  days  of  Spain's  greatness.  It>  streets  are  gav.  and 
I  torn  cafes  comes  the  sound  of  mu  sic  and  laughter.  A  delight- 
ful  motor   trip  around    Havana   can   be   taken,   including   visit. 

to  the  I'railo,  Cathedral,  Government  building-,  etc.  Passen- 
gers who  wish,  can   leave  the  steamer  at    Havana  and  proceed 

by  the  Peninsular  &  Occidental  steamer   i  six  hours)   to  Ke\ 
West,  Florida — thence  by  rail  to  Miami,   Palm   Peach,   Jack- 
sonville, etc. 
From  Havana  to  New  York  the  steamer  takes  five  days  and 

Completes  one  of  the  most  delightful  steamer  voyages  imagin- 
able at  an  approximate  cost  of  $10.00  per  day. 

Illustrated  booklet  describing  the  Panama  Mail  Steamers  and 
services  will  be  sent  on  request. 


Mary  Eleanor's,  with  its  atmosphere  of  refinement,  its 
bright  (lowers,  away  from  the  noise  of  the  clattering  street, 
has  Ions;  been   noted   for  its   tried  chicken. 

Just  latel)  there  has  appeared  a  new  innovation  in  the 
form  of  baked  ham.  which  is  ser\ed  here  everv  Tuesday 
night. 

Now,  we  have  eaten  baked  ham  in  many  restaurants  in 
our  time,  from  old  "Lab's."  (after  dark!)  to  the  most  recent 
roof  garden  cafe,  but  rarely  have  we  partaken  of  such  iucious 
melt-in-your-mouth  ham  as  that  which  is  placed  before  vou 
at  Mary  Eleanor's,  served  with  raisins,  and  sugary  sweet 
potatoes.  Virginia  style. 

Go  next  Tuesday  evening  to  this  pleasant  place  at  445 
Powell  St.  near  Sutter,  and  see  if  we  have  overestimated 
this  delectable  dish. 


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Telephone  Sutter  2J42 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  1,  1926 


All  Western  Tour 

Invitations  have  been  extended  to  more  than  one  hundred 
councils  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  throughout  California 
to  join  the  "All  Western  Tour"  of  San  Francisco  Council  No. 
615,  K.  of  C,  who  will  leave  here  aboard  a  special  Santa  Fe 
train  on  June  20th  on  a  seventeen  day's  excursion,  conducted 
by  Charles  H.  Duffy,  who  in  1924,  made  such  a  success  of 
the  tour,  "See  America  First." 

The  trip  is  being  staged  by  San  Francisco  Council  to  stimu- 
late interest  in  the  scenic  wonders  of  the  West.  The  excur- 
sion is  one  of  the  most  elaborate  ever  arranged  by  a  Knights 
of  Columbus  council  in  the  West. 

Four  National  Parks,  Yellowstone,  Crand  Canyon,  Rainier 
and  Glacier  are  included  in  the  itinerary.  Famed  Indian  vil- 
lages and  other  wonderlands  of  the  West  will  be  visited. 

The  itinerary  of  the  tour  has  been  arranged  to  permit  the 
maximum  stop-over  privileges  in  order  to  enable  all  those 
in  the  party  to  see  as  much  of  the  beauties  of  the  places  to 
be  visited  as  possible. 

When  the  party  reaches  New  Mexico,  they  will  be  af- 
forded an  opportunity  of  viewing  the  Fred  Harvey  Museum, 
containing  the  largest  collection  of  Mexican  and  Indian 
relics  in  the  United  States.  The  party  will  return  home  on 
July  7th. 


Friday  afternoon,  the  delig 
Claremont  Tea  Room  was  the 
Club  of  Berkeley.  Mrs.  A.  F. 
group. 

The  Drama  Club  of  eighteen 
clubs  in  Berkeley,  having  been 
Berkeley  women  in  the  home 
fifteen  years  ago. 

After  an  entertaining  after 
the  ladies  enjoyed  most  delici 
Room. 


[htful  lounge  of  the  Hotel 
meeting  place  of  the  Drama 
Pillsbury  was  hostess  to  the 

members  is  one  of  the  oldest 
founded  by  a  group  of  North 
of  Professor  A.  W.  Lawson, 

noon   of   reading   and   study, 
ous  refreshments  in  the  Tea 


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Out  of  town  customers  can  send  their  rods  by  mail  or 

Express  (if  by  mail  insure),  and  immediate 

attention  will  be  given,  and  rods 

returned  promptly. 

CHAS.  H.  KEWELL  CO. 

Makers  of  Fishing  Tackle 

450  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cauf. 
Garfield  4723 

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Prices  reasonable 

LARKINS  &  CO. 

First  Avenue  at  Geary  Street 


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CHAS.  J.  EVANS 

PALACE  GARAGE 

Opposite  Palace  Hotel 
HAVE  YOUR  CARS  WASHED  AND  GREASED 

"THE  PALACE  WAY" 

Holes:  35c  per  dny;   $7.5©  per  month 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  243 

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Parisian  Dyeing  and  Cleaning 

Suit*   Pressed  By   Hand   Only— Suits   Called  For   and   Delivered 

MME.  M.  S.  E.  LEE 


583   Post  Street 
In  Virginia  Hotel 


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m  Franklin  2510 


J.  SPAULDING  &  CO. 

Established  1864 

The  Original  Pioneer  Carpet  and  Rug  Cleaners 

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Phone  Douglas  3084 


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Phone  Kearny   391 


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Ma}  1.  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Clnb 

MAY  breaks  down  the  snow  bar- 
riers on  the  highways  that  lead 
into  the  wonderland  of  the  Sierra,  de- 
clares Vonard  Fraser  of  the  National 
Automobile  Club.  It's  balmy  breath 
awakens  the  feathered  chorus  of  the 
forests,  the  rivers  break  their  winter 
silence  and  the  magic  wand  of  spring 
unleashes  the  mighty  thunder  of  the 
waterfalls.  Shasta's  white-capped 
height,  last  outpost  oi  the  season  of 
cold  and  frost,  gleams  iridescent  under 
the  warm  rays  of  the  summer  sun  ;  the 
volcanic  cone  of  Lassen  pours  forth  a 
cloud  of  mist  as  the  snowdrifts  vanish 
from  its  barren  slopes;  the  giant  red- 
woods doff  their  icy  pall  and  the  wild- 
flowers  assemble  for  their  annual  frolic 
on  meadowland  and  bill. 

The  summer  touring  season  offers 
the  California  motorist  a  diversified 
field  for  its  activities.  He  lias  a  choice 
of  lour  national  parks:  Lassen,  General 
Grant,  Sequoia  and  Yosemite.  The  first 
is  a  natural  museum  of  weird  phenom- 
ena; the  second  and  third  include  the 
noblest  of  all  forest  areas,  and  the 
fourth  presents  the  most  awe-inspiring 
water  spectacle  in  the  world.  The 
Mariposa  ami  Tuolumne  redwoods  may 
be  included  on  the  Yosemite  itinerary 
and  the  Grand  Canyons  of  the  King 
and  Kern  on  the  visit  to  Sequoia. 

There  are  four  national  monuments 
in  California:  Palm  Springs,  125  miles 
from    I. os    Angeles;   the   Pinnacles   of 

San  Benito  County,  Muir  Woods  on 
the  slopes  of  Mount  Tanialpais.  Marin 
County  and  the  Modoc  Lava  Beds. 
The  first  offers  an  Arabian  landscape. 
the  second  is  a  strange,  barren  land  of 
the  weird,  ami  the  third,  named  after 
tlie  great  naturalist  of  California,  is  a 
fern-laden  forest  that  attracts  thous- 
ands of  picnicking  parties  each  week- 


end. The  Modoc  Lava  Beds  were 
added  to  the  list  of  National  Monu- 
ments  by  proclamation  last  year. 

In  addition  to  the  national  parks  and 
monuments,  there  are  a  number  of 
State  reservations,  including  a  number 
of  groves  along  the  Redwood  Highway 
between  Garberville  and  Eureka,  and 
a  considerable  acreage  in  the  Big  Basin 
near  Santa  Cruz.  Two  groves  in  the 
State  are  privately  owned :  one,  the 
Calaveras  Grove,  located  in  the  cen- 
tral Sierra  Nevada,  and  the  other, 
Welch's  Grove,  a  few  miles  out  of 
Santa  Cruz. 

The  geological  record  of  California, 
its  volcanic  origin  and  the  section  of 
the  glacial  period  has  left  a  queer  en- 
semble of  interest  districts  which  must 
be  included  among  the  tourist  attrac- 
tions of  the  State.  In  Napa,  Sonoma 
and  Lake  counties  are  to  be  found  a 
number  of  spouting  geysers  and  the 
petrified  forest.  Just  outside  of  Chico 
is  a  grotesque  canyon  which  shows  vol- 
canic origin.  Jw  few  miles  out  of  the 
town  of  Mojave  is  Red  Rock  Canyon 
where  nature  has  left  a  remarkable 
record  of  her  sculptural  abilities  on  the 
limestone  cliffs  that  abound  in  the  val- 
ley. 

Southern  California  has  scores  of  re- 
markable beach  resorts,  while  on  the 
Northern  California  I  oast  from  Point 
Reyes  to  Eureka,  some  of  the  finest 
ocean  vistas  are  to  be  found.  The  Rim- 
of-the-World  Drive,  out  of  San  Ber- 
nardino is  one  of  the  most  spectacular 
itineraries  of  Southern  California  and 
the  Tioga  Road,  between  Yosemite  and 

Lake  Tahoe,  is  another  world-famous 
scenic  highway. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Con tinned   from   Page   14) 

Nitouche,"  will  be  sung  every  Wednes- 
day and  Friday  of  the  month  of  May 
and  two  special  matinees  given  on  Sat- 
urday, May  8th  and  -Nth.  (  >n  account 
of  the  length  of  the  performance,  the 
curtain  will  rise  at  8:15  p.  in.  sharp. 

*     *     * 
Cameo 

The  Cameo,  one  of  the  most  popu- 
lar of  the  Market  Street  motion  picture 
houses,  is  presenting  a  double-bill 
screen  attraction  this  week,  witli  Jack 
Ho\ie  starring  in  "Border  Sheriff"  and 
Strongheart,  the  famous  dog  star  ap- 
pearing in  "North  Star."  an  outdoor 
picture  of  western  life  with  scenes 
placed  partly  in  San  Francisco  and 
partly  in  Mexico 

Both  of  the  pictures  contain  plenty 
of  thrills  with  pathos  and  gripping 
scenes  claiming  attention  The  roman- 
tic elements  of  the  first  picture  and  the 
rare  intelligence  portrayed  by  the 
are  uppem  ges  for  one's  interest 

in  the  screen  program  at  the  Cameo 
this  week. 

(Continued  on  Page  22) 


Legislation  stopped  hydraulic  min- 
ing in  California.  Thus,  construction 
work  done  by  pioneers  in  their  indus- 
try became  of  no  immediate  value. 
The  inventive  minds  of  Westerners, 
however,  conceived  the  idea  of  har- 
nessing the  waters  used  by  the  miners 
for  the  generation  of  electrical  energy. 

From  this — thru  business  initiative  and 
enterprise — there  has  been  developed  for 
you  in  California  an  industry  generating 
and  distributing  electric  energy. 

California  Power  Companies,  in  their 
management,  operation  and  ability  to  serve 
the  many  instead  of  the  few,  and  at  a  price 
within  the  reach  of  all,  have  established  for 
this  State  a  position  pre-eminent. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


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Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 

Since  191  3 

Coal  of  Government  increased    -     -     -     -  313% 

Cost  of  Living  increased    ------  65% 

Coit  of  ELECTRICITY  decreased      -    -  8% 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  1.  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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THE  judges  and  lawyers  of  the  Northern  California 
Golf  Association  certainly  had  to  hand  it  to  Hall  Ross, 
the  Redwood  City  Judge.  Ed  McCurdy,  and  Charlie  Has- 
well  for  the  wonderful  (lay  spent  at  the  Crystal  Springs  golf 
club,  when  these  three  princes  of  entertainers  acted  as  hosts 
to  the  judges  and  lawyers  at  their  monthly  golf  tournament. 
True  hospitality  abounded  from  the  moment  one  stepped 
in  the  club  until  the  curtain  fell  at  the  stroke  of  twelve. 
Fifty  members  of  the  bench  and  bar  played  in  the  tourna- 
ment and  forty  of  that  number  attended  the  banquet  which 
followed  at  the  club.  Someone  said  that  the  lawyer  couldn't 
shoot  straight,  but  judging  by  the  remarkable  scores  turned 
in  that  theory  was  knocked  sky  high,  for  Lieutenant  Chris- 
topher Buckley,  Charley  Haswell  and  E.  L.  Hayes  each 
shot  in  the  seventy  street.  Lieut.  Buckley,  who  led  the 
field  by  one  stroke  from  Haswell.  shot  one  of  the  most  in- 
teresting rounds  of  golf  we  have  ever  had  occasion  to  wit- 
ness. Lieut.  Buckley  had  a  33  going  out  three  under  par. 
Facing  the  homeward  stretch,  he  hooked  three  out  of  bounds 
on  the  tenth  hole;  still  he  got  a  six,  with  the  exception  of 
putting  one  more  out  of  bounds  on  the  17th.  Buckley 
played  phenomenal  golf,  with  three  birdies,  and  one  Eagle 
arriving  at  the  club  house  with  a  card  of  77-10-67.  Lieut. 
Buckley  played  his  last  game  with  the  judges  and  law  vers 
as  he  has  booked  passage  on  the  Baran  Girad,  which  leaves 
New  York  the  10th  of  May  for  London.  While  in  England 
Lieut.  Buckley  will  meet  Francis  Brown  and  Mrs.  Brown 
from  Honolulu  and  Chris  and  Francis  will  play  in  the 
British  open. 

*     *     * 

Charlie  Haswell,  a  member  of  the  host  club,  who  former- 
ly used  to  sport  a  handicap  of  two,  did  a  bit  of  tall  shooting 
himself  when  he  finished  one  stroke  behind  Buckley.  Char- 
lie had  two  birdies  and  one  Eagle  on  his  card.  "Dit"  Hayes, 
who  won  the  first  of  the  judges  and  lawyers  tournaments 
at  Lake  Merced  club,  came  in  third.  Bob  McGahie  and 
Judge  Fitzpatrick  had  a  hot  foursome  when  they  took  on 
Judge  Graham  and  Louis  Goodman  ;  the  match  ended  all 
square.  Bob  McGahie  who  won  last  month's  event,  had 
the  best  score  of  the  four  with  SS.  Ralph  Robinson,  an- 
other Olympian,  won  his  first  match  in  a  year;  he  had 
Arnold  I.ackenbach  for  a  partner.  John  Ralph  Wilson 
said  that  there  were  a  couple  worse  than  he  was.  hut 
I'M  McCurdy  said  it  was  impossible.  Chauncey  Tramu- 
tolo  was  the  only  representative  of  Mussolini,  but  hot- 
footed it  to  the  city  after  the  game.  Louis  Ferreri  was 
called  out  of  town  at  the  last  moment,  but  he  made  his  pres- 
ence felt  in  spirit.  Louis  is  one  of  our  leading  after  dinner 
speakers.  With  toastmaster  Ifall  Ross  in  a  happy  mood, 
the  banquet  was  a  striking  success.  Hall  gave  everyone  a 
chance  to  show  his  skill.  Judge  Graham  took  the  palm; 
his  talk  and  rendering  of  his  popular  balads  made  a  gnat 
hit.  Judge  Fitzpatrick  is  always  good  ;  we  owe  much  to  our 
own  good  friend  Judge  Fitzpatrick.  His  clever  talks  are  al- 
ways welcomed  and  appreciated.  The  Judge  is  about  the 
biggest  man  in  golf  today— a  director  of  the  (  >lympic  club, 
the  largest  athletic  organization  in  America.  Mis  efforts  in 
giving  its  members  two  18-hole  courses  and  a  club  house 
which  has  no  equal  in  the  world,  coupled  with  organizing 
the  Judges  and  Lawyers  Golf  Association  arc  hut  a  few  of 
the  many  good  things  that  Judge  Fitzpatrick  has  done  to 
put  golf  where  it  is  today.  We  hope  that  his  friends  will 
show  their  appreciation  next  November  and  help  the  fudge 
to  lead  the  poll  at  the  election.  Christopher  Bradley  made 
such  an  impression  by  his  speech  that  Judge  Graham  put  it 


to  a  vote  to  present  Chris  with  a  silver  vase.  Chris  won 
out,  but  lost  the  cup  in  the  shuffle.  However  it  went  on 
record  that  Bradley  donates  one  three  times  as  large  for  the 
one  he  didn't  win,  to  be  put  up  for  competition  when  the 
judges  and  lawyers  will  be  guests  of  John  Preston,  at  the 
Claremont  club,  lingo  Newhouse  says  that  if  he  can  only 
shoot  as  well  at  Claremont  as  he  did  at  Crystal  Springs 
lie's  sure  to  win  Chris  Bradley's  clip.  Too  bad  Phil  Man- 
soii  had  to  leave  early.  Phil  is  a  past  master  when  it  conies 
to  flowery  language,  but  with  such  after  dinner  talkers  as 
Walter  Shelton  and  Lawrence  Livingstone,  the  party  went 

over  big. 

*     *     * 

There    were    Eagles    a    plenty — Chris    Buckley,    Oliver 

Dibble,  anil  Charlie   Haswell,  each  shot  a  bird. 


vChris   Buckley  protested  to  the  lawyers  and  judges  that 
his  moustache  was  a  natural  hazzard. 


The   Judges   claimed    that   there   were   too 
and   no  Christians  in   the   tournament. 


Chris's 


Sigh    Appel   couldn't    make   the   trip;   he     was    out     on     the 
Marina    watching  the  boats   come   in. 


Colonel   Anthonj    Griffith,  of  the  Kentucky   Volunteers, 

said  he  wouldn't  go;  it  was  had  enough  to  look  at  them  in 
court  without  taking  a  squint  at  them  on  a  golf  course. 

Cy   Appel    was   seen   on   the   course   wearing  a   last   year's 
straw  hat  with  a  new    college  ribbon. 


I 


There's  always  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 


CALIFORNIA 


Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 


Casa  del  Rey  (Hold  and  Collages)  al  the 

heart  of  il  all— offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  /</  full 

enjoyment. 

CASA  DEL  EEY 

AT  THE  BEACH 
Santa  Cruz  California 

PRICES  MODERATE 

OPEN  THE  YEAR  'ROUND 


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The  following  members  have  been  initiated  into  the  famous 
Canada  Dry  Hole-in-One  Club:  Mr.  Edgar  C.  Huyck,  2234 
Macdonald  Ave.,  Richmond,  Cal.  ami  Mr.  Carl  E.  Zamlock, 
3881  Chabot   Road,  (  (akland,  Cal. 

*     *     * 

Charlie  Haswell,  the  insurance  lawyer,  looks  better  than 
he  plays. 


SOCIETY 

(Continued   from   Page   9) 
Authors  Gather  At 
Round  Table  Luncheon 

Grace  Sanderson  Michie,  author  and  scenarist,  was  the 
honor  guest  at  the  inaugural  round  table  luncheon  given 
yesterday,  Friday,  April  30,  in  the  Venetian  room  of  the 
Fairmont  Hotel  by  members  of  the  newly  organized  Golden 
Gate  Branch,  San  Francisco  League  of  American  Pen 
Women. 

Mrs.  Michie  was  appointed  by  National  officers  as  the 
organizing  president  of  the  new  branch  of  Pen  Women  and 
has  already  initiated  many  noted  California  authors  as  mem- 
bers. Helen  Bamberger,  whose  latest  book,  "Judy's  Man," 
is  just  off  the  press,  was  an  honor  guest  at  this  round  table 
event.  Her  book  was  reviewed  by  Mrs.  Michie  as  the  motif 
of  literary  discussions. 

Barrett  Willoughby,  Gladys  Johnson,  Anna  Blake  Mez- 
quida,  Katharine  Eggleston  Holmes,  prominent  California 
authors,  were  present  at  the  initial  gathering,  as  registered 
members  of  the  new  Branch.  Josephine  Wilson,  Senior  Tast 
State  Vice-president,  for  Northern  California,  who  has  been 
elected  honorary  member  of  Golden  Gate  Branch,  was  a 
complimented  guest.  Eleanore  Ross,  of  the  News  Letter,  a 
new  member  of  the  Pen  Women,  was  also  a  guest  of  honor. 

Ella  M.  Sexton,  newly  elected  president,  and  Miss  Vir- 
ginia Sullivan,  secretary-treasurer,  had  charge  of  the  notable 
affair  which  assembled  many  noted  writers  of  the  bay  and 
peninsula  cities.  Mrs.  William  Beckman,  named  as  honor- 
ary  vice-president  of  Golden  Gate  Branch,  was  an  invited 
honor  guest  in  tribute  to  Mrs.  Beckman's  espousal  of  the 
University  of  California  Department  of  Literature  and  her 
own  place  as  author  of  nine  published  books. 

Beautiful  flowers  adorned  the  round  table,  a  miniature 
Golden  Gate  being  the  center  of  the  decorative  scheme  and 
adopted  by  the  newly  organized  Branch  as  a  symbol  of 
their  Branch.  With  strict  adherence  to  National  League 
principles  and  By-Laws,  the  Golden  Gate  Branch,  accord- 
ing to  Mrs.  Michie.  the  organizing  president,  and  with 
rigid  professional  qualifications,  the  organizers  have  estab- 
lished a  high  standard  of  enrollment. 

The  attendance  of  San  Francisco  newspaper  women 
whose    names   are    signed    to    articles   as    "By-Liners"    weiv 

special  guests  at  the  luncheon  honoring  Grace  Sanderson 

Michie.   organizing    j. resident    of    the    Golden    date    Branch, 
League  of  American   Pen  Women.     Many  newspaper  writers, 
have  already  affiliated  with  this  coterie  of  authors. 
*     *     * 

Social  circles  in   New   York  and   Detroit  were   interested 
Over  a   decidedl)    persistent   report   that    Mrs.    Horace    Elgin 
I  lodge,  widow  of  the  automobile  manufacturer,   is  en. 
to   be  married. 

The  report  named  Hugh  Dillman.  who  spent  much  time 
in    Mrs.    Dodge's   company    in    Palm    Beach,    Florida,    this 
season,   a*   her   fiance.      Mrs.   Dodge   is   rated   a-  one   of   the 
tlthiest  women  in  the  world. 


At  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 
Zelda  Sear-,  beloved  Xew  York  Stage  star  and  author  of 
several  successful  stage  plays,  has  arrived  in  Hollywood  to 
aid  Cecil  De  Mille  in  adapting  her  play  "The  Clinging 
Vine"  for  the  screen  and  as  a  starring  vehicle  for  Leatrice 
Joy.  While  in  the  west.  Miss  Sears  i-  -topping  at  the  Holly- 
wood Plaza  Hotel. 


Close-ups  of  the  Great 
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Meet  them  face  to  face  in  The 
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Interesting  people  in  all  ranks 
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PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued   from   Page   HI) 
California 

"The  Reckless  Lady,"  based  on  Sir 
Phillip  Gibbs'  novel  is  on  the  screen  at 
the  California  Theater  with  Belle  Ben- 
nett, San  Francisco  star,  Lois  Moran, 
Ben  Lyon  and  Lowell  Sherman  head- 
ing the  cast  in  a  story  packed  with  ad- 
venture and  teeming  excitement.  Ro- 
mantic interest  is  augmented  by  the 
dangers  and  thrills  that  follow  closely 
the  plot  and  its  submerged  sacrifices. 
London  and  Paris  scenes  are  given 
lavish  settings. 

Max  Dolin  is  pleasing  his  audiences 
especially  this  week  with  his  musical 
programs  and  violin  solos. 

*  *     * 
Granada 

Eddie  Peabody,  the  magnetic  or- 
chestra leader,  is  having  a  "farewell 
week"  at  the  Granada  for  this  pleasing 
young  artist  who  has  delighted  thous- 
ands of  Granada  patrons  is  leaving 
this  week  for  Los  Angeles.  We  are 
sorrv  to  know  that  Fddie  is  going  to 
leave  San  Francisco! 

The  feature  of  the  screen  starting 
Saturday  is  "Sea  Horses"  with  Jack 
Holt,  and  Florence  Vidor  the  princi- 
pals in  a  story  of  tense  moments,  ex- 
citing adventures  and  compelling 
events. 

*.     *     * 

Scottish  Rite  Recital 

Margaret  Tilly  appeared  in  an  all 
Bach  recital,  at  Scottish  Rite  Auditor- 
ium, last  Tuesday  night,  assisted  by 
Alfred  Hurtgen  and  members  of  the 
San   Francisco  Symphony  orchestra. 

To  have  heard  Miss  Tilly  in  this  par- 
ticular program  is  to  have  within  one's 
memory  such  numbers  as  the  Three 
Preludes  and  Fugues  from  "Das  W'ohl- 
temperirtes  Klavier"  Gavottes  I  and  II 
and  Passepieds  I  and  II  from  Partita 
in  B  minor. 

Programmed  as  the  first  appearance 
in  San  Francisco  the  last  group  offered 
the  Concerto  in  D  Minor  for  pianoforte 
and   strings,   Allegro   risoluto,   Adagio, 

Allegro  moderato. 

*  *     * 

Dance  at  Hillcrest  Club 

The  beautiful  and  picturesque  man- 
sion at  Vallejo  and  Taylor  Sts.,  which 
is  iinw  the  home  of  the  Hillcrest  Club, 
was  the  scene  of  an  enjoyable  affair 
last  Thursday  evening,  the  29th,  when 
Mile.  Eugenia  Liezbinska,  danseuse, 
and  Miss  Louise  Marleau,  pianist,  gave 
the  program,  after  which  the  guests  in- 
dulged in  dancing. 

Aside  from  the  enjoyment  of  any 
function  given  by  the  Hillcrest  Club, 
it  is  a  pleasure  just  to  visit  this  unique 
place,  with  its  stately  drawing  ro  mis. 
its  winding  stairs,  its  atmosphere  '<f 
old-time  elegance  and  romance,  and  to 
view  the  city,  with  its  twinkling  lights, 
below  its  stone  battlements. 


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The   City's  Most   Distinctive   Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

5l)r,  75c,  $1.00       33c.  50c.  75c     (1.00,11.50  a  la  carle 

Dancing   7:00   P.    M.    to    1:00    A.    M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL    PARTIES    ARRANGED 
HEADQUARTERS    FOR    THEATRICAL    PEOPLE 

1IATTIE    MOOSER  MINNIE    C.    MOOSER 


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CANDY 
PASTRY 


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LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


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Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  1 1 :30  to  2 :30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


Douglas  7118 


334  Sutter  St. 


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145  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast, 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea.  Dinner. 
Sundays:   Dinner. 


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ing rooms   for   banquets   and   parties,   seating   "5   to   100  people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


•ESrtC        BLANCO'S  £k , 

Luncheon    (11.30  to   2  p.  m.) (  .75  No   Visitor   Should    Leave   the  City   With- 

Sunday    Luncheon    1.00  out    Dmine    in    the    F.nr.l    C«(e 

Dinner.     Week    Days (1.50  in   America 

Dinner,    Sundays    and    Holidays 1.75 

DANCING  SUNDAY   EVENINGS 


NOAH'S 
ARK 

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Featuring    Southern     rooking 
Prom 
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5:30    p.    m.    to    8:30    p.    m. 
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4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

CLOSED    KVF.IO     MONDAY 
Half   Block   from    II  lick  way 


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Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

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FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  bru.su Lug;  onec  or  twice  a  day  ia 
taking  very  good  care  of  them.  Brushing  is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth,  examined. 
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trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
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and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerves1  and  pain.    It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extractions;     Crowns;     Self     Cleaning     Bridges; 

Porcelitin   Work   and   Roofless  Plates 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN    LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


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For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of   the    Sisters    of   St.    Dominic. 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12.  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Building.  Powell  and  Market  Sts.,  San   Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


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Phone  Kearny  5816 


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Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
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Hotel  Del  Coronado 

Coronado  Beach,  California 

The  ideal  place  to  choose  for  your  summer  outing.  Where  climatic 
conditions  are  continuously  favorable  for  the  enjoyment  of  outdoor 
amusement. 

GOLF— TENNIS 

RIDING— MOTORING 

SWIMMING— AQUAPLANING— BOATING 

Dancing  every  night  except  Sunday  to  music  by  the  Hotel  del  Coro- 
nado orchestra. 

This  hotel  is  one  of  the  safest  in  America.  Protected  from  damage 
by  fire  with  complete  system  of  Grinnell  Automatic  Sprinklers  in 
every  part  of  the  structure. 

San  Francisco  Agent: 

W.  A.  Ramage,  2  Pine  Street 

Mel  S.  Wright,  Manager 

Loiv  Summer  Rates 


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HOLLYWOOD'S  most  modern  hotel ;  exclusive  — 
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20  minutes  from  Los  Angeles — 20  minutes  from  the  heach. 
You'll  thoroughly  enjoy  your  stay  here.  Rates:  Rooms 
with  bath,  $2.50  up. 

Hotel  Bus  Meets  Trains 

HOLLYWOOD  PLAZA  HOTEL 

Vine  St.,  South  of  tIoi.lvwood  Boulevard 


Back  East 
Excursions 

EFFECTIVE  MAY  22 


REDUCED  roundtrip  tickets  sold 
daily  until  Sept.  15;  good  until  Oct. 
31.   Stopovers. 

Make  Reservations  Now 
for  Any  Date 

Choice  of  four  commanding  transconti- 
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Send  or  call  today  for  complete  infor- 
mation about  service  and  fares  to  your 
eastern  destination. 

Ask  about  "Circle  Tour  of  the  United 
States"  —  greatest  summer  travel  bar- 
gain. 


dilthern  Pacific  Lines 


Also 

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Excursions 

Low  roundtrip 

fares  now 

effective. 

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Or  Phone  Sutler  4000 


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across  the  Continent,  with  authorised  stop-overs. 

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Proportionately  lower  rates  in  2nd,  Tourist  and  3rd  Class. 

For  complete  information  apply  to 


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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  MAY  S,  1926 


No 


From  One  Thing  to  Another 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


Great  (.-rises  create  great  men.  If  life  in  general  jogged 
along  peaceful,  rose-strewn  ways,  there  would  be  no  need 
of  the  man  or  woman,  who.  like  the  traffic  cop,  is  compelled 
to  bring  about  order  out  of  chaos  in  the  clogged  and  compli- 
cated highways  of  the  world. 


The  huh  of  the  world.  England,  the  great  cross  roads  of 
the  world's  highways,  is  in  a  sad  state  of  chaos  and  trouble,  an  ' 

there  are  those  who,  familiar  with  past  history,  conversant  with 
international  and  national  affair-,  predict  a  sorry  ending  t" 
this  temporary  congestion  of  her  arteries,  a  tragic  battle  be- 
tween those  arch  enemies,  capital  and  labor,  who  at  present  are 
holding  up  traffic. 


They  criticise  Baldwin  for,  SO  to  -peak,  "burning  hi-  bridge* 
behind  him."  and  refusing  further  arbitration;  they  opine  that 
Ramsay  Mad  lonald.  if  he  had  been  allowed  a  longer  reign  as 

Premier,  could  have  averted  tin  conditions  which  have  led  up 

to  tin-  present  state  of  affair-;  the)  -peak  significantly  of  "Eng- 
lish mobs;"  they  prophesy  dire  disaster  to  the  constitutional 
government  of  Britain : 


They  fear  the  forces  hack  of  the  labor  leader-;  the)  see  in 
this  strike  of  coal  miners,  the  sullen  face-  of  the  communists 
who  hail  their  breeding  place  in   Russia,  and  who  are.  it  must 

K  admitted,  gaining  headwa)   in  Europe;  they  see  this  strike 

even   -pleading,   like   an   Ugly   octopus,   into  the   fair   fields  and 

road-  of    America,  and  tying  up  the  usuallj    smooth-flowing 
transportation  of  America'-  highways. 


tint  of  tin-  disorder,  which  ha-  not  yet,  at  this  writing 
come  murderous,  which  is  still  treated  with  more  or  less 
nature  by  the  English  public,  there  will  undoubtedly  ari- 

big  man  who  may  he  able  to  handle  the  situation  without  preju- 
dice; who  can  -ee  both  sides  of  the  question  clearl)  ;  "ho  will 

I  not  align  himself  with  one  faction  or  the  other;  who  will  -how 
the  way  out  of  the  me--;  who  will  pick  up  the  fallen  and  set 

I  them  on  their  way;  and  eventual!)  -tart  the  wheel-  nun  inn 
g  the  (treat  Highwa)  of  England. 


\-  for  Communism  -pleading  into  America — we  can  afford 
t"  laugh  at  that !  Any  people  who  ha\  e  tolerated  Prohibition!  ?  i 
a:  long  as  we  have,  and  yet  who  have  not  risen  on  their  hind 
legs,  and  defied  old  Uncle  Sam  to  the  extent  of  fierce  revolu- 
tion, will  not  take  kindly  to  the  teaching-  of  the  Reds,  or  the 
White-  or  any  other  colored  constituency  from  over  ll" 
Revolution  never  -tart-  on  a  full  stomach,  and  most  stomachs 

in   America  are  fairly   well-tilled,  thank  God,  most  of  the  time! 


Compared  to  the  -trike  ill  England,  the  -Hike  now  opt  rating  in 
our  own  home  town,  among  the  building  trade-  worker-,  seems 
a  rather  piffling  matter,  hut  it  can  he  taken  a-  a  criterion  of  the 
graj  matter  supposed  to  he  active  in  the  cranium-  of  the  masses. 
Under  the  American  plan,  the  building  trade-  of  this  city  have 
been    prosperous,    well-paid,    well    looked    after,    and    busy    the 

maioritv  of  die  time  in  which  this  scheme  ha-  been  working. 


\  regular  building  Imh.ih  wa-  the  outcome  of  it-  inception, 
which  has  kept  up  for  a  longer  stretch  of  time  than,  we  believe, 
m  an)  o:her  period  of  our  history  a-  a  city  of  "skyscrapers." 
Such  wi-e  plan-  a-  life  and  endowment  insurance  were  among 
the  many  thing-  created  for  the  benefit  of  the  worker-,  and 
thing  appeared  to  he  propitious  for  the  welfare  of  the 
working  man.  But  the  working  man  i-  at  the  mercy  of  agi- 
tator-, all  over  the  earth  ;agitator-  who  do  not  work  them- 
selves,  and  appear  t.i  hate  the  sight  of  other  people  working; 
agitator-  who  live  by  their  wit-,  not  by  their  hones)  labor,  and 
lor  whom   the  working  man  and   woman   fall  periodically. 


From  my  office  windows  I  can  view  the  great  artery. 
Market  Street,  for  several  block-.  The  rush  and  roar  of 
its  traffic  throbs  ceaselessly  in  my  ears.  Trucks,  jitneys, 
taxi-,  private  automobiles,  street  cars,  sweep  up  and  down, 
intersected  Ivy  hurrying  figures,  who  take  their  lives  in  their 
every-  time  they  make  a  crossing  through  the  end- 
less tide  of  traffic.  They  are  all  intent  on  one  purpose;  all 
-ed  with  one  ambition;  all  headed  for  one  goal. — to 
make  a  bare  existence;  to  keep  clothed,  sheltered,  fed  ' 
this  energy,  "boiled  ndensed.  with  this  object,  as 

the  main  thing,  in  view! 


SAX   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  S,   1926 


(  )n  May  11th  there  will  be  an  elec- 
Directors  of  the  tion    for    directors    of    the    (ham- 

Chamber  of  Commerce  her  ui  Commerce  of  San  Francisco. 
Twenty-one  directors  will  be  chos- 
en. These  directors  consist  of  business  leaders,  who  are 
representative  of  the  diversified  interests  making  up  the 
numerous  and  important  business  groups  in  our  city  life. 
They  have  been  unanimously  nominated  by  the  special  nom- 
inating committee  to  be  balloted  for  as  directors.  They  are: 
lames  A.  Bacigalupi,  W.  L.  Beedy,  Jacob  Blumlein,  Ken- 
neth Bowerman,  F.  \Y.  Bradley,  J.  B.  Brady,  II.  C.  Cante- 
low,  John  J.  Cuddy.  J.  V.  Costello,  S.  P.  Eastman,  Edward, 
L.  Eyre,  Philip  I.  Fay,  George  R.  Gay,  I.  R.  Hayden,  Clay 
Miller.  Aimer  M.  Xewhall.  Capt.  C.  W.  Saunders.  K.  S. 
Shainwald,  W.  \V.  Stettheimer.  Walter  II.  Sullivan,  L.  M. 
Voi  irsanger. 

Frederick  |.  Koster  served  as  chairman  of  the  nominat- 
ing committee,  and  in  the  selection  of  the  nominees  there 
co-operated  with  him.  R.  W,  Costello,  Milton  II.  Esberg, 
Charles  W.  Fay,  Rudolph  Volmer,  J.  B.  Levison,  and  Wal- 
ton  N.  Moore. 

This  body  of  men  is  a  credit  to  the  community  and  to 
the  whole  state.  The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  San  Fran- 
cisco is  one  of  the  most  important  bodies  in  public  life  to- 
day. It  deserves  the  high  regard  of  the  community  for  the 
work  which  it  has  accomplished  and  is  already  noted 
throughout  the  world  for  the  admirable  skill  which  it  has 
shown  in  the  recent  development  of  this  city. 

If  we  regard  the  future,  it  may  be  said  without  exaggera- 
tion, that  upon  the  work  of  the  San  Francisco  Chamber  of 
Commerce  depends  in  a  great  degree,  the  progress  and  the 
wealth  of  the  whole  Pacific  Coast;  for.  as  this  city  conducts 
itself,  so  will  the  power  of  the  state  and  nation  grow.  The 
future  is  with  us  and  we  are  fortunate  to  have  guidance  so 
sagacious. 


There  has  been  a  new  impetus 
Reclamation  of  Islais  Creek  given  to  San  Francisco  indus- 
trial life  by  the  statement  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  that  Secretary  of  War.  Davis, 
has  approved  the  recommendation  of  the  Rivers  and  Har- 
bors Committee  to  the  effect  that  the  United  States  govern- 
ment should  defray  the  whole  expense  of  removing  the 
shoal  from  the  entrance  to  Islais  Creek.  Formerly,  it  had 
been  held  that  local  interests  should  pay  one-half  of  the  cost. 

The  removal  of  that  shoal  will  add  two  hundred  and  nine- 
ty-one acres  to  the  available  land  for  industrial  sites.  Tin- 
actual  result  of  this  is  very  obvious.  It  will  bring  to  this 
city  many  plants  which  would  otherwise  have  found  no 
resting  place.  That  is  one  of  the  reasons  for  the  rapid  build- 
ing up  "f  industrial  sites  in  Oakland,  in  that  there  was  no 
apparent  footing  here.  Xot  that  <  lakland  will  not  build  up, 
any  way:  it  must  do  so.  as  its  opportunities  and  advan- 
tages are  obvious  enough.  We.  however,  owing  to  the  con- 
tracted space,  have  had  no  fair  chance  for  the  establishment 
of  plants,  without  which  our  city  progress  is  impeded.  It 
is  therefore  a  matter  of  immense  satisfaction  that  the  new- 
space   should    have   been    gained. 

The  reclamation  of  Islais  Creek  has  always  been  a  pet 
scheme  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  It  was  not  resolute- 
ly taken  in  hand,  however,  until  last  year,  when  legislation, 
which  had  been  hurried  through  at  the  end  of  the  session, 
was  vetoed  by  the  governor.  Legislation  was  only  resorted 
to  at  the  last  moment,  as  the  scheme  which  it  had  been 
fancied  could  be  carried  out  by  the  co-operation  of  business 
men  themselves,  was  destroyed  through  the  impossibility  of 

reconciling  interests. 

Now  there  would  seem   to  be  no  reason   for  further  delay. 


Great  Britain  has  shown  many  in- 
Jewish  Distinction  stances  of  Jewish  greatness,  from  the 
time  of  Disraeli  to  the  present.  The 
natural  and  marked  ability  of  these  people  appears  to  have 
had  a  better  chance  in  that  community  than  elsewhere, 
and  the  lewish  people  have  rewarded  the  liberality  with 
which  they  have  been  treated  by  bringing  to  the  aid  of  that 
country  the  resources  of  their  marvelous  genius  in  nearly 
all  lines  of  public  endeavor. 

We  note  that  Lord  Reading,  who  was  the  first  Jew  to 
become  Lord  Chief  Justice,  has  been  marked  for  the  title 
of  marquis,  to  recognize  the  transcendent  ability  with  which 
he  has  conducted  affairs  as  Viceroy  of  India.  And  he  is  onl) 
one  of  the  hand  of  soldiers,  statesmen,  scholars  and  scientists 
whose  achievements  all  tend  to  the  glory  of  their  race  and  of  the 
nation    in    which    they   have    been   adopted. 

If  we  consider  the  relative  smallness  of  their  numbers  in 
•  Britain  their  achievements  are  all  the  more  notable.  There 
are  only  about  250.000  in  the  British  Isles,  yet,  out  of  this 
small  group,  there  has  proceeded  a  host  of  lawyers,  mem- 
bers of  parliament,  military  officers  and  the  like.  There 
are  many  members  of  the  House  of  Commons,  several  of 
the  House  of  Lords,  cabinet  ministers  and  so  forth,  be- 
longing  to   that    race. 

And  yet,  it  is  not  much  more  than  a  hundred  years  since 
they  were  emancipated  from  oppression  and  given  oppor- 
tunity to  make  their  way  upon  terms  of  equality  with  the 
rest  of  the  community. 


The  Automobile  Massacre 


W  e  make  no  apolog)  for  again 
Calling  the  attention  of  our  read 
ers   to   the   terrible   state   of   af- 


fairs produced  by  the  reckless  driving  of  automobiles.  Our 
credit  as  a  community  will  very  soon  be  at  stake  if  this  suit 
of  thing  proceeds.  It  is  the  duty  of  all  friends  of  the  auto- 
mobile and  of  all  patriotic  Californians  to  do  their  best  to 
put  an  end  to  the  present  condition. 

The  records  of  the  Division  of  Motor  Vehicles  show  that 
in  the  first  three  months  of  this  year  there  were  381  >7  people 
killed  or  maimed  by  automobile  accidents.  Three  hundred 
and  sixty-seven  drivers  were  killed.  1138  persons  were 
seriously  injured  and  2302  people  received  other  injuries, 
more  or  less  serious. 

Now  comes  the  moral  of  this  grim  story.  Ninety  per  cent 
of  the  accidents  could  have  been  avoided,  says  Will  II. 
Marsh,  chief  of  the  division,  by  the  taking  of  proper  pre- 
cautions, and  more  than  one  half  of  the  accidents  occurred 
at  intersections.  (  If  the  fatal  accidents,  eighty-two  occurred 
in  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles:  that  is  the  proportion 
which  these  two  cities  furnished  of  the  total  number  of  ,i(>7, 
fatalities.  Taking  the  population  into  consideration,  that 
is  not  an  undue  proportion. 

Now,  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  Motor  Vehicle  Division, 
by  carefully  examining  and  reporting  the  details  of  these 
accidents,  is  taking  the  only  proper  course  which  will  lead 
to  definite  and  useful  results.  If  the  matter  can  be  so  classi- 
fied as  to  bring  the  subject  within  the  bounds  of  certain  well 
defined  generalizations,  it  would  appear  possible  to  meet 
the   situation,   except   so   far  as   individual    vagaries   muddle 

results.  

If  there  is  one  thing  that  the  Volstead 
The  Volstead  Folly  Act  should  have  done  in  i  irder  to  main- 
tain any  measure  of  respect,  in  spite 
of  the  ominous  signs  of  corruption  which  marked  its  pass- 
age, it  should  have  reduced  the  number  of  arrests  for  drunk- 
enness. That  seems  to  be  fairly  obvious.  If  an  act  directed 
at  liquor  fails  to  diminish  arrests  for  drunkenness,  that  act 
may  be  considered  a  failure. 


Ma)   8,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


It  has  been  proved  before  the  Senate  that  the  arrests  by 
federal  agents  have  increased  sixfold  between  1920  and 
1925,  the  convictions  have  increased  tenfold  and  the  seiz- 
ure of  stills  twelve  fold.  Arrests  by  the  police  in  six  large 
cities  rose  in  the  same  period  from  7^.727  to 220,599.  Wayne 
B.  Wheeler  made  the  statement  that  there  had  been  half  a 
million  fewer  arrests  for  drunkenness  during  the  operation 
of  the  act;  but  he  could  not  make  it  stick.  The  records  of 
355  cities,  which  have  been  carefully  gathered  and  compiled, 
show  the  tendency  to  be  quite  otherwise.  The  results  show 
a  low  point  in  1920,  but  a  gradually  and  indeed  rapidly  ris- 
ing movement,  till  in  many  places,  the  pre-war  figures  are 
practically  reached.  What  is  still  more  notable  is  the  in- 
crease in  arrests  of  drunken  drivers.  This  increase  for  New 
York  shows  4K4  per  cent;  for  Chicago.  440  per  cent;  for 
Washington  D.  C,  1,062  per  cent;  for  Milwaukee,  2,534 
per  cent ;  for  Minneapolis,  916  per  cent  ;  for  New  Haven,  713 
per  cent,  anil  so  on. 

These  figures,  which  seem  to  be  beyond  chance  of  cavil 
as  regards  their  accuracy,  establish  the  failure  of  the  Vol- 
stead legislation.  They  are  becoming  so  completely  realized 
that  men  like  General  Andrews,  prohibition  chief,  are  be- 
ginning to  see  the  folly  of  perpetuating  an  experiment  which 
has  so  failed.  Such  men  are  turning  to  light  wines  and  beer 
as  a  substitute  for  prohibition. 


We  are  all  too  familiar  with 
A  Remarkable  Commission     commissions  these  days.     The 

cure  for  everything  is  to  ap- 
point a  body,  which  proceeds  to  more  or  less  expensive  dis- 
cussion of  a  subject  and  ends  up  with  bromidical  decisions 
and  opinions. 

It  is  therefore  a  matter  of  satisfaction  to  report  that  one 
commission  at  least  has  broken  the  deadly  rule  of  omnisci- 
ence and  has  gone  on  record  as  a  body  of  unusual  sagacity 
The  commission  so  distinguishing  itself  is  known  as  The 
National  Crime  Commission  and  has  been  sitting  anil  in 
vestigating  at  Washington  for  the  past  nine  months. 

That  body  has  come  out  flatly  with  the  statement  that  there 
is  no  panacea  for  crime,  no  universal  and  general  treatment. 
which  may  be  safely  depended  upon  to  give  us  results 
The  whole  matter  is  an  individual  question  depending  upon 
the  separate  states  and  the  individuals  in  those  States. 

Washburn  child,  chairman  of  the  organization,  has  jusl 
reported  that   the  commission   rejects  the  idea  of  a  national 

survey  upon  the  grounds  of  impracticability,  a  reason  which 
will  appeal  to  practically  every  man  of  sense  who  has  given 
any  study   to  the  matter. 

It  is  conceded  that  in  the  words  of   I'.  Trubee  Davison  of 

\i\\  York,  the  "situation  ha-  almost  universally  been 
found  to  he  disgraceful."  <  In  the  other  hand,  the  state  dis- 
trict attorney   for  New   York  Count)   reports  improvement. 

due  to  the  efforts  of  the  new-papers  in  driving  against  crime 
I  low  can  the  newspapers  drive  against  crime?  That  is 
a  hard  question.  The  district  attorney  answer-  it.  b)  saying 
that  the  way  is  to  give  a-  much  publicity  to  convictions  and 
sentences  as  to  crimes  ami  criminal-,  and  add-  that  this 
method  followed  in  New  York  ha-  been  worth  200  police- 
men added  to  the  lot  ce. 

Newspapers,  he  says,  can  be  great  crime  deterrent-  We 
respectfully  call   the  attention  of  our  local   pre-s  to  this. 


Some   ot    these   small   car-  are  getting  SO  \  er\    small  that 
tin    only   way  they  can  deal  with  a   refractory  pedestrian   is 

to   -ting   him. —  Punch. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


The    Congressional    Record    prints    many    speeches    that 
have  never  been   delivered.     This   system   costs   J4S  a   page 
hut  considering  the  savins   in   wear  and  tear  on   Cot  E 
men  it  prohahlv   i-  worth  the  money-  South  Bend  Tribune 


Flour  has  advance  1  86  per  cent  in  twelve  years.  Now  you 
have  to  have  the  dough  before  you  can  get  the  flour. — American 
Lumberman. 

*  *     * 

A  driverless  automobile  is  said  to  he  "making  a  hit  in  the 
West."  One  would  imagine  it  would  make  several. — Detroit 
News. 

*  *     * 

What's  the  matter?  The  year  one- fourth  gone  without  a 
single  new  organization  to  save  America! — Publishers'  Syndi- 
cate. 

The  astonishing  thing  about  Eve  is  that  she  landed  the  first 
man  so  quickly  without  a  porch  swing. —  Lincoln  Star. 

*  *      * 

When  Mussolini  talks  about  "our  inexorable  will"  it  some- 
how call-  to  mind  a  once  inexorable  \\  ilhelni. —  Brooklyn  Eagle. 

*  *      * 

We  continue  to  civilize  primitive  people-.  The  Charleston  is 
replacing  the  hulahula  in  Hawaii. —  Pittsburgh  Chronicle  Air- 
graph. 

*  *     * 

Buck — Do  von  know  what  a  patriot  i-" 

Private — Sure,  he'-  the  fellow  that'-  always  read)  to  lav 
down  your  life  f.  >r  your  country. — <  >klahoma  Whirlwind. 

*  *     * 

People  who  live  in  glass  houses  shi  nil  be  discreel  about  the 
matter. — Texas  Rangi  r. 

*  *    * 

(  ine  of  the  difficulties  of  enforcing  the  dry  law  i-  revealed  in 
the  tact  that  875  officers  have  been  dismissed  for  crookedness. 
Indicating  the  corkscrew  influence,  we  take  it.-  Pittsburgh 
(  luoniclc-Tclegraph. 

*  *      * 

Hand-painted  knee-  are  the  laiesl  on   Fifth  Avenue.    You 

wouldn't  know    the  old  joint-  now.  —  Yew    York  American. 

*  ♦      * 

I'be  churches  have   tried   about   everything  except    swinging 

half-doors. —  Passaic  Yew  -. 

*  *     * 

Temperance  i-  also  a  g I  quality  in  argument-  concerning 

I  'rob ibit ion.  —  Nashville  I  tanner. 

»     *     * 

To  judge  by  the  congestion  iii  the  divorce  court-,  there  are 
I  many  default-  on  the  bonds  of  matrimony.— Norfolk 
\  irginian-  Pilot 

*  »     « 

An  evening  paper  leader-writer  think-  popular  government  is 
the  only  form  of  control.  It  would  certainly  be  a  g.N.d  idea  if 
such  a  (  iovernment  could  be  found.  —  Punch. 

*  *      * 

I'be  Popular  Science  Month!)  give-  minute  direction-  .  ,n  how 
to  lift  a  hcavv  weigh;,  such  as  a  barrel  of  ashes,  ea-ilv  and  with- 
out injur)  to  oneself,  but  there  are  some  thing-  we'd  rather  not 
know. — (  )|iio  State  lournal. 

»     »     * 

Europe  appears  to  be  full  of  people  who  know  exactly  how 
the  United  State-  should  spend  it-  money.  —  P>oston  Shoe  and 

I  cither  Re|Kirter. 

*  *      » 

Dr.  Mayo  declare-  walking  i-  the  I  •■  can  take. 

So  it  i-.  1 1  can  nn,|  anv  .  ilk.-- 

Milwaukee  lournal. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Mav  8,  1926 


>LE/ISURE'SW4ND 


OBEY    NO    WAND  BUT  PLEASURE'S 

_  Tom  Moone. 


Duffy  Theaters  Provide 

High  Entertainment  with  Laughs 

DO  YOU  want  to  laugh? 
Then  be  sure  to  go  t<>  one  of  tin- 
Henry  Duffy  theaters  often  this  week. 
If  you  want  music  and  laughter  com- 
bined in  splendid  proportions,  then  be 
sure  to  go  to  the  Alcazar  theater  for 
"]  [i  mey  (  Hrl." 

If  it  is  drama  that  you  want,  go  to 
The  President  and  see  "The  Nervous 
Wreck."  You  will  laugh  till  you  cry 
and  you'll  declare  that  you  have  had 
a  mental  tonic  stimulating  you.  for 
days. 

Since  "Honey  Cirl"  has  moved  over 
to  that  popular  theater  on  O'Farrell 
street.  The  Alcazar,  the  musical  come- 
dy seems  to  go  with  more  speed  and 
fascination.  Perhaps  it  may  he  the 
theater  which  we  all  like  so  well,  or, 
it  may  be  because  the  players  them- 
selves like  the  playhouse  which  many 
people  have  adopted  as  their  own.  The 
songs,  the  jokes,  the  whole  plot,  seem 
to  swing  with  better  rhythm  than  it 
did  before,  just  a  short   block  away. 

Whatever  it  is,  we  have  only  happi- 
est comments  for  the  sprightly  musical 
comedy  in  which  Walter  Catlett,  fam- 
ous comedian,  has  been  greeted  with 
storms  of  applause  every  night  of  his 
appearances.  Catlett  has  original  ideas 
which  he  harnesses  to  reins  of  dram- 
atic skill  and  stagecraft.  He  makes 
one  wonder  what  next  he  can  do  to 
add  to  his  fun-provoking  achievements. 

The  dancing  of  Rene  Riano  is  that 
of  an  artist.  Coming  straight  from  the 
metropolitan  production.  Mis-  Riano 
has  a  way  of  imparting  some  of  her 
Broadway  mannerisms.  She  is  delight- 
ful. 

Alice  Cavanagh,  dainty  and  refined, 
has  almost  a  puritanic  charm  to  which 
she  knowingly  adds  modern  manner- 
isms and  attire.  She  and  Marion  Saki, 
vivacious  and  fascinating,  have  voices 
SO  sweet  and  tuneful  that  tbe\  con- 
tribute admirably  to  the  roundness  of 
an  excellent  performance.  With  these 
two  charmers  are  twice  twenty  pranc- 
ing "ponies." 

They  sing  and  dance  as  well  as  look 
as  pretty  as  proverbial  peaches,  lust  a 
word  for  the  boys  in  the  ensemble- 
singing — they  are  handsome  youths — 
and  they  go  through  their  numbers  with 
significant  decorum  and  musical  under- 
standing. 


By  "Jingle" 

The  principal  song  hits  in  "Honey 
Cirl"  are:  "Close  to  My  Heart:"  "Why 
Worry:"  and  "I'm  the  Fellow."  In 
this  company  are  Maurice  Holland, 
Willard  Hall.' Dee  Loretta.  Henry  Shu- 
nter, George  Webster,  Leigh  Willard. 
David  Caliis  and  Pat  I  I'Neill, 

Laugh  Tones 

That  fascinating  farce,  "The  Nervous 
Wreck."  by  <  hven  Davis  commences 
its  fourth  week  Saturday  at  Henry  Duf- 
fy's theater  on  McAllister  near  Jones, 
The  President. 

This  stage  play  is  packed  with  fun 
and  overflowing  with  mental  sugges- 
tions, which  tickle  one's  funny  bone 
and  keep  the  spirits  at  a  high  water 
mark,  hilariously  speaking.  The  play 
is  abundant  in  its  supply  of  rapid  ac- 
tion and  the  clever  dialogues  test  one's 
attention   so   that  a   word   may  not   be 

lost. 

Phil  Tead  has  the  title  role  in  this 
play.  1  le  wheezes  and  sneezes  and  had 
a  terribly  lovely  time  trying  to  be  ail- 
ing all  the  time;  Selena  Royle  plays  the 
heroine  with  splendid  skill  and  gets 
our  sympathy  far  and  above  that  of 
the  nervous  wreck. 

Earl  Lee  and  Robert  Lowe  are  ex- 
cellent in  comedy  roles  and  the  com- 
pany includes:  Alice  Bartlett.  William 
Abram,  Thomas  Kelly,  Charles  Edler, 
Kay  L.  Royce  and  Mitchel  Ingraham. 
Daigneau  plays  the  role  of  the  sheriff 
lover.  He  is  a  bit  handsome  for  a  vil- 
lian.  but  he  makes  things  hum  from 
the  moment  he  appears. 

If  you  haven't  yet  seen  "The  Ner- 
vous Wreck,"  don't  miss  it.  You'll  be 
healthier  and   happier  ever  afterward-. 

*  *      * 
Mayor  Commends 
Summer  Concert  Plan 

A  proclamation  has  been  issued  by 
Mayor  James  Rolph  Jr..  commending 
the  campaign  of  the  Summer  Symphony 
Association  to  give  a  series  of  orches- 
tra concerts  in  Civic  Auditorium  on 
twenty  evenings  from  June  IS  to  Sep- 
tember 15  with  the  personnel  of  the 
San  Francisco  Symphony  orchestra  un- 
der eminent  conductors. 

*  *     * 
Orpheum 

More  laughs  and  fun  are  promised  at 
the  '  Irpheum  Theater  next  week,  which 
has  been  set  aside  as  "Carnival  of  Fun" 
week.     The  entire  bill  will  lean  toward 


the  lighter  vein  of  amusement  and  will 
be  headed  by  <  lie  (  llsen  and  Chic  John- 
son, whose  humor  has  given  them  the 
title  of  "Clown  Princes  of  Nonsense." 
They  will  present  a  "Surprise  Party" 
in  addition  to  their  regular  act,  in  which 
all  of  the  artists  on  the  bill  will  join. 
William  Demarest  and  Estelle  Collette, 
are  bringing  their  laughable  skit 
"Strings  and  Stringer.-"  in  which  I  )e- 
marest  goes  through  some  capers  to 
create  laughs.  Miss  Collette  is  an  ex- 
cellent foil  and  also  plays  ami  sings. 
Harriet  Hoctor,  ballerina,  and  danc- 
ing star,  and  William  Holbrook,  arc- 
bringing  a  delightful  and  colorful  terp- 
sichorean  offering  called  "Dancing  Un- 
usual." The  Harrington  Sisters,  Helen 
and  Agnes  give  an  offering  of  carefully 
-elected  songs.  Harry  Webb  and  his 
company  of  entertainers  will  lend  mirth 
and  melody  in  "A  Cycle  of  Tone  Pic- 
tures" in  which  all  of  the  scenes  were 
conceived  by  Harry  Webb.  Bayle  and 
Delia,  a  clever  couple  of  artists:  and 
Maxine  and  Bobby,  ."<  hie  Man  and 
Some  Dog."  will  complete  this  all-come- 
dy bill. 

*     *     * 

Wilkes 

Well,  most  of  it-  have  seen  Eugene 
I  I'Neill's  sensational  play,  "Desire  Un- 
der the  Elms,"  and  soemhow  none  of 
us  are  so  terribly  shocked  nor  out-of- 
time. 

True.  Boston  would  have  none  of  it 
and  would  not  let  the  drama  appear  in 
its  theaters  at  all.  ami  as  this  critic  is  of 
Boston  heritage,  we  can  readily  under- 
stand. 

New  York  had  a  siege  with  the  purity 
crusaders  over  the  presentation  of  this 
play  and  oh.  our  sister  city.  Los  Angel- 
es, went  so  far  as  to  arrest  the  cast. 
Yet,  here  on  these  serene  shores  of  the 
Pacific,  with  our  lovely  San  Francisco 
Bay  blowing  oziine  to  clear  our  at- 
mosphere, why.  we  never  even  batted 
an  eyelid.      Nor   were   we  shocked. 

The  production  is  distinctly  novel, 
the  setting  for  the  story  unusual.  I  Ine 
house  beneath  an  over  topping  elm 
tree  supplies  the  locale  for  the  theme 
centering  in  and  around  that  domicile, 
and  showing  first  one  and  then  another 
room   within  the  dwelling. 

Frank  McGlynn,  whose  matchless 
impersonation  of  Abraham  Lincoln  is 
an  historic  triumph,  plays  the  role  of 
the   hard,  close-minded   New    England- 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Amusements 

NEXT    «HEK 


ON  THE  STAGE 


ALCAZAR                        (                  "Honey  Girl," 
O'Furreii  nr.  Powell  r             Musical  Comedy 

COLUMBIA                       (             "Topsy  mill  Eva" 
70  Eddy                                 i               Duncan  Sisters. 

CURB  AN                          I                      ,     „    .     ., 
Geary  nr.  Mason            f                         Lullaby 

PRESIDENT                    I                "The  Nervous 
Market  &  McAllister  (                      Wreck" 

WILKES                             '            "Desire  Under  the 
<«eary  and  Mason          £                          Elms" 

VAUDEVILLE 


GOLDEN  GATE          I       Vaudeville— Picture. 
G.  G.  Ave.  &  Tnvlor     f 

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PANTAGES  (NEW)    I         VaudevUle-Pleture. 
31  kt.-Lenven  worth      ( 

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O  !•  nrrell  nr.  Powell    ( 

WIGWAM                          (          ..        ,       ...      „, 
Mission  and  22nd          (         >  audevllle-Plelures 

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CALIFORNIA                 ( 

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OAMEO                            ( 

1130  Market  St.              (          "The  Still  Alarm" 

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)        nn.l      Sun.        "Hnvoc"  —  Mnn., 

COLISEUM                       J     Tur...      Wed.      "Sinner,      Ihi 
Clement  .V  IHlt  Ave.       \      Jotter"     Titan.,     In.     "Sweel 
Adeline"— (doable  bill). 

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\i:\t    MISSIOH            (                  „,  , 
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I.VJIt  Polk  St,                     1                 times  a    week 

ST.  FRANCIS                 (       "l.«   Bnbnao"— Lillian    eaotv, 
MB  Market  St.              i                  J»bn  Cih>eri 

si  tthk                      I                 _ 

Sutter  nml  Stelner        |                        Pleluren 

er.  Met  llvmi  is  always  convincing  and, 
in  this  disputed  play,  he  has  undis- 
puted acclaim  as  a  sterling  and  superb 
actor. 

Douglas  Montgomery,  his  antithesis 
in  character,  plays  his  part  with  con- 
clusive art.  Norman  Feusier  and  For- 
rest Taylor  are  the  other  two  principals 
essaying  male  roles. 

Jessie  Arnold,  handsome  and  allur- 
ing, claims  one's  sympathy  and  she 
handles  the  tragic  scenes  with  con- 
summate skill,  glossing  over  the  repel- 
lant  things  and  holding  on  to  one's 
sympathy  throughout. 

"The  language  in  'Desire  Under  the 
Elms'  is  strong,  natural,  frank  and 
free"  proclaims  one  who  always  knows, 
"but  it  appears  to  belong  to  the  people 
who  speak  it."  To  which  the  well- 
known  writer  added  that  there  is  not 
an  unnecessary  shading  to  words  nor 
words  that  are  shady  in  the  production. 

But,  of  course,  tn  those  who  go  a- 
seeking,  there  is  that  in  "Desire  Un- 
der the  Elms"  which  may  appear  to  be 
the  excuse  for  the  ban  of  its  presenta- 
tion in  my  home-town,  Boston. 

*  *     * 
Columbia 

The  Duncan  Sisters,  in  their  fascin- 
ating "Topsy  and  Eva,"  continue  to 
draw  crowded  houses  at  the  Columbia 
theater  on  Kdil\  street,  near  Powell, 
where  they  have  made  another  famous 
record  for  their  matchless  production. 

Rosetta  and  \  ivian  are  dainty  star.-. 
hut  the)  have  an  incomparable  com- 
bination of  strength  of  purpose,  under- 
standing and  vision.  What  they  give 
in  their  beautiful  production  is  of  value 
in  the  theatrical  world,  for  they  touch 
the  height-  in  their  aspirations  and 
their  presentations  and.  furthermore, 
they  accomplish  that  standard — the 
ambition  of  players  and  producers, 
alike-  tn  send  everyone  away  from 
their  performances  keyed  to  the  high 
est  pitch  of  enthusiasm  and  with  the 
desire  t. .  gn  again  and  again  t"  see  "The 
famous  I  hjnean  Sisters." 

*  *     * 
Curran 

"The  Lullaby."  a  colorful  and  fas- 
limiting  drama  of  great  love,  will  con- 
tinue this   week   at   the  Curran  theater. 

with    Mabel   Julien  the   new 

star,  heading  the  player-.  Miss  Scott 
ui\<-  us  a  magnetic  characterization  in 
this  mighty  play  and  visualizes  the  role 
she  essays  with  exceeding  understand- 
ing. 

Edward  Knoblock,  author  of  "Kis- 
met." write-  strong  plays,  and  the 
drama  on  the  Curran  stage  this  week 
fulfills  line's  expectations  of  this  virile 
and  unafraid   playwright 

*  *      » 
California 

"The  Prince  of  Pilsen."  filmed  from 
the  charming  corned}  of  real  men  ami 
high  hilarity,  with  its  grippi 


and  romances,  is  the  screen  attraction 
this  week  at  the  California  theater. 

A  lavish  production  has  been  given 
to  the  screen  version  of  "The  Prince  of 
Pilsen"  with  elaborate  settings  of  Eu- 
ropean court  life,  while  the  quality  of 
humor  running  through  the  picture  is 
exceptionally  amusing  and  highly  en- 
tertaining. 

(ieorge  Sidney  and  Anita  Stewart 
appear  in  leading  roles.  Sidney  is  well 
remembered  for  his  characterization  in 
Potash  and  Pearlmutter  and  "The  Co- 
hens and  the  Kellvs." 

Allan  Forrest  plays  the  title  role  of 
the  Prince  of  Pilsen,  and  gives  a  splen- 
did portrayal  of  this  character  part.  He 
looks  and  acts  the  part  to  perfection. 
The  other  principal  part,  that  of  Prin- 
cess Bertha  of  Thorwald,  is  played  by 
Myrtle  Stedman,  mie  of  the  prettiest 
screen  actresses.  Ruse  Tapley  is  in  the 
cast. 

Max  Dolan  and  hi-  California  Con- 
cert orchestra  have  prepared  a  musical 
program  of  special  numbers  with  the 
familiar  -train-  of  the  comedy  opera  on 
their  beautiful  program. 

*    *    * 
Golden  Gate 

Benny  Rubin,  well-known  vaudeville 
and   moving    picture   comedian,   heads 

next    week's    bill    at    the    Golden    Gate, 

bringing  a  company  of  Broadway  in  a 
great  comedy  offering.  A  second  of 
fering  of  interest  is  the  appearance  of 
Miss  Bobby  Folsom  with  her  new 
group  of  story  songs.  Starred  in  the 
last  edition  of  Earl  Carroll's  "Vani- 
ties," Miss  Folsom,  singing  comedi- 
enne has  been  myall,  welcomed  back 
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Wedding  Day  Set 

MISS  JUNE  CLEMENT  who  is  to  marry  Mr.  Arthur 
Merrill  Brown  |r.,  has  announced  her  wedding  day 
—  lune  ?  the  first  Wednesday  of  June— with  an  elaborate 
church  wedding  of  six  bridesmaids  and  a  maid  oi  honor 

Charming  and  vivacious,  loved  by  a  host  oi  friends,  tins 
lovely  bride-to-be  is  being  feted  constantly  during  her  pre- 
nuptial  days.  Teas,  luncheons,  receptions  and  bridge  par- 
ties have  filled  to  the  brim  her  social  calendar. 

Pardow  Hooper  is  giving  a  dinner  in  compliment  to  Miss 
Clement  and  her  fiance  on  the  evening  of  May  4,  and  on 
May  11,  Mrs.  Linsey  Howard  is  entertaining  at  luncheon 
in  lier  home  on  the  peninsula  for  her. 

On  two  days  in  succession,  Miss  Clement  will  be  the  guest 
of  honor,  May  18,  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  John  Thomas,  and 
on  the  nineteenth  she  will  be  feted  by  Miss  Irma  Clayburgb 
at  a  luncheon  and  bridge  party.  Then  comes  Mrs.  Rene 
1  e  Roy's  affair  for  her  and  the  following  week  there  will 
be  another  event  For  her  with  Miss  Barbara  W'illett  acting 
as  hostess  for  the  gracious  bride-to-be. 

Miss  Margaret  Stacey  is  entertaining  for  her  on  May 
27.  The  evening  of  June  1st  a  beautiful  dinner  party  will 
be  given  in  honor  of  both  Miss  Clement  and  Mr.  Arthur 
Merrill  P.rown  by  Miss  Lea  Calegaris.  with  many 
the  engaged  pair  as  guests. 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 

Mabel  Reinecke.  Miss  Holman  is  a  member  of  the  State 
Teachers'  College.  I  iuests  at  this  prettily  appointed  affair 
included  Mrs.  F.rnest  Myers.  Mrs.  Alfred  Reinecke  and 
the  Misses  Mildred  Holman,  Effie  McFadden,  Florence  Hale. 
Enid  Miller,  Eva  Levy,  Grace  Carter.  Clara  Crumpton,  Flo- 
rence Vance  and  Marv  Ward. 


friends  of 


Comtesse  Lambertye 
Paris  Resident,  Now 

Comte  and  Comtesse  de  Lambertye,  who  were  visitors  in 
Xew  York  a  short  time  ago  are  now  living  in  their  beautiful 
chateau  near  Paris,  where  they  have  been  entertaining  many 
of  their  San  Francisco  and  Burlingame  friends.  Comtesse 
was  formerly  Mrs.  Frederick  Kohl  and  one  of  society's 
greatest  favorites. 

While  in  the  eastern  metropolis.  Comte  and  Comtesse  de 
Lambertye  attended  the  races  at  Longchamps  in  company 
with  prominent  society  people  of  California,  including  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Templeton  Crocker,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Alexander  and 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Sheldon   Whitehouse,  and  the  Due  and 

Duchesse  de  Richelieu. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  II.  L.  Terwilliger  entertained  a  group  of  Palo  Alto 
friends  last  week  at  the  New  Women's  City  Club  on  Post 
street.  Complimented  guests  included  Mrs.  Frederick- 
Wheeler  and  Mrs.  John  Camp  Williams,  her  sister-in-law 
of  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  Mrs.  Charles  Whitney.  Mrs. 
John    \\  .   Mitchell.    Mrs.    Harry  J.   Motile,    Mrs.   George   L. 

MacKenzie  and  Mrs.  lames  Graham  Sharp. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ray  Lyman  Wilbur  gave  a  lovely  luncheon 
at  their  Palo  Alto  home  last  week  in  compliment  to  Dr. 
Marv  L.  Wooley,  president  of  Mt.  Holyoke  College,  who 
was  on  a  brief  visit  to  Leland  Stanford.   |r..  University. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Mildred  Holman,  a  charming  bride-to-be  was  the 
complimented  guest  at  a  luncheon  given  last  week  by  Miss 


of  the   ladies'   Auxiliary 
Knights   Templar,   as- 


Wedding  of  Miss 
Eleanore  Louise  Newton 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Fleanore  Louise  Newton,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Newton  of  San  Jose  and  Dr.  Clement 
H.  Arnold  of  San  Francisco  took  place  in  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church.  San  Jose.  April  IS.  Dr.  J.  S.  Stevenson  of- 
ficiating at  the  nuptial  services. 

*  *     * 
Knights  Templar 
Auxiliary  Breakfast 

( )ver  400  members  and    friends 
to   California   Commandery    No.    1. 

sembled  in  the  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont  hotel  at  one  of  the 
most  elaborate  annual  breakfasts  yet  given  by  the  auxiliary. 

Mrs.  A.  D.  McLean,  the  president,  presided  and  intro- 
duced the  guests  of  honor,  among  whom  were  Miss  Mabelle 
Blair.  Dr.  Maud  Noble  Haven.  Mrs.  <  >.  G.  Osthlund,  Mrs. 
A.  Kempkey.  Mrs.  W  .  R.  Burke.  Mrs.  Marshall  Harris.  Mrs. 
G.  Butterfield,  Mrs.  C.  Moss.  Mr^,.  J.  Phillips  and  members 
of  the  pres--. 

Mrs.  II.  D.  Collier,  first  vice-president,  chairman  of  ar- 
rangements, presented  an  unusual  program  composed  ol 
professional  talent  from  local  theaters. 

*  *     * 
Picnic  Supper  Party 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Crocker  entertained  a  number  of 
friends  Sunday  evening  at  Pebble  Peach,  giving  a  picnic 
supper  for  the  party  at  Point  Lobos. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Monteagle  entertained  the  usual 
assemblage  of  guests  over  the  week-end  at  their  Pebble 
Beach  home. 

Alexander  Pollock  Moore,  former  Ambassador  to  Spain, 
is  at  present  the  house  guest  of  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Gouverneur 
Morris  at  the  Morris  home  at   Pebble  Peach. 

(  )ne  picnic  group,  including  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Mc- 
Comas,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  F.  B.  Morse.  Mrs.  Genevieve  Morse 
Hav.  Kim  llollins  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickinson  Bishop, 
later  attended  the  dinner  dance  at  Hotel  Del  Monte  on 
Sunday  evening. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Witter  of  Berkeley,  who  is  visiting  in 
Baltimore  and   Washington,  was  the  guest  at  luncheon   at 


the    University    Club   Thursday 
wife  of  Judge  Graupner. 


if   Mrs.   A.    I"..   Graupner, 


Mission  Bells  Will  Be  Heard 
from  Little  Belfries  at  Festival 

Mission  Bells  will  ring  in  tuneful  cadence  from  miniature 
belfries  at  the  Franciscan  Festival  to  be  staged  in  the  San 


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Francisco  Civic  Auditorium,  May  10  to  15,  un- 
der the  direct  supervision  of  the  Franciscan 
Fathers,  Rev.  Father  Bernardine,  O.F.M.,  gen- 
eral director  of  the  festival. 

Colorful  costumes  worn  by  modern  San 
Francisco  beauties  in  their  characterizations  of 
Spanish  senoritas  will  contrast  with  the  somber 
garb  of  the  monks,  who  emulate  the  activities 
of  their  illustrious  forebears.  ( lay  and  festive 
scenes  during  the  progress  of  the  fete  will  in- 
clude Spanish  fiestas,  dancing,  sparkling  music 
and  diversified  entertainment. 

More  than  150  organizations  of  prominent 
men  and  women  representing  a  membership 
enrollment  of  thousands  of  interested  workers 
are  participating  in  this  week's  final  prepara- 
tions, under  the  direction  of  Harry  I.  Mul- 
crevy,  executive  chairman  of  the  festival  com- 
mittee. 


Tall    crimson 
completed  the 


color  extended  to  smart  hows. 
candles  in  silver  candle  sticks 
artistic  decoration. 

The  members  of  the  party  included:  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Howard  Morrow;  Messrs.  and  Mesdames 
P.  C.  Hale,  William  T.  Sesnon,  Henry  Rosen- 
feld,  C.  C.  Moore;  Misses  Helen  Brack,  Carrie 
Messrs.  F.  W.  Hall,  Marcos  Huido- 
Saunders,   lulian   Hart,  Edouard   P. 


Nickelsoii  ; 
bro,  E.  V 
Pfingst. 


Authors,  Playwrights  and 
Leading  Newspaper  Women 
Launch  Brilliant  Plan 

If  the  new  Golden  (iate  Branch  League  of 
American  Pen  Women  maintains  its  high  standard  of  the 
inaugural  round-table  luncheon,  given  last  week  in  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel,  and  which  still  is  the  topic  of  interest  in  liter 
ary  circles,  it  will  soon  occupy  a  distinctive  place  in  the 
world  of  western  letters. 

(.race  Sanderson  Michie  (Mrs.  J.  Gordon  Michie)  the 
organizing  president,  is  determined  that  requisites  for  mem- 
bership enrollment  shall  be  based  on  actual  writing  ability 
and  publications.  A  well  known  playwright  and  scenarist, 
herself,  often  called  the  "beloved  author  of  the  screen."  Mrs 
Michie  has  already  surrounded  herself  with  authors  of  dis- 
tinction and  well-known  "By-liners"  of  the  newspaper  writ- 
ing field. 

Helen  Bamberger,  of  Washington.  1).  C.  wife  of  Colonel 
Raymond  Bamberger,  was  a  complimented  guest  at  the 
initial  round  table  of  the  Pen  Women.  Her  latest  novel, 
"Judy's  Man"  was  reviewed  by  Mrs.  Michie.  Mis.-  Gladys 
Johnson.  Barre'.t  Willoughby,  [sabelle  Rogers  Stradleigh, 
[Catherine  Eggleston  Holmes,  Eleanore  Ross,  \nna  Blake 
Mezquida,  Nadia  Lavrovia,  Zilfa  Estcourt,  Marie  Coghlan, 
Lillian  Connelly.  Ethel  Whitmore.  Geo  Braddock,  Nellie 
Cleary,  Elmire  Coldthwaite,  Ada  Hanifen,  Mrs.  \\  .  B,  Ham 
ilton,  Mrs.  William   Beckman,  Adelyn   Brickie]    [ones,   [o- 

sephine    Wilson    honorary    member,    as    Senior    l'a-t    State 

Vice-president,  were  present  at  the  luncheon. 

Dignity,  directness  of  purpose  and  litcrarv  work  I  spelled 
with  a  capital),  are  basic  principles  on  which  the  new  Ten 
Women's    League    is    founded,    according     to     those     under 

whose  management  the  Golden  Gate   Branch  has  been  ef- 
fectively launched. 

Exquisite  flowers  were  used  in  the  decorative  scheme  of 
the  round  table  luncheon  when  young  authors  of  California 

gathered   to  pay   homage  to   their  organizer  and  leader. 


Mrs.  Pfingst  Entertains 

Mrs.    Florence    Porter    Pfingst    was    hostess    at    a    dinner 

party  on  Sundaj  evening,  April  25.  at  Hotel  Fairmont  where 

she  makes  her  home.  Roses  shading  from  pink  to  deep  red 
and  yellow  iris  were  arranged  in  a  golden  wicker  basket 
in   the  center  of  the  tables,   from   which   ribbons  of  delicate 


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Garden  Party  at 
Home  of  Mrs.  Whited 

Mrs.  [esse  M.  Whited,  chairman  of  the  liter- 
ary section  of  Cap  and  Bells  Club  gave  a  gar- 
den party  last  Saturday,  at  her  country  resi- 
dence, "jessemay,"  Marin  County,  in  compli- 
ment to  the  book  lovers  and  the  literary  leader. 
Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris  presided  at  the 
lovely  out-of-door  event  held  under  oak  trees 
where  tables  were  bounteously  laden.  Fol- 
lowing the  luncheon.  Mrs.  Harris  made  a  de- 
lightful speech  and  presented  the  honor  guest, 
losephinc  Wilson,  a  handsome  beaded  bag  in 
of  the  literary  events,  during  the  past  year. 
Buckley,  who  has  recently  returned  from  Eu- 
nni  her  honk  of  poems. 


Mis.  (Catherine  Eggleston  Holmes,  the  principal  speaker 

of  the   day.    paid   tribute   to   the    literary    work   of   Gertrude 
Atherton,  stating  that    Mrs.   Atherton   ranked  as   the   lead- 
ing   American    woman    novelist    and    compared    her    attain 
ments   in   the  world  of  letters  with   those  of    Edith   Wharton 
and   W  ilia  Lather. 

"Encourage  America's  authors  with  your  consideration 
anil  your  book  patronage."  urged  Mrs.  Holmes,  who  added 
that  the  standards  of  literary  output  were  measured  by  the 
strength  of  approval. 

\s  the  author  of  novels  and   short   stories  and  a   lecturer. 
Mis,     Holmes'    opinions    on    matters    of    intellectual    worth 

were  received  with  high  acclaim  by  the  assemblage,  <  lath- 
ered as  they  were  at  Mrs  Whited's  home,  seated  beneath 
the  trees,  the  lit'erateurs  presented  an  impressive  audience 
which  certainly  must  have  inspired  the  speaker  in  her  bril- 
liant address.  »  *  * 
At  the  Hillcrest  Club 

The  Hillcrest  Club,  at  Vallejo  and  Taylor  streets,  will  pre- 
sent its  last  program  of  Music  Week  this  Saturday  evening. 

when  a  recital  will  he  given  by  Mis~  Harriette  Murton,  color- 
atura soprano,  Thomas  Kenney,  baritone,  and  Leroy  Han- 
shaw,  pianist. 

Among  the  guests  attending  the  recital  last  Monday  eve- 
ning, when  a  Russian  program  was  ottered,  appropriate  as 
Russian  Hill's  contribution  to  Music  Week,  were  Messrs' 
ami  Mesdames  Russell  Spicer.  Robert  Dean.  ( ieorge  Ham- 
mond. Charles  Malanuith.  Frederick  Bullock,  John  Martin. 
Dr.  ami  Mrs.  Chester  B.  Moore.  Gilbert  Darling.  Richard 
Kruger,  Paul  Van  Kttener.  and  Franklvn  Wolf.  Mesdames 
Robert  I!  Collier,  John  D.  Lowell.  M.  Snell  Cobb,  (ierda 
W  ismer  Hofmann,  Mae  Lorenzini,  Marjorie  Norton;  Misses 
Florence  Paul,  Jennie  Paul,  Harriette  Murton.  Mabel  John- 
son. Harriet  Wilson;  Messrs.  Albert  P.  Glidden,  Gordon  F. 
Lane.  lames  Sully,  Rev  George  C.  Golden. 
*     *     * 

Richard  Carle  is  hard  at  work  the~e  days  in  his  apart- 
ments at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel  The  well-known 
musical  comedy  star  owns  the  rights  to  mam  of  hi- 
successful  vehicles  including  The  Mayor  of  Tokio.  The 
Spring  Chicken.  The  Maid  ami  the  Mummy.  The  Tender- 
I'he  Hurdy  Gurdy  Girl.  The  Storks.  Jumping  Jupiter 
anil  others.  He  is  preparing  these  play  plots  for  early  pro- 
duction on  the  screen. 

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10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  8,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Great  Distance  Is  a  Delusion 

LAST  winter  wlien  the  so-called  mag- 
netic blanket  was  supposed  to  be 
with  us.  many,  or  in  fact,  every  radio 
store,  was  advertising  heavily.  They  were 


C.  J.  Pennington 


putting  stress  on  the  fact  of  the  extreme 
distance  obtainable  by  using  one  of  the  re- 
ceiving sets  they  were  selling. 

"Distance!"  What  every  radio  fan 
hopes  to  bring  in  and  is  continually  striv- 
ing for.  while  the  mere  thought  of  hear- 
ing some  far-distant  station  has  produced 
many  sales,  it  also  produces  a  new  crop 
of  radio  fans  every  year.  This  will,  it 
seems,  continue  until  all  ends  of  the  earth 
are  reproduce  1  on  the  loud  speaker;  even 
then  there  will  he  no  satisfaction  until 
Mars  or  some  other  far-away  planet  is 
heard  from. 

During  the  winter  months  of  1925  and 
the  earlv  part  of  1926,  distant  reception 
was  very  unusual  and  any  station  logged 
east  of  Denver  was  out  of  the  ordinary. 
Still  the  advertising  was  carried  on  in  the 
daily  papers,  the  weekly  publications  anil 
in  fact  everywhere,  telling  of  the  won- 
derful results  that  were  obtained. 

Up  to  the  present  development  of  radio, 
extreme  distance  is  a  matter  of  patience. 
atmospheric  conditions  and  location.  Any 
extreme  distant  station  that  may  he  picked 
up  is  an  unusual  happening  on  any  set. 

(  )ne  radio  dealer  in  particular  came  out 
with  an  advertisement,  giving  a  long  list 
of  eastern  stations  that  were  supposed  to 
be  logged  consistently.  Among  the  list 
were  station-,  we  would  venture  to  state 
were  never  heard  in  this  city  on  the  type 
of  receiver  he  was  selling,  let  alone  hear- 
ing them  regularly. 

If  good  distant  reception  was  obtain- 
able at  any  time,  does  anyone  suppose 
that  KPO  and  KIT  would  continue  to 
hook  up  together  with  telephone  wires? 
If  it  were  possible  to  tune  in  the  wonder- 
ful programs  direct,  that  are  broadcast 
simultaneously    from    KPO    and    KFf, 


would  the  company  sponsoring  those  ex- 
cellent programs  consent  to  paying  the 
heavy  expense  involved  in  order  to  oper- 
ate both  station-,  by  telephone  connec- 
tions?   We  hardly  think  so. 

The  worst  of  the  whole  situation  is 
that  the  public  continues  to  purchase  re- 
ceiving sets  on  just  what  the  salesman 
may  say.  Why  no'  lake  the  time  to  ascerj 
tain  the  authenticity  of  the  salesman's 
statements? 

Distance  is  a  great  thing  to  try  for  and 
to  bring  in.  It  is.  indeed,  fascinating,  bu! 
for  the  good  programs  and  excellent  re- 
ception, the  best  is  to  stay  with  the  local 
stations.  They  cannot  be  improved  upon 
by  trving  to  reach  out  for  some  distant 
station. 

We  are  granting  that  many  makes  and 
types  of  receiving  sets  on  the  market  will 
bring  in  distance,  and  on  very  rare  occa- 
sions real  distance  is  enjoyed:  but  such 
occasions  are  very  rarely  true  in  San 
Francisco,  or  any  other  crowded  vicinity. 

Some  locations  outside  of  San  Fran- 
cisco get  a  good  distant  reception  occa- 
sionally, but  local  or  reasonably  close  sta- 
tions are  the  best  for  any  receiver  of  the 
present-day  make,  that  is.  if  the  user  de- 
sires real  enjoyment  from  a  radio  set. 

A  cone  type  loud-speaker  equipped 
with  a  soundboard  has  been  introduced 
by  the  Stromberg-Carlsoii  Telephone 
.\  I  an  u  facturing  C<  impany. 

The  soundboard,  which  takes  the  form 
of  a  wide  ring  of  wood  especially  suited 
for  sound  vibrations,  and  upon  the  inner 
edge  of  which  the  cone  itself  is  mounte  I. 
adds  a  fullness  and  a  timbre  to  the  lower 
notes. 

The  speaker  is  being  made  in  the  form 
of  a  tip-top  table,  the  cone  and  sound- 
board imitating  the  llat  surface  of  the 
table  in  its  vertical  position  and  being  tit- 
led with  pedestal  and  legs. 

Another  feature  of  the  speaker  is  the 
use  id"  an  extra  long  cord,  twenty  feet  or 
more  in  length,  allowing  the  device  to  be 
placed  at  some  distance  from  the  receiver. 
This  makes  possible  the  placing  of  the 
speaker  in  any  convenient  location  in  the 
room  for  the  best  acoustical  effect  and  al- 
lows a  greater  perfection  of  reproduction 
by  preventing  acoustic  coupling  between 
the  speaker  and  the  receiver. 
*      *      * 

Prices  Will  Not  Decline 
A  conversation  was  overheard  recently 
between  two  men.  One  a  radio  owner. 
the  other  noi  as  yet.  It  seemed  that  the 
non-set  owning  man  is  wailing  for  the 
time  when  radios  will  be  operated  direct 
from  the  light  socket,  with  very  wonder- 
ful  results.     And    from   his  conversation 


the  impression  was  obtained  that  very 
soon  high  class  receiving  sets  would  be 
selling  in  the  5  and  10. 

Someone  has  surely  misinformed  this 
man.  or  he  has  been  day  dreaming.  I  tow- 
ever,  this  much  is  assured,  that  not  during 
his  career  will  he  ever  be  able  to  pur- 
chase the  class  of  receiving  set  he  wants 
and  get  it  for  the  price  he  expects  to 
pay;  whether  the  set  is  to  be  operated 
direct  from  the  house  current  or  from 
batteries. 


How  to  Reproduce  True  Tonal  Quali- 
ties from  Your  Radio  Set 
By  Harry  H.   Sewelson 

A  radio,  like  any  other  mechanically 
constructed  instrument,  requires  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  periodical  care  so  that 
it  may  function  at  topmost  efficiency, 
eliminating  those  humming  and  howl- 
ing noises  which  are  so  often  heard  in 
a  radio  set  that  does  not  receive  a  reg- 
ular service. 

There  are  many  who  know  little 
about  the  technicalities  of  radio,  and 
tinker  with  their  sets,  losing  the  con- 
nection thereof,  and  wondering  whv 
their  radio  gives  vent  to  those  buzzing 
and  rasping  sounds.  For  instance,  take 
an  automobile — If  not  looked  after, 
greased  and  oiled  regularly,  the  parts 
begin  to  wear,  causing  knocks  and 
squeaking  noises,  which,  sooner  or  lat- 
er will  eventuate  in  a  breakdown.  The 
same  thing  applies  to  a  radio.  There 
are  many  who  do  not  have  their  sets 
tested  regularly  which  in  due  time 
causes  a  complete  breakdown.  These 
people  complain  at  the  excessive  cost 
of  repairs,  which  could  be  avoided  if 
inspection  was  given  by  a  radio  expert. 

The  California  State  Radio  Associa- 
tion renders  to  its  members  a  service 
that  is  unequaled,  no  matter  what  con- 
dition a  radio  set  may  be  in.  The 
monthly  inspection  furnished  by  the 
California  State  Radio  Association  ex- 
perts, will  at  all  times  enable  your  set 
to  reproduce  the  true  tonal  qualities, 
and  make  radio  in  the  home  an  enjoy- 
ment never  before  realized. 

Just  think !  All  this  at  but  at  nomin- 
al cost.  The  California  State  Radio 
Association,  whose  general  offices  are 
in  the  Pacific  Building,  will  gladly  fur- 
nish those  who  write  for  it.  a  pamphlet 
containing  five  points  of  "Better  radio 
in  the  Home."  also  any  information 
they  may  desire  regarding  membership 
in  the  association. 


Dayton  News — A  crying  need  in  radio 
is  a  broadcasting  announcer  who  does  noi 
have  the  idea  he  is  the  entire  program. 


May   8,    1920 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 

Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


11 


KPO— HALE    BROS.    AND    THE    CHRON- 
ICLE,  SAN    FRANCISCO — 428.3 
Sunday,    May  1> 

9:46  to  10:46  a,  m. — Undenominational  and 
non-sectarian  church  service,  conducted  by 
Dr.  Waller  Morritt,  superintendent  Old 
People's  Home,  San  Francisco.  Theme,  "The 
Good  of  the  Wicked."  Baritone  solos  bv 
Ira  Morgan;  William  E.  Corris  at  the  or- 
aan. 
10:46  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving"  the 
IT.  .,S  weather  forecast  and  general  informa- 
tion. 

2:00  to  3:00  p.  m. — Program  given  for  the  Na- 
tional Union  Assurance  Society  in  honor  of 
Mother's  Day. 

3:00  to  4:30  p.  m. — Broadcast  of  the  baseball 
game,  play  by  play,  from  Recreation  Park, 
.San    Fi  ancisco. 

5:00  to  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.  Giselman  at  the  California  Palace  of 
the   Legion    of   Honor. 

li:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant 
Orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

6:30  p.  m, — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving  base- 
ball   scores   and    general    information. 

6:35  to  8:35  p.  m, — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Cyrus  Trobbe 

8:35  to  10:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

Monday,    May  10 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given    by    the    Y.    M.    C.    A. 

1.0:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  informa- 
tion. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  .Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

2:30    to    3:30    p.    m. — Matinee    program. 

3:30  to  4:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus    Trobbe    director. 

5:15  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of  Knowl- 
edge, assisted   by    "Uncle    Hi   and   Uncle    Si/' 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — -"Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co,  stock 
market  quotations,  baseball  scores  and  gen- 
eral information. 

6:30  to  7:011  p.  m. — Slates  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,    Waldemar    Lind    director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

■S:00  to  [1:00  p.  m.— Palace  Hotel  Hose  Boom 
I 'a  nee   Orchestra,   Gene  .lames,   director. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m.— KFI,  Los  Angeles  and 
KPO,  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously a  program  originating  in  the 
KF1  studio  for  the  Walter  M.  Murphy  Mo- 
tors  Company, 

i":'"i  to  luia  p.  in—  Cabuia  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra,   Billy    Long   director, 

Tuesday.  May  1 1 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m.— Daily  dozen  exercises 
given   My   the   Y.   M.  c.  A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving  the 
it.  s.  weather  forecast,  general  Information 
and  market  reporl  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and    poultry, 

ilmiii  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  i 
mg, 

'  'mi  i..  8:00  p.  m.— Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hole]    orchestra. 

2:46   to    1:30  p.   m.  —  Broadcast   or   the  baseball 

game,    play    by    play,    from    Recreation    I'ark. 

Sa  n    Ci  a  nclsco, 

i"!"  t<<  5:80  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chesti  a,    Cyrus    Trobbe    director. 

S:1B  io  6:16  p-  m. — Big  Brother's  stories  taken 
from  the  Hook  ol  Knowledge  tor  the  child- 
ren. 

6:16  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cry*i\M  giving 
A.  a  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co,  stock  mar- 
ket quotations  and  baseball  scores  and  gen- 
eral   Informs  t  ion. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restauranl  Or- 
chestra,   Waldemar    Lind    director 

7:oo  t.»  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    '  Irchi 

s  "ii  I,,  8:00  i'    in-   studio  program  presenting 
the   Harmony   Four,   ladies'   quartet     B 
Empej ,    saxophone,    and    Fred    C     Dodson 

pianist. 

9:00  to  L0:O0  p.  m  -Program  given  for  the 
Mona  Motor  Oil  Company,  presenting  the 
Mona  Motor  »»ii  trio,  Gypsy  and  Marta 
harmony  team,  and  Perry  Askant,  baritone 
toll  mi  p.  in. — Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 
Dance   Orchestra,   Gene   James    direct 

\\  ednenday.   May    t'2 

i  00,    J  SO,    B:00    a.    m. — Dally    ioien    .  \ 

i    m  .  i  ■    \ 

»     m. — ."Ye    Towne    Cryer,"    giving    the 
IT.  s.   ueath.r  forecast,  general   Information 

and    market    report    on    butter,    •- 
and    poultry 
12:00  noon --Time  signals  and  Scripture 

10    p.    m.— Rudy    Seiger's    Fairmont 
Hotel  t  trchestra, 

it    -'f  the  bas 
game,  play  by  play,  from    Recreation   p:irk 
San    Fran i 


i:30  to  5:30  p.  rn. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus    Trobbe    director. 

firir.  to  0:1."  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of 
Knowledge. 

6:15  to  G:3ii  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  general 
information. 

6:80  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,  Waldemar   Lind   director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmonl 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:0(t  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent  Artists  under  the  auspices  of  Er- 
nest  Ingold,    Inc. 

9:00  to  lo:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Goodrich 
Silvertown  Cord  Orchestra,  Reg.  Code  di- 
recting. 

10:0(1  to  ll:oo  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orch- 
estra,   Waldemar    Lind,    director. 

Thursday,    May    13 

■  too,    7:30,    8:0o    a.    m. — Daily    dozen    exercises 

given   by   the    Y.   M.   C.   A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving  the 
U.  S,  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and    poultry. 

12; moil — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m, —  Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   orchestra. 

2:30  to  1:30  p.  m. — Broadcast  of  the  baseball 
game,  play  by  play,  from  Recreation  Park, 
San    Francisco. 

4:3o  to  5:3o  p.  m. — Palace  lintel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,  Cyrus   Trobbe   director. 

5:15  to  i'.:l5  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of  Knowl- 
edge,   assisted    by    "Uncle    Hi    and    Uncle    SI." 

6:15  to  t;:::i)  p.  m. —  "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
a.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  gener- 
al  Informs  i  ion. 

6:30  to  7:oo  p.  m, — States  Restauranl  Orches- 
i  ra,   \\  a  Idemar  Lind  direct  i  u 

■  oo  io  7:30  p.  ni,  —  Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
i  (ni  el    '  irchesl  ra, 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Congre- 
gational Church   Orchestra   of  San   Mateo 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  under  the  direc- 
tion  of   Rose    Relda   Callleau. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Cablrla  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra,   Hiliiy    Long,    director 

Friday.    Wny    14 

7:00,    7:80,    S  00   a     m.— Dally   dozen    ex«  i 

given   by   the    v     m.  c.   a. 
10  80    a.    m  —  "Ye    Town.     Cryer,"    giving    the 

IT.  s    weather  forecast,  general   In 

and    market   report   on   butter,   eggs,   cheesi 

a  nd    poultry. 

l_  00  noon— Time  Signals  and  Scripture  rend- 
ing. 

12:46    p.    m  —Talk    from    the    Commonwealth 

i  ini>  luncheon  at    the    Palace   Hotel. 
i  30    to    2  ii"    p.    m,    Rudy    Seiger's    Fairmont 

Hotel   Orchi 
-'  30  to    »    :"  p.   io      Broadcast   of  (he   baseball 

game,  play  by  play,  from   Recreation   Park 

Ss  ii    Francisco. 
1:00  io   .-,;.. n  p.  m. — Palace   Hotel  Concert   Or- 

chest  ra,  <"\  i  us  Ti  obb< 

■  IG   to  8:15  t>    m 

i  in     children,    taken      from      th-      Book     of 
Knowledge 
6:16  to  6:80   p    m  -    "Ye  Tow  •  Ivlng 

a     \    Housman-Gwathmey  A  mar- 

ket quotations,  baseball  scores  .not  gei 
Informs  Hon. 

:  00  i>    m    -Stati  -   R<  staa rant   ■  H  i 
Waldemar    Lind    din  i 
I  :00  to  7:10  p    m  •    the   Air"  undei 

Hi.     direction    of    Harry    B    Smith     sporting 
editor  of  The  Chronli 
7:10  t.-  7  10   p.   m — Brid|  by   <'"lon.-I 

Henry    i     Raymond, 

. 
Mab-   Chorus   under   the    direction    ..f    B 
Cam< 

■'  ,l"  to   i p    m.— Palace   Hot*  i    I 

James   din 
9:10  to  n  ■:<•  p    m-iiimk  reviews  by  Harry  A 

1     ..f    The    t'hron:- 

10:00    to    ii  oo    p     m  — s  unit    Or- 

chestra, Waldemar   l.in-l  dlr 
Saturday,   May  in 

m — Dally   don  ■ 

n   by   ih.    V     M    C     \ 

V    S     weathi  r:il    information 

and    market    reporl    on    bu  I 
poultry. 
■or  —  Time    signal))   and   Soripturc   read- 

P     m  — Ru  Fairmont 

Hotel    i  're' 

--ball 
game,  plaj  itfon  Park. 

- 

p     m,  —  Palao     II 
rus    Trobb. 

_ 

\      v.    Housmann-Gwathme;  Mock 

market  quotations,  ha- 
t-ral    information. 


6:30  to  7:20  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,   Waldemar   Ldnd    director    . 

7:20  to  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  on  Real  Estate  fur- 
nished  by   the   R.   A.   Wilson   Company. 

S:00  to  12:00  p.  m, — Fairmont  Hotel  Dance 
i  rchestra,  Keg*  (.'ode  directing:;  Maurice 
Gunsky,  tenor,  and  Merton  Bories,  pianist, 
intermission  soloists. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO., 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday,   May  f> 

n:0(i  a.  m. — Trinity  Episcopal  Church  ser- 
vice (San  Francisco):  Rev.  Chas.  P.  Deems 
rector.  Sermon  subject:  "The  Modern 
Mother  and  the  Youth  Movement."  Benja- 
min  Moore,   organist. 

3:30  p.  m. — Vesper  services,  Grace  Cathedral 
San    Francisco. 

<  :4o   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau   report. 

7:45   p.   m. — Trinity  Episcopal  Church  service 
(San  Francisco):  Rev.  Chas.  P.  Deems,  rec- 
tor.    Sermon   subject:    "Too   Much   Service 
Benjamin    Moore,    organist, 

Monday,   May  10 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics*  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Eric  Rasmussen;  Wil- 
liam   II.    Hancock,   accompanist. 

,:)".    a.    m—    pep    Class.'    Health    Training. 

B:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class.'-  Health 
Training". 

8:30    a.    m.- — Cheerio — "Daily    strength." 
11:30  a.  m.   to  1:00  p.   m. — Luncheon   concert; 

Sherman    clay   &   Company. 
12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 
12:30   p.    in. — -Weather    Bureau   reports. 
1:30    p,     m. — X.     T.    Stock    reports. 
1:31     p.     m.  —  S.     K.     Stock     reports. 

1:42   p.   m. — Weather    Bureau    reports 

3:00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Howard  Kepler,  baritone 
Edith  Sandoe.  contralto.  Annie  n  Allen 
University  of  California,  talks  on  "Expres- 
sion." Eva  Garcia,  pianist,  presents  Cor- 
nelia  St  urges  and   Helen  Corder. 

i    ;"  to  6  ni—  Aunl    Betty    (Ruth  Thomn- 

b stories;    KGO    Kiddles'    Klub 

to    •■  56    p.    in.  —  Dinner   concert,    Baldwin 

Piano   Company;    Knickerbocker   Trio. 
j    | .    n,  —  News    1 1 
03   p,  m.— Weather  Burea  u  repoi  I 

m. — S    F    Produce,  Grain,  Cotton   and 

Mela  [fl, 

7:U    p.    in.— X.    V.   Stock  reports    (closing;). 

.   21    p.   m. — 8.    F\    Stock  reports    (closing) 

8  00  p,  in — Educational  program — music  and 
spea  k<  rs. 

tlons  from  "The  Bartered  Bride"  (Sme- 
lana) — Arlon    Ti 
^  ng  ,,    m— c.  h.  McCampbell,  A  sb  is  tan  I   Mar- 
keting   Specialist,    Bureau    of    Agricultural 
Economics,    speaker    for    U 
of    Agriculture.      Also.   w.    i:     Ralston,    Ks- 
'i  Stati    Club  Leader,  speaker  for  Na- 
tional   Farm    Radio    Council;      "Boys 
Girls'     Club     Activities     for     the     Summer 
Month."." 
Under    Sheltering    Leaves    (Thome) — Arlon 

Trio. 

8:26    p.    m  —Joseph    Henry    Jackson      "Chats 
About    New    Books." 
'Cello  Polo— Margarel   Avery 
Lam. 

n        -    Wiida Wilson    Church:    "New 
Poetry  and  Drama." 
Pizzicato    Rush*     rBarth) — Arlon    Trio. 

9  is  p.  m. — Oswald  W    s   McCall,  D 

Home    i  department,   Second 
District,    California    Congress    of      Parents 

■  r    Training 
in    the    Home:"    subject,    "Religious    Devel- 

nl    of  Child 
Interlude    Orientate     (Rlnsky-Koi 

i    Trio, 
m  —Mabel    s     Glffor* 

California  h     infl- 

ection   of    8p 
rders," 

'-'  ion    Trio 

Turwaay,    May   ii 

Health 
Training   E  wii- 

accompa  - 

Training 
-**."   Health 
-in* 

tally    Strength  ■" 

Sh.-rman,   Clay  &   Cnmpanv 
-    --..I 
m. — Wea 
m  —X      V     Stock    r.-i 

■ 

W..man    Think-  I 
Piar 

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-rt.    Baldwin 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  S.  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


:lti   p. 


Ferrers 
"Wonders 
T upper    & 


N.  V.  Stuck  reports  (closing). 
7 :2«  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports  (closing). 
s:0(i    to    9:00    p.    m. — Bveready    program    i  San 

Francisco  Studio). 

"Royalty   On    the    Radio,"    radio    vaudeville 

by    Prank    M.    Turner. 

CAST 
The    King,   Albert   Gillette, 
The    Queen.    Lucille    Harger. 
The  Queen's  Maid.  Helena  d'Asalena, 
The    Minstrel,    Carl    Anderson. 
Accompaniment    by    Vinton     L 
and   his   orchestra. 
9:00  to  9:10  p.  m. — Henry  M.  Hyde: 

of    the    Sky." 
9:10    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program    by 

Reed,  Berkeley. 

John    A.    Matthias    ( baritone  ) — 

Where'er  V.-u  Walk   i  Handel  i:  Mellisandc 
in    the    Wood    (Goetz);   Aliah    i  Chad  wick  >. 

College    National    Bank    Male    Quartette — 
The    Gypsy    Trail    (Call.. way ) :    Old    Iron- 
sides. 

Margaredha    van    Loben    Sels    i  pianist  > — 
Prelude     in     B     Minor     (Chopin) ;     Holberg 
Suite    (Grieg). 

College    National    Bank    Male    Quartette — 
Homing  (del    Kiego  )  ,  Catastrophe  <  Parks  l. 
10:00    p.    m.    to    12:00    midnight — 1  rnnce    music 

HnlnrMi;ii,     M  it  >     12 

71',  (<>  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class."  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Brie  Rasmussen;  Wil- 
liam   H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45   a.   m, — "Pep   Class,"    Health   Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 
Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "1  laily    Strength." 

1 1 :30  a.  m.  to  l  :00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert . 
Sherman    clay   &   Company. 

12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 

12:30   p.   m. — U.   S.   Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1:30    p.    m. —  N'.     V.    Stock    reports. 

1  :37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stmk    reports. 

1:42    )).    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Williams  Institute  (Berke- 
ley) speaker.  Beulah  Masterson,  soprano. 
Dorothy  Wines  Reed,  pianist,  presents  Be- 
verly   Dexter.      "Hints    for    Housekeepers." 

1:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra.  Hotel 
St.    Francis,   San    Francisco. 

5:30    p.    m. — Mr.   Fix-it   answers   questions. 

*i:0li  to  ti:5ri  p.  m. — Pinner  concert.  Baldwin 
Piano     Company :     Knickerbocker    Trio. 

6:55   p.    m. — News    items. 

i  :03 — p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:06   p.  m. — Baseball   scores. 

7:08  p.  m. — s.  p.  Produce,  Grain,  cotton  and 
Metals. 

r:16  p.  m. — N\   V.  stuck    reports   (closing). 

,::■::   p.  m. — s.   F.  Stock   reports   (closing). 

Wednesday    night    silent. 

Thursday.    Hay    18 

7:15  to  7::J0  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class."  Health 
Tiaining  Exercises.  10 1  i c  Rasmussen:  Wil- 
liam   H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

r:45   a.    m. — "Pep   Class,"    Health  Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class."  Health 
Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — I  !heerlo — "Daily    Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert, 
Sherman    Clay   &    Company, 

12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 

i  j  30  p.  m — I",  s    Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1:30   p.    m. — X.    V.   Stock    reports. 

i  ;37    p.    m. — s.    f.    Stock    reports. 

1:12   p.   m. —  Weather   Bureau    reports. 

4:nn  to  5:30  p.  m.— Concert  orchestra,  Hotel 
St.   Francis,  San    Francisco. 

:.:::n  to  6:30  p.  m. — George  w.  Ludlow,  "Friend 

to     Boys." 

6:55   p.   m. — News    items. 

.  03   p.  m. — Weat  her  Bureau   report 

7:06    p.    m. —  Baseball    score. 

r:08    p.    m. — S.    F.    Produce.    Crnin.    ('nti.m    and 

Metals. 

Tit;   p.   m. — x.    V.   Stock    reports   (closing). 

7:23   p.   m. — S.    F.   Stock    reports    (closing) 

8:00   p.  m.— (Oakland  Studio). 

"The  Arrival  of  Kitty,"  ;i  fare.-  comedy  In 
three  acts,  by  Norman  Lee  Swart  out  pre- 
sented by   the    KGO   Players,   Wilda    Wilson 

Church,  directing.  Music  bv  the  Arion 
Ti  io. 

Overture      Potnanesca       (Mouton) 

Trio. 
Act.     One:    Office    of     the    Halcyon     linns, 
Hie    Catsklll    Mountains.       Late    morning 
a   day    in    August. 

Kerry    Dance    (Molloy) — Arion    Trio 

Act   Two:     The   sam.-.      Early   afternoon 

Spanish    Dane.      (Sarasatei — Arion    Trio 
Act    Three:      The   same.      Almost    evening 
Kuywiak     fWieniawski) — Arion    Trio 

10:hh  p.  m.  to  12:30  a.  m. — Dance  music,  Bro- 
kaw  and  Orchestra.  Paradise  Gardens  Oak- 
land. 

Friday,  May  14 

7:15  to  ,  ::;n  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class."  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Brie  Rasmussen;  Wil- 
liam   H.    Hancock,    accompanist 

7:^:.   a.    ni._ -pep   class,"    Health    Training. 

S:lo  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class."  Health 
Training. 

8:30    ,i     in. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 

11:10  a.  m. — Prudence  Pennv.  Homemakine 
Talk. 


■  Arion 


in 


11:30   a.   m,    to   l  :0(t  p.    m. — Luncheon   concert; 

Sherman,  Clay   &  Company. 
12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 
1 2:30    p.    m. — Weather    Hureau    reports. 
1  ::m    ii.    m. — X.    Y,    Stuck    reports, 

I  ::i7    p.    m. — S.    F.    Slock    reports. 

l :  u   p.   m. — Weather    Pureau    reports. 

3:00  ti.   4:00  p.   m. —  Doris  Lee,  pianist     Short 

program    by   Pacific   Coast    Musical    Review. 

Book     Review.      Pearl    Hossack     Whitcomb 

presents   Dorothy   ciute,   mezzo,  and   Muriel 

Bates   Keast,   lyric   soprano. 
1:00    to    ;, ;:;n   p.    m. — i  Concert   orchestra,    Hotel 

St,    Francis,   San    Francisco. 
".::"    to    6:00    p.    m. —  Bather    Wood    Schneider, 

KCi  >    Kadi..    Gil  Is. 
6:00     i"    6 :55    p,     m.  —  Dinner    concert,    Baldwin 

Piano    Company;     Knickerbocker    Trio. 
6:55  p-  m. —  News  items. 
i   03    p.    in. — Weather    Bureau    report, 
7:06    p.    m. — Baseball   scores. 
7 : it s   ii.   m. — S.   F.   Produce,   Grain,   Cotton   and 

Metals. 
7:16    p.    in. — X.     V.    Stock    reports    icb.singi. 
■  :23    p.    m. — S.     F.    Stock    reports    (closing  l. 
8  ;00     p.     m. — Mills     College      Annual      Dinner, 

Hotel    Oakland.      Principal    address    by    Dr. 

Aui  elia       Henry       Reinhardl.       president       "i 

Mills   College:    "The  College   of  Today." 

Saturday.    May    IS 

.:!.".  t...  7:30  a.  m. — " Energetics'  class,"  Health 

Training  Fxercises.  Eric  Ilasmussen  Wil- 
liam   H,    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45   a.    in. — "Pep   Class,"    Health  Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones  class."  Health 
Training. 

$::i0    a.    m. — Cheer  io — "Daily    Strength." 

6 :45   a.    in. — Songs;    William    H.    Hancock. 

I I  :30  a,  in.  to  1  (in  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman    Clay    &    Company. 

12:00  noon — Time  Signal. 

12:30    p.    m, — 1\    S,    Weather    Bureau     report. 

1  -  :'■'■'■'•    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    Market    reports. 

1^:4ii    p.    m. — S.     F.    Stock    Market    reports. 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra,  Hotel 
St.    Francis.    S:m    Francisco. 

vim.  p.  in. — Weather  Bureau  report.  Al  San- 
toro — "Weekly    Sport    Review." 

8:10  p.  m. — Baldwin  Piano  Company  program 
m  lakland  studio.. 

Conceit  by  the  Stanford  Band,  Ernest  Whit- 
ney   Martin,    director;    assisted    by    Margerv 
Black  welder,   soprano,    and    Mrs.    Warren    D. 
Allen,    accompanist. 
Stanford     Band — 

Hail.     Alma      Mater : ;     Marche      Lorraine 

(Ganne);  Grand  Overture  (Rosamunde). 
John  M,  Willi ts,  'jr.  (cornet  soloist),  Heine- 
man  (*29)  and  Xussbaum  i'2T>)  French  h'>rn 
and    flute! — 

Serenade   (Titl). 
Stanfoi  d    Band — 

Ballet    Suite,    "The    Two    Pigeons"    (Mes- 

sager  >. 

Margery   Black  welder   (soprano). 
Stanford  Band — 

Suite   "Atlantis,"  The  Lost    Continent    iS;>- 

tra  neck ) 

(a)   Nocturne — Morning  (Hymn  of  Traisei 

ii.i   (iav.it. — A  Couii   Function 

(C)     Duet.    "I    Love    Thee"    (the    Prince    and 
the  Princess). 

(Taylor,     :■>;    euphonium,    and    Call.     :'s. 
cornet) 

•  d>    The    Destruction    of   Atlantis 

Celestial    Choir    Reverie    (King);    Scenes 

PJ  toresques     (  Massenet  ». 

Richard   w.   Taylor,  '26    (euphonium. — 

Annie    Laurie     Fantasia     (Smith). 
Sianfnid   Band — 

Idyll.      Whispering     Flowers      i  von      P.Ioni. 
American     Patrol     (  Mea chain  i. 

Flute  Quartetti — 
Selection   from   Stabat   Mater  (Rossini). 

Madge  de  win  (soprano) 

Stanford    Band — 

Stanford     Stadium     .Marches:     Hail.     Stan- 
ford,   Hail! 

10:00  p.  m.  to  12:00  midnight— Dance  music, 
Madson's  Midshipmen.  Hotel  St.  Francis. 
San     Francisco        intermission    program    bv 

Frank  Glbney,  tenor,  and  Carl  Wine,.,  pianist. 


KFWI— RADIO    ENTERTAINMENTS,    INC.. 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 226 
Sunday*  Mny  ft 

1   ' 2:00    p.    m. — KFWI    offers    an    hour    of 

concert  presenting:  Louise  Wolbe**t,  so. 
prano;  Walter  Hlrshl,  violinist:  W.  Hopkvn 
Thomas,   of   Porth    Rondda    Quintette. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Religious  services  broad- 
casted   by    First    Church   of  Christ.   Scientist. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  featuring: 
Louis  DonatO,  baritone;  Ruth  Resnick, 
pianist:  Janet  Ettinger,  soprano;  James 
Muir,    Musical    Saw. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Paul  KelH's  II  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at  n  Trovatore  Restaur- 
ant. Intermission  by  Harry  Hume.  Abby 
Berltne,   accompanied   by  Marjorle  Prlmley, 

Monday,    Mny   io 

10:45    to   11:00   a.    m. — Letters    of   Suzanne. 

11:00  to  H:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health  con- 
ducted   by   May    E.   Garcia. 

1  :fio  to  2:00  p.  m— Impromptu    studio   program 


featuring  Walter  Smith,  Eddie  Stott,  Dick 
Giblin,  and   I Hattys  l»i   -Mai  r, 

6:00    to    8:30    p.    m. — Read  .Sisters. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. —  Frank  Kearn's  Dance  Or- 
chestra. Intermission  by  Cowell  Dein,  Ban- 
joist. 

>.nu  i,.  9:oo  p.  m. — Frederick  G.  Nodder,  tenor: 
E.  II.  Bierbaum,  baritone;  Eleanor  Wels- 
haar.    pianist, 

! to    10:00    P-    in. — Program    presented    by 

Laura     Ellen     WlnSOr:     Margaret     Jane    Me- 

sherry,  contralto;  Robert  Smilley,  baritone, 
Arthur  Coughlin,  tenor;  Pearl  May  Poore, 
Sopiano;      Lillian      Love  dor,     pianist;     Jim 

I  lowd,    tenor. 

10:00  t«>  11:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  of  popu- 
lar music  featuring'  Head  Sisters.  Ethel 
Lopaz,  and   lOddie   Stott. 

11:00  p.  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  11  Tro- 
vatore <  b  chest ra  playing  at  II  Trovatore 
Restaurant.  Intermission  by  Ben  Berman 
and  Peggy  MacDonald. 

Tuenday(  Mny  11 

ii:nn  p,  m.  to  i:i.ii  a.  m. —  Paul  Kelli's  Trova- 
tore Orchestra  playing  at  J]  Trovatore  Res- 
taurant. Intel  mission  by  Jack  Reed.  Mar- 
joiie    Reynolds,    and    George    Taylor. 

\\  e<lne*ilay.    May    l- 

10:45   io    11:00   a.    m. — Letters   of   Suzanne. 

iDiin  to  H;30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health  by  May 
E.   ( '■■<  rcia. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Impromptu  Studio  Pro- 
gram featuring  Harry  II  ume,  Ethel  Lopaz. 
Abby  Berline,  James  Muir,  and  tin-  Read 
Sisters. 

6:00     to    6  :30    p.     m. — Studio    program. 

G ■::"  to  7:30  i).  m. — Georgia  Melodiana  Dance 
Orchestra    in  term  Esslon    by   George    Taylor 

8:00  to  8:30  p.  m. —  Radiocast  Weekly  Humor- 
ous  program    by  .lames   Mad  [son 

8:30  to  9:20  p.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Or- 
chestra at  ii  Trovatore  Restaurant.  Inter- 
mission   by    Sadie    Woodslde, 

9:20  to  9:.'J0  p.  m. — Program  presented  by 
B  cker  Storage  Company  featuring  Dick 
Giblin. 

9:30  t-.  11:00  p.  m. — Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cats. 
Tom  Catton  at   the  microphone. 

11:00  p,  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. — Paul  KelH'e  Tro- 
vatore Orchestra  playing  at  H  Trovatore 
Restaurant.  Intermission  by  Abby  Berline, 
Eddie   Stott,   Clem    Kennedy. 

ThniKilny,    Mny    V.\ 

Silent. 

Kritlay,    May    14 

10:45  to  11:00  a.  m. — Letters  of  Suzanne 

11:00  to  U:30  a.  m.— Dance  to  Health  con- 
ducted   by    May    E,    Garcia. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  ra. — Impromptu  studio  program 
featuring  Sadie  Woodside,  Harmonica  Mike, 
Coweii  Dein.  Ben  Berman  &  Peggy  Mc- 
Donald, 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — studio  program. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Hie  Parker,  Gladys  La 
M&rr. 

8:00  to  s::iu  p.  m. — Program  presented  bv 
Leonard  .V  Holt  offering  the  Singing  Real- 
tors. 

8:80  to  9:00  p.  m.— Half  hour  program  l.\  Geo 
Antonettl,  pianist,  and  Louis  DonatO,  bari- 
tone, 

:':"<|  to  10:00  p.  m. — Slgmund  Anker  String 
i.juarl  ei  te, 

' to      1"   80      p.     m. — Program     of     popular 

music    featuring   Two   Man    Jazz    Band,    Read 

Sisters. 
10:30    to    12:80   p.    m.— Paul    Kelli's  Trovatore 
Orchestra  playing  at    n  Trovatore  Restaur- 
ant.      Intermission    by    Al    Sat  her,    Lou    Em- 

mei,    i  >,.|    i  'erry. 

Saturday.    Hay   15 

i  go    io    :::;{ii    M.    m.— Pajama     Party.       Eddie 

St,,tt,      Dick      Giblin,      Abby      Berline.      Sadie 

Woodslde, 


KLX— OAKLAND  TRIBUNE,    OAK- 
LAND—508.2 
Handily,   Mny  ft 
Silent. 

Monday,    May    10 

6:30    to    7:00    p.    m. — Athens    Athletic    club 
chest  i  a, 

7:00   to   7:80    p.   m. — -News   broadcast. 

8:00  to  9:00   p.   m. — Third    •Community   Nig 

Musicians     and     citizens     of     Napa,     Cal., 

sp<  eial    program. 

9:00    to    10:30   p.   m. — Weekly    meeting  of 
Protective  Order  of  Lake   Merrttl    Ducki 

Tuextlnj,    Mny    11 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

r :00   to  7:30  p.   m. —  News  broadcast. 

Sflenl    after  7:30  p.  m. 

Weilm-Mlny.    Mny    12 

3:00    p.    m. — Baseball. 

6:30    to    7:00    p.    m.— Athens    Athletic    club 

chestra. 
i:00    to    7:30    p.    m.— News   broadcast. 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Educational     program. 

'■'  00    to    10: i.   m. — Special   program. 

Thnrxday,   Mny  IS 

'■: m.-  -Baseball. 

7:00   to   7:30   p.  m. — News  broadcast 

Sibnl    after    7:80    p.    m. 
l-'lilny.    Hay     14 

3:00  p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast 


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May  8,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


n. — Studio    program    through 
i'    the    Western    Auto   Suppiy 


-Athens   Athletic  club 


8  00    to    9:45    p. 

the   courtesy 

company. 
9: 15   to    L0:30   i>.   m 

chesti  a. 
Snitii  day.    liny    IS 

3:0(1   p,   in.  —  Baseball. 

7:00  i"  7:30  p.   m. — News  broadcast. 

Silent    after   7:30   p.    m. 


KJBS— JULIUS    BRUNTON    &    SONS    CO., 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 220 
Sunday.   May  i> 

5:00  to  G:30  |).  m. — Studio  program  furnished 
through  the  courtesy  of  the  Westwood  Auto 
Electric  Company,  under  the  direction  of 
Frank   J.  Ryan. 

Monday,  May  in 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Seleetions. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  "Thomp- 
son's Alhambrans."  Intermission  numbers 
furnished  by  the  Canessa  Printing  Com- 
pany under  the  direction  of  Jack  I...  Gib- 
lions. 

9:00  to  lii:0ii  p.  m. — Dance  program  by  "John- 
son's Radio  Band."  Intermission  numbers 
by    Lou   10mm el   and   Del   Perry, 

Tuesday,   May  11 

9:00  to  10:4n  a.  m.— Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

Wednesday,  May  115 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m, — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m, — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  the 
"After  Dinner  Boys."  Jimmy  Raymond  and 
Harry  Hume,  assisted  by  Margie  Reynolds 
and  others. 

TlmiNday,  May   i:t 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Seleel  ions. 

2:oo  to  2:30  p.  m, — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

Vt  iday.    May    I  * 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  rn.  —  Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:oo  to  2: tin  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Select  Ions. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — studio  program  by  the 
"Villa  Morel  Artists."  under  the  direction 
of  Benny  Burman,  assisted  i>y  Peggy  Mc- 
Donald  and    Anita    Sullivan    Bell. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  Program  by  the 
"Favorite  Hour  Entertainers,"  Gladys  La 
Marr,    Al    Sat  her,    Dittmar    and    Behr,    and 

many    Others. 

10:00  to  11:30  p.  m. — Regular  weekly  meeting 
of   the   "Royal   Order   of   Smoked    Herring. 

Saturday.    Mny    IS 

9:00    to    i(i:li)   a.  m, — Vocal   and    Instrumental 

Selections. 

2:00    to    2:30    p.  m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Select  ions. 


-  Bible    led  ure    bj     Prof 


KTAB— ASSOCIATED  BROADCASTERS 
OAKLAND — 240 
Sunday,   Mny  u 
9:4G    to    10:46    a. 

E,   1 1,   Ltnsley. 
11:00  a.  m,  to   12:30  p.  m. — Church   servli 
7:46   to  !':  1  .ri  p.  m. — Church   service 
9:80    to    1 1  :oo   p.    in.  —  After-service   concert 
Monday,  May  io 
■.I  mi    to    9:30    a,    m.— Prayer    service    by    Rev. 

F3,   I..  Spauldlng, 
I  nu    to    6:00    p.    m. — Women's    Club    Nol 
S  ;00    I"    I  0:00    p,    ni.  —i  lot   ■ 
Tii«<Nda>.    >lay    1 1 
9:00    to    9:30    b     m,      Prayer    Service    bj     i:<  -\ 

<;,   W.   PhtlllpE 
5:00    to    9:00    p     m.  —  Bducatton     program    by 

Mills     Colli    -' 

\\  pdneMday,   Mas    '- 

B:00    to    B:80    :i     m      Prayer    Bervlce    bj     Res 

G,    w     Phillips 
Thnritday,   Maj    i:t 
9:00    to    9  30    b     m, — Prayer    service    b)     Rev. 

Q     W.    Phillips. 
8:00   to    in  nu   p,    m. — Studio  program 

lihlny.    May    14 

9:00    i  10  m.— Prayer    service    by    Res 

io.  I,.  Spauldlng 
s  00    to    10   p.  m. — Program   bj    Br<  urn 
Saturday,  May  IS 

3th  ni   all  day. 


KFI  — EARLE  C.  ANTHONY,  INC.. 

LOS  ANGELES — 467 

(Copyright     1936    by    Kail-     C.    Anthony.    Iium 
Snml:i> .    Maj     I 

-Morning    services,   direction   Los 
1     geles   <  'hurch    Federation. 
i  00   p  Hills 

ninitv    Church    Choir, 
m. — KP1    Nightly    Dol 
8:46     p     m — Music     Appreciation    Chat 
Rather    RlcardPs    Sun    spot     Weathei 


7:00  p.  m. — A.   H.  Grebe  &  Co.,   Inc.,  program. 

Grebe    Synchrophase    String"    Ensemble. 
7:30    p.    m. — Jim,    .lack    and   .lean    Trio,      (.logo 

Belanger,  soloist. 
8:00    p.    m. — Aeolian    Organ    Recital.       Dan    L, 

MacFarland  at  the  console. 
9:00   i.i.  m. — Kay  Gill  and   his  Mo vi eland   Syn- 

copaters. 

Loia    Gill    and    Mert    Denman    and    his    Uke 

as   soloists. 
10:00   p.   m. — The   Packard   Six    Orchestra,    un- 
der   the   Co -direct  inn    of   Bill    Hennessy   and 

Chet    Mittendorf. 
Monday,  May  10 
7:00    to    ,  :ii)   a.   m. — Energetics'    class.    Health 

Training  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs. 
7:30  to  7:45  a.  m. — Pep  Class,  Health  Training. 
8:00    to    8:15    a.    m. — Lazybones'    Class    Health 

Training. 
8:15  to  8:45  a.  m. — Cheerio — Daily  .Strength. 
10:45   a.   m. — Betty   Crocker   Gold  Medal   Flour 

Home  Service  Talk. 
11:05  a.  m.— rStandard  Nut  Margarine  Co.,  Mrs 

Claire  Charles. 


-Matinee   program, 
m. —  KFI    Nightly    Doings, 
m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide, 
m. — Vest    Pocket     Frog  ram. 
m. — KFI    Radiol orial    Period. 
in. — Owen  Fallon  and  hia  Californians 
Garnet    Kibler,    blues   singer, 
m.— Guzman   Trio.     Jean   Hay  den,    30 


:30   p. 

6:00   p. 

6:15   p. 

6:30    p. 

6:45    p. 

7:01)   p. 
w  i  1  h 

8:00   p. 
pram 

9:00  p.  m. — Walter  M,  Murphy  Motors  Co 
Virginia  Flohri,  soprano;  Thomas  Mancini, 
violinist ;  I  lei n rich  Tandler  String  Quartet; 
Ivan  Fdwa ids.  Nicholas  Ochi  Albi.  Broad- 
cast simultaneously  from  KFI,  Dos  An- 
geles,   and     K  PO,    San     Fr;i  nclSCO. 

10:00  p.  m. —  Program  by  Mel kle John   Bros. 

Tneaday*   Hay   1 1 

7:on  to  7 ; k.  a.  m. — -Energetics'  class,  Health 
Training  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs. 

7:30  to  r :46  a.  m. —  Pep  Class.  Health  Training. 

8:00    to    8:15   a.    m. — Lazybones'    Class    Health 

Training. 
8:16   i"  8:45   a.    m. — Cheerio — Dally  strength. 
5:30    p     m. — Program     arranged     by    Charles 

1  lea  uchamp, 
6:00   p.    m. — K  PI    Nightly    I  loings. 
6:16   p.   m. — kfi    Radio  Travel  Guide. 
8:30   p.   m. —  Werden   Weal    Retnert,  baritone. 
fi :  16    p.    m-  K  Fl    Radlotorfal    Period 
7:00   p.    in.— -lack    Relnhart's   Chinese    Garden 

i  >,  chesti  a. 
7 :30    p    in — Evelyn    Ford. 

8:00    p.     111. — Screen     Artists'     '.Mill  let 

p    111       p        ram  of  Spanish  Musi.       Olga 

Steffan  I,    Vngelu     Trio, 
10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Radio    Club,    featuring 

favorite    radio   stars 
u  film--,  1, ■  >.    Maj    1^ 
7:00    to    71:.    .1     m,— Energetics'    class,    Health 

Training  Exercise*  by  Hugh  Barrett   Dobbs, 

;    l :.  b     11  Health  Training. 

0  ;00    to   8:1  ■">   a     m  — 1..1  lass    Heali  b 

i      Inlng. 
s  1:.  t..  v  is  a,   m  -  Cheei  io     1  >al!y  Stn  n 
10:46  a.   m.-    Bettj    Crocker  Gold  Medal    Flour 
Home   Set  vice    Talk 
1  p    m.  -  -Cai  1  Miens  Hollywood  Rool 
■ 
R  on  p    m  — K  PI    Nightly    1  >olngs. 
,;  1;,   p    „,  _KP1    Radio  Travel   Guide 

1  [Q   ,.    m  -   Bi  my   Polo,   Bob  Gllbi 

,-,   |fi    p    ,„  —KFI    Radlotorlal    Period 

7:00  p    in  —  A     l!    Grebi    A   Co.,    Inc.   program 

Grebe    Synchrophase    String     Ensemble, 
■ 
S  "<>  p    111.  —  California    Petroleum   1 

..f    California       Virginia     Flohri.     soprano: 

Robert    Hind.    t< 

1.  i 

■ 
in :0n    p     m.— Popular    program, 
Thomday.   May   IS 
7 to    7:1 6   ;i     o 

Training   Ex  ere  Is  .  h   Barretl   i 

t  7:45  a    ni  -  -'■  Health  Tral 

8:00    to    8:15   a,    m— I.  'lane    Health 

Training. 

ngth. 
18:10    p     m. —  1  'hi  from 

harmonic  Auditorium 

lem     A.     Hart.     Ir  .    C      - 
5     in    p     111  — Matin-  •     • 

8:00  p    m.  —  KFI    Nightly    Do 

8:15    p     111  — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide 

m  — lulletta    Burnet 
nice    Brow  n,  con  1 1 

p     m — KFI    Radlotorl  .1    Perl 
am  by   L'nl 

x  mi   p    m   —4 

3oui  fomla 

Mush-  Company,  fron 

rratay.  SBas    1 1 

■ 
•oil   Exerci 

h  Training. 
a,    m. — I.  1 
nlng. 

a     ni. — Ch-  Strf-nirth. 

Mortal    Flour 
Hom<  Talk 


5:30     p.     m. 

Biscailuz. 
6:00  p. 
6:15  p. 
6:30  p. 
ii :  4  5  p. 
7:00  p. 
7:30    p. 

M  u  i  r. 
:00    p. 


-Program    arranged    by     Eugene 


m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 

m. — Carlyle   Stevenson's   Orchestra. 

in. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

m. — Carlyle   Stevenson's   Orchestra. 

m. —  Felipe    Delgado    and    Edna    Clark 


-Aeolian  Organ  Recital.  Dan  L. 
MacFarland  at   the  console. 

9:00    p.    tn. — Wm.    McDougall,    Scotch    singer. 

9:30  p.  m. — Program  by  Mutual  Motors.  Inc., 
featuring  musical  program  and  Joke  Con- 
test.    Jlmmie  Mack,  joke  editor. 

10:00  p.  m. — Packard  Ballad  Hour.  Emma 
Kinimel,  Pat  O'Neal,  Gray  Tremaine,  Ash- 
ley  Sisters,   Paul   Roberts.    Leslie   Adams. 

S11I111  llay*   May    l."i 

7  nu  to  7:15  a.  m. — Energetics'  class.  Health 
Training  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs. 

f:30  to  7:45  a.  m. — Pep  Class,  Health  Training. 
8:00    to    8:15    a.    m. — Lazy  bones'    Class    Health 

Training. 
S:15   to   8:45   a     m. — Cheerio — Daily  Strength. 
5:30    p.    m. — Shelley    Players'    Orchestra,    with 

Muria  Evarts,  Millie  Hart  and  Teate  Brady. 
6:00    p.    111. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
6:15   i>.   m. —  KFI    Radio  Travel  Guide. 
ii  ::;i>  p.   m.— Vest   Pocket  Program. 
6:45    p.    in. —  KFI    Radiotorial    Period, 
i  nu   p.   m. — ai    Wesson  and  his  Orchestra. 

8  mi    }..    in. — Grand    Opera    program.      Ysabel 

Bowen,     olga     Steffan  i,     Robert     Hurd.     Tom 
McLaughlin,   Angelus   Trio. 
;i  00  p.   m. — Program  by  Louise  Klos,  soprano 
and    harpist;    Evelyn    Pickrell. 

I  •! ; on    p.    m. — Packard    Radio   Club,    featuring 

prom inen I   radio   stars. 

II  nu    p.    ni— KFI     Midnight     Frolic. 


KFRC- 


-CITY   OF   PARIS  DRY  GOODS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 
Sunday,    Mny  0 

p,      in. "The      St;ie.e      ;i  ml      3d  ■  eri 

i.   30    to    i    80    p.    ni. — Concert    from    Drury    Lane. 
Hotel    Whltcomb,    by    Stanislas    linn's    l.illl. 

Symphony    Orchestra,    Bugenla    Bern     con- 
duct mu'. 
8:00   t"   10:00    p.   m.- — *  !oncerl    by   Bern's   Little 
Symphony    <  hrcnesl  1  a . 

.  ■    12:00    p.    m.— Dance    music   by    dlrecl 
1 1  ..ni   Balconades   Ballroom  by   Walter 
K  ran  ski  ills    Balconades   Orchesl  ra,      Inter- 
ni  1  ssi. 'ii   by   thf    "Dining   Room   Boys,"   Jim- 
my   Raymond    and    .lack    Reld,    assisted    by 
.  ie    Reynolds,   pianist. 
Monday,    >iny    10 
10  nu   to  11    'i'1  a,    in  —Household  hints  by   Mary 

Lewis    Haines,    domestic    science    editor    "f 

the    Sail     I  1  all. 

to  11:16  a    ni — -Fashion  hint."  by  "Sally." 
1    8:16    p    '"■ — -x-     '**     Merrell    and    his 

Stamp    ''l"b. 

♦;  16   p.   m.— 'Tin-  stak'e   and   Screen." 

6:16    i"    8:46    p     m — Jo    Mendel    and    bis    Pep 

Band    from    Lido 

10    p.   m. — Good  fellows   Ad   Period. 
si...    1.,    :t  1 .-,    p,    in. — Around    the    Camp -Fire 

with  .Ma--.   "Arkansas  Charlie,"  and   weekly 

det<  DJ     A     .1      Kane    .,f    (lie    Kane 

I  tel  ■ 

iii-i 'urrent    events    talk    by 
John   D.  B  n  ■!    and  special    writer 

ror   the     rail." 

K  FRC  Hawaii 

I  11. -.In*.    Mny    11 

m  — Inspirational    talk    by 
Mary    [Catherine   Ifaule. 
Ifa<    am 

■  -    by    Fred 
McKlnley   "f   Blgln'a  <'afe  and  Good  fellows 

Vd    P« 

Studio     pmcram     by     the 
S     ]■•     A,l    I  lul'. 

B0    p.     m  — Dance     music     by     dir*-.'t 

from    th- 
Waiter     Krausgrlll'e  Wm 

nd 
^r!n.Mini.   Hay    1- 

iQ  a    m — Household  hints  bi 
i,.  v  tor    "f 

\  •!    Period, 

.,     m.— The  sta*c»-   and 

phony      <~t 
contralto.    Nan    I 

-nan's 
-ipment   As- 

proieram     1 

Ballroom      by 
ra.         Paula 


!•. 

K 

P 

lhi.r«<l»v  Mmj   15 
v    m.— 


Mac  an*1   b\*  Oanc 


14 


SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  8,  1926 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

6:30   p.   m. — '"The   Stage  and   Screen. 

6;30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Harry  Rose  and  Bill  Mor- 
ris in  "Thirty  Minutes  before  the  Mike." 

7:00  to  7:30  p.    m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

8:00  tn  8:15  p.  m. — Travelogue  on  Hawaii  by 
George   Winter  .Sanborn. 

S:15  to  8:30  p.  m. — Spurt  talk  bv  Pat  Frayne, 
Sports    Editor    of    "The    Call." 

8:30  to  10:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct 
wire    from    the     Balconades      Ballroom      by 

Walter    Krau shrill's    Balconades   Orchestra. 

Friday.  May  1-4 

12:00  noon  to  12:20  p.  m. — Inspirational  talk 
by  Mary  Katherine  Maule. 

4:4n   to   5:3n    p.    m. — Goodfellows   Ad    Period. 

5:30    to  6:30  i>.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

i'<  :30    p.    m. —   The    Stage    ami    Screen." 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Cmicert  by  Stanislas  Bem  S 
Little  Symphony  Orchesira,  Caroline  A. 
Mangels,  soprano  soloist.  Helen  Evans 
Beal,    pianist. 

vun  to  :>■<«>  p.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little 
Symphony  Orchestra.  Theresa  Healy.  so- 
prano   soloist. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Lore- 
lei yuartet.  Flora  Howell  Brunei-,  soprano: 
Blanche  Hamilton  Fox,  contralto;  Gwynfl 
Jones,  tenor  and  .lames  Isherwood,  bari- 
tone. 

10:00  to  11 :00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  direct 
wire  from  Balconades  Hal  I  room  by  Walter 
Krausgrill's  Orchestra  and  Wm.  Back- 
stedt'S    Old    Time    Band. 

Saturday,   May    IS 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Tea  Hour  concert  by  Stan- 
islas Bern's  Little  Symphony  Orchestra, 
playing:  in  the  roof  garden  of  the  Hotel 
Whitcomb. 

5:30    to   6:30   p.    m. — Mac   and   his  Gang. 

6:30    p.    m.— "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

6:30  to   7:30   p.   m.—  Uance  music  from    Drury 
Lane,    Hotel    Whitcomb  by   Wilt   Gunzendoi- 
fer's    Hotel    Whitcomb    Radio    Band. 
Goodfellows    Ad    Period     during     intermis- 
sions. 

8:00  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music  by  Wilt  Gnn- 
zendorfer's  Band.  Intermission  solos  during 
the  evening  by  members  of  the  Orchestra, 
and  from  10  to  12  p.  m. — Lou  Emmel.  ltari- 
tone  and   Del    Perry,   pianist. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 

into  vaudeville.  She  uses  all  special 
numbers  prepared  for  her  by  Blanche 
Merrill. 

The  picture  for  the  week  is  "With 
this  Rin^."  a  story  of  modern  marriage, 
set  amid  the  beautiful  South  Sea  Is- 
lands. Alyce  Mills.  Lou  Tellegen.  For- 
rest Stanley  and  Donald  Keith  are 
stars.  The  Four  Flying  Valentinos,  ;i 
quartette  of  sensational  aerial  perform- 
ers are  called  casters  of  human  beings. 
The  "Act  Beautiful"  is  a  posing  turn 
in  which  "Lillie."  a  beautiful  white 
Arabian  mare  and  a  group  of  English 
Setter  dugs  offer  replicas  of  various 
statuary. 

*     *     * 

Loew's  Warfield 

Gradually  the  great  plays  of  the 
stage  reach  the  screen,  one  of  the  latest 
being  Rida  Johnson  Young's  dramatic 
success  of  a  decade  ago.  "Brown  of 
Harvard."  which  is  to  be  the  attraction 
at  the  Warfield  theater.  Taylor  and 
Market  streets,  for  one  week,  starting 
on  Saturday.  May  8. 

Here  is  a  story  of  the  young  and  for 
the  young — the  romance,  the  strife  of 
the  college  campus.  The  thrills  of  col- 
lege sports — football,  baseball,  run- 
ning, boat  racing.  The  romance  of  the 
college  youth — the  humor  and  the  spirit 
of  the  college  activities  and  pranks. 
From  all  reports.  "Brown  of  Harvard" 
will  excel  both  "Classmates"  and  "The 
Midshipman." 


The  stars  are  William  Haines,  Marv 
Brian,  Jack  Pickford,  Francis  X.  Bush- 
man, Jr..  Mary  Alden,  David  Torrence 
and  a  score  of  other  well-known  names. 
Jack  Conway  is  responsible  for  the  di- 
rection. There  will  be  other  shorter 
film  subjects. 

( )n  the  stage  Fanchon  and  Marco  will 
present  their  "Dresden  Ideas."  A 
beautiful  and  colorful  stage  spectacle 
with  a  remarkable  singing  cast  headed 
by  dishing  and  Mutton  and  with  Mar- 
guerite and  Le  Claire  as  the  premiere 
dancers.  The  Sunkist  Beauties  will 
also  appear  and  Walt  Roesner  and  his 
Super-Soloists  will  be  heard  in  a  popu- 
lar concert  of  both  the  classical  and  the 
modern   selections. 

*  *     * 
Cameo 

"The  Still  Alarm"  is  this  week's 
screen  feature  at  the  Cameo  theater, 
that  popular  motion  picture  theater  on 
Market  street  on  the  famous  film  row. 
William  Russell  and  llelene  Chad  u  it  k 
are  the  stars  in  this  trilling  photoplay, 
with  a  romance  which  thrills  the  heart. 

Billowing  smoke  and  jutting  flames 
and  a  race  for  life  with  the  old  fire 
truck,  are  exciting  episodes  of  the  pic- 
ture. An  heroic  fire  captain  and  his 
deadly  enemy  wrestle  for  life  and  then 
— the  climax  which  makes  this  picture 
tremendously  gripping  and  emotional. 

The  plot  revolves  around  a  deserted 
husband  and  a  faithless  wife.  A  dazz- 
ling fashion  show  displaying  the  latest 
Parisian  gowns  is  a  fascinating  scene 
in  this  melodramatic  photoplay. 

*  *     * 
Pantages 

Manager  Rodney  Pantages  is  pre- 
paring a  program  of  many  features  for 
the  Pantages  Theater,  beginning  Satur- 
day. There  will  be  the  first  picture 
made  by  Mrs.  Rudolph  Valentino  (Na- 
tacha  Rambova),  called  "When  Love 
Grows  Cold."  in  which  the  handsome 
N'atacha  has  important  assistance  from 
Clive   Brook. 

A  second  feature  will  be  Brick  Morse'. 
California  Collegians,  the  former  Uni- 
versity of  California  Glee  Club.  There 
are  twenty  men  in  the  club  and  each 
of  them  a  fine  singer  or  performer  on 
some  instrument  in  the  jazz  orchestra. 

Joe  Roberts  and  bis  merry,  mad. 
musical  gang  in  a  program  of  the  latest 
popular  music,  with  Joe  playing  two  or 
three   different    instruments. 

*  *      * 
Casino 

Ackerman  &  Harris  have  taken  the 
Casino  Theater,  Ellis  and  Mason 
streets,  as  a  motion  picture  theater, 
their  policy  being  to  present  the  finest 
second-run  pictures  at  a  very  small  ad- 
mission price.  Two  feature  films  and 
short  subjects  will  make  up  the  bills, 
which  will  be  changed  on  Tuesday. 
Thursday,   Saturday   and   Sundav. 

Saturday  the  bill  will  be   Hoot   Gib- 


son in  "The  Calgary  Stampede"  and 
ZaSu  Pitts  and  Lilyan  Tashman  in 
"Prettv  Ladies." 


It  has  been  estimated  that  a  man  in 
Paris  who  dancel  for  126  hours  on  end 
used  sufficient  energy  to  have  typewritten 
a  novel.  It  must  be  admitted,  however, 
that  by  dancing  he  didn't  tire  anybody 
but  himself. — Humorist. 


FIRE   AND  MARINE 

SYNOPSIS     OF    THE    ANNUAL     STATEMENT 

OF   THE 

Liberty  Bell  Insurance  Co. 

Of  Philadelphia,  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
on  the  31st  day  of  Oecember,  1925,  made  to 
the  Insurance  Commissioner  of  the  State  of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 
Ilea  I    estate  - $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 291,800.00 

Bonds   and    stocks 617,845.38 

Cash   in  olllce  and  banks 31,531.12 

Agents'   balances  114,102.59 

[Jills  receivable  taken  for  risks 

Other  ledger   assets 

Total  ledger  assets SI, 055. 279  09 

NON-LEDGER: 

Total     interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued    12,428.18 

Markel    valuer    of    securities   over 

book    value  14.12 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross    assets    $1,067,721.39 

I  ••duct  assets  not  admitted 

Total    admitted   assets $1,067,721.39 

LIABILITIES 
Net    amount   of   unpaid    losses  and 

claims    $    100,179.73 

Unearned  premiums  450,172.22 

All    other    liabilities 15,000.00 

Total    If  abilities    (except    capital 

and  surplus  $  565,351.95 

(';ipital 250,000.00 

Surplus    252,369.44 

Tola]  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $1,067,721.39 

HENRY  M.  BROWN, 

President. 
CH  VRLES  S.  CONKL.IN, 

Secretary. 
H.  SI.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 
Pacific  Coast  General    \  Knits. 
-10  Battery  Street,  San  Francisco 


SI  NOPSIS    OF    THE    AWIAL    STATEMENT 
OF  THE 

Palatine  Insurance  Co.,  Ltd. 

of  London,  England,  on  the  31st  day  of  De- 
cember,  1925,  made  to  the  Insurance  Commis- 
sioner of  the  State  of  California,  pursuant  to 
law. 

ASSETS 

Bonds   and   stocks $3,839,624.87 

Casta   in  office  and  banks 421,063.31 

Agents'   balances  570.070.08 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks 4,433.88 

Other   ledger   assets 16,507.76 

Total  ledger  assets $4,851,699.90 

NON-LEDGER: 

Tota  1    interest    and    rents    due    or 

accrued    53,426.00 

Market    value    of    securities    over 

book  value  230,663.13 

Gross   assets _ $5,135,789.03 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 27,304.77 

Total  admitted   assets $5,10S,4S4.2fi 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims    3  84,518.00 

Unearned  premiums  3,081,3 "►  Ml 

All    other    liabilities 99,140.00 

Total   liabilities    (except  capital 

and  surplus)    $3,565,012.11 

Surplus   1,543,472,15 

Total  capital,  surplus  and  other 

liabilities    $5,108,484.26 

(Signed)    WHITNEY  PALACHE, 

V.  S.  Manager. 


May  8,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


SUMMER  RESORTS 


This  is  a  book  by  James  J.  Davis,  Secretary  of  Labor,  and 
of  course,  an  authority  on  immigration.  It  is  a  sound  defense 
of  a  restrictive  policy  and  the  idea  of  a  selective  system  per- 
vades the  book.  It  is  about  as  good  a  statement  as  could  be  ex- 
pected and  though  it  does  not  add  in  any  degree  to  the  amount  of 
knowledge  which  we  have  on  the  subject,  the  matter  is  so  well 
arranged  as  to  be  a  very  useful  handbook  to  the  politician,  the 
labor  leader  and  the  citizens  generally. 

There  are  few  books  as  well  fitted  as  this  to  deal  in  a  prac- 
tical way  with  the  immigration  question.  The  writer  deals 
with  the  subject  from  the  standpoint  of  a  patriotic  statesman 
who  is  desirous  of  getting  for  this  country  as  fine  a  represents 
tive  stock  as  possible  and  of  building  a  community  of  more 
than  average  strength  and  integrity. 

Scott  Mitchell  Publishing  Co.,  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  Price 
$1.90. 

*    *    * 

In  the  "Love  of  Mademoiselle,"  George  Gibbs  departs 
from  the  field  of  contemporary  problems  usually  treated  by 
him,  selecting,  instead,  turbulem  France  during  the  reign 
of  Charles  IX  and  of  Catherine  de  Medici  as  the  scene  of 
action. 

With  the  novel  centering  around  an  English  Gallant,  a 
French-Huguenot  belle,  and  a  crafty  Spaniard,  we  have  a 
colorful  story  of  the  world  situation  of  the  time,  each  char- 
acter representing  his  country  in  the  struggle  for  European 
supremacy. 

"The  Love  of  Mademoiselle"  by  George  Gibbs.  D.  Apple- 
ton  and  Co.,  New  York.    $2.00. 


Again  we  have  a  perpetual  calendar  thi>  time  the  newh 
revised  edition  of  "The  Perfect  I  alendar,"  by  Henry  Fitch 

This  calendar  has  been  so  simplified  that  we  can  find 
any  date  in  the  Christian  Era  on  one  of  the  sixteen  calen- 
dars. All  movable  and  mechanical  devices  have  been  done 
away  with,  thus  greatly  limiting  the  chance  for  error. 

Very  useful,  indeed,  arc  these  to  the  banker,  the  lawyer, 
the  physician,  the  business  man,  and   the  student. 

"The  Perfect  Calendar."  by  Henry  Pitch  Funk  &  Wag 
nails  Co.,  New  York,    $1.50. 


Of  particular  appeal  to  music  lovers  is  "The  Mad-Song" 
by  Mable  \\  agnails.  Briefly  and  clearly  written,  and  ac- 
companied, as  it  is,  by  a  preface  of  more  than  ordinary  inter 
est,  this  unusually  vivid  portrayal  of  the  power  of  music 
and  of  its  ability  to  bring  happiness  or  tragedy  into  the 
lives  of  musii  ians  alike,  should  find  a  welcome  place  on  your 

book  shelf. 

"The   Mad-Song"  by   Mable   Wagnalls.     Funk   \   Wag- 
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It  is  well  said  that  "The  Industrial  Association  of  San 
Francisco   is  a   general   association   of  citizens   with   ' 
to  grind." 


I'be  persistence  of  horse-racing  is  evidenced  b>    tti 
port  of  the  Southern  Pacific  on  reservations  made  for  the 
transportation  of  race-horses  to  Juarez  for  the  races  held 

recently.      Stabling   for  more    than    -i\    hundred    horses    was 
erected  for  the  occa  ■ 


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16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  8,  1926 


TH  !•'.  increasing  development  of  commerce  between 
California  and  Canada  has  led  to  the  Southern  Pacific 
appointing  a  new  official  in  Vancouver,  B.  C.  This  is  the 
first  Southern  Pacific  office  to  be  established  in  Canada. 

*  *     * 

Xine  companies  are  directly  involved  in  the  estimated 

25',  loss  on  the  $4,000,000  crude  naphtha  schedule,  cover- 
ing tank  contents  which  burned  in  the  Union  Oil  conflagra- 
tions  a   few    weeks   ago.   according   to   the   "Underwriters 

Report." 

1  *     *     * 

Robert   V.   Fulton   has  been   made  special  agent     ot   the 

Hartford  Fire  in  the  Northern  California  and  Nevada  terri- 
tory. He  will  make  his  headquarters  in  San  Francisco  and 
is  a  highly  developed   specialist   in   the  line   which   he   has 

chosen. 

*  *     * 

— There  is  a  campaign  on  foot  for  an  improvement  in  the 
grade  of  insurance  agents.  President  Francis  1..  McDowell 
of  the  California  Association  of  Insurance  Agents  says: 
"The  insurance  business  is  a  profession  and  not  a  business 
for  the  bootblack  or  bootlegger,  although  some  company 
managers  will  appoint  anyone  who  will  take  in  their  sup- 
plies and  secure  several  risks  a  year." 

*  *     * 

— There  is  to  be  an  inspection  of  the  Alaska  canneries,  to 
be  undertaken  by  the  General  Board.  This  inspection  i- 
periodical  and  includes  surveys  of  the  numerous  small  towns 
connected  with  the  packing  industry. 

*  *     * 

— An  increase  in  disability  rates  i>  likely  among  Pacific 
Coast  life  companies  as  a  result  of  the  conference  of  actu- 
aries and  medical  directors  of  the  Western  companies  held 

at  San  Francisco  last  week. 

*  *     * 

—There  was  a  loss  of  more  than  SJ.i  H  K  MlOO.OOO  last  sear. 
as  there  has  been  in  preceding  years,  due  to  inadequate  traf- 
fic facilities  and  lack  of  proper  traffic  control.  This  is  the 
result  of  the  report  in  Washington  of  the  Committee  of 
National  Conference  on  street  and  highway  safety.' 

*  *     * 

—  In  connection  with  the  foregoing,  a  Philadelphia  taxi 
cab  company  showed  that  its  cabs  lost  an  average  of  $2.50 
each,  per  day.  because  of  traffic  congestion.  This  loss  rep- 
resented 9.5'  J  of  the  working  time,  for  a  fleet  of  836  cabs. 
<  )n  this  basis,  there  is  a  loss  of  a  million  dollars  a  day  in 
New  York  alone. 

*  *     * 

— The  Standard  (  hi  did  the  largest  business  in  its  history, 
last  year.  The  net  profits  for  the  year  were  $30,953,485,  a 
profit  of  $3.25  a  share,  as  compared  with  $2.83  a  share  earned 
in  1924. 

*  *     * 

— Highway  construction  in  the  whole  country  this  year 
will  reach  the  peak  and  will  place  this  country  relatively 
ahead  in  the  construction  of  good  roads.  According  to  tin- 
estimates  of  the  Bureau  of  Public  Roads  of  the  Unite-! 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  there  will  be  expended 
on  that  effort  alone,  this  year.  $1,030,286,948. 

*  *      * 

— There  is  a  certain  quietness  in  the  bond  market  at  pres- 
ent, due.  more  than  anything  else,  to  the  use  of  funds  in 
spring  business,  the  demands  of  agriculture  being  more 
marked  than  those  in  anv  other  direction. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY   I0TH.   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  nnd  21st  Streets 

PARK-1'RESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

IIAICHT  STREET  BKANCH Haight  and  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ON£-QUARTER  (4k0  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


Henry  J.  Maritzen 


H.C.Gray 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO.  CANADA 

I'n l.l   I  |>  cniii ml  $20,000,000  f2O.000.0OO  Itenerve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
"STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought.  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON.  ENG.;  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,    ORE.;     SEATTLE,    WASH.;     MEXICO    CITY.    MEXICO. 

San  FranciNco  Office:  450  California  Street 
lllll  i  K   UEATHCOTE  W.  J.  COVLTHARD 

Mnnnerer  Arnii.  Manager 


Compensation,    General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity   and   Surety,   Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE  &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douglas  2244 


C.  W.  Carpenter 


Maritzen  -  Gray  -  Carpenter 

GENERAL  AGENTS 
EUREKA  CASUALTY  COMPANY 

OFCALIFORNIA 

114  SANSOME   STREET,  SAN    FRANCISCO 
Phones  Garfield  5155-5156 

Complete   Automobile   Coverage — Accident,    Health 
and  Hospital  Indemnity 


May  8,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

Japan,  Land  of  the  Rising  Sun 

Japan,  .Marco  Polo's  land  of  gold,  was  the  country  Christo- 
pher Columbus  hoped  to  reach  first  when  he  started  out  on 
his  new  route  to  the  Kast  and  discovered  America.  It  is  no', 
the  land  of  gold  the  early  Italian  traveler  described  it  to  be. 
but  there  is  no  country  in  the  world  which  lias  a  greater  wealth 
of  natural  beauty.  It  is  a  land  of  mountains  and  valleys,  of 
forests  and  flowers.  It  is  endearingly  called  the  Land  of  the 
Rising  Sun  by  the  children  of  Japan,  and  the  emblem  of  the 
empire's  national  banner  is  a  sunburst. 

The  Sacred  Island  of  Miyajima  will  forever  Hit  across  the 
magic  screen  of  our  imagination  as  a  wonderful  fancy,  and 
always  will  we  long  to  wander  once  more  among  its  mossV 
stone  lanterns,  to  sit  in  the  shade  of  its  scented  pines  and  wa'ch 
the  passing  junks,  to  hear  the  croaking  of  its  old  crows  and 
see  the  lazily  soaring  hawks,  to  roam  among  its  maple  woods 
and  listen  to  the  murmur  of  its  hundred  waterfalls,  to  glide 
at  night  over  its  moonlit  sea  and  hear  the  chants  of  the  boat- 
men— and  to  drink  to  the  full  of  every  other  pleasure  that 
fair  Miyajima  has  to  give. 

Here  is  the  unsurpassed  panorama  of  Japanese  scenery 
which  has  enslaved  the  countless  generations  of  artists — gro- 
tesque broken- islands  fringe!  with  pine  and  ravined  moun- 
tains dipping  down  into  the  calm  blue  waters  dotted  with 
sampans  and  floating  junks.  It  seems  that  we  are  passing 
through  a  miniature  ocean  with  its  islands  ami  old-world  vil- 
lages constantly  appearing  and  disappearing  in  the  rising  shift- 
ing mist.  No  wonder  the  Japanese  believe  in  spirits  —  for  here 
is  spiritland. 

Like  phantom  ships  upon  a  phantom  ocean  these  eerie  islail  Is 
hob  up  out  of  the  sea — some  no  longer  than  the  steamer,  mere 
pinnacles  of  granite,  but  always  with  a  feu  whimsical  pints 
sticking  to  some  crevice  in  which  they  have  forced  their  starv- 
ing roots.  (  fthers  are  lovely  symphonies  of  color — great  pyra 
niids  of  green  rising  a  thousand  feet  or  more  above  the  vil- 
lages on  their  shores,  and  terraced  with  rice  and  barley  patches 
to  their  utmost  height.  Every  tiny  village  and  hamlet  has  its 
temple,  sometimes  perched  upon  a  knoll,  but  more  often  peep- 
ing from  some  clump  of  pines  far  up  the  mountain-side,  where 
the  patron  deity  might  feast  his  eyes  forever  on  some  glorious 
view. 

As  the  ship  comes  near  Yokahama.  the  firs!  sight  that  mee  - 
the  eye  on  a  clear  da\  is  the  great  white  cone  of  Fujiyama, 
the  extinct  volcano  and  famous  sacred  mountain  of  Japan.  Ii 
is  the  highest  peak  m  ihe  empire,  its  snow)  top  rising  more 
than  two  miles  above  the  sea.  It  is  an  imposing  sight  and  one 
long  to  be  remembere  1. 

The  way  to  explore  the  cil\  is  in  jinrikisha.s.  Like  all  sea 
port  towns  it  presents  an  odd  mixture  of  native  and  foreign 
charaC eristics.  The  old  Japan  and  the  new  jostle  each  other 
here.  Japanese  lanterns  glow  beside  electric  lights.  Bare 
leys  and  stovepipe  hats  go  together.  Straw  sandals  are  seen 
beside  patent   leather  shi  cs. 

Tokyo,  the  capital  of  Japan,  covers  about  100  square  miles. 

and  with  the  exception  of   Xikko.  con'ains  the  loveliest  temples 
in   [apan.      There  are  tens  of  thousands  "i  one-  and  two-ston 

houses,  n  <^n-  I  with  black  tiles,  and  built  on  the  e  Ige  of  streets 

that  have  n^  sidewalks. 

Kamakura.  once  the  populous  capital  of  eas  em  Japan.  i~ 
now  a  quiet  seaside  village.     The  Daibutsu.  or  Great  Buddha, 

is  approached  through  an  avenue  of  trees.  This  massive  statue 
stands  alone  among  Japanese  works  of  art.  It  was  east  in 
I.'?.'  and  is  about  fifty  feet  high,  forty  fee  broad,  with  eves  of 
pure  gold  measuring  three  feet,  an  1  a  mouth  seven  feet  wide. 
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(Continued   from    Page   9) 

At  the  Hotel  St.  Francis 

One  of  the  most  attractive  teas  of  the  week  was  given  a 
the  Hotel  St.  Francis  on  Saturday,  May  1st,  by  Mrs.  M.  E. 
Glavin  of  Oakland  in  honor  of  Mrs.  llarry  Johnson,  a  re- 
cent bride.  Spring  flowers  were  used  as  decorations  and  those 
sharing  Mrs.  Glavin's  hospitality  were:  .Mrs.  llarry  Johnson, 
Mrs.  Selma  McConnell  of  Cordova,  Alaska.  Misses  Gladys 
fohnson,  Muriel  Morogan,  Madeline  Glavin,   Dante  Robbins. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Verna  Friedman,  bride  elect  of  Mr.  Eugene  Zander 
was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  tea  given  at  the  Motel  St.  Fran- 
cis on  Saturday,  May  1st.  by  Miss  Ruth  Zander.  The  table 
decorations  were  American  Beauty  shade  rose  corsages  clus- 
tered on  the  table,  and  exquisitely  hand  colored  place  cards. 
Many  of  the  younger  set  from  both  sides  of  the  hay  were  asked 

to  meet  Miss  Friedman. 

*  *     * 

At  a  prettily  appointed  tea  in  the  Garden  Room  of  the  Hotel 
St.  Francis  on  Friday,  April  30th,  Miss  Elyse  Ellston  enter- 
tained in  honor  of  Miss  Edna  May  Funston  who  will  he  one 
of  the  brides  of  the  summer — the  guests  include  1  :  Misses 
Eleanor  Boardman,  Marjorie  Funston,  Josephine  Enders,  Har- 
riet Ellston,  Alice  Burton,  Helen  Rand.  Joan  Baker  Sherman. 


Out — Why  do  you  keep  going  out  with  Loisr 
Cast — For  the  simple  reason  that  I  like  to. 
"Like  to  what?" 

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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
Nntlonal  Automobile  Club 

OVER  at  Paul  Elder's  you'll  find 
that  Izaak  Walton  is  a  favorite  at 
this  season  of  the  year.  Books  of  the 
great  out-of-doors,  guide-books,  nature 
hooks,  hooks  of  insects  and  flowers, 
hooks  by  John  Muir  and  John  Bur- 
roughs, poems  by  Walt  Whitman  and 
anthologies  like  the  "Gypsy  Trail" 
these  are  the  best  sellers  at  this  season 
of  the  year. 

There's  a  reason.  No  mater  how  old 
you  may  be,  no  matter  how  blase  with 
the  humdrum  existence  of  city  life,  you 
can't  resist  that  springtime  longing  to 
be  out  with  the  motor  car  to  the  haunts 
of  the  world-weary,  out  along  the  trout- 
laden  streams  in  the  dusky  canyons,  in 
daily  communion  with  Nature  and  with 
Nature's  (  lock 

Fishing  haunts  are  c\  anescent  things. 
(  Ine  season  you  ma)  come  upon  an  un- 
frequented pool  where  the  limit  String 
is  a  mere  matter  of  minutes  and  your 
second  visit  may  find  it  deserted,  fished 
out  by  an  arm)  of  anglers,  lured  thith- 
erward b)  improved  roads  and  a  break- 
ing down  of  the  barriers  to  traffic  from 
the  cities. 

Still,  in  California,  the  motor  car 
owner  possesses  a  means  of  transporta- 
tion to  the  few  places  left  for  the  full 
enjoyment  of  Waltonian  regimen.  The 
northwest  c<  asi  streams  are  -nil  stocke  ' 
with  fish,  particularly  those  where  the 
grades  are  more  difficult  ami  the  roads 
not  too  attractive.  Along  the  Mad.  the 
Klamath,  the  Van  Duzen  and  the  South 
Fork  of  the  Trinity,  you  may  always 
find  a  place  where  the  rish  will  leap  to 
the  rlv  or  swallow  a  liberal  allotment 
of  Tyee, 

Susanville,  in  the  northeastern  cor- 
ner of  tin-  state  is  a  good  huh  for  the 
summer  angler  from  which  he  may  go 


to  seek  new  streams,  where  the  sport  is 
productive  of  sufficient  results  to  be 
satisfying.  In  the  Owens  River  country 
of  the  southern  Sierra,  too,  the  angler 
may  find  plenty  of  uncharted  locations 
to  try  his  skill. 

The  new  plan  of  the  Fish  and  Game 
Commission  to  plant  trout  fry  after 
they  have  been  raised  to  sufficient  size 
to  be  able  to  take  care  of  themselves, 
will  result  in  better  sport  throughout 
the  state.  The  coast  streams  have  been 
disappointing  during  the  last  few  seas- 
ons, owing  to  the  fact  that  the  fry 
which  have  been  planted  have  been  of 
such  small  size  that  few  attained  their 
majority,  or  rather  the  majority  simp- 
ly provided  fodder  for  the  hungry  maws 
of  the  larger  denizens  of  the  streams. 

The  Sierra  streams  are  usually  not 
accessible  before  midsummer  and  the 
water  is  usually  too  cold  for  good  re- 
sults, until  the  late  month-,  of  warmth. 
Seasons  are  late  in  the  high  Sierra, 
too,  and  summer  months  in  the  coast 
counties  are  spring  months  in  the 
mountain   districts. 

There  is  no  sport  in  the  whole  calen- 
dar that  contributes  more  to  the  health 
and  pleasure  of  the  participant  than 
angling,  and  the  best  of  preparation  for 
that  motor  expedition  in  search  of  the 
lairs  of  the  trout  is  a  chapter  or  two  ol 
good  old  lzaak  Walton's  "Angler."  Try 
it  and  see. 


Limp  In. 

That's  what   happen-  when  your  mo- 
tor   lias    accumulated    carbon,    and    the 
\  alves  won't  seat  properly. 
Leap  Out. 

After  2(1  minute-  work  with  a  blow 
torch,  the  carbon  i-  removed  by  oxy- 
gen at  a  ven  nominal  cost.  This  work 
is  a  specialty  of  tin  Diamond  Welding 
Company,  at  234  Van  Ness  We.,  near 
Have-. 


Physical  Culturist  Comes  Back  from 
Hollywood 

Prof.  Al  Lean  is  Lack  m  San  Fran- 
cisco  again,  after  fifteen  years  spent  in 
conditioning  some  of  the  leading  movie 
star-  of  Hollywood.  "Al."  a-  he  t-  re- 
membered around  the  <  llympic  Club. 
an  1  the  campus  of  both  Universities, 
some  years  hack  was  a  wonderful  train- 
er. He  looks  just  the  same  a-  he  did 
in  those  day-,  and  i-  full  of  his  old- 
time  pep  and  enefg) 

"Al"  believes  in  the  efficacy  of  fresh 
air  and  sunshine,  and  is  now  located 
at  15.'4  49th  Ave.  (Great  Highway): 
phone  Sunset  387,  where  he  has  opened 
up  studios  and  will  he  pleased  to  meet 
his  old  friends,  especially  those  who 
need  physical  culture,  special  treat- 
ments or  ma-sage.  The;  hotel 
accommodations  if  desired,  ami  "Al" 
ser\  es  hygienic  cooking  to  tl 
condition  need-  it. 


ffOtn  galvanized  iron  sheds  to  monu- 
ments of  concrete  and  steel  in  power  house 
construction  —  from  generators  of  a  com- 
paratively few  horsepower  capacity  to  those 

of  thousands  of  horsepower  capacity 

greater  efficiencies  with  constantly  reducing 
cost  to  you  for  energy,  has  been  the  achieve- 
ment of  California  Power  Companies. 
These  companies  are  ever  on  the  alert,  seek- 
ing thru  study  and  research,  to  perfect  those 
improvements  that  will  make  available  for 
you,  more  power — always  at  the  lowest  cost 
consistent  with  class  of  service  rendered. 

Si  HCe  1913  Average 

/-  l  r>  •  Per  Capila 

Cost  of  Government  increased    -     -     -     -     180% 

Cost  of  Living  increased <,5', 

Cost  of  Electricity  decreased-     -     -     -     -         %% 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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•S^UCerS* 


THE  State  Medical  Association's  golf  tournament,  which 
was  run  in  conjunction  with  the  Fifty-fifth  State  Medi- 
cal Annual  Convention,  brought  out  an  immense  gathering  of 
medicos  from  all  over  the  Slate.  The  program,  arranged  by 
Dr.  Eldridge  Best,  Dr.  James  Eaves.  Dr.  Roderick  O'Conner 
and  Clarence  De  l'uv,  was  second  only  to  the  National  Medi- 
cal Convention  in  1923,  which  was  held  at  the  San  Francisco 
Golf  and  Country  Club.  The  State  Medical  men  held  a  two 
days'  carnival. 

The  first  18  holes  of  the  tournament  were  held  at  the 
Sequoyah  Country  Club.— Dr.  Roderick  O'Conner,  Dr.  Clar- 
ence De  l'uv  and  Dr.  Eugene  Barbera  acting  as  hosts  to  forty 
of  their  medical  friends.  Dr.  Roderick  O'Conner.  of  the  host 
club,  was  the  chief  offender  of  the  day.  as  the  doctor  won  both 
medal  and  net.  but  as  it  is  not  customary  to  win  both,  he  chose 
to  take  the  low  gross  cup.  Dr.  O'Conner  had  a  card  of  83-10-73, 
but  he  played  in  the  hardest  kind  of  luck  when  the  medicos 
visited  the  Claremont  Country  Club,  as  he  was  nosed  out  by  one 
stroke  both  in  the  medal  and  net  events. 

Dr.  James  Eaves,  who  was  the  founder  of  the  A.  M.  A.  in 
1915  during  the  P.  P.  I.  E..  and  the  first  champion  in  the  Ex- 
position year,  fell  one  stroke  short  of  Dr.  O'Conner's  score. 
Dr.  Pete' Owens,  of  the  Navy,  and  one  of  the  greatest  little 
golfers  Uncle  Sam  lias,  was  the  low  net  winner.  Dr.  <  Iwens 
took  a  keen  delight  in  beating  his  rival.  Major  Winn,  by  several 
strokes. 

Dr.  C.  H.  Weaver,  from  Los  Angeles,  took  the  honors  in  the 
B  class,  and  came  within  two  strokes  of  duplicating  the  second 
day  at  Claremont.  Dr.  Clarence  De  l'uv.  who  worked  hard  to 
make  the  tournament  a  success,  was  repaid  for  his  trouble  by 
winning  the  D  class.  Dr.  R.  J.  Longabraugh,  the  retired  lieu- 
tenant-colonel of  the  Medical  Corps,  made  his  initial  bow  10 
the  Medical  Golf  Asociation,  and  although  he  didn't  win  any 
tinware,  he  certainly  made  a  great  hit  around  the  banquet 
board  as  an  after  dinner  speaker.  His  clever  wit  and  stories 
were  grea'ly  appreciated. 

Dr.  William  H.  Kiger,  president  of  the  Southern  California 
Medical  Golf  Association,  didn't  seem  to  hit  his  stride.  Dr. 
Kiger  came  with  a  big  reputation  as  a  golfer,  but  we  think  the 
good  times  and  the  scenery  got  bis  goat. 

Unfortunately  Dr.  Wilhelm  Waldeyer,  who  played  in  the 
opening  day's  play,  had  to  drop  out  as  he  straine  1  his  back 
over  at  Sequoyah.  We  were  sorry,  also,  to  find  that  Dr. 
Francis  Conlan  failed  to  show  at  all.  Dr.  Conlan  has  been  a 
regular  attender  tor  years,  but  stress  of  business  kept  him 
away. 

However,  Dr.  Conlan  sent  a  good  substitute  in  his  place. 
Dr.  Gus  Wilson  of  Sacramento.  Dr.  Wilson  didn't  play  at 
Sequoyah,  but  he  did  some  noble  work  at  Claremont  in  the 
team  match  against  the  south.  Dr.  I  [arry  Alderson,  secretary 
of  the  Northern  California  Medical  Golf  Association,  had  his 
secretary.  Mrs.  Phyllis  MacKillop,  in  charge  at  the  I  lotel  <  )ak- 
land.  to  take  care  of  the  medicos  and  their  wives  during  the 
entire  week.  Dr.  Alderson  is  very  fortunate  in  having  such  a 
popular  and  efficient  secretary. 

*     *     * 

The  feature  of  the  program  during  the  second  day's  play 
was  the  picked  team.  North  versus  Sou  h.  Dr.  C.  II.  Weaver 
captained  the  Southerners,  while  our  good  friend.  Dr.  James 
Eaves,  piloted  the  Northerners.  On  paper  the  team  looked 
fairly  evenly  matched,  but  the  result  was  disaS'rouS  to  the 
South,  as  they  only  won  one  point  out  of  the  seven  matches 
played,  and  they  were  a  couple  of  local  men  who  kept  Dr. 
Weaver's  team  from  being  whitewashe  !. 


Sixty-two  members  of  the  medical  profession  were  hosts  oi 
Dr.  James  Eaves  ami  Dr.  Clarence  De  l'uv  at  the  Claremo.it 
Country  Club,  when  they  played  in  the  last  leg  of  the  tourney. 
There  was  plenty  of  good  golf  and  many  surprises.  Dr.  Eugene 
Barbera,  of  the  Sequoyah  Country  Club,  won  the  principal 
trophy,  when  lie  took  the  Alameda  County  Cup  with  the  best 
net  score  over  36  holes.  18  played  at  Sequoyah  and  18  playe  1 
at  Claremont,  with  a  total  of  139.— just  three  under  par. 

Dr.  Leroy  Brooks,  of  the  Lake  Merced  Country  Club,  won 
the  President's  Cup.  Dr.  Brooks  was  the  only  player  during 
the  two  days'  play  to  gel  in  the  sevent)   street. 

Dr.  Asa  Collins,  of  the  Olympic  Club,  won  the  California 
Medical  Golf  Association's  trophy  with  a  low  net  score  of  < >4. 
*     *     * 

The  North  versus  South  team  match  resulted  in  a  perfect 
walkaway  for  the  Northerners.  Dr.  James  Eaves,  captain,  and 
Dr.  Roderick  O'Conner  won  three  points  from  Dr.  J.  W. 
Crossaw  and  Dr.  C.  H.  Weaver  ( captain  I  ;  Dr.  Leroy  I  hooks 
and  Dr.  Harry  Oliver  also  won  three  ways  from  Dr.  Roy 
Thomas  and  Dr.  II.  W.  Spiers;  Dr.  Eugene  Barbera  and  Dr. 
M.  Shepherd  collected  the  whole  works  from  Dr.  C.  Van 
/.Wallenberg  and  Dr.  W.  Morgan. 

Dr.  John  Sperry  and  Dr.  L.  I'.  Adams  got  Dr.  C.  T.  Sturgeon 
ant!  Dr.  W.  II.  Kiger.  the  president  of  the  Southern  California 
Medical  Golf  Association,  three  ways;  Dr.  l'hil  I'ierson  and 
Dr.  II.  Wolsey  beat  Dr.  Harlan  Shoemaker  and  Dr.  Anders 
Peterson  three  up;  Dr.  Ed  Butler  and  Major  Noyes  also  col- 
lected from  Dr.  II.  Wilcox  and  Dr.  W.  II.  Fales;  while  Gus 
Wilson  of  Sacramento  and  Dr.  Clarence  De  l'uv  of  Oakland 
heat  Dr.  Kirby  Smith  and  Dr.  Harry  Alderson  of  San  Fran- 
cisco by  one  point,  the  Northerners  winning  6  points  to  1. 

The  winners  of  the  two  days'  play  were:   Dr.  Leroy  Brooks, 


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Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 


Casa  del  Rey  (Hotel  and  Collages.)  al  the 

heart  of  it  all— offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

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low  gross;  Dr.  Engene  Barbera,  low  net  36  holes,  Dr.  Asa 
Collins,  low  net  18  holes;  Dr.  Roderick  O'Conner,  low  gross 
18  hnlcs;  Dr.  l'ete  (  hvens.  low  net  IS  holes;  Dr.  Clarence 
De  I'uv  was  the  low  gross  and  low  net  winner  in  the  D  class: 
\h\  C.  II.  Weaver  won  class  I!;  Dr.  C.  II.  Leachman,  low  net 
in  15  class;  while  Dr.  J.  M.  Reaves  won  the  high  medal  trophy. 
*      *     * 

Among  the  prominent  medical  men  who  took  part  in  the 
tournament  were:  Dr.  W.  (i.  Moore.  Dr.  Harold  Brunn,  Dr. 
Frank  Sheehy,  Dr.  Richard  Tomlinson,  Dr.  Ed  Shortledge, 
Dr.  L.  I'.  Player,  Dr.  A.  Taylor,  Dr.  W.  E.  Stephens,  Dr.  B. 
A.  Mardis,  Dr.  Roy  Thomas,  Dr.  A.  Peterson,  Dr.  C.  P. 
Thomas,  Dr.  R.  Kile,  Dr.  Herbert  (hum.  Dr.  F.  B.  Taylor. 
Dr.  |.  W.  Crossaw,  Dr.  C.  Saunders,  Dr.  Mcintosh.  Dr.  I. 
Brummel,  Dr.  II.  Doyle,  Dr.  \Y.  Dillon,  Dr.  II.  F.  Parton.  To 
the  southerners  we  wish  to  add  that  a  better  bunch  of  good 
fellows  and  true  sportsmen  we  have  yet  to  meet.  Dr.  High 
Weaver,  secretary  and  captain  of  the  South,  was  not  discour- 
aged by  his  colleagues'  showing.  "Next  year,"  he  says,  "it  will 
be  different,  when  the  North  will  visit  the  South  at  their  next 
convention." 


Launch  Campaign  for  Uniform  Traffic  Ordinance 
Striking  directly  at  what  it  declares  to  be  the  principal  traf- 
fic menace  to  safety,  the  intersection  problem,  the  California 
Public  Safety  Conference  this  week  launched  a  campaign  to 
eliminate  that  hazard  by  securing  the  adoption  throughout 
California  of  a  uniform  traffic  ordinance  regulating  vehicular 
and  pedestrian  traffic  at  and  between  intersections. 

Hacked  by  the  public  safely  departments  ot  the  California 
State  .Automobile  Association  and  the  Automobile  Club  of 
Southern  California,  by  the  California  Development  \ 
lion,  the  Division  of  Motor  Vehicles,  the  California  Peace 
Officers'  Association  and  the  womens'  clubs  of  the  s'.ate,  rep- 
resentatives of  the  public  safety  conference  will  seek  the 

tion  of  the  uniform  ordinance  by  every  citv   in  California   fac- 
ing such  a  traffic  problem. 


Clubhouse  and  Ice  Skating  Club,  Great  Highway 

lack  Frost — director  of  an  ice  skating  club,  at  the  new  Club- 
house located  at  Kirkham  Plaza,  on  the  Great  Highway 
could  yon  think  of  a  more  appropriate  name  for  the  head  of 
such  an  organization  ? 

The  formal  opening  of  this  Clubhouse  will  take  place  to 
day  (Saturday)  and  we  believe  that  it  will  be  unique  in  the 
history  of  this  city,  and  especially  of  the  I  fcean  Beach  pre- 
cincts. 

The  supper  will  be  given  in  the  beautiful  new    Siberian   Din 
ing  Hall  of  the  Club,  with  its  decorative  scheme  created  by 
N.  Evanoff,  whose  name  sounds  as  if  he.  also,  was  synony- 
mous with  ice  and  snow,  and  whirling,  dipping  skaters. 

The  ice  carnival  and  skatorial  fete  in  the  ice  arena,  reached 
from  the  clubhouse  through  the  colonnade.  i>  scheduled  foi 
8:30  and  10:30  o'clock,  an  arrangement  which  facilitates  the 
enjoyment  of  both  dinner  ami  supper  at  the  Clubhouse. 

<  Iwing  to  the  limited  accommodation  for  dining  at  the  Club- 
house, the  making  of  early  reservations  for  table  space  i~ 
urgentlj  emphasized. 

hirst  Chinee — Thy  prince  is  an  uncouth  blackguard. 

Second  Chinee — So's  your  old  mandarin. 

— Wisconsin  Octopus. 


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THEIR  TEETH 

Some  tbink  that  a  vigorous  bru.slihip:  once  or  twice  a  day  ia 
taking  very  good  care  of  them.  BruahJng  Is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  tnke  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  imagine.  A  toothache  meanii 
trouble;  do  not  wail  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth,  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed  t  Call  in  today 
and  talk  It  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  nil  nerves  and  pain.    It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

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Minister's    Daughter — Papa's   subject    tonight    is   to   t>e, 
"I  ,o*i  e  Each  ( >ther' ;  da  j  ou  want  to  go,  Jack? 

Jack  —  Well,  dear,  don't  you  think  that  it  would  l^e  better 
to  stay  at  home  and  practice  what  your  father  is  preaching. 

— Pitt  Panther 


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San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
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Virgilio  Luciani  at 
Paul  Elder's 

The  young  Italian  poet,  Virgilio  Luci- 
ani. will  Rive  a  reading  of  his  poems  in 
the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  Saturday  after- 
noon, May  15th,  at  2:30  o'clock.  Luciani, 
who  is  a  native  of  Tuscany,  holds  a 
unique  place  in  local  fields  of  literature. 
for  the  reason  that  lie  not  only  writes 
vivid  and  arresting  poetry,  but  delivers  il 
as  well,  in  costume,  and  with  exception- 
aillv  line  elocutionary  powers.  The  out- 
standing feature  of  Ins  poetry  is  a  spirit- 
ual  uplift,  although  his  work  abounds  in 
realism.  Luciani  comes  as  a  colorful  flame 
in  contemporary  literature,  lie  will  be 
accompanied  by  Miss  Lalitte  Costigan, 
harpist. 

*     *     * 

The  Elder  Gallery 

"Acoma:  The  Sky  City  in  the  Des- 
ert" is  the  subject  of  an  illustrated  lec- 
ture to  be  given  by  Mrs.  W.  T.  Sedg- 
wick in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  Satur- 
day afternoon.  May  8th,  at  2  :30  o'clock. 
Acoma  I  from  the  Indian  Akonie. 
"People  of  the  White  Rock"),  stands 
on  a  rock  350  feet  in  height  a  short  dis- 
tance from  Enchanted  Mesa  in  New 
Mexico.  It  has  the  distinction  of  be- 
ing the  oldest  inhabited  settlement  in 
the  United  States,  and  was  first  dis- 
covered by  white  man  when  members 
of  Coronado's  army  visited  it  in  1540. 

This  interesting  lecture  will  be  es- 
pecially  timely  because  of  the  setting 
of  lovely  objects  produced  by  the 
Pueblo  Indians  of  Xew  Mexico  and 
Arizona  and  by  their  neighbors,  the 
Xavajos,  that  will  be  exhibited  in  the 
gallery  beginning  May  6th,  until  Ma\ 
15th.  " 

Mrs.  Sedgwick's  book  on  Acoma  is 
just  being  published  by  Harvard  Uni- 
versity  Press. 


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Mineral  I  tevelopmenl  Company,  location  ol 
business  San  Francisco,  California.  NOTICE: 
There  Is  delinquent  upon  the  following  de- 
scribed stock  "ii  account  of  assessment  levied 
on  the  16th  day  of  .March.  1926,  Hi.'  several 
amounts  set  opposite  tin-  nanus  of  the  respec- 
tive shareholders  as  follows: 

No.         No. 

Names —  I'ert.     Shares    Ann 

Busch,  George  F 261  200}  1.00 

Cately,    Paul  27,8  200  1.00 

Magill,  Kenneth   B.  -.".:.  200  1. 00 

Martin,  Ponciano 231-2  1,000  5.00 

Martin.  Ponciano  27.2  1,000  5.00 

Martin.  Ponciano  26n  1,000  5.00 

M",  urn.    Edw.   i: 67  1,000  5.00 

Merwin.    EdW.   G 200  1,000  ."..nil 

Merwln,    Edw.  G...  216  1,000  5.00 

Queen,  Lloyd  2.",:i  2110  1.00 

Reichart,  .1.  Warren -'i;t  200  1.00 

Ryan,   I  >.   .1 262  200  1.00 

Rli  del   M.  s.  857  200  1.00 

Colt,  s.  c; :t«       10,000  50.00 

Colt,  S.  1;.  170  4,000  20.00 
And  in  accordance  with  the  law  and  "hi   ps 

of  the  Board  of  I  >ii-.ct>.i  s  made  on  the  16th 
day  of  March.  l:t20,  so  many  shares  of  each 
parcel  of  such  slock  as  may  he  necessary 
will  he  sold  at  public  auction  at  the  office  ,,i 
lie  company,  Room  21:..  Monadnock  Building, 
San   Francisco,  California,  on  Wednesday,  the 

liith     day     of     May.     1926,     al     the     hour     of     12 

o'clock  Noon  of  said  day  to  pay  the  delinquent 
assessment  thereon,  together  with  costs  of 
advertising  and  expense  of  sale. 

M.  .T.  SICKLY, 

Secretary. 
246  Monadnock  Building,  683  Market  Street, 
Sau  Francisco,  California. 


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Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

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Coronadi)  Beach,  California 


The  ideal  place  to  choose  for  your  summer  outing.  Where  climatic 
conditions  are  continuously  favorable  for  the  enjovment  of  outdoor 
amusement. 

GOLF— TENNIS 

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This  hotel  is  one  of  the  safest  in  America.  Protected  from  damage 
by  fire  with  complete  system  of  Grinnell  Automatic  Sprinklers  in 
every  part  of  the  structure. 

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service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF..  MAY  15,  1926 


No.  20 


THE  WILDEST  RIDE  I  EVER  HAD 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


In  the  days  of  the  "surrey"  and  "Dobbin,"  I  had  many  a 
wonderful  "buggy  ride"  along  the  peaceful  highways  of  the 
peninsula. 

One  in  particular,  I  remember,  when  our  skittish  mare  ran 
away,  with  my  mother  at  the  reins,  and  we  children,  scared  but 
thrilled,  wondering  when  the  final  crash  would  come,  as  we 
flew  along  under  the  eucalyptus  trees  that  lined  the  road. 

Mama  turned  around  only  once  during  that  exciting  incident. 

"Whatever  you  do,  children,"  said  she,  "Don't  jump!" 
#     *     * 

Even  if  I  had  wanted  to,  I  couldn't  have  jumped  that  un- 
lucky Friday  morning,  as  we  sped  down  the  California  Street 
hill,  for  the  reason  that  I  was  wedged  in  a  mass  of  frightene  1 
humanity,  in  the  middle  of  the  car;  and  I  hadn't  the  slightest 
desire  to  move  in  any  direction. 

Jump?  What  I  was  fearing  mostly  was  that  the  old  car 
itself  would  jump  the  track,  and  go  head  over  heels,  so  ti> 
speak,  down  that  steep  incline. 

"I've  lost  the  brakes!"  The  man  spoke  in  almost  an  or- 
dinary tone:  (he  had  nerve,  that  brakemau !  )  without  any 
tremor  of  fright  in  his  voice. 

He  was  just  making  an  assertion,     lie  had  "lost  the  brakes." 

After  his  remark,  there  was  a  strange  silence  in  the  car;  I 
really  believe  people  didn't  at  lirst  catch  the  significance  oi 
what  he  had  said,  until  the  car  began  to  increase  its  speed  at  a 
terrific  rate. 

Then  they  woke  up. 

An  awful  shout,  almost  a  wail,  came  from  the  packe  1  croud 
of  human  beings,  some  of  them  hanging  along  the  step-  of  the 
car  like  a  human  fringe,  swiftly  torn  away,  however,  as  the 
vehicle  that  bore  them  dashed  to  its  doom. 

The  shout  grew  into  a  roar,  warning  whatever  happened  to 
be  in  our  path,  as  we  plunged  down  from  Powell  street,  nearer 

and  nearer  into  the  financial  section  of  the  city. 

An  awful  jolt  told  ns  that  we  hail  struck  some  huge  obstacle. 
We  did  not.  at  that  moment,  see  the  awful  mess  thrown 
into  the  faces  and  upon  the  clothes  of  the  unfortunate-  -till 
left  on  the  rear  platform.  Inside  the  car,  we  simply  hung  out,, 
the  straps  for  clear  life,  and  awaite  1  the  moment  when  we  ex- 
pected to  he  thrown  int i  eternity. 

We   had   crossed    Mason.    Powell.    Stockton.    Grant     \ve..   in 

comparative  safety,  without,  at   least,  being  brushed  of!  the 

track;  then  a  wail  louder  than  the  continuous  scream,  told  us 
that  something  even  worse  than  what  we  were  experiencing. 
was  about  to  happen  ;  and  looking  ahead.  1  -aw  the  other  car  on 
kr.irm    street,  loom  up  in   trout  of  us. 

It    is   -aid   that    in   the   seci  re   what    we   believe   is   to 

he  death  coming  upon  us,  all  the  important  incidents  of  our 
lives  are  thrown  upon  our  mental  vision,  as  upon  a  cinema 
screen.     * 

Now,  1  have  been  pretty  near  to  the  "Shadowy  Mothei 
eral  times,  and  nothing  so  interesting  as  this  accepted  conclu- 
sion forms  before  my  mind's  eye.     I  just  brace  myself,  dumb  as 
a  rabbit,  and  prepare  to  go  through  the  inevitable. 

We  were  going  to  plunge  into  that  car  ahead  of  us;  n 
could  stop  us  except  a  miracle,  and  even  a  miracle  couldn't 


happen  in  the  space  of  time  between  our  sensing  the  danger 
and  the  catastrophe  itself. 

I  took  a  firmer  grip  of  the  strap,  turned  my  back,  and  in- 
stinctively covered  my  face  with  my  free  arm. 

A  frightful  crash,  a  grinding  jar.  a  splintering  of  wood  and 
glass,  a  gradual  slowing  down  of  the  mad  speed,  and  then, — 
the  strange  and  heavenly  feeling  that  the  car  had  stopped, — 
at  last. 

*  *     * 

I  put  my  hand  to  my  head;  my  hat  was  gone,  but  my  head 
was  -till  there.  My  good-looking  legs  were  still  intact;  one 
arm  felt  a  little  numb. — that  was  all.  My  companion  in  peril 
was  also  all  there;  neither  she  nor  I  had  left  a  limb  or  part  of 
a  limb  "somewhere  along  California  street." 

My  one  thought  was  to  get  away  from  "the  damned  sp.it." 
I  said  as  much,  and  we  turned  to  the  rear  opening.  (  >ne  look  at 
what  we  then  thought  was  a  dismembered  mess  of  human 
anatomies,  hut  which  we  later  learned  was  the  refuse  from 
the  meal  wagon,  and  we  decided  to  get  through  the  wreckage  of 
the  front  platform,  into  the  street,  and  under  cover  of  th( 
ton  Bank. 

Sympathy  greeted  US  from  all  -ides;  first  aid  was  immediatc- 
K  brought  into  operation  for  those  who  needed  it;  a  girl  clerk 
rang  up  my  friend's  husband,  and  my  boss,  and  we  sat  amidst 
friendly  face-  until  they  should  arrive. 

Now,  vim  know  there  are  times  when  the  sight  of  one-  DOSS 
is  an  irritating  reminder  of  the  fact  that  "we  have  done  those 
dungs  which  we  ought  not  to  have  done,  and  we  have  left  un- 
done those  things  which  we  ought  to  have  done,  and  there  i-  no 
help  for  U-.  miserable  offender-!" 

(  )n  this  particular  occasion,  the  -talwart  form  of  my  em- 
ployer a-  he  hurried  through  the  crowd  to  my  side  was  the 
most  welcme  sight  1  have  witnessed  for  many  a  day.  I 
wanted  to  fall  on  his  neck  and  bur-t  into  tear-  of  joy.  In- 
stead. I  grinned  at  him.  and  he  grinned  hack. 

"Where-  your  hat'"  he  asked. 

*  »     * 

1  rode  home  the  other  night  on  the  dummy  of  the  Powell 
street  car.  my  usual  habit,  after  indulging  in  a  "movie."  To 
the  left  "f  the  motorman  I  noticed  a  -teel  bar.  with  a  handle. 
resting  a  little  above  the  level  of  the  floor  of  the  car. 

Now  1  know  that  talking  to  the  brakeman  is  prohibited, 
but  1  was  curious  atxuit  that  bar.  "Will  you  plea-e  tell  me 
what  that  is  for"-"  I  asked,  pointing  to  the  object  in  question; 
"I  am  very  much  interested  in  brake-  just  now.  I  was  in  the 
California  street  accident,"  I  added. 

The  motorman  and  the  ;  who  heard  me.  stiffened 

into  attention,  almi  -t  a-  if  a  galvanic  -hock  had  passed  t! 
them  all. 

"That's  the  emergency  brake."  answered  the  man:  "When 
that  there  brake  is  pulled  up.  it  jams  the 

burn  the  ol  get  it  clear 

track 

bad  the  California  street  car-  didn't  have  something 
like  that."  I  remark' 

-aid  something."  said  he. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


able  to  us.  There  is  no  doubt  that  our  conditions  are  so 
different  from  those  abroad  that  cooperative  action  is  im- 
possible. 


There  is  very  much  merit  in  the  argu- 
Hard  on  California  merit  made  by  the  "Chronicle"  a  short 
time  ago  that  the  restrictions  and  in- 
terference of  the  State  Corporation  Department  are  stead- 
ily driving  the  more  astute  and  better  class  of  corporation 
organizers  to  establish  themselves  in  Delaware,  New  Jer- 
sey or  Nevada,  in  preference  to  our  own  state. 

Governmental  regulations  are  a  bane  when  they  demand 
the  time  and  attention  which  ours  at  present  require.  A 
business  man  who  is  good  at  his  business,  is  better  em- 
ployed in  developing  that  business  than  in  scratching 
'round  among  the  laws  and  arduously  filling  forms  which 
are  for  the  most  part  of  more  formidable  appearance  than 
of  actual  value. 

No  man  who  has  not  had  dealings  with  the  State  Depart- 
ment, can  have  the  slightest  idea  of  the  irritating  and  an- 
noying delays  and  troublesome  trivialities  with  which  his 
time  is  eaten  up  and  his  peace  of  mind  destroyed.  We  have 
known  of  more  than  one  promising  corporation  which,  after 
a  tussle  or  two  with  the  State  Department,  has  pulled  up 
stakes  and  has  departed  for  Reno.  We  do  not  think  that 
this  sort  of  thing  is  necessary  and  it  will  be  hard  to  convince 
us  that  it  is  of  any  advantage  to  the  state  that  it  should 
continue. 

There  are  many  things  which  could  be  said  against  the 
management  of  the  State  Corporation  Department,  which 
appears  to  be  conducted  upon  the  principle  that  any  young 
corporation  should  be  carefully  but  thoroughly  knocked  on 
the  head.  The  worst  that  can  be  said,  however,  would  be 
insignificant  in  comparison  with  the  fact  that  corporations 
are  driven  out  of  this  state  to  establish  themselves  in  other 
states,  and  by  this  we  mean  that  honest  and  capable  cor- 
porations are  forced  out  of  California. 


There  seems  to  be  little  doubt  that  the 
The  World  Court  movement  in  favor  of  the  United  States 
joining  the  World  Court  has  received 
a  setback  and  that  the  tide  of  public  opinion  is  setting  quite 
strongly  against  our  proposed  action.  This  has  been  made 
manifest  in  the  recent  primary  elections  in  Illinois  and  In- 
diana where  the  majorities  were  markedly  against  the 
Court.  This  has  happened  in  spite  of  a  concededly  strong 
approval  of  the  general  administration  by  the  present  gov- 
ernment. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  conditions  in  Europe  at  present 
militate  strongly  against  any  participation  in  international 
agreements  of  the  sort  proposed  and  approved  by  the  Presi- 
dent. It  would  be  very  hard  and  in  fact  it  is  proving  impos- 
sible to  show  the  people  of  this  country  that  the!  World 
Court  is  not  in  the  hands  of  the  European  powers.  There 
is  a  very  general  feeling,  which  cannot  be  really  met,  that 
any  participation  by  ourselves  in  the  European  affairs  would 
place  us  at  a  great  disadvantage. 

But  more  than  all.  the  present  disturbed  condition  of  the 
European  continent  is  the  best  argument  against  our  tak- 
ing part  in  its  affairs  and  exposing  ourselves  to  the  troubles 
and  possible  disasters  wdiich  may  proceed  from  them.  There 
is  no  doubt  that  what  we  consider  to  be  the  essentials  of 
decent  government  are  threatened  by  the  substitution  of 
dictatorships  for  democratic  control  on  the  one  hand  and 
conflicts  between  communists  and  responsible  government 
on  the  other. 

The  recent  strike  in  Britain  is  a  revelation  to  Americans 
that  the  campaign  of  disorder  has  reached  a  development, 
even  in  that  most  conservative  country,  which  is  inexplic- 


We  have  always  had  grave 
A  Comforting  Estimate  di  mbts  about  the  actual  effect  of 
all  the  reported  criminality  and 
its  ratio  to  the  real  life  of  the  community.  If  we  take  the 
dollar  as  the  measure  of  value — and  it  is  about  the  safest 
standard  of  measurement  that  we  have,  however  much  the 
sentimentalists  may  deplore  the  fact — we  get  some  strange 
evaluations.  These  differ  materially  from  the  meretricious 
and  sentimental  valuations  of  preacher  and  propagandist. 

Controller  Ray  Riley  has  come  forward  with  his  little 
charts  carefully  prepared,  very  fine  proof  of  the  growing 
exactness  and  value  of  modern  statistics-making.  He  shows 
what  becomes  of  the  dollar  which  we  spend  in  taxes.  This, 
it  will  be  conceded,  is  a  very  useful  thing  to  know,  all 
the  more  so,  as  the  account  is  quite  encouraging.  For  ex- 
ample, it  is  worth  knowing  that  out  of  every  dollar  of  taxa- 
tion 37.8  cents  goes  for  education.  It  is  also  an  admirable 
fact  that  out  of  every  dollar  spent  on  education,  58  cents 
goes  to  the  elementary  schools  against  15  cents  for  high 
schools  and  18.2  fur  <tate  university. 

Constructive  projects,  such  as  highway  making,  and  San 
Francisco  harbor,  cost  14.4  cents,  and  he  would  be  a  hardy 
individual  who  would  assert  that  that  is  too  heavy  a  rela- 
tive expenditure.  And  development  projects  only  get  6 
cents,  of  which  the  reclamation  board  gets  one-half,  the 
department  of  agriculture  a  fourth  and  the  fish  and  game 
commission  one-eighth. 

And  wdierc.  among  all  this,  is  the  money  which  is  spent 
on  penal  institutions?    It  is  1.6  cents. 

There  is  the  real  story.  We  spend  37.8  on  schools  and 
the  punishment  of  crime  csts  us  but  1.6  cents  on  each  dol- 
lar of  taxation.  We  do  not  deny  the  existence  of  crime  or 
its  over  accentuation.  But  we  do  point  out  that  it  is  rela- 
tively quite  unimportant. 


A  clever  girl.  Miss  Helen  Moloney  of 
Camps  for  Girls  Brooklyn,  writing  to  President  Coolidge 
pointed  out,  that,  while  federal  govern- 
ment was  doing  much  for  the  outdoor  life  of  boys  and 
young  men.  it  was  doing  nothing  of  the  sort  for  young 
women.  She  had  her  grievance.  That  it  is  a  grievance  is 
being  quite  generally  recognized. 

(Mils  are  just  as  important  a  factor  as  boys,  even  in  the 
military  sense,  nowadays.  Whole  populations  take  part  in 
modern  warfare,  not  merely  picked  corps  of  young  men  on 
the  firing  line.  Were  it  not  for  the  great  stream  of  or- 
ganized life  behind  the  firing  line,  which  constantly  moves 
up  supplies,  no  firing  line  could  be  maintained.  And  in  the 
last  war,  girls  and  young  women  were  by  no  means  incon- 
spicuous factors  in  the  maintenance  of  the  organization 
behind  the  lines. 

It  was  notable,  too,  that  among  the  British  women,  those 
of  the  upper  and  middle  classes  were  the  best  suited  for 
the  work  of  motor  driving  and  that  sort  of  labor,  because 
they  had  had  the  out-of-door  exercise  and  physical  training 
which  made  them  more  adaptable  and  in  better  physical 
condition.  The  same  rule  applied  to  the  driving  of  motor 
lorries  in  London  and  other  places.  It  is  a  curiously  inter- 
esting fact  that  the  agricultural  department  of  Russia  has 
today  found  that  women  are  in  many  cases  better  tractor 
managers  than  men  and  it  has  trained  a  large  body  of  young 
women  for  that  service. 

There  is  no  doubt  at  all  that  the  nation  wdiose  young 
women  are  physically  well-trained  has  an  advantage.  If 
our  summer  camps  are  good  for  young  men — and  they  are 
unquestionably  so — there  is  no  reason  why  such  camps, 
properly  conducted  to  meet  the  physical  needs  of  women, 
should  not  be  equally  good. 


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That  being  the  case,  it  would  be  poor  economy  not  to 
spend  the  requisite  amount  of  money  for  the  out-door  train- 
ing: of  our  girls. 


The  men  engaged  in  export  trade  looked 
A  Fine  Market  with  some  apprehension  to  the  British 
strike  and  wondered  how  it  would  affect 
our  trade.  In  so  doing,  they  were  obliged  to 'pay  careful  at- 
tention to  the  amount  of  that  trade  and  came  out  with  some 
figures  that  are  quite  surprising  to  the  majority. 

For  example,  Harry  Scott,  president  of  the  General 
Steamship  Corporation,  representing  several  lines  which 
ply  between  the  Pacific  Coast  and  Great  Britain,  could  not 
make  even  a  guess  at  what  the  eventuality  might  be.  But 
it  is  of  enormous  importance  to  his  business,  for  Great 
Britain  buys  65  per  cent  of  the  entire  canned  goods  pro- 
duct of  the  State,  and  that  is  rather  an  enormous  proportion 
of  the  total  product  to  go  to  one  country,  with  all  the  world 
to  consider. 

There  is  a  very  large  shipment  of  canned  goods  and  fruits 
and  dried  fruits  to  Britain,  beginning  with  June.  In  addi- 
tion, a  great  deal  of  barley  is  sent. 

The  agent  of  Balfour-Guthrie  &  Co.,  Mr.  J.  C.  Fogarty. 
traffic  manager,  was  no  less  perplexed  as  to  the  outcome  of 
the  strike,  but  was  inclined  to  think  there  would  be  even  a 
greater  demand  for  the  products  of  the  State,  in  the  event 
of  a  protracted  struggle. 

There  are  many  more  things  which  we  send,  in  addition 
to  canned  goods  and  barley.  Our  shipments  aggregate 
about  25,000  tons  a  month  during  July,  August  and  Sep- 
tember, or  even  30,000  tons  a  month.  In  ordinary  months 
we  send  about  15,000  tons  a  month  to  Britain. 

It  therefore  becomes  quite  obvious  that  a  strike  of  suffi- 
cient importance  to  interfere  with  the  transportation  in- 
dustry becomes  a  significant  problem  for  us.  The  world  is 
more  interdependent  than  formerly. 

It  is  high  time  that  there  was  an  international  organiza- 
tion of  shipping  men. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


We  have  a  piffling  little  strike. 
Violence  Must  Cease  which  is  not  a  strike,  but  is  a  mal- 
evolent sort  of  gesture.  We  should 
hardly  know  that  the  so-called  union  carpenters  were  out 
at  all,  if  it  were  not  that  there  is  a  dribble  of  violence  into 
the  daily  papers  and  now  and  then  one  particular  police 
judge  seems  to  make  a  spectacle  of  his  lack  of  legal 
knowledge. 

But  there  is  violence,  and  such  violence  should  not  be 
allowed.  It  is  a  fact  that  men  who  do  not  belong  to  unions 
are  attacked  and  are  beaten  and  even  more  hardly  dealt 
with  by  hoodlum  gangs  on  their  way  to  and  from  work.  It 
is  also  true  that  there  have  been  some  recriminations  and 
that  now  and  again,  there  has  been  violence  on  the  part  of 
the  non-union  men.  Such  instances  have,  however,  been 
relatively  few.  The  great  amount  of  physical  violence  has 
come  from  the  so-called  union  men. 

No  one  with  any  sense  of  the  fitness  of  things  can  tolerate 
this  condition  with  any  degree  of  calm.  It  is  fatal  to  a  free 
government  that  acts  of  violence  should  be  allowed.  There 
can  be  no  security  for  any  one.  if  there  is  to  be  interference 
with  the  free  right  of  a  man  to  -.ell  his  labor  in  the  open 
market.  Unless  we  can  protect  the  ordinary  man.  however 
humble,  in  the  free  exercise  of  his  rights  as  a  man.  we  have 
no  business  to  claim  any  respect  for  our  government  at  all. 

The  abomination  of  the  proposal  of  some  of  the  Super- 
visors, to  withdraw  police  protection  from  American  plan 
jobs,  thereupon  becomes  obvious.  It  constituted  an  invi- 
tation to  the  mob  to  maim  or  kill  men  working  on  those 
jobs. 

The  statement  of  Chief  of  Police  Daniel  J.  O'Brien,  that 
he  would  enforce  the  law  "without  fear  or  favor"  was  fine 
and  to  the  point,  ami  entirely  worthy  of  the  admirable  and 
able  official  that  he  is. 


Not  knowing  what  styles  will  be  twenty-five  years  hence,  it 
is  a  little  hard  to  say  where  the  child  ought  to  be  vaccinated. — 

Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

Now  and  then  one  picks  up  a  magazine  on  the  stands  these 
days  that  makes  one  curious  to  see  the  stuff  the  editor  rejected. 

— Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

Soviet  says  it  aims  at  justice.  It  is  fatally  successful. — Wall 
Street  Journal. 

One  outstanding  feature  of  the  progress  of  civilization,  and 
all  that,  is  the  fact  that  there  were  fewer  millionaires  at  large 
in  1826  than  there  are  in  jail  in  1926. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

An  English  doctor  says  films  hypnotize  people.  That  ex- 
plains how  some  films  get  by. — Knoxville  Journal. 

*  *     * 

The  Senate  may  be  the  greatest  deliberate  body  in  the  world, 
but  a  group  of  bricklayers  will  run  it  a  close  second. — Wheel- 
ing Intelligencer. 

*  *     * 

The  hard  part  of  making  good  is  that  you  must  do  it  over 

every  day. — Vancouver  Sun. 

*  *     * 

What  makes  the  happy  ending  of  some  movies  is  the  mere 

fact  that  thev  have  ended. — Macon   News. 

*  »     * 

It's  never  a  happy  marriage  unless  both  get  better  mates 
than   they  deserve. — Wichita   Falls  Kecord-Xews. 

*  *     * 

Pedestrians  in  America  who  are  reckless  in  crossing  busy 
streets  are  known  as  "jay-walkers."  Those  who  do  the  same 
ally  thing  in  London  are  more  often  described  as  "the  de- 
cease |."-  -Punch. 

*  *     * 

Drys  having  flatly  contradicted  everything  said  by  the  wets, 
the  hearings  should  be  continued  to  allow  a  third  set  of  wit- 
nesses to  contradict  both  siiles. —  Brooklyn  Eagle. 

»     *     » 

As  we  understand  it.  the  wets  are  sore  because  they  have  no 
kick  coming. — Milwaukee  Journal. 

*  »     * 

The  recent  talk  in  Washington  only  made  the  drys  drier  and 
the  we  s   wetter.—  Boston   Shoe  and   Leather   Reporter. 

*  »     * 

Generally  speaking.  Opportunity  knocks;  it  is  only  to  a 
woman  it  comes  with  a  ring. — Philadelphia  Inquirer. 

*  *     * 

Mussolini  was  accorded  an  uproarious  reception  in  Africa. 
Italy   doesn't  owe  any  debts  there. —  Portland  <  tregonian. 

*  *     * 

If  you  build  a  big  business,  you're  a  sinister  influence;  if 
mu  don't  you're  a  darned  failure. —  Fort  Worth  Star-Telegram. 

*  »     * 

Some  laws  may  seem  to  have  no  teeth,  but  they  show  unmis- 
takable evidence  of  ivory. — Austin  American. 

*  «     * 

If  only  the  dear  things   wouldn't  get   the   bloom  of   youth 
higher  on  one  cheek  than  on  the  other. — Kl  Paso  Herald. 
»     *     « 

Present-day  love  at  first  sight  is  ba>ed  on  more  information 
than  a  year's  acquaintance  in  the  pa^t. — Arkansas  <  iazette. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


LEISURE'S  WW 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore, 


Many  New  Attractions 

Theaters  in  San  Francisco  offer  some 
new  attractions  this  week,  and  cater  to 
many  tastes  and  inclinations  with  the 
variety  of  their  lures. 

Henry  Duffy  will  provide  us  a 
change  of  program  at  the  Alcazar  with 
"Badges"  the  detective  story  a  vehicle 
for  his  players,  with  Duffy  himself  ap- 
pearing in  a  characterization  of  a  cor- 
respondence school  detective. 
*     *     * 

Then  comes  a  change  of  bill  at  the 
Curran  theater,  when  "Patsy."  a  musi- 
cal comedy,  will  have  its  first  perform- 
ance here,  following  a  long  season  of 
success  in  Los  Angeles. 

Gloria  Foy,  a  Broadway  favorite,  but 
new  to  San  Francisco  audiences,  plays 
the  feminine  lead  in  "Patsy,"  and  Lou 
Holtz  is  the  comedian  who  keeps  up 
the  fun  throughout  the  entire  perform- 
ance. 

"The  Lullaby,"  Louis  O.  Macloon's 
production  of  the  well  flavored  melo- 
drama by  Edward  Knoblock,  comes  to 
a  close  this  week,  following  a  splendid 
record  for  attendance. 

Mabel  Julienne  Scott,  the  star,  capti- 
vated San  Francisco.  She  has  the  sup- 
port of  a  brilliant  cast  including  Sid- 
ney Toler,  Joseph  McManus,  and  T°hn 
Merkyl. 

Alcazar  *     *     * 

"Badges,"  a  crook  comedy  of  fun  and 
thrills  bringing  back  Henry  Duffy  in 
the  leading  role,  will  have  its  first  pro- 
duction here  at  the  Alcazar  Sunday 
night.  Duffy,  a  comedian  of  the  first 
water,  will  have  a  part  similar  to  his 
role  in  "The  Cat  and  the  Canary"  with 
which  he  opened  the  Alcazar  a  year 
and  a  half  ago. 

<  >f  particular  interest  also  to  theater 
patrons  is  the  announcement  that 
Duffy  has  brought  here  from  New 
York  for  this  offering,  Louis  Bennison, 
who  will  be  seen  in  the  characterization 
that  he  originated  in  the  Broadway 
presentation  of  the  play.  Bennison,  a 
star  of  both  stage  and  screen,  is  very 
popular  here  and  in  Oakland,  where  he 
filled  long  stock  engagements. 

Dale  Winter,  returning  after  her  va- 
cation, will  be  the  heroine,  appearing 
as  a  persecuted  young  woman. 

Mystery  and  thrills  are  interwoven 
with  laughs  in  "Badges,"  which  had  a 
long  run  at  the  49th  Street  theatre. 
New  York.  The  play  is  essentially  a 
comedy. 


By  "Jingle" 

Wilkes 

Eugene  O'Neill's  play,  "Desire  Un- 
der the  Rims,"  will  contain  its  unex- 
purgated  lines  this  week,  according  to 
A.  G.  Wilkes,  president  of  the  com- 
pany operating  the  Wilkes  theater. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  San  Francisco 
last  Tuesday,  Wilkes  discovered  that 
certain  lines  had  been  omitted  from  the 
performances  at  his  theater,  and,  ac- 
cording to  the  contract  with  O'Neill 
the  playwright,  the  stage  play  must  be 
presented  as  it  is  written  without  one 
omission. 

The  lines  that  were  cut  from  the 
play  were  the  ones  that  caused  the 
British  censor  to  forbid  its  perform- 
ances in  London  and  blue  penciled  the 
license. 

On  this  basis  the  play  was  barred 
from  Boston.  On  this  basis,  also,  be 
it  said,  did  New  York  have  one  row 
over  the  play.  What  they  did  in  Los 
Angeles  is  known — they  arrested  the 
entire  company. 

San  Francisco  is  to  hear  the  shock- 
ing lines.  That  may  pack  the  house! 
Perchance,  and  then,  again — well,  Mr. 
Wilkes  says  the  contract  calls  for  an 
unexpurgated  edition! 

*  *     * 
Columbia 

If  the  Duncan  Sisters  were  to  re- 
main here  indefinitely  they  would  con- 
tinue to  draw  packed  houses,  for  their 
admirers,  whose  name  is  legion,  are 
never  satisfied  without  seeing  them 
over  and  over  again. 

"Topsy  and  Eva"  may  have  proved 
a  gold  mine  for  the  exquisite  perform- 
ers, whose  knowledge  of  stage  mag- 
netism is  something  beyond  their 
years,  but  it  certainly  has  been  a  tonic 
to  our  lives  and  made  us  happier  be- 
cause of  their  lilting  melodies,  their  in- 
nate charm  and  their  high  histrionic 
ability.  Vivian  and  Rosetta  Duncan 
are  luminaries  whose  radiance  we  need 
for  a  much  longer  time.  They  have 
a  company  in  attune  with  every  ges- 
ture, every  line  and  every  melody. 

*  *     * 
The  President 

"The  Nervous  Wreck,"  novel  play 
of  fun  and  frolic  with  Phil  Tead,  Se- 
lena Royle  and  Kenneth  Daigneau,  in 
the  leading  roles,  will  have  its  fifth 
week  at  the  President  theatre  begin- 
ning with  the  matinee  next  Sunday. 
Henry  Duffy  is  delighted  with  the  suc- 
cess of  this  amusing  farce  and  partic- 


ularly with  the  work  of  the  clever  ag- 
gregation of  players  presenting  it. 

Owen  Davis,  the  author,  set  out  to 
do  something  distinctly  unique  when 
he  wrote  this  comedy,  and  he  has  suc- 
ceeded. 

*     *     * 

Orpheum 

An  all-new  bill  will  be  presented  at 
the  Orpheum  theatre  next  week,  when 
a  quadruple  headline  bill  of  national 
and  international  stars  will  include  the 
musical  comedy  star  and  author  Jo- 
seph E.  Howard,  himself;  and  a  big 
company  in  his  "Broadcasting  Revue"; 
George  Whiting  and  Sadie  Burt;  Eddy 
Brown,  the  concert  violinist;  and  the 
special   engagement  of  Flo  Irwin. 

Joseph  Howard  is  bringing  a  large 
company  to  appear  in  this  up-to-the- 
minute  revue,  including  Pauline  Ze- 
nowa.  Marjorie  Linkin.  a  San  Fran- 
cisco girl,  who  has  won  fame  through- 
out the  Eastern  theatrical  fields  and 
who  is  making  her  first  return  to  San 
Francisco  in  several  years ;  Jason.  Robin- 
son and  Blue,  Jimtown  Rythm  Kings. 
Billee   Senna  and   Company  and  others. 

George  Whiting  and  Sadie  Burt  are, 
perhaps,  one  of  the  most  popular 
couples  on  the  stage.  They  are  San 
Franciscans.  Virginia  Mae  in  "Song 
Scenes  and  Dances"  with  Edwin 
Weber  conducting  the  orchestra,  are  in 
this  act. 

Eddy  Brown  is  making  his  first  tour 
in  vaudeville  after  scoring  a  triumph 
on  the  concert  stage.  Flo  Irwin, 
known  the  country  over,  needs  no  in- 
troduction to  San  Francisco.  She  has 
appeared  here  many  times  in  large  suc- 
cesses as  well  as  in  stock  companies. 
Mi>s  Irwin  is  bringing  a  company  of 
five  to  assist  her  in  presenting  George 
Ade's  farce  "Mrs.  Peckham's  Carouse." 


*     *     * 


Warfield 

Gradually  the  famous  musical  com- 
edies of  the  legitimate  stage  are  reach- 
ing the  screen — "Irene"  was  the  first, 
now  comes  the  announcement  that  Vic- 
tor Herbert's  delightful  operetta, 
"Mile  Modiste,"  which  made  possible 
the  brilliant  career  of  Fritzi  Scheff, 
will  be  the  attraction  at  the  Warfield 
for  the  week  of  May  15,  with  Corinne 
Griffith  in  the  principal  role  of  the  little 
Parisian  modiste  and  milliner. 

The  story  of  "Mile  Modiste"  is  fa- 
miliar to  most  theatre-goers,  the  popu- 
larity of  Fritzi  Scheff  and  Victor  Her- 


May  1?.  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Amusements 


NEXT  WEEK 

ON  THE  STAGE 

ALCAZAR                       1                    "Ballses" 
O'Farrell  ir.  Powell  (        Henry  Duffy  Comedy 

COLUMBIA                       (             "Topsy  and  Eva" 
70  Eddy                               i              Duncan  .Slaters, 

CURRAN                          I                      "Patsy" 
Geary  nr.  Mason           i              Musical  Comedy 

PRESIDENT                 (.              "The  Nervous 
McAllister  nr  Mkt.     i                       Wreck" 

WII.KES                           1            "Desire  Under  the 
Geary  at   Mason           t                         Elms" 

VAUDEVILLE 

GOLDEN    GATE             I      "Mirage  da  Pari."— Headlined 
G.  G.  Ave.  &  Tnylor      (                  Vaudeville-Pictures 

ORPHEUM                      I 

O'Farrell  &  Powell      (                 All-New  Bill 

PANTAGES  (NEW)    (       Tom  Kelly,  Humorist 
Market    at    Hyde          (        Vaudeville-Pictures 

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sible. 

Norman  Kerry,  handsome  young 
lover,  heads  the  cast ;  and  Miss  Grif- 
fith and  Kerry  are  supported  by  the 
jovial  Willard  Louis,  Rose  Dione, 
Paulette  Duval,  Mario  Carillo  and 
three  score  of  beautiful  girls.  The  di- 
rection of  the  production  is  by  Robert 
Leonard,  the  producers  are  First  Na- 
tional Pictures. 

Walt  Roesner  and  his  super-soloists 
have  an  unusual  score  to  accompany 
the  screening  of  "Mile  Modiste"  and 
into  this  the  popular  leader  has  woven 
the  song  hits  of  the  operetta  which  in- 
clude "Kiss  Me  Again,"  and  "I  Want 
What  I  Want  When  I  Want  It." 

On  the  stage  Fanchon  and  Marco 
present  one  of  their  bright  "Specialty 
Ideas." 


Pantages 

With  Tom  Kelly,  famous  Irish  com- 
edian, and  a  genuine  South  of  Market 
boy  home  for  another  of  his  numerous, 
if  fleeting  visits,  Noodles  Fagan,  the 
"King  of  Newsboys,"  offering  his  orig- 
inal fun;  Harry  Shannon,  Jr.,  and  his 
versatile  Pennsylvania  orchestra;  the 
bill  Saturday  at  the  New  Pantages  will 
offer  three  cspeciallx  strong  headline 
acts. 

Harry  Lamore  and  (  ompany  have  an 

oddity   wherein  rugs  miraculously  turn 

to  chairs,  tattles  and  a  grand  piano, 
with  Lamore  exhibiting  skill  on  the 
tight  wire  after  ludicrous  attempts  at 
balancing.  Enos  Frazere  &  Co.  will 
present  acts  of  dancing,  songs  and  talk  ; 
Merritt  and  Cougglin  coax  laugh-  with 
their  skit  "The  Weigh  of  a  Girl." 

Joe    Robert-,  ami   his   merry   musical 

gang  will  have  a  special  surprise  offer- 
ing The  feature  photoplay  will  be 
"M\  \\  ife  and  I."  a  serio-comic  drama 
dealing  with  dome-tic  difficulties  in 
which  Lillian  Rich,  Constance  Bennett 
and  Huntley  Gordon  are  cast  promi- 
nently. 

The  Luxor  Mummy,  mysterious  and 
puzzling,  answers  questions  in  the  sa- 
lon, seemingly  imbued  with  life  despite 
il-  3000  years'  sleep  beneath  the  third 
pyramid. 

*    *     * 

Golden  Gate 

"Mirage  tie  Pari-."  F.mil  Boreo's  lux- 
urious revue,  is  the  topliner  at  the 
Golden  Gate  commencing  Sunday. 
Singers,  dancers,  comedians  and  some 
serious  players  supply  gayety  and  lure. 

Tad  Tiemana  Tunesmiths,  with 
Pinkie  Dees  featured,  is  an  additional 
attraction  of  this  week's  program. 
They  are  high  entertainers,  Boyle  and 
Delia  in  "How's  That."  a  comedy  act. 
containing  musical  -ettings:  Lucille 
Denstead,  Australian  prima  donna,  in 
popular  and  semi-classic  songs,  and 
\\  ills  and  Holmes,  the  "Backyard  En- 
tertainers." are  other  Golden  Gate  at- 
tractions. 


"Ladies  of  Leisure"  is  the  screen 
feature,  starring  Elaine  Hammerstein, 
and  T.  Roy  Barnes. 

*  *     * 
Granada 

"Wet  Paint,"  with  Raymond  Grif- 
fith the  star,  comes  to  the  Granada  Sat- 
urday to  give  rounds  of  hearty  laughter 
to  theater  patrons.  Natalie  Kingston, 
Helene  Costello,  Bryant  Washburn 
and  Henry  Kolker  are  in  the  cast. 

Reginald  Morris  wrote  the  story  ex- 
pressly for  Griffith  and  Arthur  Rosson 
directed  it. 

There  is  a  laugh  at  every  turn  of  the 

plot. 

*  *     * 

Ice  Skating  Club 

The  first  annual  season  of  the  Ice 
Skating  Club,  an  exclusive  social-sport- 
ing organization  devoted  to  skatorial 
dancing,  figure  skating,  and  general  ice 
skating,  is  now  under  full  momentum 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


Del  Monte  Mecca 

For  Society  Week-Ends 

SOCIETY  made  a  general  exodus  to  Del  Monte  this  past 
week  when  the  famous  hostlery  within  the  Monterey 
border  lines  again  opened  its  doors  for  festivities 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 

P.  Barrows  and  Dr.  Walter  W.  Campbell  of  the  University 

of  California;  Colonel  R.  C.  Ward  and  Captain  Frank  Har- 

ison  Ainsworth;  Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Charles  M.  Gayley, 

■>ederick  W.  Bradley,  Robert  Mitchell,  C.  Edward  Holmes. 

Admiral  and  Mrs. 'Thomas  Washington  were  distinguished 


Tder  lines  again  upcncu  i«  «»""""  „  vli";™  attracted      g"ests  at  the  notable  event. 
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the  attention  of  society  folks  from  various 
continent  The  same  fascinating  hire  which  has  made  the 
beautiful  grounds,  the  environment  of  sea  air  and  pine  trees 
an  ideal  spot  for  society  through  several  generations,  seems 
imbued  anew  with  additional  charms  and  enchantments. 

Honey-mooners  by  the  dozen  were  at  Del  Monte  this  past 
week  The  noted  hotel  has  long  been  synonymous  with 
wedding  days  and  now  that  every  thing  is  so  exquisitely 
and  luxuriously  new,  every  bride  of  the  season  seems  to 
have  chosen  the  place  as  an  ideal  place  for  post-wedding 
love-making. 
Opening  Night  *     *     * 

Every  room  was  taken  and  all  available  space  engaged 
days  prior  to  the  opening  of  Del  Monte  last  Saturday  night.  If 
has  been  estimated  that  something  like  1200  people  were  on 
the  dance  floors  Saturday  evening,  when  the  new  ballroom 
of  the  handsome  re-built  and  more-beautiful  Del  Monte 
was  again  open  to  society  and  the  public  in  general. 

Prominent  among  the  San  Francisco  fashionables  at  the 
dance  on  opening  night,  were  Colonel  and  Mrs.  George 
Sykes,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  G.  Moore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed- 
munds' Lyman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Hayes  Smith.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ross  Ambler  Curran,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  McXear. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  G.  Swinnerton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  McCor- 
mick,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rogers  Lapham,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Felix  Butte, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  lierrv.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Maurice  Sullivan. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Roth,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  G.  Noyes. 

Others  wdio  entertained  included  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  \  er- 
dier,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Tonningsen,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert 
Fleishhacker  Jr.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byington  Ford,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
G.  J.  Ivanovich.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phillip  Lyon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A,  F. 
Ma'hony,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Pulliam,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clar- 
ence Tantau,  Mesdames' Willis  Walker,  George  Uhl,  Mary 
K.  Solari,  E.  M.  Hueter,  and  Messrs.  S.  J.  Field  of  Monterey, 
Gouverneur  Morris,  James  Black,  Peter  Brandley,  D.  M. 
Linnard,  Dr.  Sumner  Hardy  and  Miss  Hilda  van  Sicklen. 

Mrs.  Willis  Walker  Clinton  Walker  of  Piedmont  and 
Leon  Brooks  Walker  entertained  a  group  of  the  hitter's 
young  friends  at  the  dinner  dance.  Among  those  present 
were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Magee  Jr.,  Misses  Evelyn  Poett, 
Claudine  Spreckels,  Harriet  Walker.  Messrs.  George  Mont- 
gomery,   Stanley    Armour,    Richard    McLaren    and    Josiah 

Knowles. 

*     *     * 

Noted  Visitors 

The  Earl  and  Countess  of  Stradbroke  and  Viscount  Dun- 
wich,  their  son,  were  honor  guests  at  an  elaborate  luncheon 
given  by  members  of  the  English  Speaking  Union,  San 
Francisco  Branch,  last  week,  Wednesday,  in  the  Palace. 

Those  who  greeted  the  noted  visitors  included  Dr.  David 


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Livermore,  Marcus  Koshland,  V.  K.  Maddox,  Charles  M. 
i  looper  and  Messrs.  Samuel  Pond,  E.  V.  Wilson,  and  War- 
ren Gregory  were  in  attendance  at  the  memorable  affair. 

*     *     * 
For  Traveler 

Mrs.  Edwin  Stadtmuller  gave  a  tea  this  past  week  at  her 
home  in  compliment  to  Mrs.  Joy  Lichtenstein,  who  is  leav- 
ing shortly  for  a  trip  abroad. 


has  been  in  New  York 


*  *     * 
Mrs.  William  Mayo  Newhall,  win 

for  several  weeks  has  returned  home. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  G.  Gyle  and  their  young  son,  are  at 
Kentfield,  where  they  have  an  apartment  in  the  old  Hall 
McAllister  home,  expecting  to  remain  in  Marin  County  for 

about  four  months. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Felix  Butte  gave  a  charming  dinner  party 
at  their  home  in  Vallejo  street  last  week,  having  as  their 
guests,  Judge  and  Mrs.  John  F.  Davis,  Professor  and  Mrs. 
Charles  Gilman  Hyde,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prentis  Cobb  Hale, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  Bradley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  Ho- 
gan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  V.  P.  Fullerton,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ches- 
ter Brayman  of  New  York. 

Army  Folks  Have 
Gala  Dancing  Party 

Several  hundred  officers  and  ladies  assembled  at  the  post 
exchange,  Fort  Winfield  Scott,  last  Thursday  week,  for  a 
gala  dancing  party  entitled:  A  Night  In  Hawaii. 

The  Officers'  Club  Board  of  Governors  were  in  the  re- 
ceiving line,  comprising  Major  and  Mrs.  Robert  Welshmer, 
Major  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Haines,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Horace 
Whittaker. 

*  *    * 

Children's  Party. 

Mrs.  Daniel  Yolkmann  gave  one  of  the  most  delightful 
children's  parties  of  the  season  in  compliment  to  little 
Miss  Virginia  Yolkmann,  who  celebrated  her  sixth  birthday. 

The  adorable  little  folks  were  seated  about  a  daintily  ar- 
ranged table  with  its  bounteous  supply  of  goodies  for  the 
little  guests,  numbering  about  sixteen  little  boys  and  girls 
of  about  Yirginia's  own  age. 

*  *     * 

Coming  Back 

Many  friends  of  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  Clay  Brown, 
U.S.A.,  are  rejoicing  over  the  word  that  they  are  to  return 
to  San  Francisco  in  August,  Colonel  Brown  having  been 
ordered  to  the  Presidio  Post  after  two  years  in  Honolulu. 


HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 

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May  15,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Engagement  Announced 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Marion  Searle, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Searle  of  Palo 
Alto,  to  Mr.  Lindley  Fowler  Bothwell,  of  Los 
Angeles,  has  been  announced.  The  romance 
began  at  the  Oregon  Agriculture  College  and 
ripened  into  a  betrothal  while  both  were  stu- 
dents at  Stanford  University. 

Famous  Gardens 

Members  of  the  Garden  Club  were  enter- 
tained this  past  week  on  the  beautiful  estate 
of  Mrs.  George  Newhall,  in  Burlingame,  with 
prominent  home  society  people  and  owners 
of  famous  gardens  down  the  peninsula  among 
the  guests. 

The  assemblage  gathered  in  the  Newhall  gar- 
dens, one  of  the  most  famous  in  all  California. 
The  grounds  are  in  the  form  of  an  Italian 
cross.  The  mansion  built  in  the  Italian  Renais- 
sance architectural  style,  stands  at  a  point  on  a 
shaft  of  the  cross. 

A  magnificent  sunken  garden  reached  by 
wide  stairways  leads  from  one  of  the  terraces, 
and  in  the  center  of  these  gardens  is  a  large  pool.  Double 
rows  of  Lombardy  poplars  border  the  wide  driveway  leading 
toward  the  mansion. 

.  At  this  time  of  the  year  the  gorgeous  blooms  of  the  New- 
hall gardens  are  past  description,  presenting  a  picture  of 
such  transcendant  loveliness  that  only  California  with  all 
of  its  glory  of  flowerdom  can  provide. 

Those  whom  Mrs.  Newhall  entertained  as  members  of  the 
Garden  Club,  include  a  coterie  of  society  women  whose 
adjoining  estates  are  the  pride  of  California.  They  include 
Mrs.  Gerald  Rathbone,  the  president  of  the  <  iarden  Club  ; 
Mrs.  Ross  Ambler  Curran,  vice-president;  and  Miss  Helen 
Cheesebrough,  the  recording  secretary.  Mrs.  William  C. 
Van  Antwerp  is  the  treasurer. 

Mrs.  Joseph  D.  Grant,  Mrs.  William  B.  Bourn,  Mrs. 
A.  L.  McLeish  and  Mrs.  Platl  Kent  arc  officers  and  garden 
devotees. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Florence  Bostwick  gave  a  charming  luncheon  at  her 
home  this  past  week  in  honor  of  Miss  Audrey  Ewing,  who 
has  announced  her  engagement  to  Mr.  loseph  Bryant 
Wheeler.  The  guests  included  Mrs.  Peter  Beaver,  Mrs. 
George  Stevenson.  Miss  Harriet  Winner.  Miss  Claribel 
Rapp,  Miss  Louise  Zeh.  Miss  Kathryn  Chacc.  Miss  Dor- 
othea  Williamson,   Miss    Phyllis   Fay,    Miss   i  Hive    Watt, 

Miss  Yvonne    Musto,   Miss   Mary    Dennis   Searles  and   Miss 

Dorothy  Stevenson. 

*  *     * 

One  of  the  smartest  affairs  of  early  May.  was  the  lunch- 
eon given  on  Saturday,  by  Mrs.  Walter  I-'..  Trefts,  and  Mrs. 
Alfred  E.  Roncovieri,  St..  at  the  Fairmont  hotel,  in  honor 
of  Mrs.  Milton  L'nger.  who  is  leaving  for  Europe  on  the 
twelfth.  Laurel  Court  was  the  picturesque  setting  for  the 
affair,  and   the  table  decorations   were   unusualU    lovely. 

The  guests  were  seated  at  two  large,  round  tables,  cen- 
tered with  mounds  of  pink  and  blue  flowers,  and  ferns  and 
smaller  blossoms  were  scattered  about  the  cloth.  The  name 
of  each  guest  was  on  a  card  held  in  the  hand  of  tiny  French 
dolls,  which  were  given  to  those  present  as  favors.  The 
friends  assembled  to  wish  the  complimented  guc-t  Don  voy- 
age included:   Mesdames  Jerome  B.  White.  A     I.   Lartigan. 


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Charles  Wilson,  Richard  Costello,  Rene  Sbar- 
boro,  James  E.  Power,  George  Andrews,  Henry 
Sichel,  William  Hughson.  Nathan  Landsberg- 
er,  Harold  T.  Armstrong,  A.  W.  Edwards, 
Lyle  T.  Jacks,  Charles  Rosner,  Thomas  F. 
Graham,  Guy  McMillan,  Adele  Bolger,  Joseph 
Mitchell,  Adolph  Becker,  Frank  T.  Deasy, 
Robert  Lee,  Charles  Keenan,  Clyde  Healy,  Wil- 
liam F.  Benedict,  John  Baker  Jr.,  George  Stein, 
Lillian  Lillienthal,  Harry  Levison,  J.  C.  Flood, 
Louis    Roncovieri,    Alfred    E.    Roncovieri   Jr., 

George  Carson. 

*     *     * 

California  Writers'  Club 

The  California  Writers'  Club  met  at  Hotel 
Claremont  Tuesday  evening,  May  fourth,  for 
their  regular  monthly  dinner.  More  than  a 
hundred  members  and  guests  gathered  about 
the  beautifully  decorated  tables  on  the  sun 
porch. 

The  speakers  of  the  evening  were  Dane  Cool- 
idge,  Milton"  Angle.  John  Hamlin,  all  members 
of  the  Club,  and  Professors  A.  G.  Brodeur  and 
Farnham  Bishop,  co-authors  of  "The  Altar  of 
'  Writing  for  the  rough-paper  magazines,  was 
discussed  by  the  speakers. 
Before  presenting  the  speakers.  Harry  Noycs  Pratt. 
I 'resident  of  the  Club,  introduced  three  new  members.  Alma 
Silvia  laeobs.  writer  of  verse:  Katharine  Lawton  Kelly. 
writer  of  verse  and  short-stories;  Lucy  Burgess  Tinsley. 
writer  of  short-stories;  and  a  guest.  Cora  A.  Kellam.  vice- 
president   of  the   League  of   American    Pen   Women,   New 

Mexico. 

*  *    * 

The  welding  of    Miss  Eva   Bullington,    daughter    of    Dr. 
ami  Mrs.  F.  F.  Bullington  of  Chico,  and  Mr.  Carl  K.  Jenson, 

is  announced  for  June  23,  and  many  affairs  are  being  given 
for  the  entertainment  of  the  bride-elect. 

tin    Saturday,    Miss    Bullington   shared   as   honor   guest 
with  Mrs.   Harold  Lees  Overmire,  at  one  of  the  loveliest 

bridge  teas  of  th<  [iven  in  the  newly  opened  tea  room 

of  tlie  Hotel  Claremont.  by  Mrs.  Charles  U.  *  >vermirc.  Mrs. 
Harold  Lees  I  Iverrafre  i>  one  of  the  brides  of  last  week. 

*  *     * 

Mrs  |.  Louis  Fuller  of  San  Anselmo,  the  Chairman  of  the 
Out-door  Art  section  of  the  California  Club,  entertained 
the  members  of  the  board  at  a  luncheon  given  at  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel  on  Tuesday.  The  round  table  was  centered 
with  a  mound  of  flowers  and  each  guest  received  a  CO 
bouquet;  the  place  cards  were  ornamented  with  hand 
painted  birds.  The  guests  included:  Mrs.  Charles  Menifee. 
Mrs.  Ringold  Carmany,  Mrs.  F.  B.  Mo,,re.  Mrs.  Walter  Mc- 
Cauley,  Sir-.  Frank  Croudace,  Mrs.  John  Phillips. 


The  Dramatic  Musical  Society,  of  which  Mrs,  William 
Hinckley  Taylor  is  the  President,  gave  a  beautifully  ap- 
pointed luncheon  in  the  Gold  Room  at  The  Fairmont  Hotel 
i in  Tuesday.  The  society  meets  each  month  and  every  year 
the  members  have  one  luncheon.  The  entertainment  for 
the    afternoon  in    an    old    fashioned    barn   dance, 

which  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  the  members  and  their  fricnd>. 


At  the  Whitcomb  Hotel 
During  the  week.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  A.  Brennan  and  their 
daughter,  Mary  Ruth,  stopped  at  the  Hotel  Whitcomb  en- 
route    to   their    home   in    Baltimo-e.    Maryland.      For   nine 

Mr.  ami   Mrs.  Brennan  have  come  to  Califonv 
the   winter.      This   winter,   they   visited    in    Southern    Cali- 
fornia.    They  are  both  1  -;xirts  and  are  prominent 
in  club  circles. 

ntinned  on  Pa«e  15i 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


ONE  OF  the  hardest  jobs  in  radio 
today  is  to  find  men  capable  of 
going  into  a  home  for  demonstration  or 
repair  work   on   a  receiving  set   with- 


C.  J.  Pennington 

Demonstrations 

out  trying  to  act  high  and  mighty. 
when  they  discover  that  the  prospect  or 

owner  does  not  know  as  much  about 
radio  as  they  do. 

Not  long  ago,  being  a  disinterested 
spectator  at  a  friend's  home  during  a 
demonstration  of  a  radio  set.  the  op- 
portunity was  present  to  enjoy  a  good 
laugh  at  the  expense  of  a  "Demonstra- 
tor Salesman."  He  was  making  a  dem- 
onstration of  a  set  not  properly 
equipped  in  the  first  place,  and  on  top 
of  that  the  self-importance  of  the  sales- 
man tlid  not  increase  his  chances  for 
making  the  sale.  However,  the  pros- 
pect was  in  favor  of  purchasing  the 
set  and  he  did  buy  it.  but  not  through 
the  efforts  of  the  salesman.  For  his 
demonstration  was  very  unsatisfactory. 

It  was  a  five  tube  set  and  three  of  the 
tubes  were  the  same  make  as  the  set 
itself.  The  cither  two  were  of  stand- 
ard make.  Upon  questioning  him  re- 
garding the  mixed  tubes,  his  reply  was 
that  unless  the  set  was  equipped  with 
at  least  three  tubes  of  the  same  make 
as  the  set,  it  would  not  operate  proper- 
ly. We  are  wondering  just  how  he 
would  explain  that  in  detail,  why  the 
set  would  nut  work  SO  well  unless  it 
had  three  tubes  of  the  same  make  as 
the  radio,  unless  it  could  be  that  the  tubes 
of  the  same  make  as  the  set  cost  more 
than  good  standard  tubes. 

The  salesman  left,  leaving  the  set  for 
the  prospect  to  try  out  for  himself.  A 
test  was  made  of  the  tubes  and  they  were 
found  to  be  practically  worn  out.  In 
fact,  they  were  not  worth  using  in  any 
radio  set,  and  especially  not  fur  demon- 
stration purposes. 


Since  that  time  we  have  made  an  ex- 
tensive search,  but  thus  far  it  has  been 
impossible  to  find  any  special  reason  why 
that  particular  set  should  have  three  tubes 
of  the  same  make  as  the  receiver,  in  or- 
der to  insure  proper  operation. 

However,  here  is  hoping  the  salesman 
making  that  particular  demonstration 
reads  this,  for  such  statements  as  he  made 
then  are  surely  not  helping  him  in  fu- 
ture sales.  And  may  we  offer  a  sugges- 
tion? When  next  he  enters  a  home  to 
make  a  demonstration  ;  by  all  means  take 
gcod  tubes,   not   refills! 

*  *      * 

A  six-tube  neutrodyne  circuit,  the  op- 
eration of  which  depends  upon  the  alter- 
nating current  of  the  house  lighting 
mains,  thereby  dispensing  with  all  bat- 
teries, was  introduced  and  demonstrated 
by  the  Garod  Radio  Corporation  during 
the  past  week. 

The  tuning  is  accomplished  by  three 
dial-  a-  is  the  case  with  the  standard  neu- 
trodyne. Two  small  knobs  regulate  the 
volume.  <  )ne  of  the  intensity  controls 
governs  a  -cries  condenser  in  the  anten- 
na circuit.  The  function  of  this  device 
is  to  aid  in  inning  in  the  lower  waves  and 
to  prevent  overloading  the  detector.  The 
other  vi  hum-  regulator  is  a  high  variable 
resistance  shunted  across  the  secondary 
of  the  first  audio  amplifying  transformer. 

Two  16-B  tubes  serve  as  the  rectifiers; 
three  UX-112  tubes  act  as  the  first  and 
second  radio  frequency  amplifiers,  and 
first  audio  amplifier.  The  detector  is  a 
UX-199  and  the  last  audio  amplifier  is  a 
(JX-210. 

The  set  was  designed  by  1!.  I".  Miess- 
ner.  who  drew  the  plans  for  erecting  the 
Lafayette  wireless  station  in  France  dur- 
ing the  Worl  1  War.  No  hum  from  the 
alternating  current  could  be  noticed  in 
the  initial  demonstration,  and  when  asked 
regarding  the  life  of  the  tubes  Mr.  Micss- 
ner  said  that  less  current  is  used  on  the 
tides  than  on  the  ordinary  battery  oper- 
ated broadcast  receiver  and  for  that  reas- 
on longer  tube  life  could  be  expected. 

*  *     * 

Buy  the  Best 

There  are  a  certain  number  of  persons 
who  are  always  complaining  about  their 
radio  reception. 

After  careful  investigation  into  several 
of  these  ihnmic  complaints,  the  fault  in 
practically  every  case  has  been  with  the 
person  using  the  se'.  The  fault,  to  be 
sure,  has  been  with  the  set.  but  the  owner 
has  been  the  reason  for  the  fault,  due  to 
the  fact  that  some  people  are  continually 
exnecling  something  for  nothing. 

In  these  days  of  modern  miracles  it 
just  isn't  being  done,  irrespective  of  any 


opposition  that  may  be  offered  to  the  con- 
trary. 

For  instance:  A  man  '(well  investi- 
gate 1  )  was  for  several  weeks  on  the  verge 
of  purchasing  a  radio  set.  He  had  as 
many  as  eight  different  makes  of  sets  sent 
to  his  home  for  a  tryout,  and  every  one 
produced  the  same  results.  Why?  For 
the  reason  that  every  set  placed  in  his 
home  was  a  very  cheap  set.  He  has  a 
poor  location  for  radio  reception  and  only 
the  best  set  obtainable  would  ever  give 
satisfactory  results. 

However,  after  some  length  of  time 
and  many  dickerings,  he  purchased  a  set 
at  a  big  reduction  from  the  regular  price. 
Naturally,  something  was  amiss,  which 
the  salesman  neglected  to  mention,  or  it 
never  would  have  been  purchased  at  such 
a  sacrifice,  for  it  was  a  very  noted  make 
of  receiver. 

The  outcome  was.  the  man  got  stung, 
and  at  the  present  time  his  radio  set  is  a 
total  loss.  He  gets  the  stations,  but  that 
is  about  all  that  can  be  said  for  it. 

Which  brings  us  to  the  question:  What 
is  the  use  of  owning  a  radio  set  if  good 
reproduction  cannot  be  had  when  it  is 
wanted  ? 

Something  good  always  costs,  but  con- 
sider the  results  that  are  obtained  by  pur- 
chasing a  radio  set  which  is  worthwhile'. 
If  the  best  possible  reproduction  is 
wanted,  take  a  lesson  from  an  actual  ex- 
perience and  do  not  hesitate  to  buy  the 
best,  for  there  is  no  question  but  what 
you  will  be  well  repaid  for  your  out-lay. 

in  good  reception, 

*     *     * 

The  Allen  D.  Cardwell  Manufacturing 
Corporation  has  produced  a  new  taper 
plate  condenser  known  as  the  Type  F. 
The  plate  is  semi-circular,  giving  the 
grea'est  amount  of  plate  area  in  the  small- 
est amount  of  space. 

This  condenser  is  made  in  .00035  mfd. 
capacity.  The  spacing  between  the  plates 
is  decreased  as  the  plates  are  meshed, 
thus  securing  a  variation  of  the  air  dielec- 
tric instead  of  a  variation  in  the  shape  of 
the  plate. 

Noc  Out  Nickel  Kleener 
Every  automobile  owner  should  take 
an  honest  tip. — the  next  time  you  have 
your  nickel  plate  cleaned,  just  ask  for 
"Noc  Out  Nickel  Kleener."  It  is  not 
only  highly  recommended  by  the  leading 
automobile  manufacturers,  but  by  any- 
one who  tries  it  once. 

You  wouldn't  use  sand  paper  to  re- 
move a  grease  spot  from  your  clothes,  so 
do  not  use  a  nickel  polish  for  your  nickel 
plate, — use  a  "Kleener."  It  contains  no 
acid,  ammonia,  caustics,  pumice,  silica, 
whiting,  benzine,  naphtha  or  gasoline. 


May  15,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


KPO— HALE   BROS.  AND   THE  CHRON- 
ICLE, SAN    FRANCISCO— 428.3 

Sunday,   May   16 

9:45  to  10:45  a.  m. — Undenominational  and 
non -sectarian  church  service.  Talk,  "The 
Secret  of  Happiness,'*  by  Dr.  C.  O.  Lund- 
quist,  pastor  Ebenezer  Luthern  Church,  San 
Francisco.  Organ  selections  by.  W.  E 
Corris. 

10:45  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  U.  ,S. 
weather   forecast  and   general   information. 

2:30  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation Park  of  the  baseball  game. 

5:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.  Giselman  at  the  California  Palace  of  the 
Legion  of  Honor. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — The  States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Waldemar 
Lind. 

6:30  p.  m. — -"Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  base- 
ball   scores   and   general    information. 

6:35  to  8:35  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra under  the  direction  of  Cyrus  Trobbe. 

8:35  to  10:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra. 

Monday,  May  17 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given   by   the   Y.  M.  C.   A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
TJ.  S.  weather  forecast  and  general  informa- 
tion. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra.  4 

2:30  to  3 :30  p.  m. — Matinee  program  by  the 
Salvation  Army  Band,  with  a  talk  on  art  by 
Helen  Gordon  Barker,  art  lecturer  fit  the 
De  Young  Museum. 

3:30  to  3:40  p.  m. — Fashion  notes  taken  Prom 
"Breath   of   the  Avenue." 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,  Cyrus   Trobbe   director, 

5:30  to  6:15  p.  m — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  thfl  Rook  of  Knowl- 
edge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
the  A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co,  Stock 
market  quotations,  baseball  scores  and  gen- 
eral   information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,   Waldemar    Llnd    director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Gene  James"  Palace  Hotel 
Rose    Room    i  lance    <  irchestra, 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — KFI,  Lofl  Angeles  and 
KPO,  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously a  program  originating  in  the 
KFI  studio  for  the  Walter  M.  Murphy  Mo- 
tors   Company. 

10:00    to    11:00   p.    m. — Cabiria    Cafe    I  >: ■    <  >, 

chestra,   Billy  Long  director. 

Tui'siiiiy.    Mny   IS 

7:ii0.    7:30,    8:00    a.    m. — Dally    dozen    e\. 
given    by    the    Y.    M.    C,    A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  fry  or,"  giving  the 
IT.  s.  weather  forecast,  general  Information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1 :00  tn  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel     Orchestra. 

2:30  p,  m, — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park    of    the    baseball    game 

4:30  to  6:30  p,  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra)   CyTUS    Trobbe    director. 

5:30  tn  6:16  p,  m.  —  Big  Brother's  stories  tak- 
en from  the  Book  of  Knowledge  for  the 
children. 

6:16    to   6:80    p.    tn, — "Ye    Towne    Cryer."    giving 

A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  A  Co,  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  pen  - 
Oral     information. 

6:80  to  7:00  p  m.— States  Restaurant  or- 
chestra,   Waldemar    Llnd    director. 

7 to     7:80    p.    m. — Rudy     Seiger's    Fairmont 

I  totel   <  Irchestra. 
8:00    to    11:00    p,    m.— Program    by    the    Blunter 

Quartet,    Q      Paequale    director,       Personnel: 

c.  Pasquale,  first  mandolin  A  Ba  udlno, 
lulto;  r  Farmenl  Inl,  guitar;  R,  Rossi,  sec- 
ond mandolin ;  J,  Q,  Walker,  tenor,  and  Br- 
nesl     I  Ch,    accompanist. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  tn.— Program  sponsored  by 
the  Mona  Motor  Oil  Company,  featuring 
the  Mona  Motor  Oil  trio— Cyrus  Trobbe, 
violin ;  George  von  Hagel,  cello,  and  Jean 
Campbell,  piano — and  the  Mona  Motor  Oil 
Harmony    team.    Gypsy    and    Mart  a 

10  00  to  u  00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Rose  Room 
Dance    <  Orchestra.    Gene    James    director. 

Wednesday*   ftfaj    19 

von.  m. — Dally   dosen   ex< 

•i    by   the   Y.   M    I 

a.    m  —"Ye    Towne    Cryer,"    giving    the 
V    S     weather   forecast,    general    information 
and    market    report    on    butter,    eggs, 
and  poultry. 

18:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  8:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 


2:30  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation  Park   of   the  baseball  game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus    Trobbe    director. 

5:30  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of  Knowl- 
edge. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  general 
information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra, Waldemar  Lind  director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

S:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent  Artists  under  the  auspices  of  Ernest 
Ingold,  Inc. 

9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Or- 
chestra,   Waldemar  Lind  director. 

Thin  sdiiy.    May  20 

7:00,  7:30,  X  :00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises 
given    by    the    Y.   M.   C.    A. 

10:30  a.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
U.  S.  weather  forecast,  general  information 
and  market  report  on  butter,  eggs,  cheese 
and  poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

2:30  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
c  cation   Park  of   the  baseball   game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus   Trobbe   director. 

5:30  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother,  taken  from  the  Book  of  Knowl- 
edge, assisted  by   "Uncle  HI  and  Uncle   SI." 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving 
A.  A.  Housman-Gwathmey  &  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  gen- 
eral   information. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — .States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,   Waldemar    Lind    director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel   Orchestra, 

.s  :00  to  9 :00  p.  m. — Program  sponsored  by 
the    Caswell   Coffee   Company. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  for  the  Cali- 
fornia    State     Radio     Association,     featuring 

the  Neapolitan   Male  Quartet  and   the   KIM 

trio. 

10:00  to  ii  00  p  no — Cablrls  Cafe  Danes  Or- 
chestral  Billy   Long  director. 

Friday,  Mny  21 

7:00,    7:80.    8:00   a.    m. — Dally   dosen    exen 
given    by    the   v.   M    C.     \ 

.i  in  v.  Towns  Cryer,"  giving  the 
i'.  s.  weather  Forecast,  general  inforn, 

and    market    report    on    butter,    eggs,    el 
and   poultry. 

18  00  noon— Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

18:46  p.  m.  Talk  from  the  commonwealth 
i  "in  b  luncheon   a  I   t  he   i '  ■  lace   Hotel 

1:00    to    I  no    p.    m. — Rudy    Seiger's    Ps  i 
Hotel    ■  it .  heatra. 

I  80  p,  in — Play   by  play   broadcast   from  Re- 
■    atlon   Park  of  the  baseball  game 

1:30  to  8:80  p.  m.  — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra,   Cyrus    Trobbe    director, 

S  30    to    ••  IS    p    m. — Big    Brother's   stores    ror 

the  children  taken  from  the   Rook  of  Knowl- 
edge. 

g:15  to  8:80  p    m,  —  "Te  Town-  Cryer,"   giving 
,\    a    Hoosman-Owathme]   A  Ce    stock 
ket    quotations,    baseball    scores    and    gen- 
eral   information. 

8:80  to  7:00  p.  m. — States  Restaurant  Orches- 
tra,   Waldemar    Llnd    director 

i  7:io  p  in  — "BportJ  <■•■■  ih<  Air,"  un- 
der the  direction  of  Harry  H  Smith,  sport- 
ing  editor    of   The   Chronicle. 

7:10  to  :  :••  p    m  ssone  by  Colonel 

Henry    I.    Raymond, 

B:00    to  I  00  p.    m  — -Program    by    the   San   Fran- 

Ivertlslng  Ciab  Olee   Club. 
1:00   t,,  10:01  p    m. — Palace   Hotel   Rose   Room 

Dance  Orchestra,  Gene  James  din 
9:10    to    8:80    p    tn. — Book    reviews    by    Harry 

A     Small    of    The    Chronicle. 

10:00  to  n  00  p,  m. — 8tates  Restaurant  or- 
chestra.   Waldemar    Lind    director, 

Ba+aretoy,  M«y  22 

7:00,  7  80,  B  00  a,  m. — I'allv  dozen  exercises 
given    by    the    Y     M    C      \ 

.».  m — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,"  giving  the 
t"  >  weather  forecast.  general,  information 
and    market    report    on    butter,    egg's, 

and  poultry, 

noon — Time  signal?  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1  no  to  1:00  p  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Fairmont 
Hotel    Orchestra. 

8:80  p  m — Matinee  "program ;  play  by  play 
broadcast  from  Recreation  Park  of  the 
baseball    game 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m.  —  Psriaci  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra.  Cyrus    Trobbe    dir 

6:18  to  0:30  p  m, — "Ye  Towne  Cryer."  giving 
A  A  Housman-Gwathmey  *  Co.  stock  mar- 
ket quotations,  baseball  scores  and  gen- 
eral   information. 

p    m — ptates   r.estaurant   Orches- 
tra. Waldemar  Lind  director. 


7:20  to  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  on  real  estate  fur- 
nished   by    the    R.    A.    Wilson    Company. 

8:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Dance 
Orchesti  a,  Keg  Code  directing.  Maurice 
Gunsky,  tenor,  and  Merton  Bories,  pianist, 
in tei  mission    soloists. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO., 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday,    May    10 

11:00  a.  m. — First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
service  (Oakland) :  Rev.  Edgar  A.  Low- 
ther,  minister.  Bessie  Beatty  Roland,  or- 
ganist. 

3:30  p.  m. — Vesper  services,  Grace  Cathedral, 
San   Francisco. 

7 :25    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:30  p.  m. — Anniversary  Day  program.  Cali- 
fornia Conference  Epworth  League,  broad- 
cast from  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church    (Oakland). 

Monday,   May   17 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Eric  Rasmussen;  Wil- 
liam  H.   Hancock,  accompanist. 

7:4B    a.    m. — "Pep   Class."    Health    Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class."  Health 
Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,  Clay  &  Company. 

12:00   noon — Time    Signal. 

12:30   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 

i  :30    p.    m. — N.    Y.   Stock   reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 

1:48    p.    m — Weather   Bureau    reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Robert  E.  Brennan.  tenor. 
Annie  H.  A  lien.  University  of  Calif  orn  la, 
talks  on  "Expression .*'  Mrs.  E.  A.  Kelli- 
her.  soprano.  Grace  Perel^a,  pi.mist.  "Hints 
to    Housekeepers."    <  >l  Ive    K  •nip.    pianist. 

5:30  to  fi:00  p.  m. — Aunt  B-tty  (Ruth  Thomp- 
son)    stories;     KGO     Kiddb  s'     Klub. 

6:00  to  6:SG  p.  m. — Dinner  concert.  Kohler  & 
Chase.    San    Francisco;    Amphlon    Trio. 

R    '■:•    p     in.  —  News    items. 

7:08  p.   m. — Weather  Bureau   report 

7:0"    n,    m. — S.    F.    Produce.    Grain.    Cotton    and 

Metals. 
T-i-l    p.    m. — X.    V.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

721    p,   m. — 8,    P.   stock    reports   (closing1), 
8  :00    p     m. — Educational    program — music  and 

i  |^  ,. r  s 
M<  dley   of    Scotch    Airs    (Arion    Arr.l —  Arion 
Tri... 
S;05    p.    m. — C.    J.    Hansen.    Assistant     Mai 

lug  Specialist.  Bureau  of  Home  Economics, 
speaker    for   0    s    Ttcnartment    of   AetIcuI- 

lore.  AlaO  George  R.  Harrison.  Master. 
California  State  Grange,  speaker  for  Na- 
tional   Farm     Radio    Council. 

>us.-   rd'Hardelnt) — Arion  Ti 
•   H    p,    m. — Joseph    Henry    Jackson— ^ "Chats 
About    New   BooVa." 

\s    We    Part     (Hcenfrlt7> — Arion    Trio 

m.— Wilds  Wilson  church    "New  Poet- 
rv    and    Drama." 

Piano    Solo —  Force    Hollo  way    Bart  hel  son — 
Etude,   a   sigh   (LIsbU. 
9:18    p      m  — A     paper,    "Essen t  ials    of     Disci- 
pline "  specially  prepared  by  Angel  n  Patii, 
Consulting  Fdncator  for  the  Home  Depart- 
>.    Second   District,  California   congress 
of   Parents  and   Teachers;   course.   "Charac- 
ter T'-Hipintr   in  the   Home," 

Villa      (Lehart —  Arion     Trio. 

m. — p-of.  ss'.-     Dwlghl     E      Watkin*. 
iker,   ausp*ces   Extension    Division.   Unl- 
vr^'tv    of    Callfo-nla:    subject.     "The    Value 
of    Training     In     Public    Sneaking" 

M    no-nt    "  huberl  > — Arion   Trio 

TpmiIio.    ««?     18 

0  a.  m. — "En^cetie*-  class."   Health 
n'ng    Exercises,    Eric    Rasmussen ;    Wil- 
liam   H.    Hancock,   accompanist 

,     r«  —  "Pen  Class,"    Health  Training: 

a.  m. — "tjiiybones"  class,"   Health 
T-alnlng. 
H  So  a.    m  —cheerio — "l»aily   Strength ." 
i     m     to   1  :0A  p    m — Luncheon   C« 
ghet-man.  Clay  A  Company. 
■T(roi    Signal. 

P     m.  —  Weather    Rureau    reports 
i  ;M   p.    m — N     Y     Stock    report* 
1    37    n.    m. — R    F.    Sto/-k     rep 
I'M    p     m — Weather    Bureau    reports 
p     m — Concert    orchestra 
Pt,    Francis     can    F-a  ^ 

m — 7Hfa     Phillips    Estcourt:     "As    a 
-nan    Tblnketh  " 

P    m — Hinner   •  hl*r   A 

chase.    San    Pranelsco;    Am] 
p,    m — News    items 
7*IW    p      m  — Wear  her    Fure„ 
T:*l    p    m. — Baseball   sc 

m — B    K    Produce    ^rAin    Cotton  and 
Metals 
:  i«   p    m  — N"     "' 

;,  m     ?  }-  S 

- 

I  and    - 

Va'e  Q«s- 

i    and    the    -Rat  Tie     Elon^s  " —    Jo- 
seph   de    Fao 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Neapolitan    Songs — California     Male    Quar- 
tette 
Accordion      Solos      and      "Wop"      Stories — 

"Adolpho" 
"Fun  in  the  Schoolroom,"  a  musical  novelty, 
presented  by  the  California  Male  Quartette. 
9:00    to    9:10    p.    m. — Henry    M.    Hyde:    "Won- 
ders   of   the    Sky." 
9:10    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program    by    Salvation 
Army  Western  Territorial   Band:   Ensign  E. 
Higgins,    conducting;    assisted    by   Carl   An- 
derson,   tenor. 
Salvation    Army    Band — 

March—  Wellington     (Scotney  I. 
Ensign  B.  Rogers   (cornet  soloist)  — 

Columbia  Polka. 
Salvation  Army  Band — 

.Selection  — Gems  from   the  Messiah    (Arr. 

Hawkes). 
Carl   Anderson,    tenor — 

My    Little    Island    Home    (Baden);    Sweet 

Little    Woman    o"    Mine    (Bartlett ). 
Salvation    Army    Band — 

Group  of  Favoiite  Hymns;  March — On   to 

the    War    (Leidzen). 
Carl    Anderson,    tenor — 
"  Little    Grey    Home    in    the    West    (Lohr) ; 

Just  a  Little  House  of  Love   (Wood). 
Salvation    Army    Band — 

Selection — Our    Army    Brave     (Marshall); 

Song — In    This   Hour  of   Softest   Splendor. 
10:00    p.   m.    to   12:00    midnight — Dance    music, 
Madson's    Midshipmen,     Hotel    St.     Francis, 
San    Francisco. 

Wednenday,  May  10 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Eric  Rasmussen,  Wil- 
liam   H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45   a.   m. — "Pep   Class."    Health   Training. 

8:15  tn  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 
Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    .Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,   Clav    &   Companv. 

12:00    noon — Time    Signal. 

12:30  p.  m. — U.   S.   Weather  Bureau   reports. 

1 :30    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 

1 :42    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Williams  Institute  (Berke- 
ley) speaker.  Agnete  Klitgaard,  pianist. 
Maude  Sloan  Fluno,  soprano;  Vincent  Flu- 
no.  accompanist.     Anna  D.  Bacon,  contralto. 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra,  Hotel 
St.    Francis,   San   Francisco. 

5:30   p.   m. — Mr.   Fix-it   answers  questions. 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Kohler  & 
Chase,    .San    Francisco;    Amphion    Trio. 

6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 

7 :03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:P6    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

7:0S  p.  m. — S.  F.  Produce,  Grain.  Cotton  and 
Metals. 

7:16    p.    m. — N.    Y.   Stock    reports    (c'osing). 

7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

Wednesday    night    silent. 

ThurMdny,   May  20 

7:15   to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class."  Health 
Training    Exercises,    Eric    Rasmussen:    Wil- 
liam  H.   Hancock,   accompanist. 
7:45   a.    m. — "Pep   Class,"    Health    Training. 
8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"    Health 

Training. 
8:30    a.    m. — Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 
11:30  a.  m.   to  1:00   p.   m. — Luncheon   concert; 

Sherman,    Clay    &   Companv. 
12:00    noon — Time    Signal. 
12-30    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 
1 :30    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 
1:31    p.    m_ — S.    F.  .Stock    reports. 
1:42    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 
4 :00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra,    Hotel 

St.    Francis,   San    Francisco. 
5:30  to  S:30  p.  m. — George  W.  Ludlow,  'Friend 

to  Boys." 
fi:55    p.    m. — News    Items. 
7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 
7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 
7:08    p.    m. — S.    F.    Produce,   Grain.   Cotton    and 

Metals. 
7:16    i>-   m. — N.    Y.   Stock    reports    (closing). 
7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.   Stock    reports    (closing). 
8:00   p.    m. — (Oakland    studio). 

"A  Step  On  the  .Stairs."  radio  mvsu-rv 
drama  by  Robert  J.  Casey,  d*-amatiz.<t 
by  Fred  Smith,  and  presented  by  the 
KGO  Players  under  the  direction  of  Wilda 
Wilson  Church. 
Scene — The    hunt    room    of    Peleg    Turner's 

mansion    on    Pelican   Bay. 
Entr'acte    music — Arion    Trio 

Ghost    Dance    (Sibelius);    Erl    King    (Gar- 
bett-Schubert) ;     Dance     Macabre     (Saint- 
Saens). 
10:00  p.  m.  to   12:30   a.  m. — Dance  music,   Bro- 
kaw  and  Orchestra,  Paradise  Gardens,  dak- 
land. 

F-lrtay,  May  21 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Eric  Rasmussen:  Wil- 
liam   H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

7:45    a.    m. — "Pep   Class."    Health    Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 
Training. 

8:30     a.     m. — Cheerio — "Daily     Strength." 


11:10  a.  m. — Prudence  Penny,  Home  making 
Talk. 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,   Clay   &    <'umpany. 

12:00     noon — Time     Signal. 

12:30    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau   reports, 

1:30   p.    m. — X.    V.    Stock   reports. 

1:37   p.   m. — S.   F.   Stock   reports. 

1:42    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau   reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Mme.  Rose  Florence  pre- 
sents   Leonore    Keiihly,    soprano,    and    Mar- 

cella    Elliott,    soprano.      Book   review. 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra,  Hotel 
St.    Francis,    San    Francisco. 

5:30  to  6:00  p.  m. — Esther  Wood  Schneider, 
KGO  Radio   Girls. 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Kohler  & 
Chase,    San    Francisco;    Amphion    Trio. 

6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 

7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    seines, 

7:08  p.  m. — .S.  F.  Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 
Metals. 

7:16   p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

7:23  p.  m. — S.   F.  Stock   reports   (closing). 

Friday    night    silent. 

Saturday,    May  22 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — "Energetics'  class,"  Health 
Training  Exercises,  Eric  Rasmussen;  Wil- 
liam   H.    Hancock,    accompanist. 

<;I5    a.    m. — "Pep    Class."    Health    Training. 

8:15  to  8:30  a.  m. — "Lazybones'  class,"  Health 
Training. 

S:30    a.    m.— Cheerio — "Daily    Strength." 

8:45    a.    m. — Songs;    William    H.    Hancock. 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert; 
Sherman,    Clay   &    Company. 

12:00   noon — Time   Signal. 

12:30  p.   m. — U.   S.    Weather  Bureau   report. 

12:33    p.    m. — N.   Y.    Stuck    Market   reports. 

12:40    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    Market    reports. 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  orchestra.  Hotel 
St.    Franc's,    San    Francisco. 

8:00    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report.      Al    San- 

toro — "Weekly   Spurt   Review." 
8:10  p.  m. — San  Francisco  Lions  Club  program, 
broadcast  bv   remote  control   from    the   Col- 
onial    Ball     Room,    Hotel    -St.     Francis.    San 
Francisco. 
Addresses  by — 

Honorab.e     .James     Rolph,     Jr.,     Mayor     of 

San    Francisco, 
Parker  L.  Jackson,   President.  San   Fran- 
cisco   Lions    Club 
William    Unmack,    Chairman    Convention 

Committee 
Jack    Riley,    Governor   4th    District. 
Music   by — 

Elsa     Behlow     Trautner,     soprano, 
Columbia    Park    Bovs'    Club    Band    of    San 

F,  ancisco;     Will     H.    Bickett,     Director, 
The    Clowns'    Quartette. 
Clarence     Sprague,     Community     Song 

Leader, 
Jerome    A.    Simon,    violinist, 
Fredei  ick  Warnke,  pianist. 
10:00  p.  m.  to   12:30  a.   m. — Dance  music,   Bro- 
kaw  and  Orchestra.   Paradise  Gardens,    <>ak- 

land. 

KFW1  — RADIO    ENTERTAINMENTS,    INC., 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 226 
Sunday,  May  10 

1 :00  to  2:00  p.  m. — KFWI  presents  an  hour 
of  concert,  offering*:  Bertha  Swartz.  violin- 
ist, accompanied  by  Evelyn  Biebesheimer. 
May   Sewell,    Lyric    Soprano,    Geo.   B.   Cook. 

I  !  i  -  B 1 1 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. —  Religious  services  broad- 
cast from   First  Church   of  Christ.   Scientist. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  presented  by 
Rudie  Swall.  tenor,  assisted  by  Helen  Irene 
Wilson  and  Mis.  Etta  Maurer,  accompanist. 
Hazel     McDaniels.     piano. 

lmoii  to  l  l: : o 0  p.  m. —  Dance  music  by  Paul 
K ei lis  Trovatore  Orchestra  playing  at  II 
Ti  ovatore  Restaurant.  Harry  II  ume.  Abby 
Perline  with  Mariorie  Primley  at  the  piano, 
during    intermission. 

Monday,    May   17 

10:45    to    11:00    a.    m. —  Letters    of    Suzanne. 

lioo  to  11:30  a.  m. —  Dance  to  Health  con- 
ducted  by  May   E.   Garcia, 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Impromptu  studio  program 
featuiing  Ethel  Lopaz.  Dick  Giblin.  Abby 
Be    line,    Gladys    La    M:irr,    Ann    Lapkin. 

6:00  to  6:30  P.  m.— Gladys  La  Marr  singing 
Popular  Ballads. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Tom 
Keam'a    i>ance    Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Eddie  Stott.  tenor,  Cora 
Turner   Smith,    Haze]    McDaniels,    piano. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Elliott  Hardy  in  his  first 
of  a  Series  of  Talks  on  "A  Trip  to  the  South 
Seas." 

Peggy    Read,   Violet  Preston,   Jimmy    Flem- 
ing. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m.— Hour  of  Old  Song  Hits 
with  o«rtrude  Tracy,  A I  Pearce.  Sadie 
Woodside. 

11:00  p.  m.  to  1:00  a.  m, — Paul  Kelli's  Trova- 
tore O  rhestra  playing  at  II  Trovatore  Res- 
taurant. Ben  Berman  and  Peggy  McDon- 
ald  du-  ing   intermission. 

Tuesday.   May   is 

11:00  p.  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Tro- 
vatore   Orchestra    playing    at    II    Trovatore 


Restaurant.  Jack  Reed  and  Marjorle  Rey- 
nolds   during    intermissions. 

Wednesday,    May   19 

10:45    to    11:00    a.    m. — Letters    of   Suzanne. 

11:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health  con- 
ducted by  May  E.  Garcia. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Impromptu  studio  pro- 
gram featuring  Harry  Hume,  Al  Pearce, 
Gertrude  Tracy  and  James  Muir. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Harmony  Hie  Parker  and 
his  Ukelele. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  The 
Georgia    Melodians. 

fJ:00  to  8:30  p.  m. — Humorous  program  by 
Jas.  Madison  through  courtesy  of  Radio- 
east    Weekly. 

8:30  to  9:30  p.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore  Or- 
chestra playing  at  II  Trovatore  Restaurant. 
Sadie    Woodside    during    intermissions. 

9:30  to  11:00  p.  m. — Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cats. 
Tom    Cation    at    the    microphone. 

11:00  p.  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music  by  Paul 
Kelli's  Trovatore  Orchestra  playing  at  II 
Trovatore  Restaurant.  Eddie  .Stott,  Clem 
Kennedy,  Dick  Giblin.  Abby  Berilne,  Har- 
monica  Mike    during    intermissions. 

Thurnday,    May   20 

Silent. 

Friday,  May  21 

10:45    to    11:00   a.    m. — Letters   of    Suzanne. 

1 1  :<i0  to  11:30  a.  m. — Dance  to  Health  con- 
ducted   by    May    E.    Garcia. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Impromptu  studio  program 
featuring  Cowell  Dein,  Ben  Burman,  Peggy 
Mac  Dona  Id,  Harmonica  Mike,  Abby  Ber- 
line,  and  Dick  Gjblin. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Geo.  Taylor  singing  popu- 
lar   songs. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Studio  program  featur- 
ing Bob  Gershenson's  Dance  Orchestra,  and 
Read     Sisters    during     intermissions. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Leonard  &  Holt  present 
Al  Pearce  and  Sadie  Woodside  with  Gene's 
Five  Harmony  Kings  of  the  Steamship, 
President    Pierce. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Sigmund  Anker  String 
Quartette. 

11:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Half  hour  by  the  Two- 
Man    Jazz    Band    and    Read    Sisters. 

10:30  to  12:30  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Paul 
Kelli's  Trovator  Orchestra  playing  at  II 
Trovatore  Restaurant.  Al  Sather  and  Lou 
Emmel    during    intermissions. 

Saturday,    May    22 

1:00  to  3:00  a.  m. — Pajama  Partv  featuring 
Eddie  Stott,  Clem  Kennedy,  Dick  Giblin, 
Abby    Berline,    and    Sadie   Woodside. 


KTAB— ASSOCIATED  BROADCASTERS, 
OAKLAND— 240 

Sunday,    May    lit 

:<-!.",    to    10:45    a.    m. — Bible    lecture    by    Prof. 

E.   G.   Linsley. 
11:00   a.  m.   to   12:30  p.   m. — Church   service. 
7:45    to    9:15    p.    m. — Church   service. 
9:30    to    11:00   p.    m. — After-service   concert. 
Monday,    May    17 
9:00    to    9:30    a.    m. — Prayer    service    by    Rev. 

E.    L.    Spaulding. 
4:0n    to    5:00    p.    m. — Women's   Club   Notes. 
6:00    I"    ]  0:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
Tuesday,    May    18 
9:00    to    9:30    a.    m. — Prayer    service    by    Rev. 

G.   W.    Phillips. 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Educational    program    by 

Mills   College. 
Wcdnexday,  May  10 
9:00    to    9:30    a.    m. — Prayer    service    by    Rev. 

<:.    W.    Phillips. 
Thurwday,  "May    20 
9:00    to    9:30    a.    m. — Prayer    service    by    Rev. 

G.    W.    Phillips. 
8:00   to   10:00   p.   m.   Studio   program. 
Friday.    May    21 
9:00    to    9:30    a.    m. — Prayer    service    by    Rev. 

E.    L.   .Spaulding. 
>;:00  to  10:00  p.   m. — Program  by  Breuner's. 
Saturday.    May    22 
Silent  all  day. 


KJBS— JULIUS   BRUNTON   &   SONS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 220 
Sunday,  May  10 

:»  nn   in   r,  :iii   p.   m.  —  Studio  prugram   as   follows: 
Q.    Bellevoice    Martucci.    Lyric-soprano,    ac- 
companied  by   Emillo  Martucci. 
Bill   Waiamau  and  James  Harrison.  Hawaii- 
an   Numbers. 

John  La  Marqur,  tenor;  Norma  Ca  risen. 
Lyric -soprano;  Behr  and  Dittmar ;  Earl  L. 
Smith,  tenor:  Sam  Knapp  and  his  Uke; 
Bennie  Stender,  piano:  and  Ozella  Bostick, 
piano. 

Monday,    May   17 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — .Studio  concert  by  "John- 
son's Radio  Band."  Intermission  numbers 
by  Gertrude  .Incoby,  Ray  McDonald.  Mary 
V.    Ryan    and    Phillip    Chang,    tenor. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  "John- 
son's Radio  Band."  Intermission  numbers 
by   Lou   Emmel   and    Del    Perry. 


.May  IS,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Tuesday*  May  18 

9:00   to   10:40   a.   m. — Vocal   and   Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
\\  cilnesdny.    May    19 

9:00   to   10:40    a.    m. — Vocal   and  Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00    to   10:00    p.    m. — Studio   program    by    the 

"After  Dinner  Boys,"   Jimmy   Raymond   and 

Harry  Hume,  rffesisted  by  Margie   Reynolds, 

Jack   Reed  and  many  others. 
Thursday.  May  20 
9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and   Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
Friday,   May  21st 
9:00   to   10:40    a.   m. — Vocal   and  Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Studio    program    by    the 

"Villa    Moret    Artists,"    Benny    Burman    and 

others.      Peggy  McDonald  at   the  piano. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio    program    by    the 

"Favorite    Hour    Entertainers,"    Gladys    La 

Marr,   Al   Sather  and  others. 
10:00  to  11:30  p.  m. — Regular  weekly  meeting 

of   the   "Royal   Order   of   Smoked   Herring." 
Saturday,  May  22 
9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — 'Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 


KFI— EARLE   C.  ANTHONY,    INC., 
LOS  ANGELES— 467 

(Copyright    1925    by    Earle    C.    Anthony,    Inc.) 

Sunday,   May    Itt 

10:00  a.  m. — Morning  .Services,  direction  Los 
Angeles     Church     Federation. 

11:00   a.    m. — Temple    Baptist   Church. 

4:00  p.  m. — Vesper  Services,  arranged  by  Fed- 
erated Church   Musicians. 

6:30    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6:45  p.  m. — Music  Appreciation  Chat,  and 
Father  Ricai  d's  Sun  Spot  Weather  Fore- 
cast. 

7:00  p.  m. — A.  H.  Grebe  &  Co.,  Inc..  program. 
Grebe    Synch rophase    String    Ensemble. 

7:30  p.  m. — Jim,  Jack  and  Jean  Trio.  Oogo 
Belanger,    soloist. 

8:00  p.  m. — Aeolian  Organ  Recital.  Dan  L, 
MacFarland   at    the    console 

9:00  p.  m. — Ray  Gill  and  his  Movieland  Syn- 
copaters. 

Lola    Gill    and    Mert    Denman    and    his    Uke 
as    soloists. 

10:00  p.  m. — Packard  Six  Orchestra,  with  Bill 
Hennessy  and  Chet  Mitten  dorf,  co -direc- 
tors.     Gladys    Thomas    as    soloist. 

Monday,    Mny    17 

6:45  to  7:00  a,  m. — Energetics"  Class.  Health 
Training  Exercises  by   Hugh  Barrett   Doi.h* 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Pep  Class.  Health  Training 

7:45  to  S:00  a.  m.  —  Lazybones'  Class.  Health 
Training. 

>::00    t«»    s:3(t    a.    m. — Cheerio— Daily    Strength. 

10:45  a.  m. —  Betty  Crocker  Gold  Medal  Flour 
Home   Service  Talk. 

11:05  a.  m. — Standard  Nut  Margarine  c,  \i,s 
Claire  I  iharles. 

5:80  p.  in. — Matinee   1  'rogTam. 

6:00   p.   m, — KFI    Nightly   Doings 

6:15  p.  in. — KFI  Radio  Travel  Guide. 

6:80   p.    in.— Warden    Neal    Ralnbert,    bar  it  on.' 

6:45    p.    in. — KFI    Uadlotorial    Period 

7:00  p.  m. — Owen  Fallon  and  bis  t'altfornians. 
with   Jackie    Lucas   as  soloist. 

8:00  p.  in. — Guzman  Trio.  Jean  Hayden,  so- 
prano. 

9:00  p.  ra.— Program  presented  by  Walter  m. 
Murphy  Motors  Co.,  featuring  Olga  Steffant, 

contralto;     Misha      Gej:  n;i,      'cellist  ;       Robert 

Hurd,  tenor;  Pryor  Uoor ft  Orchestra;  Tsabel 
k.>\\  en,  soprano.     Broadcast  simultaneous!] 

from     KFI,     LOS      Angeles,      and      K  PO,      Ban 

Francisco. 
10:00  p    ui-  Program  by  Melklejohn  Bros. 
Tuesday^   Maj    is 
6:46  to  7:00  ■    m. —  Energetics'  class.     Health 

Training  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs, 
7:16  to  7:80  a.  nv — Pep  class.  Health  Training 
r:46    to    8:00   a.   m. — Lasybones'   Class,   Health 

Training. 
•  00   to    B  80   a,   m.— Cheerio — Dally   Strength. 

86     p      m. — Profrram     arranged    by    Charles 

ilea  uchamp, 

6:06     p.    in  — KFI    Nigbtlv    Doings. 

p.    in,  —  KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 

m. — Eugenia   Whlsenaut 

in.  —  K  FI     RadtotOtial    Period. 

in — Virginia    Ballroom    orchestra. 

m — Mildred    Stamler,    soprano,    fctlns 

Carrier,    pianist;    Kuth     Bruns.    violinist, 
een    Artists'  Quartet. 

6:00  p.  nv  —  ProgTam  presented  by  A.  V.  Shot- 
well  Corp..  manufacturers  of  universal  De- 
luxe   Shoe    1  'ressing. 

10:00  p.  in—  Packard  Radio  Club,  featuring 
prominent    radio    favorltsa 

Wednesday*  May   it' 

ti    IG    to    TOO   a.    m.  —  Bnargatlca1    Class       Health 


6:80  p. 
6:45  p. 
7:00    p 


Training-  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs. 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Pep  Class,  Health  Training. 

7:45  to  8:00  a.  m. — Lazybones'  Class,  Health 
Training". 

8:00    to    8:30   a.    m. — Cheerio — Daily   Strength. 

10:45  a.  m. — Betty  Crocker  Gold  Medal  Flour 
Home    Service   Talk. 

5:30  p.  m. — Carl  Allen's  Hollywood  Roof  Ball- 
room   Orchestra. 

6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6:15   p.    m. — KFI   Radio   Travel   Guide. 

6:30    p.    m. — Art   Meyer    and   Betty    Polo. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

7:00  p.  m. — A.  H.  Grebe  &  Co.,  Inc.,  program. 
Grebe    Synchrophase    String    Ensemble. 

7:30    p.    m. — Nick    Harris   Detective   .Stories. 

8:00  p.  m. — Program  by  California  Petroleum 
Corporation  of  California,  featuring  Ven- 
tura Trio,  Ivan  Edwards,  Emma  Kimmel, 
Dorothy  Myers. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  of  Classical  Music,  with 
Beethoven,  Chopin,  Mozart,  Liszt,  Virginia 
Flohri,  soprano;  Robert  Hurd,  tenor;  Mar- 
guerite Le  Grand,  pianist. 

10:00  p.   m. — Popular  program. 

Thurwdny,    May  20 

6:45  to  7:00  a.  m. — Energetics'  Class.  Health 
Training  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs. 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Pep  Class,  Health  Training. 

7:45  to  8:00  a.  m. — Lazybones'  Class,  Health 
Training. 

8:00   to   8:30   a.   m. — Cheerio — Daily   Strength. 

12:10  p.  m. — Christian  Science  Lecture  from 
Philharmonic  Auditorium.  Lecture  by  Sa- 
lem   A.    Hart,    Jr..    C.   S. 

5:30    p.    m. — Matinee    program. 

6:00   p.    m. — KFI   Nightly    Doings. 

6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 

6:30    p.    m. — Bob    Gilbert. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI     Radiotorial     Period. 

7:00  p.  m. — Program  by  University  of  South- 
ern   California. 

8:00  p.  m. — Program  of  old  time  ballads.  Em- 
ma Kimmel,  soprano;  Olga  Steffani.  con- 
tralto; Paul  Roberts,  tenor;  Tom  McLaugh- 
lin,   baritone. 

B  00    p    m. — Popular   program. 

10  :00  p.  m. — Pa  trick -Marsh  orchestra.  Betty 
Patrick,  soloist, 

Friday,    Mny   21 

t;tr.  to  7:00  a.  m. — 'Energetics'  class.     Health 

Training  Exerices  bv  lluuh  Barrett  Dobba 
7:16  to  7:30  a.  m. — rep  Class,  Health  Training. 
7    IT.    to    8:00    a.    m.  —  Lasybones'    Class.     Health 

Training. 
s  oo  '<■  B  :;■'  a.  m.— Cheerio— Dally  strength. 
in  16  a.  m. — Betty  Crocker  Gold  Medal  Flour 

Home   Service  Talk. 
E>:80    p.    m. — Kenneth    Horse   ami    his    Venice 

Ballroom    01  Ch< 

m. — KFI    Nightly    Poinds, 

m. —  KFI    Radio    Travel    Qulde 

lyle   Stevenson's    Orchestra 
m, — kfi    kadlotorlal    Period, 

.  riyle  Steven  estra 

m. — Felipe   Dnlgado      .Medio  imra   Ba- 
ps n 
R:00    p     m. — Aeolian    Orc.tn    Recital.      Dan    L. 
MacFarland    at     I  he     con  sole 

■  l  a   Burnet  te,  soprano. 
9:80  p.    in — Program  by  Mutual   Motors,  inc.. 
featuring   musical  program   and  Jokt 
test,     Jlmmle   Maek,  Joke  editor. 

,,      m. — Packaids     Ha  Dad     Hour.       Wilda 

Bernard,   .lutius   Phillips.  Tom   McLaughlin, 

Ashley   Sisters.    Paul    Roberts,    Lei 
*n(tinln>.    May    22 
6:45    to    7  00    a,    m.  —  Kn.TKH  lc«*    Class        Health 

TraininK  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  D 
7:16  to  7:60  a.  m.-   Pep  Class,  Health  TraininK. 
7:46    to    vim   a     m — Laaybom  Health 

Training. 

8:00  to  8:3n  a    m — cheerio — Dally  Strength. 
m. — Shelley    Players    Orchestra,    with 

Marts    K\arts.   Millie  Hart    and   T.-at.-    Brady. 

m.— kfi    Nightly    Doings 
6:15  p.  m — KFI  Radio  Travel  cuide. 

m — Vest    Pocket    Prog-ram. 
t;  4;.    p,    m — KFI   Radiotorial    Perl 

7:00    p.    m. — Al    Wesson    and    his    OroheMra. 
8:00   p.  in—  N'bieti  Concert   Trio,  with 

Nebiett.  violinist;  James   .Murray,  baritone; 
mond    McFetters,  plan 

■'  m.i    j.     mi  —  Program   of   .-or.  Vir- 

ginia    Flohri.    OlK»     SlefTani.     Koi>(>rt     Hurd. 

p     in-  Packard    Radio    club,    Featuring 
prominent    radio   stars 
11:00    p.    m. — KFI    MFdnlght    Frol 
of<  .  ner. 


11,(111 

P. 

6:16 

P- 

8    :, 

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8:46 

p. 

7:il(> 

P. 

7:30 

P 

KFRC— CITY   OF    PARIS   DRY  GOODS  CO.. 

SAN    FRANCISCO — 270.1 
Sunday.    May    1H 

p      m. —   The    St  ape    ar 
1:80    to    7:60    p.    m. — Concert    from    Drnry    Lane, 
Hotel     Whit  COmb,     by     - 

Symphony    < Orchestra,    Kuerenla    Bern    con- 
duct inp. 

0   p    m. — Concert   by  Bern's   Little 

Symphony    Ore!.- 

p  m,  to  12:00  midnifirht — Dance  i 
by  direct  wire  from  Balconades  Ba' 
by    Walter   Krausgrlll's   Be  >rches- 

tra.       Intermission    by     the     "Dining     Room 
Roys.'      Jimmy     Raymond     and     Jack     Retd. 

-ted    by    Marjorie    Reynolds,    pa  in i si. 


Hominy,    May    17 

10:00  to  11:00  a.  m. — Household  hints  by  Mary 
Lewis  Haines,  domestic  science  editor  of 
the   San   Francisco    Call. 

11:00  to  11:15  a.  m. — Fashion  Hints  by  "Sally." 

5:30  to  6:15  p.  m. — A.  F.  Merrell  and  his 
Stamp  Club. 

6:15   p.    m. — "The    Stage    and   Screen." 

6:15  to  6:45  p.  m. — -Jo  Mendel  and  his  Pep 
Band  from  Lido  Cafe. 

6:45    to   7:30   p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad   Period. 

S:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Around  the  Camp-fire  with 
Mac,  "Arkansas  Charlie"  and  weekly  de- 
tective story  by  A.  J.  Kane  of  the  Kane 
Detective   Agency. 

9:00  to  9:15  p.  m. — Current  events  talk  by 
John  D.  Barry,  lecturer  and  special  writer 
for  the  "Call." 

9:15   to   9:45   p.    m. — KFRC   Hawaiians. 

Tuesday,  May  18 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6:30   p.    m. — "The    Stage   and   Screen." 

6:30    to    7:30    p.    m. — Popular    songs    by    Fred 

McKinley  of  Elgin's  Cafe  and  Goodfellows 
Ad  Period. 

8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

9:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Lance  music  by  direct 
wire  from  the  Balconades  Ballroom  by 
Walter  Krausgr ill's  Orchestra  and  Wm. 
Backstedt's  Old  Time   Band. 

Wednesday.   May  19 

10:00  to  11:00  a.  m. — Household  hints  by  Mary 
Lewis  Haines,  domestic  science  editor  of 
the   "Call." 

4:15  to  5:30  p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

5:30    to   6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and   his  Gang. 

6:80    p.   m. — "The   Stage   and  Screen." 

6  SO  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  from  Drury  Lane, 
Hotel  Whitcomb,  by  Stanislas  Bern's  Little 
Symphony  < ii  chestra.  Carmellta  O'Neil, 
eont  ralto.    Nan    Kowan,    soprano. 

E to    0:00    p.    in. — Concert    by    Bern's    Little 

s>- ii i  ph o n  y    <  ire h e s t  ra . 

Health     and     Safety     talk     at     8:15     by     Mrs. 

i ».   K.   F,   Easton,  chairman  of  the  Woman's 
Division  of  the  California  Development  As- 
sociation. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — -Studio    program,    under 
auspices  of  s.  i''  Community  Chest,    speak- 
er. Dr.  Ray  Lyman  Wilbur.  President  Stan- 
ford University. 
10:00    to    18:00    p.    m. — I lanes,  music   by   direct 
wire    from    the    Balconades     Ballroom     by 
Walter       Krausgt Ill's       <  >rch  estra.        Paula 
i  leorge,  Intermission  soloist. 
Thursday.  May  30 

i  6:30   p.    m  — Mac  and   his  Gang. 
6:30  p.    m. — "The   Stag)  en." 

o  7:00  p.  m. — Harry  Rosa  and  Bin  Mor- 
ris in   "Thirty  Minutes  before   the   Mike." 
ID   ,,.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 
*  mi    to    8:iG    p.    ni. — Creasy    i-vrru — "IB   min- 
utes at   the   Baldwin." 

it  talk  by  Pat  Krayne, 

Sports  editor  of  'The  Call." 

s  3it    to    10:00    p.    m. — Dance    music    by    dlrsot 

wire    fro    mtlic    Balconades     Ballroom     by 

Walter    Krausgr  til's    Balcoi  aestra. 

Friday,  May  21 

t   16    t..    6:60   p.    m. — Goodfellows    Ad    Period. 
p.    in    -Mac   and   his  Gang, 
m. — "The    .Stage    and    Screen." 

it  by  Stanislas  Bern's 
Little  Symphony  Orchestra.  Caroline  A. 
Mangels,  soprano  soloist.  Helen  Evans  Beal, 

I   00    t  neert     by    Bern's    Little 

Symphony   Orchestra,     Theresa    Haaly,   so- 
prano soloist. 

,i    p,    m.— s  from     'Kli- 

jah"    by     a     double     fjuartet.     directed      by 
Frank    M 

to    11:00   p.   m. — I>ance   music   by   direct 

!  room    by    Walter 

Krausgr  ill's     Orchestra     and     Wm.     Back- 

Dt'S    '  'id    Time    Band. 

■atao-day.   Mas    -- 

n.  m — Tea  hour  concert  by  Stan- 
islas Bern's  Little  Symphony  Orchestra, 
p laving  in  the  roof  garden  of  the  Hotel 
Whitcomb. 

■    6:60    P     m — Mac  and   his  Gang. 
:•     m — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

p.  m. — I  lance  music  from  Orury 
Ijine,  Hotel  Whitcomb  bv  Wilt  Gunzen- 
dorfer*s    Hotel    Whitcomb    Radio    Band. 

'fellows    Ad     Period     during     in  term  is - 

m.    to   1.    a.    m — Dance    music   by    Wilt 
Gunsendorfer's     Band.       In  term:  - 
during  the  evening  by   members  of  tr- 
chestra.    and    fr  Em- 

mel.    baritone    and    Del    Perry,    pianist. 


Branch  Post  Office  Near  Alley  Cat 

The  razing  of  the  Rii"  BWg.  has  ne- 

ated   tlie    removal    of     the     Branch 

nffiee,  Station  D..  among  the  many 

other  office  removals  from  that  site.  This 

station  now  occupies  an  office  in  BelHen 

Street,  adjoining  the  famous  "Alley  Cat." 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 

(Continued  from  Page  7) 

at  the  San  Francisco  Ice  Rink.  It  is 
located  out  on  the  Great  Highway  at 
Kirkham  Street,  just  two  blocks  south 
of  Golden  Gate  Park.  The  magnifi- 
cent new  Clubhouse  and  the  Ice  Arena 
are  open  to  the  public  six  days  and 
nights  a  week,  the  Club  members  re- 
serving Monday  nights  for  themselves 
exclusively. 

Though  open  less  than  ten  days,  the 
new  palais  de  glace  has  splendid  pat- 
ronage, more  than  a  thousand  skaters, 
men,  women,  and  children,  being  on 
the  ice  floor  at  one  time  last  Saturday 
evening.  Huge  throngs  crowd  the  en- 
trances at  every  daily  session.  This 
tremendous  vogue  is  due  largely  to  the 
remarkable  development  in  skatorial 
dancing.  Many  standard  numbers  of 
the  ballroom,  like  the  slow  waltz,  the 
foxtrot,  and  the  Viennese  glide,  are 
translated  to  the  ice. 

Some  of  the  finest  skatorial  coaches 
in  the  world  are  now  engaged  at  the 
Ice  Skating  Club,  including  Harry 
Swanson,  Palais  de  Glace,  Paris;  Jo- 
seph H.  Faient,  Tuxedo  Park  Club, 
New  York;  "Al"  Dahlenberg,  Ice 
Dancing  Club,  Vienna,  Austria;  H.  D. 
Turner,  Princess  Rink,  London.  Eng. ; 
Robert  Mann,  George  Brian,  Alan  Mur- 
rav,  and  W.  H.  Hayden,  all  formerly 
i if  the  Glacier  Palace,  Hollywood.  A 
wonderful  woman  skater,  Leah  Croger 
Muller.  Admiral's  Palast,  Berlin,  de- 
lights in  a  fine  exhibition,  while  Har- 
ley  Davidson  and  Caroline  Trask,  the 
world's  premiers,  are  the  great  favor- 
ites. Among  the  well  known  votaries 
of  the  happy  sport  of  the  ice  are :  Dr. 
Max  Rothschild.  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  Van- 
derlyn  Stow  and  Mrs.  Stow,  Mrs.  Peter 
Dunne.  |r..  Helen  Bellane,  Frederick  W. 
McNear,  Polly  Willard,  Mrs.  Walter  S. 
Martin.  Stewart  S.  Lowerv.  Helen  Crock- 
er. Willis  J.  Walker,  C.  S.  Howard.  Mil- 
ton H.  Esberg,  A.  B.  C.  Dohrmann, 
Jr.,  Sven  Philip,  Dr.  J.  D.  Stillman, 
1  [elen  Mohun,  Eleanor  Spreckels,  Mrs. 
Kenneth  Walsh,  Miss  Verdier,  Mrs. 
James  T.  Ludlow.  Mrs.  James  Henry 
Howe.  Miss  Ethel  Schmidt,  Gordon 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Archibald  Johnson,  W. 
W.  Crocker,  Thomas  Driscoll,  John  B. 
Casserlv,  Jr.,  Robert  A.  Miller,  Mrs. 
C.  O.  G.  Miller,  Mrs.  Walker  A.  Salis- 
bury. Stuart  Haldron,  Mrs.  Nion  R. 
Tucker,  Herbert  Fleishhacker.  Jr.,  Irv- 
ing Hellman,  Mrs.  Marcus  Koshland. 
Harry  H.  Scott,  and  the  Misses  Adams 
of  Oakland. 

Mrs.  Charles  Templeton  Crocker  is 
bringing  back  from  Paris  the  renowned 
skating  coach.  Dr.  Emile  Dubois,  who 
will  be  at  the  Ice  Skating  Club  at  the 
Ocean  Beach  until  early  in  September. 
Around  the  edge  of  the  ice  pond  are 
grouped  the  boxes,  held  in  perpetuity, 
by  the  families  of  the  one  hundred 
members  of  the  Club.  A  fine  carnival 
by  the  Club,  open  to  the  public,  is  to 


be    given    next    Saturday    night,    May 

15th. 

*     *     * 

Empire  Day 

The  celebration  of  Empire  Day  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  Combined  Brit- 
ish Societies  of  San  Francisco,  Concert 
and  Ball,  will  be  held  on  Saturday  eve- 
ning. May  22,  at  the  Scottish  Rite 
Auditorium  at  8  P.  M. 

The  following  program  by  promi- 
nent artists  will  be  rendered:  Song 
entitled  "Lord  of  Hope  and  Glory,"  by 
Miss  Lillian  Waddington.  contralto, 
from  London  ;  "Songs  of  Araby"  by 
Charles  Bulotti,  San  Francisco's  popu- 
lar tenor:  "On  the  Road  to  Mandalay" 
by  James  Isherwood,  Canada's  Lyric 
Baritone;  "Bandonia  Love  Song"  by 
Austin  Sperry ;  four  Chopin  preludes 
by  Miss  Margaret  Tilly,  celebrated 
English  pianist  ;  violin  solo  by  Lajos 
FensU-r.  Assistant  Concert  Master  San 
Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra. 

Greetings  of  welcome  from  Ambas- 
sador  Howard  will  be  read  by  Hon. 
Gerald  Campbell.  British  Council  Gen- 
eral. 


An  exhibition  of  pictorial  photo- 
graphs of  Europe  and  the  Holy  Land, 
by  Adelbert  Bartlett,  will  be  shown  in 
the  Paul  Elder  Gallery  for  two  weeks, 
beginning  Monday,  May  17th.  Mr. 
Bartlett's  prints  are  notable  for  the 
decorative  quality  and  bold  simplicity 
of  composition. 


The  Astronomical  Society  of  the  Pa- 
cific announces  a  popular  lecture  in  As- 
tronomy by  Dr.  W.  F.  Meyer,  Associate 
Professor  of  Astronomy,  in  the  L'niver- 
sity  of  California,  on  Monday  evening, 
May  17th.  in  the  Auditorium  of  the  Pa- 
cific Gas  and  Electric  Company.  245  Mar- 
ket Street. 

Dr.  Meyer's  topic  is  "The  Sidereal  Sys- 
tem— The  Nebulae."  To  the  Astrono- 
mer and  the  layman  the  Nebulae  are  the 
most  remarkable  objects  in  the  Universe. 
Their  shapes  and  forms,  (heir  physical 
and  chemical  constitution,  their  motions 
of  rotation  and  through  space  will  he  dis- 
cussed  in  this  lecture.  Special  reference 
will  he  made  to  the  spiral  Nebulae.  The 
lecture  will  he  illustrated  with  lantern 
slides. 

The  public  i-  cordially  invited. 


At  Paul  Elder's 
Adelbert  Bartlett,  Photo-Illustrator 
and  Traveler,  will  deliver  a  lecture  on 
"My  Picture  Guest  from  California  to 
the  Pyramids,"  illustrated  with  45  or- 
iginal camera  prints,  in  the  Paul  El- 
der Gallery,  Saturday  afternoon,  May 
22nd.  at  2:30  o'clock."  Mr.  Bartlett  has 
just  returned  from  a  tour  of  Kurope 
and  the  Holy  Land  with  a  group  of 
fascinating  studies  of  antiquities,  na- 
tive types  and  scenes  of  beauty.  He 
will  vitalize  his  camera  studies  with  in- 
teresting word-pictures,  besides  dwell- 
ing upon  his  method  of  achieving  pic- 
torialism  with  the  camera  and  pointing 
to  the  future  of  photographic  art  in 
general.  His  lecture  will  include  a  var- 
iety of  humorous  stories  from  the  tour- 
ist trail  through  Europe  and  the  Le- 
vant. 


BETTER  RADIO   IN  THE   HOME 
By  Bert  B.  Gottschalk 

In  keeping  with  the  policy  the  Cali- 
fornia State  Radio  Association  has  adop- 
ted for  better  radio  in  the  home,  they 
have  inaugurated  a  series  of  radio  parties. 
Members,  as  well  as  the  readers  of  this 
magazine  are  cordially  invited  to  listen  in 
on  our  first  party,  which  will  be  given 
over  radio  KPO  on  May  20th,  from  9  to 
10  p.  m. 

The  parties  to  be  given  will  consist  of 
a  specially  selected  program.  Of  course 
the  association  is  desirous  and  anxious 
to  please  all  its  members  as  well  as  all 
readers  of  the  San  Francisco  News  Let- 
ter. The  California  State  Radio  Associ- 
ation therefore  extends  an  invitation  to 
all  members  as  well  as  the  readers  of  this 
magazine  to  send  in  requests  of  numbers 
that  they  would  like  to  have  played  or 
sung  by  the  talent  engaged  to  render  our 
programs. 

Of  course,  members,  and  readers,  all 
requests  which  you  submit  will  have  to 
be  in  keeping  with  the  class  of  program 
selected  by  us.  as  for  example,  when  we 
announce  the  Neapolitan  quartet,  and  the 
KPO  quartet,  which  are  semi-classical 
organizations,  any  requests  submitted  will 
have  to  he  in  the  class  of  music  that  these 
organizations   render. 

I  letter  radio  in  the  home,  of  course 
means  a  perfect  functioning  set.  as  well 
as  delightful  programs.  Now.  in  order 
that  your  set  shall  at  all  times  function  at 
topmost  efficiency,  it  will  pay  our  mem- 
bers who  read  this  to  'phone  in  immediate- 
ly upon  notice  of  the  -lightest  defect  in 
their  set.  Readers  of  this  magazine  who 
are  not  members  should  alter  that  state  by 
joining  the  association  so  that  they  too, 
can  take  advantage  of  the  privileges  and 
benefits  offered  in  the  unique  service  ren- 
dered by  the  California  State  Radio  As- 
sociation. 


Experience  and  a  little  study  of  the 
art  of  tuning  are  necessary  for  the  suc- 
cessful operation  of  any  radio  receiver. 

*  *     * 

Always  turn  off  the  "A"  battery 
current   when  leaving  your  set. 

*  *    '* 

When  handled  with  care,  a  stor- 
age battery  should  last  at  least  five  or 
six  vears. 

*  *     * 

A  storage  battery  of  a  radio  set  re- 
quires greater  attention  than  the  auto- 
mobile battery,  because  there  is  no 
generator  to  keep  it  charged  as  the  cur- 
rent is  used. 


.May  IS,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


SOCIETY 

(Continued   from   Page   9) 

The  California  Post  of  the  American  Legion,  234,  gave 
a  dinner  dance  in  Drury  Lane  at  the  Hotel  Whitcomb  on 
Saturday  evening. 

Invited  as  guests  of  honor  were  Major  General  Hunter  J. 
Liggett,  U.  S.  A.,  retired,  Brigadier  General  Ira  A.  Haynes 
and  Eugene  D.  Bennett,  commander  county  council  of  the 
American  Legion. 

Arrangements  for  the  affair  were  made  by  Chas.  H.  Ken- 
drick,  chairman  of  the  entertainments  committee,  W.  W. 
Breite,  commander  of  the  Post  and  Theophile  L.  Fritzen, 
chairman  of  the  membership  committee  of  the  Post.  Fifty 
guests  were  present. 

At  Aladdin  Studio 

Heading  a  series  of  smart  affairs  whose  scene  was  laid 
at  the  Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room  the  last  week,  was  a  din- 
ner and  dance  arranged  by  Misses  Hattie  and  Minnie  C. 
Mooser  in  honor  of  Rosetta  and  Vivian  Duncan,  the  sister- 
stars  now  appearing  in  San  Francisco  in  "Topsy  and  Eva," 
their  musical  comedy. 

A  score  of  men  and  women  prominent  in  society  and  in 
newspaper  circles  sat  at  a  star-shaped  table  whose  points 
radiated  from  a  mass  of  pink  roses  and  lilies-of-the-vallev. 
Smaller  clusters  of  the  flowers  and  pink  candles  in  brass 
holders  completed  the  scheme  of  decorations. 

Among  those  present  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  \Y, 
Sutro,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Buckley  Wells.  Miss  Fraser,  Mr.  Gene 
Snediker,  Mr  .and  Mrs.  Curran  Swint,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  \.  1'. 
Gillespey,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Noonan,  Annie  Laurie, 
Samuel  Evans,  Elsie  Robinson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  1. 
Evans,  Mr.  George  Warren,  Miss  Elizabeth  Clarke,  Dr. 
Thomas  Robinson,  Miss  Althea  Smith,  Mr.  ('.  Frederic 
Royce,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Idwal  Jones,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dudlej 
Burrows,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  T.  Beam,  of  New  York.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Samuel  Mooser.  Mr.  James  rlussey,  and  the  prin- 
cipals of  the  Topsy  and   Eva  cast. 

*  *     * 

Hotel  Samarkand,  Santa  Barbara,  will  In  the  scene  of  a 
brilliant  wedding  on  Sunday  afternoon,  May  23rd,  at  5:30 
o'clock,  when  Agnes  Ellen  Williamson  will  become  the  bride 
of  the  manager  of  Samarkand.  Mr.  Alfred   Killant   Bennett. 

*  *     * 
At  the  Emerson  Studio 

Those  who  have  been  the  guests  of  Mrs.  Emerson,  at  her 
Studio  at  ?'.'',  California  St..  ate  conversant  with  the  fact  that 
her  evenings  are  generally  very  interesting  ones,  for  she  seems 
to  be  able  to  secure  main-  of  the  most  noted  men  and  women, 
who  happen  to  he  migrating  through  our  "good  gray  city,"  and 
there   is   always   some   arresting   talks   on    various    subjects,   by 

world  travelers.  Last  Tuesdaj  evening  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Green- 
leaf  and  Mrs.  May  Maxwell,  both  of  whom  have  fusl  returned 
from  Palestine,  spoke  about  their  journeys  through  the  Holy 
Land,  ami  in  particular  of  tlu-  Bahai  Movement,  which  the  late 
Abdul  I'.aha  instituted,  and  which  now  includes  Several  mil- 
lion people,  all  over  the  world.  They  visited  Baha's  home  in 
Haifa,  Palestine,  and  told  of  some  interesting  incidents  which, 
took  place  there. 

*  *      * 

At  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 

Gertrude  Olmstead  and  her  mother,  Mr-.  Muriel  Olmstead, 
have  returned  to  Hollywood  from  New  York  and  are  stopping 
•'I  the  lb  llywi  o  I  Plaza  Hotel.  The  picture  star  will  soon  wed 
Robert  Leonard,  formerly  the  husband  of  Mae  Murray. 

*  *     * 

John  Patrick  has  returned  from  Florida  to  Hollywood  and 
i-  stopping  at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel.  The  handsome 
young  leading  man  went  ea<t  to  play  opposite  P.ehe  Daniels  in 
"The  Palm  Peach  Girl."  He  next'  plays  in  -'The  Doormat" 
for  Warner   Brothers, 


SUMMER  RESORTS 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 

WHY? 

It's  the  Water  and  the  Table 

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tub  baths  and  swimming  pool.   Fireproof  hotel.   Write  for  booklet. 

T.  H.  CORCORAN 

Acua  Caliente,  Sonoma  County,  Calif. 
or  see  Peck-Judah 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

SONOMA,  CALIF. 

The  finest  meals  in  the 

VALLEY  OF  THE  MOON 

Our  Specialty — "Stenks  With  Mushrooms" 

Clean    Rooms,    Clean    Linen,    Clean    Everything 

Vitit  Sonoma  County'*   Famous  Resorts   and   Mineral   (Warm   Water)    Swimming 

Tanks  From  This  Hotel 

Rales   Exceptionally    Reasonable 

Telephone  110 


FETTERS  HOT  SPRINGS 

\.w  concrete  highway  open.  Famous  medicinal  baths.  Masseur 
in  attendance.  Healthful  mineral  waters;  swimming  pool.  All 
amusements.  Excellent  (able.  Holel  steam  heated.  Cottage  accom- 
modations. Raten,  $18  up.  Write  George  Fellers,  Mgr.,  J.  F. 
Green,  Asa'L  Mgr..  or  Prek-Judah. 


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tfodern  Rnoms  — Private  Cottages 

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Cottages  %>  •  1 1 1  II"!  and  Cold  Running  Water  Showeri  or  Tubs. 
Tennis  Conns  Swimming  Tank— Fiahini  Hunting  and  Every 
amusement   Finest  Climate  in  California. 

at  IIORERG 
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THE  KEWART  FLY  REEL 

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16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


THERE  has  been  a  national  safety  competition  among 
.nines  and  quarries  and  Secretary  Hoover,  of  the  De- 
partment of  Commerce,  has  announced  the  winners.  Sev- 
eral places  worked  all  of  1925  without  any  loss  of  time 
through  accident.  One  Maryland  quarry  operated  350  days 
and  worked  202,663  man  hours  with  no  loss  of  time  at  all, 
through  accident.  Secretary  Hoover,  who  is  back  of  the 
safety  movement,  says  very  wisely:  "The  American  work- 
ing man  leads  the  world  in  individual  productivity,  but  our 
expenditure  of  human  life  through  industrial  accident,  has 
robbed  us  of  much  of  the  net  values  of  our  efficiency  in 

production." 

*  *     * 

The  Los  Angeles  Stock  Exchange  publishes  a  formid- 
able and  interesting  report  for  the  year  1925.  It  shows  a 
total  value  of  transactions  of  $122,298,836.46  and  a  total 
number  of  shares  handled,  aggregating  36,230,111.  The 
officers  for  the  year  1926  are  Frank  Hervey  Pettingell,  presi- 
dent, John  Earfe  Jardine,  first  vice-president,  L.  L.  Sheldon, 
second  vice-president,  James  R.  Martin,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer, H.  H.  Lee,  assistant  secretary. 

*  *     * 

— The  month  of  April  was  on  the  whole  a  good  business 
month.  There  was  a  handicap  over  a  large  part  of  the 
country,  owing  to  a  belated  spring.  There  is  a  tendency 
downwards  in  commodity  prices.  The  volume  of  business 
is  still  high.  Railroad  car  loading  remains  at  a  high  peak, 
outrunning  all  previous  years.  There  is  every  reason  for 
continued  confidence. 

*  *     * 

— The  Santa  Fe  announces  the  saving  of  a  business  day 
in  the  transcontinental  trip  between  Chicago  and  the  Pa- 
cific Coast.  The  Limited  will  be  an  extra  fare  train  with 
a  charge  of  $10.00  on  each  full  fare  ticket,  as  between  Chi- 
cago and  New  York. 

*  *     * 

— The  report  of  the  Santa  Fe  on  the  prospects  for  this 
year  in  California,  is  as  follows:  "The  movement  of  home- 
seekers  to  California  in  the  last  few  months  has  been  un- 
usually heavy,  and,  as  a  result,  new  acreage  has  been 
brought  under  cultivation  for  general  farming  purposes. 
.  .  .  The  potato  acreage  will  not  be  so  heavy  as  that  of 
last  year,  on  account  of  the  high  price  of  seed.  There  will 
also  be  a  slight  decrease  in  melon  acreage,  but  more  cot- 
ton, grain,  and  alfalfa. 

*  *     * 

— The  California  Retail  Council  has  issued  a  booklet, 
advocating  the  establishment  of  a  department  of  Retail 
merchandising  in  the  graduate  school  of  business  at  Stan- 
ford University.  It  supports  its  plea  by  pointing  the  bene- 
fits to  retail  business  in  general,  by  the  work  of  the  Gradu- 
ate School  of  Business  Administration  at  Harvard,  and, 
particularly,  by  the  Harvard  Bureau  of  Business  Research. 

*  *     * 

— The  new  development  in  service  by  the  railroads  is  shown 
in  the  fact  that  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  is  offering 
a  prize  essay  contest  on  "Courtesy,"  conducted  by  and  for 
its  employees.  The  judges  will  be  the  president  of  the  State 
University  of  California,  the  president  of  the  Oregon  Agri- 
cultural College,  the  president  of  the  University  of  Arizona, 
the  president  of  the  University  of  New  Mexico,  the  vice- 
president  of  the  University  of  Nevada,  and  the  president  of 
the  University  of  Utah. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  10TH.   I860 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
»  DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

MISSION  BRANCH Mission  and  21st  Streets 

PARK-H-tESIDIO  BRANCH Clement  St.  and  7th  Ave. 

HAICHT  STREET  BRANCIJ (bight  i.d  Belvedere  Streets 

WEST  PORTAL  BRANCH West  Portal  Ave.  and  Ulloa  St. 

Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (414)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


Henry  J.  Maritzen 


H.C.Gray 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid   l'i>  Capital  S20.000.000  S20.000.000  Reserve  Fund 

All  Kinds  of  COMMERCIAL,  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
CREDITS  Issued,  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
OUT  CANADA,  and  at  LONDON,  ENG.:  NEW  YORK;  PORT- 
LAND,    ORE.;     SEATTLE.    WASH.;     MEXICO     CITY,     MEXICO. 

Son  Francisco  Office  I  450  California  Street 
BRUCE:   HEATHCOTE  W.  J.   COULTHARD 

Manager  Aaat.  Manager 


Compensation,   General    Liability,    Plate    Glass,    Accident   and 
Health,   Fidelity  and   Surety,  Burglary,   Automobile   Insurance 


Branch  Office  Pacific  Coast  Department 

Walte  W.  Derr,  Manager 

105  Montgomery  St.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


MUNICIPAL  AND  PUBLIC  UTILITY  BONDS 

HELLER,  BRUCE  &  CO. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douclas  2244 


C.  W.  Carpenter 


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GENERAL  AGENTS 

EUREKA  CASUALTY  COMPANY 
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Complete  Automobile   Coverage — Accident,   Health 
and  Hospital  Indemnity 


May  15,  1926 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

"Round  the  World"  Cruises,  Season  1926-1927 

Round  the  World  travel  has  increased  to  such  an  extent 
that  the  steamship  and  tourist  companies  are  now  reaching 
out  for  new  fields,  and  for  those  contemplating  Round  the 
World  trips  this  winter,  there  are  the  following  Cruises  to 
choose  from: 

The  Canadian  Pacific  are  making  their  fourth  annual  Round 
the  World  Cruise  on  the  "Empress  of  Scotland,"  leaving  New 
York  December  2nd,  going  eastbound  to  Mediterranean  ports, 
thence  to  India,  Java,  China,  Japan,  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  the 
Panama  Canal  and  Havana,  returning  to  New  York  on  April 
12th.  This  cruise  spends  Christmas  in  the  Holy  Land,  New 
Year's  Eve  in  Cairo,  two  weeks  in  India  and  Ceylon  in  the 
cool  season,  four  days  in  Peking,  Japan  in  the  plum  blossom 
season,  and  arrives  home  in  time  for  Easter. 

The  Cunard  Steamship  Company  have  again  chartered  to 
Thos.  Cook  &  Son,  the  "Franconia,"  which  is  making  the  fol- 
lowing remarkable  cruise :  leaving  New  York  January  12th, 
the  "Franconia"  calls  at  Kingston,  Jamaica,  thence  through  the 
Panama  Canal  to  Los  Angeles,  Honolulu,  the  South  Sea  Islands, 
New  Zealand  and  Australia,  Java,  Ceylon,  thence  to  East  Af- 
rica, including  Mombasa,  Zanzibar,  and  leaving  East  Africa 
the  Steamer  proceeds  to  Durban  and  Cape  Town,  giving  pas- 
sengers an  opportunity  of  traveling  overland  from  Durban  to 
Cape  Town,  including  Victoria  Falls,  Johannesburg,  Kimber- 
ley,  etc.  From  Cape  Town  the  Steamer  proceeds  to  Buenos 
Ayres,  Santos  and  Rio  de  Janeiro,  arriving  in  New  York  on 
June  2nd. 

The  United  American  Line  are  again  sending  the  "Resolute" 
around  the  world,  eastward,  leaving  New  York  January  Gth, 
and  visiting  Mediterranean  ports,  including  Greece,  thence  to 
the  Holy  Land  and  Egypt,  India  and  Burma,  Java.  Siani.  Zam- 
boanga,  the  Philippines,  China,  Korea  and  Japan,  arriving  in 
New  York  on  May  25th. 

The  International  Mercantile  Marine  Company  are  sending 
the  mammoth  Red  Star  Liner  "Belgenland"  on  a  third  Round 
the  World  Cruise,  leaving  New  York  December  14th.  arriv- 
ing Los  Angeles  December  30th.  and  San  Francisco,  January 
2nd.  The  "Belgenland"  spends  17  day-  in  Japan.  China  and 
Korea,  18  days  in  India,  8  days  in  Egypt  and  11  days  along 
the  Mediterranean.  The  shore  excursions  on  this  Cruise  are 
taken  care  of  by  the  American  Express  (  ompany,  assuring 
intending  passengers  comfort  at  all  ports  and  on  all  -bore  ex- 
cursions. 

Raymond  and  Whitcomb  Compan]  have  again  chartered 
the  "Carinthia."  leaving  New  York  October  1 4th.  proceeding 
through  the  Panam  Canal,  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco, 
thence  proceeding  around  the  world,  including  Australia. 

The   Cunard    Line    has   also   chartered   the    "California"    to 
Frank  C.  Clark,  leaving  New  York  on  January  19th,  pn 
ing  around  the  world  westward. 

In  addition  to  these  Cruises  the  Dollar  Line  maintains  a  fort- 
nightly schedule,  touching  all  principal  port-  of  interest  around 
the  world. 

Full  particulars  regarding  any  of  these  Cruises,  with  illus- 
trated matter  will  lie  furnished  upon  request  by  Ernest  1". 
Rixon,  544  Market  Street.  San  Francisco. 


Two  Distinguished  Britishers  Meet 
Dr.  Walter   K.  lladwen.  England's  most  prominent  hu- 
manitarian and  leader  of  the   Anti-vivisection   movement 

was  a  passenger  on  the  "Franconia."  when  she  docked  in 
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The  doctor,  who  is  "on  his  way  home."  after  a  tour  of 
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THE  TEST  OF  STEELAC 

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By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director   of    Publicity 
Nntlonal  Automobile  Club 

PLANS  for  the  dedication  ceremonies 
which  will  celebrate  the  unveiling  of 
the  first  Victory  Highway  Memorial 
Marker,  to  be  erected  in  California,  have 
been  completed  and  the  time  set  for  Mon- 
day afternoon,  May  31.  according  to  Ben 
Blow,  Field  Secretary,  National  Automo- 
bile Club. 

This  Marker  consists  of  the  bronze 
Victory  Eagle  and  upon  the  base  a  bronze 
tablet  will  record  the  sacrifice  of  seventy- 
five  Contra  Costa  boys  and  one  girl  who 
gave  their  lives  to  their  country  during 
the  world  war. 

A  triangular  bit  of  ground,  measuring 
about  250  feet  on  each  side,  which  forms 
the  junction  of  the  Victory  Highway  with 
the  Diablo  Valley  I  lighwav,  has  been  sup- 
plied to  the  Committee  by  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  and  this  area  is  being  land- 
scape gardened  under  the  supervision  of 
the  University  of  California  to  form  a 
fit  setting  for  the  beautiful  Victory  Eagle 
bronze. 

The  naval  band  from  the  Marc  Island 
Navy  Yard  has  been  detailed  to  attend 
the  dedication  and  the  principal  speakers 
will  be  Allen  l'.ixby.  State  Commander 
of  the  American  Legion  anil  former 
ernor  Charles  R.  Mahev  of  Utah,  lb- 
rector  of  the  Victory  Highway  Associa- 
tion lor  that  state,  who  is  a  Spanish  war 
veteran,  as  well  as  a  Legionnaire. 

All  roads  leading  to  the  Victory  Eagle 
monument,   which   is   four  miles  east   of 
Antioeh.  have  been  improved  for  the  oc- 
casion and  will  be  open  for  that  day, 
though  under  construction. 

Delegations  from  Sacramento  and  up- 
per valley  points  have  signified  their  in- 
tention of  being  present,  and  the  school 
children  oi  Contra  Costa  County  have 
pledged   themselves   to  provide   sufficient 


California  wild  flowers  to  completely 
cover  the  fourteen  foot  monument  after 
it  is  unveiled. 

The  committee  in  charge  is  made  up  of 
Mrs.  Harry  Beede  of  Antioeh;  Leo 
<  )'l  lara,  Eugene  Vierra,  Frank  Silva  and 
George  Upham,  Secretary  of  the  East 
Contra  Costa  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
they  have  extended  invitations  to  all  posts 
of  the  American  Legion  and  Auxiliaries 
in  California  urging  that  they  attend  in 
honor  of  their  buddies  who  were  killed. 


Mt.  Lassen  with  its  mud-pots,  ice- 
caves,  lakes  and  streams,  its  pine-clad 
slopes  and  its  active  volcano  provides  an 
ideal  district  for  a  vacation  of  variety, 
according  to  the  Touring  Bureau  of  the 
National  Automobile  Club.  Reached  by 
sta'e  highway  from  Red  Bluff  by  way 
of  Mineral,  it  offers  a  series  of  attrac- 
tions that  never  disappoint  and  hot  and 
cold  water  at  all  hours. 

Lassen  is  a  district  where  you  do  not 
need  a  camp  stove  if  you  pick  out  a  con- 
venient spot  near  a  mud  geyser  or  a  boil- 
ing lake.  In  fact,  they  tell  the  usual  tour- 
ist story  up  there  about  catching  a  trout 
in  one  stream  and  cooking  it  in  an  ad- 
joining brook  without  taking  him  off  the 
bin  k.  And  they  claim  that  they  can  prove 
the  s'ory  is  true. 

Horseback  riding  is  one  of  the  real 
sports  of  that  region  and  most  of  the  way 
to  die  volcano  or  the  cinder  cone  can  be 
made  in  this  way.  The  improvement  of 
ri  ads   in  that   region   will   attract   a  great 

number  of  tourists  this  year  but  accom- 
modations are  at  hand  for  all  who  mav 
conic. 

*      *      * 

California  motorists  are  rapidly  taking 
advantage    of    the    protection    ottered    by 

the  automobile  club  emergency   roadside 

service,  according  to  K.  Marten-,  promo 

tion  manager  of  the  National  Automobile 

flub. 

Member-hip  in  the  National  has  more 
than  doubled  in  the  last  year  and  April 
showed  the  largest  increase  since  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Club  two  year-  ago. 
Agents  throughout  the  State  report  wide- 
spread interest  in  the  n  adside  service  of- 
fered without  distance  limitation  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

More  than  sixty  percent  of  the  mem- 
ber-hip have  had  occasion  to  call  on  the 
Club  service  units  for  assistance  on  the 
road  during  the  la-t  year  and  the  major- 
ity of  these  call-  have  been  for  tow  -er- 
vice. 


Getting  It  Straight 

"The  collection  this  morning."  ob- 
served the  vicar,  "will  he  taken  on  be- 
half of  the  arch  fund,  and  not.  as  er- 
roneously  printed  in  the  service  papers, 
on  behalf  oi  the  arch-fiend." 

Tit-Rits. 


Crtlde  indeed  and  inefficient  too 
were  the  first  water  wheels  used  in 
industry — but  from  these  the  genius 
of  the  West,  after  untiring  research, 
study  and  expense,  perfected  the  now 
efficient  water  wheels  used  in  hydro- 
electric plants. 

Thru  this  development,  California 
power  companies  have  led  the  way  in 
hydro-electric  power  generation — re- 
sulting in  constantly  improved  service 
at  decreasing  costs  to  consumers. 

Since  1913  Average 

r-  r  ,-,  .  ™er  Capita 

Cost  ot  Government  increased    -     -     -     -     180% 

Cost  of  Living  increased 55% 

Cost  of  Electricity  decreased g% 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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ERNEST  L.  WEST,  potentate  illustrious  of  Islam  Tem- 
ple, and  Mrs.  Ernest  L.  West  are  to  be  complimented 
for  the  wonderful  success  of  their  annual  Sports  Carnival 
and  High  Jinks,  which  was  held  at  the  Del  Monte  Hotel. 
Although  Islam's  pote  hasn't  as  yet  been  initiated  into  the 
game  of  golf,  which  plays  a  prominent  part  among  the 
Nobles  each  year,  still  his  heart  and  soul  is  with  the  boys 
and  he  is  always  there  to  cheer  a  winner  or  a  clever  play. 
There  was  every  diversion  of  sport  on  the  calendar,  which 
had  carefully  been  prepared  by  Bill  Woodfield,  who  acted 
as  general  chairman   of  the  outing. 


Mrs.  Ernest  L.  West, 

wife  of 

Potentate  of  Islam  Temple 

who  was  instrumental 

in  making  the 

Annual  High  Jinks 

at  Del  Monte  a  success 


Bill,  like  his  brother  Noble,  Ernest  West,  didn't  partici- 
pate in  the  tournament,  but  did  all  in  his  power  to  make 
the  outing  a  qualified  success.  However,  our  popular  pote 
has  been  stung  with  the  golf  bug,  and  from  now  on  until 
the  next  tournament  in  September,  the  big  chief  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine  will  whoop  it  up  so  that  he  can  take  his  place 
among  the  rest  of  the  Nobles  at  the  next  tournament. 

Everything  panned  out  according  to  Hoyle.  Not  a  dull 
moment  "once  you  reached  that  popular  hostelry  at  Del 
Monte;  fun  a-plenty  and  everyone  joined  in  to  do  his  or 
her  share  to  make  the  outing  a  pleasant  one. 

The  golf  tournament,  which  is  the  outstanding  feature 
on  the  program  each  year,  was  won  by  Frank  Schnell  for 
the  second  time  in  succession.  Frank  seemed  to  be  in 
extra  fine  form  all  the  way  through  the  tournament,  Dr. 
Harry  Brownell,  the  popular  Monterey  dentist,  being  about 
the  only  player  to  give  Schnell  any  trouble.  Dr.  Brownell 
did  make  Schnell  work  for  every  point  in  the  finals  to  win 
the  Charlie  Howard  perpetual  trophy.  There  are  four 
names  on  the  cup  thus  far:  Dr.  Harry  Brownell,  Phil  Clap)), 
Eaton  McMillan  and  Frank  Schnell  has  his  name  on  twice. 
Harry  Millar,  the  tall  blond  from  Healsburg,  won  the  de- 
feated eight  of  the  first,  when  he  won  from  our  good  friend, 
Ed  "Ironside"  Bernhard.  Ed  kind  of  slipped  in  this  tourna- 
ment as  he  usually  figures  to  be  in  the  finals. 

Dr.  J.  E.  Eason  won  a  very  close  one  from  Jim  Betts,  the 
San  Mateo  capitalist.  Jim  was  knocked  over  on  the  home 
green  in  the  defeated  eight  of  the  second  flight.  M.  O. 
Frank,   from   Merced,   won  as   he   pleased   from   Dr.  J.   E. 


Sperry,  the  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee.  The 
doctor  is  usually  good  on  his  own  course  at  California,  but 
he  doesn't  seem  to  get  started  at  Del  Monte. 

J.  R.  Lunt,  the  banker,  and  Hugo  D.  Newhouse,  the  bar- 
rister, fought  it  out  in  the  fourth  flight,  with  Lunt  a  win- 
ner on  the  17th  hole.  Sam  L.  Schwartz,  the  broker  and 
member  of  the  Lake  Merced,  was  entirely  too  good  for 
Charlie  Gebhardt.  Sam  has  become  a  regular  devil  at  golf 
since  he  joined  the  Merced  Club  a  year  ago.  Bob  Christie, 
one  of  the  regulars  at  Lakeside,  won  his  flight  in  a  walk 
from  Bill  Thompson.  Bob  got  an  extra  kick  out  of  winning 
the  finals  of  the  second  flight  as  it  was  the  first  important 
one  he  had  ever  won.  Bob  ended  the  agony  at  the  eleventh 
hole. 

Our  dear  old  friend.  Dr.  A.  H.  McNulty,  perhaps  never 
played  better  in  his  life  than  he  did  at  Del  Monte  this  year. 
The  doctor  ran  away  from  Bill  Hunter,  "not  the  golf  champ," 
but  a  regular  fellow — Dr.  McNulty  winning  6-5. 

*  *     * 

Charlie  Howard  had  to  uphold  the  dignity  of  the  Howard 
Automobile  Company  as  Eaton  McMillan,  is  sales  manager, 
dropped  out  in  the  second  round  beaten  by  Herb  Bennett, 
last  year's  champion,  and  Charlie's  right  hand  man,  Bob 
Thompson  is  sojourning  in  Liverpool,  England. 

However,  Charlie  seems  to  take  a  great  fancy  to  the  Del 
Monte  course.  Last  year  he  went  to  the  24th  hole  to  win,  but 
when  he  won  the  fourth  flight  from  Bill  Baer  he  stepped  on 
the  gas  and  put  the  four-wheel  brakes  on  at  the  12th  hole  to 
win  his  flight. 

*  *     * 

Garner  Smith,  after  winning  a  20-hole  decision  from  Ira  Co- 
burn,  the  school  director  and  contractor,  put  the  skids  under 


There's  al-ways  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 

CALIFORNIA 

Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 


Casa  del  Rey  {Hotel  and  Cottages)  at  the 

heart  of  it  all— offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

enjoyment. 

CAS  A  DEL  REY 

AT  THE  BEACH 
Santa  Cruz  California 

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Eric  Lange.  one  of  the  chief  engineers  at  the  P.  P.  I.  E.  in 
1915,  who  had  made  a  special  trip  to  Del  Monte,  accompanied 
by  Mrs.  Lange  to  visit  Ernest  West,  a  friend  of  many  years' 
standing.  Although  Lange  lost,  he  took  a  cup  back  to  Los  An- 
geles, while  Mrs.  Lange  won  a  beautiful  fox  fur  donated  by 
George  Beneoff. 

Forrest  Wvman,  of  the  Olympic  Club,  won  his  second  cup 
within  a  month.  Forrest  captured  the  real  estate  tournament 
at  the  California  Club;  then  he  was  successful  in  winning  the 
guests'  flight  from  his  clubmate  Roy  Alexander,  from  Auto 
Row.  Roy  certainly  gave  Forrest  a  good  argument  as  he 
took  him  to  the  19th  hole  to  gain  a  decision. 
*     *     * 

Mrs.  Ernest  West,  wife  of  our  potentate  certainly  made  a 
great  hit  with  the  women  folk  as  there  never  was  a  dull  mo- 
ment either  on  or  off  the  golf  course.  Mrs.  Baly  Hipkins 
won  the  blind  Bogey  in  the  ladies'  event,  after  being  tied  with 
Mrs.  Frank  Klimm ;  both  ladies  picked  the  right  number.  The 
following  ladies  competed :  Mrs.  B.  Hipkins,  Mrs.  Frank 
Klimm,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Wentz,  Mrs.  Bob  Weber,  Mrs.  S.  L. 
Schwartz,  Mrs.  A.  H.  McNulty,  Mrs.  J.  White,  Mrs.  Ralph 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Ira  Coburn,  and  Mrs.  Eric  Lange. 

Mrs.  Frank  Klimm.  however,  won  the  putting  contest,  shoot- 
ing the  nine  holes  in  par,  while  Mrs.  Phil  Clapp  won  the  Nov- 
ice putting  contest. 

The  dice  rolling  contest  which  creates  more  amusement 
among  the  women  than  all  the  other  events  put  together,  was 
won  by  Mrs.  Jack  McGilvery — Mrs.  Robert  Weber  and  Mrs. 
Herman  Hogrefe  were  also  winners. 

Mrs.  A.  H.  Madison  of  Fresno,  won  the  ermine  fur.  and 
Mrs.  Eric  Lange,  of  Los  Angeles,  won  the  black  fox  fur,  which 
George  Beneoff  had  donated  to  the  women  as  a  door  prize. 
George  Beneoff,  the  furrier,  never  fails  to  remember  the  WO- 
men  at  every  tournament  and  his  donations  are  very  highly 
appreciated  by  the  ladies. 

The  Shriners  certainly  appreciate  the  elT"fts  of  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  different  committees   fur  their  splendid  efforts  in 

putting  the  part}  over.     A  special  vote  was  tendered  Hill  \Y 1- 

field,  the  general  chairman  of  the  outing. 

Last  Monday  night,  Mrs.  Hugh  McKevitt  gave  a  surprise 
party  to  Mrs.  Hill  Woodfield  and  fifty  guests  at  Mrs.  Wood- 
field's  home  at  llcnway  Terrace,  "ii  the  occasion  of  her  birth- 
day. 


The  North  Pole 
The  great  dirigible  "Norge"  which  has  just  flown  over 
the  Pole,  is  a  far  cry  from  the  vehicles  which  the  first  North 
Pole  explorers  used:  the  last  word  in  comforl  i-  manifest 
in  its  furnishings  and  equipment,  from  radios  to  electrical 
treating;  tin-  world  in  general  is  conversant  with  its  progress 

from   the   time   it   left   its   starting  point;  it^   flight  dees   not 
spell  "hardship"  to  the  men  who  constitute  is  passengers. 

But  it  is  traveling  in  uncharted  skies,  through  uncon- 
quered  ether:  a  mishap  to  the  big  bag  might  mean  disaster 
at  any  time.  The  men  aboard  are  -till  to  be  classed  among  the 
heroes  of  the  world. 


On  Monday,  May  17th,  at  noon,  the  new  Douglas  Memorial 

Bridge,  spanning  the  Klamath  River,  near  Requa  on  the   Red- 

wood  Highway   will  be  dedicated  and  ceremonies  commemor- 
ating the  event,  will  be  the  feature  of  the  day. 

The  ceremonies  will  be  under  the  direction  of  the  California 
Highway  Commission,  and  participants  will  include  Governor 
Friend  W.  Richardson  of  California,  and  Governor  Walter  M. 
fierce  of  i  )regon,  their  respective  highway  commissions,  Cali- 
fornia Tre-s  Association,  and  others,  '('his  ceremonial  will 
al-o  celebrate  the  completion  of  the  New  Redwood  Highway 
portion  between  Crescent  City  and  Grant's  Pass,  where  new 
level,  wide  graveled  highways  have  just  been  opened,  elimin- 
ating the  former  notorious  Oregon  Mountain  and  Gasquet 
Mountain  grades. 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  brushing1  once  or  twice  a  day  l> 
taking-  very  good  care  of  them.  Brushing  is  onlj  a  part  of  the 
proce«a.  Many  thtnga  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dent  tat  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  Imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch,  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed  f  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  off  all  nerved  and  pain.    It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS — extractions;     Croirns)     Self     Cleaning     Bridge*; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


GENUINE 

WILLARD 

BATTERIES 


$ 


12 


.95 


Julius  Brunton  &  Sons  Co. 

1380  Bush  Street 
Radio  Station— KJBS— 220  Meters 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN   LEANDRO.  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  Scnool  Under  the 
Direction    of   the    Sisters    of   St.    Dominic. 


I  Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

>r  <\l  FJCTOMMS  nr 
I      RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE.     T1\K<,     CII.VERTS.     PEJiSTOCKS, 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS.  SMOKESTACKS.   ETC. 
I      San  Francisco,  Calif.  I.os  Anjceles,  Calif. 

I       lit   Market  Street  *<7I7   Santa  Kr  Arcane      I 


We  use  the  most  modern  methods  in  equipment. 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

**The  Recommended  Laundry" 
250  Twelfth  St..  San  Fsancisco  'Phoitf.  Maust  916 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  15,  1926 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH   YOUR   MEALS— IT  HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from  your  grocer 

Established  1868 

Main   Office,  240  Second  Street,  San   Francisco,   Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


En.  PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther It  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion.  There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
_  _  printer     or     sta- 

BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1865 
41  First  Street.  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 

Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


PHONES: 

San  Francisco —  Burllnirame 

West   703  478 


Phono   Sutter  3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

(Formerly    with  Shreve   &    Company) 

CLOCKMAKER8  and  WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME,   ANTIQUE  AND  COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A   SPECIALTY 

200   Post    Street   at   Grant    Avenue 

San   Francisco.   Calif. 

Call   and    Deliver   in   San   Francisco,    Alameda 

and    San    Mateo    Counties 


875   FOLSOM  ST. 


Palo  alto  Office: 
818  EMERSON  ST. 


SAN    MATEO— PHONE   1254-J    , 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE     „ 

I  San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


The  Redwood  Reforester 

The  Humboldt  Reforestation  Associ- 
ation has  just  issued  the  first  number 
of  Vol.  No.  2,  of  the  booklet,  "The  Red- 
wood Reforester,"  dealing  with  the 
very  vital  and  also  very  interesting 
question  of  reforestation  of  California's 
burned  over,  and  otherwise  devastated 
timber  lands. 

This  publication  is  profusely  illus- 
trated, showing  the  development  of  the 
redwood  tree  from  its  inception  as  a 
small  cone,  to  its  mature  growth  of 
hundreds  of  feet  of  marketable  lumber. 

It  also  describes  the  activities  at 
Scotia,  where  one  of  the  largest  of  the 
forest  nurseries  is  located ;  these  nur- 
series being  independent  of  any  State 
or  Federal  aid,  and  directed  by  forestry 
experts,  lumbermen  and  conservation- 
ists. 


Shadowed 

He  was  going  home,  and  it  was  grow- 
ing dark.  His  road  from  the  station 
was  a  lonely  one.  Suddenly  he  sus- 
pected that  a  man  behind  was  follow- 
ing him  purposely.  The  faster  he  went, 
the  faster  the  man  followed  until  they 
came  to  a  cemetery. 

"Now,"  he  said  to  himself,  "I'll  find 
out  if  he's  after  me,"  and  he  entered 
the  cemetery.  The  man  followed  him. 
He  circled  a  grave,  and  his  pursuer 
jogged  after  him.  He  ducked  around 
a  family  vault.  Still  the  man  was  after 
him.  At  last,  he  turned  and  faced  the 
fellow. 

"What  do  you  want?  What  are  you 
following  me  for?" 

"Well,  sir,  its  like  this,"  said  a  small 
voice.  "I'm  going  up  to  Mr.  Brown's 
house  with  a  parcel,  and  the  station- 
agent  told  me  if  I  followed  you  I  should 
find  the  place,  as  you  live  next  door." 
The  Advocate. 


DELINQUENT   SALE 

Mineral  Development  Company,  location  of 
business  San  Francisco,  California.  NOTICE: 
There  is  delinquent  upon  the  following  de- 
scribed stock  on  account  of  assessment  levied 
on  the  16th  day  of  March,  1926,  the  several 
amounts  set  opposite  tbe  names  of  the  respec- 
tive shareholders  as  follows: 

No.         No. 

Names —  Cert.    Shares  Amt. 

Busch,  George  P 261  200  $    1.00 

Cately,   Paul    258  200      1.00 

Magill,  Kenneth  E 255  200       1.00 

Martin,  Ponciano  231-2      1,000       5.00 

Martin,  Ponciano  252         1,000      5.00 

Martin.  Ponciano  260         1,000      5.00 

Merwin,    Edw.   C, 67  1.000       5.00 

Merwln,  Edw.  O 200        1,000      5.00 

Merwin.    Edw.   G 216  1,000       5.00 

Queen,  Lloyd  259  200       1.00 

P.eichart,  .1.  Warren 261  200       1.00 

Ryan,    D.    J 262  200       1.00 

Riedel,   M.  S 257  200       1.00 

Colt,  S.  G 39        10,000    50.00 

Colt,  S.  G 170  4,000     20.00 

And  in  accordance  with  the  law  and  orders 
■  >f  tbe  Board  of  Directors  made  on  the  16th 
day  of  March,  1026,  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,  Room  245.  Monadnock  Building, 
San  Francisco,  California,  on  Wednesday,  the 
19th  day  of  May.  1926,  at  the  hour  of  12 
o'clock  Noon  of  said  day  to  pay  the  delinquent 
assessment  thereon,  together  with  costs  of 
advertising  and  expense  of  sale. 

M.  J.  SEELY, 

Secretary. 

245  Monadnock  Building,  6S1  Market  Street, 
San  Francisco,  California. 


n.   w.  CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Office  and  Work*  1025  Mission  St. 

Phone  Market  7013 

Branch    Offlcet  700   Sutter    SI. 

(Hotel   Canterbury  Bids.) 

Phone   Prospect  0845 

Work  Called   For  and   Delivered 


Ceoke  C.  Homkk 


S.  A.  Lovkjot 


l".;irl'u4J  2024 


The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment,    Current   Delinquent    Accounts,  Legal  Aid, 

Audits-Systems,    Financial    Statements,     Income    Tax 

Reports.  Bookkeeping   (Part  Timo  Service) 


Hi   Young  Building 


San  Francisc* 


USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL  ADDING  MACHINE 
EXCHANGE 

Phone  larflelil  3852  504  Market  St. 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The   City's  Most   Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

SOc,  75c,  $1.00       35c,  50c,  75c     J1.00.S1.50  a  [a  carte 

Dancing   7:00   P.    M.   to    1:00    A.   M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

special  parties  arranged 
headquarters  for  theatrical  people 

hattie  mooser  minnie  c.  mooser 


ICE  CREAJ% 
CANDY 
PASTRY 


£  CALIFORNIA  SIS 

Graystone 
3101         31l>2 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 
DINNER 


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fcxeanorS 

445  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast, 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:  Dinner. 


and. 


334  Sutter  St. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


NOAH'S 
ARK 

BS  Third   Avenue.   SAN    MATEO 


14-Mn«  Hovsi 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

OPEN   8:00  A.  M.  TO  11.-00  P.  II. 

UNSURPASSED  CUISlTnt 

Carl  Leonhabdt 

formerly  of 
Golden  Gate  Park  Casio. 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


Douglas  7118 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for   banquets  and   parties,   seating   75   to   100  people. 


OFarrcll  and  RIAl\I»PO'Ci  Phone 

Latkin  Sts.  Ulartn    V/V      »J  Franklin  1 

Luncheon   (11:30  to  2  p.  m.) 1  .75         No   Visitor   Should   Leave  the  City   With. 

Sunday    Luncheon    1.00  out    Dining   in   the    Finest   Cafe 

Dinner.    Week    Days .  ..    11.50  in  America 

Dinner,    Sundays    and     Holidays 1.75 

DANCINC  SUNDAY  EVENINGS 


Featuring    Southern     i.'ooking 
Open  Prom 
11:30  a.   in.   to   2:00   p.   m. 
5:30    p.    m.    to    8:30   p.    m. 
Sundays     and      Holidays 
4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

t  LOSBD   i.vf.hy    HONDA.? 

Half   Ulook   from    Illctmny 


MOUNTAIN    SPRINGS    WATER 

"Bottled  at   the  Sprint*" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

■i    Clara    Street— Garfield    844 


THE  ICE  SKATING  CLUB 

CLUBHOUSE  ICE  ARENA 

1536  GREAT  HIGHWAY,  OCEAN  BEACH 
(Two  blocks  south  of  Golden  Gate  Park) 

THE  CLUBHOUSE 

Direction  of  Jack  Frost  Sunset  387  Siberian  Dining  Hall 

Featuring  Daily : 

FETE  DINNER,  7  courses,  including  admission  to  the  spectacular 
CARNIVAL  in  the  ICE  ARENA,  $1.75  person  daily.  Sunday, 
$2.00. 

DINNER— 6:30  to  9:00  o'clock. 

ICE  CARNIVAL— 9:00  to  11:00  o'clock. 

SUPPER,    with    divertissement    in    clubhouse,    after    Ice    Carnival, 
I  11:00  to  12:00  a  la  Carte. 

I  Service  Incidentals : 

j     In   the   Skaters'    Lounge,    world's   champion    Baked    Ham,    Virginia 
\  style,  and  all  prime  Southern  cuisine  delicacies,  including  Fried 

f  Chicken  a  la  Louisiana. 

j     NOTE — The   beautiful  neiv  Ice  Arena   is  reached  from   the   Club- 
's house  through  the  Roman  Colonnade. 

\  Patronage  Invited 

t     Hostesses    Special    Luncheons. — Catering    for    Afternoon    Tea    and 

J  Bridge,  after  the  skating  sessions. 

j  Music  by  Jack  Fait's  Banza 

\  ICE  SKATING 

t  Morning  A  iter  noon  Night 

J      INSTRUCTORS— //'«;.;/'.,    finest    skating   coaches    by   appointment. 

Music — Afternoon  and  Sight 

SKATE  RENTALS— Skates  and  shoes  for  rent 
i      A  OMISSIONS — Adults    50c    mornings    an  J    afternoons,    75c    nights 
and  Sunday  and  holiday  afternoons. 

|   SAN     FRANCISCO     ICE     RINK 

*  llnmt-  of  the  lii'  Skating  Club 

i    Grfai   Highway  and  Kirkham  Plaza,  Sax  Francisco 
Si  nset  9341 


Phone 

Sun»H  387 


PROF.  AL  LEAN 


1534  19th  Avenue 
i  .r.-...  Bighwaj 


Fresh   fir  tmtl  Sunshine 
Physical  Conditioner    Special  Treatmeni     Mus^apt* 

:.."»  ^  car>'  Experience 

Hotel   Lccommodationfl  If  Desired     Best  <>f  Service 

Hygienic  Conking  ■<■  Suil  ^  our  Condition 


»    Announcement 


Singleton*  s 


Mnj  (Eat 

CLUB  INN 


! 


Now  Serves  a  Delicious 
Five-Course 

DINNER  75c 

Also 
Fried  Chicken,   Steaks, 
Chicken  Pot  Pies  in  Cas- 
serole,  Etc.,  a   la  Carte. 


}    ^_^  MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 

'/AosJJifin^  Shirts  ' JhosHKeat 

I  <m?  ---«  ^hmf 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 
J     :<  Kearny  Street  Phone  Kearwy  3714 


Hotel  Del  Coronado 

Coronado  Beach,  California 

The  ideal  place  to  choose  for  your  summer  outing.  Where  climatic 
conditions  are  continuously  favorable  for  the  enjoyment  of  outdoor 
amusement. 

GOLF— TENNIS 

RIDING— MOTORING 

SWIMMING— AQUAPLANING— BOATING 

Dancing  every  night  except  Sunday  to  music  by  the  Hotel  del  Coro- 
nado orchestra. 

This  hotel  is  one  of  the  safest  in  America.  Protected  from  damage 
by  fire  with  complete  system  of  Grinnell  Automatic  Sprinklers  in 
every  part  of  the  structure. 

San  Francisco  Agent : 

W.  A.  Ramage,  2  Pine  Street 

Mel  S.  Wright,  Manager 

Low  Summer  Rates 


Radio  Owners! 

Join  Now! 


Attain  the  fullest  enjoyment  from  vour  radio  set  bv  becom- 
ing a  member  of  the' CALIFORNIA  STATE  RADIO 
ASSOCIATION.  Efficient  service  at  nominal  cost.  One 
regular  monthly  inspection  and  as  many  emergency  calls  as 
necessary  for  $1.50  per  month  to  members.  We  have  special 
arrangements  for  subscribers  of  the  News  Letter.  Write  or 
'phone  for  descriptive  folder. 


California  State  Radio  Association 


General  Offices: 
Pacific  Building 


Kearny  815 


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Back  East 
Excursions 


EFFECTIVE  MAY  22 


\ 


REDUCED  roundtrip  tickets  sold 
daily  until  Sept.  15;  good  until  Oct. 
31.   Stopovers. 

Make  Reservations  Now 
for  Any  Date 

Choice  of  four  commanding  transconti- 
nental routes  to  the  east.  Go  one  way, 
return  another  if  you  wish. 

Send  or  call  today  for  complete  infor- 
mation about  service  and  fares  to  your 
eastern  destination. 

Ask  about  "Circle  Tour  of  the  United 
States"  —  greatest  summer  travel  bar- 
gain. 


oiit hern  Pacific  Lines 


Also 

Pacific  Coast 

Excursions 

Low  roundtrip 

fares  now 

effective. 

Long  limits ; 
Stopovers. 


X 


65  Geary  Street 
Or  Phone  Sutler  4000 


Third  Street  Station 


^ 


Jhe  fascination  o/ 
PICTURES 


Beauty!  Mystery!  Novelty!  Drama!  The 
delightful  pictures  in  the  Rotagravure  of  The 
Sunday  Chronicle  portray  subjects  to  appeal  to 
every  human  emotion. 

Be  sure  to  see  this  beautiful  pictorial  section — 
the 


ROTAGRAVURE 

of  The 

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9FFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  CALIFORNIA  STATE  RADIO  ASSOCIATION 


PRICE  10  CENTS 


$5.00  PER  YEAR 

ELES 


^HH 


Jest  drive  the  Jordan  Line  Eight  oeeec 
That9§  all  I  ask. 


Clhfflse- Morrill  Compamy 

Van  Ness  Avenue  at  Sutter 
San  Francisco 


Hotel  Del  Coronado 

Coronado  Beach,  California 

The  ideal  place  to  choose  for  your  summer  outing.  Where  climatic 
conditions  are  continuously  favorable  for  the  enjoyment  of  outdoor 

amusement. 

GOLF— TENNIS 

RIDING— MOTORING 

SWIMMING— AQUAPLANING— BOATING 

Dancing  every  night  except  Sunday  to  music  by  the  Hotel  del  Coro- 
nado orchestra. 

This  hotel  is  one  of  the  safest  in  America.  Protected  from  damage 
by  fire  with  complete  system  of  Grinnell  Automatic  Sprinklers  in 
every  part  of  the  structure. 

San  Francisco  Agent: 

W '.  A.  Ramage,  2  Pine  Street 

Mel  S.  Wright,  Manager 

Low  Summer  Rates 


CUNARD 

Channel  Service 


Ne  w  York 

to 

England  and  France 

by  CABIN  SHIPS 


Caronia 
c armani  a 

Cameronia 

Lancastria 

Alaunia 

ASCANIA 
AUSONIA 


For  Full  Particulars  Apply  to 

CUNARD  AND  ANCHOR  LINES 

Or  Local  Agents 


Their  watchword  is  smiling  courtesy. — This  is  but  one  of  the 
features  of  this  great  hotel  where  thoughtful  and  kindly 
service  combines  with  ideal  comfort  and  surroundings  to 
make  a  stay  enjoyable. 


The  etnicr 
for  Thtatm 
Hankt,  Shop! 

T  It  a  it  •u.-rilt 
for  "Booklet 


Jf    RATES— Ter  'Day,  single,  European  Wan 

J2.50  to  $400 
5.50  to  5.00 
6.00  to    8.00 


120  rooms  with  running  water 
220  rooms  wiih  bath 
160  rooms  with  bath 


DoubU.  S4.00  up 

Alto  a  number  of  large  and  beautiful  rooms  and 
suites,  some  in  period  fumuhings  with  grand  piano, 
fire  place  and  bath,  $10  00  up. 


LARGE  AND  WELL  EQUIPPED  SAMP!  E  ROOMS 

T^A^CHO  Q0LF  CLVB\ 

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Jhe  Charm 

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From  Art  Salon  to 
Eskimo's  Igloo — 
from  Halls  of  Fame 
to  Rogues'  Gallery 
—  the  fascinating 
pictorial  section  of 
The  Sunday  Chron- 
icle deals  with 
every  subject  under 
the  sun. 

You  will  find  entertainment  that  never 
palls  in  the  ever  -  changing  galaxy  of 
pictures    presented    in    the    beautiful 


Smiiutg  (Efjrmttrl? 

KOTAGRAVURE 


Ejt.bllih.d  July  to.  I«» 


Devoted  to  the  Leading  Interests  of  California  and  the  Tac  fie  Coast. 

The  San  Francisco  News  Letter  and  California  Advertiser  was  founded  July  20,  1856,  by  Frederick  Marriott.    Published  by  Frederick  Marriott, 

Jr..  from  1884   to  1925.    Is  now   printed   and  published  weekly   by  Frederick    Alfred    Marriott.    26S    Market    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

Telephone  Kearny  S357.  Entered  at  San  Francisco,  California.  Postofflce  as  second-class  matter.    London  Office:  Street  &  Co.,  30  Cornhill,  E.  C 

London,   England.    Subscription  Rates    (including   postage),  one  year,  $5.00.    Foreign,  one  year.  $6.00.    Canada,  one  year,  $6.00. 


Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  MAY  22.  1926 


No..  21 


From  One  Thing  to  Another 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


Happiness  does  not 
one's  state  of  being. 


consist  i>f  having  anything;  it   lies  in 


The  possession  of  a  great  love  of  beauty  means  mute  to  me 
than  titled  lands;  for  quite  often,  the  energy  expended  towards 
securing  property  unfits  the  possessor  to  really  enjoy  it  to  the 
utmost, 


So,  the  sight  of  a  blossoming  slintli  against  the  green  gloom 

of  stately  pines  on  a  velvety  lawn;  the  last  golden  light  of  the 
sun.  gleaming  from  among  green  spires;  a  glowing  picture  of 
beauty,  framed  in  a  window,  may  thrill  me  more  than  it  does 
my  neighbor,  who  holds  the  deeds  to  the  estate. 


Within  ten  days,  ihe  Rainier  Company  will  he  manufactur- 
ing guild  old  malt  brew,  3.76  per  cent,  a  tunic  with  a  "kick." 
It  will  be  distributed  exclusively  by  druggists.  hut  that's  easy, 

isn't   it? 

*  *     * 

Al  Smith,  governor  of  New  York,  lias  come  nut  strong  for 
a  referendum  vo  e  of  the  people  regarding  the  18th  amend- 
ment.    It  is  time  this  question  was  referred  to  the  peo] 

each   state,   it'   we  still   intend  to  call  this  nation  a  "government 
nf  the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the  people." 

*  *     * 

."The  Charleston  has  crowded  the  hula  hula  off  the  boards  in 
the  Hawaiian  Islands  and  everybody  is  doing  the  Charleston 
so  Mrs.   Paul  Gett)   of  i.,,,    Angeles  told  us.  on  her  ar- 
rival here  from   Honolulu.     Our  refining  influence  is  begin- 
ning to  he  fell  Upon  the  harlian 


Natural  pleasures,  which.cost  us  nothing,  are  sometimes  the 
greatest;  cloud  pictures,  glorious  sunsets,  green  moonlight,  ly- 
ing nn   limpid  water:  perhaps   just   the   symphony  of  coll 

tin-  Bower  vendors'  stands. — the  appreciation  of  these  cannot 

he  purchased;   it   must   he   horn   within   one,   and    fostered  by   a 

sensitn  e  I'  >\  e  i  if  imagery. 


\  grewsome  subject  this. — hut  nevertheless  one  which  we 

should  give  thought  to;  the  mode  of  executing  criminals.  <  tae 
cannot  make  statements  as  to  what  manner  of  death  i-  tin 
least  p. im  lul  for  "the  dead  tell  no  tales,"  hut  we  can  at  leas' 
surmise,  and  the  "lethal  chamber"  with  which  the  state  of  Ne- 
vada disposes  of  its  murderers,  seems  to  us  the  most  humane. 
Hanging  reall)  is  the  most  horn  hie  of  all  punishments  practiced 
liv  "civilized"  countries. 


It  seems  to  me  rather  an  unjust  as  well  as  ridiculous  situa- 
tion,-  -that  in  which  a  man  is  arrested  for  not  paying  alimony 
to  a  wife.  who.  in  many  cases,  is  much  more  able  to  earn  her 
living  than  is  her  ex-husband.  It  is  not  an  unusual  sight  to 
see  a  small,  nervous,  hard-working  man.  "digging  up"  for  some 
stout,  able-bodied  woman,  who.  without  children  to  worrj  her. 
is  taking  life  casv  on  the  money  which  she  certainly  is  not 
earning  in  any  way  !  The  old.  time-worn  argument  about  "giv- 
ing the  best  \ears  of  her  life  to  him."  can  he  applied  to  the  mas- 
culine, as  will  as  the  feminine  partner  in  matrim 


i  thing  should  he  done  regarding  the  dangerous  manner 
in  which  passengers  are  forced  to  hoard  the  ca.s  of  the  '■ 
Railway,  on  Market  Street,  due  to  the  Municipal  cars  stop- 
ping in  such  a  position  that  people  are  compelled  to  dodge  either 
in  In  nt  or  at  the  rear  of  the  latter,  in  order  to  get  upon  the 
United  Railway  car-.  From  the  Vantage  of  a  Market 
window,  I  haw  watched  this  hazardous  practice  until  it  has 
filled   me  with  righteous  wrath. 


■red  cars  for  the  police  department,  open  defiance  and 

Stoning  is  In    a  mob  of   rioter-,  kidnaping-,  heatings. 

and  worse,  mark  the  news  in  connection  with  the  builders' 
strike.  Considering  the  splendid  conditions  under  which  the 
men  were  working,  brought  about  by  the  American  Plan,  it 
f  these  laborers  didn't  realize  when  they  were 
i.  and.  swayed  by  the  propaganda  and  < 
grating  agitators,   have   lost   their  common   sense    i  if   any  I    al- 

er. 

*     *     * 

lie'  of  Lord  Dewar's  epigrams,  which  will  al 

endure  for  the  reas,  n  that  they  are  ~,,  full  of  truth: 
"If  you  are  lavish,  people  -a\  you  are  a  spendthr 

on   practice  economy,  you   are  Scotch." 
"If   we  -how    irritation,   it   is   temperament." 

irritation,  it  i-  had  tern 
"What   we  call  it   in 

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THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


But  the  main  thing  to  note  is  that  even  the  temperance 
advocates  are  becoming  convinced  that  the  present  state  of 
affairs  is  fatally  bad. 


There  lias  been  a  great  deal  of  uncer- 
Stabilizing  Sunset  tainty,  with  regard  to  values,  in  the 
booming  Sunset  district  and  the  state- 
ment of  Supervisor  Milton  Mark-  that  the  matte;  of  zoning 
is  now  ettled  will  he  received  with  a  g.eat  deal  of  satisfac- 
tion by  property  owners,  both  in  the  Parkside  and  Sun  et 
districts. 

There  is  to  lie  a  plan  adopted  and  kept,  says  Mr.  Marl:-, 
and,  when  once  this  is  dime,  agitation  fur  rezoning  for 
commercial  purposes  will  have  to  cease.  Tin  pre  en1  i  m 
ditiun  of  affairs  is  bad  for  the  locality  and  prevents  the  up- 
building of  homes,  upon  the  ground  that  the  land  may  be- 
come more  valuable  for  commercial  uses  than  as  residential 
property.  Naturally  enough,  people  are  not  going  to  build 
homes  when  they  can  hold  out  For  speculative  values. 

The  City  Planning  Commission  has  drawn  up  a  complete 
plan  for  the  district  including  sections  of  Law  ion.  Noriega, 
Quintara  and  Vicente  streets  as  commercial,  and  this  plan 
is  being  considered  by  the  committee  of  the  supervisor-. 
Winn  once  they  have  passed  upon  the  plan  we  have  as- 
surances that  the  settlement  will  be  considered  final,  for 
all   practical   purposes. 

This  is  one  of  those  troublesome  and  perplexing  problems 
which  arise  in  the  rapid  development  of  a  large  city  on  its 
outer  fringe-.  It  is  also  one  of  the  factors  in  city  develop- 
ment which  militate  most  strongly  against  the  haphazard 
and  scrambling  fashion  in  which  the  growth  of  cities  is 
achieved.  We  are  prepared  to  maintain  that  the  method  o( 
progress  by  individual  development  is  more  rapid  than  in 
an)  other  way  but,  at  the  same  time,  we  admit  that  it  per- 
mits conditions  to  arise  which  are  not  for  the  interest  o( 
the  citv  as  a  win  lie. 


'file  tide  against  the  ltlOtlll- 
The  Eighteenth  Amendment     mental  stupidit)  of  the  whole 

prohibition  movement  rises 
higher  and  higher,  and  among  no  people  is  the  demand  for 
change  in  the  law  more  clearly  manifested  than  among  those 
honest  and  sincere  folk  who  have  made  the  advocacy  ol 
temperance  their  life-work.  So  far  ha-  the  reaction  among  these 
people  proceeded,  that  they  are  going  beyond  what  we  had 
formerly  considered  probable  and  are  now  demanding  tin- 
repeal  of  the  Eighteenth  Amendment.  L'p  to  now  the  best 
that  we  had  anticipated  was  a  successful  movement  which 
would  permit  of  the  use  of  light  wines  and  beer-. 

Those  who  strive  lor  the  repeal  of  the  Eighteenth  Amend- 
ment, among  whom  we  note  conspicuously  "('oilier'-". 
which  has  always  been  a  notable  apostle  of  anti-alcoholism, 
appear  to  have  a  very  logical  basis  on  which  to  place  their 
propaganda,  when  they  assert  that,  without  a  practical 
nullification  of  their  constitutional  amendment,  it  would  be 
impossible  to  dispense  alcoholic  beverages.  Nullification 
is  not  to  be  considered  for  reasons  of  respect  for  the  organic 
law  of  the  land.     Repeal  therefore  is  necessary. 

Without  repeal,  it  is  urged  that  there  is  no  constructive 
program  possible.  It  is  considered  by  these  proponents 
of  the  repeal  of  the  Eighteenth  Amendment  that  a  govern- 
ment dispensary  of  alcoholic  liquors  in  communities  which 
favor  the  use  of  alcohol  is  the  best  solution.  We  are  not 
really  enthusiastic  about  the  government  going  into  busi- 
ness, even  the  liquor  business;  we  do  recognize,  however, 
that  the  matter  is  one  which  must  be  handled  in  some  dis- 
creet fashion,  and  actual  experience  in  Canada  and  the  Scan- 
dinavian countries  has  shown  the  dispensary  method  to  be 
practicable. 


There  is  some  discussion  a-  to  the 
Tax  on  Solvent  Credits  effect  of  the  new  tax  on  solvent 
credits,  which  was  made  manda- 
tory by  the  constitutional  amendment  passed  by  the  people 
at  the  last  general  election.  The  effect  of  the  amendment 
is  that  solvent  credits.  stocks  and  bonds  of  foreign  corpora- 
tions and  mortgages,  not  secured  by  real  estate  in  this  state, 
must  pay  a  tax  of  7  per  cent,  provided  the  taxpayer  declare 
the  same  at  the  assessor's  office  under  oath.  In  case  lie 
do,  -  not  declare,  the  property  must  be  assessed  at  its  full 
value,  if  discovered.  This  makes  the  tax  fourteen  times  as 
heavy  as  it  would  be.  if  declared,  as  the  taxable  value  of  this 
property  is  only  reckoned  at  7  per  cent  of  its  real  value,  if 
declared. 

R.  I..  Wolden,  the  county  assessor  of  San  Francisco,  is 
reported  as  fearing  that  the  operation  of  the  law  will  make 
a  marked  diminution  in  the  teturns  of  taxation  here.  Ac- 
cording to  his  estimates,  he  would  seem  to  be  right.  <  hi  the 
other  hand,  it  doe-  not  seem  to  work  out  that  way.  at  least 
in  Los  Angeles.  There  the  assessor  professes  to  be  quite 
pleased  at  the  results  of  the  law.  The  rate  of  taxation  is 
lower  than  in  any  one  of  thirty-nine  other  states.  The  re- 
ports from  Los  Angele-  appear  to  -how  a  better  return  than 
under  the  old  method,  the  reason  probably  being  that  there 
i-  a  greater  incentive  to  make  a  correct  and  full  return  of 
-■  ilv  cut   credit-. 

Mr.  Wolden  denies  that  he  has  made  any  prophecy  a-  to 
the  result  of  the  operation  of  tin-  new  amendment,  saving 
that  it  would  he  impossible  to  do  so  till  the  books  are  closed 
for  return-  on  taxable  property. 

'faking  all  together,  it  begin-  to  look  as  if  the  amendment 
would   work  better  than   was  anticipated. 


1  In  mere  fait  of  unattainabilil  v  ap- 
The  Lure  of  the  Pole  pear-  to  exercise  an  imperious  attrac- 
tion upon  the  human  spirit.  It  is 
not  a  matter  of  intellect  ami  intelligence.  No  one.  weigh- 
ing  the  chances  and  calculating  the  results,  would  under- 
lil  e  in  adventure  such  as  is  implied  in  the  search  for  either 
ol  the  poles.  Many  brave  soul-  of  heroes  have  gone  down 
to  oblivion  or  crossed  into  the  uc\l  world,  in  the  endeavor, 
and  there  are  no  compensations  which  can  successfully  off- 
set the  perils  of  the  trip.  Still,  the  lure  is  there,  and  men  of 
force,  who  have  gained  success  in  life  and  are.  presumably, 
thoroughly  appreciative  of  the  pleasure-  ami  distinction-  of 
civilized  society,  lay  it  all  down  to  face  cold  and  ini-erv 
with  death  as  an  elbow -mate. 

Amundsen,  the  noble  Dane,  who  has  faced  the  terrors  of 
the  undiscovered  wastes  of  the  world,  again  fits  out  and 
goes,  with  all  the  modern  equipment  of  air  travel,  facing 
the  storm  and  braving  the  unknown  in  a  dirigible,  which, 
however  modern,  is  still  enough  of  an  experiment  to  make 
a  voyage  in  it  over  the  trackless  wilderness  an  experiment 
of  the  greatest  heroism.  Me  is  a  worthy  descendant  of  his 
Viking  ancestors. 

And  we  of  the  new  world,  apparently  have  again  made 
the  record  and  have  established  the  claim  to  the  winning 
of  the  way  to  the  North  Pole,  before  all  others,  'file  feat  of 
Commander  Richard  I'..  Byrd  and  his  pilot.  Floyd  Bennett. 
ha-  put  the  flag  of  this  country  ahead  of  other  flags,  in  the 
region  of  the  Pole.  They  flew  front  Spitzbergcn  to  the  Pole 
and  hack  again  in  15  hours  and  51  minutes.  It  now  remain- 
that  that  feat  be  thoroughly  verified  by  other  explorers, 
lust  as  Scott  verified  clearly  the  prior  discovery  by  Amund- 
sen of  the  South  Pole,  we  look  forward  to  the  claims  of  our 
countrymen  being  verified  by  other.-.  In  the  meantime  our 
record  appears   safe. 


May  22,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Without  going  at  all  into  the  merits  of 
General  Strikes  the  original  dispute  in  Great  Britain, 
which  produced  the  coal  strike  and  brought 
in  its  train  an  accumulation  of  evils  not  soon  to  be  disposed 
of,  we  can  call  attention  briefly  to  the  matter  of  this  general 
strike. 

There  seems  to  be  little  doubt  that  the  whole  law  of  the 
general  strike  will  receive  a  thorough  hauling  over  and 
that  the  result  will  be  in  English  speaking  countries,  at  least, 
that  such  movements  will  be  considered  henceforward  revo- 
lutionary and  seditious  movements  and  not  at  all  industrial 
affairs. 

The  right  to  strike  rests  upon  the  fundamental  basis  that 
no  one  can  be  compelled  to  work,  for  such  compulsion  would 
imply  a  state  of  servitude,  and  would  interfere  with  the 
free  right  of  the  worker  to  dispose  of  his  labor,  which  is  his 
commodity,  at  his  will  in  the  open  market.  Hence,  it  has 
been  held  by  the  court  that  one  can  strike,  that  is,  abstain 
from  work,  at  any  time  for  any  reason  or  for  no  reason  at  all. 

That  is  all  very  well,  when  the  relations  of  a  workman  and 
his  employer  are  taken  into  consideration.  Thus,  a  strike, 
for  better  pay  or  shorter  hours,  is  a  pure  matter  of  bargain- 
ing, the  worker  withholds  his  commodity  from  the  market, 
in  the  expectation  of  getting  a  better  price. 

But  such  is  not  the  purpose  of  a  general  strike.  Such  a 
strike  is  not  against  the  employer,  it  is  against  the  govern- 
ment, even  against  the  community  itself,  and  is  intended 
to  affect  political  and  not  economic  ends. 

Such  being  the  case,  it  would  seem  to  follow  that  a  gen- 
eral strike  can  be  penalized.  At  least,  such  is  the  opinion  of 
a   former   British  attorney-general. 


There  is  much  trouble  over  the  fact  that  the 
The  Coy  Voter  citizen  in  increasing  numbers  has  a  tend- 
ency to  neglect  his  electoral  duties  and  to 
evade  the  exercise  of  his  right,  or.  if  yon  prefer  to  put  it  so,  lu- 
duty,  to  register  and  vote. 

It  is  pointed  out  that  we  have  to  spend  a  gnat  deal  of 
money  to  get  him  even  to  register  and  (hat  registration 
people  have  to  lie  in  wait  for  him  at  street  corners  and 
pounce  on  him  unexpectedly  from  concealed  places,  before 
he  will  put  his  name  down  on  a  paper  and  provide  the  mys- 
terious people  who  lurk  in  the  election  commissioner's  office, 
with  the  necessary  and  vital  material.  Even  we.  who  are 
here  and  now  excoriating  the  poor  citizen  for  the  non-ex- 
ercise of  his  registering  and  voting  function-,  have  but  a 
hazy  idea  of  the  process  through  which  that  material  goes 
before  it  comes  out  as  a  president  maker. 

It  is  strange,  is  it  not,  that  there  should  be  this  shyness 
about  voting?  It  is  not  that  the  citizen  docs  not  love  his 
country.  Me  would  not  walk  around  a  block  perhaps  t"  vote, 
at  least  fifty  per  cent  of  him  flails  will  not  vote,  and  yet  he 
would  expose  his  life  and  surrender  his  property  for  the 
sake  of  the  dear  country,   for    whose  officials   he   refuses  to 

\  ate. 

It  is  no  use  to  abuse  him.  There  is  the  fact  Even  Aus- 
tralia, a  new  country,  is  beginning  to  feel  the  same  difficulty 
and  has  put  a  penalty  upon  non-voting  tur  part,  we 

do    not    think    much   of   votes   given    under   compulsion   and 

we  would  deprecate  the  practice  here. 

But  what  is  the  matter:  The  answer  i-  c.i-\  ;  There  arc 
no  burning  issue-  which  engage  the  attention  and  make  an 
interesting  matter  of  voting.  Then  again,  there  is  a  weary 
distrust  of  all   politicians   born  of  experience. 


Late  in  the  afternoon  of  May 
The  Charles  E.  Virden  Case     13th,   in   Fresno,   the   head   of 

the  Virden  Packing  Corpora- 
tion, Charles  E.  Virden,  W,  1).  Mitchell,  and  four  others, 
all  members  of  the  Mitchell-Virden  Lumber  Company,  were 
indicted  by  the  Federal  Grand  Jury  on  a  charge  of  "using 
the  mails  to  defraud  in  connection  with  the  sale  of  stock 
in  the   Mitchell-Virden   Lumber  Company." 

The  Mitchell-Virden  Lumber  Company  operated  the 
Duncan  Mills,  Sonoma  County,  plant,  which  was  purchased 
by  W.  D.  Mitchell,  and  a  relative,  Sally  Mitchell,  in  1921. 
It  was  mortgaged  for  $71,000  before  it  was  sold  to  the 
Mitchell-Virden  Lumber  Company  for  $200,000,  stock  be- 
ing taken   in   payment. 

The  allegations  were  that  conditions  at  the  lumber  mills 
were  misrepresented  as  to  the  stock  of  lumber  on  hand,  as 
to  dividends  to  be  paid  stockholders  and  as  to  the  conduct 
of  the  business,  which  it  is  alleged,  was  operated  at  a  loss. 

VV.  U.  Mitchell  is  already  under  two  county  grand  jury 
indictments  in  connection  with  alleged  misappropriation  of 
funds  of  the  Valley  Bank,  and  there  are  those  who  say  that 
these  new  indictments  against  him  are  merely  trumped  Up 
charges  fabricated  by  a  relative  in  spite,  for  his  further  per- 
secution, and  in  this  way,  Mr.  Charles  E.  Virden  is  a  fellow 
sufferer. 

S.  E.  Whiting,  S.  F.  stockbroker  and  stock  salesman  for 
the  Lumber  Company,  stated  in  part  that  "there  has  been 
no  fraud  committed  of  any  nature  in  the  transactions  of 
this  Company  or  its  agents.  These  indictments  are  just 
a  flareback  on  the  long  continued  persecution  of  Mitchell 
in  the  Valley  Bank  case  ;"  while  Charles  Virden,  after  post- 
ing his  bail,  explained  his  connection  with  the  lumber  com- 
pany: 

"A  few  years  ago.  I  think  in  1922,  1  invested  $10,000  in 
the  stock  of  the  Mitchell-Virden  Lumber  Company,  which 

was  a  company  organized  to  take  over  the  Mitchell   Duncan 

Mills  properties.    My  investment  resulted  in  a  considerable 

loss  |  never  had  anything  to  do  with  the  selling  of  stock, 
the  soliciting  of  subscriptions,  or  the  making  of  anv  repre- 
sentations pertaining  to  the-valuc  of  the  properties.  In  fact, 
I  have  never  seen  the  property.  Any  knowledge  that  I 
gained  with  regard  to  the  value  of  the  property  came  from 
reports  prepared  by  the  General  Appraisal  Company  and  an 

appraiser  selected  by  the  Commissioner  of  Corporations  of 
California.     My  recollection  is  that  the  General  Appraisal 

Company's  value  was  a  little  in   excess  of  a  million   dollars 

and  hat  of  the  Corporation   Department  around  S<»00.000. 

M\  connection  with  this  matter  was  honest  in  every  re- 
spect, as  the  facts  will  fully  disclose." 

The  intimate  friends  land  their  name  is  legion)   and  busi- 

ness  associates  of  t  baric-  E.  Virden  of  the  Virden  racking 
Corporation,  express  the  fullest  faith  and  confidence  in  the 
absolute  integrity  and  honesty  of  Mr.  Virden,  and  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  Corporation  have  adopted  a  resolution 
in  which  they  report  that  they  are  "fully  advised  of  the 
connection  of  Mr  \  irden  with  the  Mitchell-Virden  Lumber 
Company."  and  that  each  member  of  the  board  "is  fully 
convinced  that  there  is  no  foundation  for  such  a  charge 
against  him." 

A  personal  friend  of  his  remarked  the  other  day  that  "It 
would  be  a  mighty  fine  world,  if  people  like  Charlie  Virden 
in  the  majority." 


The  worst  thing  about  tin-  decline  in  commodit)  prices  is 
that  the  people  who  bin  the  commodities  have  never  noticed 
it. — American  Lumberman. 

*     *     * 

Emerson's  remark  about  the  world  making  a  beaten  path  to 
a  house  in  the  woods  where  better  stuff  i-  made  was  certainly 
prophetic. —  Florence  (Ala.)  Herald. 


(  M'  course.   Xature  knows  what  she  is  doing,  but  sometimes 
it  looks  as  if  she  organized  man   for  the  !>enefit  of  doctors  and 

dentists. — Dallas  News. 

*  *    » 

"Remember,"  -aid  the  Frenchman  t^  In-  young  son, 

little  boy  in   France  has  a  chance  to  grow    up  and   -onic  dav 
become  Premier  nine  times.  — Detroit  N( 

*  »     » 

The  "undeveloped  peoples"  are  those  not  yet  mad  at  Amer- 
ica.— New  York  Telegram. 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


SPbEtfSUI^'SWW 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  Tom  Moone- 


By  "Jingle" 


HERE'S  a  feature  story  about  Lou 
Holtz,  now  playing  in  the  musical 
comedy,  "Patsy,"  which  began  its  run 
last  Monday  night  at  the  Curran 
theater.  .  . 

George  C.  Warren,  famous  critic  ot 
the  Chronicle,  in  his  infallible  column. 
"Behind  the  Back  Row."  tells  the  story 
SO  we  know  it  is  authentic  ;  besides  it  is 
one  of  those  human,  home-tales  which 
we.  San  Franciscans,  delight  in  hear- 
ing. So  today,  we're  gleaning  from 
Mr.  Warren  : 

Lou  Holtz  credits  the  late  Charles 
de  Young  with  giving  him  his  start. 
Lou  was  playing  ball  on  one  of  the 
amateur  team's  south  of  Market  street, 
and  going  out  at  night  to  entertain  with 
his   singing. 

One  evening  Mr.  de  Young,  heard 
Holtz  sing,  and,  after  talking  with  him. 
invited  him  to  dinner  in  his  rooms  at 
the  Hotel  St.  Francis  to  meet  a  "charm 
ing  young  lady,"  non  other  than  Elsie 
lanis. 

Miss  Janis  listened  to  Holtz.  recog- 
nized his  ability,  and  after  commend- 
ing him,  told  him  that  if  he  ever  came 
to  New  York  to  look  her  up,  and  that 
she  would  see  that  he  sang  in  the  east- 
ern metropolis. 

Lou,  of  course  was  delighted.  Be- 
sides, he  believed  in  Mi>s  Janis.  Some 
of  Lou's  friends  found  the  information 
a  chance  for  poking  fun  both  at  Lou 
and  at  his  faith  in  a  celebrity's  concern 
for  him. 

Holtz  did  go  on  to  New  York,  he  did 
see  Miss  Janis.  She  lived  up  to  what 
she  had  promised.  In  fact,  she  placed 
him  in  her  own  company. 

Lou  Holtz  with  his  own  innate  abili- 
ty,  his  personality  and  his  glorious  un- 
derstanding, did  the  rest  himself,  and 
quickly  "arrived." 

It  is  a  pretty  story — and  further- 
more, we   know:  'tis  true! 

Curran  *     *     * 

Don't  miss  seeing  "Patsy." 
Seeing — is  right,  although,  of  course, 
you  will  want  to  hear  the  lilting  melo- 
dies, too.  But.  if  ever  you  have  wanted 
a  real  feast  for  the  eyes, — your  yearn- 
ing will  be  gratified  with  "Patsy." 

Lovely  girls — sweet,  charming,  ador- 
able— and  as  fresh  and  gorgeous  as  out 
own  California  peaches,  dance  divinely 
— all  in  unison  throughout  the  entire 
production.  Oh.  how  well  trained  are 
those  girls — their  steps  and  agile  move- 


n.ii    only    like    proverbial 
-but   the   girls,  are  grace 


ments    are 

"clockwork' 

personified. 

One  can  not  help  speak  of  the  en- 
semble first — for  the  adorable  grouping, 
the  matchless  rhythm  of  the  whole 
company— are  fascinating  memories 
and  make  imprints  upon  one's  mind, 
furthermore,  satisfy  one's  appreciation 
of — artistic  attainment. 

Lou  Holtz,  our  own  San  Francisco 
bey,  delighted  us  with  every  turn,  he  is 
so  natural,  so  innately  clever  and  su- 
premely humorous.  He's  the  spice  and 
the  season  of  the  production,  aided  by 
Gerald  Oliver  Smith,  who  captivates 
and  holds  one's  admiration  from  the 
very  beginning  to  a  happy  conclusion. 
Smith  can  say  the  same  thing  over  and 
over  with  new  verve  and  vigor  every 
time.     He's  great!     For.  he's  natural! 

(iloria  Foy  is  good  to  look  upon, 
graceful,  sprightly  and  altogether  love- 
ly and  loveable.  Her  waltz  with  Alan 
Edwards,  after  their  quarrel  is  quite 
the  loveliest  thing  you  have  ever  seen 
any  time,  any  where.  It  is  exquisite 
dancing.  It  is  something  else:  it  is 
magnetically  beautiful. 

Billie  De  Rex  and  Sydney  Reynolds 
keep  up  the  merry  pace. 

*     *     * 
Wilkes 

"Desire  Under  the  Elms"  runs  for 
another  week  at  Wilkes  theater,  hav- 
ing attracted  crowds  during  the  entire 
three  week's  of  its  presentation   here. 

This  powerful  Eugene  I  I'Brien  drama 
has  been  of  much  interest  to  people 
who  think  and  to  theate'r  patrons  who 
appreciate  histrionic  art. 

Frank  McGlynn,  whose  characteri- 
zation of  Ephraim  Cabot  has  elicited 
praise  from  critics  and  the  public  alike, 
gives  a  masterful  portrayal  of  the  close- 
minded  New  Englander.  Douglas 
Montgomery,  Jessie  Arnold,  Forrest 
Taylor.  Felix  Hanev  and  the  rest  of 
the  company  give  well  balanced  sup- 
In  irt  to  the  star. 

Alcazar 

"Badges."  the  exciting  and  laugh- 
able crook  comedy,  with  Henry  Duffy, 
himself,  Louis  Bcnnison  and  Dale 
Winter  heading  a  sterling  company  of 
players,  continue'-  as  the  Alcazar  at- 
traction for  a  second  week  starting 
with  Sunday  night's  performance.  This 
play,  with  its  tinges  of  mystery  and  its 
world  of  fun,  provides  Duffy  with  just 


the  role  that  suits  his  methods  of  mirth 
making  and  Bennison,  always  a  favor- 
ite here,  and  Miss  Winter,  are  appro- 
priately cast. 

Duff}'  has  given  the  play  a  fine  pro- 
duction, one  that  would  do  credit  to 
Broadway.  The  players  have  been 
chosen  with  skill,  Bennison  having 
been  brought  here  from  New  York  for 
his  original  role.  The  support  includes: 
Olive  Cooper.  Edward  Lynch,  Oeorge 
Webster,  Leigh  Willard,  Henry  Sim- 
mer, Henry  Caubisens,  Ray  F.  Bran- 
don and   Ronald   Dare. 

*  *     * 
Imperial 

"Mare  Nostrum,"  Rex  Ingram's 
most  important  picture  since  "The 
Four  Horsemen,"  which  comes  to  the 
Imperial  theater  Friday,  to  replace 
"Stella  Dallas,'  is  reported  to  be  the 
most  collossal  sea  picture  the  screen 
has  yet  offered.  It  is  now  enjoying  its 
twenty-sixth  week  of  a  record  run  in 
New    York  City. 

"Mare  Nostrum"  is  the  classic  name 
given  the  Mediterranean  by  the  Ro- 
mans following  their  conquest  of  all 
the  lands  surrounding  it. 

*  *      * 
California 

"Siberia,"  a  great  \\  illiam  Fox  spec- 
tacle, with  Alma  Rubens  and  Edmund 
Lowe  the  stars,  supported  by  Lou  Tel- 
legen  and  with  more  than  a  thousand 
extras  in  the  cast,  comes  to  the  Cali- 
fornia  theater,  Saturday. 

Scenes  show  orgies  in  the  Winter 
Palace,  the  Russian  salt  mines,  where 
political  refugee-  Spend  their  lives  and 
episodes  reveal  the  mutiny  and  despot- 
ism that  led  to  the  revolution  in  Rus- 
sia. It  is  a  tremendous  drama  of  love, 
adventure  and  intrigue,  requiring  six 
months  in  the  filming. 

The  fifth  Grand  Sunday  Morning 
Concert  Sunday.  May  23  will  include 
Nellie  Wren  as  soloist  who  will  sing 
Puccini's  "L'n   Bel  Di  Yedremo." 

The  concert  includes  violin  solos  by 
Max  Dolin  who  will  play  "A  La  Yalse" 
by  Victor  Herbert.  The  "Tannhauser 
<  iverture."  Wagner:  "La  Danse."  Mas- 
senet; 'Symphony  No.  5  in  E  Minor." 
Tschaikowskv :  and  "La  Foret  En- 
chantee,"  DTndy  complete  this  Sun 
day's   "1  'i  ip"  concert. 

Cameo 

Ruck   |ones  in  "The  Desert's  Price," 


May  22.   1926 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Amusements 

NEXT   WEEK 


NEW   MISSION 

Mission  nr.  22nd 


ON  THE 

STAGE 

ALCAZAR 
O'Fnrrell  nr.  Powell 

"HndKeN" 
Henry  DuA'j  Comedy 

COLUMBIA 

TO  Eddy 

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"Topsy  and  Eva'* 
Duncan  Sisters, 

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lieary  nr.  Mason 

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"PatNy" 
Musical  Conieily 

PRESIDENT 
McAllister  nr  Mkt. 

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"Applesauce" 
Henry  Duffy  Production 

WILKES 

Geary  at  Mason 

"Desire  Under  the  Ehm" 
Frank  McGlynn,  Star 

VAUDEVILLE 

(iOLIlEN    GATE 
CJ.  G.  Ave.  *  Taylor 

Jimmy  Hussey, 
Noted  Comedian,  Headliner 

ORPHEUM 
O'Fnrrell  .*  Powell 

( 

Ethel  Barrymorc 
Noted  Actress,  Heudliner 

PANTAGES  (NEW) 
Market    nt    Hyde 

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Diving,  Dancing  Acts, 

Madume  Berlo. 

Theodore  Slcpanoff, 

Imperial  Ballet 

CNION    SQUARE 
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Pictures 

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is  this  week's  screen  attraction  at  the 
Cameo. 

This  picture  is  a  thriller,  with  4.000 
extras  supporting  the  star.  There  are 
thousands  of  sheep  shown  in  the  scenes 
as  important  details  of  the  plot.  Man- 
ly bravery,  stalwart  action  and  stirring 
romance  are  depicted  in  this  picture. 

Other  stars  in  important  roles  sup- 
plementing the  work  of  Buck  Jones 
are  Florence  Gilbert.  Edna  Narion, 
Montague  Love,  Arthur  Houseman,  Er- 
nest Butterworth,  Cart  Stockdale,  Har- 
ry Dunkinson  and  Henry  Armetta. 

Capitol  *     *     * 

"The  Lost  Battalion."  picture  made 
by  Burton  King,  with  the  story  of  the 
hemic  Americans  at  Argonne  as  its 
theme,  comes  to  the  Capitol  theater 
Saturday.  In  the  cast  arc  many  of  the 
veterans  of  the  terrible  six  days.  King 
had  the  advice  and  instruction  of  the 
officers  who  commanded  the  battalion 
when  he  made  the  picture.  Gaston 
Glass,  Marion  Coakley,  Jack  McLean, 
Helen  Ferguson  and  Blanche  Daven- 
port ha\  e  the  principal  roles. 

Granada  *     *     * 

Bebe  Daniels,  comedienne  of  the 
famous  Players-Lasky  stars,  has  a 
lively  and  laughable  picture  to  present 
at  the  Granada  theater  beginning  Sat- 
urday. It  is  called  "The  Palm  Beach 
Girl."  Byron  Morgan  wrote  the  scen- 
ario from  a  stage  comedy  by  II.  M.  Har- 
w  i  ii  nl.   called   "Please    Help    Emily." 

In  the  picture  Mis-  Daniels  plays  a 
Western  girl  who  goes  avisiting  her 
verj    fashionable  aunts  at   Palm   Beach, 

and  l>\  her  small  knowledge  of  the  cus- 
toms of  the  great  world  into  which  she 
is  thrown  creates  a  storm  of  laughter. 
On  the  stage  jack  Partington  will 
present  "Black  and  White  Ja*z  Week." 
centered  around  the  SynCO-Symphon- 
i-ts.    with    lion    Wilkens    leading  them. 

and  the  Granada  Dancing  Beauties. 

There  will  be  a  number  of  nther  en- 
tertainers, and  several  short  Minis  will 
complete  the  screen  program. 

*     *     * 
St.  Francis 

By  arrangement  with  Cecil  B.  De- 
Mille.  the  St  Francis  theater  has  se- 
cured "The  Volga  Boatman,"  to  follow 
"La  Boheme"  on  its  screen.  In  grant- 
ing the  permission,  DeMille  has  per- 
mitted San  Francisco  to  be  the  first 
citj  to  witness  this  production  at  less 
than  road  show  prices  In  New  York 
the  picture  is  being  viewed  at  $2.20  top, 
while  in  Los  Angeles  it  is  opening  the 
new  Carthay  Circle  theater  at  - 
top. 

Reports  from  the  eastern  critics  seem 


to  hint  they  place  this  picture  above  the 
director's  "The  Ten  Commandments." 
Different  from  that  success,  "The  Vol- 
ga" Boatman"  is  a  story  of  a  great  love 
between  a  human  mule,  a  prince  of  Rus- 
sia, and  a  princess. 

*     *     * 
Golden  Gate 

Next  week's  bill,  announced  for  the 
Golden  Gate,  is  headlined  by  Jimmy 
Hussey,  celebrated  Irish  comedian.  Al- 
though a  real  product  of  the  Erin  Isle. 
Hussey  has  won  both  fame  and  for- 
tune for  his  work  as  a  Jewish  come- 
dian. He  was  starred  last  season  with 
Elsie  Janis  in  the  musical  revue  "Puz- 
zles." 

Mr.  Hussey's  vaudeville  vehicle  is  a 
sketch  by  Eddie  Cantor,  titled  "I  let- 
ting a  Ticket."  Eddie  Hickey  is  seen 
in  the  chief  supporting  role. 

Harriet  Hoctor  and  William  llol- 
brook.  the  former  known  as  America's 
premier  ballerina  bring  their  beautiful- 
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May  22,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Tea  in  the  Skies, 
Latest  Fad  in  Society 

"TTAVE  a  cup  of  tea  with  me  in  the  skies!" 

±1      So  reads  the  latest  invitation  in  Society. 

We  have  had  teas  of  as  many  varieties  as  there  are  brands 
of  tea — betrothal  teas,  bridge  teas,  musical  and  literary  teas, 
teas  for  the  departing  and  the  home-coming  guests. 

Now,  comes  the  very  newest  innovation  in  Society — the 
"aerial  tea." 

This  smartest  of  society  fads  originated  in  Atlanta. 
Georgia,  when  Mrs.  Roscoe  Turner,  wife  of  Captain  Roscoe 
Turner,  noted  air  pilot,  invited  her  friends  to  have  tea 
with   her  several  thousand   feet  up  in  the  sky. 

A  gigantic  plane,  piloted  by  her  husband,  was  the  set- 
ting for  this  thrilling  turn  in  teas  which  the  charming  hos- 
tess introduced  into  society. 

Twenty-two  guests  were  invited  to  the  "aerial  tea"  and 
no  one  sent  regrets — so  we  have  been  told. 

Now.  it  remains  to  be  seen  whether  western  Society,  al- 
ways on  the  qui  vive  for  something  new  under  the  sun.  will, 
or  will  not,  readily  adopt  this  schedule  on  society's  calendar; 
and,  if  you  please,  whether  or  no.  a  frolic  in  the  skies  will 
become  fashionable. 

If  "aerial  teas"  become  society's  whim,  there  may  be 
staged  miniature  sky  musicales,  cloud  betrothals,  heavenly 
bridge  parties,  luncheons  along  the  "milky  way"  and  dinner 
dances  with  the  moon. 

Styles  for  a  spin  in  the  sky  make  new  inroad-  upon  tin- 
choice  of  one's  wardrobe.  For.  as  yet,  \w  scarcely  know 
the  proper  attire  for  a  jaunt  in  sky-land  or  a  romp  with  the 
clouds. 

(  )ne  thing  certain,  an  "aerial  tea"  is  meant  for  the  brave; 
and  the  fair  must  be  brave — to  derive  its  full  and  rare  en- 
joyment. 

*     *     * 

Magnificent  Wedding 

At  Gorgeous  Country  Home 

California  has  had  many  wonderful  weddings,  and  so- 
ciety has  seen  many  sumptuous  nuptial  ceremonies,  but  il 
is  doubtful  if  ever  there  was  anything  more  exquisitelv 
beautiful  than  the  wedding  which  took  place  last  Sunday 
on  the  magnificent  country  estate  of  the  Fleishhackers  at 
"<  lakholm,"  Atherton. 

.Miss  Marjoric  Heishhaeker,  the  lovely  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Herbert  Fleishhacker,  became  the  bride  of  Mr. 
Martin  Mitau.  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris  Mitau.  May 
16,  in  a  setting  so  wonderful  that  all  society  is  still  agasp 
with  its  splendor. 

The   Fleishhacker  estate  is  one  of  the  oldest   as   well   as 
the  handsomest  estates  on  the  peninsula,  with  its  large  oal 
trees  and   Nature's  own   gifts  of  glory  to   which   ha-    been 
added  all  that  art  and  thought  ami  expenditure  had  to  offer. 

The  bride,  in  her  elegant  wedding  gown  of  heavy  white 
satin,  came  down  the  front  stairway  of  the  home  "leaning 


on  the  arm  of  her  father  and   passed  across  the  1 


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down  a  long  aisle  fringed  <>n  either  side  with  pale  pink 
spirea,  tall  blue  delphiniums  and  pink  and  bine  hydrangeas. 

\n  altar  stood  at  the  top  of  of  a  slightly  elevated  platform, 
covered  with  green  velvet,  to  which  ascent  was  gained  by  a 
lew  short  steps.  Jianks  of  pink  and  blue  spirea  completed 
ill-  garden  background.  Masses  of  lilies  of  the  valley,  or- 
chid tinted  rhododendrons  and  potted  orange  trees  bearing 
the  blossoms  and  the  fruit,  were  behind  the  altar  of  beauti- 
ful marble.  A  graceful  urn  on  the  sculptured  base  added 
classic  adornment. 

Rabbi   Louis  Newman  performed  the  marriage  service. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremony,  the  bridal  party  and 
guests  made  their  way  in  the  oak  enclosed  lawn  where  the 
wedding  breakfast  was  served. 

Directly  in  front  of  the  bridal  party,  on  a  small  table. 
Stood  I  be  wedding  cake.  This  elaborate  confection  was  in 
four  tiers,  with  beautiful  figures  and  flowers  sculptured 
on  every  side  in  sugar,  and  surmounted  by  a  tower  wherein 
stood  a  tiny  bride  and  bridegroom  surrounded  l>v  cupids 
ringing  marriage  bells.  At  the  very  top  were  several  ex- 
quisitely modeled  white  roses  and  lilies  of  the  valley. 

I  be  bride's  table  was  in  the  form  of  a  semi-circle  ;  in  the 
background  was  a  series  of  arches,  thick  with  mscs,  and  in- 
terspersed also  with  the  blossoming  orange  trees.  At  each 
end  nf  the  semi-circle  was  a  tree  of  gardenias  in  tall  Spanish 
urns. 

The  setting  for  the  breakfast  was  surpassingly  beautiful. 
Overhead,   stretching   from   tree  to  tree,   swung   a  delicate 


leaves  ■  if 
sheltered 
awn  and 


awn    and       hostess 


canopy  of  gauze  to  which  had  been  applied  great 
blue  and  green  and  occasional  gold;  this  not  011I3 
the   quests   from   the   noonday   sun.   but   gave  the* 
tables  a   lowly   scintillated   effect. 
*      *      * 
Senator  Phelan 
Feted  Abroad 

Hon.  lame-  Phelan,  former  United  States  Senator,  and 
Col.  Harry  S.  Howfend,  U.  S.  A.,  retired,  have  been  travel- 
nig  together  throughout  familiar  haunts  in  Europe.  They 
have  been  passing  the  last  fortnight  in  Florence,  and  visit" 
ing  places  on  the   French  Riviera. 

Conie  David  Constantini  gave  a  luncheon  for  the  two 
American  citizens,  taking  them  to  bis  old  Florentine  pal- 
ace,   I. a    Loggia,  on   the  via    Bolognese. 

Senator  Phelan  and  Colonel  Howland  were  also  enter- 
tained at  a  dinner  given  in  their  honor  by  Captain  and  Mrs. 
Randolph  Miner,  at  their  home  in  the'  Bombicci  Palace. 
I  ontesse  Bombicci  and  Miss  label  Cooper  .if  this  city,  Col- 
onel and  Airs.  Maccaferri  and  Signor  Vittorio  Zeggio  were 
other  guests  on  this  occasion. 

•        *     *     * 
Barbecue  Form  of 
Novel  Society  Event 

A  barbecue  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  II.  Rosseter  at 
their  country  home,  Rancho  Wickiup,  near  Santa  Rosa,  at- 
tracted many   society  folks  last  week  as  guests  of  the  genial 


HOTEL  DEL  MONTE 

Make  Your  Reservations  at  City  Booking  Office 

401   Crocker  Building 

Telephone  Sutler  8130       Under  Management  CARL  S.  STANLEY 


May  22,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NIAVS  LKTTEB 


The  oovel  event  was  in  the  nature  of  a  sur- 
prise party  to  one  of  Mr.  Rosseter's  famous 
thoroughbred  horses,  "Disguise." 

'Plic  barbecue  was  held  in  the  patio  of  the 
Rosseter  stable  at  the  rancho.  In  the  center 
uf  the  patio  was  a  huge  table  built  in  the  shape 
of  a  horseshoe,  seating  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty quests.  Smaller  tables  encircled  the  horse- 
shoe, with  racing  colors  of  burnt  orange  and 
white,  used  in  the  decorative  scheme. 

"Disguise,"  the  thoroughbred  horse,  as  guest 
of  honor,  stood  in  a  stall  elaborately  decorated 
with  the  Rosseter  racing  colors,  flying  pen- 
nants and  ribbons  adorning  the  stall. 

At  posts  arranged  in  even  intervals,  were 
pine  trees.  A  paddock  around  the  patio  con- 
tained stalls  in  each  of  which  were  the  horses 
as  invited  guests.  The  event  was  in  compli- 
ment to  the  twenty-ninth  birthday  of  "Dis- 
guise." 

A  three-foot  birthday  cake  was  a  feature  of 
the  party,  with  twenty-nine  carrots  on  the  cake 
instead  of  candles. 

*     *     * 

University  of  California  Senior  Ball 

The  Ball  given  by  the  Senior  Class  of  the  University 
of  California  was  a  brilliant  success  and  made  a  gorgeous 
and  colorful  pageant  last  Monday  night  at  the  Fairmont 
Hotel.     It  was  literally  a  living   Maxfield    Parish    Picture. 

The  University  colors  .were  used  as  the  dominant  note 
in  the  decorative  scheme.  The  entire  wall  space  of  the  Cold 
Ball  Room  was  covered  with  rich,  blue  draperies  hanging 
in  very  full  folds. 

The  central  motif  of  the  decorations  was  a  batik  pane1 
twenty-one  feet  in  height  and  twelve  feet  wide,  executed 
especially  for  the  occasion  by  John  I'..  Craig.  Class  of  '24, 
who  designed  and  superintended  the  work  on  the  di 
tions.  This  panel  depicts  a  medieval  castle,  rising  out  of 
deep  blue  shadows  and  mist  with  its  turrets  glowing  in 
the  early  morning  sunlight.  On  either  side  of  the  panel 
were  majolica  jars  rilled  with  flowers  and  -landing  on  gold 
blocks. 

At  intervals  about  the  room  panels  of  Blue  and  Gold 
damask  were  hung  from  the  ceiling  and  reached  to  the  floor, 
where  strong  blue  flood  light-  were  placed  to  illuminate 
them.  Blue  and  Gold  brocades  were  hung  from  the  bal- 
conies. The  University  colors  were  further  carried  out  in 
the  scheme  of  lighting.  The  white  lights  graduall)  faded 
out,  leaving  the  room  flooded  with  a  moonlight  blue  and  a 
golden  amber  light  concentrated  on  the  castle  and  the  flow- 
ers. Later  the  blue  light  faded  out  and  slowly  the  room 
became  flooded  with  the  golden  glow  of  sunset.  The  eve- 
ning wdl  long  be  remembered  b\  those  present  which  in- 
cluded : 

Patrons  and  Patronesses:  President  Emeritus  and  Mrs. 
Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler.  President  and  Mr-.  William  Wal- 
lace Campbell,  Dr,  and  Mrs.  David  IV   Barrows,  Dean  and 

Mr-.  Mnnn.c  K.  Deutsch,  Dean  and  Mr-.  Joel  II.  Ilillehrand. 
Dean  and  Mr-.  Ballwin  M.  Wood-.  Dean  and  Mrs.  Walter 
M.  Hart.  Dean  and  Mr-.  Frank  II.  Prober!.  Dean  and  Mrs. 
Paid  F.  Cadman,  Dean  and  Mr-  Thomas  M.  Putnam.  Dean 
and  Mrs.  Stuart  Daggett,  Dean  and  Mrs.  Charles  Der- 
leth  Jr. 

K.ii 


HOTEL    CANTERBURY 
750  Sutter  Street 

San  Francisco's  Finest 
Family  Hotel 

250   Rooms 
Rates:  From  $2.50  per  day 


Regent  and  Mi- 


di 1'.   Merritt.   Professor  ami   Mrs 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

Santa  Maria,  California 

(>.,   lhr    (c»,l    Highway    BftWwVJ    Ifllll   S«n    Franri.to    and    La*    Itfajnlta 

*.n    Inn   at   I  im.inl   bcnII«a*M 
W  ,rt    or    irit/fn,   rfMri«Hu    on    ynaw    next    trip   mmua. 


Ira  B.  Cross.  Professor  and  Mrs.  Charles  H. 
Raymond,  Prof,  and  Mrs.  Norman  I.  Silber- 
ling,  Prof,  and  Mrs.  Ralph  P.  Minor,  Prof. 
and  Mrs.  11.  I.  Priestley.  Prof,  and  Mrs.  C.  C. 
Stahrling,  Prof,  and  Mrs.  A.  II.  Mowbray. 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  E.  Landon,  Major  and 
Mrs.  R.  if.  Kellev.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luther  A. 
Nichols,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  C.  Sproul,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robert  Sibley,  Dr.  Jessica  B.  Peix- 
otto.  Mr.  Clarence  Price. 

Del  Monte  More 
Lovely  Than  Before 

Three  times  has  Hotel  Del  Monte  been  built 
and  each  time  more  lovely  than  before.  A 
short  time  ago  wdien  the  fire  destroyed  the 
famous  hostelry  there  was  dire  sadness  among 
those  who  had  known  the  pleasures  of  the  old 
hotel. 

But  within  the  past  year  work  on  a  new 
Del  Monte  Hotel  progressed  with  such  rapidity 
that  one  could  scarcely  realize  the  doors  .if  the 
dining  rooms  had  been  closed  or  that  the  wide 
verandas  were  no  more. 
Hotel  Del  Monte,  today,  is  lovelier,  larger  and  more  lux- 
urious than  it  has  ever  been  and  the  new  furnishings  and 
late  improvements  transcend  anything  that  the  hotel  form- 
erly possessed.  The  rebuilt  Del  Monte  is  the  lust  word  in 
comfort,  charm  and  enticement. 

The  dinner  dance  last  Saturday  on  the  opening  night 
was  a  great  success!  Society  fairly  stormed  the  place.  Per- 
sonages from  all  parts  of  the  country  hastened  to  be  there 
for  tin  opening  with  more  than  a  thrill  of  pleasure  over 
the  reconstructed  pleasure-haunt.  For  Del  Monte  is  more 
than  a  passing  attraction — it  has  that  rarefied  charm — "tra- 
dition." 

Next  to  the  hotel  dance  in  point  of  importance  and,  in 
measure  of  -port  life,  maybe  first  in  importance  were  the 
golf-matches  in  which  Society  from  California  took  part. 
The  golf  house  remain-  as  it  was.  with  its  screened  and  cool- 
ing piazza. 

Women  in  their  sport  clothes  were  part  of  the  pictures 
which  ie   eye   no   matter   where   one   looked — toward 

the  hotel,  in  the  hotel,  beyond— to  the  beach,  the  terraces, 
the  swimming  pool  or  across  the  \istas  where  the  green 
lawns  stretched  their  way  to  lure  one  beneath  the  wide- 
spreading  oaks. 

*     *     * 

The  First  Woman's  Club 

Mis-  Bessie  I  .  Crouch  and  Mis-  Mary  Crouch  of  Sacra- 
mento, who  are  visiting-  the  Arthur  Chambers'  home  on 
Euclid  Avenue,  Berkeley,  have  been  warmly  welcomed 
by  their  many  East  Bay  friends  and  many  delightful  affairs 
•een  arranged  in  their  honor. 
\li-s  Bessie  I..  Crouch,  an  artist,  i-  the  president  of  the 
Ladies  Mu-etim  Association,  connected  with  the  E.  B. 
Crocker  Art  Cillery  of  Sacramento.  The  Misses  Crouch 
are  closely  related  to  the  well-known  Crocker  family. 

The   art  club   is  a   very   old  one,   having  been   started   in 
and  is  the  tirst  woman'.-  club  in   Northern  California. 
For   many    years    they    have    assisted    talented   young    girl 
painter-  to  educate  themselves  in  art.     Recently  they  have 
purchased    four    very    valuable    paintings    for   the    Crocker 
ry. 
Following  the  reception  in  the  Hotel  Claremont  Art  fj.il- 
i  meet  Mrs.  Grace  Griffith  Allison.  Santa  Rosa  arti-t. 
is  exhibiting  a  large  group  of  her  water  color-  in  the 
.  Mr.  and  Mr-.  George  K.  Chambers  of  Hotel  Clare- 
mont were  lmst-  for  an  informal  tea  in  compliment  to  Mi-s 
Be-sie   I.    Crouch  ami   Miss   Mary   Crouch.     The  gues 
addition  to  the   j  honor,  were:  Mrs.  Samuel  Mont- 

rj    Haslett.  Major  and   Mrs.  C.    F.  Wieland.  Mr.  and 

- 


10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Do  It  Now. 

JUST  around  the  corner  are  the  hot 
months  of  summer  when  radio  re- 
ception is  none  too  good  at  its  very 
best,  which  calls  to  mind  that  now  is 


C.  J.  Pennington 

the  time  to  put  the  old  set  in  the  best 
winking  condition  possible.  You  may 
then  sit  back  and  have  good  reception 
with  the  least  possible  chance  of  dis- 
tortion  for  the  entire   summer. 

The  tubes  need  testing;  all  connec- 
tions shoulrl  be  looked  over;  the  dust 
removed  from  the  condensers  and  coils  ; 
the  batteries  need  testing — in  fact  for 
the  be~t  summer  reception  your  set 
needs  a  complete  general  overhauling. 

The  antenna  and  ground  should  also 
come  in  for  special  attention.  Takeoff 
the  ground  connection  and  make  a  new 
oiu-  by  scraping  the  old  one.  The  slack 
should  be  taken  out  of  the  aerial  and 
with  a  rag  dipped  in  gasoline,  polish 
the  antenna  wire,  removing  the  corro- 
sion that  has  collected  on  it  during  the 
winter  month-. 

After  attending  to  these  things  and 
any  other  details  that  may  come  to  your 
atterrtic  n,  rest  assured  that  during  the 
coming  summer  months,  your  recep- 
tion will  be  above  par.  The  heat  alone 
causes  enough  distortion  without  hav- 
ing some  defect  in  the  set.  Now  is  the 
time. 

A  charger  that  supplies  current  into 
a  radio  battery  just  fast  enough  to 
compensate  for  the  energy  drawn  off 
and  supplies  the  current  while  the  radio 
set  is  in  operation,  has  been  developed 
by  the  General  Electric  Company.  It 
is  of  the  type  known  .as  the  trickle 
charger  and  its  trade  name  is  the  G-E 
Tungar  trickle  charger,  supplementing 
the  present  line  of  Tungar  battery 
chargers. 

The  Tungar  trickle  charger  can  lie 
used  twenty-four  hours  a  day,  as  it  does 


not  disturb  reception  except  on  very 
sensitive  sets.  If  the  owner  prefers  tu 
disconnect  the  charger  during  recep- 
tion, it  is  merely  necessary  to  pull  out 
the  plug  which  connects  the  device  with 
the  house  lighting  circuit. 

The  charger  has  four  taps  which  pro- 
vide three  different  low  rates  and  a 
one-half-ampere  boosting  rate.  This 
makes  it  possible  to  obtain  the  exact 
rate  required  for  an)  particular  set. 
The  machine  draw-  only  a  slight 
amount  of  power  from  the  line,  only  14 
watts  being  taken  on  the  low  tap  and, 
even  with  the  boosting  rate,  the  power 
consumed  is  but  27  watts. 


Troubles 

Every  radio  publication  has  carried 
at  some  time  an  article  on  how  to  lo- 
cate trouble  in  a  radio  set.  However, 
it  seems  that  either  these  articles  have 
not  received  the  proper  attention;  they 
have  been  mislaid,  or  were  too  difficult 
for  the  average  fan  to  follow,  for  we 
continue  to  receive  requests  asking  for 
information  on  how  to  shoot  trouble  in 
receiving  sets. 

There  are  many  things  to  get  out  of 
order  in  a  radio  set,  so  we  are  herewith 
publishing  a  list  that  if  kept  as  refer- 
ence, will  no  doubt  be  of  value  to  every 
radio  owner  at  some  future  date. 

Failure   of   receiver   to   operate: 

1 — Worn   out  "A"  or  "B"   batteries. 

2 — Burnt  out  or  defective  tubes. 

3 — Batteries  wrongly  connected. 

4 — Broken  wire  in  loud  speaker  con- 
nectii  mi. 

5 — Antenna  grounded. 

Failure  of  tubes  to  light: 

1 — Worn  out  "A"  battery. 

2 — Burnt  out   tubes. 

3 — Bent  springs  in  tube  sockets. 

4 — Broken   wire  in  "A"  circuit. 

Weak  signals  : 

1 — Defective  tubes. 

2 — Batteries   wrongly   connected. 

3 — Batteries  run   down. 

Noisy  reception  : 

1 — Static. 

2 — Worn  out  "B"  batteries. 

3 — Poor  grid  leak. 

4 — Loose  connection. 

5 — Excessive  generator  hum  at 
broadcasting  station. 

ti — Re-broadcasting  of  nearby  receiv- 
ing sets. 

7 — Interference  from  power  lines  or 
electrical    machinery. 

8 — Too  much  power  on  tubes  for  lo- 
cal stations. 

9 — Defective  loud  speaker. 

10 — Defective  tube. 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

KPO— HALE    BROS.    AND    THE    CHRON- 
ICLE,  SAN    FRANCISCO — 428.3 
Sunday,  May  2:1 

D:45  to  10:45  a.  m. — Undenominational  and 
non-sectarian  church  service. 

10:45  a.  nl. — U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  gen- 
eral    Information. 

_  30  i'.  m. — Play  by  play  hroadcast  from  Re- 
creation  Park. 

.Vim  n.  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital,  California 
Palace   of   the   Legion    of   Honor. 

ii:ti0  to  6:30  p.  m. — Orchestra  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Waldemar  Lind. 

6:30  p.  m. — Baseball  scores  and  general  in- 
formation. 

6:35  lo  S:35  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  or- 
chestra. 

S:::.",  ii,  10:00  p.  in. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

Monday.    >lay    -  ' 

7:00.    7:30,    8:00   a.    in. —  Daily    dozen    exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — LT.  S.  weather  forecast  and  gen- 
eial    information. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Srlpture  read- 
ing. 

1:00    to   2:00   p.   in. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra 

.:■■•■ 3:30  p.  m. — Program. 

3:80  to    1:30  p.  m. — Fashion  notes. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  nr- 
chesl  in. 

5:30  to  0:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour  stories  by 
Big  Brother. 

0:15  to  ii:3o  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball    scores    am]    general    information. 

6:30  to  7:oo  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

,iin  to  7:::o  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra, 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Orchestra.  Billy  Long  di- 
rector. 

: to     111:00    p.    m. — KFI.     Los    Angeles,     anil 

kpo.    San    Francisco,    broadcasting    simul- 
taneously   a     program     originating    in     Hie 

KFI     Studio 

111:011    to    11:1m    p.    in.  —  Dance    Orchestra. 

Tm-fHlny,   Mny  ii." 

7:00,  7:::n.  s:O0  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises, 
ln:30    a.    in. — I'.    S,    weather    forecast,    general 
information     ami     market    report     on    butter, 

eggs,    cheese   ami    poultry. 

13:110  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

l:ini   to   2:00   p.   m. — Fairmont   Hotel   Orchestra. 

3:3n  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation    Parle     of    the    baseball    game. 

I  ::n   to   5:80  p. 
chestra. 

5:30    to   6:15   p. 

the    children. 

m. — Stock    market    quotations 
-.oris     and    general    informa- 


i. — Palace   Hotel   Concert   Or- 
-Big  Brother's  stories   for 


-Orchestra,  Waldemar  Limi 


6:16    io   •    30    i' 
and    basebal 

lion. 
6:30   lo  7:00   p.  m 
director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont   Hotel  orchestra. 

8:00  in  m  00  p.  m,  —  Program  by  Islam  Josean 
i  lhanters. 

9:00  in  lo:ini  p.  in. — Program.  Cyrus  Trobbe, 
violin:  George  von  Hagel,  'cello,  and  Jean 
Campbell,    piano. 

lii:0o  to  11:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Dance  Or- 
chestra, 

WetllirMlny.    Mny    2« 

7:00,   7:3n.   8:00  a.   m. — Daily  dozen   exercises 

in  ::n  a.  in. — V.  S.  weather  forecast,  general 
Information  and  market  reports  on  butter, 
eggs,   cheese    and   poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00   lo  3:00  p.   in. — Fairmont  Hotel   Orchestra. 

2:30  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park    of   tile   baseball   game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hole!  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5:30    to    0:15    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 

6:15  to  0:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations. 
baseball    scores   and    general    information. 

6:80  in  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra 

S:iin  to  9:00  |i.  in. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent  Artists. 

! i   in   10:00   p.  m. — Hance  Orchestra. 

ino"    in    11:00    p.    m. — Orchestra,    Waldemar 

Lind    director. 

Thursday,  ^iny  27 

7:00.    7:30,    S:00   a.    m. —  Daily    dozen    exercises 
10:30    a.    m. — U.    S.     weather    forecast,    general 

information    and    market    report    on    butter, 

eggs,    cheese    and    poultry. 


.May  22,  1926 


TH1£  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


1  :  ""  i t  Time  signals  and  scripture  read- 
in  fir. 

LOO  to  2:00  p,  m. — Fairmont   Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:30  p.  in. — Play-by-play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park   of    the  baseball   game. 

1:30   to  5:80   p.  m.- — Palace   Hotel  Concert  or- 
chestra. 
11    to    6:16    p.    ni. — Children's   Hour. 

6:16  i"  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball    scores     and    general     information. 

6  80  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program,  Hawaiian  Or- 
chestra. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Avon 
String   Quartette. 

10:00    to    11:00    p.    m. — Dance    Orchestra. 

Friday,   May  28 

7:00,    7: Mi>.    8:00    a.    m. — Daily    dozen    exercises. 

10:3ii  a.  m. — U.  S.  weather  forecast,  general 
in  formation  and  market  report  on  butter, 
eggs,    cheese    and    poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

12:4:«    p.    m. — Talk    from    the    Commonwealth 

Club. 

1:30   i"   2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel   Orchestra. 

2:30  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park    of    the    baseball    game. 

l;30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5:30  to  6:15  p.  m. — Big  Brother's  stories  for 
the  children. 

6:16  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball  scores  and  general  information. 

(1:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra.  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to  7:lii  p,  m. — "Sports  on  the  Air."  under 
the  direction  of  Harry  B.  Smith,  Sporting 
Editor    of    The    Chronicle. 

7:10    to   7:2n    p.    m. — Bridge  lessons. 

s  :no    to    9:ii0    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

!):ii0  to  10:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  dance  or- 
chestra. 

9:lo    to    9:20  p.    m. — Book    Reviews. 

10:00  to  11:00  ]i.  m. — Orchestra,  "Waldemar 
Lind  director. 

Saturday.  May  2J» 

7:00,   7:30,   8:00   a.   m. — Daily   dozen   exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — U.  ,S.  weather  forecast,  general 
information  and  market  report  on  butter, 
eggs,    cheese    and   poultry. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Matinee  program — Play  by 
play  broadcast  from  Recreation  Park  of 
the    baseball    game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Motel  Cmicerl  Or- 
chestra. 

6:16    to   6:30  p.    m. — Stock    markel    quotations 

baseball    scores    and    general    information. 

6:80    to   7:20   p.    m. — Orchestra,    Waldemar   Lind 

director. 
7:20   i"  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  on  "Real   Estate." 
8:00    to    9  :00    p.    in. — Program    by    the    U.    S. 

Army    Rand. 
9:00    to    10:00   p.    m, — KFI,   Los    Angeles,    and 

KPO,    San    Francisco,    broadcasting    simul- 

1 1 ously. 

10:00  p.  in.  to  12:00  midnight-  -Fairmont    Hotel 

dance   orchestra. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO., 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday,    liny    2;t 

1 1  :00    a.    m.— First     Congregal  ional     Church 

service  i  8s n  Fra ncisco t. 
2:80    p.    m.— Special    mass    meeting. 
7   in    p.    m, — -Weather    Bureau    reporl 
7:i.">  p.  tn.  —  First  Congregational   Church  ser- 

\  Ice    i  San    i-'i  a  nclei  1 1 1 

Monday,     May    -I 

7:15  to  7:80  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises, 

7:46    a.    m.-    1 1  ea  1 1  h    Training. 

g  16    to    B  80   a    mi. — Health   Training. 

s  :80   a.    m,  — "1  >a  ily    Si  reng  th,' 

11   80  a.  ni.  to   1:00  p.  m.  —  Luncheon  concert. 

1 8  00   not  m     Tl  me  Signal. 

i  ■  30    p     m       w  ea  i  her    Burea  u    rep 

1  ;:;n     p-    „v  —  \.     V.     Si.  i-k     reports 

i   ::  j    p.  m      s.    F,    Stock    reports, 

1:42    p.  m,  —  Weather    Bureau    repi 

:;  00    to  i  00   p.    m.— Talk   on    "Expression." 

6:80   to  6  00   p.   m.-K<;^  Kiddies'   Klub. 

B  00    to  d  56   p    m      Twilighl   Concert 

p  m      News   items. 

,    0  m        \N  father    Bureau    report. 

7:06   p.  m. — s.   F.   Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 

Metals. 
Til    p.   m. — N.    V    Stock   reports    (closing). 
7  :'i   p.    in.     s.    F.   Stock    reports    (closti 

■    ni, — Educai  ional   program 
8:05  p    rn  —Speaker  ror  United  States  Depart- 

i    of  Agriculture, 
8:86   p.  ni. — '('hats  About   N*w   Books." 
v  :60    p,    ni. — "New    Poetry   and    Drai 
9:16  p.  in    -Mrs    Everett    Ross  Crum,  st> 

Dwight    E.    Wat  kins, 
"The    Best    Wi  y    t  o    Prepar 
iver  a  Speech." 
Taeaday,    ^Ibj    2.1 

7  16  to  7:80  :».  m — Health  Training 
7- 16    a.    m.    -Health    Training. 


8  16    to    8:30    a.    m.— Health    Training. 

6  :30    a.    m. — "1  >aily     Strength." 

11:80   a.   ni.   to   1:00   p.  m. — Luncheon  concert. 

i  2:00    noon— Time    Signal. 

12:80    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 

1  ;30   p.   m.  —  N.   V.  Stock  reports. 

i  -.'■'■•   p  .m. — s.  F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42     p.     m.  —  Weather    Bureau     reports. 

5:30    p.     in, — Zi] fa     Phillips    Estcourt:    "As    a 

Woman    Thinketh." 
6:00    to    6:55    p.    m. — Twilight    concert. 
6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 
7 :03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 
7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores, 
7:08    p.    m. — S.    F.    Produce,   Grain,    Cotton    and 

Metals. 
7:16    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing). 
7:23  p.  m. — S.   F.   Stock   reports   (closing). 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Eveready    program. 
9:00   to   9:10   p.   m. — "Wonders   of   the   Sky." 
9:10    to    10:00    p.    ni. — Program. 
10:00   p.   m.   to   12:00   midnight — Dance   music. 
Wednesday,    May   20 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 
7:45    a.     m. — Health    Training. 
S:15    to    8:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
•S::i0  a.  m. — "Daily  Strength." 
11:30  a.  m.   to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert. 
12:11(1    noon — Time    Signal. 

12:30   p.   m, — U.   S.   Weather   Bureau   reports, 
1:30   p.    m. — N.   Y.   Stock   reports, 
1  :i"  p.  m. — S.  P.  Stock  reports. 
1:42    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 
3:00     to      him     p.     ni. — Longfellow     Girls"     Glee 

Club. 
5 :30    p.    m. — Mr.    Fix- it    answers    questions. 
i;  :ii(i    to    (i  :55    p.    m. — Twilight    concert. 
11:55    p.    m.— News    items. 
7:03    ii.    m. — -Weather    Bureau    report. 
7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

7  :08    p.    m. — S.    F.    Produce,    Grain,    Cotton    and 
Metals. 

7:16    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

7 :_'::    p.    m. — S.    P.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

Thursday,    May   27 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. —  Health  Training  Exercises. 

7:45   a.    in. — Health   Tra  ining, 

s :  1  r.    in   8:30  a.    in. — Health    Training. 

s::;ii    a.    m. —  "Daily    Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon   concert 

1  .' noon — Time    Signal. 

1 2  30    p.    in— \Vt-;nh- r    Bureau    reports, 

1:30    i'.    in. — N".    v.    Stock    reports 

1  ::;?    p.    m. — s.    F,    Stock    reports. 

1:12   p.   in. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 

;.  30  to  G  80  p.  m — George  W,  Ludlow.  "Friend 

to    Boys." 
6:55   p.   m. — News    it ems, 
7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report 
7  hi;    p.    ni.     i taseba 1 1    Bcores 
7  us   i>.   in — s.    i".    Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 

Metals. 
7   16    p     ni       X     V    Stock   reports    i  closing). 
7  •:::   p.   m. — S.    l'\   stork    reports    (closing). 
i-i      (Oah  i.Mi.i    studio).     "The    Revela 

i  ion,''  ;i   drama   hi    thi  e<    acl s, 
i  ii  .mi  p,    in     to  12:30    i  ce    music 

Friday.  Mny  28 

7:16  to  7:30  a.  m   —Health  Training  i".\- 
7:46   :i     in  —  1 1  ea  it  b   Tra  i 
8:16    to   8:30  ;■     m     -Health   Training. 

in.—    Daily     Sti  ei 

i  i   i  ii    h     ":       i  'r  udence    l  '■  ni 

11:30  a   m.   io  i  00  p.  m. —  Luncheon  concert 

i  -Mil   noon — Tim-   Signal 

iu   reports. 
m. — x.    v  lorta 

i     m. —  s     F.    Sto.-k    rep 
i :  i:'   p.  m.— Weather   Bureau    reports. 
t  mi    p     in  -  -Book    review 
no    to    6  ""    p     m      KO<  •    Radio    tlirls. 
6:00    to    8:66    p.    m. — Twilight    coi 

M111S. 

■     m.  —  Wea  Hut    i  I  porl , 

ni  -  -Baseball    i 
p    in — S.   I".   Produce,    Grain,  Cotton  and 
Metals 

:   i,;    ,,.    ,,,,— x,    v     Siock    reports    (closing). 
p    ni — 3,    F    Sto.-k    repo 

Saturday,  Maj    -'■> 

71.".  to  —Health  Training 

7  16    t    ni  —Health   Training. 

8:16   to  <  30   a.   m. — Health   Training. 

^  30  ;i.    m—    Daily    Strength." 
8:46   a     m. — Songs 

.,     tn     to    1   00   p.   m. — Lunehton   coni 
12  rn-    noon  —  Tim.-    Signal. 

m._U.  S    Weather  Bureau  report 
p,   rn, — pi.   v.   stork   Market    Reports. 
12:40   p,   in— s    F.   Stock    M  porta. 

1:00    to    6:30    i»     m-i'i'iifir!    orche! 
s  ...i    p.    rn. — Weather    Bureau    repi 
"Week iy   Sport    Revli 

-  - 
P.    in.    to    12:30    a.    m .—  Dane-    mut 


9:00    to    lii:ini   p.    m, — studio    Program. 
10:00    to    12:00    p.    m. — Dance    music. 
Honda..,    May    24 

11:00    to   11:30  a.   m. — Dance   to  Health. 

1:00   l"   2:00  p.   m. — Studio  program. 

6:00    to    6:30    p.    m. — Gladys    La   Marr. 

tl  :30    to    7 :30    p.    m. — Dance   music. 

8  "ii    to    9:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

run  to  10:00  p.  m. — Play  "Dust  of  the  Road." 

iU:0ii  to  11:00  p.  m. — Hour  of  Popular  Music. 

11:00    p.    m.    to    1:00    a.    m. — Paul    Kelli's    Tro- 

vatore  Orchestra. 
Tuesday,  May  25 

l  l  :00  p.  m,   to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music. 
Wednesday,    May  20 

11:00    to    11:30    a.    m. — Dance   to    Health. 
1  :00    to    2:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
6:00    to    6:30    p.    m. — Harmony    Hie    Parker, 
(1:30   to    7:30    p.   m. — Georgia  Melodians'    Dance 

Orchestra. 
8:00    to    S:30    p.    m. — Humorous    program. 
8:30    to    9:20   p.   m. — Dance   music. 
U;2ii    to    9:30   p.    m. — Program. 
!):30  to  11:00  p.  ni. — Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cats. 
11:00  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music. 
Thursday,    May    27 
Silent. 

!■  riday,    May   2K 

ll:(in    to    U::in   a.   m. — Dance   to  Health. 
1  :<)0    to    2:00   p.    m. — Studio    program. 
0:00    to    6:30    p.    m, — George    Taylor    and    his 

Uke. 
C:30   to  7:30  p.  m. — George  Gershenson  and  his 

dance    orchestra. 
8:00    to    8:30    p.    tn. — Studio    program. 
8:30   to    9:00   p.    m. — Violet    Williams,    soprano. 
:t : mi    to    10; no    p.    m.— Studio    program. 
L0:00   to    10:30   p.   m. — .Studio  program. 
L0:30    to    12:30   p.    m. — Paul    Kelli'a   Trovatore 

<  >rchestra. 
Saturday)  May  211 
12:00  midnight  to  3:00  a.  m. — Pa  jama   party. 


KTAB— ASSOCIATED     BROADCASTERS, 
OAKLAND— 240 
.Sunday.    May    2,'t 

9:45    to    10:46    a.    m.— Bible    lecture    by    Prof, 

E    '  '<■   Linsley. 
11:00  ;i.  in.  to  12:30  p,  m. — Church  service 
7   15    to    9:15   p.    in. — Church    sen  Lee 
9:30   to   11:00  p.   m. — After-service  concert, 
Monday*    May  24 
9:00  to  9:30  a.   m. — -Prayer  service. 

1  0   5  00  p.   m. — Women's  Club  notes. 

8:00   to    1 'i   p    in — Studio   program. 

Tuesday,   Hay  2."i 

9  00    to   B  SO  ;«.    in- — Prayer  Service. 

8:00    to   9:00   p.    m. — Educai  Ional    program    by 

Mills   roiiege. 
\\  »  ilm-siliiy.    May    2« 

9:00  to  9:30  a.   m.— Prayer  service, 

ThiiiNilay,    May    27 

9  30  .i.  ni  ■     1  'ra y er  service. 

8:00    to    10:00   p.    m.— Studio   program. 
Friday,  May  28 

9  00  to  9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service, 
■  "ii  to  i"  00  p    m. — Studio  program. 
Saturday,    May   2!» 
.ni    day. 


KFWI  —  RADIO    ENTERTAINMENTS.    INC.. 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 226 

*umlny.    Mny    £3 

p.   m. — KFWI    offers   an   h 

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KJBS— JULIUS   BRUNTON   &   SONS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 220 
Snndaj .    May    2:t 

.".   00     I*  '   i  —Studio     program. 

Moaday,    Ma]    21 

■ to    i"  i"   ;i     m. — Vocal    ami    Instrumental 

select  ions. 

p,    m  -  -Vocal    and    Instrumental 
tlona 

F    00     to     9  ,"»     p.    111— Studio    program. 
id — Studio    program. 
Taenday,    Mas    -.". 

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DO  p    m. — Studio  program, 
Taamday.  May  2T 

9:00    to    1"  40   ;i     in- — A" . .« •.( I    and    Ii 

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Friday,   May    2* 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


direction   Los 


Jean    Hayden, 


KFI— EARLE    C.    ANTHONY,    INC. 
LOS  ANGELES — 467 
(Copyright    1925    by   Earle   C.   Anthony,    Inc.) 
Sunday.   May  2vt 
10:00    a.    m. — Morning-    Services, 
A.ngeles  Church  Federation, 

4  :Q0    p.    m. — Vesper    Services. 

6:30    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6:45     p.      m. — Music     Appreciation     Chat,     and 

Father    Ricard's    Sun    Spot    Weather    Fore- 
cast. 
7:ihi   p,   m. — A.   H.   Grebe  &  Co.,   Inc..  program. 
7:30    p.   m. — Jim,   Jack   and  Jean   Trio. 
8:00  ]).  m. — Aeolian  Organ  Recital. 
9:00    p.    m. — Mert   Denman   and   his    Uke. 
10:00  p.  m. — Packard  Six  Orchestra. 

Gladys   Thomas    as    soloist. 
Monday,  May  24 
6:45    to   7:00   a.   m. — Energetics"    Class.    Health 

Training    Exercises. 
7:15   to  7:30  a.   m. — Pep  Class. 
7:45    to    8:00   a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:00-8:30   a.   m. — Daily   Strength. 
11:05    a.    m. — Standard    Nut    Margarine    Co. 
5:30    p.    m. — Matinee    Program. 
6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 
6:30    p.    m. — Wally    Waldron    and    Edna    Cook, 
6:45    p.   m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 
7:00  p.  m. — Owen  Fallon  and  his  Californians, 

Jackie    Lucas    as   soloist. 
S:00    p.    m. — Guzman    Trio. 

p.  ano. 
9:U0    p.    m.  —  Walter    M.    Murphy    Motors    Co. 
10:00    p.    m. — Progi  am    by    Meiklejohn    Bros. 
Tuesday*    May   2.1 
G:45    io    7:no    a.    m. — Energetics'    Class.     Health 

Training. 
7:15    to    7:30    a.     m. — Health     Training. 
7:45    to    S:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:00    to    8:30   a.   m. — Daily   Strength. 
5:30    p.    m. — Program. 
6:00    p.    in. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
6:16    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 
6:30    |).    m. — Art  Meyer. 
6:45   p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 
7 .nit    p.    m. — Virginia    Balli  oom    orchestra. 
7  ;30    p.    m. — Mildred   Stamler.    soprano:    Sylv'ia 

Zeitlin    Rosenthal,   pianist. 
•    mi     p.    m. — Screen    Artists'     Quartet. 
9:00    p.    m. — Program    of   Grand    Opera    songs. 

Gretchen    Gairett,    sopiano. 
10:00    p.   m. — Packard    Radio   Club. 
Wednesday,  May  2<f 

•    7:0()    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
7::*n    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:30   a.    m. — Cheerio — Daily   Strength. 
m. — Carl    Allen's    Orchestra. 
m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings, 
m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 
m. — Eugenia     Whisenaut. 
m. —  KFI    Radiotorial    Period, 
m. — Varied   program. 
m. — Nick    Harris    Detective    Stories, 
m. — Program. 

m. — P-ogram    of    Southern    Music. 
10:00    p.    m. — Program. 
'I'hurNiluy,    May   27 

6:45    to    7:00    a.    m. —Health    Training. 
7:15    to   7:3(i    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
.:!.".    io    8:00   a.    m. — Health    Training. 
V:00   to   8:30   a.    ra. — Daily   Strength. 
5:30    p.    m. —  Matinee    Piogram. 
6:00    P-    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings 
6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 
6:30    p.    m. — Bob   Gilbert. 
6:15    p.    m, — KFI    Radiotorial    Periix] 
7:00    p.    m. — Program. 

6:00    i).    m. — Charles    Gray,    tenor:    Sylvia    Zeit- 
lin     Rosen  t  ha  1.     pianist :      Howard     McKee, 

baritone 
9:00  p.  m. — Program. 

10:00    p.    m. — Patrick-Marsh    orchestra. 
Friday.    May    2.S 

6:4.".    tn    7:IM»    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
7:15    to    7:iit    a.    m.— Health    Tiainin-. 
7:45   to  8:00   a.   m.—  Health   Training. 
S:00    to    S:30   a.    m. — Daily  Strength. 
■"■loii    p.    m. —  Program. 
6:00    p.    in.  —  KFI    NighHy    Doings. 
6:15    p.    in.  —  KFI     Radio    Travel    Guide. 
6:30  p.   m. — Carlyle  Stevenson's   Orchestra. 
6:45    p.    m. —  KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 
r.'OO    p.    m. — Carlyle    Stevenson's    Orchestra. 
7:30    p.    m. — Program. 
S;iiii     p.     in. — Aeolian     organ      Recital.     Robert 

Hurd.    tenor. 
9:00    p.    m. — Popular    program. 
!>  :30    p.    m. — Program. 
10:00  p.  m. — Packard  Ballad   Hour. 
Saturday    May    211 

6:45    to   7:0ii   a.   m. — Health    Training. 
7:1.">   to  7:30  a.   m. — Health  Training. 
7:45    to   8:00   a.   m. — Health   Training. 
S:00    to    8:30    a.    m. —  Daily    Strength. 

m_ — Shelley    Plavers'    Orchestra 

m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 

m. — Minnie    Petrie. 

m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

m, — Al   Wesson  and  his  Orchestra, 

in. — Program    of  Concert   Music. 

m. — program    by    Associated    Packard 

Dealers   of    California. 


10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Radio    Club. 
11:00    p.    m. — KFI    Midnight    Fiolic — until    2:00 
a.    m. 


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LAND— 491.5 

Sunday.    May    -'■'• 

10:45  to  12:00  noon— Morning  services  from 
the    St.    Stephens    Pro    Cathedral. 

7:30  to  9:00  p.  m. — Evening  services  from  the 
Bast    Side    Baptist    Church. 

l) :00   to  10:00  p.  ra. — Concert  by  the  Chevrolet 
Symphony    Orchestra. 
Weather    reports    and    baseball    scores. 

Monday.    May    -l 

9:45  to  11:3(1  a.  m. — "Women's  daily  dozen. 
weather   report,   household    helps. 

12:30    to    1:30    p.    m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert.  Baseball 
scores. 

.  :30  to  7:4.".  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice reports. 

£  :00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Concert. 

H:0(>  to  Hi:0ii  p.   m.— Vaudeville  entertainment. 

10:00   to  12:00   p.   m. — Dance   music. 

Tuesday,    May    25 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household     helps. 

12:30    to    1:30    p.    m. — Concert. 

2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Women's    Matinee. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. —  Dinner  concert,  baseball 
scores. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice   reports. 

8 :00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Educational  program, 
book  review. 

li>;nn    to    n;on    p.    m.—  Dance    music. 

WedneKday,    Mny   20 

9:45  to  11:30  a.  m. — Women's  daily  dozen, 
music,    weather    report,    household    helps. 

1 2:30    to     1  :::0    p.    m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  baseball 
scores. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice   reports. 

8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Concert. 

9:00    to    I0;0n    p.    m. — Concert. 

10:00    to    11:00    p.   m. — Concert. 

Thursday,    May   27 

l  (i  :00  to  n  ;30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report , 
household    helps, 

12:30    to    1:30    p.    m.— Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  baseball 
scores1 

F:30  to  74"  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and  mar- 
ket   reports. 

7:45    to   S:00   p.   m. — Lecture. 

v : mi    to    10:00    p.    m. — Vaudeville    program. 

10:00    to    12:00    p.    m. — Dance    music. 

Friday,    May    2R 

9:46  to  11:30  a.  m. — Women's  daily  dozen, 
music,    weather    report,    household    helps. 

12:3H    to    1:30    p.    m. — Concert. 

2:00   to  3:00  p.   m. — Women's   Matinee. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m.  —  Dinner  concert,  baseball 
scores. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and  mar- 
ket   reports. 

7:  I"    to   8:00   p.   m. — Talk. 

8:00   to   9:00   p.    m, — Concert. 

9:00    to   10:30  p.   m. — Concert. 

10:30  to  12:0(1  midnight— Weekly  frolic  of  the 
Keep   Growing   Wiser  Order   of    Hoot    Owls. 

Saturday,    May    20 

in:oo  to  11:30  a.  m.— .Music,  weather  report, 
household     helps. 

12:30    to    1:30    p.    tn. — Concert. 

to   7:00   p,    m. — Concert,    baseball    scores. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music. 


KJR— NORTHWEST   RADIO  SERVICE  CO., 

SEATTLE— 384.4 
Sunday.    Mny    23 

11:00     to     12:30     p.     m. — Church     services     from 
First   M.    E,    Church. 

'15    to    ,  ::;d    p.    m. — organ    recital    played    by 

Mrs.    Mon  tgomery    Lynch. 
'■■'>"    to    9:00    p.    m.— Evening    services.    Kirst 

M      E.    <  'hurch. 
! 1"    10:31)    p.    m.— Puget    Sound    Savings    & 

Loan   Ass'n  Orchestra.     Solos  by  G,   Donald 
Gray,    baritone. 
Monday.    May  24 

10:30    to    ii:30    a.    m. —  Frederick     &     Nelson: 

Music    by    Cornish    School. 
[1:30    to    12:00    ra. — Post    Intelligencer    talk: 

"Whal     tn    prepare    for    ton  Ights    dinner." 
12:00    m. — Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
5:40   to  6:00   p.    m. — Closing   quotations   of   New 

York    Stock    E x change. 
R:00    |>.    m.— Pacific   Standard    Time   Signals. 
6:00   to  6:05   p.   m. — Baseball   scores. 
6:05    to    6:10    p.    m. — Weather    reports. 
6:10    to    6:50    p.    m. — Musical    program. 
8:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
10:'Ki    p.    m. — Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
Tuesday,    Mnv   2.*> 

10:30    to    11:30   a.   m.—  Musical    program. 
11    30     to     12:00     m. — Post     Intelligencer     talk, 

"What     to     Prepare     For    Tonight's     Dinner  " 
12:00    m,  —  Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  of  New 

v  o  iK-    s t  o  c  k    E  x  c  h a n  ge. 
.;  mi    p.    m. — Pacific   Standard    Time    Signals, 
fi:00    to    6:05    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 


6:05    to    6:10   p.    m. — Weather    reports. 
7:00    to    S:30    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 

Musical   program    by  Cornish   School. 
8:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — Puget   Sound    Savings   & 

Loan    Ass'n   Orchestra. 
10:00    p.    m. — Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
Wednesday,    May    20 
11:30     to     12:00     m — Post     Intelligencer     talk: 

"What    bo    Prepare    for    Tonight's    Dinner." 
12:00    m. — Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
5*40   to  6:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  of  New 

York    Stock    Exchange. 
6:00   p.   m. — Pacific   Standard  Time   Signals. 
ti:00   to   6:05   p.   m. — Baseball   scores. 
6:05   to  6:10  p.  m. — Weather  reports. 
8:30    to   10:00   p.    m. — Studio  program. 
10:00    p.    m. — Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
10:00     to     11:00      P.      m. — Olympic     Calpeteers 

Studio    program. 
Thursday*   May  27 

10:30   to  11:30  a.  m.— Music  by  Cornish  School. 
11:30     to     12:00     m — Post     Intelligencer     talk. 
"What    to    Prepare    for    Tonight's    Dinner." 
12:00    m, — Pacific   Standard   Time   Signals. 
5 :  10    to    6:00    p.    m. — Quotations   of    New    York 

stock   Exchange. 
6:00   p.   m. — Pacific   Standard  Time   Signals. 
6:00    to   6:05   p.    in. — Baseball    scores. 
6  :05    to    6:10    p.    m. — Weather   reports. 
7:0u   to  8:30  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Eureka 

Mixed   Quartet. 
8:30    to    10:0n    p.    m. — Puget    Sound    Savings    & 

Loan    Ass'n   Orchestra.      Solos  by  G.   Donald 

Gray. 
10:00    p.    m. — Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
10:00    to    10:30   p.   m. — Musical   program, 
in:  3n     to     12:00     m.  —  Weekly     meeting     of     the 

"Keep    Joy    Radiating    Order    of    Bats." 
Friday.     May    28 

L0:30    to    11:30    a.    m. — Musical    program. 
ll:3n     to     12:00     m. — Post     Intelligencer     talk 

"What    to    Prepare    for   Tonight's    Dinner." 
12:00    m. — Pacific    Standard    Time  .Signals. 
5:40     to     6:00     p.     m. — Closing    Quotations     New 

York    Stock    Exchange. 
6:00    p.    m, — Pacific    Standard   Time    Signals. 
6:00  t"  B:05  p.  m. — Baseball  scores. 
6:05    to    ti:ln    p.    m. — Weather    reports. 
6:10    to    6:60    p,    m. — Musical    program. 
6:30   to   10:00   p.   m. — Post   Intelligencer   Studio 

program. 
10:00    p.    m.  —  Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
Saturday.    Mny    20 

1  I  :30     to     12:0a     m. — Post     Intelligencer     talk. 
"What    to    Prepare    for    Tonight's    Dinner." 
12:00     m.  —  Pacific    Standard    Time    Signals. 
5:40    to    6:00    p.    m. — Closing    quotations    New 

York    Stock    Exchange. 
6:00    p.    m. —  Pacific  Standard  Time  Signals. 
6:00    to    6:05    p.    m.  —  Baseball    scores. 
6:05     to    6:l(i     p.    m.  —  Weather    reports. 
8:30    to    10:00    ]).     m. — Studio    program.      Or- 
chestra. 
l.t:iMi    ]>.   m. — Pacific   Standard  Time   Signals. 


KFOA— RHODES  DEPARTMET  STORE, 
SEATTLE — 454.3 
Monday.    May    24 

10:00   to   lic:!(i  a.   m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 
10:30    to    10:45    a.    m.— Health    Building    Exer- 

10:45    to   U:i(i  a.    m. — A   Message  of  Good-will. 

11:10  to  ll:1,"»  a.  m. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions. 

12:30  to  1:30  p.  m. — Club  Luncheon   program. 

1:15    to    5:00    p.    m. — The    Times. 

6  25  to  6:1")  p.  rn. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

6:45  to  Mir.  p.  id. — studio  program. 

1  15  to  s:::n  p.  m.  —  Weather  report. 
^:-:n  to  10:00  p.  m. — Orchestra  music. 
Tuesday,    May   25 

in  00  to  10:30  a.  m.— The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10'45  io  ll:lii  a.  in. — A  message  to  the  "Shut- 
ins." 

11:10  to  11:15  a.  in. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions. 

12:30   to    1:30   p.    m. — Club   Luncheon    Program. 

4:15    to   6:00    p.    tn. —  'Afternoons   at    Home." 

^-.:^,  to  0:26  p.  m. — The  Atwater  Kent  Boys. 
( 'hildren's    program. 

6:26  to  R:46  p.  m. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

6:45  to  7:00  p.  m. — American  Institute  of 
Banking. 

;:im    lo    S:i)0    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

8:00   lo  8:15   p.   m. — Sports  talk. 

8:16    to    8:45    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

8:46    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio   program. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Jackie  Souders  and  his 
Serenaders. 

Wednesday,    Hay  20 

10:00  to  10:30  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10:30  to  10:45  a.  m. — Health  Building  Exer- 
cises. 

10:45  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  messiage  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10  to  11:15  a.  in. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions. 

iL':::n    to    1:30   p.    m. — Club   Luncheon    program. 

4:15  to  5:00  p.  m. — "Afternoons  at  Home."  ami 
"Today's    Recipe." 


May  22,  1926 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


i;:25   t<>  &:4G    i>.   m. — ".Sports  and    Amusements 

Revue." 
6:46  to  B:1B  p.  m. — studio  program. 
8:15   to  8:30  p.  m.  —  Wealth    report. 
s:::n   to   10:00   p.   m, — Studio   program. 

ThiirHdny.    May   27 

10:00  to  10:30  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10:45    to   11:10  a.   ni. — A   message   to    tin-   Shut- 
ins." 

11:10    to    11:15    a.    in. — Closing    Market    Quota- 
tions. 

1:15   to   5:00  p.  m. — "Afternoon   at  Home,"   and 
"Today's   Recipe." 

5:00    to    5:15    p.    m. — Mary    Gordon    reads    the 
children    a    story. 

6:25    to    fi:45    p.    m. — "Sports   and   Amusements 
Revue." 

Friday.  May  28 

10:00   to  10:30  a.   m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10:30    to    10:45    a.    m. — Health    Building    Exer- 
cises. 

ln:45  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10   to   11:15   a.   m. — Closing  Market   Quota- 
tions. 

12:30  to  1:30  p.  m. — Seattle  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce Program. 

-1:15   to  5:00  p.  m. — "Afternoons  at  Home"  and 
"Today's    Recipe." 

5:55    to    0:25    p.    m. — The    Atwater-Kent    Boys. 
Children's    Program, 

0:25    to    6:45   p.    m. — "Sports   and   Amusements 
Revue." 

0:45   to  S:15  p.  m. — Studio  program. 

8:15    to   8:80    p.   m. — "Book   chat." 

8:80    to    10:00   p.    m. — The    Times    studio    pro- 
gram. 

11:00    to    12:00    p.    m. — Simultaneous   broadcast 
Hoot    Owls    KGW    and    KFOA. 

Saturday,    >luy    20 

10:45  to  11:10  a.   m. — A  message  to   the   "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10    to    11:15    a.    nl. — Closing'   Market    Quota- 
tions. 

4:15  to  5:00  p.  m. — "Afternoons  at  Home"  and 
"Today's    Recipe." 

0:25    to    0:45    p.    m. — "Sports   and    Amusements 
Revue." 

7:a0    to   8:00    p.    m. — Musical    program. 

s:oo  to  8:15  p.  m. — Travel  tall:      Weather  re 
port. 

8:16   to   9:80   p.   m. — studio   program. 

:<:::n    to    1  1  :llo    p.    m. — Jackie    Souders    and    his 
Serenaders. 


KFRC— CITY    OF    PARIS   DRY   GOODS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 

Sunday,    May  23 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Staire    antl    Screen." 

0:30  to   i  :80  p.  m. — Concert   from    Drurs    I .. 

Hotel   wti ml, 

Mini    I"    In  mi   p.    111. Cornell 

10:00  to   12:imi  p.  m, — Dance  music. 

Holiday.    Mny   24 

10:110  to   ii:iiii  a.   m.— Household  hints, 

1 1  :iin    to    11:16   a.    in—  [fashion   hints, 

t:::n   io   .",  ::n   p.  m.  —  Dance  music. 

5:80    to    8:16    p.    m. — A.    F.    Merrell    and    his 

Stamp  Club, 
is : 1 5  p.   m. — "Tin-  Sttasre   ami  Screen." 
0:15    to    0:45    p.    in.--.lo    \l,-ndel    and    his    Pep 

Band. 

H:i5   to   7::n   p,   m. — G Ifellows   Ad   Period, 

1:00    to    8:00    p.    m    -Around    the    Camp-Fire 

with    Mac, 
9:00    to    '.1:30    p.    In. — Current     events     talk. 

9:30  to  10:00  p.  in.-  KFRC   Hawalians, 
Tui'Nduy,   May   25 

5:80  t"  8:80  p,   m.   -M;,,-  and  bis  Gang. 
1:80    p     in   —"The   Stage   ami   Screen.' 
i:.:',ii    to    7:30    p.    m.  —  Popular    Bom 

McKlnley. 
8:00    i i    n     in. — studio    program:    Q.    \v 

GolubeS, 

•III"    loll    lln    p.    m  — I  >:il music, 

Wcdi Ill),    liny    211 

10:00    lo    11   nn    a,    m. — Household    hints, 
1:46   i"   5:30  p.   m. — <; Ifellows    Ad   Period. 

:30     to    6     it)    |,     m.  —  Mae    an, I    Ins    G 

6:30  p.   ni. — "The  stac,    and   Screen." 
1:30   I-,   7  "ii  p.  m. — Concerl   trdtn   Drury   Lane. 
sun  in  :i  nn  p.  in .—  conc.-rt.     Health  and  Safe- 
ty talk  at  s  15 

! to    10:00   p.   m. — studio   program 

10:00   to  18:00  p    m — Danes  music 

ThurMilnv.    Mny  27 

B.*30    to    6    in    p.    111.  —  Mac  and    his   Gang 
'     p      til    —"The    Stagfl     and     Pel 

6:80  to  7  nn  i>.  m.— Harry  R,.s,-  and  mil  I 

7. nn    to    7  ::n    p.    m.— Goodfellowa    Ad    Period 

8:00    to    S:15    p.    in. — Creasy    r.-rr:, 
10    I'     in. — Sport     talk 

6:80    !,•   10:00   p.   m — Dance   music. 

Filday.    M.y   27 

1:45    i,,  5  80   p.   m  —  ' ; ifeilows   Ad    Period 

P.    m— Mae   and   his   Gang. 
p     in — "The    Stag  ■  n  " 

p.    m. — Concert. 
p.    ill  —Concert, 

1:00    io    main    p.    ni— Three    act    comedy    "Mr. 
'    I'fin   Passes   By." 

to   ii:oo  p.  m. — Dance   mui 


Saturday*  Mny  20 

1:00   t"  6:80   p.  m. — Tea   Hour   concert. 

5:30    I"    6:80    p.    ni. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

6:80   to    7:30   p.    m. — nance  music  from   Drury 

La  ne. 
8:00   p.    m.   to    1:011    a.   in. — Dance   music. 


KLX— OAKLAND   TRIBUNE,   OAK- 
LAND—508.2 
Monday.   May   24 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Third  "Community  Night." 
Musicians  and  citizens  of  Modesto,  Cal.,  in 
special   program. 

9:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Weekly  meeting  of  the 
Protective   Order   of   Lake   Merritt   Ducks. 

Tuesday.  May  25 

.Vim    p.    m. — Baseball. 

7:00   to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

Wednesday,    May    20 

3:00   p.   m, — Baseball. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

7:im    to    7:30   p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

8:00    to    9:00   p.    m. — Educational   program. 

9:11(1    to    10:00    p.    m. — Special    program. 

Thursday.  Muy  27 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.   m. — News  broadcast. 

Friday,  May  2S 

3:00    p.    m. — Baseball. 

7:00   lo   7:30   p.   m. — News   broadcast. 

B:00    to    9:45    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

9:45  to  10:30  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

Saturday.    May    20 

3:00   p.  m. — Baseball. 

,iiil    to    7:30   p.    m. — News   broadcast. 


KFWB— WARNER   BROS.,  HOLLY- 
WOOD—252 
Sunday.   May   2:: 
9:00  10  1 1  ;nn  p   m, —  Warn,  r  Bros.  Syncopators. 

'dondiiy.    May    24 

1:46    I,,    5:iin    p.    m — lion,,-    Economics. 
5 o    6:00   p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 

0 to    7:1111    p.    m.  —  Pontine    Si^    Dinner    Hour. 

7  ::n    1,,   8:00    p.    m. — Program. 

8 t,,  9:iiii  p.  m  —  Program 

9:00    to    in  nn    p,    in  --inn    ii:, 1,-1,    and    his    1  h.  - 

,-!,,  stra. 
liiiiin  t,.  linn  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.   Frolic. 
Tueadny,    May   25 

1:15   1,,  5  nn  p.   m    .  i i,,ni,-   Economics, 
5: 1:  nn  p    in  —Children's  Hon, 

II I"    7:(lll    p.    n,        Pontiai     SI:      I ,-  I     Hour. 

s  :iiii     lo    :,  1111     p      n,  -     Progi 

■|. in  00    i'     "       Program. 

in. nn    t,,    1 1  .nn   p.   1,1      \n  ,,, ,,.  ,     Broi      1  - 

\\  ednesdii.t .     Ma3     211 

1:45    I,,     5   nil    p.    m. —  Home    ECOnom 

5:00   i"  ',  ni,   p    m.— Children's   Hour. 

6 7  nn  p.   m. — Pontine  Sis   Dinner    Hour. 

7:80    1,,   8  nn   p     m    -  Program 

6  a in       Bill     Hatch    and    his    1  >i - 

chi 

■  D 1 p    in—   I  '.-,. 

,,    I"    .:,,     p      in 
in     :,,     1,,     II    in,     p      ni .—  Warn,  I     I'.rns.     Frolic. 

Thursday,   Mas   27 

6:00  1,,    7  ,,n  p.   in — Pontine  Six   Dinner  Hour 

00  to 
8:00    l"    9  nn    p    in  — Program. 

: 1,,    10:00  p.  in  —Program. 

Filday,  Mn>   2s 

p    in  -  Pro( 

to    I  "    ^^  p     111  — W'a  1  11.1     i 

',,   1 1  nn   1  ■    Bros.   Frol 

Saturday,   Mny  211 

p    111. —  Pontine  Six   Dinner  Hour. 
T    15    p.    m — The    Little    Anl    Man 

8:00 

'i  nn  1,,  1  1    nn  p.  111.  —  Warner   Bros    Syne. 


Wednesday,    May   211 — 10:15    to   11:45   a.   m. 
Thursday.    May    27 — 10:45    to    11:45    a.    111.:    S:0Q 

to  10:00  p.  m. 
Friday,   Muy  2H — 10:45   to  11:45  a.   m. 
Saturday,   Muy   2!l — 10:45   to   11:45   a.   m.;   8:00 

to  10:311  p.  m. 


KGTT— GLAD  TIDINGS  TEMPLE.  SAN 
FRANCISCO— 207 
Sunday,    Muj    —t — :  30    '■•       00    1 

p.  m 
Tuesday.   Ma>   SO-  :■    ni. 

Wednesday,    Mai    -1 

to     111    llll     p.     m. 

I  ho,  s, l„,.    Ma]    H  1      m. 

Friday,    May   2s  m. 


KFOB— INC.   BURLINGAME—  226 
Tueaday,  Mn<    IB  m. 

Tkuraday,    Mn>    XI 

to   18:00  p.  m. 
Saturday.    May    -"- 

t..    18:00    p.   ni. 


KFWM— OAKLAND  EDUCATIONAL  SO- 
CIETY,   OAKLAND— 207 

Sunday.    May    23 — 9:30    to    11:00    a.    m. ;    1:00    to 

2:110    p.    m. 
Monday.  May  24 — S:30  to  9:30  p.  m. 
Tuesday,  May  2.- — 2:00  to  2:30  p.   m. 
Wednesday,    May   2« — 2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. 
Thmsiliiy,   May  27 — 8:00    to    10:00  p.  m. 
Friday,  May  2S — 2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. 
Saturday,   May  2» — 8:00   to    9:30   p.    m. 


KNX— L.    A.    EVENING    EXPRESS, 
LOS  ANGELES— 337 

Sunday.    May    23 — 10:00    a.    m.;     12:45     p.     m.; 

2:00  to  4:00  p.  m.;  6:30  to  9:00  p.  m.;  9:00  p  m 
Monday.    May  24 — 7:30   to   9:D0   a.   m.:   10:00    to 

1(1:30    a.    m.;    12:00    m.:    1:30    to    11:00    p.    m.; 

11  :mi    p.    m. 
Tuesday.  Mny  25 — 7:30  to  9:00  a.  m.;   10:00  to 

10:30  a.    m. ;    12:00   m.;   1:30    to   10:00   p.   m.; 

10:00   p.   m. 
Wednesday.    Mny   211 — 7:30   to   9:00   a.  m.;    10:1111 

to   10:30  a.  m.;   12:00  m.;  1:30   to   11:00  p.   111.: 

11  :llll    p.    m. 
Tkuraday,    May   27 — 7:30    to    9:00    a.    m.:    10:00 

h,   11:110  a.  m.:  12:00  m. :  1:30  to  11:00  p.  m.; 

12:011   p.    m.    to   2:lill    a,    m. 
Friday.     May    2N— 7    311    I"    9:1111    a.    111.:     10:00     In 

10:30    a,    m,;    12:110   m.;    1:00    to   11:00   p.   m.; 
11:00  p.   m. 
Saturday,    May  2» — 7:30    to    9:00   a.   m.:    10:00 
10:80    ...    m.:    12:00    m,;    1:30    to    11:00    p.    in.; 
11:00  p.  m.  to  2:00  a.  m. 


KFUS— GOSPEL    RADIO,    OAKLAND— 256 

Sunday,  May  2:1 — 9:00  a.  m.:  3:00  to  4 p.  m. 

Monday,    Mny   21 — 0:30    to    7:00   p.   m. 
Tuesday,    May  2.-. — 8:00    p.   m. 

Wednesday,    May    21! — 6:80     t,,     7 p.     m.l 

s  00   p.    111. 
Friday.   May   2S — 0:311    p.    m.:    S:00   p.   m. 

Saturday,    Mny   2» — 2:30   p.  m.:   6:30   p.   m. 


KFUU  — MATHEWSON    MOTOR    CO..    INC.. 

OAKLAND— 220 
Monday,   M«>    21 
Toraday.    »ln>    2". 

t:.         |l 


Mistaken  Ideas  Regarding  Prices 
In  conversing  with  people  from  almost 
every  walk  in  life,  many  differences  ■•(' 
opinions  arc  obtained  in  regard  to  the 
prices  of  radio  sets.  It  appears  that  tlie 
majority  of  iuiii-set  owners  have  distort- 
ed ideas  concerning  the  fluctuations  of 
prices. 

It  is  a  mistake  to  think  that  radii, 
are  to  take  any  sharp  decline  in  price.  If 
the  prices  of  good  receiving  sets  make  any 
changes  within  the  near  future,  you  may 
issured  that  the  change  will  he  for 
higher  prices  instead  of  lower.  And  when 
receiving  sets  are  Operated  directly  from 

the  light  s,  ,cket  as  successfully  as  they 
are  from  batteries  at  the  present,  every- 
one can   expect   to  pay  aa  much  or  even 

more  than  what  a  g I   sel  operated  by 

batteries  costs  today. 

*  *     » 

Tillies  in  which  the  filament  is  loosely 
supported  or  lies  off  position,  very  near 
the  grid,  produce  the  greatest  microphonic 

effect. 

*  *      * 

Probably  half  the  complaints  din 
against  radiocasting  stations  are  due  to 
differences  in  |>ersonal  opinion,  rather 
than  to  any  technical  difficulties.  This  is 
iafly  true  of  tuning,  and  the  elimina- 
tion of  tindesired  interference.  A  skilled 
operator  can  quite  often  get  result 
of  a  set  that  a  novice  could  not  believe 
were  possible,  let  alone  try  to  duplicate. 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 
ly  staged  dance  offering,  "Dancing  Un- 
usual."   Miss   Hoctor    recently     closed 
a  two  year  engagement  with  the  Dun- 
can sisters  in  "Topsy  and  Eva." 

John  Miller  and  James  Mack,  "The 
Bing  Boys,"  bring  a  riotous  coined) 
singing  and  dancing  act;  Lucas  and 
Inez,  the  1926  Apollo  and  Venus  will 
be  seen  in  "Adagio,"  a  classis  muscular 
exhibition  and  gymnastic  specialty. 
Charles  Derickson,  young  tenor  and 
Burton  Brown,  pianist  will  provide  a 
musical  treat  and  Jutta  Valley  and 
Company,  acrobatic  stars  call  their  turn 

"Sky  High." 

*     *     * 

Orpheum 

Ethel  Barrymore,  beloved  lady  of 
the  theater,  and  considered  by  many 
greatest  of  a  great  family,  is  to  make 
her  only  appearance  in  San  Francisco 
this  year  at  the  Orpheum  Theater, 
where  she  opens  a  short  engagement 
as  the  headliner  on  an  alLnew  bill  lie- 
ginning  with  the  matinee  Sunday. 

Danny  Dare,  a  newcomer  in  the 
West,  is  to  be  featured  in  a  George 
Choos  production,  called  "Terpsichor- 
ean  Fantasy,"  in  which  he  has  the  as- 
sistance of  Virginia  Watson  and  Har- 
riet Cole,  featuring  also,  Carolyn  Smith 
and  Alam  McLay.  Another  big  favor- 
ite on  the  same  program  is  Percy  Bron- 
snii,  who,  with  Edith  Evans,  will  have 
a  tuneful  offering  called  "A  Sober  Re- 
cital." Harry  liines,  "the  58th  Vari- 
ety," late  comedian  of  several  musical 
comedies,  returns  to  vaudeville  with 
new  material.  Zelaya,  the  son  of  the 
former  president  of  Nicaragua,  and  a 
noted  pianist,  will  have  a  program  of 
music,  wit  and  psychology. 

A  rare  musical  treat  will  lie  presented 
by  Carol  and  Louise  Dore  the  brilli- 
ant violiniste  and  pianiste,  who  will  of- 
fer a  delightful  repertoire  of  "Music 
that  Charms."  Dun  Valerio,  Italy's 
premier  wire  dancer,  with  Charlotte 
Beverly  and  Helen  Gartz.  will  have  a 
distinct  novelty  turn.  The  Three  Mcl- 
fords  in  a  sensational  act,  will  com- 
plete this  promising  and  diversified 
vaudeville  program  for  the  coming 
week. 

Columbia 

Rosetta  and  Vivian  Duncan  remain 
at  the  Columbia  with  their  increasing- 
ly popular  and  incomparable  musical 
comedy.  "Topsy  and  Eva."  The  swing- 
ing melodies  of  this  Duncan  produc- 
tion have  increased  in  favor  as  the 
fourth  week  continues  to  attract 
crowded  houses. 

Their  stay  is  limited,  owing  to  calls 
from  Hollywood,  where  the  famous 
young  women  will  screen  their  version 
of  the  immortal  story,  according  to  re- 
cent reports  attending  the  success  of 
the  Duncan  sisters. 


Pantages 

Manager  Rodney  of  the  Pantages 
theater  will  present  some  alluring  at- 
tractions this  week,  with  Madeline  Ber- 
lo  in  an  elaborate  diving  act;  and  a 
group  of  beautiful  girls  headed  by 
Theodore  Stepanoff  in  a  beautiful  Im- 
perial Russian  Ballet,  as  headliners  of 
the  program. 

Miss  Berlo  comes  from  the  New 
York  Hippodrome.  She  is  a  beauti- 
fully formed  young  woman,  leading  a 
number  of  expert  divers  in  an  unusual 
act.  A  large  glass  tank  is  used  for  this 
act  so  that  all  the  movements  of  the 
swimmers  may  be  seen. 

Vaudeville  acts  include  Harry  Sey- 
mour and  Myna  Cunard,  picture  ac- 
tors who  will  be  greeted  by  fans  in  their 
picturesque  act.  Marcus  and  Booth 
give  "Laughing  Matters,"  and  Evans 
and  Perez  athletes  perform  perilous 
feats  for  thrills  and  plaudits  with  their 
act. 

Wanda  and  Seals  have  an  unusual 
trained  animal  act.  The  Luxor  Mum- 
my has  been  so  great  a  favorite  that  it 
is  being  held  over  for  a  third  week. 

"The  Man  Upstairs"  is  the  screen  at- 
traction with  Monte  Blue  and  Patsy 
Ruth  Miller  in  the  starring  roles. 

*  *     * 
Warfield 

Laughter, — spontaneous  and  hearty, 
— will  rule  at  the  Warfield  for  a  week 
beginning  May  22,  when  Rupert 
Hughes'  latest  screen  comedy,  "Money 
Talks,"  will  be  the  attraction. 

"Money  Talks."  has  to  do  with  a 
likeable  spendthrift,  Sam  Starling,  who 
starts  to  popularize  an  island  hotel  as 
a  health  resort,  in  order  to  win  back 
his  wife,  Phoebe,  who  left  him  on  ac- 
count of  his  spendthrift  ways. 

Claire  Windsor  has  the  leading  fem- 
inine role,  and  is  delightfully  amusing 
as  Phoebe,  the  wife.  <  Iwen  Moore 
plays  oposfte  Miss  Windsor.  This  is 
Moore's  first  comedy  part.  During  the 
action,  he  impersonates  a  fascinating, 
flirtatious  feminine  doctor,  and  those 
wlio  have  seen  the  picture  say  that  he 
i-  a  riot  in  the  part. 

On  the  stage  Fanchon  and  Marco 
will  present  another  of  their  Specialty 
Ideas,  featuring  the  famous  European 
entertainers,  Novell  Brothers  in  "The 
Cats'  Meouw,"  together  with  the  beau- 
tiful  Sunkist   Beauties   in  the  revue. 

Walt  Roesner  and  his  super-soloists 
have  provided  another  of  their  delight- 
ful programs  to  accompany  the  screen- 
ing of  "Money  Talks." 

*  *     * 
President 

"Applesauce."  a  new  comedy  with 
its  title  coined  from  the  slang  of  the 
day,  will  be  given  it's  first  California 
production  by  Henry  Duffy  at  the 
President  at  the  matinee  Sunday.  Fresh 
from   a   real    New   York   triumph,   pre- 


ceded by  a  record  season  in  Chicago, 
this  new  play  promises  to  prove  just 
as  successful  here. 

Original  in  theme  and  story,  with  hu- 
man characters  and  unique  situations, 
this  play  offers  delightful  entertain- 
ment for  San  Francisco  audiences.  Phil 
Tead  is  the  leading  man — the  circula- 
tor of  blarney.  Betty  Laurence  is  cast 
for  the  role  of  the  girl;  and  Kenneth 
Daigneau,  the  unsuccessful  suitor.  The 
company  includes:  Francis  Fraunie, 
Earl  Lee,  Dorothy  LaMar  and  May 
Nannary.  Duffy  himself  and  Fraunie 
have  had  charge  of  the  preparations  for 
the  production,  which  will  be  complete 
in   everv  detail. 

*     *     * 

At  the  Elder  Gallery 
Captain  Gilbert  Frankau,  who  has 
achieved  a  prominent  position  in  post- 
war literary  England,  is  to  visit  San 
Francisco  under  the  auspices  of  Paul 
Elder.  A  reception  in  his  honor  is  to 
be  held  Thursday  evening,  May  27th, 
in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  at  which  a 
group  of  prominent  literary  people  is 
to  serve  as  a  Reception  Committee. 
Among  these  are  Mrs.  Gertrude  Ather- 
ton;  Mr.  John  D.  Barry,  Mrs.  W.  1',. 
Bonfils,  Mr.  George  Douglas,  Mr. 
George  Sterling,  and  others. 

Fridav  noon.  May  28th,  he  is  to  speak 
before  the  Commonwealth  Club  on 
"I 'ink  .Mandarins  and  Yellow  Inter- 
nationals." Saturday  afternoon,  May 
29th.  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery,  he  is 
to  deliver  a  lecture  on  "Why  I  Detest 
Shaw  and  Wells."  This  is  scheduled 
for  2  o'clock  and  due  to  the  exception- 
al interest  in  the  event,  it  has  been  ar- 
ranged for  Captain  Frankau  to  repeat 
the  lecture  at  4  o'clock.  There  will 
lie  no  admission  charge. 


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THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


SOCIETY 

(Continued   from   Page   9) 

Mrs.  Joseph   E.  DeGolyer  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Noyes 
Pratt. 

*  *     * 

The  Oelrichs  Family  Re-Union 

The  Duchess  of  Mecklinburg,  who  is  the  former  Mrs. 
Peter  Martin  of  San  Francisco,  has  been  paying  one  of  her 
rare  visits  to  New  York.  She  has  been  at  Newport  with 
her  mother.  Mrs.  Charles  M.  Oelrichs  who  passed  the  win- 
ter there,  and  together,  they  came  to  New  York  for  a  few 
days'  stay  before  the  Duchess  sailed  for  Europe.  Mrs.  Jack 
Barrymore,  the  former  Blanche  Oelrichs,  has  been  one  of 
the  family  party  at  Newport  where  she  and  the  Duchess 
as  Miss  Lily  Oelrichs.  were  belles  in  their  girlhood  days. 
Since  her  marriage  to  the  German  grand  duke,  the  Duchess 
of  Mecklinburg  has  lived  abroad.    She  sailed  for  Cherbourg. 

*  *     * 

At  the  Hotel  Whitcomb 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  I.  Scollin  were  among  the  promin- 
ent guests  at  the  Hotel  Whitcomb  the  past  week.  ■  They 
motored  from  Los  Angeles  where  Mr.  Scollin  is  assistant 
manager  of  the  Biltmore  Hotel,  to  attend  the  opening  of 
Del  Monte  and  then  came  to  San  Francisco  for  a  few  days 
visit  with  their  relatives  and  friends  here. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Mary  Flanagan  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Porter,  of  Malone, 
New  York,  were  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest  Drury  at 
the  Hotel  Whitcomb  during  the  visit  of  the  S.  S.  Franconia 
to  San  Francisco  this  week.  Miss  Flanagan  and  Mrs.  Por- 
ter have  been  on  the  world  Cruise  of  the  Franconia.  They 
left  New  York  January  14th. 

At  the  Hillcrest  Club 

"Travel  and  Big  (lame  Hunting  in  East  Africa." — doesn'l 
that  sound  interesting? 

And  it  was  an  interesting  lecture  which  Mr.  Norman 
Livermore  delivered  before  the  members  and  guests  of  the 
Hillcrest  Club,  last  Thursday  evening,  in  their  castle  club- 
house, cm  Russian  Hill.  It  brought  one  back  to  the  thrill- 
ing tales  of  adventure  with  which  the  late  Rider  Haggard 
used  to  enthrall  his  readers,  and  which  will  always  have 
their  appeal  for  the  young  and  alert  in  spirit. 


At  Coronado 

J.  Warde   Mutton,  musical  director  at   lintel  del  l  Oronado 

has  had  additional  responsibilities  placed  upon  his  shoul- 
ders, having  been  appointed  last  week  to  a  similar  position 
at  Coronado  Tent  City.  He  will  continue  in  his  present 
capacity  at  the  hotel;  at  the  same  time  have  charge  of  the 
assembling  of  anil  supervision  oxer  the  orchestras  for  Tent 
City's  dancing   pavilion   and   motion   picture  theater. 

Tent  City,  Cotonado,  owned  and  maintained  by  the   1.   I  >. 

and  A.  I!.  Spreckels  Securities  Company  of  San  Diego  and 
San    Francisco,   h   under   separate   management    from    the 

hotel.      Guests    of    the    latter,    however,    have    access    to    the 

many  sports  and  amusements  during   the  summer  season 

at    Tent   Citv. 


Redwood  Highway 
The  Directors  of  the  Redwood  Highway  Association  have 
submitted  to  the  Directors  of  the  Californians',  Inc..  a  plan 
to  nationally  advertise  the  Redwood  Highway  Empire. 
which  plan  was  discussed  in  detail  by  the  Hoard  of  Direc- 
tors ot  the  Redwood  Highwa)  Association  at  their  semi- 
annual meeting  held  here  last  week.  Frederick  E.. Meyer, 
president  of  the  Redwood  Highway  Association,  reported 
that  the  plan,  as  submitted,  was  accepted  in  principle  by 
Californian's  Inc..  in  which  it  was  proposed  to  raise  the 
sum  of  $2?.U)0  per  v  ear.  commencing  in  1^2".  from  the 
even  Xorth  of  Ray  Counties,  this  fund  to  be  matched  dol- 
lar for  dollar  by  Californian's,  Inc..  the  entire  sum  to  be 
spent  to  nationally  advertise  tlie  Redwood  Highway  Empire. 


SUMMER  RESORTS 

AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 

WHY? 

It's  the  Water  and  the  Table 

New  dance  hull.  Special  attractions.  Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water 
tub  baths  and  swimming  pool.   Fireproof  hotel.   Write  for  booklet. 

T.  H.  CORCORAN 

Acua  Caliente,  Sonoma  County,  Calif. 

or  see  Peck -Judah 


! 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

SONOMA,   CALIF. 

The  finest  meals  in  the 

VALLEY  OF  THE  MOON 

Our  Specialty — "Steaks  With  Mushrooms*' 

Clean    Rooms,   Clean   Linen,  Clean   Everything 

Viiil  Sonoma   County's   Famous   ReRorU  and   Mineral    (Warm  Water)    Swimming 

Tanks    From   This    Hotel 

Rales   Exceptionally    Reasonable 

Telephone  110 


FETTERS  HOT  SPRINGS 

\<-u  concrete  highway  open.  Famous  medicinal  baths.  Masseur 
in  attendance.  Healthful  mineral  waters;  swimming  pool.  All 
amusements.  Excellent  table.  Hotel  steam  heated.  Cottage  accom- 
modations. Rates,  $18  up.  Write  George  Fetters,  Mgr.,  J.  F. 
Green,  Ass't.  Mgr.,  or  Peck-Judah. 

U A.L  1L.1N  1  Ej   V  ILL. A.  CARL  STEFFen;  prop. 

French  and  Italian  Dinners — Meals  at  All  Hours 

Modern  Rooms — Private  Cottages 

\GX  \  CALIENTE 

1  Minutes  Walk  to  Fetters  Station,  Sonoma  County,  California 

Telephone  Sonoma  4F4 


HOBERG'S 

Among  the  Pine* 
Lake  County,  California 


[     Collages  wiili     Mm   and  Cold  Running  Water — Showers  or  Tulis. 
Tennis    Touri-     Swimming    Tank — Fishing — Hunting    and    Every 
i     taiusement.   Finest  Climate  in  California. 

M.  HOBERG 
Curb  Postoffice,  \.\ki:  County,  Cmiforma 


THE  KEWART  TROUT  FLIES 
A  Product  »/  lit  I'mtrJ  Slain 

THE  FRICKE  PATTERN 
Introducing  the  Fricke  Pattern  tor  the  Feather  River 
Among  the  mam  observant  anglers,  we  may  say.  angler  entomolo- 
gists, who  are  responsible  for  our  line  of  sterling  patterns  for  the 
Western  Streams  we  cater  to.  none  are  more  successful  than  those 
of  J.  W.  Fricke.  five  patterns  in  all. 

Fricke  Royal  Coachman  Fricke  White  Mills* 

Fricke  Improved  Governor      Fricke  Yellow  Forked  I 
Fricke  March  Blown 
tor  the  Feather  River  waters.  Sire  3-10,  $2.00  per  doz. 

THE  FRICKE  LEADER — Length  two  jrards,  two  dropper 
li«>ps.  end  loop  a  little  lareer  than  our  usual.    Each 
CHAS.  H.  KEWELL  CO. 

^Inkers  of  Fishing  Tackle 
i.vRnu.n   I  ISO  M.\rkft  St..  Sin  FkbUlCUCO,  Calif. 


16 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


FEDERAL  experience  in  the  matter  of  the  life-fund 
policy-holders,  in  the  form  of  insurance  issued  by  the 
government,  for  soldiers  and  sailors,  including  converted 
insurance  if  veterans  of  the  World  War  is,  generally,  use- 
ful It  appears  that  the  rale  of  interest  on  mean  ledger 
accounts  in  1925  was  4.60  per  cent,  while  the  mortality  rate 
was  59  95  per  cent  of  the  expected.  Inasmuch  as  the  gov- 
ernment  meets  all   expenses  of  running  the   bureau,   these 

rains  are  available  for  dividends. 
°  *     *     * 

—Pacific  Mutual  Life  is  making  a  special  effort  to  cele- 
brate the  completion  of  twenty  years  service  ol  1 'resident 
Geo.  L.  Cochran,  by  getting  twenty  millions  of  new  busi- 
ness in  the  first  twenty  days  of  June. 

*  *     * 

—The  average  Pacific  Coast  family  is  insured  to  the  ex- 
tent of  $2,634.35.  This  is  based  on  the  Underwriters  Report 
for  the  Pacific  States.  A  family  is  reckoned  to  consist  of 
4  7S  persons,  according  to  the  last  census.  California  is  a 
little  ahead  of  the  average  Pacific  Coast  family  in  insurance, 
the  family  averaging  $3000  and  a  little  over.  It  is  a  highly 
satisfactory  state  of'  affair-  and  speaks  volumes  for  the  civ- 
ilized prudence  of  the  heads  of  California  families. 

*  *     * 

—Martin  B.  Madden.  Chairman  of  Appropriations,  U.  S. 
House  of  Representatives,  said  recently:  "Confidence 
throughout  the  world  has  been  restored  in  a  great  measure 
through  the  aid  of  America.  Business  during  1925  has  been 
profitable.  Employment  was  never  more  easil)  obtained 
and  never  better  wages  paid.  The  foundation  of  this  pros- 
perity has  been  laid  by  the  government  reducing  its  cost, 
and  lowering  the  rate  of  taxes."     Never  were  truer  words 

spoken. 

*  *     * 

— The  vice-president  of  the  Santa  Ee  says:  "I  have  never 
before  seen  so  bright  an  outlook  in  California  and  Arizona, 
and  our  company  is  already  actively  engaged  in  formulating 
plans  for  handling  its  share  of  the  commodities.  Better 
marketing  and  distribution  of  food  and  agricultural  crops 
is  now  and  always  has  been  of  vital  concern  and  more  at- 
tention this  year  i-  being  paid  to  the  needs  of  shippers  and 

growers." 

*  *     * 

— The  Southern  Pacific,  in  pursuit  of  il>  endeavors  to  pre- 
vent the  recklessness  of  motorists  from  causing  the  number 
of  accidents  which  has  been  SO  marked,  is  bringing  many 
damage  suits  against  motorists  whose  lack  of  care  has  in- 
jured company  property.  It  has  been  successful  in  ob- 
taining judgments  in  many  cases. 

*  *     * 

— The  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Co.  i^  building  still  another 
great  power  plant  of  47.000  horse  power  in  the  high  moun- 
tain country  above  Jackson.  It  is  to  supplement  the  out- 
put of  the  Electra  plant,  and  will  greatly  increase  the  sup- 
ple of  power  lor  the  mines,  farms  and  factories  in  that  por- 
tion of  the  state. 

— The  twenty-two  mile  pipe  line  fabricated  and  installed 
by  the  Western  Pipe  and  Steele  Co.  was  put  under  final  test 
for  forty-eight  consecutive  hours  and  held  under  pressure 
of  200  lbs.  per  square  inch  and  found  absolutely  free  from 
leaks.     This  is  regarded  as  a  triumph. 

*     * 

— The  Hoard  id'  Public  Works  has  granted  an  increase  of 
40  cents  a  day  to  municipal  railway  platform  men.  They 
had  requested  an  increase  of  one  dollar  per  day. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY   I0TH.   1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

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Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

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Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

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AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


Henry  J.  Maritzen 


H.C.Gray 


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HEAD  OFFICE:  TORONTO,  CANADA 

Paid    Dp  Capital  »20,000,000  (20,000,000  llexervc  Fund 

All  Kinds  or  COMMERCIAL,  BANKING  Transacted 
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CREDITS  Issued.  CANADIAN  COLLECTIONS  effected  promptly 
and  at  REASONABLE  RATES.  OVER  600  BRANCHES  THRU- 
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May  22,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


17 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

Planning  the  Tour  of  Great  Britain 
"Plan  in  advance- 
Leave  nothing  to  chance." 

Too  often  the  American  visitor  to  Britain  sets  out  on  his 
trip  with  only  a  vague  idea  of  the  places  he  ought  to  visit 
and  the  best  way  of  reaching  them.  The  result  is  he  hurries 
hither  and  thither — only  to  find  when  he  gets  home  again 
that  he  has  missed  much  that  he  would  wish  to  have  seen. 

Compared  with  the  United  States,  Britain  is  a  small 
country ;  but  the  places  that  interest  the  American  visitor 
are  many  and  scattered.  The  majority  of  them  are  located 
in  what,  for  convenience,  may  be  called  the  "London-North- 
Eastern"  Area.  Knowledge  of  this  simple  fact  will  save 
the  Tourist  much  time  and  trouble. 

From  the  time  of  the  Roman  Invasion  of  Britain  onward 
through  the  Middle  Ages,  the  Eastern  Counties  of  England 
formed  the  stage  upon  which  the  great  drama  of  English 
life  was  played.  Civilization  came  from  the  continent  of 
Europe,  and  not  until  centuries  had  passed  did  it  conquer 
the  wild  and  rugged  land  which  lay  to  the  West. 

Round  the  great  Abbeys  and  Feudal  Castles  in  mediaev- 
al days  the  life  of  the  people  centered.  Happily,  much  of 
the  splendor  and  romance  of  those  times  has  been  preserved 
to  this  day  in  the  old-world  towns  of  East  Anglia,  of  Es- 
sex, Lincolnshire,  etc.  The  ancient  buildings  are  there, 
much  of  the  "atmosphere"  is  there — for  the  rural  English 
character  is  averse  to  change,  preferring  always  to  "seek 
the  old  paths  and  walk  therein." 

And  there  is  an  intimate  reason  wiry  the  American  Tour- 
ist should  concentrate  on  the  eastern  side  of  England.  It 
is  the  cradle  of  the  American  Nation.  Visiting  it,  the  pa- 
triotic American  can  trace  on  the  spot  the  very  beginning  of 
his  country's  story,  can  tread  the  byways  once  trodden 
by  the  Pilgrim   Fathers,  and  their  forebears. 

From  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  as  all  the  world  knows,  the 
"Mayflower"  in  1607  made  her  initial  and  disastrous  at- 
tempt to  sail  for  New  England.  From  Boston,  throughout 
the  years  of  persecution,  the  Pilgrims  and  their  co-religion- 
ists from  all  parts  of  eastern  England  crossed  Over  to  Am- 
sterdam and  other  continental  cities  of  refuge. 

The  town  was  one  of  the  principal  center.-  of  that  re- 
ligious movement,  ami  religious  oppression  which  ultimate 

1\    produced   the   Pilgrim    Fathers. 

The  American  Tourists  in  Europe  should  not  over-look 
either,  the  historical  link  which  exists  between  Holland  and 
his  own  country.  It  was  to  Amsterdam  that  in  1608,  b'hn 
Robinson,  the  Puritan  divine,  fled  from  Norwich  to  escape 
persecution.  He  later  became  pastor  of  a  church  at  Ley- 
den,  where  he  formed  the  idea  of  a  Puritan  colony  in  Am- 
erica, and  it  was  largely  owing  to  hi-  efforts  that  the  1'il- 
frim  Fathers  sailed,  though  hi'  himself  remained  behind. 
Robinson,  therefore,  has  a  vcr\  Strong  claim  upon  all  patri- 
otic Americans,  and  to  visit  the  oW-world  cities  of  Holland 
i-  a  pleasant  pilgrimage  which  has  much  to  recommend  it 
bvei  and  above  the  satisfaction  it  bring-  of  having  paid 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  man  who  was  the  "father"  of 

the  Pilgrim  Fathers. 


No  country  can  keep  out  undesirables  without  the  heart} 

co-operation  ^i  the  stork. — Jersej  City  Journal. 

*  *     * 

It  won't  be  healthy  for  the  world  if  four  hundred  million 
Chinese   keep   on  practicing  until  they   really   learn   warfare. — 

Publishers  Syndicate. 

*  *     * 

Perhaps  the  Berlin  newspaper  which  says  we  arc  a  warlike 
nation  has  been  reading  what  the  wet-  and  the  drys  sa\  about 
one  another. — Boston    Transcript. 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


Convention  at  Santa  Cruz 

Hundreds  uf  Democrats  from  all  parts  of  California  ar- 
rived in  Santa  Cruz  on  May  20th  fur  the  State  Detnocratic 
Pre-primary  Convention.  A  reception  at  the  Casa  del  Rev 
welcomed  the  visiting  delegates ;  Karl  F.  Adams,  Santa  Cruz 
City  Superintendent  of  Schools,  presided  at  die  reception  and 
addresses  of  welcome  were  given  by  leading  Santa  Cruz  Demo- 
crats. 

On  Friday  the  convention  officially  opened  in  the  Casino 
Convention  Hall.  The  Democrats  expect  to  indorse  a  candi- 
date for  Governor,  for  C.  S.  Senator,  and  for  a  number  of 
seats  in  Congress. 

An  extensive  program  of  entertainment  is  mapped  out  for 
the  visiting  delegates  by  the  Santa  Cruz  Committee.  This  af- 
ternoon the  ladies  of  the  Convention  will  be  entertained  at  an 
informal  tea  at  Beach  Hill  Inn.  Sight-seeing  trips  to  various 
points  of  interest  in  Santa  Cruz  County  arc  also  scheduled. 
A  grand  ball  at  the  Casino  Ballroom  and  a  dinner  dance  at  the 
Casa  del  Rev,  are  also  on  the  program  for  Saturday  evening. 
Miss  Evelyn  Mano  is  named  as  women's  chairman  for  the  con- 
vention. 

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May  22.  1926 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of   Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

Now  that  the  summer  touring  season 
is  almost  here  and  the  highways  and 
byways  will  soon  be  overrun  with  va- 
cationists, tourists,  both  limousine  and 
tin  can,  and  others  going  nowhere  in 
particular  and  in  a  big  hurry  to  get 
there,  let  us  take  "count  of  stock"  and 
see  what  we  who  also  expect  to  be  on 
the  road  in  one  or  other  of  the  above 
classes,  may  do  to  insure  our  emer- 
gence from  this  season,  still  sound  of 
wind  and  limb  and  without  having 
placed  hors  de  combat  any  of  the  other 
trav  cling   thousands. 

Here  are  a  few  suggestions  in  the  in- 
terests of  safety  outlined  b\  the  Safety 
hirst  Department  of  the  National  Auto- 
mobile   Club. 

1.  He  sure  that  your  lights  arc  prop- 
erly adjusted  at  the  start  and  test  them 
frequently  to  see  that  they  remain  in 
adjustment. 

2.  Be  sure  that  your  brakes  are  prop- 
erly adjusted  and  test  them  to  see  il 

yOU  can  stop  the  car  in  the  required  dis- 
tance  for  a  gi\  en  speed. 

3.  When  about  to  execute  any  in 
ttient  that  can  possibly  affect  the  man- 
ipulation of  another  car.  make  the  prop 
er  signal  in  a  decided  and  distinct  man- 
ner. Do  this  even  though  you  don't 
see  the  other  car  and  do  not  know  that 
there  is  one  in  the  immediate  vicinity. 

4.  "Spare  the  horn"  in  dense  traffic. 
Be  prodigal  in  the  use  of  the  horn  on 
mountain  road-,  particularly  when  ap- 
proaching a  curve  where  the  view  is 
obstructed.  Always  sound  horn  when 
about  to  pass  a  car  going  in  the  same 
direction.  Remember  that  one  of  the 
best  "tails  of  the  Open  Road"  i-  the 
sound  of  the  horn  when  used  properly 


5.  Do  not  burn  up  your  brake  linings 
on  steep  grades — you  may  have  use 
for  them  later.  Use  the  motor  to  brake 
the  car  on  grades.  A  good  thumb  rule 
is  to  descend  a  hill  in  the  same  gear 
you  would  use  in  ascending  it  and  nev- 
er descend  a  hill  with  the  gears  in  neut- 
ral. 

6.  In  loading  your  camping  para- 
phernalia be  sure  that  the  load  does  not 
extend  beyond  the  hub  cap  on  the  left 
nor  more  than  six  inches  beyond  the 
hub  cap  on  the  right. 

7.  In  passing  through  streams  or 
other  bodies  of  water  do  not  dash  in, 
in  high  gear.  Go  into  low  gear  before 
entering  the  water  and  remain  so  until 
dry  land  has  been  reached. 

is.  Do  not  hog  the  road — if  a  person 
who  is  in  a  bigger  hurry  than  you. 
are,  should  come  up  behind  you,  assist 
him  in  passing,  then  neither  you  nor 
he  will  be  worried. 

9.  Do  not  try  to  beat  any  railroad 
trains  to  crossings.  No  automobile  has 
yet  tried  to  oppose  a  train  without  com- 
ing oft  second  best. 

10.  Always  be  sure  your  campfire  is 
absolutely  out  before  leaving  it — either 
soak  it  or  bury  it.  Also,  be  sure  your 
cigarette,  cigar,  pipe  ashes  and  matches 
are  dead  before  they  are  thrown  away. 
Carry  in  the  car  a  small  box  or  can  oi 
earth  for  extinguishing  purposes.  <  >fl- 
entimes  a  tiny  spark  which  gives  no 
evidence  of  life  in  the  cool  morning, 
will  burst  into  flame  in  the  noonday 
heat  and  cause  immense  property  dam- 
age and  possible  loss  of  life. 

11.  Leave  your  camp  or  picnic 
ground  clean  and  sweet.  Do  this  not 
only  for  the  benefit  of  the  eve-  and 
noses  of  tho-c  that  follow,  but  also 
because  tilth  breed-,  disease. 

12.  Remember      that       while      about 

eighty-five    percent    of    the    motorists 

are    careful    drivers,    you    never    know 

whether  an  approaching  car  i-  driven 
by  one  of  these.  Vlways  suspect  that 
the  driver  belongs  to  the  other  15  per 
cent,  and  govern  yourself  accordingly. 

Make  the  above  simple  rule-  your 
"daily  dozen"  while  obeying  the  "tall 

of  tile  I  (pen  Road."  and  von  will  come 
through  with  no  regret-,  no  remorse 
and  no  large  bills  for  repair  of  machin- 
ery, either  automobile  or  human. 


Frosh  (rushing  into  library) — '  ua,u 
the  life  of  Caesar. 

Librarian — Sorry,  but  Brutus  beat  you 
t,,  it.  — Colgate  Ranter. 

*  *     * 

Aviator — If  we  were  on  land  I  would 
kiss  you. 

She — Take  me  down  at  "lice,  sir! 

—  Texas  Ranger. 

*  *     * 

A  woman  in  Persia  is  14t>  years  old. 
Tin-  i-  entirely  due  to  the  tact  that  she 
ha-  lived  since  1780. — London  Opinion. 


More  light  for  less  money  has  been  an 
accomplishment  of  the  electrical   industry. 

A  few  years  ago  you  purchased  the  costly 
carbon  filament  lamp.  Today — your  home 
or  place  of  business  is  lighted  with  the  mod- 
ern Mazda  Lamp. 

Twenty-one  times  as  much  light  can  now 
be  obtained  with  the  40  watt  Mazda  Lamp 
for  the  same  expense  as  was  obtained  with 
the  original   16  candlepower  carbon  lamp. 

Business  initiative,  ever  alert  and  always 
seeking  improvements,  can  be  depended  upon  to 
give  you  a  maximum  service  at  a  minimum  cost. 

Since  191 3  DAv"a8? 

Per  Capita 

Cost  of  Government  increased  -  -  -  -  180% 
Cost  of  Living  increased 65% 

Cost  of  Electricity  decreased  -     -     -     -     -         8% 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
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THE  SAX  FRANCISO  I  NEWS  LETTER 


May  22,  1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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^WS- 


WILLIAM  Henrickson  "Bill"  Taylor,  president  of  the 
California  Golf  Club,  officially  opened  the  new  Cali- 
fornia Country  Club  at  Baden  last  Sunday.  May  16.  Presi- 
dent Bill  has  pn  >\  ed 
that  he  is  a  king  of 
finance  and  a  prince 
of  good  fellows.  1  lis 
handling  of  this  big 
project  of  putting 
over  the  most  up-to- 
date  golf  course  and 
club  house  in  Cali- 
fornia, stamps  him 
as  a  peer  of  finan- 
ciers. 

The  club  nestles  in 
the  center  of  440 
acres  of  fertile  land, 
surrounded  by  roll- 
ing hills.  This  land, 
originally  sold  for 
two  dollars  and  fiftj 
cents  per  acre  and 
was  purchased  by  the 
club  for  over  five 
hundred  dollars  an 
acre.  To  reach  the 
club.  you  drive 
through  a  lane  of  cy- 
press trees  for  half  a 
mile  and  when  you 
arrive  at  the  club  you 
are      confronted      b\ 

one  of  the  most  pic- 
turesque club  houses 

in  the  state,  built  in   the  Colonial   style  with   a     frontage    of 
350  feet. 

Once  you  step  inside  this  beautiful  club,  you  are  attracted 
by  the  exquisite  taste  and  thought  that  lias  been  put  into  it 
to  make  you  feel  at  home.  The  club  house  has  an  enormous 
reception  hall,  ladies  parlour  and  dressing  room;  a  sun 
porch  250  feet  long,  and  ladies  locker  rooms,  all  on  the 
main  floor.  There  are  fifteen  suiter-  of  rooms  on  the  uppei 
floor.  At  the  extreme  end  of  the  building  are  400  men's 
lockers  which  are  considered  the  finest  in  the  slate,  with  a 
separate  shop  and  caddy  house.  The  kitchen  is  the  larges! 
and  best  fitted  of  any  club  bouse  in  this  section. 


The  club  house  was  open  for  inspection  Thursday,  Fri- 
day and  Saturday.  May  13.  14,  15,  when  over  three  thousand 
members  and  guests  visited  this  famous  hostelry.  Mrs. 
William  11.  Taylor,  wife  of  president  Taylor,  was  the 
charming  hostess  of  the  day.  Mrs.  Taylor  was  aided  by  a 
score  or  more  of  assistants,  including  Mrs.  Wilhclm  Wal- 
deyer.  Mrs.  Courtney  L.  Moore.  Mrs.  Fred  Corkery,  Mrs. 
William  Snook.  Mrs.  Elliott  Pierce,  Mrs.  Fred  Fisk,  Mrs. 
\Y.  G.  Barnes,  Mrs.  J.  11.  McClelland.  Mrs.  II.  W.  Bode. 
Mrs.  I'.rnest  L.  West  and  Mrs.  Harry  Thomson. 

Six  hundred  members  and  their  wives  attended  the  ban- 
quet and  ball  that  was  given  Saturday-  evening.  May  15. 
Before  the  sun  porch  was  cleared  for  dancing,  President 
Taylor  made  the  opening  address  to  the  members,  in  which 
he  stated  in  his  charming,  modest  manner  when  presenting 
the    members   with    the   club   house   and   golf    course,    that    the 


w  jlil.-i in     lli-nrl.ks.m     "Hill"    Taylor. 

President     California     <;«if    Clob,    who 

officially  dedicated   Ihe   Beit  million  dol- 
lar borne  til    llmlefi. 


entire  expenditure  came  within  the  amount  which  they  had 
voluntarily  assessed  themselves  to  build  the  links  and  club 
house. 

Dr.  Wilhelm  Waldeyer  speaking  for  the  members,  accepted 
the  club  house.  Langdon  Boyle  spoke  at  length  about  the  won- 
derful work  accomplished  by  Fred  Gomph  in  laying  oui 
and  superintending  the  construction  of  the  course.  To  show 
their  appreciation  to  Fred  Gomph  for  his  efforts.  Langdon 
Boyle  presented  a  fully  paid  certificate  of  membership  to 
Fred  Gomph.  Fred  in  his  humble  manner,  tried  to  respond, 
but   was  too  full   for  words. 

Ed  Hinche)  then  presented  a  Grandfather's  clock,  which 
had  been  subscribed  for  by  the  members,  to  the  directors. 
as  an  appreciation  of  the  work  done  by  the  board  of  di- 
rectors.    Walter  Shelton  accepted  the  gift. 

In  closing,  President  Taylor,  in  his  rather  bashful  man- 
ner, wanted  it  thoroughly  understood  that  the  new  club 
ion  i  and  course  was  their  home,  and  no  one  could  claim 
that  he  or  she  had  done  more  than  their  share  to  put  the 
project  oxer.  It  is  what  it  was  intended  to  be:  one  great 
big   family   home. 

The  board  of  directors  are:  William  H.  Taylor,  president; 
Walter  Shelton.  vice-president;  Fred  Gomph,  secretary  and 
treasurer;  Ernest  Duncan,  Bill  Goodwin,  Studebaker  John- 
son and    |ohn  Northcott. 

*      *      * 

Official  Opening  of  Course 

Promptly  at  8:30  Sunday  morning.  May  16,  William 
"Bill"  Taylor,  president  of  the  club,  officially  opened  the 
golf  course  when  he  drove  the  first  ball  off  the  tee  in  the 
presence  of  over  a  thousand  members  and  friends.  It  being 
such  a  gorgeous  morning,  the  gallery  was  made  up  principai- 


There's  always  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 

CALIFORNIA 

Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 

Casa  del  Rey  (Hale!  and  Collages)  ai  the 

heart  of  it  all— offers  the  vacationist  thai 

homelike  environment  SO  necessary  lo  full 

enjoyment. 

CASA  DEL  REY 

AT  THE  BEACH 
Santa  Cruz  California 

PRICES  MODERATE 

OPEN  THE  YEAR  'ROUND 


May  22,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


ly  of  the  gentler  sex,  who  were  attired  in  the  latest  creations 
of  spurt  ci  istumes. 

Mrs.  William  Taylor,  wife  of  the  president,  who  had 
worked  so  hard  to  help  make  the  opening  a  success,  was  re- 
warded by  seeing  her  husband  drive  one  off  the  tee  like  Abe 
Mitchell.     This   declared   the  course   open. 

Then  came  Fred  Gomph,  the  man  who  is  practically  re- 
sponsible for  the  building-  of  the  course,  who  followed  the 
president.  Bill  was  beaten  by  the  little  architect  by  eleven 
strokes  on  the  day's  play.  However,  Walter  Shelton,  the 
barrister,  who  had  rendered  all  his  services  gratis  to  the 
club,  had  the  best  score  among-  the  seven  directors,  leading 
John   Northcott  by  one   stroke. 

Studebaker  Johnson  was  the  only  director  who  didn't  play 
in  the  tournament.  Johnson  forfeited  his  chance  to  play 
in  order  to  direct  the  tournament  which  was  such  a  quali- 
fied success.  210  facing  the  starter. 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  fh Ink  flint  a  vigorous  brushing:  once  or  twice  n  day  i« 
inking  very  cood  enre  of  them,  [IruNhingr  la  only  a  i»:irt  of  the 
proreMN.  Many  fbfiisa  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
cnmpelent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
'I  'hey  may  not  be  at*  sound  as  jiou  Imnpine.  A  toothache  men  tin 
trouble:  do  not  wait  for  the  ncbe.  Watch  your  tcetb  and  gums. 
There  nre  cum  troublea  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  itoref  Do  your  guniH  bleed?  Call  In  today 
tind  talk  It  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocka  olV  nil  nerves  and  pain.    It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Pbune  Gnrfleld  335 

SPECIALISTS — Extraction*;     Crowns;     Self     Cleaning-     llridge*; 

Porcelain   Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


"Bud"  Edwards  First  Champ 

Claude  "Bud"  Edwards  set  the  records  of  the  course  by 
medaling  the  18  hides  in  83,  and  incidentally  was  the  first 
player  to  make  birdies  on  the  first  and  second  holes.  By 
winning  the  opening  event,  Edwards  won  the  Wells  Fargo 
Bank  trophy.  The  low  net  prize  was  captured  by  Jack 
Leon. 

Jack  was  sporting  a  rather  liberal  handicap,  so  with  a 
card  of  90-22-68  be  won  the  right  to  have  his  name  in- 
scribed on  the  Sidney  Myer  perpetual  trophy.  Myer  is  a 
bosom  friend  of  Bill  Taylor  and  resides  in  Melbourne, 
Australia,  but  he  holds  a  membership  in  both  Burlingame 
and  the  California  Club. 

President  Coolidge  had  nothing  on  Bill  Taylor  when  it 
came  to  telegrams  of  congratulations,  even  one  from  his  friend 
Sidney  Myer  of  Melbourne,  Australia,  was  listed  among  the 
thousands  of  felicitations  on  the  club's  success. 


Bank  of  California  Expands 

The  Bank  of  California  National  Association,  which  has 
resided  in  the  early  Colonial  structure  gracing  the  corner 
of  Sansome  and  California  streets  for  the  past  eighteen 
years  or  so.  has  expanded  to  the  extent  of  taking  in  the 
premises  next  door,  formerly  occupied  bj  the  National  City 
Company,  a  space  half  as  big  again  as  their  original  quar- 
ters. 

Tin-  new  addi'ion  will  accommodate  what  is  termed  the 
Trust  Department,  comprising  the  -lock  transfer,  bonds,  and 
auditing  sections  of  the  hank,  and  is  finished  in  a  rich  bul 
simple  and  harmonious  style,  which  blends  in  with  the  main 
lobby. 

There  is  an  elegant  simplicity  in  the  whole  atmosphere,  in 
Fact,  winch  is  much  more  impressive  than  the  usual  ostenta- 
tion used  in  many  public  and  private  buildings.  The  increased 
business  of  this  Association  has  been  so  extensive  that  these 
improvements  and  expansions  were  imperative. 


All  business  concerns  like  to  break  their  own   records  exce 

the  phonograph  companies.-    Norfolk  Virginian- Pilot. 


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MOUNTAIN    SPRINGS    WATER 

"Battled  at   lA.  Sprmgt" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

US    Clara    StTMt— G«rfi«M    844 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12.  1-5 

980-82  Fiooo  BmuUHO.  Poweli    and  March  Sts,  Sw   Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


GENUINE 

WILLARD 

BATTERIES 


$ 


12 


.95 


Julius  Brunton  &  Sons  Co. 


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1380  Bush  Street 
Radio  Station— KJBS— 220  Meters 


[San Francis™ Storage; Companij  mow"'' 


STORAGE 


[MOVING.  PACKING.  SHIPPING 

i  >   SUTTER  Aim,  HY0C  >  tttVENWORTH  STS. 


St.  Mary's  Academy 

SAN    LEANDRO.  CALIFORNIA 


For  particulars  address 
SISTER  SUPERIOR 

Select  Boarding  and  Day  School  Under  the 
Direction    of   the    Sisters    of   St.    Dominic. 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

MANUFACTl  US9  01 

!       Illllll    II      STEE1.     PIPK.     TWKS.     <  I  l.\  EllTS.      PENSTOCKS. 

Fl.l  MES.  GASHOLDERS.  SMOKES'!  ICI.>,   ETC 
I      San    FrnneWrn,  Calif.  I  ...    Ancle..   Calif, 

t      414   Market   Street  r.71T  Sama  Ke    \  Tenor 


Extra  quality  of  service  without  extra  cost. 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundrv  Co. 


"The   Recommended    I.jundr\~ 


230  Thelfiii  St..  m\  Frimm-k 


"PlIliM     \I\HK1T    Mlh       J 


THE  SAX  FRANCISO  >  NEWS  LETTEI 


May  22,  1926 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH    YOUR    MEALS— IT   HELPS 

Order  by  the  case  from  your  grocer 

Established   1868 

Main    Office,   2A0  Second   Street,  San    Francisco,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


.PIONEER 


The 
Name  J 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther It  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer     or     sta- 

T.IVJ*"i:UN.l-.^Ear  younersampleshOW 


BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1S55 
41  First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented —  Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


I 


PHONES: 


i   Francisco- 
Went   7»» 


lfurlliigume 


Phono    -iiiii:   3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

(Formerly    with    Shreie    &    Company) 

CLOCK-MAKERS   and  WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME,   ANTIQUE   AND  COMPLICATED  CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY' 

209   Post    Street   at    Grant    Avenue 

Snn   FranclKCo,    Calif. 

Call    and    Deliver    in    San    Francisco,    Alameda 

and    San    Mateo    Counties 


875  FOLSOM  ST.  818  EMERSOM,  ST. 

Phone :  ph 

Kearny  644-645  Palo  Ai 

SAN    MATEO— Pmc 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

I  San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


SYNOPSIS    OF   TU11     VNNl    VI.    STATEMENT 
OF  THE 

Westchester  Fire 
Insurance  Company 

r  New  York  City,  in  the  State  of  New  York, 
on   the  :-ist   day   01    December,   1926,   made   ti- 
the  Insurance  Commissioner   of   the   Stat*-   of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

Real   -stair  ..$ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans....        210, 

ionds  and   stocks  .  10,022,86  i  35 

Cash  in  office  and  banks    804,084.28 

Agents1  balances  1,318,992.37 

Bills  receivable  taken   for  risks...         102,874  91 
'  ither  assets       

Total  ledger  assets  *12, 459.065. »7 

Xi  IN-LEDGER: 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or 

accrued   $        S4.336.95 

Market  value  of  securities  over 

i-       970,141.48 

Other  non-ledger  assets    

Gross   assets .813,618,544.40 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 85,789.23 

Total  admitted  assets *i :;.  127,755.17 

LIAB1I.ITIES 

Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims      I  1,107.6 

Unearned  premiums  r,423,316  rfi 

All    other    liabilities 295,000.00 

Total  liabilities  (except  capital 

and    sui'|.hi-  . 

Capital    l.r.iiii.iifiii.iin 

Surplus   3,101,757.68 

Total  capital,  surplus  and 

other    liabilities  $1?.. 427, 755.17 

OTTO    E.    SIIIVEFER, 

President. 

t  .  ii.  <;.  t;  \  ii  i  vim. 
Secretary, 
Pacific  Const    Managers: 
HICK  .V   SIMPSON 
:si;!l   Pine   Street.   Snn  Francisco 


SYNOPSIS   OF  THE  ANNUAL  STATEMENT 
OF 

Associated  Industries 
Insurance  Corporation 

Of    San    PratlciSCO,    in     the    State    of   California, 

31st    day   "i"    December,   1925,   made   to 
the   Insurance  Commissioner   <<f   the   state  of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

Real  estate  $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral   loans 

Bonds  and  stocks  .  ............  .i  i .;;.:.».  :i .  ;2  ft 

Cash  in  company's  office  and  In 

hanks     ......  84,940.36 

Premiums  In  courst         collection 105,847.08 

Bills  receivable  

Other  ledger  assets.  ....'. 

Ledger  assets  J693.050.73 

Ni  IN-LEDGER  ASSETS; 
,4        Fnterest  ami  rents  due  or  accrued.    $     8,250.26 

Market  value  of  securities  ovei 
—  i k    value         l.Tii.Ti 

Otiiei    ■!"■■  

Total  gross  assets J703.0 

I  1'educl    ass. -is    not  admitted ;•."'..<.!'  I 

Total  admitted  assets J702.206.76 

t  LIABILITIES 

t       Ne1    unpaid   claims,  except   liability 

and  workmen's  compensation   ,   ...$     s. 641. 92 
Special   reserve  for  unpaid  liability 

and   workmen's  compensation 
»  claims  178,710.61 

■4       Estimated  expenses  of  investigation 

and  adjustment  of  claims 100.00 

Total  unearned  premiums  on  unex- 
pired   risks    100,963.89 

Commissions  and  brokerage  due  or 

to  become  due 5,408.42 

All   other  liabilities 29,602.60 

Total    liabilities    (except   capital 

i    surplus  i    $323,333 

-  apital   220,1 i 

Surplus  158.:;7  ::.:  J 

Total   liabilities,  capital  and 

surplus  $702,206  '< 

C.  W,  FELLOWS, 

President. 
E.  R.  WELCH, 

Seeretnry. 


N     W    CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 
Individual  Attention   Given  to 

Each  Order 

OOlce  and  Worka  IHUS  Mission  St. 

Phone  Market  7013 

Branch   Office:   Tilll    Sutter   St. 

(Hotel  Canterbury   Hide,  i 

Phone   Prospect   0845 

Work   Called   For  and   Delivered 


i.j  on.  ,  C.  Homer 


S.  A.  Lovbjot 


Carfieiil  2024 


The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment,    Current    Delinquent   Accounts,   Letal  Aid, 

Audits-Systems,     Financial     Statements,     lncomm     Tax 

Reports,   Bookkeeping    (Part    Time  Service) 


De  Yoinc  lii  nnr-i. 


San  Ffu.Ncisc* 


USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL  ADDING  MACHINE 
EXCHANGE 

Phone  "Vnrfleld  3852  584  Market  St. 


CAFE   MAROUARD      THE  ICE  skating  club 


L 


Adjoeninu  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 
OEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

«f^  REVUE  °)&* 

Nightly 
THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The  City's  Moat   Distinctive  Oriental  Show   Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

SOr.  75c,  S1.M       35c,  50c,  75c     S1.00.S1.50  a  la  carte 

Dancing   7:00   P.    M.    to    1:00    A.    M. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

special  parties  arranged 
headquarters  for  theatrical  people 

hattie  mooser  minnie  c.  mooser 


\^fcanorS 


145  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast. 
Luncheon.  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:  Dinner. 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


an  A- 


334  Sutthr  St. 


Douglas  7118 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 


j  Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50— Also  a  la  Carte 

J     Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  carte).    Private  dln- 
j      ing   rooms    for    banquets   and    parties,    seating    76    to   100   people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


O'Farrcll  and 
Laifcin  Sli. 
Luncheon   (11:30  la  2  p. 
Sunday     I  unrln-nn 
Dinner,    Week    Day* 


BLANCO'S 


Phon. 
Franklin  9 

a.) „ •  .75         Ne  Viiilot    Should    Leave  the  C«7   With. 

1.09  out    limine   in    the    Find    Cafe 

...$1.50  in   America 


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Dinner,    Sunday*    and    Holidayt 1.7S 

DANCING  SUNDAY   EVENINGS 


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NOAH'S 
ARK 

Hit  Third   Avenue,  SA\    MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cooking 
Open  From 
11 :30  a.   m.   to   2:00    p.   m. 
5:30    p.    m.    to   S:30    p.    m. 
Sundays     and      Holidays 
4:30    to    S:30    p.    m.    only 

CLOSBS   BVSR1    MONDAY 
Half   nioek   from    HI  ■;  array 


&&x* 


I- 


14-Ma-a  Bovta 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

open  j«0  a  m  to  11  «0  p.  u. 

unsurpassed  cl  isisi 

Carl  Leonhawt 

tormtrty  »f 
Golden  Gate  Park  Caaiaa 


ICE  ARENA 

1536  GREAT  HIGHWAY,  OCEAN  BEACH 
(Two  blocks  south  of  Golden  Ga'.e  Park) 

THE  CLUBHOUSE 

Direction  of  Jack  Frost  Sunset  387  Siberian  Dining  Hall 

Featuring  Daily : 
FETE  DINNER,  7  courses,  including  admission  to  the  spectacular 

CARNIVAL  in  the  ICE  ARENA,  $1.75   person  daily.    Sunday, 

$2.00. 
DINNER— 6:30  to  9:00  o'clock. 
ICE  CARNIVAL— 9:00  to  11:00  o'clock. 
SUPPER,    with    divertissement    in    clubhouse,    after    Ice    Carnival, 

11:00  to  12:00  a  la  Carte. 

Service  Incidentals : 
In    the    Skaters'   Lounge,    world's   champion   Baked    Ham,    Virginia 

style,  and  all  prime  Southern  cuisine  delicacies,  including  Fried 

Chicken  a  la  Louisiana. 
NOTE — The   beautiful  new  Ice  Arena   is  reached  from   the   Club' 
{  house  through  the  Roman  Colonnade, 

|  Patronage  Invited 

S     Hostesses    Special    Luncheons. — Catering    for    Afternoon    Tea    and 

|  Bridge,  after  the  skating  sessions. 

Music  by  Jack  bait's  Banza 

ICE  SKATING 

I  Morning  Afternoon 

J     INSTRUCTORS—  World's  finest    skating    CO  ache 
\  .Music- — Afternoon  a/id  Night 

j     SKATE  RENTALS— Skates  and  shoes  for  rent 

|      ADMISSIONS — Adults    50c    mornings    and    afternoons,    75c    nights 
and  Sunday  and  holiday  afternoons. 

|   SAN     FRANCISCO     ICE     RINK 

Home  of  the  tie  Skating  Club 

i    Great  Highway  and  Kirkham  Plaza,  San  Francisco 
!  Sunset  9341 


Night 

by    appointment. 


Phone 
Sunset  iH7 


PROF.  AL  LEAN 


1534  Vhh  Avenue 
(.re.ii  Highwaj 


Frpsh  Mr  and  Sunshine 
Physical  Conditioner-  Special  Treatment1     Massage 

.".  ^  ears1  Experience 

Hotel  Accommodations  If  Desired     Best  ->f  Service 

Hygienic  Cooking  to  Suit  Your  Condition 


Announcement 


Singleton's 


Allpy  (Eat 

CLUB  INN 


Now  Serves  a   Delicious 
Five-Course 

DINNER  75c 

Also 
Fried  Chicken.   Steaks. 
Chicken  Pot  Pies  in  Cas- 
serole,   Etc.,   a    la   Carte. 


K.  C   A  »\   NV 

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ICE  CREAM 

CANDY 

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SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  MAY  29,  1926 


No.  22 


KAISERISM 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 


There  is  something  Germanic  about  the  carpenters'  strike  ; 
not  only  for  the  reason  that  it  is  militant,  nor  for  the  fact  that 
the  agitators  prefer  to  .attack  the  defenseless  and  elderly 
just  as  the  defenceless  old  people  in  Belgium  were  beaten 
and  tortured  by  the  Huns,  but  because  the  attitude  of  mind 
of  the  business  agents  of  the  carpenters'  union  appear  to 
resemble  the  mental  state  of  Germany's  Kaiser  and  hench- 
men before  they  struck  the  blow  at  civilization  in  general. 

You  remember  that  one  of  the  innumerable  lame  excuses 
which  Germany  gave  for  her  unprecedented  and  brutal  ges- 
ture was  to  the  effect  that  she  realized  that  European  na- 
tions were  all  allied  against  her,  and  she  was  compelled  to 
precipitate  the  great  war  in  self  defense!  In  other  words, 
she  hit  first  because  she  imagined  the  other  fellow  was  roll- 
ing up  his  sleeves ! 

*  *     * 

I  had  a  talk  the  other  day  with  an  unusually  intelligent 
union  man,  not,  however,  belonging  to  any  of  the  builders' 
trades.  I  asked  him  what  grievance  the  carpenters  had  : 
if  any  reduction  of  wages  had  been  threatened,  or  any  in- 
crease in  hours  were  apprehended.  "Not  that  I  know  of," 
he  answered  ;  "but  the  American  Plan  is  looked  upon  as  an 
opening  wedge  by  the  working  classes,  which  will  eventual- 
ly pave  the  way  to  a  return  of  old  conditions, — under  pa) 

and  over  work." 

*  *     * 

So  there  you  have  it!  The  lame  excuse  for  the  present 
predicament  in  the  building  trades  is  laid  Upon  the  suppo- 
sition that  American  Plan  contractors  intend,  eventually, 
to  cut  pay  and  add  to  working  hours,  and  the  "poor  work- 
ing man."  with  good  pay,  short  hours,  and  more  jobs  than 
he  has  ever  had  before,  in  the  history  of  San  Francisco,  ha>. 
like  Germany,  acted  upon  a  surmise. 

*  *      * 

San  Francisco  has  hail  her  period  of  being  a  "closed  shop" 
city.  For  more  years  than  it  i-  pleasant  to  remember,  we 
were  bound  all  around  with  cables  as  strong  as  steel,  fabri- 
cated by  Unionism.  The  progress  which  should  have  been 
ours,  was  slowed  down  to  such  an  extent  that  it  looked  for 
awhile  as  if  our  Southern  sister  would  leave  us  behind  in 

the  race  for  supremacy  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

*  *     * 

Eastern  manufacturers  who  should  have  been  attracted 
by  our  climate,  our  generally  fortunate  and  happy  situation, 
avoided  us.  and  chose  other  site-  for  their  building  opera- 
tions It  is  a  very  optimistic  and  fearless  man  who  will 
throw  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  into  a  venture  whose 
completion  may  be  threatened  at  any  moment  by  a  strike 
among  its  builders,  consequent,  sometimes,  upon  as  trivial 
a  circumstance  as  driving  a  nail  home,  after  the  whistle  has 
blown  for  "knocking  off!" 


The  "closed  shop"  town  is  not,  as  a  rule,  a  progressive 
town.  It  is  a  community  dependent  upon  the  mandate  is- 
sued from  another  part  of  the  country,  a  mandate  that  is 
often  as  arbitrary,  as  blind,  as  asinine  as  those  voiced  by 
some  moron  King,  back  in  the  Dark  Ages. 

*  *     + 

The  carpenters  of  San  Francisco,  acting  upon  the  word 
of  law  proclaimed  by  this  King  of  Mis-rule  and  Violence, 
sitting  upon  his  throne  at  Indianapolis,  have  substituted 
black  jacks  and  other  weapons  used  by  thugs  and  murderers, 
for  their  empire  building  utensils;  have  given  up  good  jobs 
and  good  prospects,  and  are  at  present  engaged  in  the  sui- 
cidal procedure  of  knocking  down  and  destroying  the 
peaceful,  prosperous  and  smooth-running  machinery  which 
the  American  ['Ian  has  created,  and  of  beating  up  and  maim- 
ing their  fellow  workers. 

*  *      * 

"Figures  don't  lie."  San  Francisco  building  permits  for 
the  month  of  April  of  this  year,  were  the  highest  in  the  city's 
history. — $7,299,451.  For  the  past  five  years,  or  since  the 
American  Plan  was  in  operation,  we  have  experienced  a 
building  boom  the  like  of  which  our  "good  gray  city"  has 
not  seen  for  many  years.  Good  wages,  good  hours,  pro- 
tection in  the  shape  of  insurance  for  the  men;  numerous 
schemes  for  their  further  happiness  and  well  being,  all  these 
have  counted   for  nothing  in   the  face  of  the  decree  coming 

from  the  Kaiser  at  Indianapolis. 

*  *    * 

The  working  man  is  made  a  puppet  of,  by  the  "business 
agents"  and  other  officials  of  his  trade  organizations.  He 
blindly  believes  that  in  joining  a  union  he  has  thrown  the 
shackles  of  labor  from  his  limbs;  he  has  been  freed  of  tbf 
yoke  which  he  imagines  Capital  has  burdened  him  with; 
he  is  his  "own  master."  He  is  blind  to  the  fact  that  he  is 
less  free  than  he  ever  was;  that  he  has  given  himself  up  to 
a  master  more  arbitrary,  more  merciless,  and  unreasoning 
than  ever  Capital  wished  upon  him;  who  can  tie  his  hands 
when  they  have  plenty  of  work  to  perform  ;  who  can  incite 
him  to  riot  and  murder. 

*  *     * 

He  obeys  this  Master  blindly,  to  the  letter.  He  will  com- 
mit deeds  for  him  that  in  normal  times  would  make  him 
shudder;  he  will  permit  this  King  to  take  the  bread  from 
the  mouth-  of  his  wife  and  children;  he  will  allow  him  to 
create  criminals  out  of  once  decent  and  law-abiding  men. 
It  is  a  ridiculous  situation  as  well  as  tragic:  and  above  all. 
this  dictating  of  one  body  of  men  to  another. — this  high- 
handed and  murderous  autocracy  existing  in  a  country 
which  is  supposed  to  be  free,  this  allowing  one  man  I 
to  his  fellow  men  :  "You  must  -top  work!"  at  the  dro] 
hat.  i-  un-American! 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  29,  1921, 


Widow's  Interest  in 
Community  Property 


It  takes  quite  a  large  amount  of 
Auto  Casualty  Insurance  wrong  and  suffering  to  provoke 
any  real  attempt  at  mitigation, 
and  to  bring  into  being  machinery  designed  to  combat  the 
wrong.  This  has  happened,  surely,  in  the  matter  of  auto 
accidents,  where  people  have  been  killed  or  injured  through 
the  negligence  of  drunken  or  unskilful  drivers.  A  wrong 
has  been_inflicted  for  which  there  has  been  no  real  remedy, 
although  there  is  a  legal  one.  The  injuring  party,  not  being 
able  to  respond  in  damages,  the  injured  party  has  been 
obliged  to  suffer  without  compensation. 

This  state  of  affair.--  has  been  met  in  Switzerland  and  in 
the  states  of  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  by  making  the 
ownership  of  a  policy  against  casualty  a  necessary  prelim- 
inary to  the  issuance  of  a  license  to  drive  a  car.  The  re- 
quirement seems  to  be  just  and  destined  to  fill  a  long  felt 
want.  With  this  additional  security,  there  will  be  no  diffi- 
culty in  getting  reasonable  compensation  for  the  wrong- 
done  by  careless  and  drunken  drivers. 

Such  a  law,  placed  on  our  books  and  enforced  properly, 
might  go  quite  a  long  way  in  repairing  some  of  the  troubles 
attendant  upon  the  driving  of  automobiles  by  so  many 
people  and,  apart  from  its  actual  operation  as  a  compensat- 
ing medium,  might  induce  greater  care  in  driving. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  a  company  which  would  under- 
take to  insure  against  casualty  would  exercise  reasonable 
care  in  the  selection  of  drivers.  Responsibility  would  breed 
caution  which  would  he  good  and  would  not  injure  the  auto- 
mobile business. 

The  one  thing  that  must  be  guarded  against  is  any  ten- 
dency of  the  government  to  go  into  the  automobile  casualty 
insurance  business. 


The  California  Devel- 
The  California  Development  Board  opment  Board  has  re- 
elected Reuben  R. 
Hale  as  president,  and,  in  so  doing,  has  shown  remarkably 
good  sense  and  has  again  put  the  community  under  obli- 
gations. Mr.  Hale  is  a  man  of  unusual  parts,  with  a  busi- 
ness sagacity,  which  is  of  inestimable  value  to  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  is  interested,  lie  is  widely  known  and 
has  established  himself  as  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  our 
local  lift,  one  of  the  small  group  of  really  able  men.  whose 
names  leap  to  the  front  whenever  matters  of  public  concern 
are  being  considered. 

The  other  officers  of  the  Hoard  are  quite  notable  and  form 
a  collection  of  men  who  can  be  depended  upon  to  do  their 
work  unpretentiously  and  well.  An  official  roster,  which 
shows  William  M.  Garland  of  Los  Angeles,  a  first  vice- 
president,  Joseph  R.  Knowland  of  Oakland  as  second  vice- 
president.  Fred  W.  Kiesel  of  Sacramento.  Clinton  E.  Miller 
of  Los  Angeles,  Dudley  V.  Saeltzer  of  Redding,  Clans 
Spreckels  of  San  Diego,  and  A.  Emory  Wishon,  of  Fresno, 
as  regional  vice-presidents,  is  proof  of  the  quality  of  the 
board  and  shows,  better  than  much  talking,  the  prospective 
strength  of  the  institution. 

The  reports  of  this,  organization  are  most  encouraging 
and  quite  inspiring.  At  the  closing  session  it  was  proved 
that  the  prosperity  of  this  part  of  the  country  was  not  only- 
very  marked  but  actually  transcended  the  most  optimistic 
predictions  of  a  few  years  past. 

The  proof  is  evident  when  it  appears  that  the  industrial 
payroll  in  this  state  has  been  increased  between  25  and  35 
per  cent  in  the  last  year. 


The  whole  question  of  the  interest 
of  the  wife  in  the  community  prop- 
erty has  been  raised  by  the  Treasury 
department  of  the  United  States 
government,  seeking  an  opinion  as  to  whether  the  decision 
of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  Robbins  case  overrules  the 
opinion  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  in  the  case  of  Ward- 
ell  V.  Blum.  The  point  is,  that  if  the  Robbins  ease  be  con- 
sidered as  overruling  the  Wardell  V.  Blum  case,  the  inter- 
est of  the  widow  in  the  estate  will  be  reckoned  as  part  of 
the  estate  of  the  deceased  husband,  for  taxation  purposes. 
This  will  inflict  a  great  burden  upon  the  estates  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

The  whole  question  has  arisen  owing  to  an  ill  considered 
expression  of  our  Supreme  Court  in  the  Moffitt  case,  which 
seemed  to  imply  that  the  interest  of  the  wife  in  the  com- 
munity property  was  potential  rather  than  actual,  that  she 
had  no  vested  right  to  the  community  property.  If  such 
were  the  case,  the  taxation  rule  invoked  would  be  natural 
enough.  But  it  is  the  contention  of  California  jurists  that 
such  is  not  the  case. 

Our  comunity  property  law  has  been  based  upon  the  law 
as  we  found  it  when  we  came  to  California,  that  is  to  say, 
upon  the  community  law  of  the  Spanish  Mexican  code. 
That  code  was  always  more  liberal  to  wives  as  regards 
property  than  the  common  law,  upon  which  the  bulk  of  our 
legal  enactments  are  based.  According  to  the  Spanish  law, 
both  now  and  at  the  time  of  our  arrival  in  this  territory, 
the  wife's  property  in  the  community  interest  is  vested 
property,  and  is  not  subject  to  inheritence  taxes  on  the  es- 
tate of  a  deceased  husband.  Such  is  no  doubt  the  intent  of 
our  law.  Vast  sums  in  back  taxes  are  involved  in  this 
matter. 


We  have  taken  the  stand,  from  the  be- 
Crime  Wave  Folly     ginning,  that  the  talk  of  a  crime  wave 

was  greatly  exaggerated.  There  have 
been  additional  so-called  crimes,  such  as  were  not  crimes, 
before  the  zeal  for  interference  with  the  elementary  rights 
of  individuals,  as  shown  in  prohibition  and  kindred  legisla- 
tion increased,  artificially  and  inexcusably,  the  amount  of 
convictions  on  our  books.  That  incredulous  position  has 
been  proved  correct. 

An  investigation  by  the  federal  government  has  shown 
that  crime  is  not  increasing  among  the  youth  of  the  coun- 
try but.  on  the  other  hand,  is  diminishing  at  least  to  some 
degree.  Taking  the  statistics  for  1910, — there  appears  to 
be  approximately  one  per  cent  less  juvenile  crime  now  than 
at  that  period.  It  is  no  great  gain.  But  it  is,  on  the  other 
hand,  a  very  complete  answer  to  the  alarmists. 

There  has  been  some  increase  of  crime  among  the  middle- 
aged.  Forty  appears  to  be  a  much  more  dangerous  age  than 
twenty,  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  sociologist.  This  fact 
of  the  danger  of  some  sort  of  delinquency  at  forty  or  there- 
abouts was  pointed  out  by  novelists,  prior  to  any  investi- 
gation on  the  part  of  sociologists.  It  rests  upon  facts  in 
modern  life  which  will  have  to  be  met.  Perhaps  the  in- 
crease in  efficiency  on  the  part  of  the  medical  profession 
and  the  consequent  prolongation  of  life  and  maintenance  of 
physical  energy  has  something  to  do  with  it. 

Apart  from  that,  however,  there  is  no  doubt  that  social 
provision  of  some  sort  will  have  to  be  made  for  the  middle 
aged  or  those  who  pass  that  period,  without  having  es- 
tablished some  secure  place  for  themselves.  Modern  in- 
dustrial life  calls  for  the  robust  and  the  active.  When  the 
period  of  activity  declines,  life  chances  also  decline  and 
crime  develops.     But  there  is  no  "crime  wave." 


May  29,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Everybody  is  alarmed  about 
Dictatorships  Fashionable    dictatorships.    We   must   have 

our  alarms;  life  would  be  un- 
endurable if  there  was  not  the  bogey  round  the  corner  to 
scare  us.  We  came  out  of  the  darkness  of  history  with  the 
fears  of  the  forests  in  our  very  make  up,  and  we  are  lonely 
without  them.  Today,  the  fear  of  the  dictatorship  is  cried 
from  the  housetop  and  amiable  and  literary  gentlemen  are 
making  money  and  buying  new  cars  from  the  returns  on 
this  new  fear.  For  fears  are  always  expensive,  except  to 
the  medicine  man,  who  has  lived  on  them  from  time  im- 
memorial. 

And  yet  there  is  nothing  to  fear  in  this  so-called  dictator- 
ship. The  peace  must  be  kept ;  revolution  must  be  held  in 
check;  trade  must  go  on,  and,  if  the  strong  hand  is  neces- 
sary, the  strong  hand  must  be  used.  As  for  these  so-called 
dictatorships — what  sort  of  democracies  have  they  sup- 
planted? We  can  afford  to  laugh  at  an}'  so-called  democ- 
racy of  Greece,  or  Hungary  or  Poland  or  Russia.  When 
were  they  ever' democracies  in  any  true  sense  of  the  word? 

Italy  is  different,  somewhat ;'  but  Italy  was  threatened 
with  ruin  by  the  disturbances  which  arose  from  the  war  and 
the  disillusionment  of  the  Italian  people  over  the  results  of 
the  war.  Without  a  strong  hand,  Italy  might  have  perished. 
Who  can  deny  the  value  of  that  dictatorship? 

Germany  is  threatened  with  a  dictatorship,  it  is  said. 
That  might  be  a  step  backwards,  and  again  it  might  not,  for 
Germans  have  never  shown  any  particular  desire  for  that 
sort  of  popular  democracy  of  which  we  are  the  most  bril- 
liant example. 

The  general  strike  in  Britain  might  have  produced  a  die 
tatorship.     But  it   did   not   do   so.     Because   democracy   is 
historically  a  quality  of  the  British,  as  it  is  with  us.     Give 
and  take  is  with  them,  as  with  us,  a  method  of  social  life. 
Compromise  is  the  essence  of  democracy. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


There  is  growing  conviction  thai 
Credit  Men  and  Fraud  trade  in  the  long  run  makes  for 
honesty  and  that  the  eternal  prin- 
ciple behind  commercial  life  is  a  certain  integrity.  This  was 
by  no  means  always  the  opinion.  For  many  years,  even 
centuries,  the  business  man  has  labored  under  the  suspicion 
at  least  of  being  a  sharp  fellow,  whose  tendencies  are  to- 
wards the  accumulation  of  money,  by  keen  wits  and  clever 
practice. 

Steadily,  however,  the  goal  of  honesty  in  business  has 
revealed  itself.  It  has  become  more  and  more  evident,  even 
to  the  stupid,  that  commerce,  that  is  to  say.  business,  rots 
upon  a  substratum  of  honesty.  Without  that  substratum 
there  is  no  real  and  lasting  business.  Practices  of  the  wood 
en  nutmeg  variety  have  ceased  even  to  amuse. 

The  latest  manifestation  of  this  faith  in  honesty,  and  the 
determination  to  make  such  honesty  imperative,  is  seen  in 
the  recent  decision  of  the  San  Francisco  credit  men  to  raise 
a  fund  of  $75,000  for  the  purpose  of  pursuing  the  fraudulent 
bankers  and  commercial  tricksters.  The  National  Ass 
tion  of  Credit  Men  is  behind  the  move.  Fraud  is  to  be  the 
object  of  a  combined  attack  by  credit  men  all  down  the  line. 
It  is  time  to  take  the  matter  in   hand.      Last  year  the  looses 

by  commercial  fraud  amounted  to  $175,000,000,  m  this  coun- 
try. In  !OJ4  the  losses  arising  From  the  same  dishonest 
practices  were  not  less  than  $250,000,000.  The  National 
Credit  Men  claim  that  the  diminution  is  due  to  their  efforts 
in  taking  up  fraudulent  business  transactions. 

i  )l  course,  there  has  always  been  a  minority,  a  very  small 
minority,   of   dishonest    business    men.      But    business   must 
vindicate   its   inherent   honesty   and   this   effort  of   tl 
Francisco  Credit  Men  is  all  in  the  right  direction. 


Another  stirring  spectacle,  peculiar  to  this  Great  Republic, 
is  the  appearance  oi  some  one  no  one  ever  heard  of  before. 
\\  ho  tells  a  Senate  committee  that  he  speaks  tor  22.000,000 
people.—  Detroit  New  s. 


Our  Communists  complain  that  theirs  is  a  hard  lot.    Well,  so 

are  thev. — Wall  Street  Journal. 

*  *     * 

Breaking  the  world's  altitude  record  is  another  of  those  jobs 
where  there's  plenty  of  room  at  the  top. — Arkansas  Gazette. 

*  *     * 

If  the  country  is  as  wet  as  the  wets  claim  and  as  dry  as  the 
drys  insist  it  is,  who  is  inconvenienced  ? — Detroit  News. 

Generally  speaking,  the  persons  who  go  in  for  dress  reform 
are  those  who  would  get  the  most  advantage  out  of  it. — Phila- 
delphia Inquirer. 

*  *     * 

The  foreign  debt  settlements  are  complete,  except  the 
settling. — Albany  Knickerbocker  Tress. 

*  *     * 

It  takes  more  than  the  possession  of  an  accomplishment 
to  accomplish  anything. — Dayton  News. 

*  '*     * 

Pictures  radioed  across  the  Atlantic  appear  to  have  been 
affected  by  the  waves. — Pittsburgh  Chronicle  Telegraph. 

*  *     * 

"What  civilization  needs."  says  a  scientist,  "is  a  substi- 
tute for  whiskey."  What  does  he  call  the  stuff  people  drink 
now  ? — Birmingham   News. 

*  *     * 

We  often  get  up  in  the  morning  feeling-  like  a  receipt  in 
full  and  go  to  bed  at  night  feeling  like  a  notice  that  another 
instalment   is  now  due. — Ohio  State  Journal. 

*  *     * 

That  labor  paper  that  was  suspended  by  the  British 
authorities  for  misrepresenting  the  Government's  position 
must    have    twisted    the    Lion's     tale. —  Norfolk     Yirginian- 

Pilot. 

*  *    * 

(  >ur  instalment  business,  says  the  American  Bankers  As- 
sociation, has  reached  a  total  of  .^  >,. ^00,000,000  a  year,  although 
there  are  moments  around  the  first  of  the  month  when  it 
feels  as  it"  that  figure  were  rather  conservative. — Detroit 
News 

*  *     * 

Another   remarkable   fact   established   by    the   situation    in 
England  is  that  Conditions  in  other  people's  coal  mill. 
be  worse  than  they  are  in  ours. — Ohio  State  Journal. 

*  »     * 

The  Toledo  Blade  refers  to  "people  who  plunged  into 
Florida  real  estate  and  found  they  couldn't  swim."  (  )n  some 
of  the  real  estate  this  would  have  been  fatal. — Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

Still,  in  the  Old  Days  the  bloom  of  youth  wasn't  a  deep 
cerise  one  year  and  a  light  orange  the  next. — Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

At  an)  rate  the  two  factions  agree  that  something  should 
he  stronger,  the  laws  or  beer. —  Detroit   News, 

*  *     * 

Alas!  an  artistic  temperament  is  seldom  recognized  until  it's 
too  late  to  spank. — Baltimore  Sun. 

«     *    * 

Another  polar  mystery  is  why  the  civilized  world  should  go 
hunting  new  continents  when  it  is  having  so  much  trouble  with 
the  old  ones. — Norfolk  Virginian-Pilot 

*  *     * 

The  Houston  Post-Dispatch  inquires.  "What  is  a  Republi- 
can"'"    Is  there  no  postmaster  in  Houston" — Arkansas  Gazette. 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  29,  1926 


>LEj4SURE'SW4ND 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore, 


Stage  and  Comedy  Sucess,  Then — 
Perpetuated  on  the  Silver  Sheet 

A  MAGNIFICENT  stage  success, 
and  then— the  silver  sheet! 

Many  a  play;  and  many  a  musical 
comedy,  has  the  enviable  record.  For, 
however  successful  a  play  may  lie,  how- 
ever transcendently  beautiful  may  be 
the  musical  coined)',  who  is  there 
among  us  to  deny  that  it  is  the  film 
which  perpetuates  their  glories! 

Such  is  the  eternal  fulfillment,  no 
doubt  of  many  a  playwright's  dream, 
a  composer's  ambition;  or  the  cher- 
ished desire  of  conservative  and  suc- 
cessful stars  of  the  stage. 

While  the  spoken  drama  lures  and 
holds  us  more  poignantly  than  ever, 
before,  and  while  no  one  can,  or  cares 
to  deny  it,  eventually  the  motion  pic- 
lure  carries  its  message  to  the  great- 
est number  of  people  and  immortalizes 
the  work  of  celebrities. 

They  whose  names  are  emblazoned 
above  the  foyers  of  our  theaters  recog- 
nize the  strength  and  the  value  of  the 
silver  sheet ;  and  co-operate  today  more 
than  ever  before  in  the  requisite  de- 
mands of  filmland. 

Motion  pictures  are  to  be  the  final 
"active"  place  ;  not  the  "resting  place." 
of  Topsy  and  Eva,  for  there  could  be 
no  inertia  whatsoever  concerning  the 
work  of  these  two  lovable  and  intelli- 
gent girls — Rosetta  and  Vivian. 


Columbia 

"Topsy  and  Eva"  will  be  given  its 
final  local  performance  on  Saturday  night, 
June  5  at  the  Columbia  Theater.  The 
Duncan  Sisters  will  continue  their  at- 
traction in  Los  Angeles,  opening  there 
on  Monday,  June  the  seventh,  and  then 
placing  their  magnificent  comedy  suc- 
cess, "Topsy  and  Eva"  in  the  hands  of 
the  producers  for  motion  pictures. 

According  to  authentic  statements. 
"Topsy  and  Eva"  will  have  closed  its 
stage  career,  for  these  two  resourceful 
and  talented  Duncan  Sisters  have  al- 
ready prepared  a  new  musical  comedy, 
which  they  say  will  equal  if  not  surpass 
their  famous  "Topsy  and  Eva." 

No  longer  will  Vivian  appear  as  the 
angel-faced  child  who  faints  and  sings 
so  beautifully  and  who  is  a  veritable 
"Eva"  with  the  golden  locks  and  the  win- 
some ways;  nor  will  the  devilish  "Topsy" 
toss  her  black  tight-wadded  head  as  only 


By  "Jingle" 

Kosetta  can — in  characterizations  made 
more  famous  by  their  pranks. 

For  "Topsv  and  Eva"  will  henceforth 
belong  to  film-land  and  there  is  technical 
ruling  on  matters  pertaining  to  the  screen. 

it  is  said  that  the  new  Duncan  Sisters 
musical  comedy  which  they  will  produce 
under  the  management  of  Charles  Dil- 
lingham will  be  fascinating,  beautiful  and 
as  filled  with  merriment  as  that  which  has 
made  the  name  of  the  Duncan  Sisters  a 
household   word. 

In  the  meantime  the  Columbia  Theater 
is  packed  to  the  doors,  and  every  one  is 
hurrying  to  see  and  to  hear  again  the  si  mg 
hits  of  the  irresistable  pair.  Among  the 
favorite  songs  which  patrons  of  the 
theater  hum  as  they  leave  the  playhouse 
are:  "Remembering;"  "Land  of  Long 
Ago;"  "Do-Re-Mi;"  "Kiss  Me;"  "I 
Never  Had  a  Mammy  ;"  "Sweet  Onion 
Time  in  Bermuda  ;"  and  "Just  for  a  Little 
While."  *     *     * 

"Rain."  a  play  that  had  a  two  years' 
run  in  New  York  made  from  W.  Som- 
erset Maugham's  story,  "Miss  Thomp- 
son" will  follow  the  Duncan  Sisters, 
opening  on  Monday  night.  June  7.  with 
Rapley  Holmes  the  star. 

*     *     * 
Wilkes 

"Rose  Marie,"  the  tuneful  operetta 
for  which  we  have  been  awaiting  a  re- 
turn engagement,  will  start  a  two 
weeks'  engagement  Sunday  night  at  the 
Wilkes  Theater.  (  ieary  street,  near  Ma- 
son. 

Two  changes  have  been  made  in  the 
cast  since  we  heard  "Rose  Marie"  dur- 
ing its  six  weeks'  run  here  before  ;  Al- 
lan Rogers  concert  tenor  will  replace 
Thomas  Conkey  in  the  role  of  Kenton  ; 
and.  Hazel  ( iaudrean  will  essay  the  role 
of  Wanda,  the  half-breed  girl  which 
was  characterized  and  danced  before  by 
Sybilla  Bowhan.  It  is  said  that  Miss  Gau- 
drean  is  quite  some  dancer  and  fascin- 
ating, too. 

She  will  sing  that  lilting  melody,  To- 
tem Tom  Tom"  one  of  the  lingering 
songs  of  the  operetta.  The  "Indian 
Love  ('all"  is  snng  by  Maria  Sham- 
shon,  the  prima  donna  ami  Allan  Rog- 
ers. 

The  chorus  of  forty  girls  and  half 
that  number  of  boys,  which  are  the 
life  and  the  energy  as  well  as  the  en- 
semble artistry  of  the  sparkling  musi- 
cale,  will  appear  in  practically  the  or- 
iginal company. 


Curran 

"Patsy,'  'the  most  pleasing  and  pic- 
turesque musical  comedy  we  have  had 
in  many  a  day  will  remain  at  the  Cur- 
ran this  week.  Lou  Holtz  and  Gloria 
Foy,  the  leading  stars,  gain  in  prestige 
as  well  as  in  popularity  with  each  San 
Francisco  performance. 

*  *     * 
President 

"Applesauce."  the  Barry  Conners 
comedy  produced  Sunday  at  the  Presi- 
dent theater  by  Henry  Duffy,  has  made 
a  definite  impression  on  playgoers,  and 
it  should,  for  it  is  fine  entertainmnt. 
witli  plenty  of  laughter,  enough  senti- 
ment to  stir  the  emotions  gently,  and 
sufficient  romance  to  satisfy  the  firm 
believer  in  fairy  tales. 

*  *     * 
Orpheum 

Miss  Ethel  Barrymore,  who  is  mak- 
ing such  a  tremendous  hit  at  the  Or- 
pheum theater  this  week  where  she  is 
appearing  in  Sir  James  M.  Barrie's  one- 
act  play  "The  Twelve-Pound  Look," 
has  been  persuaded  to  remain  over  for 
a  second  record-breaking  week. 

Ethel  narrymore.  as  slim  and  lithe  as 
in  her  girlhood  days,  golden  hair  mar- 
celled, trim  little  feet  incased  in  the  latest 
footwear;  eyes  perhaps  darkened  a  little 
too  much  for  such  fairness  of  skin  and 
tresses,  but  the  same  beautiful  Ethel  as 
heretofore. 

In  fact,  each  time  we  see  Miss  Barry- 
more,  she  appears  more  charming  than 
the  last ;  her  technique  as  finished,  and  yet 
as  natural  as  ever ;  her  husky  voice  just 
as  alluring,  her  inimitable  laugh  as  catch- 
ing as  a  laugh  can  possibly  be. 

We  advise  all  men  to  go  and  see  her  in 
"The  Twelve-round  Look,"  for  there  are 
truths  in  the  passages  of  this  play  which 
all  men  should  hear.  The  women  will 
go,  anyway,  for  Miss  Barrymore  is  es- 
sentially a  "woman's  woman." 

Another  scintillating  star  on  the  new 
bill  will  be  Miss  Venita  Gould,  consid- 
ered one  of  the  greatest  mimics  of  the 
times.  She  has  in  her  repertoire  imper- 
sonations of  such  stage  celebrities  as: 
Harry  Lauder.  Al  Jolson,  Ted  Lewis. 
I  telle  Baker,  Julian  Eltinge  and  a  host 
of   others. 

Twin  stars  in  a  single  setting  is  the 
title  that  has  been  bestowed  upon 
Renee  Reber,  interesting  terpsichorcan 
artist  ;  and  Jay  Velie,  a  singer  of  repute. 
They  will  present  an  interesting  offer- 


May  29,  1926 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Amusements 

NEXT   WEEK 


ON  TriE 

STAGE 

ALCAZAR 

O'Forrell  nr.  Powell 

V 

"Keinuy" 
Henry  Duffy  Comedy 

COLUMBIA 

70  Eddy 

I 
J 

"Topsy  mill  Eva" 
Duncan  Slitters, 

CURRAN 
Geary  nr.  Mason 

I 

"Psitsy" 
Musical  Comeily 

PRESIDENT 

McAllister   nr   Mkt. 

{ 

"Applesauce" 
Henry  Duffy  Production 

WILKES 
Geary  at    Mason 

"Rose-Marie" 
Musical    Comeily 

VAUDKVll,Lii 

GOLDEN   GATE 
G.  G.  Ave.  &  Taylor 

s 

"Broadcasting     Revue"     with 
Joseph    E.    Howard 

ORPHEUM 
O'Forrell  &  Powell 

Ethel     Barrymore 
Headliner     in     Second     Week 

PANTAGES  (NEW) 
Market    at    Hyde 

( 

■Cyclone   Revue".     "The   Bride 
of    the    Storm" — Picture 

UNION   SQUARE 
O'Farrell  nr.  Powell 

Vaudeville-Picture* 

WIGWAM 

Mission  and  22nd 

Pictures- Vaudeville 

ON  TriK  SCREEN         DOWN  TOWN 

CALIFORNIA 

Market  at    1(1. 

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"Eve's   Leaves" 
Leo ti  lee  Joy 

CAMEO 
Market  opp.  5th 

( 

Blanche    Sweet  -Roy    Stewart 
"The    Lady    from    Hell" 

CAPITOL 

Ellis  nr.  Market 

( 
s 

"The  Lost  Battalion" 

CASINO 

Ellis  and  Mason 

1 

Pictures 

GRANADA 
Market  at  Jones  St. 

( 
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"The    Old    Army    t.amr" 

\v.  C.   Field* 

IMPERIAL 
Market  bet.  Gth-7th 

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''Mare  Nostrum" 

l.OEWS  WARF1EI.D 
Market  at  Taylor 


••Hanson's   Folly" 
Rlehard    llarthelmrs 


PORTOLA 
llinkvi    near   Ith 


ST.  FRANCIS 
Market  net.  Atll-tlth 


"The  VolKa  Boatninn" 


Residential  districts 

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ALEXANDRIA 
Geary  and  isth 


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llal.LUn.  IIip  "Pmiipp  p-I 
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KaMiimiil    Grille     in 

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Ihf  Box"  Sal.  \andPiillp. 
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T.nibpr       Wolf      Sun  F.I.Iip 

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Miantat  m  KIWI."  "Infalu. 
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"Bal«n  ihp  Imp"  and  Minlr 
Hi.  L.      hi     "Kppp     •iiiiIiiii    ' 


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20th  ami  21st 


"liahi.     ..I     Old     Broadwaj 

Sal.  "Crau-lark"-  Sun..  Man. 
Norma  Talmada.r.  al'O  l.loid 
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Tur.  I'riap  Nithi.  lontr-l-. 
"TIip  In!  Edilion.  "I.nppnip* 
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"On    W  p.l"  -Thur.dar . 


NEW   BALBOA  (. 

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Johnny  Hincs,  "Rainbow  Ri- 
ley"—Sal.  Rin  Tin  Tin.  won. 
dpr  dog,  "The  Claiih  of  the 
Wolves"— Sun.  Rudolph  Val- 
entino and  Nila  Nahli,  "Co- 
bra"— Man.,  Tues.  "The  Wife 
Who  Wasn't  Wanted"— Wed. 
"Just  Suppose."  Richard  Bar- 
tlielmess,  Thurs.,  Fri. 
Pictures 


NEW    MISSION 
Mission  nr.  22nd 


ROYAL  ( 

Polk  nr.  California       L 


SUTTER  I 

Sutter    near    Stelnerf 


NEW    FILLMORE        I 
Fillmore    near    Ellis  f 


ing  in  which  they  will  be  assisted  by 
Phyllis  Pearce  and  Violet  Bache.  The 
balance  of  the  bill  will  be  new  and  con- 
sists of  such  feature  acts  as  Will  and 
( iladys  Abeam  in  an  oddity  entitled  "A 
Spinning  Romance;"  Carr  Lynn  in 
"Something  Original;"  Hector  and  his 
pals;  Paul  Gordon,  the  wonder  wizard: 
and  Betancourt  and  company  in  an 
unique  sensational  novelty. 

War  field  *     *     * 

In  honor  of  the  fourth  anniversary 
of  the  opening  the  Warfield,  there  will 
be  special  features  on  the  program, 
both  mi  the  stage  and  screen,  for  the 
week  beginning  May  29th. 

"Hanson's  Folly,"  adapted  from  the 
story  by  Richard  Harding  Davis,  feat- 
ures handsome  Richard  Barthelmess 
and  Dorothy  Mackaill.  Sidney  Olcott 
directed  it  fur  hirst    National  release. 

I  ii  iii  ithy     Mackaill     plaj  -     oppositi 
Barthelmess,  this  picture  making  her 
fourth  as  his  leading  lad)  .    As  a  change 
from    former   roles    she   i-     seen 
simple   daughter   of   the   pioneer   \\  est. 

A  tribe  of  full-blooded  Wyoming  In- 
dians i-  seen  in  "Ranson's  Folly," 
among  them  being  Chief  Big  Tree  ami 

thief  Eagle  Wing.  two  nf  the  must 
powerful   Indian  leader-  now  living. 

i  Ithers  in  the  cast  include  Anders 
Kami. 'If.  1'at  llartigan.  William  N'it- 
ton  Bailey,  Brooks  Benedict,  Frank 
Coffyn  and  Taylor  Duncan. 

For  the  anniversary  celebration,  Fan- 
chon  and  Marco  present  nil  the  stage 
their  "Dancelogue  Idea."  featuring 
Dewey  I'.arto.  in  a  presentation  which 
outshines  any  of  their  previous  acts. 
I  Uhers  featured  in  this  "Idea"  are  Al- 
bert MacGillivray,  tenor,  Helen  Aub- 
rey, a  cute  ami  winsome  musical  come- 
dy soprano.  Helen  Morgan  and  George 
Mann,  dancers,  and  the  famous  Sun- 
kist  Beauties  arrayed  in  beautiful 
gowns  executing  iniiit  novel  and  un- 
usual ensemble  numbers. 

Walt    Rnesner   and    his    Super- 
ists    have    prepared    a    special    musical 
program  in  honor  of  the  week. 

Golden  Gate       * 

The  new  bill  announced  for  the  (ridd- 
en ( late  next  week  is  headed  by  Joseph 


E.  Howard,  the  well  known  song  writ- 
er, producer  and  vaudeville  star.  How- 
ard will  appear  in  his  new  "Broadcast- 
ing Revue",  a  speedy  melange  of  mirth 
and  melody  in  several  scenes  and  pre- 
sented by  a  large  cast  of  singers  and 
dancers.  Featured  in  the  offering  in 
addition  to  Howard,  himself,  will  be 
Pauline  Zenowa,  Marjorie  Linkin  Ja- 
son, Robinson  and  Blue,  the  Jimtown 
Rhythm  Kings  and  Billee  Senna  and 
company. 

A  second  featured  offering  is  Stan 
Stanley,  the  original  audience  comic. 
Stanley  has  been  working  in  the  audi- 
ence for  the  past  eleven  years  and  this 
season's  act  is  said  to  be  the  funniest 
he    has   ever    presented. 

Carol  and  Louise  Dore,  sister  mu- 
sicians, will  be  heard  in  a  selected 
piano  and  violin  recital  and  the  Alex 
Melford  Trio  bring  an  offering  that  is 
out  of  the  ordinary. 

The  screen  play  is  "Memory  Lane," 
a  beautiful  love  story  adapted  from  an 
original  scenario  by  John  M.  Stahl  and 
Benjamin  Glazer.  It  is  a  First  Nation- 
al picture  with  Conway  Tearle  and 
Eleanor  Boardman  in  the  leading  roles. 

St.  Francis         *     *     * 

"The  Volga  Boatman,"  at  the  St. 
Francis  theater  has  taken  hold  on  the 
imagination  and  interest  of  picture 
fans  and  is  filling  the  house  with  ad- 
miring crowds.  Cecil  I'..  De  Mille  per- 
sonally directed  the  film  and  has  given 
it  his  skill  at  creating  dramatic  cli- 
maxes and  his  unerring  feeling  of 
beauty. 

Imagination  is  held  at  high  pitch  in 
this  picture,  which  remains  over  at  the 
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THE  SAX  FK  \NClSCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Ma\  29,  1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Beautiful  Wedding 

ONE  of  the  most  beautiful  weddings  of  the  social  season 
took  place  at  high  noon,  last  Sunday,  May  23,  m_the 
gold  ballroom  of  the  Fairmont  hotel,  when  Miss  Alfreda 
MacMillan  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  Gustave  Lachman. 

The  handsome  bride  was  a  vision  of  loveliness  in  her 
bridal  costume  of  white  taffeta,  made  in  the  period  style  ol 
bouffant  skirt  and  close-fitting  bodice.  The  neck  of  the 
bodice  was  V-shaped  and  edged  with  crystal  beads  and 
pearls  The  sleeves  were  of  maline  and  tight  to  the  elbovi 
then  falling  in  full  drapes  to  the  floor.  In  place  of  the  usual 
veil  the  bride  wore  a  picture  hat  of  white  Chantllly  lace. 
trimmed  with  silver,  the  lace  dropping  over  the  brim. 

Her  bouquet  was  of  white  gardenias  and  lilies  of  the  val- 
ley falling  in  a  shower  to  the  edge  of  her  gown.  'Never 
was  there  a  lovelier  bride."  commented  the  guests  as  the 
charming  girl  stood  at  the  altar. 

Mrs  George  Henrv  Caig  was  matron  of  honor.  She  wore 
an  orchid  gown  of  Elizabeth  crepe  and  carried  a  bouquet 
of  yellow  pansies  and  lilies  of  the  valley.  Miss  Constance 
Purrington  was  bride's  maid,  attired  in  love-bird  green. 
Both  -he  and  Mr-.  Caig  wore  picture  hats  to  match  their 
gowns.  Little  Dorothy  Lachman,  dressed  in  peach  colored 
Taffeta,  was  flower  girl,  looking  like  a  dainty  flower  herself. 
She,  too.  wore  a  picture  hat  the  color  of  her  dress  and 
trimmed  with  velvet  streamers.  She  carried  an  old- 
fashioned  nosegay  of  pansies  and  lilies-of-the-valley. 

Mr.  Edward  Lachman.  brother  of  the  groom,  was  best 
man.  The  bride  was  given  in  marriage  by  Mr.  William  E. 
foslyn.  Rabbi  Jacob  Nieto  performed  the  wedding  cere- 
mony. Cshers  for  the  wedding  were  Messrs.  Rudolph  Lach- 
man, Frank  Lachman,  Harry  Lachman.  Herman  11.  Saltier. 
William  H.  Worden,  George  A.  Hansen,  Jack  Rittingstein. 

Magnificent  Setting 

A  magnificent  setting  formed  the  background  for  the 
nuptial  ceremony.  The  bridal  party  passed  to  the  altar 
through  an  aisle  formed  by  Grecian  urns,  linked  by  gar- 
lands of  exquisite  orchid  colored  stocks.  Tall  gold  columns 
topped  with  pink  gladiolas  and  blue  delphinium  were  ar- 
tistically arranged  at  the  sides  of  the  room.  A  cypress 
hedge  with  arched  openings  divided  the  spacious  Fairmont 
ballroom  into  a  bridal  bower  and  banquet  room.  The  dec- 
orations were  magnificent,  the  elaborate  use  of  flowers  con- 
verting the  room  into  a  veritable  garden. 

Rudy  Seigcr  and  his  Fairmont  orchestra  played  the  wed- 
ding inarch  and  gave  beautiful  selections  of  appropriate 
sentiment  just  preceding  the  wedding  ceremony,  and  also 
during  the  wedding  breakfast,  where  the  musicians  were 
stationed  beside  a  flowing  fountain,  placed  against  the  cy- 
press hedge. 

Gorgeous   standards   of   roses,    pansies   and    lilies  of   the 

valley  were  on  the  bridal  table,  spread  with  gold  cloth  and 
where  an  elegant  gold  service  was  used.  Tables  seating 
the  guests  were  covered  with  chiffon  silk  cloth  of  pink,  rose, 
blue,  yellow,  silver,  orchid  and  lavendar.  with  flowers  in 
harmonious  blending. 


The  altar  where  the  ceremony  was  performed,  was  il- 
lumined with  candles  in  tall  candlesticks  and  at  the  back 
was  a  large  Grecian  urn  filled  with  Russel  roses,  orchid- 
colored  blooms,  and  tall  pink-shaded  gladiolas. 

Mayor  and  Mrs.  James  Rolph,  Jr..  sat  with  the  bride  and 
groom  at  the  bridal  table:  other  guests  seated  there  includ- 
ing Dr.  ami  .Mis.  Jacob  Nieto,  Messrs.  and  Mesdames  Wil- 
liam 11.  Worden,  William  E.  Joslyn,  (ins  A.  Lenoir,  Frank 
Lachman,  Rudolph  Lachman,  Edward  Lachman,  Herman 
II.  Sattler,  Mrs.  Fannie  Lenoir.  Mr.  Harry  Lachman.  Mis.- 
Dorothy    Lachman,    Mrs.    George    Henry    Caig,    Miss    ('oii- 

stance  Purrington,  Mr.  Jack  Rittigstein,  Mr.  George  Man- 
sen, 

The  bride  is  the  niece  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abraham  Philips 
of  New  York,  and  a  sister  of  Mr.  Fdgar  Calvin  MacMillan, 
of  Tarrytown,  New  York.  Mr.  Lachman  is  the  son  of  the' 
late  Mrs.  Bertha  Lachman  and  brother  of  Messrs,  Kdward. 
Rudolph,  and  Frank  Lachman.  Mr.  Lachman  is  one  of 
San   Francisco's  most   prominent  business   men. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gustave  Lachman  will  spend  a  honeymoon 

of  almost  a  year  touring  Europe,  and  upon  their  return  will 
make  their  home  at  the  Huntington  Apartments  on  NoB 
Hill. 


Noted  Author  Heads 
Brilliant  Reception 

Helen  Bamberger,  noted  author,  wife  of  Colonel  Ray- 
mond Bamberger,  whose  pen  name  Helen  Rergcr  is  known 
throughout  the  world  of  literature,  was  one  of  the  famous 
writers  heading  the  reception  given  Captain  Gilbert  Frank- 
lau  last  Thursday  evening  in  Paul  Elder's  Gallery. 

The  author  of  "Judy's  Man"  was  recipient  of  many  com- 
mendations from  writers  and  readers,  alike,  the  question, 
"Have  you  read,  'Judy's  Man'?"  being  on  every  tongue  at 
the  reception  as  well  as  in  literary  circles.  For,  although 
this  fascinating  novel  has  been  off  the  press  only  a  little- 
over  two  months  it  has  already  gone  into  the  second  edition. 

"Judy's  Man"  is  the  story  of  a  girl's  heart  opened  up  like 
the  pages  of  romance  where  the  little  Dream  Boy  in  the 
garden  of  her  heart  brings  new  ideas  of  happiness  and  love. 
The  locale  of  the  story  is  in  Washington,  D.  C.  where 
Col.mel  and  Mrs.  Bamberger  and  their  handsome  son  have 
lived  and  where  the  brilliant  author  with  her  keen  percep- 
tion   felt   the  pulse  of  social   and   political   intrigues. 

The  innate  honesty  and  refreshing  sincerity  of  Helen 
Berger's  heroine  reflect  the  sterling  qualities  of  the  novelist 
herself.  For  upon  first  meeting  this  highly  intellectual 
writer,  one  is  impressed  first  of  all  with  her  superb  sincerity. 
"Judy's  Man"  is  but  one  of  her  ten  novels  ami  in  everything 
that  she  writes  is  an  unmistakeable  grasp  of  real-ness, 
genuiness  and  a  delicious  sense  of  humor. 

The   in-born    refinement   ami    poise   of    this   gentlewoman, 

the   qualities   of  a   thoroughbred   are   characteristics,   of   the 

writer   herself.     So   we   find   them    prominently   identified 

with  everything  she  writes.     •'Thank  Heaven   for  these  out- 


May  29,  1926 


'niM  SAX  FRANCISCO  MAN'S  LETTER 


standing    qualities — they    make    American    lit- 
erature  supreme,"   states   a   well-known   critic 

in  reviewing  "Judy's  Man." 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  Bamberger  are  now  living 
in  their  home  at  the  Presidio  where  a  panor- 
amic view  of  the  Bay  and  its  environs  are  part 
of  the  beautiful  home  life  of  these  notable 
people.  As  the  center  of  prominent  events  in 
literary,  musical  and  army  circles,  the  Bam- 
berger residence  is  well  known  among  dis- 
tinguished people  of  the  west. 

Helen  Berger  has  written  ever  since  she  was 
ten  years  old.  She  began  writing  blood-curd- 
ling Indian  stories  progressing  by  natural  steps 
to  a  Colonial  story  on  which,  she  states,  that 
she  spent  two  long  and  laborious  childhood 
years.  "No  story  ever  saw  the  light  of  day," 
smiles  this  writer  whose  intellect  is  paramount 
in  all  her  works,  "but  the  habit  of  writing  and 
the  love  of  it  had  been  sown  in  me  and  my  pen- 
cil has  seldom  been  idle  from  that  day  to  this." 

The  greater  part  of  her  life  was  spent  in 
southern  California  where  she  states,  "I  grew 
up  mii  a  ranch  of  the  old-time  sort.  Since  my 
marriage  to  an  army  officer,  the  world,  rather  than  any  one 
spot  has  been  my  home" — and  that,  perchance  is  one  reason 
why  there  is  always  a  broad  vision  of  life — in  the  literary 
output  of  this  intellectual   woman. 

She  has  contracted  to  finish  two  more  novels  within  the 
coming  year.  Her  pen  is  never  idle,  for  Helen  Berger  puts 
life,  vitality,  humor,  a  wholesome  grasp  into  all  that  she 
writes — and  that,  no  doubt,  is  answer  to  the  amount  of  con- 
certed time  she  spends  on  her  novels — which  jump  into  popu- 
larity. 

The  first  impression  one  receives  on  meeting  this  famous 
novelist  whose  diction  is  flawless  and  whose  fiction  is  robed 
with  nobleness  and  ideals — is,  that  she  has  a  master  mind! 
Iter  keen  dark  eyes  have  a  way  of  looking  beyond  the  obvi- 
ous to  something  real  ;  her  manner  of  expression,  with  that 
little  subtle  laugh  of  hers,  arouses  one's  emotions  to  a  real- 
ization that  indeed,  here  i>  a  writer  of  understanding;  a 
woman   superlatively  fine! 


Claremont  Notes 
Mrs.  ( ).  L.  Cox  of  I  lot  el  Claremont  was  hostess  to  a  group 

of  friends  at  a  charming  lea  in  the  attractive  tea  room  of 
the  hotel. 

Those  enjoying  the  afternoon  with  Mrs.  Cox,  were:  Mes- 

(1,'imes    Peter    Stoddart,    llattic    l.ehnhardt.    R.    P..    Svvavne. 

pelger  Trowbridge,  II.  E,  Langdon,  Van  V.  Midgley,  Her- 
bert Stoddart,  \.  D.  Oliver,  A.  R.  McSwain,  I.  P.  Bangle, 
ll.uTv   Noves  Pratt.  A.  P.  Lindsay,  George  Bryant. 


A  jolly  little  hirthdav  party  for  small  Harvey  Fielder, 
three  year  old  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  \Y.  F.  Fielder,  who  arc 
making  their  home  at  Hotel  Claremont.  was  an  important 
event  Mondav   afterni  on  among  the  children  at  the  hotel. 

The  decorations  and  favors  were  pink  and  green,  with 
daintv  baby  roses  massed  in  the  center  oi  the  table.  The 
best  part  of  the  party  was  the  gay  hirthdav  cake  with  three 
lighcd  pink  candles. 

The  little  ^in'-i~  were:  Helen  Katschinski,  Barbara 
i  man.  June  Higgins.  Marjorie  Cox,  Edward  Voight. 


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Pacific  Coast  Women's  Press 
Association  Hold  Anniversary 

Mrs.  Ina  Weston,  the  beloved  president  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  Women's  Press  Association, 
presided  at  an  elaborate  anniversary  breakfast 
held  in  the  colonial  ballroom  of  the  St.  Francis 
Plotel  last  Monday  noon. 

Ina  Coolbrith,  poet-laureate  of  California. 
the  Honorary  Member  and  Past-president  of 
the  Press  Association,  sat  at  the  right  of  Mrs. 
Weston  as  the  Honor  Guest.  Some  of  Miss 
Coolbrith's  latest  poems  were  read  by  Ethel 
Cotton,  and  those  who  heard  the  immortal 
works  of  the  sweet  California  singer  as  some 
of  the  unpublished  poems  were  read,  declared 
that  Miss  Coolbrith's  poems  today  reach,  if  not 
transcend,  even  those  of  her  earlier  years. 

Tables  were  beautifully  decorated  for  the  oc- 
casion and  at  the  head  table  sat  many  of  the 
former  presidents,  as  well  as  presidents  of  local 
clubs.  Mrs.  W.  C.  Morrow,  a  past-president, 
was  an  honor  guest.  Mrs.  Eleanore  Ross,  was 
a  guest  of  honor,  and  sat  at  the  table  with  Mrs. 
N.  Lawrence  Nelson,  who  presided  over  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  tables  at  the  breakfast. 

Miss  Lillian  Connelly,  Club  Editor  of  the  Chronicle,  was 
one  of  the  writers  present  responding  in  her  clever  and  or- 
iginal way  to  the  toast  of  The  Club  Editor.  The  speeches 
were  in  the  form  of  toasts  presented  by  Mrs.  Ina  Bradstreet 
Weston,  president  of  the  asociation,  Joan  London.  Ethel 
Cotton.  C.  M .  Jackson.  Mrs.  N.  Lawrence  Nelson.  Enielie 
Melville  and  others.  Miss  Melville,  veteran  San  Francisco 
actress,  responded  bv  entertainment  from  the  stage.  Rare 
pages,  humorous  pages,  the  club  editor,  poetry,  tales  of  ad- 
venture. California  writers,  the  drama  were  among  the  top- 
ics discussed. 
The  breakfast  practically  marks  the  close  of  the  season, 

for  the  association  sticks  rather  conscientiously  to  the  liter- 
ary  theme  and  holds  it-  sessions  around  the  grate  fire  at 
the  Sequoia  clubhouse  on  Washington  street,"  -ays  Miss 
Connelly. 


Judge  and  Mrs.  Louderback 
Guests  at  Dinner  Party 

Mrs.  A.  W.  Scott  who  has  made  her  home  at  the  Fair- 
mont Hotel  for  many  years,  was  hostess  to  Judge  and  Mrs. 
Harold  l.omlerback  upon  their  return  from  Nevada,  last 
Sunday  night  at  an  informal  dinner  party  given  in  the 
Venetian  dining  room  of  the  Fairmont  I  lot  el.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
W.  Harold  Wilson  were  also  invited  guests  at  Mrs.  Scott's 
dinner. 

*     *     * 
The  Seven  Arts  Club 

Last  Wednesday.  May  2(>lh.  the  American  College  Club 
met  at  the  Seven  Art.-  Club  house,  at  Van  Ness  Ave.  and 
Clay  St..  with  Mrs.  A.  W.  Scott  presiding. 

The  "constructive  value  of  music"  was  the  theme  which 
Florence   Drake   Leroy   spoke  upon,  and   Katherine   Maule 
t  the  "famous  women  she  had  known." 

The  Seven  Art-  Club  is  an  organization  functioning  in 
an  art  atmosphere  under  the  auspices  and  patronage  of  tlu 
representative  families  of  California,  and  is  filling  a  long 
felt  need  for  a  large  social  club,  open  to  men  and  women. 

iitinu'-d    on    PaRt 


SANTA  MARIA  INN 

Santa  Maria,  Cai  [TORN!  \ 

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10 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  29,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 

What  Next? 

THE  Zenith  Radio  Corporation  sure 
started  something  when  they  an- 
nexed a  wavelength  on  which  to  broad- 
cast that  did  not  belong  to  them.  The  Gov- 


C  J.  Pennington 

eminent  failed  to  convict  them,  and 
now  the  Labor  Union  of  Chicago  has 
taken  it  upon  themselves  to  annex  the 
wavelength  of  -191  meters,  which  by 
the  way.  belongs  to  two  other  power- 
ful broadcasting  stations. 

The  Department  of  Commerce  re- 
fused the  Labor  Union  a  license  for 
the  same  reason  they  refused  many  oth- 
ers a  license, — because  the  territory  is 
already  too  congested. 

This  refusal  seems  to  hold  no  weight 
with  the  Labor  Union  of  Chicago,  for 
they  are  going  ahead  with  their  plans 
and  are  insistent  that  they  will  broad- 
cast whether  the  Government  gives 
them  permission  or  not. 

They  have  gone  so  far  as  to  build 
their  broadcasting  set  without  a  li- 
cense from  the  company  which  hold 
the  basic  patents  on  the  type  of  appara- 
tus they  intend  using. 

Even  the  general  public  is  against 
them,  and  has  voiced  a  protest  because 
they  obtained  a  certain  pier  in  Chicago 
which  is  quite  popular  with  every  one 
for  several   different  uses. 

It  seems  as  if,  were  there  any  more 
rules  they  could  break,  they  would  pro- 
ceed to  do  so. 

We  are  wondering  what  success  this 
station  will  have.  One  thing  seems  cer- 
tain, and  that  is,  if  they  expect  to  se- 
cure any  reputation  they  will  find  them- 
selves under  heavy  expenses,  for  the 
American  Telephone  and  Telegraph 
Company  has  refused  them  lines  for 
remote  control,  which  puts  a  broad- 
casting station  at  a  big  disadvantage. 

However,  we  cannot  guess  the  out- 
come, for  if  the  Labor  Union  continues 
with   their  plans   it  will   cause   trouble 


and  protest  from  enough  quarters  to 
cause  the  Senate  to  wake  up  long 
enough  to  pass  some  kind  of  a  ruling 
so  as  to  prevent  future  trespassing  of 
this  kind. 

Let  us  hope  some  good  is  derived 
from  the  stand  taken  by  tile  Labor 
Union  of  Chicagi  >. 

*  *      * 

No  Rapid  Changes  Expected  by 
Dellinger 

The  day  of  rapid  changes  in  receiv 
ing  sets  has  passed,  and  radio  is  now 
definitely  established  as  a  practical,  de- 
pendable, permanent  utility  for  every- 
day use,  in  the  judgment  of  Dr.  J.  H. 
Dellinger,  Chief  of  the  Radio  Section 
of  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Stand- 
ards. 

Following  the  period  of  experimen- 
tal development,  during  which  the  mar- 
ket was  flooded  with  scores  of  sets  of 
all  kinds,  the  industry  has  now  settled 
down  to  the  production  of  a  few  stand- 
ard sets,  expertly  designed  and  sub- 
stantially built,  which  may  be  expected 
to  give  as  good  results  five,  ten  or  fif- 
teen years  from  now  as  they  do  when 
new. 

There  is  no  longer  any  reason  for 
waiting  to  buy  a  good  radio  set.  While 
there  will  be  occasional  improvements. 
these  are  not  likely  to  affect  the  com- 
parative value  of  the  standard  sets  to- 
day. 

With  assurances  from  Government 
sources  that  receiving  equipment  has 
been  perfected  and  standardized  so  as 
to  insure  the  permanent  use  and  value 
of  sets,  it  is  believed  the  installation  of 
radio  receiving  sets  will  be  much  more 

rapid. 

*  *     * 

Says  Northern  Lights  Reduced  Radio 
Volume 

Reviving  the  much-discussed  theory 
of  the  effect  of  northern  lights  on  broad 
casting,  the  Radio  Supervisor  of  the 
Department  of  Commerce  stationed  at 
Seattle.  Washington,  makes  the  state- 
ment that  reception  in  Northwestern 
stations  was  cut  almost  in  half  while 
the  lights  were  playing. 

It  was  found  that  various  California 
stations,  which  under  ordinary  condi- 
tions are  received  with  strong  volume 
with  one  stage  of  audio  amplification, 
were  received  with  about  one-half  this 
former  volume,  even  though  a  second 
stage  of  audio  amplification  was  used. 

Whenever  the  display    of    northern 
lights  became  brighter  or  shifted  their 
position;  the   signal   strength   of   these 
stations  was  materially  reduced. 
(Continued   on   Page   13) 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

KPO— HALE    BROS.    AND   THE   CHRON- 
ICLE,  SAN    FRANCISCO— 428.3 

Sunday,    May  ho 

H:45  to  10:45  a.  m. — Undenominational  and 
non-sectai  Ian    church    service. 

10:45  a.  m, — Weather  forecast  and  general 
Information. 

2:00   to  3:00  p.   m. — Memorial  Day  program. 

3:00  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
citation   Park    of   the   baseball    game. 

5:00    to    6:00    p.    m. — Organ    recital. 

6:00    '"   6:30   p.    m. — Orchestra. 

6:30  p.  m. — Baseball  scores  and  general  in- 
Eoi  tnatlon. 

6:36  to  s::*.t  p.  m. — Concert  Orchestra. 

8  :36  i"  10:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

Holiday,    Hay   31 

7:00,    7:30,   8:00   a.    m. — Dally    dozen   exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — U.  S.  weather  forecast  and  gen- 
eral   Information. 

12:00  noon —  Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing 

1:00  to  2:00  p.   m, —  Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:30  to   3:30   p.    m. — Matinee   program. 

:!::;n  to  5:30  p.  m, — Concert  Orchestra. 

5:30    to   6:15    p.    m. — Children's   hour. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  Quotations, 
baseball    xi-ores   and    general    information. 

6:30    to  7:00   p.   m. — I  trchestra, 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Biily  Long  di- 
rector. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — KFI,  Dos  Angeles,  and 
KPO,  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously. 

10:00    t.»    11:00    p.    m.  —  Dance    Orchestra,    Billy 

Dong    director. 

Tim'niI;i>  .    June    1 

.  ; tin.  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

1 0 :30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  general  In- 
formation,    market    report. 

12-00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

L:00    t"   2:00   p.    m. — Rudy   Seiger's  Orchestra. 

2:80  P.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creatlon    Park    of   the    baseball   game. 

1:30  to  5:30  p,  m. — Orchestra,  Cyrus  Trobbe 
director. 

5:80   to   6:15    p.  m. — Big   Brother's  stories. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball   scores  and  general   Information. 

6:30   to  7:00  p.   m.- — Orchestra, 

7:00    to   7:30   p.   m. — Rudy    Seiger's  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  P.  m. — Program  Hawaiian  Or- 
chestra. 

9:00    to   10:00   p.   m. — Program. 

10: 00    i"    11:00    p.   m. — Dance   Orchestra. 

nrednesday(  June  2 

,   nn,    ,  :::nT   8;00  a.   m. —  Daily  dlzen  exercises. 

1 0  ;30  a.  m. — lT.  S.  weather  forecast,  general 
Information   and   market   reports, 

12 noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00    to   2:00    p.   m. — Rudy   Seiger's  Orchestra. 

2:30  p.  in. — Play-by-play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park   of  the  baseball   game. 

1:30   to  5:30   p.    m. — Fashion   notes. 

:.::{n  to  6:15  p.  m. — Children's  Hour. 

6:15   to   6:80   p.   ra. — Stock   market  quotations, 

baseball    scores    and    general    information. 

6:30    to   7:00    p.    m. — Orchestra. 

T  :00    to   7:30    p.    m, — Rudy    Seiger's   Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent    Artists. 

9:00   to  10:00   p.  m. — Program. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.   m. — Orchestra. 

ThiiiKduy,  June  3 

7:00,  7:30,  *:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — U.  Si  weather  forecast,  market 
report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Hotel  Or- 
chestra. 

2:30  p.  m. — Play-by-play  broadcast  from  Re- 
c   i. it  ion    Park   of   the   baseball  game. 

4  :30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Cyrus  Trobbi 
director. 

5:30   to  6:15  p.   m. — Children's   Hour. 

0:15  to  6:30  p.  ni. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball  scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra.  Waldemar  Llnd 
dli  ector. 

7:00    to    7: SO    p.    m. — Rudy    Seiger's    Orchi 

8:00    to   9:00    p.    m. — Program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program. 

10:00   to  11:00  p.   m. — Dance  Orchestra. 

Fi  Idny,  June  4 

7:00,    7:30,    8:00   a.    m. — Daily   dozen   exercises. 

L0:30  a.  m. — U.  s.  weather  forecast,  market 
report. 


May  29,  1926 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


12:00  noun — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1 1;  i  .    p.    m. — Talk    from    the    Commonwealth 

Club. 
1 :30   to   2:00   p.   m. — Rudy   Seiger's   Orchestra. 

2:30  p,  in. — Play-by-play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation Park  of  the  baseball  game. 

1:30    to   5:30  p.  m. — Concert  Orchestra. 

5:30    to    6:16    p.    m. — Big    Brother's    stories. 

8:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball   scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra.  Waldemar  Land 
director. 

7:00  to   1:10  p.  m, — "Sports  on  the  Air." 

7:10  to  7:20   p.  m. — Bridge  lessons. 

8:00   to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Dance  Orchestra,  Gene 
.lames  director. 

9:10   to  9:20  p.  m. — Book  Reviews. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Orchestra. 

Saturday,  June  5 

7:00.  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — U.  S.  weather  forecast,  market 
report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1 :00    to    2:00    p.    m. — Rudy    Seiger's    Orchestra. 

2:30  p.  m. — Play-by-play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation  Park    of   the    baseball   game. 

4:30   to  5:30  p.   m. — Concert  Orchestra. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball   scores. 

fi:30    to   7:20  p.   m. — Orchestra. 

7:20   to   7:30   p.    m. — Talk   on   Real    Estate. 

8:00    to    12:00   p.    m. — Dance    Orchestra. 

KFRC- 


-CITY  OF   PARIS    DRY   GOODS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 
Sunday,   May  :tu 

*i:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and   Screen." 

tj:3(>   to  7:30  p.   m. — Concert   from   Drury   Lane. 

S:00    to   10:00   p.    m. — Concert. 

10:00    to   12:00  p.   m. — Dance  music. 

Monday,  May  31 

10:00   to  11:00  a.   m. — Household   Hints. 

4:30    to    5:30    p.    m. — Dance    music. 

5:30     to    6:15    p.    m. — A.     F.    Merrell     and    his 

Stamp  Club, 
6:16   p.    m. — "The  Stage  and   Screen." 
6:15     to    6:4  5     p.     m. — Jo    Mendel    and    bis    Pep 

Band. 
6:46  to  7:30  p.  m. — Gooclfellows  Ad  Period, 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Around    the    Camp -Fire 

with   Mac. 
9:00   to  9:30  p.   m. — Current   events   talk. 
9:30   to   10:00  p.  m. — KFRC   Hawaiians. 
Tuendny,  June  1 

5:30   to  6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and   his   Cant;. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The  .Stage    and    Screen." 
6:30    to    7:30    p.    m. — Popular    songs    by    Fred 

Mc  Kin  ley. 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Studio   program, 
9:00    to    11:00    p.    m. —  Dane-    music, 
\\  c<liicN<lny,  June  2 

10:00    to    11:00    a.    m. — Household    hints, 
I  ;00    to    1 :  15    p.    m. — Dance    music? 

0:30    p.    m. — Mac    and    his    Gang. 
m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 
":30  p.  m. — Concert    from    Drury   Lane. 
i  :0n  p.  m. — Concert. 
1  ii  mm    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
10:00    to    12:00    p.    m. — Dance    music 
Thursday*  Jane  •* 

5:30   t"  6:30  P.   m. — Mac  and   bis  Gang. 
6:30   p.   m. — "The   Stage   and    Screen." 
6:80    to    7:00    p.    m. — "Thirty    Minnies." 

7:oo  to  7::;n  p.  m.- — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 
8:00   to  8:1E  p.  m, — "15   minutes  al    the    Bald- 
win." 
8:15    in    8:30    p.    m. — Sport    talk. 

s  :'.()    in    1H:00    p.    in  — Dance  music. 

Friday,   June  4 

1:46   to  6:30  p.   m. — Goodfellows   Ad   Period. 

5:80    to   6:80    p.    m.— Mac    and    his    Gang 

6  30    p.    in. — "The    Stage   and    Screi  n 

0:30    to    7:30    p.    m. — Conceit. 

8:00  to  B;00  p.  m. — Concert. 

9:00   to    10:00   p.   m. — studio  program. 

10:00  to   ii.nii  p.   in. — Dance  music 

Snturdny,    June   .1 

i    6:30    p.    in. — Tea    Hour    concert. 

6:80   i"  6:30  p.  ni. — Mao  and  his  Gang. 
S    io    p,   m. — "The   stav,  •   .md   Screen." 

6:80    to    7:30    p     m.  —  Dance    music    from    Drury 
8:00   p.    in.    to   1:00  a,    m.  —  Dance  music   by    Will 

Gunzendorfer's  1 1 


6:80   in 
8:30   p. 
6:30    to 
8:00  to  ; 
9:00    to 


KJBS— JULIUS  BRUNTON  &  SONS  CO.. 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 220 

Mmdfi>.    Mny    N 

S  00    to  6  30  p.   m  — Si  ii. Tin  program. 

M.»n<l.n,    Mny   M 

;i:00    to  m. — Vocal    and     Instrumental 

Selections. 

2:00     to    1:80     p.  m.  —  Vocal     and     Instrumental 

Ions, 

8:00  to  fi:4.i   p.  m. — Johnson's   Radio   Hand. 

0   9:00    p.    m. — K.IRS    Players    under   the 

direction   of  Fred   DIttmar. 
9:00  to  10*00  v    m — JohnscnVs  Radio  Hand 
Tuesday.  June  1 
9:00    to    10:40   a.   m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections 


2:00     in     i':::a     p.     m,— \'nr;il     and     Instrumental 

Select  inns, 
Wedneaday*  June  i 

9:00    to    10:40  a.    m, — Vocal   and    Instrumental 

Selections. 

2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00  to  10:00  p.   m. — Studio  program. 
Thursday.  June  3 

9:00    to    10:40   a.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
Ft  idny.   June  4 
9:00    to    10:40   a.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program. 
9:00   to   l(i:00   p.   m. — Program. 
10:00  to  11:30  p.  m. — Regular  weekly  meeting 

of   the    Smoked   Herrings. 
Saturday,   June  5 
9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 


KFWI— RADIO    ENTERTAINMENTS,    INC., 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 226 
Sunday.  May  30 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — An  hour  of  concert. 

8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Religious    services. 

9 :00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  presented  by 
Bruce  Cameron. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
Orchestra. 

Monday,    May  31 

11:00   to   11:30   a.   m. — Dance   to    Health. 

1:00    to    2:00    p.    m, — Studio    program. 

6:30   to  7:30  p.   m. —  Read  Sisters. 

K:iiii    to   9:n0   p.   m. — Chevrolet   studio  program. 

9:00    to   10:00   p.    m. — Program. 

ln:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
orchestra. 

Tuesday,  June  1 

11  :00  to  1:00  a.  m, — Paul  Kelli's  Trnvatm> 
Orchestra. 

Wednesday.   June  2 

11:00    to    11:80  a.    m. — Dance   t..   Health. 

l:iiil  io  2:00  p.  m. — Impromptu  studio  program. 

6:30    to   7:30  p.  m. — Dance  music. 

vim  to  8:80  p.  m,— Humorous  program. 

8:30  i"  9:30  p.  m. —  Paul  Kelli's  Trovatore 
<  irehest  i  a 

9:2ii   to  9:30   p.   m. — Program. 

9:80  to  ii:nn  p.  m.— Meeting  of  the  Tom  Cata 

11:00  p.  m.  in  1:00  a.  m— Paul  KelH'9  Trova- 
tore  i  orchestra 

i 'lui    silny.  June   .*t 
Silent 
l-ri  day,    June    4 

it  ,nii  in  1 1 :80  a    m.      i  'am  .    to  Health. 

Dim  to  2:00  p.  m.— Impromptu  studio  program. 

6:30    t<.   7:80   p.   m. — Georgia    Melodlans  dance 

oi  chest  i  :i 
8:00   in  !i;na  ],.   ni. — studio  program. 
9:00    to    i ii: on    p.    m. — Program    presented    by 

Sfgmund  a  nker, 
[0:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Read  sisters. 
i,.  go    ,,,    \>  :.<\   p,   m. — Paul    Kelli's  Trovatore 

•  >i  chesl  pa, 
Satm  iln>  .  June  .% 
i  ::n  i,,  B;80  a.  m. — Pa  lama  parti 


KGTT— GLAD  TIDINGS  TEMPLE.  SAN 
FRANCISCO— 207 

Sunday,  IBaj   W 

in. — Sunday    BChOOl    lesson. 

8:00  to  5:00  p.  m. — Church  set 

•  00    i"   i' p.   m. — Cvenlng   service. 

Tuewdny.    June    1 

DO    to    10:00   p,    m. — Studio    program. 
\\  edaeadaj   June  2 
2:30   to  ::  ::e  p.   m  -—Healing   s< 

8:00    io    1"  on    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
i'hiir*>dn>  .  June  :t 

I  p.  m, — Glad  Tidings   hour. 

Friday.   June    4 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — studio  program. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO- 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday.   May  SO 
11:00    a.    m. — First    Presbyterian    Church    ser- 

\  ice. 

m.— Vesper  services.  <',moe  Cathedral. 
; ::'.".    p  i  ■  her    Bureau    report . 

7:30     p.     m — First     Presbyterian     Church    ser- 
vice 
M<»nda>.    Ma>    .11 

7:16  to  7  80  a    in.  —  Health    ETxeri 
7  :  i.">    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

»  a.  m — Health  Training. 
in. — -Daily    Strength." 
i     m    to    1:00   P     m — Luncheon   concert. 
noon — Time   Signal. 

p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 
p.   m. — N.    V.   Stoc'^   reports. 
1:87    p.    ni. — S.    F.    Stock    report? 

p,    m.  —  WVath.-    lUir.au    reports. 

p.  m. — Mrs    Jar'es  H.  Cobbledick. 
Jr..    soprano. 

,,    m.— KGO  Kiddles'   Khih 


*  1:30 
11:30  a. 


6:00   to   6:55   p.   in. — Dinner  concert. 

6:66    p.    m. — News    items. 

7  :ii:'.    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

i  :06    p.   m. — S.    F.    Produce,    Grain,   Cotton   and 
Metals. 

7:14    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock   reports    (dosing). 

7:21   p.  m. — S.   F.  .Stock   reports    (closing). 

8:00   p.    m. — Educational   program. 

8:05  p.  m. — Speaker  for  United  States  Depart- 
ment  of  Agriculture. 

8:25    p.    m. — 'Chats   About   New    Books." 

8:50   p.   m. — ^Wilda   Wilson   Church. 

9:15   p.   m. — To  he   announced. 

9:30    p.    m. — Professor     Dwight     E.     Wat  kins, 
speaker. 

Tuesday.    June  1 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 

7:45    a.    m. — Health   Training. 

S:15    to    S:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:30   a.   m. — "Daily   Strength." 

11:3  0    a.    m.    to    1:00    p.    m. — Luncheon   concert. 

12:00    noon — Time    Signal. 

12:30   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau   reports. 

1 : 3 0  p.   m. — N.    Y.  Stock  reports. 

1:37  p.  m. — S.   F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 

6:00    to   6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 

6:55   p.   m. — News   items. 

7:08    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

7:08    p.    m. — S.    F.    Produce.   Grain,   Cotton    and 
Metals. 

«  :16    p.    m. — N.    Y.   .Stock    reports    (closing). 

7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

8:00    to    9:00   p.    m. — Eveready  program. 

9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — KGO    Little    Symphony 
< ).  chestra. 

10:00    p.    m,    to    12:00    midnight — Dance   music. 

Wednesday.   June    - 

f :15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 

7:^5    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

15    to    8:30    a.    in. —  Health    Training, 
a.    m. — "I  »aily    Strength." 

to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert. 

I2.no    noon — Time  Signal. 

12  ::n  p.  m. — U.  S.  Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1:30    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 

1:12    )>.    m, — W  eat  her    Bureau    reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Williams  Institute  (Berke- 

Lej  >    speaker. 

■  •  30  p.  m. — Mr.  Fix-it  answers  questions. 
6:00  to  6:65  p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 
6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 

7 :0S   p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    report. 

7   n»;    p.     m.  —  Baseball     scores. 

7:08    p.   m. — S.    F.    Produce.   Grain.   Cotton  and 

Metals. 
7:11    p.    in — X      Y     Si  nek    reports    I  closing  l. 
7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing). 
Thursday,  June  :i 
7:ir.   to    ?:30  a.   m, — Health    Exercises. 

7:15    a.    m.  —  Health    Training. 

8:16    to   8  80    a     m  —Health    Training. 

hi  —"i  >aily  Strength." 
i  '    :n  :i.   m.    to   i  ma  p.   in, — Luncheon    concert. 

1  2:00    n i — Time    Signal. 

1  :    tfl     p.     in — Weather     Bureau     rep.. i  i  s. 
1  ;:;,.    p     m .  —  X     V     Stock    reports. 
1  ;87    P.    in.  — S.    I<\   Stock    reports. 

i    IS  p.  in.  —  Weather  Bureau  reports. 

10  p.  m. — George  w.  Ludlow,  "Friend 

m    Boys." 

p,    m. — News    items. 
:  08   p    in. — Wea  ther   Bureau   report. 
i  :06  p.   m.— Baseball  bcoi 
7:08   p.   m, — s.    k.   Produce,  Grain,  Cotton  and 

Metals. 
7  16  p,  m. — X".  y.  stock  reports  (closing). 

:.      in — S.    F.    Stock    reports     (closing) 

to  8:00  p.   m. — Vacation   program. 

9  00    ]>.    in.  —  Dance    music. 

Krlday.  June  4 

7:15   to  7:80  a.   m. — Health  Training    BJxerclSSS 

7:46    a.    m. — Health    Training.       * 

8:16  to  8:30  a    m. — Health  Training. 

m. — "Dally   Strength." 
11:10   a.   m — Home-making   talk. 

a    m.   to  1:00  p    m — Luncheon  concert. 
noon — Time    Signal, 
p,   in, — Weather  Bureau  reports, 
P    m. — X    Y.  Stock   reports. 
in.  —  S      F     Stock    reports. 
».    m — Weather    Bureau    repOl 

Q  i  p.  in  — "Magaslne  Artl 

10    p.    m. — K«;<  '    Kadi-,    ''.iris. 
to    ♦'."".    p.    m. — Dinner    concert. 
p.    m — Sen  I    items. 
i'      m — Weather    Bureau     report 

7  0i    p.    m — S.   F    Produce.  Grain,  Cotton   and 
M-  I 

P.    m. — X     Y.    Stock    reports    I 
7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.   Stock    report.*    (clOSll  - 
Satardar.  June  .'■ 

7:15  to  7:80  a.  m. — Health  Tralnir- 
m. — Health  Training. 

m. — Health    Training 
8:30  a.   m. — "Daily  Strength." 
t     m.  —  Songs:    .lennintr- 
- 
noon — Time    Signal. 

her  report 
P    m. — X  :  irket    repo- 

rt— a    F    Stock   Mar 
p     m  — '"or 


12 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  29,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


8:iio  p.   in. — Weather   report.      "Weekly  Sport 

Review." 
8:10   p.   m. — Tupper   &   Reed  program. 
9:00    to    10:00     p.    m. — Concert     by     Alameda 

Sciots'    Band. 
10:00   p.   m.   to   1^:30   a.   m. — Dane.-   music. 


KFUS— GOSPEL    RADIO,    OAKLAND— 256 
Sunday.   Mnj    30 

9:00   a.   m. — Sunday    School    lesson. 
3:00    p.    m. — One    hour    of    sacred    songs. 
Monday.   May  :*1 

6:30  p.    m. — Children's   Bible   Story    Hour. 
6:45   p.  m. — Bible  reading. 
7:00  p.  m. — Vesper  service. 
Tuesday,  June  1 

8:00    p.    m. — One    hour   of  sacred    song, 
Wednesday.  June   2 

6:30   p.    m. — Children's    Bible   Story    Hour. 
6:45    p.   in. — Bible   reading. 
7:00  p.  m. — Vesper  service. 
s:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
Friday.   June  4 

«:;:,!   p,   m. — Children's   Bible  story    Hour. 

T;iM»  p.  m. — Radio  Vesper  Service. 

B:00   p.    m. — One   hour  of   sacred  song. 

Saturday,   June    ."» 

2:30    ]>.    ni. — Children's    Church    broadcasting. 


KTAB— ASSOCIATED   BROADCASTERS. 
OAKLAND— 240 
Sunday.    Miiy  SO 
9:45     to     10:4.">    a.     in.  —  Bible    Lecture    by     Prof. 

e.  g.  Llnsley. 

11:00   a.   m. — to  1*!:30  p.   m. — Church    service. 

7.4.'.  to  9 : 1  ■">  p.  m. — Church  service. 

9:30   to    ll:oo   J),   m. — Af ter-service    concert 

Monday.    Mny    81 

9:00   t'i   9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service. 

4:00    to   5:00    p.    m. — Women's   Club    Notes. 

8:00   to    10:00    p     in. — Studio   program. 

Tuesday.  June   1 

9:00  to  9:30  a.    m. — Prayer  service. 

8:00    to    9:m»    j).    m. — Music     and      lecture     by 

Stockton    artists. 
Werinendny.   June  2 
9:00    i"  9:30   a.   m. — Prayer  service. 
Thursday.    June    '.I 

9:00   to    9:30   a.    m. — Prayer   service. 
S:00   to   l(t:0ii   p.   m. — Program. 
Friday,  June  4 

9:00    to  9:30   a.   m. — Prayer  service. 
B:00   to   10:00   P.    m. — Program. 


KFI— EARLE   C.    ANTHONY,    INC.. 

LOS    ANGELES— 467 

(Copyright    i  !<-•">   by    Barle  C.    Anthony,   Inc. ) 

Sunday,   Mny  80 

initio    a.    in. — Uomlng    Services,    direction    Los 

Angeles   Church    Federation. 
1:00   p.   m. — Vesper   Services  arranged   by    Gae 

Jmlah. 
6:30     p.     in. — KFI     Nightly     L'oinus 
•;  :4."»    p.    m.— Music    Appreciation    Chat. 
7:00  p.  m. — A.  H.  Grebe  &  Co..  Inc. 
7:30  p.   m. — Jim.   .lack   and  .lean   Trio. 
8:00    p.    m. — Aeolian    <  >rgan    Recital.       Dan    L. 

MacFat  land    at    the    console. 
9:00  p.   ni — Badger's   Hollywood  Callfornians. 

Mert   Denman  and  his  uke. 
10:00  p.  m. — Packard  Six  Orchestra 

Monday,   May  :tl 

6:45  to  .  :""  a.  m. — Health  Training. 
f :15  to  7:30  a  m. — Health  Training. 
7:46    to   8:00   a.    m. — Health    Tralnin 

S:U0  to  S  : ::<>  a,    m. —  Daily  Strength. 
Ll:06  a.  m. — Standard  Nut  Margarine  Co.  Mis 
<'laire    Charles. 

5:30  p.  m. — Ndrrn   RatherL 

8:00  P.  m. — KFI  Nightly  Doings. 

6:15  p.  m. — KFI   Radio  Travel  Guld< 

6  ."-'i  p.  m. — Sol  I  'i  "in. i  ii- 

ri:4s  p.  m.— KFI  Radlotorlal  Period. 

7:00  p.  m. — Owen  Pal  Ion  and  his  Callfornians. 
Jackie  Lucas,  blues  singer. 

8:00  p.  m. — Guzman  Trio.  Jean  Hayden,  so- 
prano. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  Walter  M.  Murphy 
Motors    Co.      Virginia    Flohri.    soprano. 

10:00    p.    m. — Program    by   Meiklejohn    Bros. 

Tuesday,  June    I 

r>:15    to    7:00   a.    in. — Health   Training. 

7:15    to    7:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7;4.j    to    8:00    a.    in. — Health    Training. 

*:00    to    8:30    a.    m.  —  Daily    Strength. 

5  80    p.    m. — Matinee    program. 

6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:15   p.    m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 

6:30   p.   m. — Vest    Pocket   Program. 

6:45   p.   m. — Dr.   John   T.   Miller. 

7:00   p.  m. — Virginia  Ballroom  Orchestra. 

S:00  p.  m. — ,Pc-een  Artists'  Quartet.  Gertrude 
Lamdrma,  soprano. 

H:00  p.  m. — Concert  Program,  with  Yvonne 
Gerard,  pianist. 

10:00   p.   m. — Packard  Radio  Club. 

Wednesday.  June  2 

6:45    to   7:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:15    to    7:no    a.    m. — Health    Training. 


Grebe 


7:45   to   B:00  p.   m. — Health  Training. 
8:00   to   8:30  a.   m.— Daily  strength. 
5:30    p.    m. — Don    Warner's    Orcnestra. 
6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 
B:1E    p.    m. — KFI    Radio  Travel    Guide. 
6:30    1 1.    m. — Don    Warner's    Ol  chest  i  a. 
* :45    p.    m. — KFI    Radlotorlal    Period. 
.  :00    p.    m. — A.    H.    '  Jrebe    &   Co.,    Inc. 

Synchrophase    String   E n a e mbl e. 
?:30    it.   m. — Nick    Harris   Detective   Stories. 
8:00   p.   m. — Program  by  California  Petroleum 

Corporation  ol  California.     Ventura  Ladies' 

'  loncerl   ( >i  cht  stra. 
9:00  p.  m. — Mildred  Bettingen,  mezzo- soprano. 
10:00    p.    in. — Progra m    arranged    by    Charles 

Beau  champ, 

Thursday,    June    :t 

S:45  to  7:00  a.  m. — Health  Training. 
7:1.",  to  -,  ?.n  a.  m. — Health  Training. 
7:46    t"    vim    a.    ni— Health    Training. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.  m. — Dally  Strength. 

5:30   p.   m. — Theron    Bennett. 

6:00   p.   m. — KFI   Nightly    Doings. 

6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel   Guide. 

6:30  p.  m. — Theron  Bennett's  Hollywood  Foot- 
lifters. 

,\,v.    p.    m. — KFI    Radlotorlal    Period. 

.:no  p.  m. — Program  by  University  of  South- 
ern i  'a  lifornla. 

8:00  p.  m.— Classic  Song  Ri  i  Ital  by  Virginia 
Flohri,  soprano  Roberi  Hurd,  tenor.  Songs 
■  <f  Schumann,  Schubert,  Grieg   and  Strauss. 

I-,     ni. — Concert    Program. 

10:00   p.  m. — Patrick-Marsh   orchestra.     Petty 

Pati  iek.    soloist. 
Friday,    June  4 

6   I.-,    to    7:00   a.    mr— Health    Training. 

7:15    to    7:30    a.    m. —  Health    Training. 

7:15    to    S:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.  m. — Daily  Strength. 

5:30   p.    m. — Kenneth    Morse   and   orchestra. 

6:00    p.    in. —  KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6   15    KFI    Radio   Travel    Guld< 

p.     m. — ( "arly  le    Stevenson's    Orchestra. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorlal    Period. 

7:00  p.   m. — Carlyle  Stevenson's  Orchestra. 

7:30  p.  m. — Felipe  Delgado.  .Media  Hora  Es- 
panola. 

8:00  p.   in. — Aeolian  Organ  Recital. 

9:00    p.    m. —  Classical   program. 

9:30  p.  m. — Program  by  Mutual  Motors.  Inc.. 
presenting  musical  program  and  joke  con- 
test.    Jimmte  Mack,    joke  editor. 

10:00    p.    m.  —  Packard    Ballad    Hour, 

Satni  day.    June  ." 

6:46    to    7:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:16    to    ,    ::n    ;(.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:46    to   8:00   a.   m. — Health   Training. 

8:00   to   v;:ii   :t.   m.— Daily  Strength. 

5:30    p.    ni. — Shelley    Players'    Orchestra. 

6:00   p.    m. —  KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6   i  G   p,    in       K  Fi    Radio  Travel   Oufde. 

6:30    p.    m. — Minnie   petrie. 

-KFI    Radlotorlal    Period. 
-a i  Wesson  ami  his  Orchestra 
:00   p.  in. — Sylvia   ZeltHn    Rosenthal,  pianist; 
Eric    Strathmere;    Angelus   Trio. 

9:00    p.    m. —  Howard    McKee,    baritone;    Walter 

Menard,  tenor;  Gertrude  I. ami  am.  soprano. 

10:00    p.    m. —  Pack;,  n!     K;olio    Club. 

ii    mi      p.      m. — KFI       Midnight      Frolic — until 


:46    p. 
:00   p. 


KFOB— INC.,     BURLINGAME— 226 
Tuesday*  June   I — K:ort   to   11:00  p.  m. 
Thursday.    June   ;i — ,  :00    '"    7:80    p.    m.;    B:O0 

to  12:00  p.  m. 
Saturday,    June    r» — 5:30    to    6:00    p.    m. 

to   12:00   p.  m. 


KLX— OAKLAND  TRIBUNE,   OAK- 
LAND—508.2 
Monday.   May  :u 

,  ""  to   .  :30  p.  m. — News  broadca    I 

vim  to  9:00  p.  m. — Third  "Communltj    Nflght," 

Musi.-ians  ami  citizens  of   Modesto,  CaL,    I" 

special   program. 
9:00    to    ii'  30    p.    m. — Weekly   meeting   of   the 

Protective  Ordej   of  Lake  Merrltl   Ducks. 

TueKdny,  June   1 

3:00    p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:0li    (o    7  ; Mi i    p.    m. —  News    broadcast. 

Wednesday)  June  2 

3:00  p.   m. — Baseball. 

:30    to   7:00    p.    m. — Athens    Athletic    club    or- 


■     est  r; 
;    00    tC    J   ■■'•    p.    i 
8:00  to  B  00   p.   i 
9:00  to   i p. 


. — News   broadcast. 

i. — Educational   program. 

m. — Special   program. 
ThurNilny,  June  3 
3:00   p.    m. — Baseball. 
i  :00   to  7 :30  p,   m. — News   broadcast 

Friday,  June  4 

3:00   p.  m. — Baseball. 
7:00    to    7:30    p.   in. — News   broadcast, 
•en  to  9:46  p.  m. — Studio  program. 
9:46   m  10:80  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

Saturday.  June   5 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:80  p    m, — News  broadcast 


KNX— L.    A.    EVENING 'EXPRESS 
LOS  ANGELES— 337 

Dally    Except    Sunday 

7:30    a.    m. — KNX    Morning   Gym. 
S;00    a.    m. — Inspli  atlonai    talk    and    morning 
prayer. 

•  :65   a.    m. — Time   signals. 
9:00    a.    m. — Shopping    News. 

10:00    a.     m. — ttornlng    Message. 

[0:30  -'     m. — Kate   Brew   Vaughn. 
12:00   m. — Orchestra. 

I  :30    p.    in. — The    Book    Worm. 

."■  ;"U    p.    in. — Sunny    Jim's    half- hour. 
5 :  80    p.    in. — i  »i  cheat  i  a. 

6:00  p.  m. — \V.  F.  Alder  Travelogue. 
6:30  P.  ni. — At  water  Kent  orchestra. 
Sunday,  May  a»  * 

i 0    a.    m. — Fiist    Presbyterian    Church. 

_'  00  to  1:00  p.  m. — Musical  program. 
4:30   p.   m.— Half   hour   of   Cinema. 

6  30    p.    m. — Hollywood   Unitarian  Church. 
7:00    p.    m, — Symphony   orchestra. 

p.    m. — First    i*i  esbyterian   Church. 

9:00  p.   m. — Program. 

Monday.    >lny    '.'•  I 

3:00  p.   m. — Little  Jean. 

i  mi  p,    m. — Household   hints. 

1:30  p.    in. — Blue    Monday    Frolic. 

7:00  p.    ui. — Mutual    Motors    Hie. 

7  30  p.    in. — Program. 

■    mi     i»      in.  —  I  'rogl  am. 

9  00    p.    m. — Feature    program. 

i  ii  an  p.  m. — Program. 

II  mi    p.    m. —  Hotel    Ambassador    orchestra. 
Tuesday*   June    1 

_■  nil  p  m.— Mother's    I  lour. 

:  :00  p.  m. — Pn  igram. 

7:46  p.  m. — Talk    on    Health. 

•  oo  p.  m. — Program. 
9  ii"  p.  in. — Program. 

10:00    p,    m. —  Hotel    Ambassador    <"n-chestra. 

Wednesday!  June   - 

1:00    p.    m.— -4  'aie  of  children. 

7:00    p.   m. — Program. 

B  mi   p    m. — Program. 

:<   mi    p.    m.  — Program. 

i p      in. —  Peal  me    program. 

1 1 p    m. — Hotel    Ambassador  Orchestra 

Thursday.    June    :: 

I  1    nil    a.    m. —  Nature    talk. 
7  en    p.    m. — Program. 

D    i'     m. — Prog  ram. 

to    10:00    p.    m. —  Program. 

10:00     p.     m.  —  Feature     program. 

I I  :nn    p.    m, — Hotel    Ambassador    Orchestra. 
L2:00    to   8:00   a,    m. — Don    Meaney*s   Midnight 

Frolic. 
Friday,  June  4 

10:30   a.   m. — Talk    on    "proper    P Is." 

i  mi   p,    m. — The   Village   Gossip. 

:  00  \'.  in — -Women's  t'lubs  musical  program 

1:00  p.  m. — Boy  Scouts  musical  program. 

7 p.   m. — Program. 

B  : <mi  p.  m. — Program. 
:<  :00  p.  ni.  —  Program. 
10:00    p.     ni.  —  P.'  oadcasting    from    Hollywood 

Legion    Stadium. 
lien    p     in.- — Hotel    Ambassador    Orchestra. 
Satnrdayf  June   r. 

p     m,— Town    Crier. 
7:00   p.    in. — Stories   of   insect   life. 
i    i  .">   p    m. — Announcement  of  Sunday  services. 

m. — Program. 
B:00    p.    m. — Feature    program. 
9:00    p.    m. — Feature    program. 
1 0:00  p.  m. — Hotel    Ambassador  Orchest ra 
11:00   i.,    ra. — KNX    Hollywood  Night. 


KFWB— WARNER   BROS.,   HOLLY- 
WOOD—252 
Sunday.    May  Hit 

to    llU'O   p.    ni. — Popular   songs. 

Monday*   Mny  :ii 

1:46   to  5:00   p    m. — Borne   Kconomics. 

5:00     to    'i:<"»    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 

n:<ni    to    7_:nn    p.    m.— Pontiac   Six    Dinner    Hour. 

i  nn    i  o    7;S0   p.    m. — Announcements. 

7  -in    to   8:00    p.    m.- — Program. 

8:00    to    :t:iin    p.    m. — Program. 

;i  nn    (o    Hi  nn     |>.     m. —  p-.  gram. 

10:00   to   11:00   p.   m. — Warner  Bros.   Frolic. 

Tuesday)  June   l 

'    15    to    -''^^    p.    m. — Home   Kconomlcs. 

to     6 p      m. — Children's    Hour. 

1    m    7:00    ji.    m. — Pitntlac   Six   Dinner  Hour. 
7   en    to    :   |5   p.   m. — The   Little  Ant  Man. 
7:15    i  o    7:30    p.    m. — Announcements. 
•nn    ,o    n.nn    ,..    m.— Program. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program. 
10:00    to    11:00    p.    m. — Warner    Bros.    Frolic. 
AVediiendny.  June  - 

1:46   to    "nn  p    m.— Home  Economics. 

:.:iio    to   i;:0i)    p.    m.— Children's   Hour. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Pontiac  Six  Dinner  Hour. 

7:00    to    7:1")    p.    m. — Officer    Reillv    on    Safety 

First. 
7    :n    m    S:iio    p.    m. — Program. 
B:00    to    9:00   p.    m. — Program. 
■>»»    to    10:110    p.    m.— pengram. 
10:00   to   11:00  p.   m. — Warner  Bros.   Frolic. 


May  29,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Thursday,  June   .'■ 

fi:00  to   7:00   p.   m. — Pontiac  Six  Dinner   Hour. 

7:00  to  7:15  p.  m. — Jack  Boa/.,  hunting  and 
fishing    scout. 

8:00   to  9:00  p.   m. — Program. 

9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program. 

Friday,  June  4 

fi:00    to   7:00    p.    m. — Pontiac   Six   Dinner   Hour. 

7:0n    to    7:30    p.    m. — Announcements. 

7:30    to   8:00    p.    m. — Program. 

8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Synco- 
pate us. 

10:00    to    11:00    p.   m. — Warner    Bros.    Frolic. 

Saturday,  June  5 

6:00    to   7:00   p.    m. — Pontiac   Six   Dinner   Hour. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — Announcements. 

7:30    to    8:00   p.    m. — Program. 

S:00    to   9:00   p.    m. — Program. 

9:00   to  11:00  p.   m. — June  Parker,   Blues  Sing- 


KGW— MORNING  OREGONIAN,  PORT- 
LAN  D^91. 5 

Sundjiy,  May  30 

10:45  to  12:00  noon — Services  by  First  Con- 
gregational   Church. 

7:30  p.  m.  to  9:00  p.  m. — Services  by  First 
Presbyterian    Church. 

9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Concert. 

>Soutlay,    May   31 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Weather  report,  news 
items. 

12:30   to  1:30  p.  m. — Concert. 

6:00    to    7:00   p.   m. — Dinner   concert. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  in. — -Weather,  market  ami  po- 
lice   reports. 

7:4fi    to    S:00    p.    m. — Talk. 

S:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Vaudeville  entertainment. 

9:00  to  9:15  p.  m. — Talk. 

9:16    to   12:00 — Dance    music. 

i'ii<N<l;i>.    June   1 

10:00    to    11:30    a.   m. — Music,   weather    report. 

12:30    In    1:30    p.   m. — Concert. 

8:00  to   8:30   p.  m. — Women's  Matinee, 

6:00    to    7:00    p.    m. — Dinner    concert, 

7:3i)  to  7:46  p.  m, — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice reports. 
8:00  to   i  in  on   p.   m. — "Educational  program 
10:00  to  12:00   p.   m. —  Dance  music, 

Wednesday.  June  2 

10:00  to   11:30  a.  m. — Musie,   weather 
12:80    to    i  :-'■"    p.    ni. — Concert, 
6:00   to  7mo   p.  m.- — Dinner  concert. 
r:80   to  7:45  p.  m. — Wea t h <t,  market 
lice  repoi  i s. 

6 to  9:00  p.    ni. — Concert. 

9:00   to  10:00  p.  m.— Concert 
10:00   i<>   11:00   p.    m. — Concert. 

Thiirxilny,    .In  ne    3 

in  1 1  ;30  a.   m. — Music,   \\  eather   repoi  i 

1 2  30   to    i  :80   p.    m. — Concerl 

6:00   to  V:oo  p.   m, — Dinner  concert 

7:30   to  7:ir>  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and   mar 

ket    reports. 

7:45  to  ff:00  p.  m. — Lecture, 

v   00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Vaudeville   program, 

in  :00    t"    lL':im    p.    in.  —  Dance    musie 
l*'rl<lay.  June    4 

in  Ll:80   a    m,  —  Women's  daily  doser 

mu9lc,   wea  ther  report 
i  B:80    m,    i  :30    p     m     -< loncert. 
2:on  to  8:00  p.  m. — Women's   Matinee, 
6 i00   io    ,  ;0Q   p.    in.      i  tinner  conci 
7:80   to  T.l.''  p    m.- — W  •■■■<  i  her,   police   .mil   mar 

ket   reports. 
;i.-,    to   8:00   p.   m. — Talk, 
s  nn   to  8  i"»  p.  m. — Concert 
8:00    to   9:16   p.   ra. — Talk. 
9:15    to    10:80    p     m. — Concert 
10:80    lo    12IM>    p.    m. — Weekly 

Keep  '  ;r<»w  ing    W  Iser  *  >rder 

Snturdny,    Jhih*    S 

■  00  to   11:30  a,   "i      Music,  weather  report 
i  .'  SO    to    I   B0    p.   m      i  loncert. 
o  7 :00   p.   in.-  Concert 

1  ii  00    to    1  -'  00    p     in        I  >a  nee    music. 


eport. 


and  po 


at    the 

owls. 


KJR— NORTHWEST   RADIO  SERVICE  CO., 

SEATTLE— 384.4 
Huudny.    MBS    W 

11:00    i"   18:00  p.   m — Church  sen 

8:00    p.    m. — Organ    recital. 
8:00   to   9:16  p.  m, — Evening   servlt 
8:16    to    10:46    p.    m. — <  Irchestra,    direct! 
Henry   Damsk  I, 

Mnmlnv.    >ln?    ;:i 

to  11:80  m    in. — Musie  by  Cornish  School, 
Talks 

11  30   to   18 p.    ni. — Post   Intelligencer  talk. 

—Time  Signals, 

p.    m. — Quotations    Of    NVw     Y..rk 

dard    Time    Signals. 
■  s    p.    ni.  —  Base  ''.ill    bci 
p.  m — Weather  rep 

-t  Intelligencer  Studio 
Program. 

10:00    p.     m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 


Tuesday,  June  1 

11:30   to   12:00    m — Post    Intelligencer    talk. 
12:00    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
3:00    to    4:00    p.    m. — Musical    program. 
i>:40     to     6:00     p.     m. — Quotations    New     York 

Stock    Exchange. 
6:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
6:00   to   6:05  p.  m. — Baseball  scores. 
6:05   to   6:10  p.  m. — Weather  Reports. 
7:i»u    to    8:30    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 
S:30    to    10:00    p.    rn. — Orchestra    directed    by 

Henry    Damski. 
10:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
Wednesday,   June    2 

11:30  to  12:00  p.  m. — Post  Intelligencer  talk. 
12:00   m. — Standard   Time  Signals. 
5:40    to    6:00    p.    m. — Quotations    of   New    York 

.Stock   Exchange. 
6:00   p.   m. — Standard  Time   Signals. 
6 :00    to    6:05    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 
6:05   to  6:10  p.   m. — Weather   reports. 
7:30   to  S:30   p.   m. — Studio  program. 
S:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
10:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
10:00    to   11:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
ThurKdny.  June  3 
10:30    to     11:30    a.     m. — Musical     program     by 

Cornish   School. 
11:30    to    12:00    m. — Post    Intelligencer    talk. 
12:00   m. — Standard   Time    Signals. 
5:40    lo    6:00    p.    m. — Quotations   of   New    York 

Stock    Kxehange. 
0:00   p.    m. — Standard  Time  Signals. 
'i  :iin    to    6:05    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 
6:05    to    ti : lu    p,    m. — Weather    reports. 
7  :i'(i    to    8:30    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
8:30     to    10:00    p.    m. — Orchestra    directed    by 

M'M  ry    Damski. 
10:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals, 
in -.00   to   in  ::'.n  p.   m. — Musical   program. 
10:80    lo   12:00   p.    m. — Weekly   meeting   of   the 

"Keep  Joy  Radiating  Order  of  Bats." 

I'ridiiy,   June   4 

ii   30    to    12:00   m. — Posl    Intelligencer  talk. 

12:00   m — Standard   Time   Signals. 

3:00    to    1:00   p.    rn,- — Musical   program. 

5:40     tn    6:00    p.     m, — Quota! Ions    New    York 

st nek    Exchange. 
6:00  p.  m.— Standard  Time  signals. 
ii:iin  to  6:06  ]>.  m. — Baseball  scorei 
6:06   t"   i'   to    p    m,  —  Weather  reports. 
8:80  t"  10:00  p.  m, — Post  Intelligencer  studio 

Program. 

i p    hi      Standard  Time  Sign:- 1 

Saturday*  June  .% 

11:80    I-    12:00   ra. — Posl    Intelligencer   talk. 

12:00    m.— Standard    time    Signals. 

r.:iu   t.i  9:00   p.   m.— Quotations  "f   New   Ford 

Stuek     Bxchl 

6  mi   |.    I,,       -  ta  nda  rd  Time  sig  nals 
6:00    t"   6:06    p.    m,  —  Baaeball    scores. 
6:06   t..   6:10   p,   m. — Weather  reports. 

to    i  'i  i"1  p    in.- — si  mil  M  program. 

■    p    mi      3ta  ndai  <\  Tim.    sig  n  ■ 


KFOA— RHODES    DEPARTMENT   STORE, 

SEATTLE— 454.3 
Monday.  Haj  :ti 

to    10:80  ;i     tn  — The   lli.nie  -  ni;ik<  11*8  half- 
hour. 

— Health    Exert 

—  a  m.  ssagrc  t"  the  "Shui  - 


10:80   io    10:46 
in   16  i"  11:10 


ii   in   to    i  i 


—  Market    Quotation*. 
-Luncheon    program. 
1:16  to  5:00  p.  m. — The  Times. 
6:86   t.i   6  i E   p.   m. — 'Sports  and   Amusements 
Revue." 

to   B:16    p    m — Studio   program. 
I  1 5   to  6  10   p.  in. — Weather   Rep< 
8: 10  tn  in  00  p    m — SVlvartoii  Cord  Orchestra, 

ln.-'.ilnv.  June  1 

.  — The  Horn*  -maker's  half- 
hour. 
10:46  to  11:10  a,  m  —  A   Message    to  the  ■Shut- 
ins." 
11:10    to    11:16    a.    m. — Market    Quotatt 
12:30    to   1:80   p.    m. — Luncheon    program. 
4:16   I--   6:00   p.   m. — The   Times 

p.    m — Children's    Program. 
P     tn —  Sports    and    Amusements 
K-\  tie." 
6:46    to    7:00    p.    m. — American     Institute     of 
Hanking. 

DO  p.   m. — Studio  program. 
to   8:16   p.   m. — Sports   talk. 

tn, — Studio  program. 
vl.'i  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studi<->  program 
UfdnrNiia>,   June   - 

me-maker*s  half- 
hour. 

16  a    ni. — Health  Bxerc 
to   11:10  a.    m — A    Message  to  the   "Shut- 
Ins." 

■    to    11:16  a.   m. — Market   Quotations, 
p.    m. — Luncheon    program, 
1:16    to    5:00   p.   m. — The   Times 

p.    m —  Sports   and   Amusement 
Revue." 
6:46    to   6:16   p.    rn. — Studio    program. 
10   p.   m. — Weather  report. 
00   p    m — Studio  program. 


Tliurwday,  June  3 

10:00  to  10:30  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10:45  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10  to  11:15  a.  m. — Market  Quotations. 

12:30   to  1:30  p.   m. — Luncheon  program. 

4:15    to   5:00   p.    m. — The   Times. 

5:00    to    5:15    p.    m. — Children's    story. 

6:25  to  6:45  p.  m. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

Friday,  June  4 

10:00  to  10:30  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10:30   to   10:45   a.   m. — Health   Exercises. 

10:45  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10    to   11:15  a.  m. — Market  Quotations. 

12:30  to  1 :30  p.  m. — Chamber  of  Commerce 
Program. 

4:15   to  5:00  p.   m. — The  Times. 

5:55    to   6:25    p.   m. — Children's   Program. 

6:25  to  6:45  p.  m. — '"Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

6:45    to   8:15   p.    m. — Studio    program. 

8:15  to  8:30  p.  m. — "Book  chat." 

8:30  to  10:00  p.  m. — The  Times  Studio  Pro- 
gram. 

10:30  to  12:00  m — Simultaneous  broadcast 
Hoot  Owls  KGW  and  KFOA. 

Snlurdny,  June   5 

lo:45  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10    to  11:15  a.   m. — Market   Quotations. 

1:15    to    5:00   p.    m. — The   Times. 

6:25  to  6:45  p.  m. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

7:00    to   8:00   p.   m. — Musical    program. 

s:00  to  8:15  p.  m. — Travel  talk.  Weather  re- 
port. 

S:15  to   9:30  p.  m. — All-artist  Studio  program. 

9:30  to  11:00  p.  m. — Jackie  Souders  and  his 
Serenaders, 


Northern  Lights 
(Continued  from  Page  10) 

In  listening  to  stations  transmitting 
on  wave  lengths  below  350  meters,  the 
same  blanketing  effect  was  noted  and 
in  addition  a  pronounced  swishing  noise 
was  caused  in  the  radio  receiver.  At 
times  this  interference  became  more  in- 
tense, causing  sputtering. 


William  Mart,  a  driver  of  La  Grande 
&White*S  Laundry,  entertained  Radio 
Fans  last  week  via  KFRC  Station  with 
three  songs.  Mr.  Hart  possesses  an 
exceptionally  sweet  voice,  finished  tech- 
nique and  made  such  a  hit  that  requests 
for  repeat  performance  came  in  by  the 


The  North  Central  Garage 

Night  work  has  been  included  in  the 
regime  of  the  North  Central  Garage  ser- 
vice, located  at  355  Bush  St.,  to  meet  the 
needs  of  business  men  in  the  district  who 
use  their  cars  constantly  during  office 
hours. 

Overnight  is  a  good  time  too  for  hav- 
ing your  car  washed — or  scientifically 
lubricated — or  your  battery  recharged 
— or  Gabriel  Snubbers  installed. 

An  extra  crew  of  experienced  men  will 
do  this  work,  and  it  will  be  billed  to  cus- 
tomers at  exactly  the  same  prices  as  day 
work.  Cars  can  be  left  at  this  garage. 
or  will  be  called  for,  at  the  close  of  a 
business  day.  and  repair  jobs  or  the  neces- 
sary occasional  inspections  and  overhaul- 
ing will  be  attended  to,  during  non-pro- 
ductive hours  and  will  be  ready  for  use 
in  the  morning. 


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May  29,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 

St.  Francis.  'William  Boyd,  Elinor 
Fair  appear  in  the  roles  of  peasant  and 
princess,  respectively.  Julia  Faye, 
Theodore  Kosloff  and  Victor  Varconi 
are  in  the  cast.  A  prologue  showing 
the  boatmen  at  their  task  singing  the 
boatman's  song  gives  pleasing  touches 
of  realism  to  the  photoplay. 
Pantages 

"Cyclone  Revue"  will  be  a  headliner 
at  Pantages  theater,  beginning  today 
with  Ray  and  Rose  Lyte  and  Eddie 
Russell,  the  stars,  and  a  chorus  of  eight 
prettv  girls  in  a  luxuriously  staged  re- 
vue. The  Lytes  have  attained  fame 
for  their  team  dancing  and  Russell  is 
an  ececntric  stepper. 

Mack  Mahon  and  Paul  Cholet,  the 
"boys  from  Texas,"  have  a  patter  and 
singing  turn,  and  Jane  Courthorpe  and 
company  will  be  seen  in  a  comedy  play- 
let called  "Our  Family,"  in  which  a  ne- 
glected mother  brings  her  children  to 
realize  how  much  she  means  to  the 
home. 

Dolores  Costello,  the  exquisite  new 
screen  beauty,  is  star  of  "The  Bride  of 
the  Storm,"  a  Warner  Brothers'  produc- 
tion, in  which  she  is  assisted  by  Shel- 
don Lewis  and  John  Harron.  This  is 
one  of  the  important  pictures  of  the 
vear. 

*  *     * 

Portola 

The  new  policy  of  first  run  pictures 
and  Ackerman  and  Harris  vaudeville 
prevails  with  success  at  the  Portola 
theater,  packed  houses  greeting  the 
presentations. 

*  *     * 

Capitol 

"The  Lost  Battalion."  picture  made 
by  Burton  King,  embodying  the  his- 
tory of  the  famous  body  of  American 
soldiers  who  withstood  a  siege  of  six 
days  in  a  pocket  in  the  Argonne.  is 
drawing  large  audiences  to  the  Capitol 
theater.  Part  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
engagement  will  go  to  the  recreation 
fund  of  Letterman   Hospital. 

Sufyivors  of  the  battalion  take  active 
part  in  the  picture,  living  again  their 
tremendous  adventure.  The  actors  in 
the  cast  are  Gaston  Glass,  Marion 
Coakley.  Jack  McLean.  Helen  Fergu- 
son, Sydney  D'Albrook,  Blanche  Dav- 
enport and  Tammany  Young. 
Cameo 

Blanche  Sweet  and  Roy  Stewart  star- 
ring in  the  stirring  picture.  "The  Ladv 
From  Hell"  is  on  the  screen  at  the 
Lanreo  theater,  Market  street  opposite 
Fifth  street. 

This  picture  was  made  from  Xorton  S. 
Parker's  popular  story,  "My  Lord  of 
the  Double  Dealing"  and  is  an  Associ- 
ated Exhibitors  production. 

The  Cameo  will  offer  on  June  5,_  Fred 
Thomson  and  his  famous  horse,  "Silver 
King"  in  "The  Tough  Guy." 


THE  GROWTH  OF  THE  RADIO 

INDUSTRY 

By  the  Mgr.  of  California  State  Radio 

Association 

All  industries  of  great  scope  and  mag- 
nitude have  definite  stages  in  their  de- 
velopment. Take,  for  instance,  the  auto- 
mobile, moving  picture,  and  phonograph 
industries,  all  have  passed  through  var- 
ious stages  of  periods.  Now  the  Radio 
Industry  has  also  had  its  definite  stages. 
This  period  of  development  in  the  case 
of  the  radio  has  been  far  shorter  than  in 
the  aforementioned  other  industries. 
Considering  the  radio  industry  as  a 
means  of  entertainment,  having  had  its 
birth  only  about  four  years  ago,  it  has 
made  a  truly  marvelous  advance. 

Only  a  couple  of  years  ago,  while  still 
in  the  infant  stages,  few  people  gave  any 
thought  to  radio,  the  idea  in  the  minds  of 
the  public  then  being  that  radio  had  come 
in  as  a  novelty,  fad  or  toy,  and.  as  in  the 
case  of  a  great  many  other  such  novel- 
ties, would  be  in  the  discard  within  a 
short  time.  The  radio  sets  of  that  period 
really  looked  so  crude  and  proved  so  in- 
efficient that  one  could  hardly  blame  any- 
one for  not  wanting  one  around  the 
house,  especially  in  the  living  room. 

This  being  the  case,  radio  was  taken  up 
only  b\  the  youngs" ers,  and  men  who 
were  fascinated  by  the  mysteries  of  it. 
who  became  the  fans  for  this  reason,  and 
in  it  for  any  musical  value  that  was  at- 
tached to  radio  in  that  day. 

With  the  improvement  in  broadcasting 
stations,  the  rapid  development  in  radio 
sets,  both  as  to  style  and  efficiency,  fol- 
lowed. Today,  one  may  purchase  a  radio 
set  in  the  very  finest  type  of  cabinet. 
Many  radio  sets  today  are  built  into  high 
grade  phonographs,  as  well  as  console 
cabinets  of  period  designs,  These  im- 
provements, due  to  the  growth  of  the 
radio  industry,  have  brought  about  re- 
ceivers that  are  efficient,  pleasing  to  the 
eye.  and  a  marvel  in  reproduction. 

\  Radio  Set  is  still  as  delicate  an  in- 
strument today  as  it  was  in  the  years 
back,  from  the  standpoint  of  service. 
The  tubes  and  batteries  of  a  receiver  now 
require  even  more  attention  than  they 
needed  in  the  old  days,  when  it  wasn't 
an  important  factor  whether  a  set  was 
functioning  properly  or  not,  since  broad- 
casting was  so  poor. 

In  keeping  with  the  modern  trend  of 
the  radio  development,  an  association 
composed  of  members  desirous  of  ob- 
taining the  utmost  possible  from  their 
radio  set  has  been  brought  about.  This 
iation  functions  similarly  to  the  au- 
tomobile and  other  such  protective  bodies, 
and  is  to  the  radio  owner  what  the  afore- 
mentioned associations  are  in  their  re- 
spective fields. 

The  California  State  Radio  Associa- 
tion makes  the  attainment  of  perfect 
radio  reception  possible  at  all  times.  By 
enrolling  as  a  member,  your  radio  set 
will  receive  just  the  attention  that  is  so 
necessary    for    its    proper    maintenance, 


therefore  safeguarding  your  investment 
against  premature  deterioration.  A  mem- 
bership in  the  Association  will  put  an 
end  to  the  worries  and  troubles  that  were 
heretofore  attached  to  your  radio  enjoy- 
ment. 

ThU      new      H**lf  -  mnsstiKliiC 

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look  thinner  iNNTWTI.. — 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


SOCIETY 

(Continued   from    Page   9) 

On  its  directory  are  such  names  as  Geo.  \Y.  McNear,  George 

A,  Miillin,  Chester  A.  Garfield,  George  E.  Crothers,  Horace 

B.  Clifton,  Austin  \Y.  Sperry,  etc.,  and  Mrs.  James  Potter, 
Mrs.  Sidney  Van  Wyck,  Mrs.  Gaillard  Stoney,  Mrs.  Nor- 
man Livermore  are  among  other  women  of  note  who  make 
up  the   Women's   Board  of  the  Club. 

The  old  Spreckels  mansion  which  is  the  home  of  this  Club, 
seems  to  be  an  especially  appropriate  one,  with  its  elegant 
massiveness,  and  atmosphere  of  old-time  stateliness  and 
wealth. 

*     *     * 

At  Hollywood  Plaza 

Nina  Hughes,  winner  of  the  Venus  beauty  contest  recent- 
ly held  in  Witchita,  Kansas,  has  had  one  wonderful  week  in 
California.  She  was  a  guest  at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel. 
Several  flattering  picture  offers  were  made  by  studio  officials 
<tnd  it  is  not  unlikely  that  Nina  Hughes  will  soon  return  ti> 
California  to  engage  in  a  picture  career. 


Dora  Dean,  younger  sister  of  the  well  known  musical  come- 
dy star,  Cleo  Mayfield,  has  come  to  Hollywood  to  play  in  pic- 
tures. Miss  Dean  has  already  been  signed  for  the  Goodwill 
Production  picture.  "Eyes  Right."  She  played  in  the  eastern 
"No,  No,  Nanette"  company  last  season.  YI is>  Dean  is  living 
at  the  Hollywood   Plaza  I  Intel. 


At  the  Hotel  Whitcomb 

Mrs.  Geo.  Pickering  was  the  honor  i^iu-st  at  an  informal 
tea  recently  given  by  a  few  intimate  friends  at  the  Hotel 
Whitcomb.  Mrs.  Pickering  is  leaving  May  23rd  for  a  three 
months'  visit  to  Boston,  Washington,  and  St.  John,  New 
Brunswick. 

*  *     * 

On  Tuesday  of  last  week.  Mrs.  John  I..  Robertson  wa- 
in >st  ess  to  a  gTOUp  of  friends  at  an  attract  i\  e  bridge  lutichei  "I 

in  I  )rur_\  Lane  at  the  Hotel  Wluic. .ml..  Mrs.  Robertson 
Formerly  resided  in  San  Francisco,  but  her  permanent  home 

is   now   in    Hollywood.      She   and   her   husband   and   son   arc 

spending  a  few  months  in  San  Francisco. 

Guests    of    the    day    included:     Mr-. lain.-     II.    C.    Falkcll. 

Beacher  Randolph,  ('.    E.   Peters,   Barnev   Bristow,   Albert 

\\  ill. am.-. 

*  *      * 

A  Washington  scientist  claim-  to  have  discovered  that  the 
earth  doe-  not   weigh  -      '  1,000  tons  a-  ha- 

been  reported.  If  we  have  been  given  short  weight,  we  cer- 
tainly ought  t..  have  a  refund. — Nashville  Southern  I. umber- 
man. 


SUMMER  RESORTS 


DR.  B.  W.  HAINES 

DENTIST 
Elkan  Gunst  Building 

323  Geary  at  Powell  Hours:  9  to  4 

San  Franclaeo  Telephone  Douglas  2949 


Chapel  - 1 


GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 
71    to   777   Valencia   Street.  Bet.   IStli  and    19th 
San  Francisco.     Phone  Market  64 


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W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY    PUBLIC— INSURANCE    BROKER 

2IW    Crni-krr    llnlldlnc  r.ilace    Hotel  i.    San    FraarUro 

Phone   Kearny   391 


AGUA  CALIENTE  SPRINGS 

WHY? 

It's  the  Water  and  the  Table 

New  dance  hall.  Special  attractions.  Radio-active,  hot  sulphur  water 
tub  baths  and  swimming  pool.  Fireproof  hotel.  Write  for  booklet, 

T.  H.  CORCORAN 

Acua  Caliente,  Sonoma  County,  Calif. 

or  see  Peck-Judah 


El  Dorado  Hotel 

SONOMA,  CALIF. 

The  finest  meals  in  the 

VALLEY  OF  THE  MOON 

Our   Specialty — "Steaks   With  Mushrooms" 

Clean    Rooms,    Clean   Linen,  Clean   Everything 

Visit    Sonoma    County's    Famous    Resorts   and    Mineral    (Warm    Water)    Swimming 

Tanks  From  This  Hotel 

Rates   Exceptionally    Reasonable 

Telephone  110 


FETTERS  HOT  SPRINGS 


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.\  concrete  highway  open.  Famous  medicinal  baths.  Masseur 
in  attendance.  Healthful  mineral  waters;  swimming  pool.  All 
amusements.  Excellent  table.  Hotel  steam  heated.  Cottage  accom- 
modal  inns.  Rates,  $18  up.  Write  George  Fetters,  Mgr.,  J.  F. 
Green,  Att't.  Mgr.,  or  Peck-Juduh. 


l^ALilEjalN  I  Hi   V  lL.L./\  (:AR,  STEFFEN.  pr  >p. 

French  and  Italian  Dinners — Meals  at  All  Hours 

Wo./ern  Rooms — Private  Cottages 

MA   \  CA1  IF.NTE 

I    Minute!  Walk  to  Fetter-  Station,  Sonoma  County,  California 

Tblsphonb  Sonoma  IFI 


HOBERG'S 

Among  the  Pines 

I  ikl  <  01  Ml.  Caufohiu 

Collates  with  Hoi  and  Cold  Running  Water — Showers  or  Tube. 
T.rini-  Courts-  Swimming  Tank — Fishing — Hunting  and  Brary 
Imngement.    Pineal  Climate  in  California. 

II  HOBERC, 
(obb  PosromcE,  Lin  Cooimr,  Caufohiu 


THE  KEWART  TROUT  FLIES 

/  Product  of  Iht  L'nitfJ  Stain 

THE  FRICKE  PATTERN 

Introducing  the  Friekt  Pattern  tor  the  Feather  River 
Among,  the  many  observant  anglers,  we  may  say.  angler  entomolo- 
*ho  are   responsible  for  our   line  of  sterling  patterns  for  the 
Western  Streams  we  ca'er  to.  none  are  more  successful  than  those 
si  J.  W.  Fricke.  five  patterns  in  all. 

Fricke  Rotai    CDACBMAK  Fricke  White  MtLLM 

Fricke  Improved  Governor      Fricke  Veiiow  Forked  Tvi> 
Fricke  March  Browx 
for  the  Feather  River  waters.  Sije  8-10,  $2.00  per  dot. 

THE  FRICKE  f. EADER— Length  two  yards,  two  dropper 
t-nd  loop  a  little  larger  thin  our  usual.    Each 
CHAS.  H.  KEWELL  CO. 

\faker*  of  Fishing  Tackle 

r,\RFiFiD  :  Mirkf.t  ^t..  S«.n  nuwasco,  Ctttr. 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


May  29,  1926 


ONE  of  the  curious  developments  of  modern  scientific 
commercialism  is  that  fuller's  earth,  which  was  form- 
erly used  for  cleaning  cloths  and  that  sort  of  thing,  is  hard- 
ly at  all  employed  in  such  ways  at  present,  hut  it  is  obtained 
in  large  quantities  for  the  purpose  of  bleaching  and  filter- 
ing vegetable  and  mineral  oils. 

*  *     * 

— The  Western  National  Parks  are  growing  very  fast  in 
general  popularity  and  this  year  will  see  an  unprecedentedly 
large  number  of  tourists  who  will  come  for  the  purpose  oi 
seeing  these  preserved  tracts.  They  will  very  soon  be  the 
only  reallv  wild  looking  spots  accessible  l"  the  civilized. 

*  *     * 

— The  Southern  Pacific  literally  made  the  San  Jose  Fi- 
esta de  las  Rosas.  But  for  the  fostering  hand  of  the  com- 
pany, whoch  has  done  so  much  for  the  benefit  and  (level- 
opnient  of  the  state,  it  could  not  have  happened.  As  it  was, 
it  was  a  delightful  and  profitable  enterprise  with  untold 
values  in  the  direction  of  esthetics  and  education. 

*  *     * 

— The  earnings  of  the  California  Packing  Corporation 
were  thirty  cents  per  share  less  this  year  than  last,  and  yet 
it  did  $115,000  more  business.  Its  gross  income  was  less. 
however,  due  to  losses  of  the  Alaska  Packers,  which  is  one 
of  its  subsidiary  corporations.  There  is  nothing  at  all  of 
any  importance  in  this  revenue  falling-off.  The  only  puzzle 
is  why  does  not  the  Alaska  Packers'  Corporation  pay? 

*  *     * 

— The  number  of  bank  failures  throughout  the  country  is 
diminishing,  but  it  will  surprise  the  ordinary  person  to  learn 
that  there  were  112  failing  banks  in  the  country  last  year,  as 
against  777  the  year  before.  The  failing  banks  in  the  last 
two  years  had  total  deposits  of  more  than  :jo<Sfi.. 1-14,000. 
The  failures  are  for  the  most  part  due  to  competition  in 
places  which  will  not  support  more  than  one  hank. 

*  *     * 

— The  financial  difficulties  of  the  journalistic  ventures 
of  Cornelius  Yanderbilt,  Jr.,  has  led  to  the  appointment  of 
a  receiver  in  the  federal  court  at  Los  Angeles.  It  is  reported 
that  the  family  was  not  inclined  to  favor  any  further  in- 
vestment in  the  papers,  but  regarded  bankruptcy  as  the  pre- 
ferable method  of  meeting  the  deficit  which  marked  their 
development. 

*  *     * 

— The  principal  nations  of  Europe  have  been  engaged  in 
a  desperate  effort  to  increase  their  holdings  of  gold  since 
the  war.  The  total  gold  reserves  of  Europe  showed  a  net 
gain  of  about  $30,000,000,  in  the  course  of  1925. 

*  *     * 

— The  marked  and  serious  decline  in  gold-mining  in  the 
West  has  been  laid  to  various  causes,  but  The  Spring  Street 
Journal  of  Los  Angeles  attributes  it  to  unfavorable  legisla- 
tion, particularly  in  California  and  Oregon.  That  paper 
considers  that  the  blue  sky  laws,  as  administered  in  Califor- 
nia, have  literally  strangled  the  gold  mining  industry  in 
this  state  to  death,  and  anybody  really  familiar  with  the 
facts  will  be  well  inclined  to  agree.  It  cannot  be  retrieved 
under  the  existing  restrictions. 

*  *     * 

— There  was  a  change  in  the  money  market  in  April. 
Money  rates  declined  sharply  after  the' 15th  to  the  lowest 
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TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

THE  ANTIPODES 

Australia,  with  her  neighboring  islands.  New  Zealand  and 
Tasmania — the  world's  sixth  continent,  offers  enthralling 
physical  and  racial  contrasts.  Though  historically  it  is 
the  youngest  of  lands,  geologically  it  is  the  oldest.  Though 
politically  it  is  barely  a  century  and  a  half  old,  it  has  set 
the  pace  in  enlightened  government  for  all  the  English- 
speaking  peoples.  Though  the  modern  "Anzacs"  live  in 
splendid  cities,  boasting  every  up-to-date  municipal  appur- 
tenance and  luxury — great  museums  and  galleries,  public 
buildings  and  churches,  docks  and  intricate  railway  sys- 
tems— the  aboriginal  Australians  are  earth's  most  primi- 
tive and  backward  race. 

Its  animal  life  is  strikingly  weird  with  creatures  that  are 
survivals  from  ancient  days — grotesque  marsupials  like  kan- 
garoos and  wallabies,  wombats,  bandicoots,  phalangers 
and  the  spiny  ant-eater  and  the  platypus  with  a  bill  like  a 
duck.  It  has  countless  wonderful  and  strange  birds — great 
emus  and  apteryxes  (descendants  of  our  old  cross-word 
friend  the  "moa"),  majestic  black  swans,  honey-suckers, 
brush-tongued  lories,  fan-tails  and  lyre-birds  and  parson- 
birds  with  little  white  cravats  under  their  chins.  The  flow- 
ers and  trees  are  gloriously  exotic.  .Most  characteristic  are 
the  "gum-tree"  (Eucalyptus)  of  which  there  are  more  than 
150  varieties,  from  the  low  "Mallee"  scrub  to  the  towering 
red  and  blue-gums  which  count  among  their  numbers  the 
highest  trees  in  the  world. 

The  regions  surrounding  the  ports  and  capitals  have  an 
equally  absorbing  variety.     There  are  the   Blue   Mountains. 

funning  a  precipitously  elevated  table-land,  dominated  by 
Mount  Victoria  with  its  magnificent  views;  the  mysterious 
Jenolan  Caves  with  towering  arches  and  vast  subterranean 
halls;  the  famous  [llawarra  District,  comparable  in  moun- 
tain and  sea  scenery  with  the  European  Riviera,  Between 
Sydney  in  New  South  Wales  and  Melbourne  in   Victoria, 

tin  countryside  is  typical  of  Australian  fertility — wheat- 
fields  and  rolling  plains-  pasture-land  for  some  hundred 
million  sheep. 

Melbourne  lies  close  to  the  "Bush"  (the  great  gum-tree- 
not    far   from    the    city   are    the    (allot    trees    in    the    world). 

Perth  in  \\  estern  Australia  is  the  entrance  to  the  common- 
wealth's richest  ore-fields.     The  lush  beauty  of  the  country 

round  about,  with  river  and  domain  and  orchard,  runs  in- 
land to  the  edge  of  the  desert. 

Tasmania,  an  island  of  infinite  charm,  is  the  holiday  re- 
sort for  all  Australia,  with  hills  and  rivers,  valleys  and  lakes 
as  appealing  as  those  of  rural  England,  ^s  for  Xe«  Zeal- 
and in  "Geyser-land"  it  possesses  one  of  the  great  natural 
show-places  in  the  world  on  like  our  Yellowstone 

Park,  with  geysers  ami  hot  springs,  boiling  lake-  and  mud 
volcanoes,  made  even  more  strange  by  the  fantastic  Maoris 
who  cook  and  launder  and  bathe  with  the  handy  hot-water 
appliances  uninterruptedly  furnished  by  nature. 

Ami  on  the  South  Island  of  New  Zealand,  cut  by  ancient 
glaciers  of  which  there  are  remnants  still  sweeping  down- 
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shadowed    by    sheerest    granite    walls    rising    perpendicular 

for  thousands  of  feet,  the  magnificent  solitudes  of  -. 

mountains.      Added    to    this    is    the    Strange    foliage    which 
clothes  the  lower  cliffs  and  hangs  over  t lie  dark  depths  of 
Id  waters  -the  weird  exotic  vegetation  of  these  lands 
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By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 

A  Sweet  Singer 

"One  must  work  in  silence,"  says  Nancy  Buckley,  who 
has  recently  returned  from  an  extensive  European  tour,  and 
who  has  received  innumerable  invitations  from  literary  and 
other  friends  for  various  social  function-.  "You  must 
withdraw  from  the  'madding  crowd,'  and  seek  solitude,  i! 
you  intend  to  progress  along  poetical  lines." 

So  the  "Cloister  Press"  seems  to  he  a  very  appropriate 
name  for  the  publishers  of  her  different  volumes  of  verse. — 
"Laughter  and  Longing,'.'  and  "The  \\  ings  of  Youth,"  which 
have  heen  compiled  during  the  past   few  year-. 

Nancy  tells  me  that  she  has  still  another  hook  of  poems 
in  process  of  compilation, — "Cameos."  which  will  he  issued 
this  Fall,  and  to  which,  it  is  quite  probable,  George  Sterling 
will  add  a  foreword,  her  first  "brain  children"  having  been 
prefaced  by  the  beloved  teacher,  the  late  \V.  C.  Morrow. 
I  have  them  before  me  now.  and  in  "Laughter  and  Longing," 
1  have  chosen  the  following  as  pleasing  my  own  particular 
taste  the  most:  "Nocturne."  "The  Little  Things,"  and  "Um- 
brellas;" ami  in  "Wings  of  Youth,"  "The  Vampire,"  and 
"The  Enchanted  Land." 

"Umbrellas!"  Only  a  lyrical  poet  like  Nancy  could  put 
music  into  that  rather  ugly  word,  just  as  Markham  can  put 
a  lilt  into  the  word,  "Broadway"  in  his  splendid  poem.  "Man- 
hattan." 

In  my  mind's  eye,  I  have  a  picture  of  Nancy,  lover  of 
roses,  moonlight  on  the  hay.  love,  perfumes,  dream  houses, 
thrushe-.  and  everything  else  that  goes  to  make  up  songs 
that  sing  themselves,  somewhere  in  her  studio,  high  above 
the  nois\  street,  always  singing  little  songs  to  herself,  apart 
from  the  sordid  ways  of  life,  impersonating  her  sweet  -elf 
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Again  does  Susan  Ertz  charm  us  with  another  of  her  vcr\ 
readable   novels.   "Afternoon." 

From  the  opening  word-  of  the  lir-t  chapter:  "Crises  haye 
a  way  of  thru-ting  into  the  limelight  hitherto  obscure  per- 
sons, and  giving  them,  for  a  long  or  short  period,  a  leading 
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Miss  Ertz  paint-,  so  vividly  ami  easily. 

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men  and  women  after  forty,  than  before  it.  and  here  is  a 
tale  that  stirs  the  interest  with  its  realistic  portrayal  of 
such  hearts,  and  it-  spontaneous  wit  and  gayety. 

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By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  club 

VISITORS  to  California  and  even 
Californians  themselves  in  touring 
the  state  are  prone  to  confine  themselves 
to  the  eoastal  region  or  to  visit  the  much 
advertised  resorts  and  scenic  spots  in  the 
High  Sierra  and  to  ignore  completely  that 
strip  of  foothill  country  extending  From 
Mariposa  to  Downieville  and  known  as 
the  Motln-r  Lode  country. 

This  strip  is  Idled  with  the  ghosts  of 
former   cities,   most  of   them   deserted  or 

Containing  a  mere  handful  of  people.  It 
is  will  worth  while  for  the  traveler  to 
tarry  in  some  of  these  old  towns,  hunt  up 
the  oldest  living  inhabitant  and  have  him 
relate  die  earl)  history  of  the  place. 
Usually  in  his  mind,  what  he  remembers 
and  what  he  has  been  told  have  become 
so  blended  that  he  no  longer  distin- 
guishes, but  the  whole  make-  a  most  in- 
teresting narrative.  Mete  is  a  tale  "I 
Mokelnmne    Mill    told    practically    in    the 

words  of  an  old  residenter: 

••'The  lirst  Congregational  Church  that 
wa-.  built  in  i  alifornia  was  built  in  Moke- 
lnmne Hill  in  the  year  1852,  It  was  paid 
for  with  sold  dust.  A  Mis.  Emma  Wells, 
then  a  voung  woman,  stood  in  front  of 
the  Leger  Hotel  with  a  gold  pan  in  her 
hands,  and  the  miners,  as  they  passed  by 
dropped  from  ten  to  twenty-five  dollars 
m  gold  dust  into  the  pan.  lust  twenty 
minutes  In  the  watch,  she  had  $1500  m 
gold  dust  to  statt  the  building  of  the 
church.  It  was  built  and  furnished,  the 
same  being  paid  for  entirely  with  gold 
dust.  It  is  the  only  church  in  the  United 
States  paid  for  entirely  by  Sold  dust. 

"1'his  (hutch  was  built  where  the  first 
footprints  of  a  woman  were  found  on  the 
ground.  The  reason  for  this  was  that 
when  in  the  sold  days  of  (alifornia.  a 
miner  or  a   party  of   miners  cant, 


woman's  footprint,  they  drew  a  circle 
around  the  marks,  and  in  all  seriousness 
posted  a  claim  to  the  spot.  It  henceforth 
was  sacred.  So  rare  was  the  figure  of  a 
woman  that  the  mere  sight  of  one  called 
for  great  extravagance,  worship  and  ten- 
derness. 

"The  first  three-story  stone  huilding 
built  in  California  was  built  in  Moke- 
lnmne Hill  in  the  year  1854.  This  was 
the  Odd  Fellows  Hall.  There  has  never 
been  a  week  since  the  first  opening  that 
the  Odd  Fellows  have  failed  to  meet  once 
a  week,  up  to  the  present  time.  The  stone 
walls  standing  today  are  in  as  fine  a  shape 
as  they  were  when  first  built. 

"The  old  U.  S.  Hotel  was  built  in  1852. 
At  the  time  this  Ho'. el  was  opened.  Moke- 
lnmne Hill  had  within  her  own  borders 
a  population  of  20,000.  When  the  sa- 
loon was  opened  it  was  never  to  close  for 
many  years  after.  The  throwing  away 
of  the  Key  was  a  ceremony  that  was  fit- 
tingly celebrated  like  the  laying  of  a  cor- 
nerstone. Drinks  were  paid  for  in  gold 
dust,  a  pinch  a  drink — almost  as  it  is 
today  if  a  policeman  happens  to  be  near. 
Bartenders  were  hired  by  the  size  of  their 
thumbs  and  they  were  required  to  wear 
their  hair  short  so  that  they  could  not 
rub  their  fingers  through  their  well-oiled 
locks  and  secrete  gold  in  them. 

"The  Leger  Motel  was  built  in  1850. 
It  was  one  of  the  mosl  noted  hotels  in 
(  alifornia  in  its  day.  It  was  in  this 
place  that  America's  sitper-handit.  Joa- 
quin Mnrietta.  made  one  of  his  most  sen- 
s.atii  nal  killings  of  a  miner.  This  same 
hotel  today  is  the  headquarters  for  min- 
ing and  commercial  men.  an  1  is  known 
for  ils  comfort  and  cuisine  far  and  wide. 
Tourists  make  it  their  home  while  they 
are  in  the  community. 

"<  Ine  of  the  old  landmarks  standing  is 
the  old  Stone  Brewer)  building  with  its 
underground  tunnels  extending  for  hun- 
dreds of  feel  into  the  hill  where  there 
were  thousands  of  kegs  stored.     In 

tunnels  had  a  wonderful  echo.  You 
can  stand  at  the  entrance  of  one  of  those 
tunnels  ni  iw,  shouting  i  '   singing  an  I  hack 

■  the  refrain  in  a  low  whisper,  'How 

am.'  M  one  time  there  were  three 
breweries  in  thi-  place;  two  remain  stand- 
ing to  la) . 

"The  acts  of  the  Mother  Lode  miners 
shape  1  the  future  of  the  whole  of  the 
United  States.  We  are  the  greatest,  the 
richest   ami   the  most   pr  nation 

on  earth.  During  the  dark  days  from  'id 
t<.  '65  when  the  late  of  this  nation  hung 
in  the  balance,  who  was  n  that  slipped 
into  the  hands  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  the 
gold  that  sustained  the  ere  lit  y'i  this  na- 
tion of  ours?  The  miners  ,,f  the  Mother 
They  were  in  a  financial  position 
t.  respond  when  the  dreaded  menace  of 
the  Civil  War  called  upon  them  to  save 
civilization.  They  were  ready 
when  the  crisis  came,  and  put  up  tin 
that  saved  the  Union.  That  is  what  the 
Mother  Lode  miners  of  California  have 
d(  tie.'' 


In  1895,  electric  energy  transmitted  at 
11,000  volts  for  a  distance  of  21  miles  was 
heralded  as  the  great  achievement  of  the 
day. 

Did  the  men  responsible  for  California's 
present  pre-eminent  position  in  the  electrical 
field  stop  with  that  accomplishment? 

No — they  spent  their  time  and  money  in  a 
development  which  now  makes  it  practical  to 
transmit  electric  energy  at  220,000  volts  for  hun- 
dreds of  miles. 

This  made  possible  the  development  and  use 
of  power  resources — otherwise  not  economical 
— resulting  in  decreasing  rates  for  electric 
energy. 

Since  1913  **"'" 

Per  Capita 

Cost  of  Government  increased    -     -    -    -     180% 

Cost  of  Living  increased    ------       55% 

Cost  of  Electricity  decreas ed  -     -     -     -     -        %% 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


PG-2** 


"PACIFIC   SERVICE" 


Owned  -  opeiated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 


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THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTE] 


May  29,  1920 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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One  of  the  cleanest  Hole  in  One  Shots 
ever  made  on  a  golf  course,  was  ac- 
complished by  Nat  T.  Messer,  local 
real  estate  man,  on  December  20,  1925, 
at  the  Menlo  Golf  and  Country  Club. 
The  shot  was  made  on  the  4th  hole, 
playing  in  a  foursome  with  L,  W .  Har- 
ris, Selah  Chamberlain  and 
D.  A.  McBrvde. 


THE  San  Francisco  Realty  Board  of  Golfers  got  down 
to  earth  Monday  morning  and  business  was  brisk 
among  the  speculators  and  brokers  down  Montgomery 
street.  The  Realtors  felt  fine  after  spending  the  week-end 
at  Del  Monte  fixing  up  the  course. 

Drew  Harrigan  said  he  gave  it  such  a  wonderful  plowing 
that  the  turf  he  took  would  come  in  handy  for  his  Marina 
lots.  The  peddlers  of  the  earth  and  purveyors  of  common 
clay  cut  divots  so  deep  that  it  possibly  will  cost  the  Del 
Monte  Properties  Company  a  lot  of  worry  and  expense  to 
put  the  course  in  good  shape. 

Albert  Rosenstien  and  Bill  Woodfield  were  the  only  two 
players  who  showed  any  respect  for  the  course.  They  posi- 
tively refused  to  play  on  the  fairways,  stating  that  if  they 
worked  in  the  rough  exclusively  they  couldn't  destroy  the 
course  like  St.  George  Holden  did. 

Everybody  was  happy  when  Smedley  Butler  appeared 
on  the  scene  on  Thursday  evening.  Even  Uscar  Turnblad, 
who  is  a  great  believer  in  Butler's  theory,  "that  America  is 
still  a  free  country."  got  all  the  boys  together  and  gave  But- 
ler a  wonderful  time.  Judge  Harry  McKenzie  greeted  But- 
ler with  a  couple  of  cases  he  won  last  week. 

T.  C.  Tilden.  the  banker,  presented  Butler  with  a  flock  of 
bonds.  Tilden  must  have  felt  happy,  because  you  know 
T.  C.  is  Scotch.  Billy  Dunn  was  just  bubbling  over  when 
he  saw  the  Colonel  of  the  Army  and  offered  to  present  him 
with  a  fully  paid  membership  in  the  new  Del  Monte  Golf 
Club,  because  he  realized  how  happy  and  comfortable  he 
would  feel  when  he  visited  the  new  club. 

Lou  Wiedenmuller  was  so  delighted  at  the  party  proving 
such  a  success  that  he  left  for  New  York  immediately  after 
the  tournament  to  take  a  three  months'  vacation  where  no 
one  could  ring  him  up. 

Everybody  that  was  subpoenaed  showed  up,  even  Fred 
Barnum,  of  the  famous  Barnum  and  Bailey  circus  of  Los 
Angeles,  was  the  sole  representative  from  the  South.  Fred 
grabbed  oft'  a  dandy  cup  for  himself.  Jim  Donohoe,  a  form- 
er "world's  fastest  human,"  got  sore  when  he  read  it  in  the 
Bulletin  that  Barnum  had  won,  challenging  the  circus  man 
to  a  duel  over   IS  holes.     Fred  accepted  the  bluff. 

Kid  Kidwell  and  Stella  Stelling  set  a  new  style  among  the 
Realtors  wdien  they  swooped  down  on  the  Del" Monte  course 
in  their  airplane.  Rosie  Rosenstien  was  not  a  bit  perturbed 
as  the  women  just  went  in  hysterics  when  he  appeared  in 
his  Rolls  Royce.  accompanied  by  his  chauffeur  all  dolled  up 
in  livery. 

Gus  Eisert.  the  bashful  blond  from  the  Bush  street  dis- 
pensary, took  the  sails  out  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  golf 
peddlers  in  the  opening  spasm,  winning  the  principal  tropin 
of  the  day.     To  show  there  was  no  ill  feeling  in  the  family, 


Dick  Eisert,  old  "Pop"  Eisert's  favorite  boy,  followed  suit, 
and  For  the  first  time  in  history,  old  Dick  couldn't  make  the 
grade. 

Sain  Buckbee,  Curtis'  only  rival,  auctioned  off  the  Cal- 
cutta pool,  and  when  Felix  Kahn  heard  about  it  he  brought 
along  his  bathing  suit,  because  Felix  was  once  a  champion 
diver.  Sam  handled  the  situation  in  great  shape,  assisted 
by  i  (scar  Turnblad  and  Fat  Larue.  Sam  was  so  pleading 
in  his  talk  that  he  separated  ten  fish  from  Billy  Gilmour — 
something  that  was  never  heard  of  before.  "Polly"  Willard 
brought  tup  money  and  won  the  bacon — he  even  took  a 
couple  of  slices  of  ham  in  the  semi-finals. 

The  opening  rounds  of  match  play  brought  forth  some 
remarkable  golf.  Many  new  faces  adorned  the  champion- 
ship flight;  noticeable  were  George  Klemyer  and  Bill  Mon- 
aton.  George  excelled  anything  he  had  ever  done  when  he 
met  Willard  in  the  finals.  MonatOn  made  his  first  appear- 
ance in  fast  com  pan)  and  acquitted  himself  noblv  even 
though   he  lost  after  knocking  over  a  couple  of  favorites  in 

Fred  Delger  and  Forrest  Wyman. 

The  stag  banquet  that  was  Staged  Saturday  evening  in 
the  Copper  Bowl  Grill  was  a  full  dress  parade — over  100 
attending.  The  program,  arranged  by  Steve  Murphy  was 
a  knockout:  the  only  bad  thing  about  it  was  you  couldn't 
tell  the  Navy  from  the  bell-hops  or  the  glee  club.  However, 
the  entertainment  was  great,  the  only  kick  being  registered 
by  Alfred  Rosenstirn.  Al  said  everytime  he  got  some  peas 
on  his  fork  the  lights  went  out. 

Clarence  Percy  Pierce  and  Art  Dorr,  who  led  the  singers, 
were  iii  great  form.  These  two  boys  hold  a  very  enviable 
record,  that  of  being  the  first  two  to  sing  over  the  radio  in 


There's  aliaays  something  to  do  in 

Santa  Cruz 

CALIFORNIA 

Golf — Swimming — Tennis — Fishing 

Scenic  Drives — Hikes  and  Other 

Pleasureful  Pastimes 


Casa  del  Key  (Hotel  and  Cottages)  at  the 

heart  of  it  all— offers  the  vacationist  that 

homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

enjoyment. 

CASA  DEL  REY 

AT  THE  BEACH 
Santa  Cruz  California 

PRICES  MODERATE 

OPEN  THE  YEAR  'ROUND 


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May  29,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


21 


California.  Percy  and  Art  sang  on  the  top  floor  of  the 
Garden  City  Bank  in  San  Jose,  back  in  lu12.  their  voices 
carrying  350  miles.  Dick  Jose,  one  of  America's  greatest 
tenors,  sang  a  couple  of  numbers  in  his  old  time  form.  The 
boys  gave  Dick  a  good  hand.  After  the  banquet  was  over, 
the  boys  adjourned  to  the  grill  and  danced  until  the  wee 
sma'  hours  of  the  mornin'. 

Sunday  was  a  totally  different  day,  as  those  who  had 
made  a  record  for  themselves  in  the  opening  dav's  play,  fell 
by  the  wayside  lashed  to  the  mast.  Bill  Monaton,  Gus 
Eisert,  Jack  Kennedy  and  Forrest  Wyman  all  cashed  in. 
This  gave  Dudley  Westler  a  chance  to  pick  up  a  few  hun- 
dred simolians  on  George  Klemyer  and  Bill  Ham. 

Bill  Dunn  played  in  the  toughest  luck.  Bill  shot  a  ball 
in  a  gopher  hole  in  a  tree  and  dropped  a  stroke  to  Percy 
Brunn,  which  won  him  the  match.  Bill  Monaton,  Dunn's 
pal,  was  credited  with  the  star  play  of  the  tournament.  Bill 
got  stymied  with  a  tree  two  miles  high.  He  took  out  his 
niblic  and  outclassed  George  Duncan  by  making  the  hole 
in  par.  Although  this  was  supposed  to  be  a  stag  party, 
several  of  the  Realtors'  lady  friends  were  very  much  in  evi- 
dence, notably,  Mrs.  Sam  Buckbee,  Mrs.  Forrest  Wyman, 
Mrs.  George  Kane,  Mrs.  Murray  Vandall  and  Miss  Mar- 
garet Bourke. 

*     *     * 

Golf  at  Santa  Cruz 

Many  entries  have  been  received  already  for  the  Decora- 
tion Day  Tournament,  which  will  be  the  first  big  golfing 
event  of  the  season  on  the  Santa  Cruz  Golf  and  Country 
Club's  sporty  18  hole  course. 

The  qualifying  rounds  will  be  staged  on  Saturday,  May  29, 
with  semi-final  matches  on  Sunday,  May  30,  and  finals  on 
Monday,  May  31. 

This  is  one  of  the  three  big  annual  events  on  the  Santa 
Cruz  Links.  Following  it  are  scheduled  the  Casa  del  Key 
Tournament,  June  18-19-20,  and  the  annual  Fourth  of  July 
Tournament,  July  3-4-5. 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  brusliinjr  once  or  twice  a  da?  la 
taking  very  good  care  of  them,  Brushing  in  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  tb Intra  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  mny  not  be  an  sound  an  j*ou  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  -will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore  f  Do  your  gums  bleed  f  Cull  In  today 
and  talk  It  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  oil  all  nerves  and  palii.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

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Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


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In  fairness  to  your  Linens  and  your  purse, 
patronize 

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"The  Recommended  Laundry" 
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WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

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Air.  Lester  L,  Prior,  315  Edgewood  Road,  Redwood  City, 
Calif.,  has  just  been  welcomed  into  the  famous  Canada  Dn 

1  li.le  in  One  Club. 


When  Harry  Stafford  figures  up  his  score  he  has  a  mem 

ory  like  a  dead  Elk. 

*  *    * 

"Lugie"  Ferreri  is  the  only  member  of  the  Italian  colon) 
that  is  using  a  swivel  stroke. 

*  *    * 

The  only   males  of   ibis  era   who  boss  the  household  are 
Under  three  years  of  age.  —St,  Joseph  News-Press. 

*  *    * 

One-fifth  of  the  cost  of  a  oar  is  in  the  engine  and  most  of 

the  rest  is  in  the  back  seat. — Ohio  State  Journal. 

*  *     * 

Dr.   Frank   II.  Vizetetly.  managing  editor  of  the   Funk  & 
Wagnalls  Dictionary,  announces  that  the  twenty-six  letti 
our  alphabet  can  be  transposed  620,448,401,733,239,439,396,- 

ixk)  limes,    is  it  any  wonder  that  proof-readers  all  have  that 
hunted  look  ? — Louisville  Times. 


"Everything  was  swimming  around  me." 

"Mercy,  where  were  you — in  an  accident?" 

"No,  Palm  Beach."  — Wisconsin  Octopus. 

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The  South  Seas  voyage  is  absolutely  unique  in  its  attractions 
— a  trip  that  cannot  he  surpassed  for  diversity  and  beauty  by 
any  in  the  world. 


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May  29,  1926 


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SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  ANNUAL,  STATEMENT 
OF  THE 

Westchester  Fire 
Insurance  Company 

of  New   York  City,  in    the  State  of  New  York, 
on    the   .list    day    of    December.    1925,    made    to 
the    insurance  Commissioner  of  the-   State   of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

Real  estate  $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans....         210,460.00 

Bonds   and   stocks _ 10.022,054.35 

Cash  in  office  and  banks 804,084.28 

Agents'   balances  1,318,992.37 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks....       102,874.97 
Other    ledger   assets 

Tola]  ledger  assets ....$12,459,005.97 

x<  IN-LEDGEK: 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or 

accrued  $        84,336.95 

Market  value  of  securities  over 

book  value  970,141.18 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross  assets   $13,613,544.40 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 85,789.23 

Total    admitted  assets $13,427,7"".  1  7 

LIABILITIES 
X.t  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims     $   1,107,681.73 

Unearned  premiums  7,423.315.76 

All    other    liabilities 295,000.00 

Total  liabilities  (except  capital 

and   surplus)    $  8.825,997.49 

i  Capital 1, .",0,1.1111(1. mi. 

Surplus    3,101,757.68 

Total  capital,  surplus  and 

other    liabilities   $13,427,755.17 

OTTO  E.  SCHAEFER, 

President, 
C.  n.  G.  GlILLARD, 
Secretary. 
Pacific  Coast  Managers* 
DICK  &  SIMPSON 
::<::»  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco 


SYNOPSIS   OF  THE  ANNUAL   STATEMENT 
OF 

Associated  Industries 
Insurance  Corporation 

of   San    Francisco,    in    the    State    of  California, 
fm    the    .'list    day    of    December,   1925,   made    to 
the    Insurance   Commissioner    of   the    State    of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSKTS 

Real    estate   $ 

Mortgages  and  collateral   loans 

Bonds  and  stocks 502,263.29 

i';tsh  in  company's  office  and  in 

banks 84.940.36 

Premiums  in  course  of  collection 105, 847. OS 

Bills  receivable  

Other  ledger  assets 


Ledger  assets  $693, 050.73 

NON-LEDGER  ASSETS: 

Interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued....$      8,250.26 

Market  value  of  securities  over 

book    value   1,741.71 

Other   non-ledger   assets 


Total  gross  assets $703,042.70 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 835.94 


Total  admitted  assets $702,206.76 

LIABILITIES 
Net    unpaid    claims,    except    liability 

and   workmen's  compensation $      8,641.92 

Special   reserve   for   unpaid   liability 

and   workmen's  compensation 

claims  17S.716.61 

Estimated  expenses  of  investigation 

and  adjustment  of  claims 100.00 

Total    unearned   premiums  on  unex- 
pired   risks    100,963.89 

Commissions  and  brokerage  due  or 

to  become  due 5.408.42 

All    other  liabilities 29.502.60 


Total    liabilities    (except   capital 

and    surplus)    $823,388.44 

Capital    220,500.00 

Surplus  158,373.32 


Total  liabilities,  capital  and 

-surplus  ^ $702,206.76 

C.  W.  FELLOWS. 

President. 
K.  R.  WELCH, 
Secretary. 


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Vol.  CVIII 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  JUNE  5,  1926 


No.  23 


FRIENDSHIP 


By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 

I  am  emulating  Diogenes  and  his  little  lantern,  only  I  am 
not  looking  so  much  for  Truth,  but  for  Friendship. 

*  *     * 

This  money-mad,  commercial,  jazzy  epoch  does  not  tend 
toward  deepening  one's  spiritual  affiliations;  does  not  incline 
toward  making  stronger  characters  of  all  of  us.  Instead,  it 
seems  to  be  instrumental  in  lessening  affection ;  in  developing 
the  germ  of  greed  which  is  latent  in  every  human  being,  and 
which  only  needs  a  little  encouragement  to  rear  its  ugly  head, 

and  gradually  devour  us. 

*  *     * 

I  heard  a  story  the  other  day  about  the  "friendship"  of  two 
men.  They  had  golfed,  and  hunted,  and  "roughed  it"  together 
for  over  seventeen  years;  they  bad  shared  the  same  couch  to- 
gether, when  accommodations  were  scarce;  they  were  as  close, 
apparently,  as  brothers  are,  or  should  be;  they  rejoiced  in  each 
other's  good   fortune,  and   sorrowed  when   grief   came;   they 

were  a  modern  Damon  and  Pythias. 

*  *     * 

Time  came  when  one  of  them  needed  to  "expand"  his 
business,  and  he  contemplated  leasing  the  quarters  next 
to  his  own.  Now,  "Pythias"  was  a  real  estate  broker 
(shades  of  Pythagoras!)  and  Damon  appealed  to  him  as  to 
a  business  mentor  in  the  matter  of  renting  the  space  ad- 
joining his  own  store. 

*  *     * 

He  gave  him  authority  to  take  out  a  lease  for  him,  which 
Pythias  did,  but  the  name  along  the  clotted  line  was  "Py- 
thias" and  not  "Damon,"  and  when  the  leasor  was  offered 
about  $40  more  a  month,  as  rental  of  the  premises,  than 
Damon  had  agreed  to  pay,  Pythias  saw  an  opportunity 
whereby  he  could  turn  an  honest,  or  dishonest  dollar. 

*  *     * 

When  he  told  Damon  of  bis  intentions  to  sublet  the  lease 

to  the  man  who  could  afford,  and  was  willing  to  pay  more 
rental  a  month,  than  could  Damon,  the  latter  plead  with 
him  to  do  no  such  thing;  strove  to  convince  him  of  bis  ne- 
cessity to  secure  this  shop  adjacent  to  his  own;  spoke  of 
their  long  friendship;  the  many  years  in  which  they  had 
worked  and  played  together.  "Friendship!"  exclaimed  Py- 
thias, scornfully;  "Friendship?  What  the  Hell  has  Friend- 
ship to  i\o  with  Business?" 

»     *     * 

lust  recently  I  have  had  an  experience  which  should  cause 
me  to  become  skeptical  in  regard  to  friendship  between 
men  and  women,  and  to  come  to  the  belated  conclusion 
that  "there  ain't  no  such  animal!" 

*  *     * 

But  being  a  very  optimistic  ami  rather  trusting  creature. 
1  make  it  a  habit  to  forget  the  disagreeable  and  remember 
only  the  agreeable  and  pleasant.  So  I  have  tucked  this  epi- 
sode away  in  a  mental  pigeon  hole  and  have  decided  that 
it   is  quite  valuable  in  the  way  of  a  lesson,  among  the  nu- 


doubt 


merous   other   lessons   of   my   life.      (Incidentally,   I 
sometimes  if  they  have  taught  me  anything!) 

*  *     * 

I  needed  a  dancing  partner,  and  he  came  along  at  just  the 
right  time ;  perhaps  at  some  other  period  of  my  existence, 
I  wouldn't  have  noticed  him  ;  but  he  was  very  attractive, 
very  gay,  most  of  the  time,  had  a  sense  of  humor  quite  as 
keen  as  my  own.  and  danced, — ah,  how  he  could  dance! 

Above  all,  he  was  exotic  and  poetical,  and  I  felt  the  usual 
urge  to  help  him  along,  which  I  always  feel  for  people  who 
seem  rather  alone  and  out  of  place  in  a  hard-hearted  busi- 
ness world.  I  introduced  him  to  several  women's  clubs, 
and  the  women  fell  for  him  hard;  I  interested  them  to  the 
extent  of  placing  him  on  some  of  their  programs;  I  grew 
lond  of  him  in  a  motherly  way,  for  he  was  much  younger 
than  I,  and  if  there  is  one  thing  I  intend  to  avoid,  absolute- 
ly, it  is  the  pathetically  ridiculous  position  of  a  woman  in 
love  with  a  man  voting  enough  to  be  her  son. 

*  *     * 

Then,  to  my  eternal  amazement,  he  suddenly  dropped 
out  of  my  life,  as  completely  as  if  I  had  never  met  him. 
I  cudgeled  my  brain,  trying  to  think  of  some  word  or  look 


which  might  have  offended  him;  I  even  wrote  to  explain  a 
sentence  which  he  might  have  misunderstood;  to  no  avail. 
He  had  flown  like  the  darkly  beautiful  butterfly  that  he 
resembled.  *    *    * 

If  he  had  only  "used  me"  for  whatever  influence  I  could 
bring  to  bear  on  his  account,  why  had  he  dropped  me  so 
soon:  1  had  not  by  any  means  reached  the  extent  of  my 
powers  for  good  in  his  behalf.  If  he  had  fallen  in  love 
with  some  girl,  that  should  not  have  changed  our  friend- 
ship in  the  least,  for  it  was.  as  far  as  I  could  sec.  a  relation- 
ship devoid  of  any  "sex  appeal."  Probably  he  was  just 
tickle,  and  incapable  of  keeping  up  an  affection  as  clean  and 
sweet  as  ours  seemed  to  be. 

*  *     * 

Looking  down  our  King's  Highway.  I  see  the  flags  of  two 
nations  intermingled,  and  waving  together  in  the  breeze. 
Two  nations  that  only  recently  were  deadly  enemies.  Words 
of  welcome  and  friendliness  are  exchanged  between  tin- 
peoples  of  these  two  countries,  where  a  short  time  ago.  ana- 
thema was  the  expression  of  the  day.  and  "songs  of  hate" 
were   Sung. 

*  *      * 

1  voiced  mv  objections  to  this  state  of  affairs  to  a  friend 
of  mine.  "Why."  said  I.  "should  we  be  told  to  loathe  and 
e  a  country  and  its  people  one  day.  and  welcome  them 
with  open  arms  the  next?"  "They  have  a  different  govern- 
ment now."  he  answered:  "we  shouldn't  hold  anything 
against  this  new  Republic.  Besides,  it  is  good  busin. 
be  friendly  with  Germany.  Europe  owes  us  billions,  and 
Germany  owes   Furope.     So.  Friendship  i<  the  word  !" 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  5,  1926 


There  is  no  doubt  that  the  Brit- 
Some  Trade  Possibilities  ish  strike  will  have  much  farther 
and  more  remote  effects  than  ap- 
pear or  the  surface.  Such  events,  of  major  significance, 
as  that  strike  has  produced,  do  not  fade  away  all  at  .nice. 
The  ripples  will  persist  longer  and  more  powerfully  than 
some  of  our  wise  shortsighted  thinkers  appear  to  be  ready 
to  foresee. 

In  the  first  place,  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  strike  has 
left  the  great  body  of  British  organized  labor  practically  unim- 
paired. It  has  never  happened,  in  writ.en  history  before,  that  five 
millions  of  men  obeyed  the  orders  of  a  committee  and  came 
out  on  strike,  practically  one  hundred  per  cent;  that  this 
same  body  of  men  during  ten  days  of  inaction  remained  en 
the  whole  in  perfect  self  control  and  without  any  notable 
acts  of  violence;  and  that  the  same  body  of  men  obeyed  an 
unpopular  order  to  return  to  work  and  went  back,  accord- 
ing to  orders,  again  one  hundred  per  cent. 

Such  a  display  is  in.  consolation  to  British  industrialists 
or  commercialists.  Their  capital  investments  are  threat- 
ened in  the  homeland.  Where  does  capital  go  when  it  is 
threatened?  It  naturally  seeks  places  where  it  will  he  safe. 
Where  will  British  capital  be  safe?  It  will  he  safe,  for 
years  to  come,  in  the  undeveloped  imperial  possessions, 
"where  there  are  vast  masses  of  men  and  women,  to  say  no- 
thing of  children,  who  will  gladly  work  for  a  small  fraction 
of  the  wages  paid  to  British  workers  at  home. 

Think  wdiat  the  investment  of  huge  sums  of  capital,  under 
such  conditions,  means!  It  implies  a  degree  of  commercial 
and  industrial  competition  not  heretofore  seen,  and  is  a  most 
dangerous  threat  to  the  standard  of  living  of  white  civilized 
people  everywhere.  The  British  strike  has  ominous  pos- 
sibilities. 


The  latest  attempt  to  meet  the  situa- 
Prohibition  Staggers  tion,  from  the  enforcement  angle, 
has  produced  such  a  reaction  among 
the  people  of  this  state  that  it  is  not  likely  to  he  repeated, 
The  idea  that  the  state  officers  could  he  made  federal  dol- 
lar-a-day  men  was  brilliant,  if  it  had  not  conflicted  with  ele- 
mentary decency  and  the  state  law.  But,  seeing  that  the 
decency  of  the  state  was  affronted  and  the  state  law  as- 
saulted, the  attack  upon  our  local  liberties  seems  like!}  to 
be  short  lived.  If  prohibition  cannot  lie  enforced,  except  al 
the  price  suggested,  it  had  better  he  dropped. 

Now  comea  the  next  solution  from  no  less  a  source  than 
Mr-.  Mabel  Walker  Wilebrandt,  assistant  attorney  general, 
who  verv  sagaciously  suggests  imprisonment  for  first  of- 
fense violations  of  the  prohibition  law.  Apart  from  the  folly 
of  trying  to  enforce  prohibition  by  a  merely  punitive  course, 
the  public,  although  it  has  been  pretty  well  clubbed,  is  not 
so  lost  to  consciousness  a-  to  tolerate  the  punishment  of 
decent  people,  by  imprisonment,  for  the  violation  of  sump- 
tuary laws,  which  are  equitable  neither  in  scope  nor  in  en- 
forcement. The  very  idea  of  refusing  to  a  person,  in  pos- 
session of  a  glass  of  wine,  that  probation  which  it  has  be- 
come a  commonplace  to  offer  to  a  forger,  would  provoke,  if 
possible,  an  even  greater  contempt  for  the  law  than  now 
exists.  Such  remedies  as  this  are  not  only  useless  ;  they 
are  provocative. 

The  fact  is  that  the  prohibitionists  have  been  beaten  all 
down  the  line.  There  has  been  no  genuine  attempt,  really, 
to  enforce  the  law  and  the  law  is  not  attempted  to  he  en- 
forced against  country  people,  who  make  their  wdiiskey  or 


their  fruit-juice  distillations,  without  any  interference, 
is  a  stupid  and  a  wicked  law. 


It 


Tune  is  here  and  the  country  is  wide  open 
Lift  Ycur  Eyes  in  front  of  us.  Nowhere  in  the  world  is 
there  such  a  country.  It  is  a  land  of  di- 
versified loveliness  such  as  the  sun  shines  not  on.  elsewhere. 
We  hope  that  our  readers  will  look  at  this,  their  country, 
during  this  month,  while  the  summer  is  early,  before  the 
sun  has  tamed  some  of  the  brilliant  glory  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  our  dear  land. 

It  is  so  easy,  nowadays,  to  get  into  this  paradise.  A  few- 
years  ago  and  the  journey  to  the  mountains  implied  long 
days  of  travel  and  all  the  discomfort  of  unaccustomed  camp 
life,  inconvenience  and  deprivation  of  things  which  had 
grown  almost  to  be  a  second  nature.  Uncler  such  condi- 
tions, trips  had  an  element  not  only  of  possible  danger  but 
of  inevitable  fatigue,  so  that  the  vacation  was  often  more 
tiring  than  continued  application  to  the  accustomed  tasks. 
But  all  that  has  been  changed. 

The  conditions  of  transportation  are  such  that  one  can, 
without  risks,  and  along  the  best  roads  in  the  world,  reach 
distant  places  in  a  single  day.  (  Ine  can  leave  the  bay  and 
be  in  the  high  Sierras  by  nightfall,  in  an  automobile;  or,  if 
trains  still  possess  the  greater  lure,  one  may  travel  in  such 
speed  and  comfort  as  has  never  before  been  even  ap- 
proached,  at  rates  of  expenditure  which  arc  almost  ludi- 
crous, in  view  of  the  distance  travelled  and  the  benefits  de- 
rived. 

It  is  true  that  vast  numbers  of  people  appreciate  the 
country,  apparently.  But.  as  a  matter  of  fact,  there  are  vast- 
er numbers  who  herd  in  stupid  groups,  without  ever  coming 
in  touch  with  nature  and  all  that  nature  means  in  this 
state  They  urge  their  machines  along  crowded  and  dan- 
gerous thoroughfares,  or  park,  in  serried  masses,  staring 
helplessly  at  the  ocean.  It  is  to  such  as  these  that  we  direct 
our  adjuration  to  lift  their  eyes  to  the  eternal  hills  and 
gather  some  of  the  beauty  of  our  state  into  their  souls. 


There  is  notable  in  San  Francisco,  at  this 
Disorder  Rules  time,  a  set  of  conditions,  which,  if  allowed 
to  continue,  can  only  breed  the  worst  sort 
of  feeling  and  will  ultimately  he  the  cause  of  much  suffering. 
We  refer  to  the  abominable  condition  of  things  in  connec- 
tion with  the  so-called  carpenters'  strike.  We  refuse  to 
call  this  a  real  strike,  for  it  is  not  so.  It  is  a  hysterical  out- 
break of  mob  violence  in  which  roughs  and  criminals  are 
the  predominating  factor-. 

We  are  well  aware  that  strikes  do  occur  and  that  some- 
times there  is  violence  connected  with  such  strikes.  The 
great  mass  of  the  men  in  trades  are  law  abiding  men,  and. 
for  the  most  part,  are  willing  and  even  anxious  to  obey  the 
law.  Such  men  would  not  commit  violence  or  do  anything 
which  would  detract  from  their  standing  as  respectable 
and  decent  heads  of  families  and  law-abiding  citizens. 

But  now  we  read,  day  after  day,  of  horrible  and  blood 
thirsty  physical  attacks  upon  working  men,  who  are  doing 
no  more  than  attending  to  their  work  and  earning  the  main- 
tenance of  their  families  by  daily  labor  at  their  appointed 
tasks.  Such  men  are  beaten  and  abused.  They  are  attacked 
with  great  viciousness  and  are  cunningly  injured  in  such  a 
way  that  the  charge  of  murder  does  not  result,  hut  they  are 
hindered   from  the  pursuit  of  their  lawful  occupations. 

We  have  seen  what  has  happened  in  Chicago,  where,  only 
lately,  a  member  of  the  staff  of  the  district  attorney  was 
murdered  by  violent  criminals.  Chicago  is  ahissing  and  a 
byword  for  acts  ,,f  violence.  Murder  is  rampant.  All  this 
began  in  the  course  of  labor  troubles,  for  the  most  part 
internecine  labor  troubles;  that  is  to  say — troubles  among 
union  men  themselves,  and  not  disputes  between  employer 
and  employed.  The  police,  for  political  and  other  reasons, 
neglected   these   conflicts   and   today  what    is    the    result' 


June  5,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


We  are  getting  somewhat  accustomed 
A  Curious  Contempt  to  the  courts  endeavoring  to  create 
contempts  in  connection  with  the  dis- 
tribution of  news.  It  is  a  belated  survival  of  the  old  medi- 
eval conception  of  the  court  as  something  sacred,  which 
could  maintain  an  almost  ecclesiastical  superiority  to  the 
world  in  general.  One  particular  instance  has  occurred, 
however,  in  Baltimore,  which  goes  even  farther  than  most 
such  attempts  to  uphold  a  mythical  sanctity. 

Two  Baltimore  newspaper  editors  and  some  members  of 
their  staffs  were  cited  for  contempt  by  a  Baltimore  criminal 
court,  because  they  had  taken  pictures  of  a  murder  trial, 
after  the  court  had  forbidden  pictures  to  be  taken.  The 
court  said  that  the  publication  of  such  pictures  was  suffi- 
cient to  warrant  "substantial  jail  sentences.''  The  newspaper 
men  stated  that  they  had  made  the  pictures  as  a  matter  of 
duty  to  their  readers  and  as  a  duty,  also,  to  their  employers 
who,  as  newspaper  proprietors,  were  entitled  to  the  efforts 
of  their  staff  to  get  such  material  as  would  best  serve  the 
popularity  of  their  papers. 

Lawyers  who  have  paid  some  attention  to  the  matter 
have  ci'.ed  the  jailing  of  the  Prince  of  Wales,  afterwards 
Henry  V,  as  a  precedent,  which  is  going  quite  a  long  way 
back. 

Of  course  a  judge  is,  or  should  be,  master  in  his  court. 
But  such  court  control  is,  like  every  other  sort  of  human 
control,  subject  to  the  ordinary  rules  prevailing  at  a  given 
time.  Now,  whatever  may  have  been  the  former  custom, 
there  is  no  doubt  at  all  that  pictures  of  trial  proceedings 
have  become  quite  usual  and  are  expected.  While  we  do 
not  understand  that  much  good  can  be  served,  as  a  rule,  by 
the  publication  of  sensational  pictures  of  murder  trials, 
we  do  not,  on  the  other  hand,  grasp  the  notion  that  a  judge, 
merely  because  he  tries  a  case,  should  have  the  power  of  in- 
terfering with  such  publication  of  the  case  as  does  not  im- 
pede the  course  of  justice. 


From  Brighter  Pens  than  Ours 


There  is  something  ludicrous  in  the  way  in 
The  Baby  Act  which  some  of  the  papers,  notoriously  the 
yellow  press,  are  crying  over  what  they  call 
the  waste  of  money  in  Europe.  They  cry  aloud  that  we 
have  lost  so  many  things  owing  to  the  war,  that  we  are  an 
abused  people,  and  that  our  European  loans  are  so  much 
loss.  Well,  war  is  loss.  What  has  Europe  lost,  also,  in 
war?  They  say  that  the  war  was  not  our  war.  The  answer 
is,  that  we  emphatically  regarded  it  as  our  war,  that  the 
conditions  under  which  we  entered  the  war  were  such  that 
we  could  not  stay  out  of  it  with  national  honor.  It  is  worth 
while,  during  the  week  of  Memorial  Day,  to  remember 
that  to  state  otherwise  is  to  dishonor  the  memory  of  those 
of  our  sons  who  sleep  in  Europe. 

But  it  must  lie  admitted  that  though  we  have  lost  money 
in  the  settlements  made  since  the  war.  and  though  the  con- 
dition of  the  broken  continent  across  the  sea  has  compelled 
us  to  forego  some  of  our  legal  and,  perhaps,  equitable  rights, 
we  are  still  materially  much  better  off  for  the  war.  It  is 
the  trouble  of  Europe  which  has  poured  into  our  treasury 
those  masses  of  gold  which  today  control  the  financial  situ- 
ation of  the  world.  It  is  to  nothing  but  the  war  that  we 
owe  the  vastly  growing  export  trade  which  today  provides 
work  and  security  for  the  great  body  of  our  toiling  popula- 
tion. It  is  due  to  the  war.  and  nothing  else,  that  we  have 
the  sums  for  investment  which  are  rapidly  giving  us  con- 
trol of  practically  everything,  over  the  water,  from  the  for- 
ests of  Finland  to  the  mines  of  Serbia. 

This  complaining  about  the  concessions  which  we  have 
made,  is  a  foolish  and  childish  performance,  which  is  not 
in  any  sense  creditable  either  to  our  good  sense  and  ex- 
perience, or  to  our  appreciation  of  the  fact  that  in  this  life 
we  must  always  give  and  take. 

Strong  and  wise  people  are  generally  immune  from  the 
vice  of  greediness 


It  is  only  a  short  distance  to  the  North  Pole  as  a  Byrd  flies. 
St.  Louis  Star. 

*  *     * 

Affairs  in  Europe  are  normal.     Several  cabinets  have  fallen. 

— Pittsburgh  Gazette  Times. 

*  *     * 

The  need  of  the  times  is  a  vehicle  you  can  ride  down-town 
in,  and  then  fold  up  and  carry  into  the  office. — Newcastle  (Ind.) 
Courier. 

*  *     * 

At  last  America  has  trimmed  Norway  for  the  pole  vaulting 
championship. — St.  Louis  Star. 

*  *     * 

If  France  ever  pensions  her  ex-Premiers  we'll  never  get  that 
four  billion  she  owes  us. — The  Thos.  E.  Pickerill  Service. 

*  *     * 

The  British  working  people  are  a  great  disappointment  to 
the  Russians. — South  Bend  Tribune. 

*  *     * 

They  say  we  are  to  get  $200  per  capita  out  of  the  foreign 
debt  set'.lements.  We  are  ready  to  discount  ours  for  $20  cash. 
— Houston  Post-Dispatch. 

*  *     * 

Nicaragua's  revolution  is  expected  to  cost  $500,000.  The 
movie  rights  ought  to  be  worth  that  much. — Duluth  News. 

*  *     * 

Explorers  report  there's  plenty  of  room  at  the  top. — Albany 
Knickerbocker  Press. 

*  *     * 

An  educated  man  earns  more.  And  it  seldom  takes  over  ten 
years  after  graduating  to  get  educated. — Washington  Post. 

*  *     * 

Did  you  ever  feel,  next  morning,  like  a  picture  of  a  man 
transmitted  by  radio  across  an  ocean? — Louisville  Times. 

*  *     * 

Clarence  Darrow  says  prohibition  tends  to  destroy  imagina- 
tion and  a  feeling  for  romance.  So?  Then  who  gets  up  all 
our  wet  and  dry  statistics? — Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

The  next  time  America  goes  to  war,  we  nominate  Chicago 
for  a  place  in  the  first  line  trenches. — Albany-Decatur  (Ala.) 

•Dailv. 

*  *     * 

Science  says  that,  of  all  sounds,  a  baby's  cry  has  the  greatest 
carrying  power.     And  dad  is  the  carrier. — Pittsburgh  Gazette- 

Times. 

*  *     * 

Perhaps  the  happiest  thought  in  connection  with  the  war 
debt  is  that   Russia  owes  us  only  $193.000,000.— Ohio  State 

Journal. 

*  *     * 

A  woman  in  Jordansville,  X.  V.,  we  are  informed  by  dis- 
patches, was  born  in  1815  and  still  is  doing  her  own  house- 
work and  sewing.  Which  side  of  the  Jordan  is  Jordansville 
on  ? — Los  Angeles  Times. 

*  *     * 

It  was  such  a  pretty  strike — everybody  happy  and  titled 
ladies  cooking  sausages  for  the  volunteers  and  dukes  and  mar- 
quises running  locomotives  and  strikers  cheering  the  soldiers 
and  playing  football  with  the  bobbies.  It  does  really  look  as 
though  the  English  had  a  sense  of  humor  that  we  in  these 
United  States  sometimes  lack. — Chicago  Tribune. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  5,  1926 


>LEj4SURE'SW4ND 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  lorn  Moore. 


What  Packs  the  Theater? 

IF  ANY  one  human  being-  really 
knew  what  packs  the  theater,  he 
would,  in  all  probability,  be  knighted 
or  be  given  a  handsome  reward  of  some 
kind.     And  yet — 

Theater  owners,  managers,  play- 
wrights and  actors  are  quite  agreed  on 
one  thing: 

The  general  public  wants  to  be 
highly  amused,  they  want  to  laugh 
most  of  all!  A  good,  hearty,  honest- 
to-goodness  laugh  is  the  one  big  out- 
standing drawing  card  to  any  legiti- 
mate theater  or  motion  picture  house. 

Laughter  is  a  tonic.  It  also  swells 
box  office  receipts. 


Wilkes 

"Rose  Marie,"  the  scintillating  musi- 
cal play  at  the  Wilkes  theater,  is  as 
fascinatingly  beautiful  as  ever,  if  really 
not  more  so.  For  this  lilting  musical 
comedy  has  all  the  fire,  the  punch,  the 
rollicking  melody  of  former  appear- 
ances, plus  a  little  more — 

Allan  Rogers,  for  instance,  who  plays 
the  exacting  role  of  Jim  Kenyon,  with 
ease  and  artistry,  also  sings  supremely 
well. 

Arthur  Cunningham,  in  his  role  of 
Sergeant  Malone,  has  all  the  distinc- 
tion with  which  we  associate  him  and 
he  sings  so  well  that  we  cannot  get 
enough  of  him.  Cunningham  never 
once  forgets  his  stage  technique  and 
the  little  gestures,  typical  of  the  true 
actor,  in  addition  to  his  voice  qualities, 
make  him  a  distinguished  figure 
throughout  the  entire  play. 

Maria  Shamshon,  prima  donna,  love- 
ly, lovable  heroine — she  continues  to 
gain  more  favors  with  her  lead  and  in 
this  year's  production  has  re-taken  the 
town  by  storm. 

Hazel  Gaudreau,  as  Wanda,  the  In- 
dian girl,  dances  startling  measures 
with  considerable  fire  and  emotion. 
She's  a  sprite  and  a  lure  by  turns. 
Betty  Byron  is  one  of  the  cutest  little 
tricks  of  the  company.  She  is  viva- 
cious and  tempting — exquisitely  dainty 
and  keeps  within  the  confines  of  char- 
acter part  with  rare  discrimination  and 
charm. 

Charley  Sylber  as  "Hardboiled  Her- 
man" is  ridiculously  funny  most  of  the 
time,  when  he  is  not  doing  the  thing 
truly  heroic.  James  Moore,  Edward 
F.  Gargan  and  H.  Pierre  White  are  the 


By  "Jingle" 

other  principals  whom  we  knew  be- 
fore are  in  this  year's  company. 

The  symphony  orchestra  in  this 
catching  musical  play  yields  to  the  ba- 
ton of  Fred  Walz.  The  musical  num- 
bers are  an  integral  part  of  the  storj 
and  the  songs  which  we  come  away 
whistling  include:  "Rose-Marie";  "In- 
dian Love  Call";  "Pretty  Things"; 
"Totem  Tom  Tom";  and  "Why 
Shouldn't  We?"  of  the  first  act  and 
among  the  other  songs  that  linger  in 
our  memories  we  hum  :  "The  Door  of 
My  Dream"  which  is  a  feature  of  the 
second  act. 

"Rose-Marie"  is  packing  the  Wilkes. 

Have  you  been?  Then,  you're  going 
again  !  For  Arthur  Hammerstein  has 
brought  to  San  Francisco  a  production 
which  makes  a  lasting  appeal  to  one's 
appreciation. 

$      *       * 

Curran 

"Patsy,"  the  musical  comedy  attrac- 
tion at  the  Curran,  is  to  remain  another 
week,  with  its  romantic  and  pictur- 
esque appeal  to  theater  patrons  who 
love  good  music,  clever  choruses,  stun- 
ning costumes,  exquisite  settings  and 
all  that  combines  to  make  a  fascinating 
musical  play. 

If  we  had  our  choice,  "Patsy"  would 
remain  for  many  a  week,  but  the  Gar- 
rick  theater,  Chicago,  has  it  booked  for 
almost  immediate  appearance. 

Lou  Holtz  is  worth  the  whole  price 
of  admission  himself.  Gloria  Foy  does 
some  exquisite  dancing  and  acts  her 
part  supremely  well.  Alan  Edwards  of 
Broadway  fame  is  the  leading  man  in 
"Patsy"  and  his  singing  with  Miss  Foy. 
especially  that  song  hit.  "If  I  Were 
King."  permits  an  exhibition  of  his 
histrionic  art  as  well  as  his  ability  to 

sing. 

*     *     * 

Columbia 

One  of  our  local  critics  states  that 
the  demand  for  Jeanne  Eagels'  appear- 
ance at  the  Columbia  in  "Rain"  amounts 
almost  to  a  craze. 

Mail  orders  swamped  the  box  office 
for  days  before  the  seats  were  placed 
on  sale,  evincing  the  popular  demand 
for  this  dramatization  of  W.  Somerset 
Maugham's  short  story. 

Jeanne  Eagels'  success  as  the  pivot- 
al character  in  the  play  has  been  noth- 
ing short  of  phenomenal.  She  broke 
records  for  a  consecutive  run  of  a  femi- 
nine  star   in    Manhattan.     Now,   after 


playing  in  "Rain"  almost  continuously 
for  more  than  four  years,  she  still  has 
the  support  of  at  least  99  per  cent  of 
the  original  cast. 

*  *     * 

Warfield 

Beginning  Saturday,  June  5,  the 
Warfield  announces  as  the  attraction, 
the  First  National  picture,  "Sweet 
Daddies"  directed  by  Alfred  Santell, 
the  clever  young  director  of  "Classi- 
fied," and  "Dancer  of  Paris." 

George  Sidney,  Charley  Murray  and 
Vera  Gordon,  stars  of  "The  Cohens 
and  Kellys"  are  featured  players,  with 
Jobyna  Ralston,  Jack  Mulhall,  Aggie 
Herring  and  Gaston  Glass  completing 
an  all-star  cast. 

For  the  stage  presentation.  Fanchon 
and  Marco  offer  their  "Ted  Doner 
Idea" — a  miniature  musical  comedy, 
featuring  Ted  Doner,  former  star  with 
"Lady  Be  Good"  and  "Bobby"  Thomp- 
son, his  dancing  partner.  Others  fea- 
tured are  Anna  Marie  and  Gladys 
Riiwc,  toe  dancers,  who  do  a  waltz 
clog  on  their  toes,  and  the  Sunkist 
Beauty  chorus.  Accompanying  the 
screening  of  "Sweet  Daddies,"  Walt 
Roesner  and  his  Super-Soloists  offer 
special  musical  numbers  with  Rose  Ya- 
lvda  clowning  with  the  popular  leader. 

*  *     * 
President 

"The  Bat,"  filmed  from  the  stage 
play  written  by  Mary  Roberts  Rhine- 
hart  and  Avery  Hopwood,  will  be  pre- 
sented at  the  President  theater,  begin- 
ning Sunday  for  a  scheduled  run  of  two 
weeks. 

Emelie  Melville  will  have  the  char- 
acter part  of  the  self-possessed  spinster 
and  Olive  Cooper  will  essay  the  role 
of  Lizzie,  the  screeching  maid.  John 
Bower,  who  comes  from  Henry  Duffy's 
President  theater  in  Seattle,  will  be  a 
principal  in  this  most  exciting  of  mys- 
tery plays.  Phil  Tead,  Kenneth  Daig- 
neau.  Betty  Lawrence.  Earl  Lee  and 
John  MacKenzie  are  other  stars. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"Kempy."  the  laughable  play  lioniz- 
ing a  plumber  who  sets  people  as  well 
as  pipes  and  bars  aright,  is  the  Alcazar 
theater  attraction  this  week,  with 
Henry  Duffv  taking  the  leading  part  as 
the  philosophical  plumber.  This  play 
is  crammed  with  quaint  humor  run- 
ning through  the  plot. 

Louis    Bennison,    Dale    Winter    and 


June  5,  1926 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Amusements 

NEXT  WEEK 


ON  THE 

STAGE 

ALCAZAR                          ( 
O'Farrell  nr.  Powell  f 

"Kempy" 
Henry  Dull'y  Comedy 

COLUMBIA                       ( 
70  Eddy 

"Rain" 
Jennue  Easels 

CVRRAN                          ( 
Geary  nr.  Mason           i 

"Patsy" 
Musical  Comedy 

PRESIDENT                    I 
McAllister  nr  Mkt.     ( 

"The  Bal"— Myslcry  Play 
Henry  Duffy  Production 

WILKES                           I 
Geary  at  Mason           f 

"Rose-Marie" 
Musical  Comedy 

VAUDiiVlL,L,tt 

GOLDEN    GATE           I 
G.  G.  Ave.  *  Taylor     f 

Flo    Irwin-Venila    Could 
Big  Vaudeville 

ORPHEUM                        (. 
O'Karrell  A;  Powell     f 

All-star  Bill 

PANTAGES  (NEW) 
Market    at    Hyde 


PORTOLA 
Market    near   4th 


INIOX    SQUARE 
O'Farrell  nr.  Powell 


WIGWAM 

Mission  and  22nd 


ON  THE 

DOWN 


CALIFORNIA 

Market  at    (Mi 


<■  \>IEO 
Market  opp.  .".tli 


CASINO 

Ellis  and  Mnson 


GRANADA 

Market  nl  Jones  St. 


IMPERIAL 

Market  bet.  0th-7th 


LOEWS  WARFIELD 
Market  at  Taylor 


ST.  FRANCIS 
Market  »ct.  r.tli-4lHi 


RESIDENT 


ALEXANDRIA 
Gcnry  and  ISth 


Bert  Gordon-Vcru  Kingston, 

Comic  Stars 

Picture :    "Connecticut    Yankci 

in    King  Arthur's   Court" 


Vaudeville-Pictures 


Vaudeville-Pictures 


Vaudeville-Pictures 


SCREEN 

TOWN 


''red  Thompson  In 
"The  Touch  Gn>" 


"Born  lo   the  West," 

Zunr  GreJ  Storj 

Jack  Holt 


"Mnre  >onlriim" 


"Sweet  Daddies" 
Ted     Doner    Idea 


I'lie  Aolgra  llontninn" 


AL   DISTRICTS 


"  I  b«  ILinrK  of  Pan-."  5.1. 
.mil    Sun,     DaogUi    Kairhanks 

in  •'Tin-  Three  Musketeers." 
Ki.lili.--'  Matinee,  Sat.  .nil*. 
1:30  o'clock.  "In.  Wandccer.  ' 
Mon.,  Tu.-..  at.a  Wed.  "The 
Cohnu  ;m>l  Kally*,"  Hum., 
Fri.     Urn  Black  and  Hi.  Band. 


COLISEUM 

Clement  &  nth  Ave. 


II  MGHT 
■InlKliI  at  Cole 


II  Mllll\G 
Dlvludero  nl  Hayes 


>,.!  Chaplin.  "Oil.  What  a 
n in  . ."  Sen.,  M  'II  .  Tllr.. 
"Fifth  Avenue"  and  "The 
Nonstop  Flight."  Wed.  and 
Hum,  ll"  enchanted  Hill." 
Peter  B.  Ksne  story,  Friday, 
■-.i!      Mni    Irinkhn,  "Prince   of 

Pen." 


Pictures 


"The  Govt.  W.mian."  Sal. 
Vandevitta  Matinee.  Sal.. 
J.Ckie   Conga".  "Old   Clothes." 

double  hill  with  Jacqueline 
Logan,  "Peacock  Feathers." 
Sun.  "Iron  Horse."  l.eorgr 
O'Brien.        Mo.,.,     Tuc.     "H>- 

Peapla,"  ^ed.  r.l.lie  Hatk. 
nes,    and    His    Orchestra. 


METROPOLITAN 
1  ni, in  nr.  Fillmore 


«  tll'sTlc 

n  ivilon  between 

20th  and  - 1  si 


'Sal:,.    Irene    and    Map."    Sal. 

"The    Fool."   Sun..    Mon.  "Thr 

•sii...  k      Punch."     Tues..  Pure 

Night.     "Sporting    l.ife."  Wed 

Mm    Ivlell.     "The    Wife  « ho 

Wasn't  Wanted,"  Thar...  Irene 
Rich. 


Pictures 


Mill    UALBOA  I 

llallinn  &   SSth   Ave.  f 


"New  Broom,"  Sat.  "Woman- 
handled,"  Sun.  Richard  Dix, 
Sun.  "The  Masked  Bride." 
Mae  Murray,  Mon.,  Tuesday. 
"Dance  Madness."  Wed.  "Old 
Clothes,"  Jackie  Coogan, 
Thurs.,    Fri. 


NEW    MISSION 
Mission  nr.  22nd 


Pictures 


ROVAL  I 

Polk  nr.  Cnllfornln      i 


SUTTER  { 

Slitter    near    Steinerf 


NEW    FILLMORE        I 
Fillmore   near   Ellis  i 


Edith  Lyle  are  cast  for  the  principals 
and  make  rightful  claim  for  their  al- 
loted  parts.  This  is  rated  as  one  of 
the  merriest  of  marital  mix-ups,  with  a 
glamour  of  fineness  and  stage  settings 
that  are  typical  of  the  popular  play- 
house on  O'Farrell  street. 


Capitol 

"The  Lost  Battalion"  will  remain  at 
the  Capitol  theater  on  Ellis  near  Stock- 
ton street  for  a  third  week  in  response 
to  public  patronage.  This  picture  tells 
the  story  of  the  heroic  American  bat- 
talion that  held  off  the  enemy  for  six 
days  when  pocketed  in  the  Argonne. 

The  history  of  the  organization  from 
the  time  of  the  training  period  until  its 
return  home  is  shown  in  this  picture, 
which  runs  continuously  each  day  from 
11  a.  m.  until  11  p.  m.  There  is  ro- 
mance and  a  lot  of  .fun  in  this  picture 
as  well  as  the  exploitation  of  heroic 
deeds  by  the  men  of  the  battalion. 


Orpheum 

An  all-star  bill  is  to  be  offered  at  the 
(  >rpheum  theater  for  the  week  begin- 
ning at  the  Sundav  matinee.  Ernest  R. 
Ball,  lain-  Green,  Mile.  Ann  Codee. 
"Wee"  Georgie  Wood,  Olsen  and 
fohnson,  William  Demarest  and  Es- 
telle  Collette  and  the  Four  Karreys,  are 
leading  attractions. 

Ernest  R.  Rail  and  his  company  of 
.-i\  young  lady  artists,  will  be  seen  in 
n  vaudeville  musical.  Ball  is  a  popular 
star  and  his  fame  as  a  composer  of 
such  songs  as  "M.'ther  Machree." 
I  ill  the  Sands  of  the  Desert  Grow 
Cold,"  "Boy  O'  Mine"  and  hundreds  of 
others,  is  known  throughout  the  world. 

Among  others  is  "Wee"  Georgie 
\\  ood,  famous  English  actor,  known  in 
tlii-  country  as  "Vaudeville's  Peter  Pan." 
who  will  portray  British  boyhood  in  a 
playlet  entitled  ""His  Black  Hand"  in 
which  he  will  be  supported  by  Miss 
Dolly  Harmer  and  Tom  Blacklock. 

A  welcome  announcement  is  the  re- 
turn of  Ole  Olsen  and  Chic  Johnson. 
Scandinavian  Scalawags,  who  are  com- 
ing back  on  account  of  popular  demand 
and  who  will  have  an  entire  new  sur- 
party  with  new  jests,  jingles  and 


jollities ;  another  team  to  return  on 
next  week's  bill  will  be  William  De- 
marest and  Estelle  Collette.  The  Four 
Karreys  in  vaudeville  will  complete  the 
bill. 

*     *     * 
Imperial 

Gilda  Gray,  in  "Aloma  of  the  South 
Seas,"  her  first  feature  picture  for  Para- 
mount, is  the  present  attraction  at  the 
Imperial. 

"Aloma  of  the  South  Seas,"  adapted 
to  the  screen  by  James  A.  Creelman, 
from  the  stage  play  of  the  same  name 
by  John  B.  Hymer  and  LeRoy  dem- 
ons, which  had  such  success  on  Broad- 
way two  seasons  ago,  is  a  warm,  color- 
ful love  drama  of  the  tropics. 

Packed  with  wild  dancing,  potent 
dramatic  punches,  beautiful  scenery 
and  capable  acting  by  a  strong  cast,  the 
picture  proves  a  most  suitable  vehicle 
for  the  starring  screen  debut  of  Gilda 
Gray. 

Granada 

One  of  Zane  Grey's  latest  stories, 
"Born  to  the  W'est,"  will  be  the  com- 
ing week's  screen  attraction  at  the 
Granada,  with  Jack  Holt  in  the  star- 
ring role.  Some  of  the  other  principals 
are  Margaret  Morris,  Bruce  Gordon, 
Raymond  Hatton,  Tom  Kennedy,  the 
latter  two  being  well  remembered  as 
the  American  dough-boy  and  the  hard- 
boiled  sergeant  in  "Behind  the  Front." 
Their  remarkable  record  in  the  hilari- 
ous war  picture  has  been  the  criterion 
for  their  appearance  together  in  subse- 
quent photoplays. 

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By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Gardens — Setting 
For  Society  Affairs 

GARDENS  are  being  re-discovered  as  settings  for  so- 
ciety affairs!  For,  everywhere,  down  the  peninsula, 
across  the  bay,  in  the  rural  and  suburban  districts  of  the 
cities  in,  and  around,  San  Francisco,  the  garden  is  the 
favored  spot! 

Why  not?  Surely  no  more  beautiful  background  could 
possibly  be  found,  none  so  romantic — and  surely  none  so 
exquisitely  magnificent. 

Famous  peninsula  estates  and  gardens  have  just  recently 
been  the  scenes  of  the  most  luxurious  and  sumptuous  of 
Society  events. 

The  magnificent  Fleishhacker  wedding,  which  took  place 
a  fortnight  ago  at  Atherton,  is  still  the  topic  of  conversation 
over  the  tea  cups,  as  criterion  for  supreme  beauty  and 
elegance. 

The  garden  wedding  surpassed  anything  we  have  seen 
in  a  long,  long,  lovely  time — it  was  simply  superlatively 
beautiful  and  every  one  who  was  there  will  remember  it, 
not  for  just  a  day,  not  for  just  a  year,  but,  always! 


*     *     * 


Notable  Visitors 
Commend  our  Gardens 

An  official  delegation  of  one  hundred  and  three  prominent 
members  of  the  Garden  Club  of  America  were  entertained 
recently  by  members  of  the  Burlingame  Country  Club  and 
the  Hillsborough  Garden  Club,  visiting  afterwards  the  large 
estates  of  the  William  H.  Crockers,  the  George  H.  Pope 
home,  and  the  gardens  of  Templeton  Crocker  in  Hillsbor- 
ough, the  Jean  St.  Cyr  and  the  William  H.  Talbott  San 
Mateo  estates. 

Expressions  from  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Na- 
tional Garden  Club  were  to  the  effect  that  the  places  visited 
transcended  many  other  places  in  America. 

Stressing  the  artistic  display  of  garden  growths  and  the 
general  plan  of  the  luxurious  gardens  of  California  million- 
aires, the  National  Garden  Club  experts  also  commended 
highly  the  pretty  gardens  of  the  less  luxurious,  the  more 
modest  homes. 

They  made  an  official  statement  that  in  all  the  beautiful 
gardens  they  had  seen  in  their  extensive  tour  of  the  country, 
the  gardens  of  the  medium  priced  homes  in  our  vicinity  and 
the  bungalows  of  our  residential  districts  were  the  finest 
types  to  be  found  anywhere  in  all  of  America! 

Everything  grows  so  readily  here, — that  is  one  answer  to 
this  favored  decision  from  the  National  Garden  Club;  and 
every  one  "out  West"  is  passionately  fond  of  flowers ;  that 
is  another  reason,  perhaps,  why  our  gardens  are  glorious. 


*     *     * 


Washington  Wedding 

Society,  throughout  the  entire  land,  is  discussing  yet  the 
brilliant  wedding  which  took  place  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
last  Saturday,  when  Miss  Alisa  Mellon,  daughter  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  David 
Kirkpatrick  Este  Bruce,  son  of  the  Senator  of  Maryland. 

President  and  Mrs.  Coolidge  and  other  prominent  per- 
sonages attended  the  wedding,  which  was  solemnized  at 
high  noon  in  Bethlehem  chapel  of  Washington  Cathedral. 
The  ceremony  was  followed  by  a  reception  at  the  Pan- 
American  Union.  There  were  two  hundred  guests  at  the 
wedding  and  eight  thousand  guests  at  the  reception. 


Council 


"is.    II.   H.   Ilreeden. 

Hho    will    preside    nt    (he 

annual    meeting:    of    the 

X.  C.  C.  Women.  I'llft   Holel 


Bishop  James  Freeman,  assisted  by  Dr.  Hugh  Birchhead 
of  Baltimore  officiated  at  the  nuptials.  Miss  Cragie  McKay, 
of  Pittsburg,  was  maid  of  honor,  and  Mr.  James  Bruce,  of 
Baltimore,  was  his  brother's  best  man. 

Mr.  and  .Mrs.  Bruce  proceeded  to  Rome  right  after  the 
wedding,  where  the  well-known  Vice-Consul  will  be  sta- 
tioned as  a  <  lovernment  representative  in  the  foreign  service. 

The  Mellon-Bruce  wedding  was  pronounced  by  Society 
as  one  of  the  most  exquisitely  beautiful  in  all  the  glowing 
records  of  Washington. 

Annual  Council  *     *     * 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  San  Francisco  Archdiocesan 
National    Council   of   Catholic   Women,   of   which 
Mrs.    IS.    M.    Breeden  is  the  presi- 
dent, will  be  held  Saturday,  June 
5,  at  the  Gift  Hotel. 

Members  of  the  Council  will 
gather  at  luncheon,  where  Rev. 
Edward  T.  McCarthy  will  be  the 
speaker.  A  business  session  will 
follow  the  luncheon,  with  promi- 
nent speakers  on  the  subject  of 
the  National  Catholic  Service 
School  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
a  II  nine  and  School  for  the  Sub- 
normal Children  in  this  Archdio- 
cese. 

Miss  Marie  Lennon  has  charge 
of  the  luncheon  arrangements  and  Miss  Margaret  McGuire 
is  corresponding  secretary  of  the  National  council.  Special 
addresses  will  be  given  by  Archbishop  Edward  J.  Hanna 
at  the  service  in  St.  Mary's  Cathedral,  10  o'clock  just  pre- 
ceding the  morning  session. 

Miss  Mary  Carmichael  is  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
sub-normal  children,  assisted  by  Mrs.  Richard  Costello, 
Mrs.  Edward  Kiel,  Mrs.  J.  Goldie,  Mrs.  O.  Mansfeldt,  Mrs. 
Leon  Maison,  Mrs.  Eustace  Cullinan  and  Mrs.  E.  Lacey. 

Nancy  Buckley,  poet,  who  has  just  returned  from  Europe, 
will  read  some  of  her  poems  at  the  annual  luncheon. 

Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris    *     *     * 
Entertains  for  Successor 

Mrs.  Marshall  C.  Harris,  the  much  beloved  retiring  presi- 
dent of  Cap  and  Bells  Club,  was  hostess  this  past  week  at 
an  elaborate  card  party  and  reception  given  in  the  gold  ball- 
room of  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  in  honor  of  her  successor  in 
office,  Mrs.  John  Sylvester  Pinney. 

The  reception  room,  as  one  entered  the  ballroom  of  the 
Fairmont,  was  a  lovely  sight  to  behold,  with  its  lavish  dis- 
play of  flowers  and  the  long  line  of  receiving  officers  as- 
sisting Mrs.  Harris  in  welcoming  the  favored  guests. 
Luncheon  was  served  in  the  east  end  of  the  gold  ballroom, 
where  an  exceptionally  beautiful  floral  arrangement  was 
on  display. 

Bridge  tables  seated  the  guests  in  the  reception  room, 
where  two  hundred  and  more  friends  were  splendidly  en- 
tertained. Both  Mrs.  Harris  and  Mrs.  Pinney  were  the  re- 
cipients of  many  compliments  upon  the  success  of  the 
beautiful   party. 

*     *     * 
Mrs.  Young  Feted 

Mrs.  Perley  Andrew  Young,  the  retiring  president  of 
the  Woman's  Unity  Club,  comprising  wives  of  hotel  owners 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


and  managers,  was  the  complimented  guest  at 
an  elaborate  "home-coming"  luncheon  given  at 
the  Clift  Hotel  this  past  week. 

During  the  luncheon,  Mrs.  Young  was  the 
recipient  of  a  charming  shower  from  her  con- 
stituents, who  literally  covered  her  with  hand- 
some individual  gifts. 

It  was  one  of  the  prettiest  compliments  I 
have  ever  seen  paid  a  retiring  president,  and 
best  of  all,  it  was  a  complete  surprise  to  Mrs. 
Young,  who  was  en  route,  with  her  distin- 
guished husband,  to  St.  Louis  and  spent  but  a 
few  days  in  this  city. 

Those  attending  the  lovely  luncheon  in  the 
lounge  room  of  the  Clift  Hotel  included  the 
newly  elected  officers  as  follows :  Mrs.  John 
Zeeman,  president ;  Mrs.  Florence  Lombard, 
Mrs.  Albert  I.  Loeb,  vice-presidents;  Mrs. 
George  Wilson,  secretary-treasurer;  Mrs.  E. 
Carl  Gardner,  assistant.  Directors  :  Mesdames 
E.  W.  Wheeler,  J.  S.  Hull,  W.  Lansing,  J.  S. 
Mulpeter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  are  now  making  their 
home  in  Los  Angeles,  where  Mr.  Perley  Young, 
State  President  of  the  California  Hotel  Association,  has 
charge  of  the  Gates  Hotel.  Mr.  Young  is  also  head  of  the 
"See  America  First  Association,"  and  was  one  of  the  first 
to  launch  the  slogan  which  rings  from  one  end  of  the  coun- 
try to  the  other:  "See  America  First."  The  Youngs  will 
spend  considerable  time  in  large  eastern  cities,  where  Mr. 
Young  will  be  an  official  representative  and  head  of  the 
leading  hotel  associations  during  the  annual  meets  in  the 
large  cities  of  America.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  are 
exceedingly  popular  among  their  associates  as  well  as  high- 
ly esteemed  in  the  circles  of  leading  American  hotel  owners 
and  managers. 

Mrs.  U.  M.  Slater,  and  Miss  Helen  Slater,  who  have  been 
spending  the  past  six  months  in  New  York,  have  returned  to 
their  Fairmont  home.  Miss  Slater  is  a  debutante  of  the 
past  season  and  has  a  large  circle  of  friends  both  here  and 
in  the  east,  the  Slaters  spending  part  of  each  year  in  New 
York  City. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Anna  D.  Connelly  was  hostess  at  a  smart  Bridge 
Luncheon  given  in  the  Empire  Room  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel, 
on  Thursday,  in  honor  of  her  daughter-in-law.  Mrs.  Percy  E. 
Towne,  whose  wedding  was  a  social  event  of  recent  (late. 
She  was  assisted  in  receiving  by  Mrs.  Percy  H.  Towne. 
blowers  and  ferns  were  combined  in  pleasing  manner  in  the 
decorations,  and  cards  were  enjoyed  following  the  luncheon. 
Mrs.  A.  R.  MtConnell,  also  a  daughter  of  the  hostess,  will 
arrive  in  San  Francisco  in  a  few  days  to  he  the  house  guest 
of  her  mother  for  two  months. 

*  *     * 

(  >nc  of  the  largest  affairs  of  the  week  was  the  re- 
ception and  tea  given  on  Tuesday  by  Mrs.  Walter  Romaine 
Lovegrovc  and  Mrs.  George  Leviston  as  joint  hostesses,  in 
honor  of  Mrs.  Dohrmann  K.  Pischel,  who  with  Dr.  Pischel, 
has  just  returned  to  San  Francisco  alter  two  years  residence 
in  Europe.  The  Laurel  Court  at  The  Fairmont  Motel  was 
the  setting  for  the  brilliant  gathering  of  two  hundred 
friends.  Among  those  who  assisted  in  receiving  were: 
Mrs.    [Casper    Pischel,   Mrs.    Harold    Fletcher,   Mrs.   Albert 


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Evers,  Mrs.  Robertson  Ward,  Mrs.  Chalmers 
Graham  and  the  Misses  Ruth  and  Mary  Davis. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Sol  Elberg  and  Mrs.  Eliza  Levene  were 
joint  hostesses  at  a  Bridge  Luncheon  given  on 
Tuesday  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  their  honor 
guest  being  Miss  Janice  Monash,  who  will  be 
married  to  Mr.  Harold  Levene  on  June  24. 
Bright  flowers  were  artistically  combined  in 
the  table  decoration  and  place  cards  were  hand 

painted  cupids  and  brides. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Wallace  Gives 
Smart  Tea  for  Celebrity 

Mrs.  Charles  Stuart  Wallace,  wife  of  Colonel 
Wallace,  was  hostess  at  a  most  delightful  tea 
given  at  her  home  on  California  street  this  past 
week,  in  compliment  to  a  celebrity.  Baroness 
von  Redelstein-Ghika,  who  has  just  reached 
this  city  from  South  American  centers. 

The  Baroness  told  some  intensely  interest- 
ing events  in  connection  with  her  great  literary 
achievements  and  recited  the  customs  of 
peoples  throughout  various  parts  of  the  world 
—much  to  the  delight  and  interest  of  the  assembled  litterati. 
Those  who  were  invited  by  Mrs.  Wallace  to  meet  Baron- 
ess von  Redelstein-Ghika,  included  Mrs.  E.  W.  Wilson, 
Mrs.  Macondray  Moore,  Mrs.  Katherine  Eggleston  Holmes, 
Mrs.  Charles  Menoher,  Mrs.  Walter  Jones,  Mrs.  William 
Hinckley  Taylor,  Mrs.  Gordon  Michie,  Miss  C.eneve  Shaffer, 
Mrs.  Geddes. 

Mrs.  Geddes  and  Mrs.  Holmes  poured. 
Upon  request,  letters  written  by  Mrs.  Wallace  to  her 
friend,  Mrs.  Holmes,  were  read  at  this  eventful  tea  and 
those  who  heard  the  scholarly  and  instructive  letters  urged 
the  writer  to  have  them  published  in  book  form  for  the  en- 
lightenment and  pleasure  of  many  more  friends. 

*  *     * 

The  151st  anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill  will 
be  commemorated  on  Thursday.  June  17th.  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  Bunker  Hill  Association. 

\  special  musical  patriotic  program  will  be  arranged  by 
Mr.  Ralph  Murray,  leader  of  the  Golden  Gate  Park  Band 
and  the  exercises  will  take  place  at  Golden  Gate  Park  at 
2  p.  m.  on  Thursday,  June  17th. 

Invitations  are  extended  to  all  to  be  present  at  these  ex- 
ercises  to   commemorate    this    anniversary. 

*  *     * 

Hotel  Whitcomb  Notes 

The  Utile  Dulci  Auxilliary  Club  assembled  at  the  Hotel 
Whitcomb  on  Saturday  afternoon.  After  the  meeting  and 
program,  tea  was  served  during  the  concert  hour  in  the  Roof 
Garden  of  the  hotel.     Thirty  members  attended  the  tea. 

The  club  has  disbanded  for  the  summer.  The  next  meet- 
ing will  be  held  in  August. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Peter  Crook  of  Los  Angeles  and  their 
uuest  Mrs.  H.  C.  Christensen.  of  Milwaukee,  are  stopping 
at  the  Hotel  Whitcomb.  The  party  motored  to  Can  Fran- 
cisco for  the  Golden  Gate  Kennel  Show,  in  which  they  had 
several  entries.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crook  have  many  friends  in 
San  Francisco  and  the  bay  region. 

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June  5,  1926 


Mi 

mM 

RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 

Warn 

Keep  Your  Name  on  the  Air 

WE  TAKE  special  notice  of  how 
some  of  our  most  prominent  com- 
panies, who  have  been  sponsoring  pro- 
grams  throughout  the   various   broad- 


C.  J.  Pennington 

cast  stations  for  the  past  few  months, 
are  discontinuing  their  broadcast  pro- 
grams until  next  October. 

We  are  wondering  if  it  would  not 
be  to  the  benefit  of  those  certain  com- 
panies if  they  would  continue  to  keep 
their  name  before  the  public  during  the 
vacation  period,  for  several  excellent 
and  significant  reasons. 

It  must,  of  course,  be  remembered 
that  there  will  be  thousands  on  the 
roads,  stopping  in  the  auto  camps 
every  night  during  the  entire  summer. 
These  people  will  be  listening  to  their 
own  or  to  some  one  else's  radio  set  al- 
most every  evening. 

During  their  trip  they  will  no  doubt 
think  of  the  many  things  which  they 
will  purchase  when  their  pleasure  trip 
is  finished  ;  or,  no  doubt,  while  listen- 
ing to  an  excellent  program  sponsored 
by  some  concern,  they  will  be  reminded 
of  the  articles  they  must  purchase  after 
their  trip  is  finished. 

In  all  probability,  when  the  time  ar- 
rives for  them  to  make  those  pur- 
chases, they  are  going  to  drift  back  I  in 
mind)  to  the  evening  when  they  were 
entertained  via  the  air  by  you  ;  which 
means  they  are  going  to  make  their 
purchases  from  you. 

The  public  is  very  fickle;  they  must 
be  continually  "sold,"  and  unless  one 
is  always  before  them,  they  soon  for- 
get. They  will  listen  to  your  programs 
all  winter,  but  when  you  quit  them, 
then  they  turn  to  some  other  source  for 
their  summer  broadcast  programs. 

Perhaps  your  competitor  will  go  on 
the  air  where  you  leave  off  and  reap 
the  rewards  for  the  work  you  have  been 
doing.  Think  it  over,  you  advertisers, 
anil  may  we  ask,  why  advertise  all  win- 


ter and  then  stop  during  the  summer 
months  just  to  let  some  concern  step 
in  and  reap  your  harvest? 

We  are  wondering  if  it  is  a  lack  of 
good  judgment  on  the  part  of  the  bud- 
get committee,  or  if  it  is  a  case  of  con- 
sidering advertising  unnecessary  and 
that  you  have  every  one  so  completely 
"sold"  that  they  would  not  think  of  an- 
other product.  Perhaps  some  author- 
ity could  inform  us. 

*     *     * 

No  Radical  Changes  Expected 

We  have  been  asked,  what  changes 
do  we  expect  in  radio  sets  for  the  com- 
ing winter?  Not  many  are  expected, 
and  we  doubt  if  any  are  made.  There 
may  be  improvements  in  looks  and 
workmanship,  but  as  to  the  parts  of 
the  actual  receiver,  we  do  not  anticipate 
any  new  ones. 

Which  calls  to  mind  the  fact  that 
there  are  many  persons  who  would  like 
to  become  set  owners  and  enjoy  some 
of  the  pleasures  which  a  radio  set  alone 
can  give. 

The  summer  months  are  approach- 
ing, or  rather,  are  upon  us,  which  is 
the  time  when  the  sale  of  radio  sets  is 
on  a  decline.  Naturally,  this  produces 
a  drop  in  prices,  and  especially  with 
those  dealers  who  want  to  stimulate 
sales.  Some  are  already  giving  a  dis- 
count from  the  regular  prices  in  order 
to  make  the  few  sales  which  are  ac- 
complished during  the  summer  or  quiet 
months. 

Y"ti  who  contemplate  purchasing  a 
radio  set  within  the  near  future, — why 
not  take  advantage  of  the  summer 
months  to  install  your  set?  Then 
when  the  winter  months  come  and 
radio  reception  is  good,  you  will  be 
fully  equipped  with  a  good  set,  which 
in  all  probability  costs  you  much  less 
by  purchasing  during  the  hot  months, 
when  there  is  plenty  of  Static  and  dis- 
tortii  hi. 

Make  a  comparison  of  former  years: 
the  same  has  transpired  every  year 
and  no  radical  changes  have  taken  ef- 
fect that  would  cause  a  set  to  be  out 
of  date. 

Now  i.-'  the  time  to  get  that  set  you 
have  long  hoped  to  have,  and  perhaps 
you  may  buy  the  very  one  which  you 
never  thought  you  could  afford. 

We  feel  certain  any  merchant  would 
be  more  than  glad  to  shave  a  little  from 
his  own  profits  in  order  to  keep  up  a 
continual  turn  over  on  his  merchandise, 
and  at  the  outset  of  the  fall  season  have 
bi-  shelves  clear  in  order  to  accommodate 
the  new  models,  which  by  the  way, 
will  be  different  in  exterior  appearance 
only. 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

KPO— HALE    BROS.   AND   THE   CHRON- 
ICLE,  SAN    FRANCISCO— 428.3 

Sunday*  June  a 

9:45  l"  10:45  a.  m, — Undenominational  and 
non-sectarian    church    service.      Talk. 

10:45  a.  m. — Weather  forecast. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
atlon   Talk  of  the  baseball  game. 

5  "'I   i"  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Orchestra,  direction  of 
Waldemar  Lind. 

6:30  p.  m. — Baseball  scores  and  general  in- 
formation. 

6:35    to    8:35   p.    m. — Concert  Orchestra. 

to   10:00  p.  ni. — Rudy  Seiger's  Orchestra. 

Monday,  June  7 

7,00,  7:80,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

10:110   a.    in. — Weather    forecast. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

l to   2:00    p.   m. — Rudy   Seiger's  Orchestra. 

30    i>.    in. — Matinee  program. 
1:30    to    8:40    l».    m. — Fashion    n 

3:40  to  6:80  p.  m. — Concert  Orchestra,  Cyrus 
Trobbe. 

5:30   to  6:15   p.   m. — Children's  hour  stories. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations. 
baseball   scores. 

f:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7 t<>    7:80    p.    ni. — Rudy    Seiger's   Orchestra. 

8:00    to   9:00    p.    m. — Hawaiian   Orchestra. 

9:00  to  i"  ml  p.  m. — KFI,  Los  Angeles,  and 
KPO.  San  Francisco,  broadcasting  simul- 
taneously. 

10:00  i"  11:00  p.  m. — Dance  Orchestra,  Billy 
Long  director. 

Tuesday,  June  8 

7:00,   7:::o.  8:00  a.  m. — Dally  dozen  exercises. 
a.  m. — Market  report. 

12 noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

l:ini   to    2:00   p.    in. — Rudy    Seiger's  Orchestra. 

2:46  I..  8:30  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast 
from  Recreation  Park  of  the  baseball   unim- 

I  :;n  to  ."■.::"  v  m — Concert  Orchestra.  Cyrus 
Trobbe  director. 

5:30   to  6:15  p.  m. — Big  Brother's  storli 

6:16  to  6:80  p.  in. — Quotations  and  baseball 
scores. 

6:30    t"   7 p.   in. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 

dived 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m.— Rudy  Seiger's  Orchestra. 

8:00  to   9:00   p.   m. — Program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Piogram. 

lieini  to  11:00  p.  m. — Dance  Orchestra,  Gene 
James  director, 

Wednesdny,  June  0 

;   '">     7:30.   8:00   a.   m. — Dally  dozen   exercises. 

l"  :e  ;i    to.  —  Weather  forecast;  Market  report. 

12:00  noon —  Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Rudy  Seiger's  Orchestra. 

j:!.".  tn  :::::•'  p.  in. — Play  by  play  broadcast 
from  Recreation  Park  of  the  baseball  game. 

1:30    m   5:80   o    m. — Concert  Orchestra,  Cyrus 

Trn bi..-    ilirielnr. 
5:30    to    6:17.    p.    111. — Children's    hour. 

6:16   tn   »:  ::"  p    no. — stock   market  quotations. 

baseball  scores  and  information. 
6:30  to  7:iiii  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 

direct 
7:00   tn  7:80  p.   ni. — Rudy  Seiger's  Orchestra. 
B:00   io  9:00  p.   m. —  Program   by   the   Atwatet- 

Kenl    Artisls. 
9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Billy  Long  df- 

1 1  ctor, 
10:00    to    ll:fin    p.    m. — Orchestra,    Waldemar 

Lind   director. 

Tl»i-r.«ol|.y.   June    10 

7:00,   7:30,   8:00   a.   m. — Daily  dozen    exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
me. 

I to    2:00   p.   m. — Rudy   Seiger's   Orchestra. 

2:46  tn  3:30  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast 
from  Rec-eatlon  Park  of  the  basebal  game. 

1:30  tn  5:80  p.  m. — Concert  Orchestra,  Cyrus 
Trobbe  director. 

5:30   to  6:15   p.   tn. — Children's   hour. 

6:15  m  6:80  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball  scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
it  irector. 

7:<n>    to    7:80    p.   m. — Rudy   Seiger's  Orchestra. 

[  mi    t.,    l  9:00    p,    to — P-ogram. 

10:00  to  11  -■>■"■  p.  01. — Dance  Orchestra.  Billy 
Long  director. 

Friday,   June   11 

7  mi.    7:80,    8:00   a.    tn. — Dally  dozen 

10:30  ;i.  in — Weather  forecast,  mark,  t  re- 
port. 


June  5,   1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


L2:O0  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

12:4o  p.  m.—  Talk  from  the  Commonwealth 
Ulub. 

1:30    to    2:00   p.   m. — Rudy   Seiger's   Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park    of   the   baseball   game. 

1:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  Orchestra,  Cyrus 
Trobbe  director. 

5:30   to   6:15   p.   m. — Big   Brother's   stories. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball  scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00   to   7:10   p.    m. — "Sports   on   the  Air." 

T :  in    to    7:20    p.    m. — Bridge    lessons. 

8:00   to   9:00    p.   m. — Program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Dance  Orchestra,  Gene 
James    dh  ector. 

9:10   to  9:20  p.  m. — Book  Reviews. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar 
Ijind    director. 

Siitnidfty,  June   12 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

l:0u    to    2:00    p.    m. — Rudy    Seiger's    Orchestra. 

^:4n  p.  rn. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation Park  of  the  baseball  game. 

4 :30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Concert  Orchestra,  Cyrus 
Trobbe   director. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball  scores. 

6:30  to  7:20  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:20  to  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  on  real   estate. 

S:')0  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  Orchestra,  Reg 
Code  directing. 


KJBS— JULIUS   BRUNTON   &   SONS  CO., 
SAN   FRANCISCO— 220 
Sunday,   June    <» 

6:00    to    6:30    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

Monday,  June  7 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — "Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:00  to  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

8:00  to  8:45  p.  m. — Studio  Program  by  John- 
son's   Radio    Band. 

8:45  to  9:00  p.  m. — KJBS  Players,  Fred  C. 
Dittmar  Director. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  "John- 
son's   Radio    Band." 

Tuesday,  June  S 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

3:00  to  2:30  p.  in. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

Wednesday,  June  0 

9.00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

2:00  t<>  2:30  p.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 

8:00  i"  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  "The 
After    Dinner   Boys.*' 

Thursday.    June  10 

9:00    to    1(1:10   a.  m. — Vocal   and   Instrumental 

Selections. 

2:00    to    2-30    p.  m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
Friday,  June  11 

it: mi  to   10:40   a.  m. — Vocal   ami   Instrumental 

Beli  ''i  Ions. 
8:00   to   8:80    p.    m. — Vocal    b  nd    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00  to  9:00  d.  m. — Program.     Benny   Burman, 

Peggy  McDonald. 
9:oo    to    10:00    P-    rn. — Studio    program    by    the 

"Fa  vorlte    1 1  our    En  ti  rt8  mots." 
io:on  to  Ll:80  p.  m.-  -Regular  Weekly  meeting 

of  "The   I  loyal   Order  "i    Smoked    Herring.' 

Saturday,  June   12 

9:00  to   io:to   a.   m.— Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selccl  Ions. 
8:00    to    2 :30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 


KFRC— CITY  OF   PARIS   DRY   GOODS   CO.. 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 
Sandfly,  June  <■ 

8:S0   p.   m. — "The   Stage   ami    Screen." 
6:30  t"  7  30  p.  in. — Conner!   from  Hotel  Whit- 
comb. 

8:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Concert     by    Hems    Sym- 
phony Orchestra. 
10:00    to    12:00    p.    m. — Dance    music. 
>liin<inv,    June    7 

I    to    11    i.    m. — Household    Hint?:. 

r::n   to  5  30  p.  m. — Dance  music, 

m. — A.    F.    Merrell    and    his 
Stamp  Club. 
8  i".  v.   in —"The  Stage  and  Screi 
6:Jfi    to    6:4E    p.    m. — JO    Mendel    and    his    Pep 

Rand. 
6:46  to  7:80  p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad   Period 

0    p.    m. — Around     the    Camp -Fire 

with 

to    9:30    p.    m. — Current    evel 

i0  p.  in. — KFRC  Hawaiian* 

Tue»<ifi>,    June   S 

p.   m, — Mnr   and   His   Gang 

p      in  — "Til.     Stair.-     and    SVmen  " 


6:30    to    7:30    p.    m. — Popular   songs    by    Fred 

McKinley. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Grand  Opera  "II  Trova- 
tore"    hy  Verdi. 

10:00    to   12:00   p.   m. — Dance  music. 

Wednesday,  June  0 

10:00    to    11:00   a.    m. — Household    hints. 

l:0ii  to  5:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Billy  Ham- 
ilton's  Orchestra. 

5:00   to   5:30   p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

5:30   to   fi:30   p.   m. — Mac  and   his  Gang. 

6:30  p.   m. — "The   Stage  and  Screen." 

6:30  to   7:30   p.   m. — Concert,   Hotel  Whitcomb. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Sym- 
phony Orchestra. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — An  hour  of  music  by  the 
Anker  String  Ensemble. 

10:00    to    12:00   p.    m. — Dance  music. 

Thursday,  June  10 

5:30   to   6:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6:30  p.   m. — "The  Stage   and   Screen." 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Harry  Rose  and  Bill  Morris. 

7:00    to    7::ki    p.    m.— Goodfellows    Ad    Period. 

8:00  to  S:15  p.  m. — "15  minutes  at  the  Bald- 
win." 

8:15  to  S:30   p.   m. — Special   program. 

8:30   to    10:00    p.    m. — Dance   music. 

Friday,    June    11 

4:45   to   5:30   p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 

5:30  to  6:30   p.   m. — Mac  and  His  Gang. 

6:30   p.    m. — "The   Stage    and    Screen." 

6  :30  to  7:3o  p.  m. — Concert  by  Stanislas  Bern's 
Symphony    Orchestra. 

S:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Concert    by    Bern's 
phony  Orchestra. 

9:0ti  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program. 

10:00   to   11:00  p,  m. — Dance  music. 

Saturday,  June  12 

t:0o  to  5:30  p.  m. — Tea  Hour  concert. 

5:30   to   6:30  p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6:30   p.   m. — "The   Stage  and   Screen." 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Dance  music,  -Hotel  Whit- 
comb. 

8:00  p.  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music  by  Wilt 
Gunzendorfer's  Band.  Intermissions  by 
KFRC  Request  Twins  "Jake"  and  "Alec" 
and   Lou   Emmel   and   Del    Perry. 


Sym- 


KGTT— GLAD  TIDINGS  TEMPLE,  SAN 
FRANCISCO— 207 
Sunday,   June  tt 

2:30    to   3:00    p.    m. — Sunday  school   lesson. 
3:00    to   5:00    p.    m. — Church    service. 
B:00    to  10:00  p.   m. — Evening  service. 
Tnesdayi    June   7 

8:00  to  io:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  of  sacred 
music. 

\\  rdm-Mlny,   June  8 

2:30    to    3:30    p.    in. — Healing    service. 

1    00   to   loon  p.   ni. — Studio  program  of  sacred 

music. 
TliurNday.    June    10 
2:30  to  8:80   p.   m. — Glad  Tidings  hour.  Studio 

program. 

I   '  idny.    June    11 

8:00  fn   10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  of  sacred 
music. 


KFOB— INC..  BURLINGAME— 226 
Tut-Kday.  June   1- — B:00   to   11:00  p.    m. 
Tliursdny.    June    3 — 7:00     to     7:30     p.     m. ;     8:00 

to  12:00  p.  m. 
Saturday,    June    0 — 5:30    tn    6:00    p.    m.:    8:00 

to  12:00  p.  m. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO- 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday*  June  ft 

n  00    a     tn, — Firsl    Baptist    Church   service. 
3:30    p.    in — Vespei  Cathedral. 

7  4ii    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 
7:15    p.    ni.—  First    Baptist    Church    service. 
Mondny,    June    7 

. ;  i  5  to   7:30  a.   m. — Reall  !i   Exercises. 
7 :  (.">  a.   in. — Health   Ti  all 
8:16    i  n — lie;, Hh    Training. 

i      in. —  'Daily    Strength." 

DO    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert. 
12:00    poon — Time  Signal. 

p.    m. — Weather  Bureau  repi 

1    30    p.    in  —  N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 

i  87  p    in — s.  F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42    p.    m — Weather    Bureau    reports. 

P,    m. — Dona   M  .'tin.    soprano. 
Q   $:00  ]..  in. — KGO  K  ddles'   Kluh. 

in. — Pinner   concert. 
n.    m — News    items. 

m, — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7  06   p.   in — S    F.   Produce,  Grain,  Cotton   and 

M-  I 

714    p.   m. — N    v.  Stock   reports    (closing). 

7:81    p.   m. — S.    F.   Stock    reports    (closing). 

p.     m — Educational     program. 

m — O    \V.   Holmes   "The   Agricultural 
outlook." 

p.    in — "Chats    A.boul    New    Books." 
m — "Education    Over   Radio." 
9:16    p.    m. — "The    A*-t    of    Yodeling." 

p.    in — Milton    H.    Epstein,    speaker. 

Tne«id«> .    June    ** 

7:15   to   7"ii   a.   m. — Health   Fxerc 

7:46    a.    m — Health    Training. 

R:1K  DO  — Health    Training. 


S:30  a.    m. — "Daily   Strength." 

1 1 :30    to    1 :00    p.    m. — Luncheon   concert. 

12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 

12:30   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1:30  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports. 

1:37   p.   m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 

6:00  to   6:55  p.   m. — Dinner  concert. 

6:55   p.   m. — News   items. 

7:08  p.  ni. — Weather  Bureau  report. 

7:06   p.    m. — Baseball   scores. 

7;0S    p.   m. — S.    F.    Produce,   Grain.   Cotton   and 

Metals. 
7:16  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports  (closing). 
7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing). 
8 :00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Eveready    program. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — The    Pilgrims'    hour. 
Wednesday,  June  0 

7:15  to   7:30  a.   m. — Health  Exercises. 
7:45    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:15   to  8:30  a.   m. — Health   Training. 
8:30   a.    m. — "Daily    Strength." 
11 :30   to    1 :00    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert. 
12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 
12:30  p.  m. — U.  S.  Weather  Bureau  reports. 
1:30  p.  m. — N.   Y.  Stock  reports. 
1:37  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 
1:42   p.  m. — Weather  Bureau   reports. 
3:00  to  4:00  p.   m. — Book  Review. 
5:30   p.    m. — Mr.    Fix-it   answers    questions. 
6:00   to   6:55   p.   m. — Dinner  concert. 
6:55    p.   m. — News    items. 
7:03   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 
7:08    p.    m. — S.    F.   Produce,   Grain,   Cotton    and 

.Metals. 
7:16   p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing). 
7:23   p.  m. — S.   F.   Stock  reports    (closing). 
Thursday,  June  10 

7:15   to    7:30   a.   m. — Health   Exercises. 
7:4:"    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:15    to   8:30   a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:30   a.    m. — "Daily    Strength." 
11:30   to    1 :00    p.   m. — Luncheon    concert. 
12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 
1  ?■"**)   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau  reports. 
1:30  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports. 
1:37  p.  m. — S.  P.  Stock  reports. 
1:42    p.   m. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 
5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — George  W.  Ludlow.  "Friend 

to   Boys." 
G  :5G   p.   ni. — News   items. 
7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7:06  p.    m. — Baseball  scores. 
7:0S   p.    m. — S.    F.   Produce,   Grain.   Cotton   and 

Metals. 
71ii    p.   m. — N.    Y.   Stock   reports    (closing). 
7:23   p.   m. — S.    F.    Stock   reparts    (closing). 
•    nil    i,,    ',i;iin    p.    m. — Vacation   program. 
:>  00  p.   in    tn  12:00  midnight — Dance  music. 
Friday,  June  11 

7:16   to   7 :30   a.   m. — Health  Exercises. 
7:45    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
5:15    to   B:30   a.    m. — Health   Training. 
8:30    a.    m. — "Daily    Strength." 
1  1  : 1  n    a.     m.- —  Horn  em  a  king    Talk. 
l  l  :30    to    l  :00    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert. 
i      oo    noon — Time   Signal. 
12:30   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 
1:30  i>.  m. — N.   Y.  Stock  reports. 

I  :'. ,    p.   ni. — S.   F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42   p.   in. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 
3:00    to    J:00    p.    m. — Auction   B-idge   matinee. 
5:30    to    fi:00    p.    m. — KGO    Radio    Girls. 
6:00   to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 

p.    rn  — NVws    items. 
7   0  I    p.    m — Weather   Bureau   report. 
7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    bc 
7:(>v    p.    m. — S.    F.    Produce,   Grain.   Cotton   and 

Metals, 
7*t*   p.   m. — V   v.   stuck    reports   (closing). 
7:23   p.   m. — S.   F.   Stock   reports   (closing). 
Ratal  dn?.  June    12 
7:15    to    7:80    a.    m. — Health   Exercises. 

m. — Health    Training. 
B:16   T.»   B:30  a     m.— Health    Training. 

;i      m  —"Dally    Strength." 
v    1".   j>.    m. — Songs:   Jennings    Pierce. 

I I  30    in    1 :00    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert. 

nnnn — Time   Signal. 
1    p.    m. — U.    S     Weather   R'ireau    report. 
l"::n    p.   m. — X.    Y.   Stoek    Market   reports. 
p.    m — P.    F.    Stock    Market    reports. 
1:00    to    5:30    p.    m. — Concert    orchestra. 
8;0i    ~     r" — Weather    report.      "Weekly   Sport 

Review." 
S:10   to   9:00   p.   m. — Program    (San   Francisco 
studio).      Instrumental    Selections. 

10:00    p    m. — (San   Francisco  Studio). 
P      cram. 
10:00    p.   m.    to    12:30   a.    m. — Dance   music. 


KTAB— ASSOCIATED     BROADCASTERS. 
OAKLAND— 240 
SiniluT,  Jane  ft 

r    a.   m. — Blhle  lecture. 
11:00  a.  m.  to  12:30  n.  m. — Church  service. 
i    IB   to   ■'  t  *'   p    m. — Church   service. 

m. — After-service  Concert, 
Monday.  Jane  7 

?:3n  a.  m. — Prayer  service. 

rn. — Studio    protrram. 
TnrNday.  Jnnr    H 

B.    m. — Prayer   Service 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  5,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


8:00   to   9:00   p.   m. — Educational   program. 

Wednesday,  June  0 

9:0  to  9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service. 

Thursday,  June  10 

9:00    to   9:30   a.    m. — Prayer   service. 

8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program. 

Friday,  June    11 

9:00    to    9:30  a.   m. — Prayer   service. 

8:00    to   10:00  p.   m. — Studio  program. 


KFUS— GOSPEL  RADIO,  OAKLAND— 256 
Sunday,  June  0 

9:00   a.    m. — Sunday   School    lesson. 

Monday,    Jane  7 

10:00  a.  m. — Fellowship  hour.  Musical  se- 
lections. 

6:30    a.    m. — Children's    Bible    itory    hour. 

6:45    p.    m. — Bible    reading. 

7:00  p.  m. — Vesper  service. 

Tuesday,  June  H 

8:00  p.  m. — The  KFUS  Orchestra,  Mr.  C.  Moore 
director. 

Wednesday,  June  0 

10:00  a.  m. — Fellowship  hour.  Musical  se- 
lections. 

6:30    p.   m. — Children's   Bible    story   hour. 

6:45   p.   m. — Bible    reading. 

7:00  p.  m. — Vesper  Service. 

8:00  p.  m. — Studio  program. 

Friday,  June  11 

10:00  a.   m. — Fellowship  hour. 

6:30    p.    m. — Children's    Bible    story    hour. 

7:00  p.  m. — Vesper  service. 

8:00  p.  m. — One  hour  of  sacred  songs. 

Saturday,  June  12 

10:30    a.    m. — Children's   Church    broadcasting. 

6:30  p.  m. — Regular  radiocast,  Down  Town 
Mission,  ' 

KLX— OAKLAND  TRIBUNE,  OAK- 
LAND— 508,2 
Monday,  June  7 

7:00   to  7:30  p.   m. — News  broadcast. 

8:00     to     9:0i»     p.     m. — Seventh     "Community 

Night." 
9:00    to    10:30    p.    m. — Weekly    meeting    of   the 

Protective  Order  of  Lake  Merritt  Ducks. 
Tuesday,  June  8 
3:00  p.  m. — Baseball. 
7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 
Wednesday,   June  » 
3:00  p.  m.— Baseball. 


-Athens   Athletic   Club   or- 
al.— News  broadcast, 
m. — Educational   program, 
p.     m. — Eighth     "Community 


6:30    to    7;0u 

chestra. 
7:00    to   7:30   p. 
S:00    to    9:00    p, 
9:00     to     10:00 

Night." 
Thursday,  June    10 
3:00    p.    m.  — Baseball. 
7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 
FrJdny,  June  11 
3:00    p.    m. — Baseball. 
7:00  to   7:30   p.  m. — News   broadcast. 
8:00  to   9:45   p.   m. — Studio  program. 
9:45    to   10:30    p.   m. — Athens   Athletic   club   or 
chestra. 

Saturday.   June   12 
3:00  p.  m. — Baseball. 
7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast, 


KNX— L.  A.  EVENING   EXPRESS 
LOS  ANGELES— 337 

Dally    Except    Sunday 

7:3h  a.   m. — KNX   Morning  Gym. 

8:00    a.    m. — Inspirational    talk    and    morning 

prayer. 
8:55    a.    m. — Time    signals. 
9:00   a.   m. — Radio   Shopping  News. 
10:00  a.  m. — Morning  Message. 
10:30    a.    m. — Household    Economics    Dept. 
12:00  m. — Arcade  Cafeteria  Orchestra. 
1:30   p.    m. — The   Book   "Worm. 
4:55  p.   m. — Market  reports. 
5:30    p.    m. — Arcade    Cafeteria    Orchestra. 
6:00  p.  m. — The  Town  Tattler. 
6:15  p.   m. — w.    F.   Alder   Travelogue. 
6:30   p.    m. — Atwater    Kent    orchestra. 
Sunday,  June  « 
10:00    a.     m. — First    Presbyterian    Church    of 

Hollywood. 
2:00   to  4:00   p.  m. — Musical   program. 
4:30  p.  m. — Cinema  chat. 
6:30  p.  m. — First  Unitarian  Church. 
7:00    p.    m. — Circle    Theater   Symphony. 
8:00    p.     m. — First     Presbyterian     Church     of 

Hollywood. 
9:00   p.    m. — Feature   program. 
Monday,  June  7 
3:00   p.   m. — Little  Jean. 
4:00   p.   m.— Household   Hints. 
1:30   p.    m. — Blue    Monday    Frolic. 
7:00  p.   m. — Feature  program. 
7:30  p.  m. — Program, 
8:00  p.  m. — Program. 
9:00   p.    m. — Feature   program. 
10:00    p.    m. — Program. 

11:00    p.    m. — Hotel    Ambassador    orchestra. 
TueHday,  June  8 
2:00  p.  m. — Mothers'  Hour. 
7:00   p.   m. — Program. 
7:45    p.    m. — Talk    on    Health. 
8:00    p.    m. — Program. 
9:00   p.   m. — Program. 
10:00   p,   m. — Hotel   Ambassador  orchestra. 


Wednesday,   June  9 

4:00  p.  m. — Talk   on   care  of  children. 

7:00    p.    m. — Program. 

8:00    p.    m. — Progiam. 

9:00   p.   m. — Program, 

10:00    p.    m. — Women's   Clubs   program. 

11:00    p.    m. — Hotel    Ambassador    orchestra. 

Thursday,  June   10 

11:00  a.  m. — Nature  talk. 

7:00  p.  m. — P.ogram, 

simi    j..    m. — Program. 

9:00  to   10:00  p.  m. — Program. 

10:00   p.    m. — Feature    program. 

11:110   p.    m. — Hotel   Ambassador   Orchestra. 

i  _  ;00    to    2:00    a.    m. — Don    Meaney's    Midnight 

Frolic. 
Friday,  June  11 
10:80    a.   m. — Talk    on    "Proper    Foods." 


The    Village   Gossip, 
m. — Women's  Clubs   musical   program, 
m. — Boy    Scouts    musical    program. 
m.- — Feature    program, 
m. — Program, 
m. — Program. 

Event 


7:00  p. 
7:30  p. 
8:00    p. 


1:00 
2:00 
4:00 
7:00 
8:00 
9:00 
10:00    p.    m. — Broadcasting     the    main 

from  Hollywood  Legion  Stadium. 
11:00   p.   m. — Hotel  Ambassador  Orchestra. 
Saturday,  June    12 
3  mo  p.  m. — Town  Crier. 
7:00  p.  m. — Stories  of  insect  life. 
7:15  p.  m. — Announcement  of  Sunday  services. 
7:30   p.  m. — Program. 
8:00  p.   m. — Program. 
9:00   p.   m. — Feature  program. 
10:00  p.   m. — Hotel  Ambassador  Orchestra. 
11:00   p.   m. —  KNX   Hollywood^  Night. 

KFI— EARLE  C.  ANTHONY,   INC., 
LOS  ANGELES— 467 
(Copyright  1925  by  Earle  C.  Anthony,  Inc.) 
Sunday,  June  11 

10:00  a.  m.— Morning  Services. 

11:00  a.  m. — Third  Church  of  Christ.  Scientist. 

4:00    p.    m. — Vesper   Services. 

6:30    p.    m. — KFI   Nightly    Doings. 

6:45   p.  m. — Music  Appreciation  Chat, 
m. — A.  H.  Grebe  &  Co.,  Inc. 
m. — Jim,   Jack  and   Jean   Trio, 
m. — Aeolian    Oigan    Recital.      Dan    L. 
MacFarland. 

9:00   ii.   m. — Mert  Denman  and  his  Uke. 

10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Six   Orchestra. 

Monday.  June  7 

fi:45   to  7:00  a.  m.- — Health   Training. 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training. 

7:45   to  8:00   a.   m. — Health   Tiaining. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.   m. — Daily  Strength. 

5:30  p.  m. — Norm  Rathert  and  his  Trojan 
Tooters. 

6:«0  p.   m. — KFI  Nightly   Doings. 

6:15  p.  m. — KFI  Radio  Travel  Guide. 

6:30    p.    m. — Marguerite    Boelter,    soprano. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

7:00  p.  m. — Owen   Fallon  and  his  Californians. 

8:00    p.    m. — Popular    program. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  presented  by  Walter  M. 
Murphy  Motors  Co..  presenting  Alice  For- 
sy  tin-  Kosher.  Broadcast  simultaneously 
by   KFI,   and   KPO. 

10:00  p.  m, — Program  by  Meiklejohn  Bros. 

Tuesday,   June    H 

6:45  to  7:00  a.  m. — Health  Training. 

7:15   to   7:30   a.   m.— Health   Training. 

7:45    to   8:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.  m. — Daily  Strength. 

5:30  p.  m. — Rendezvous  Ballroom  Orchestra. 

6:00   p.   m. — KFI   Nightly    Doings. 

6:15  p.   m. — KFI  Radio  Travel  Guide. 

6:30  p.   m. — iSlmmers  and  Colburn. 

6:45  p.  m. — "Human  Nature  Around  the 
World." 

7:00    p.    m. — Virginia    Ballroom    Orchestra. 

8:00  p.   m. — Screen   Artists'    Quartet. 

9:00    p.    m. — Composers'    Hour, 

10:00    p.   m. — Packard    Radio   Club. 

"Wednesday,  June  0 

6:45  to  7:mi  a.  m. — Energetics'  Class.  Health 
Training  Exercises  by  Hugh  Barrett  Dobbs. 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Pep  Class,  Health  Training. 

7:45  to  8:00  a.  m. — Lazybones'  Class,  Health 
Training. 

8:00    to    8:80   a.    m. — Cheerio — Dally   Strength. 
m. — Don   Warners  Orchestra. 
m.— KFI    Nightly   Doings, 
m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide, 
m. — Don   Warner';,  Orchestra, 
m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 
m. — Grebe    Synchrophase    String    En- 
semble. 

7:30  p.  m. — Det-ctive  Stories. 

8:00  p.   m. — Program. 

9:00  p.  m. — Pat  O'Neal,  baritone. 

10:00  p.  m.— Program  arranged  by  Chariest 
Beauchamp. 

Thursday,  June  10 

6:45    to   7:00   a.   m. — Health   Training. 

7:15    to   7:30   a.    m.— Health    Training. 

7:45    to   8:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:00   to  S:30  a.   m.— Daily  Strength. 

6:30  p.  m. — Theron  Bennett's  Hollywood  Foot- 
lifters. 

6:00   p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:15   p.    m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 

6:30  p.  m.— Theron  Bennett's  Hollywood  Foot- 


5:30 

p 

6:00 

P- 

6:15 

P. 

6::to 

p. 

6:45 

p 

7:00 

P 

7:00   p.    m. — Program. 

8:00  p.  m. — Program  of  Chamber  Music.  lVr- 
prinia    Flohri,    soprano. 

9:00  p.   m. — Popular  program, 

10:00    p.    m. — Pa  trick -Ma.  sh    orchestra. 

Friday.  June  11 

6:45    to   7:00   a.   m. — Health   Training. 

7:15    to   7:30   a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:45    to    8:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.  m.— Daily  Strength. 

5:30    p.    m. — Program. 

6:00    p.   m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:15    p.    m.— KFI    Radio   Travel    Guide. 

6:45   p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorial   Period. 

6:30  p.  m. — Eugenia  Whisenaut,  Garnet  Davis. 

7:00  p.  m. — Kanner  Trio.  William  Kanner, 
piano. 

8:00  p.  m. — Aeolian  Organ  Recital.  Dan  L. 
MacFarland. 

9:00  p.  m. — Yvonne  Gerard,  pianist;  Walter 
Menard,    tenor. 

9:30    p.   m. — Program   by   Mutual  Motors,   Inc. 

10:00  p.   m. — Packard  Ballad  Hour. 

Saturday,  June  12 

6:45    to   7:00  a.   m. — Health    Training. 

7:15   to  7:30  a.  m.— Health   Training. 

7:46    to    8:00   a.    m. — Health    Tiaining. 

8:00  to  8:30   a.   m. — Daily  Strength. 

E  :80  p.  m. — Shelley  Players'  Orchestra,  with 
Marta   Evarts. 

6:00   p.   m. — KFI  Nightly  Doings. 

6:15  p.  m. — KFI  Radio  Travel  Guide. 

6:30   p.   m. — Vest   Pocket   Program. 

6:45    p.    m. — KFI    Radiotorial    Period. 

7:00  p.   m. — Al   Wesson  and  his  Orchestra, 

8:00  p.  m. — Angelus  Trio.  Elnora  Rader.  con- 
tralto. 

9:00    p.    m. — Popular    program. 

10:i)0  p.  m. — Packard  Radio  Club. 

11:00   p.    m. — KFI  Midnight   Frolic. 


lifters. 
6:45  p.  m 


-KFI  Radiotorial  Period. 


KFWB— WARNER   BROS.,   HOLLY- 
WOOD—252 

Sunday,  June   <l 

9:00   i"   11:00   p.   m. — Albert  Keglovlch,  violin. 

>londny,    June    7 

1:1".  to  5:00  p.  m. — Home  Economics.. 

5:00    to    6:00    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 

»'.  :nn  t<.  7:00  p.  m. — Pontiac  Six  Dinner  Hour. 

7:00    !••    7:20   p.    m. — Announcements. 

7  L'n   to  7  :30  p.  m. — News  Items. 

7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Peggy 

Mathews,    blues    singer. 
8:00   to   9:00  p.   m. — P.ogram   popular   songs. 
9:00  to   10:00   p.   m. — Program,   the  Ashley   Sis- 

t.--  s   in   harmony   numbers. 
10:00   to    10:10    p.   m. — News    Items. 
10:10  to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
TucMdny,   .dim    H 

4:45  to  5:00  p.  1.1. — Home  Economics. 
5:00    to    6:00    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 
6:00    to    7:00    p.    m. — The    Pontiac    Six    Dinner 

1  liiiir. 
7:00  to  7:16  p.  m. — The  Little  Ant  Man. 
7:15   to   7:20   p.    in. — Announce,  in  ni  & 
7:20  tn  7:30   p.   m, — News  Items. 
7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program,  Peggy  Mathews, 

blues  singer. 
8:00  to  i):no   i>.  in.— Program,  Stark  Sisters  in 

harmony    numbers. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program,    Sol    Hoop II' a 

Hawaiian    Trio. 
10:00    to    10:10  P.   m. — News  Items. 
10:10   to   U:00  p.   m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
Wednesday,  June  0 

4:45    to  5:00  p.   m. — On  Home   Economics. 
5:00    to   6:00  p.    m. — Children's   Hour. 
6:00   to  7:00  p.  m. — Pontiac  Six   Dinner  Hour. 
7:00   to  7:10   p.   m. — Officer  Reilly  of  The   Los 

AngeleB    Police   Dept. 
7:10    to    7:20    p.    m. — Announcements. 
7:20   to  7:30  p.  m. — News  items. 
7:30  to   8:0(1   p.   m. — Program. 
moo    to    9:00    p.    m.— Progiam,    Rill    Hatch    and 

his  orchestra. 
9:(»o    to    10:00    p.    m. — Program.      The    Romola 

O-chestra. 
10.00    t..     lo:lo    i).     m. — News    items. 
10:10  to  11:00  p.  m, — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
ThurMdny,  June   10 

6:0')    to    ::om   p.   m. — Pontiac   Six   Dinner   Hour. 
7:00   to  8:00   p,   m. — Program. 
8:00    to    8:10    p.    m. — News    items. 
S:10   to  9:10   p.   m. — Program   featuring  ullyna 

May    Challenger,    contralto. 
9:10     to    10:10    p.    m.— Program     Bill     Hatch. 

violin    and   piano. 
10:10  to  10:20  p.  m. — News  Items. 
10:20  to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
Friday,  June  11 

6:00    to   7:00   p.   m. — Pontiac  Six   Dinner   Hour. 
7:00  to  7:20  p.  m. — Announcements. 
7:20   to   7:30   p.    m. — News  Items. 
7:30    to    8:o0    p.    m. — Program    featuring    Wil- 
liam Kneen. 
8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Esther 

White.      The    John    Wright    O-chestra. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.   m.— Julius  H.   Phillips. 
10:00  to  10:10  p.  m. — News  items. 
10:10  to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
Saturday*  June  12 

6:00   to  7:00  p.  m. — Pontiac  Six   Dinner  Hour. 
7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — Announcements. 
7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program. 
vmii   i,,  :l:ii(»   p.   ni. — Program. 
9:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic 


June  5,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


KGW— MORNING  OREGONIAN,  PORT- 
LAND— 491.5 

Sunday,  June  (I 

10  :4.t    to    12:00    noon — Morning   services. 

7:30   to   9:00   p.    m, — Evening   services. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Concert. 

Monday,  June  7 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30   to  1:30  p.  m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice  reports. 

7:45   to   8:00   p.  m. — Talk. 

S:00   to   8:45  p.   m. — Organ  recital. 

S:45  to  9:00  p.  m. — Talk  "Raising  Poultry  for 
Profit." 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Vaudeville  entertainment. 

10:00  to  12:00  midnight — Dance  music  by  Cole 
McElroy's  dance  orchestra. 

Tuesday,  June  8 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30    to    1:30    p.    m. — Concert. 

2:00    to   3:30    p.    m. — Women's   Matinee. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.   m. — Dinner  concert. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice  reports. 

8:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Educational    program. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  from  Mult- 
nomah Hotel. 

Wednesday,  June  0 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30   to  1:30   p.   m. — Concert. 

6:00    to   7:00   p.   m. — Dinner   concert. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice reports. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Concert  of  vocal  and  in- 
strumental music. 

Thursday,  June  10 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household   helps. 

12:30   to   1:30   p.   m. — Concert. 

6:00   to  7:00  p.   m. — Dinner  concert. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and  mar- 
ket   reports. 

7:45    to    8:00    p.    m. — Lecture, 

8:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Vaudeville   program. 

10:00   to  12:00  midnight — Dance  music. 

Friday.  June   11 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Women's  daily  dossen, 
weather   report,   household   helps. 

12:30    to   1:30   p.    m. — Conc.it. 

2:00    to    3:00    p.   m. — Women's   Matinee. 

6:00    to   7:00   p.    m. — Dinner   concert. 

7:80  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  polict-  and  mar- 
ket reports. 

7:45  to  8:00  p.  m. — Talk. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  of  vocal  and  in- 
strumental music. 

9:00    to   9:15   p.    m.— Talk. 

9:15  to  10:30  p.  in. — Concert  of  vocal  and  hi- 
st rumen t al  music. 

10:80  to  midnight— Weekly  frolic  of  the  Keep 
Growing  Wiser  Order  of  Hool  Owls. 

Saturday*  June  1- 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m.— Weather  report,  house- 
hold helps. 

12:80  to   1:30   p.   in. — Concert.  , 

6:00  to  7:oo  p.  m. — Concert, 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m, — Dance  music. 


KJR— NORTHWEST    RADIO  SERVICE  CO., 

SEATTLE— 384.4 
Sundny.  June   0 

11:011    to    12:30    p.    m. — Church    services. 

7:i:.  to  B:00  i>.  m. — Organ   recital 

8:00    (<►   9:15    p.    m.- — Evening    services. 

9:lfi    to    10:46    i>.    m. — Orchestra,    direction    of 
i  [en  ry    i  Minsk  I, 

Monday*  June  7 

i0::u)  to  11:30  a.  m. — Musical  program  by  Cor- 
nish   school. 

11:30  to  12:00  p.  m. — Post  Intelligencer  talk. 

12:00    in. — Time   signals. 

5:40  i"  6:00  p    m.-   New  Fork  stock  Exchange 

6:00  p.   ni. — Time  Signals. 

6:00  to  6:06  p.  m. —  Baseball  scores, 

6:06   i"   6:10   p.   m. — Weather   reporta 

B:8fl  to  lOriMi  p.  ni. — Post  Intelligencer  studio 
Program, 

10:00   p.  m, — Time  Signals. 

Tur*iiny,   June   f* 

11:30   to   12:00  m. — Post  Intelligencer  talk. 

1  2:oq    „i.  —  Time   Signals. 

i  o    4:00    p.    m. — Musical    program. 

6:40   to  6:00   p.   m. — Closing   quotations  Stock 
1       ha  nge. 

6:00   p.   m.— Time   Signals. 

6:00   to  6:06  p.  ni. — Baseball   scoi 

6:06   to  ti:10  p.   m. — Weather  reports, 

7:0o  to  B:30  p.   m. — Children's  Hour. 

m. — Orchestra    directed    by 
Henry  Damskt, 

10:00   p.  m, — Time  Signals. 

Wednesday.  June  !» 

to   12:00  p.   ni. — Post   Intelligencer  talk. 

12:00    m, — Time    Signals. 

5:40    to    6:00    p.     m. — Closing    quotations     of 
Stock   Exchange. 

p     m. — Time  Signals. 

6:00   to   $:06   p.   m — Baseball   scores. 


6:06   to  6:10  p.  m. — Weather  reports. 

7:;;u    to   S:30    p.    m. — Studio   program. 

8:30    to    10:00   p.    m. — Studio    program. 

10:00  p.  m. — Time  Signals. 

10:00   to  11 :00   p.   m. — Studio   program. 

Thmsdjiy,   June   10 

10:30    to    11:30    a.     m. — Musical     program     by 

Cornish   School. 
11:30   to  12:00   p.   m.— Post   Intelligencer  talk. 
12:00  m. — Time  Signals. 
5:40  to  fi:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  of  Stock 

Exchange. 
6:00  p.  m. — Time  .Signals. 
6:00   to   6:05   p.   m. — Baseball   scores. 
6:05    to   6:10    p.    m. — Weather   reports. 
7:00    to    8:30    p.    m. — Studio   program. 
8:30     to    10:00    p.    m. — Oichestia    directed    by 
Henry     Damski. 
10:00   p.    m. — Time    signals. 
10:00    to   10:30   p.   m. — Musical   program. 
10:30   to   12:00   p.   m. — Weekly   meeting   of   the 

"Keep  Joy  Radiating  Order  of  Bats." 
Friday,  June  11 

11:30   to  12:00  m.— Post  Intelligencer  talk. 
12-00    m. — Time    Signals. 
3:00   to    4:00   p.   m. — Musical   program. 
5:40    to    6:00    p.    m. — Closing   quotations   Stock 

Exchange. 
6:00   p.    m. — Time    Signals. 
6:00  to  6:05  p.   m. — Baseball  scores. 
6:05    to   6:10    p.    m. — Weather    reports. 
8:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio   program. 
10:00   p.  m. — Time  Signals. 
.Saturday,  June  12 

11:30   to   12:00   m. — Pest  Intelligencer   talk. 
12:00   m. — Time    Signals. 
6:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  of  Stock 

Exchange. 
6:00    p.    m. — Time    Signals. 
6:00   to   6:05  p.   m. — Weather  reports. 
8:30   to   10:00   p.  m.— Studio  program. 
10:00   p.    m. — Time    Signals. 


KFOA— RHODES    DEPARTMENT   STORE, 

SEATTLE— 454.3 
Mmidny,    June    7 

10:00  to  10:30  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10:30  to  10:45  a.  m. — Health  Building  Exer- 
cises, 

10:46  to  11:10  a.  m. — Message  to  the  '*Shut- 
ins." 

11:10  to  11:16  a.  in. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions. 

12:30    to    1:30    p.    m. — Luncheon    program. 

5:15  t<.  .":0o  p.  m. — The  Times.  "Afternoons  at 
I  litliie." 

6:26    to    6:46    p.    m, — "Sports   and    Amusements 

It'VUe.'" 

>; :  I  r.  t,i  n  :  i  r>  p.  m. — studio  program, 
*:].->    ["    v::"    p.    m. — Weather    report 
8:30  to   L0:00  p.   ra. — The  Times  orchestra. 
Tuesday1!  June  s 

10:00  t..  10:80  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 
10:46  to  ii:io  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 

I  IIS." 

ll:lii    to    11:16    a.    m. — Closing    Market    Quota- 
tions. 
12:30   t "    l'.'i   i'    m, — Lunch  r..n   program   from 

the    I  >lj  mplc    Hotel. 

1:16  t..  .".Mil  p,  ni, — The  Tlmi  a     "Afternoons  at 

Home." 

:.;.;,  to  6:26  p.  m. — Children's  program, 

6:26    to   «:!*>    p.    m. — -"Sports   and   Amusements 

Revue." 
6:46    to    7:00    p.    m. — Ajnertcan     institute     of 

.nit    to    G  on    p.    ni. — Program. 
B:00    t..    8:16    p.    m, —  Sports    talk. 

B:16  i"  vi:.  p.  in. — studio  program. 

8:46  to  10:00  p.  m.— Studio  program. 

10:00    to    11:00    p.    m.—4Chea  sty's    Entertainers. 

Wcdnrndny.    Junr    0 

10:00  t..  10:30  a.  m. — The  it. one-maker's  half- 

10:30  to  10:46  a  m. — Health  Building  Exer- 
cisea. 

10:46  to  ill"  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10  to  11:16  a  ni. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions' 

p.    m. — Luncheon    Program. 

1:16  t..  G  00  p.  m. — The  Times,  "Afternoons  at 
Home." 

6:26  to  £:4.i  p.  ra. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

6:46    to   B:16    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

B:16  lo  B:3Q   p    m, — Weather   Report 

B:SQ    t..    10:00   p.   m. — Studio   program. 

Thn»il«7.  Junr    10 

1"  00  to  10:30  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  halt- 
hour. 

10:46  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10  to  11:16  a.  m. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions.   ' 

■    to    1:30   p.    m. — Propram. 

4:16  to  6:00  p.  m. — The  Times,  "Afternoons  at 
Home." 

:.:lo  p.   m. — The  Children's  Story. 

»>  2">  to  6:46  p.  m. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue.*1 

Friday.  June    11 


10:00  to  10:30  a.  m. — The  Home-maker's  half- 
hour. 

10:30  to  10:45  a.  m. — Health  Building  Exer- 
cises. 

10:45  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10  to  11:15  a.  m. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions. 

12:30  to  1:30  p.  m.— Seattle  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce Program. 

4:15  to  5:00  p.  m. — The  Times.  "Afternoons  at 
Home." 

5:55  to  6:25  p.  m. — Children's  Program. 

6:25  to  6:45  p.  m. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

6:45   to    8:15   p.    m. — .Studio    program. 

8:15  to  8:30  p.  m. — "Book  chat." 

8:30  to  10:00  p.  m. — The  Times  Studio  Pro- 
gram. 

10:00    to    10:30    p.    m. — Cheasty's    Entertainers. 

10:30  to  12:00  p.  m — Simultaneous  broadcast 
of   the   "Hoot   Owls"    from   KGW. 

10:45  to  11:10  a.  m. — A  Message  to  the  "Shut- 
Ins." 

11:10  to  11:15  a.  m. — Closing  Market  Quota- 
tions." 

4:15  to  5:00  p.  m. — The  Times,  "Afternoons  at 
Home." 

6:25  to  6:45  p.  m. — "Sports  and  Amusements 
Revue." 

7:00  to  8:00  p.  m. — Musical  program. 

8:00  to  8:15  p.  m. — Travel  Talk.  Weather  re- 
port. 

8:15  to  9:30  p. 'm. — All-artist  Studio  Program. 


10  POINTS  FOR  THE  CARE  OF 
YOUR  RADIO  SET 
By  Bert  E.  Gottschalk 
Calif.   State  Radio  Ass'n. 
The  owner  of  a  radio  set  will  do  well 
to  care  for  his  set  in  the  manner  outlined 
by   the   following   10  points.     These  ten 
points  were  go" ten  up  from  years  of  prac- 
tical   experience,    in    the   radio   business, 
and  if  same  are  conscientiously  followe  1. 
will    absolutely    assure   constant    service, 
coupled  with  the  finest  possible  reception 
from  your  radio  set. 

(1)  Inspect  your  radio  set,  tubes, 
speaker,  all  batteries,  as  well  as  an'enna 
and  ground  leads,  and  all  other  connec- 
tions every  30  days. 

(2)  "A"  batteries  should  be  teste  1 
with  hydrometer  every  two  weeks  and 
should  show  reading  between  1200  and 
1280  gravity.  Never  allow  "A"  batteries 
to  run  below  1200.  After  testing,  fill 
same  with  distilled  water,  to  just  a  trifle 
above  the  plates. 

(3)  "A"  batteries  should  be  charge  1 
at  least  twice  a  week  if  you  have  your 
own  charger.  If  you  do  not  own  a 
charger,  vend  the  batteries  out  for  charg- 
ing at  least  twice  a  month. 

1 4 1  Test  "B"  batteries  with  a  volt- 
meter. If  45-volt  "D"  battery  shows  a 
drop  in  voltage  to  42,  same  should  be  re- 
place!. 

(5)  Test  "C"  bateries  regularly,  and 
replace   if   voltage   is   found   below 
volts.     Remember,  a  run-down  "C"  bat- 
tery will  spoil  an  otherwise  perfect  set. 

(6)  Test  tubes  with  tube  tester,  as  per 
directions  attached  to  tester.  If  tubes  are 
found  deficient  in  electronic  emission, 
they  should  be  rejuvenate!.  A  slightly 
weak  tube  in  a  set.  will  oftentimes  dam- 
age the  other  tubes,  due  to  the  exc< 
filament  current  necessary  to  bring  forth 
the  proper  volume  from  the  set.  Weak 
tubes,  if  caught  in  time,  will  rejuvenate 
perfectly,  whereas,  if  same  are  left  in 
set  indefinitely,  tubes  will  have  to  be  re- 

tContlnued   on   Page   14) 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  5,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 

Jack  Partington  presents  "A  Novel- 
ty Surprise,"  on  the  stage  wi.h  the 
Granada  girls,  the  Synco-Symphonists, 
Don  Wilkens  and  other  pleasing  enter- 
tainers. 

*  *     * 

Cameo 

Fred  Thomson,  starring  in  "The 
Tough  Guy,"  comes  to  the  Cameo  thea- 
ter Saturday,  with  his  famous  horse, 
Silver  King.  The  title  expresses  the 
character  of  the  leading  role  in  which 
the  buoyant  and  breezy  screen  star  is 
reported  to  achieve  distinctive  acting. 
It  is  a  striking  bit  of  western  drama, 
but  with  new  angles  and  new  degrees 
of  bravery  in  its  sequences.  Howard 
Clifton  wrote  the  story  which  deals 
with  ranch  life  and  the  hardihood  of 
real  men  and  their  adherence  to  friend- 
ship's demands. 

Lola  Todd  and  Robert  McKim,  the 
well  known  San  Francisco  stars,  are  in 
the  cast. 

*  *     * 

Golden  Gate 

A  double  headline  vaudeville  bill  and 
the  first  San  Francisco  showing  of 
"Parisian  Love,"  combine  on  the  new 
Golden  Gate  bill,  scheduled  to  open 
Sunday.  Clara  Bow,  Lou  Tellegen  and 
Donald  Keith  head  a  cast  of  stars. 

Flo  Irwin,  well  known  dramatic  fa- 
vorite, will  be  seen  at  the  Golden  Gate 
for  the  first  time  in  "Mrs.  Peckham's 
Carouse,"  a  riotous  comedy  sketch 
written  by  the  well  known  American 
humorist,  George  Ade. 

The  second  headliner  is  Miss  Venita 
Gould,  popular  musical  revue  and  vau- 
deville star.  Miss  Gould  will  offer  "Im- 
pressions," an  offering  thai  includes 
impersonations  of  such  famous  stars  as 
Ted  Lewis,  Sophie  Tucker,  Blossom 
Seeley,  Frank  Van  Hoven  and  others. 
Vaudeville's  singing  rosebuds,  Helen 
and  Agnes  Harrington,  are  two  prettv 
misses  with  fine  voices  and  sunshine 
personalities. 

Maxine  and  Bobby,  trainer  and  pal, 
are  one  man  and  a  dog. 

Music  by  Claude  Sweeten's  Golden 
Gate  orchestra  and  Grace  Rollins  Hunt, 
organist,  with  the  screening  of  the  us- 
ual short  films,  complete  the  bill. 

*  *     * 
Pantages 

Revival  of  a  photoplay,  "The  Con- 
necticut Yankee  in  King  Arthur's 
Court,"  taken  from  Mark  Twain's  im- 
mortal work;  and  a  vaudeville  bill 
headed  by  Bert  Gordon  and  Vera  King- 
ston, two  comic  stars;  and  "Dancing 
Some,"  a  peppy  review,  are  slated  for 
the  Pantages  during  the  coming  week- 
beginning  Saturday. 

Marcell  Sisters,  two  pretty  girls  in  a 
violin,  piano  and  singing  act;  the  Four 
Casting  Stars,  billed  as  the  greatest  of 
casting-  acts;  Finlay  and  Hill  assisted 


by  a  piano  mover  in  a  hilarious  com- 
edy; "Vodvil  a  la  Mode,"  and  Cliff  Jor- 
dan, presenting  beautiful  color  effects 
in  a  novel  spinning  and  juggling  act 
will  be  other  attractions. 

Joe  Roberts  will  "sell"  the  show 
again  with  his  music,  and  the  Luxor 
Mummy  will  be  held  over  for  another 
week. 


10  POINTS 
(Continued   from   Pay     I 

placed  by  new  ones,  sooner  or  later.  If 
vnu  give  tubes  the  proper  care,  they  will 
las',  for  years. 

I  7  l  Clean  terminals  and  tighten  same, 
a>  well  as  all  connections  from  battery  to 
set.  This  will  eliminate  the  crackling  and 
static  noises  often  interfering  with  per- 
fect radio  reception. 

IS  i  Adjust  speaker,  if  same  is  of  the 
adjustable  type.  This  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary, because  a  speaker,  in  the  course  of 
30  days  will  lose  its  adjustment  and  is 
apt  to  develop  rattles  that  will  interfere 
with  the  rendition  of  music. 

(9)  Inspect  antenna  and  ground  leads 
as  well  as  connections  ami  see  that  same 
are  all  intact,  and  free  from  corrosion. 
J 'our  connections  in  an  antenna  or  groud 
circuit  will  mean  a  loss  of  energy.  Re- 
member that  radio  currents  are  very  mi- 
nute and  the  slightest  loss  will  make  a 
difference  in  the  efficiency  of  your  set. 

(10)  In  operating  a  set,  always  see 
that  rheostats  are  kept  at  the  lowest  pos- 
sible point  at  which  set  will  give  forth 
proper  volume  and  rich  tone.  This  will 
save  your  tubes,  as  well  as  the  life  of 
your  battery,  and  will  mean  the  saving 
of  money  in  the  course  of  a  vear. 


At  the  Aladdin 

A  series  of  social  affairs  of  interest 
held  in  the  Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 
during  the  past  week  was  headed  by  the 
monthly  gathering  of  the  Electas  of  chap- 
ters of  the  Order  of  the  Eas'ern  Star  in 
the  San  Francisco  Bay  district,  who 
lunchc'd  in  the  Studio  on  Thursday. 
Women  representing  fifteen  chapters  of 
the  onkr  sat  at  tables  laid  with  cloths 
in  pas  el  shades,  and  decorated  with 
sweet  peas  and  gladioli  in  matching  tones. 

Hostesses  were  Kalhryn  Martin,  of 
Liberty  Chapter ;  Effie  Lepping.  of  Jewell 
Chapter,  and  Edith  Olsen  of  Verba 
Buena  Chapter. 


The  Rendezvous  of  Bohemia 
Dainty  Laura  La  Plante.  the  star  in 
Universal  pictures,  was  the  honored 
guest  at  the  Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 
recently,  and  the  center  of  a  remark- 
able gathering  of  theatrical  people  who 
were  present  to  greet  Miss  La  Plante 
at  the  invitation  of  Ilattie  and  Minnie 
C,   Mi  ii  i- or. 

-Mis.-  La  Plante,  for  some  time  past, 
has  been  working  "on  location"  near 
Milbrae  in  scenes  for  her  next  picture. 


She  was  accompanied  to  the  Aladdin 
by  several  members  of  the  cast  in  her 
picture  and  of  her  directing  and  photo- 
graphic staff. 

The  party  saw  the  first  appearance  at 
the  Aladdin  of  Frankie  Darling,  the 
petite  singer,  who  has  been  engaged 
for  an  indefinite  run  as  the  principal 
entertainer  for  the  Aladdin's  Nite  Club 
feature. 


Irvin  Keeler  Takes  Partner 

The  hotel  fraternity  is  much  interested 
in  the  announcement  that  Irvin  Keeler, 
publisher  of  Keeler's  Hotel  Weekly,  has 
entere  1  a  co-partnership  with  Fred  Graf 
in  the  hotel  brokerage  business,  at  564 
-Market  St. 

Since  1908,  Mr.  Keeler  has  been  iden- 
tified with  hotel  publications  of  the  coun- 
try. He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
"San  Francisco  Hotel  News"  which  later 
he  purchased  in  full  and  renamed 
"Keeler's  Hotel  Weekly."  He  organized 
the  Greeters  of  San  Francisco  in  the  year 
of  1908  and  has  acted  as  secretary-treas- 
urer to  this  organization  for  seven  years. 


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The  Royal  Mail  Liner  "Orca"  Back  From  Cruise  to  New 
Lands  with  Tales  of  Wonders  Seen 

The  Royal  Mail  Liner  "ORCA"  recently  arrived  in  New 
York,  after  having  made  the  first  organized  cruise  to  South 
Africa. 

The  passengers  brought  back  with  them  stories  of  adventures 
in  lands  never  before  visited  by  American  tourists,  and  tales  of 
a  royal  welcome  in  South  Africa.  In  Cape  Town  they  were  re- 
ceived officially  by  the  representative  of  the  Premier,  while  at 
every  o'.her  port  they  were  entertained  by  the  Mayor  or  the 
provincial  Governor.  When  they  landed  in  New  York  the  trav- 
eler's baggage  bulged  with  'bizarre  products  of  Africa,  instead 
of  the  usual  souvenirs  of  a  European  tour,  they  brought  Zulu 
assegais  and  head  gear  of  ostrich  feathers.  But  the  prize 
trophy  of  the  cruise  was  unanimously  voted  to  be  a  pair  of 
leopard  cubs,  which  were  found  near  the  Victoria  Falls. 

The  passengers  generally  agreed  that  the  most  thrilling  mo- 
ment of  the  voyage  was  when  they  paused  for  about  an  hour 
before  the  Island  of  Tristan  da  Cuhha.  That  desolate  extinct 
volcano,  which  rises  out  of  the  gray  welter  of  the  South  At- 
lantic ocean  to  a  height  of  8,000  feet,  is  1500  miles  from  Cape 
Town.  The  distance  to  Buenos  Ayres  is  even  greater.  So  far 
away  from  the  path  of  steamers  is  it  that  the  last  vessel  to  visit 
it  before  the  Royal  Mail  Steamer  "Orca"  was  a  Japanese 
freighter,  which  touched  there  two  years  ago.  It  has  127  in- 
habitants of  English  descent  who  raise  potatoes  and  keep  herds 
of  goats. 

From  Cape  Town  a  number  of  parties  made  trips  into  the 
interior  of  the  Continent.  One  party  went  up  to  the  Victoria 
Falls,  described  to  be  far  more  impressive  than  Niagara,  while 
two  more  parties  visited  the  famous  Kimberley  mines.  At  the 
latter  place  the  Americans  were  given  the  opportunity  of  seeing 
the  whole  process  of  mining  diamonds.  Thev  were  shown  a 
single  table  on  which  were  enough  rough  diamonds  to  fill  half 
a  hat,  and  were  told  that  their  value  when  finished  would  be 
$6,500,000.  They  were  also  shown  a  single  diamond  weighing 
67  karats. 

The  last  African  stop  was  at  the  spice  island  of  Zanzibar. 
famous  for  its  cloves  and  its  copra.  Although  Zanzibar  is  a 
British  protectorate,  its  nominal  sovereign  i-  a  coal-black  Sul- 
tan, who  professes  the  Mohammedon  religion. 

The  "ORCA"  cruise  is  to  be  repeated  this  coming  winter  bv 
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*     *     * 

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June  5,  1926 


THE  relations  of  the  Navy  to  this  part  of  the  country 
are  very  plainly  shown  in  the  statement  of  the  amounts 
to  be  expended  in 'California  in  connection  with  naval  af- 
fairs foi  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1927.  It  is  a  great 
surprise   to   learn   that    these   total   $29,940,500.     The    two 

lai -t  amounts  are  $9,100,000  for  the  naval  base  at   San 

Diego  and  S5.457.000  to  be  expende  1  in  petroleum  products 
for  the  navy.  In  addition  to  these  expenditures,  it  is  well 
pointed  out  that  about  60$  of  the  pay  received  by  the  fleet 
personnel  is  expended  here. 

— The  disability  rate  of  insurance  among  women  is  50 
per  cent  higher  than  that  of  men,  though  the  rate  of  ter- 
mination of  disability  is  more  favorable  to  women  than  to 
men.  This  is  according  to  the  estimates  of  the  Mutual  Life 
of  New  York.  *     *     * 

—There  is  an  attack  made  upon  the  right  of  the  New- 
York  Life  to  do  a  trust  business  in  California,  upon  the 
ground  that  it  is  a  foreign  corporation  and  has  not  received 
the  necessary  certificate.  The  company  attorneys  are,  how- 
ever, ready  with  the  answer  that  the  company  is  authorized 
by  the  New  York  Legislature  by  special  enactment  to  "re- 
ceive and  execute  trusts." 

*  *     * 

— There  is  a  tendency  on  the  part  of  the  insurance  com- 
panies of  which  the  Pacific  Mutual  is  an  example,  to  allow 
twelve  months  for  reinstatement,  without  medical  examina- 
tion, instead  of  the  former  period  of  sixty  days. 

*  *     * 

— There  is  a  decrease  in  the  number  of  $1000  policies  and 
an  increase  in  the  size  of  the  average  policy  which  is  one 
of  the  best  proofs  of  the  general  high  level  of  prosperity. 

*  *     * 

— "Finance  and  Trade"  has  the  opinion  that  the  result 
of  the  British  strike  will  be  a  greater  use  of  labor  saving 
devices.  It  argues  that  wages  are  low  in  Britain  because 
production  is  low.  That  is  all  very  well,  but  what  becomes 
of  markets?  This  idea  is  based  upon  the  notion  that  people 
can  live  by  taking  in  each  others'  washing. 

*  *     * 

— It  appears  that  the  office  building  investment  is  a  pay- 
ing investment.  The  average  earnings  on  investments  of 
this  sort  appear  to  be  about  nine  per  cent.  The  two  sources 
of  return  are,  of  course,  rents  and  the  appreciation  of  the 
value  of  the  land  upon  which  the  building  stands. 

*  *     * 

— The  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers  is  about  to 
start  the  Brotherhood  National  Bank  of  San  Francisco, 
with  a  capital  of  $500,000j  surplus  $150,000,  to  be  divided 
into  5000  shares  of  capital  stock  and  sold  at  $130  per  share. 

*  *     * 

— The  commodity  index  keeps  on  showing  decline.  The 
index  for  May  1st  is  the  lowest  recorded  since  1924  in  Sep- 
tember. There  is  a  continuing  decline  in  commodity  prices, 
evident  for  the  past  five  months.  The  usual  accompanying 
phenomenon  of  a  rise  in  the  price  of  bonds  also  manifests 
itself.  There  will  therefore  be  no  immediate  rise  in  the 
stock  market.  *     *     * 

— At  the  annual  stockholders'  meeting  of  the  Anglo-Cali- 
fornia Trust  Company,  President  Mortimer  Fleishhacker 
reported  excellent  increases  for  the  year  in  surpluses,  un- 
divided profits,  deposits  and  resources.  A  new  branch  in 
the  Richmond  District  was  opened  last  year.  The  Market 
Street  branch  at  Market,  Ellis  and  Stockton  shows  a  great 
increase  in  deposits  and  new  accounts. 


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SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 

Picturesque   Life  Ends 

The  Beau  Brummel  of  a  past  generation,  leader  of  San  Fran- 
cisco's social  life  of  several  decades,  gentleman  of  the  "old 
school,"  Ned  Greenway,  is  no  more. 

Before  he  passed,  the  old  regime  had  already  faded  into  ob- 
scurity ;  the  new  age  of  jazz  and  different  social  customs  was 
in  full  swing.  The  elegant  leisure  to  which  he  and  his  confreric 
were  accustomed,  had  given  way  to  the  restless  activity,  the 
careless  manners,  the  feverish  atmosphere  of  what  is  called 
"society"  today. 

It  may  seem  an  anomaly,  but  in  the  days  when  Greenway 
held  sway  over  the  social  world  of  this  city,  when  drinking 
could  be  indulged  in  by  ladies  and  gentlemen,  without  the  fear 
of  some  "bogie  man"  around  the  corner,  life  had  a  much  more 
dignified  trend  than  that  of  this  time  and  generation,  when 
drinking  even  moderately  is  considered  a  sin,  punishable  by 
law. 

Edward  Greenway  has  had  a  rich  and  colorful  life,  and  full 
of  years,  and  perhaps,  feeling  out  of  place  in  this  alien  epoch, 
whose  culture  may  have  clashed  and  jarred  against  his  finer 
nature,  he  has  "gathered  the  draperies  of  his  couch  around 
him,  and  lain  down  to  pleasant  dreams." 

At  Santa  Cruz 

That  this  will  be  the  greatest  summer  season  in  the  his- 
tory of  Santa  Cruz  is  the  prediction  based  by  local  authori- 
ties on  the  record-breaking  attendance  figures  for  the  past 
week  end.  Memorial  Day  has  always  marked  the  real  open- 
ing of  summer  activities  on  Santa  Cruz  Beach.  This  year 
over  50,000  people  spent  the  holidays  in  Santa  Cruz. 

The  Casa  del  Rey  Hotel  reported  a  full  house  both  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  nights,  as  did  Cottage  City  and  other 
Santa  Cruz  Hotels  and  Resorts.  Sunday  was  the  biggest 
day  in  the  history  of  the  Casino  Plunge,  with  many  thous- 
ands also  enjoying  a  dip  in  the  Santa  Cruz  surf.  Attend- 
ance at  the  opening  dance  for  the  summer  season  at  the 
Casino  Ballroom  Saturday  night  broke  all  previous  records. 
This  was  the  first  appearance  here  of  John  Philpotfs  Midship- 
men, who  have  been  engaged  for  the  \''2(<  season  by  the 
management   of  the    Casino    Ballroom    and    Casa    del    Rev 

Hotel. 

*     *     * 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jerome  Pulitzer  entertained  at  a  tea  recently  in 
honor  of  her  cousin  Mrs.  William  Black,  who  is  here  on  a  visit 
from  the  Orient. 


SUMMER  RESORTS 


Head  of  His  Class 

Professor:  "What  is  the  most  common  conductor  of  el- 
ectricity?" 

Student    (very  much  at   sea):  "Why — er — " 
Professor:  "Wire.    Correct.     Now  tell  me  what  is  the  unit 
of  power." 

Student  (all  the  more  bewildered)  :  "The  what,  sir?" 
Professor:      "Yes,     the     watt.      Very     good." — Christian 
Science  Monitor. 


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June  5,  1926 


TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

(Continued  from  Page   15)  .   

A  fast,  passenger  sailing  from  San  Francisco  to  Portland 
each  week  will  be  in  effect  with  the  sailing  of  the  NEWPORT 
from  San  Francisco  to  Portland  on  June  12th.  The  new  ROSE 
CITY-NEWPORT  schedule  calls  for  a  sailing  from  Portland 
to  San  Francisco  every  Friday,  from  San  Francisco  to  Los 
Angeles  every  Tuesday,  and  from  Los  Angeles  northbound 
every  Thursday. 

The  services  of  these  two  vessels  on  the  coastwise  run  is 
further  augmented  by  a  very  large  fleet  of  freighters  operated 
by  the  McCormick  Steamship  Company. 

With  the  Wits 
Among  the  famous  reformers  is  satiety. — Sumpter  (S.  C.) 

Item. 

*  *     * 

Mussolini  thinks  he's  the  first  syllable  in  Italy. — Dallas 

News. 

*  *     * 

The  man  France  really  needs  as  Minister  of  Finance  is 

Aladdin. — Chicago  Journal. 

*  *     * 

The  mint  makes  it  first   and   it's  up   to  us  to  make   it 

last. — New  York  American. 

*  *     * 

Weakness  of  labor's  position  is  that  it  measures  earnings 

by  yearnings. — Wall  Street  Journal. 

*  *     * 

Communism  will  work  beautifully  when  love  instead  of 

greed  inspires  it. — Austin  American. 

*  *     * 

Maybe  it  would  be  best  to  wait  and  go  to  Florida  for 
the  clearance  sale. — Toledo  Blade. 

*  *     * 

We  may  have  to  recognize  Russia,  after  all.  It  has  abol- 
ished tipping. — Milwaukee  Journal. 

*  *     * 

Another  paradox  is  that  many  climb  to  considerable 
heights  by  remaining  on  the  level. — Florence  (Ala.)  Herald. 

*  *     * 

As  we  understand  it,  when  Mussolini  sneezes  he  gets  re- 
ports from  all  Italian  seismograph  stations. — Dallas  News. 

*  *     * 

Farmers  are  not  the  only  ones  who  make  their  living  from 
the  soil.     Consider  the  laundry. — Columbia  Record. 

*  *     * 

Good  times  are  those  in  which  people  make  the  debts  that 
worry  them  in  bad  times. — Associated  Editors. 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
tVntlonnl  Automobile  Club 

THE  OPEN  ROAD  peeps  into 
1926  with  a  heavy  schedule  in 
store.  Mountain  roads  opened  earlier 
than  ever  before;  camps  are  already 
crowded  and  the  national  forest  area  of 
several  million  acres  is  pretty  well 
stocked  up  with  almost  as  many  hu- 
man beings  as  trout. 

Up  in  the  far  north  of  the  state  the 
Governor  opened  a  bridge  the  other 
day  before  they  finished  the  road  that 
leads  up  to  it.  which  goes  to  show  how 
supply  and  demand  may  not  always 
meet  half  way.  The  road,  however, 
will  very  soon  catch  up  to  the  bridge 
and  the  redwood  empire  will  come  into 
its  own  where  the  Oregon  line  rubs 
noses   with  its  southern  neighbor. 

Down  in  the  Yosemite  region  the 
stage  is  all  set  for  the  opening  of  the 
new  all-year  mute  into  the  \  alley. 
From  the  thundering  of  the  dynamite 
all  along  the  Merced  river  you  would 
think  tiiat  the  natives  were  already 
celebrating  the  completion  of  this  great 
link  into  the  world-famous  museum  of 
natural  wonders. 

The  Tioga  highway,  which  connects 
Yosemite  with  the  Tahoe  region,  will 
probably  be  open  by  the  glorious 
Fourth  and  every  gateway  into  the 
high  Sierras  will  be  swinging  wide 
open  with  the  welcome  sign  in  big  let- 
ters everywhere  displayed. 

If  this  year  is  your  first  experience 
at  the  ( (pen  Road,  it  should  prove  most 
inspiring  and  if  you're  an  old  cam- 
paigner you'll  get  more  kick  out  of  it 
than  you  ever  got  before. 

The  motor  car  has  extended  the 
scope  of  the  traveler  and  three  hundred 
miles  a  day  is  a  common  record  for  the 
fan  of  the  open   road.     Our  ancestors 


were  steeped  in  lore  of  the  out-of- 
doors.  We  have  the  real  key  to  its  en- 
joyment, but  we  haven't  delved  enough 
into  the  background  to  get  the  reaction 
our  grand-daddies  did. 

Three  hundred  years  ago  the  poet 
Daniel,  whose  first  name  was  Sam, 
coined  the  phrase  the  "Open  Road"  as 
the  "sign  and  symbol  of  all  outdoor 
life."  George  Borrow  did  a  great  deal 
to  popularize  the  idea  and  he  added  the 
"Gypsy  Trail"  and  the  "Romany  Pat- 
teran."  Rudyard  Kipling  came  along 
and  made  a  poem  about  it  and  then 
somebody  set  it  to  music.  The  motor 
car  salesman  immediately  capitalized 
on  the  idea  and  the  lover  of  nature  now 
does  his  admiring  from  the  luxury  of 
the  seat  of  an  automobile. 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson  followed  the 
open  road  in  California  from  Monterey 
to  the  shoulders  of  Mt.  St.  Helena,  and 
found  in  it  a  great  deal  of  the  inspira- 
tion of  his  finest  work.  "Night  is  a 
dead  monotonous  period  under  a  roof," 
he  wrote,  "but  in  the  open  world  it 
passes  lightly." 

California  has  eighteen  national  for- 
est playgrounds,  with  more  than  twen- 
ty million  acres  of  timberland.  It 
boasts  of  four  national  parks  and  five 
national  playgrounds  in  addition  to 
state  parks  and  groves,  Clear  Lake  and 
Tahoe  and  streams  and  canyons  as  col- 
orful and  delightful  as  may  be  found 
anywhere  in  the  world. 

Try  out  California's  offering  in  the 
way  of  Open  Road.  You  may  carry 
your  pilgrim's  scrip  wherever  you  will 
and  you  will  be  as  -happy  as  a  child 
with  a  caleidoscope,  thrilled  with  the 
changing  scenes  and  inspired  with  the 
ever-varied  color. 


At  the  Elder  Gallery 

The  Vacation   Reading  Club  is  now 

being  organized  Eor  it-  fourth  season  by 

the  Boys  and  Girls  Book  Room  at  Paul 

Elder's.     Membership   is   open   to  all 

children  IS  years  of  age  and  under. 
There  is  no  financial  obligation  and 
each  member  receives  without  charge  a 
membership  "V.RC."  button  and  a 
cop)  of  "Books  That  I  Have  Read." 
Members  who  read  and  record  10  1 
during  the  four  summer  months  will  re- 
ceive a  diploma  and  may  receivi 
of  the  four  prizes  that  are  given  for  the 
best  record-,  which  are  passed  upon  by 
a  jury  of  awards. 


A  group  of  16  original  lithographs 
by  the  Swedish  artist,  Birger  Sandzen, 
are  being  shown  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gal- 
lery. The  pictures  are  in  black  and 
white  and  are  fine  bn  ad  effects  of  the 
landscapes  of  Sweden,  the  prairies  of 
Kansas,  the  Rocky  Mountains  of  Col- 
orado, and  the  Sierras  of  California. 
Mr.  Sandzen  is  director  of  the  Art 
School  of  Bethany  College.  Kansas. 


Steam  electric  generating  or  standby- 
power  plants  are  inter-connected  with  hy- 
dro-electric plants,  insuring  continuity  of 
service  to  homes,  factories  and  farms. 

Thru  foresight  and  business  initiative, 
California  Power  Companies  have  devel- 
oped for  you  an  electrical  system  so  efficient 
and  complete — with  energy  served  at  a  cost 
so  low  that  96.5%  of  California  homes  are 
new  using  electricity. 

Since  1913  the  average  per  capita  cost  of  liv- 
ing increased  65%,  while  the  average  cost  of 
electricity  decreased  8%. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


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Henry  Bostwick, 
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Only    Rival 


THE  San  Francisco  Rotary  Golf  Chapter,  under  the 
leadership  of  Bob  Matthey,  chairman  of  the  golf  com- 
mittee, spent  a  pleasant  day  at  the  Crystal  Springs  golf  and 
country  club,  when  they  played  off  their 
monthly  golf  tournament.  Oscar  Bolde- 
mann,  president  of  this  famed  peninsula 
club,  and  his  fellow  members,  George  Leath- 
urby. Bob  Weber,  Alvin  Bernhard,  Walter 
Hyman  and  Charlie  Melrose,  acted  as  hosts 
of  the  day  and  a  more  enjoyable  affair  could 
not  have  been  wished  for. 

The  Crystal  Springs  members  are  noted 
for  their  hospitality,  but  on  this  occasion 
they  simply  overstepped  themselves — so 
said  Charles' G.  lleiscr  from  Honolulu,  Ray 
Southwell  from  the  Wykagyl  golf  club  of  New  York,  and 
C.  S.  Taylor  and  Harry  Woodford  from  Shanghai. 

These  Rotarians,  from  different  parts  of  the  world,  were 
strong  for  Oscar  Boldemann  and  his  worthy  fellow  mem- 
bers. Harry  Bostwick,  president  of  the  San  Francisco 
Rotary  Club,  the  big  P.  G.  &  E.  man,  got  the  kick  of  his 
life  acting  as  chairman  of  the  evening  for  the  first  time 
since  he  was  elected  president  of  Rotary. 

Harry  is  one  regular  fellow  who  has  something  on  the  hill 
all  the  time.  President  Harry  may  not  be  any  Jess  Sweet- 
ser  but  you  cannot  kill  a  fellow  for  trying.  You  know,  boys, 
its  a  great  thing  to  have  a  golfing  president,  with  no  reflec- 
tion on  our  past  president ;  they  were  all  fine  fellows,  even 
if  they  didn't  play  golf.  Its  a  crooked  game  anyw-ay ;  they 
play  it  on  bent  grass. 

George  Leathurby,  the  Hurdy-Gurdy  National  Goll 
champion,  showed  his  appreciation  and  good  fellowship  by 
turning  in  the  best  score  of  the  day,  and  al. hough  we  don't 
acknowledge  the  medal  score  with  a  trophy,  still  its  the  major 
feat  all  the  same. 

Xed  Carmichael.  who  won  the  low  net  trophy  in  the  A  Class, 
was  the  happiest  man  in  town.  Xe  1  has  been  golfing  for  sev- 
eral years,  hut  this  is  the  first  trophy  he  has  ever  won. 

Alex  McCarty  was  equally  as  pleased  when  he  won  his  first 
cup  in  the  I!  division.  Alex  says  its  a  cinch  he  can  kick  off  the 
(  Iregon  boot  anytime  he  wants  when  he  asks  the  Fran  if  he- 
can  go  to  play  gi  'If. 

The  team  ma  ch  of  twenty  a  side,  captained  by  Joe  Collins, 
(not  the  Xew  York  short  stop,  hut  a  ringer  for  Eddie  Twiggs,  ) 
against  Oscar  Boldemann's  team,  resulted  in  a  win  for  Joe.  by 
the  score  of  1538  to  !  54.5.  Ji  e  was  very  proud  of  his  team  and 
offered  to  meet  Boldemann's  game  in  a  return  match,  anytime, 
at  any  place. 

Ernest  La  Fleur,  the  collar  and  cuff  man,  who  in  one  of  the 
leading  spirits  at  the  Lake  Merce  I  club,  had  Kay  Southwell,  of 
New  York,  out  as  his  guest.  Ray  visits  the  coast  every  year, 
hut  after  seeing  the  good  fellowship  that  abounded  at  Crystal 
Springs,  he  was  very  loath  to  return;  anyhow,  Ray  says  he'll 
make  another  trip  this  year. 

I  lob  .Matthey,  who  had  charge  of  the  arrangements,  probably 
never  played  belter.  Bob  had  a  two  on  the  trickiest  hole  on 
the  course,  and  just  fell  short  of  copping  a  cup  by  one  stroke. 
Mike  Savanah,  who  had  Louis  Gassner,  the  furrier,  as  his 
guest,  lr.ai'e  the  best  score  of  his  career.  Now  he's  arranging 
a  banquet  for  the  boys. 

Charlie  Graham,  the  king  of  baseball,  is  destined  to  become 
as  famous  a  golfer  as  he  was  on  the  diamond.  Charlie  swings 
a  wicked  club  and  is  always  there  in  a  pinch. 

Charlie  Stewart  and  his  two  guests,  C.  S.  Taylor  and  H.  R. 


Woodford,  two  four  handicap  men  from  Shanghai,  each  shot 
an  86 — good  work.  Jack  Stolz,  the  elevator  man,  would  do 
much  better  if  he  didn't  elevate  so  many  shots.  Jack  has  a  stiff 
right  arm. 

Alvin  Bernhard  looked  like  a  winner  until  George  Leathurby 
arrived;  George  heat  Al  two  strokes. 

George  Clarkson  was  very  sympathetic;  he  stuck  Walter 
Hyman  for  ten  lunches,  then  took  a  flock  of  bills  from  him 
matching  cards.  "Great  stuff!"  Dave  Harris,  president  of 
the  Pacific  Coast  Electrical  Company,  electrified  the  gallery  by 
the  masterful  shots  to  the  green.  Dave  has  been  an  absentee 
for  over  two  years,  but  he  played  like  a  Harry  Vardon. 


The  San  Francisco  Rotarians  showed  their  brother  Rotarians 
from  San  Mateo  and  Burlingame  a  good  lime  by  inviting  them 
to  join  in  the  play.  Dr.  11.  T.  Dailey,  president  of  the  Bur- 
lingame Rotary  Club,  not  only  won  the  guest  prize,  but  also 
shot  the  best  score  of  the  day.     Dr.  Dailey  had  a  79. 

Fred  l'.eer  was  about  the  most  popular  man  at  the  club. 
Everyone  wanted  to  order  a  case.  Tom  Doane  ordered  ten. 
i  iordon  1  [ess.  who  heat  George  Leathurby  at  the  poll  for  mayor 
of  Burlingame,  was  out  surveying  the  links.  Gordon  is  a  real- 
tor who  has  an  eye  for  business. 

W.  L.  Glasscock,  superintendent  of  schools  in  San  Mateo 
county,  was  out  giving  Dave  Wisnom,  the  banker,  a  lesson  in 
arithmetic.  It  did  Dave  so  much  good  that  he  tied  for  the  best 
low  medal  score  of  the  day;  Dr.  Dailey  only  beating  Dave  out 
on  the  handicap;  each  had  a  78.  Harry  Amphlett  is  a  much 
better  after  dinner  speaker  than  he  is  a  golfer.  Harry  made  a 
hit  with  the  boys  by  his  snappy  talk. 

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homelike  environment  so  necessary  to  full 

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By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 

Who  does  not  thrill  to  the  call  of  "Hidden  Treasure?"  Who 
can  easily  lay  aside  a  hook  like  William  Garre'.t's  "Treasure 
Royal,"  with  its  plot  surrounding  the  discovery  of  the  hody  of 
the  old  London  antiquary  by  Guy  Fenton,  who  finds  also,  a 
cipher  and  map  in  the  murdered  man's  pocket,  hinting  at  hid- 
den gold  in  wild  Scottish  mountains,  a  perfect  setting  for  the 
hazardous  hunt? 

An  American  detective,  James  Drew,  is  as  brilliant  at  deduc- 
tion and  as  skillful  at  disguise  as  any  sleuth  impersonated  in 
the  pages  of  the  best  old-time  mystery  novels. 

"Treasure  Royal,"  by  William  Garrett ;  D.  Appleton  &  Co., 
New  York. 

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The  book  of  the  year,  one  might  say, — "The  Diary  of  a 
Voting  Lady  of  Fashion  !" 

Refreshingly  outspoken,  at  times  blasphemous,  and  yet 
couched  in  the  stilted  and  flowery  language  of  the  year  1764- 
65,  the  prudish  (are  there  any  prudish  people  left  in  the  world? 
Mayhap,  in  some  of  the  New  England  states!)  may  condemn 
parts  of  this  volume,  but  the  broadminded  will  certainly  laugh 
at  its  quaint  humor  and  satire,  its  obvious  determination  to 
"call  a  spade  a  spade." 

You  cannot  help  liking  the  "young  lady  of  fashion;"  she  is 
so  sincere,  so  unspoiled  by  a  world  which  seems  bent  on  spoil- 
ing her.  It  is  entertaining  to  read  of  bathing  customs  of  those 
times  in  comparison  with  ours :  "To  the  Baths  for  the  last  time, 
that's  flat!  Clad  in  a  Bonnet,  Jacket  and  Petticoat  (a  custume 
that  does  not  become  me )  the  ladies  here  contrive  to  conduct 
watery  flirtations  and  intrigues  as  happily  as  on  Terra  Firma. 
Each  lady  is  provided  with  a  little  tray  ladened  with  sweet- 
meats and  perfumes,  and  when  these  float  away  out  of  reach, 
the  gentlemen  swim  after  them  gallantly,  to  the  admiration  of 
the  spectators  in  the  gallery." 

"Apropos  of  these  baths,  Miss  K.  tells  me  a  little  'conte,'  how 
that  last  season  a  Dowager  Marchioness  of  excessively  tall 

stature  and  overweening  price  ordered  the  baths  to  he  filled  to 
her  chin,  whereupon  all  the  ladies  of  lower  rank  and  height 
were  obliged  to  hasten  out  or  lie  drowned!" 

"The  Diarv  of  a  Young  Lady  of  Fashion;"  by  Cleone  Knox. 
I>.  Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York. 


GOLF 
(Continued    From   Page   20) 


rhey  gave  Bob  Gates  the  air  when  he  attempted 
President  Bostwlck.     Bob  tried  to  pull  some  fast 

I  l.o  iy  was  to  fa-it  on  the  trigger. 

Charlie  "Grandpa"  Goodwin,  possibly  the  finest 
age  in  the  stale,  jut  missed  cashing  in  by  a  couple 

Among  tin-  notable  guests  who  attended  were  Ray 
of  New  York;  Charles  G.  Heiser,  Honolulu;  R.  II. 
and  C.  S.  Taylor,  oi  Shanghai;  also  Gordon  Hess 
Burlingame  and  W.  L.  Glasscock,  superintendent 

in  San  Mateo  county. 


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Deep  Drilling 

"Here's  something  queer,"  said  the  dentist,  who  had  been 
drilling  and  drilling  into  a  tooth. 

"You  said  this  tooth  had  never  been  filled,  hut  I  find 
flake-  of  gold  on  the  point  of  my  drill." 

"I  knew  it."  moaned  the  patient,  "you've  struck  my  hack 
collar  button." — Exchange. 


Training,  to  be  Sure 

"Do  you  think  young  people  should  be  trained  for  mar- 
riage?" asked  Jones. 

"Certainly — I  always  have  been  opposed  to  sending  raw 
troops  into  battle,"  snapped  Mr.  Grouch. — Universal  Trade 
Press. 


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THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vlgorouA  brunlilnj;  once  or  twice  n  dny  ■  ■ 
tuk-inc  very  prooil  cure  of  them.  IlruMUlnir  Im  only  n  pnrt  of  the 
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competent  dentist  can  take  core  of.  Mine  your  teelh  examined. 
They  may  not  be  an  wound  on  jk>u  Imagine.  A  toothache  mean* 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  cum*. 
There  are  crum  trouble*  ihut  will  destroy  teeth  fnxter  than 
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and  talk  It  over.  It  will  ennt  nothing*  My  nerve  hlouklnjf  nytt- 
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BLAKE.  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1S55 
41  First  Street,  San  Franclaco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


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San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


San  Francli 
We«t    703 


Uurllngnnie 

478 


Phone  Sutteb  3278 

Wm.  Herbst  &  Company 

(Formerly    with    Shreve    &    Company) 

CLOCKMAKERS  and   WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME.   ANTIQUE   AND   COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

AND    WATCHES    A    SPECIALTY 

200    Post    Street   at   Grant    Avenue 

San   FranclNco,    Calif. 

Call    and    Deliver    in    San    FraneUco,    Alameda 

and    San    Mateo   Counties 


San  Francisco  Office; 

875   FOLSOM  ST.  818  EMERSON  ST. 

Phone :  phone ■ 

Kearny  644-645  Palo  Alto  315-J 

SAN    MATEO— PHONE   1254-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

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SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  ANNUAL   STATEMENT 
OF  THE 

Westchester  Fire 
Insurance  Company 

■  I  New  York  City.  In  the  State  of  New  York. 

on   the  81st   day  of  December,  1925.  made  to 

the    Insurance  Commissioner   of   the   State   of 

California,  pursuant  to  law. 

ASSETS 

Real  estate % 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans....         210,460.00 

Bonds  and  stocks 10,022,054.35 

Cash  In  office  and  banks 804,084.28 

Agents'   balances  1,318,992.37 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks....         102,874.97 
Other  ledger  assets 

Total  ledger  assets J12, 459,065.97 

X'  IN-LEDGER: 

Total  interest  and  rents  due  or 

accrued   _ »         84,336.95 

Market  value  of  securities  over 

book  value     970,141.48 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Gross  assets  $13,513,544.40 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 85,789.23 

Total  admitted  assets J13, 427, 756.17 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses  and 

claims    $   1.107,681.73 

Unearned  premiums  7,423,315.76 

All    other    liabilities _.._ 295,000.00 

Total  liabilities  (except  capital 

and   surplus)   $   8.825.997.49 

i  lapltal    1,500,000.00 

Surplus    3,101.757.68 

Total  capital,  surplus  and 

other    liabilities   J13.427.755.17 

OTTO  E.  SCHAEFEK. 

President. 
C.  II.  G.  GAII.I.AItl). 
Secretary. 
Paelflc  '  hum    Mnnneerm 
HICK  *  SIMPSON 
.".i;!>  Pine  Street,  Snn  Frnnelftco 


-\  Mll'SIS    OS1  THE    WM  AL   STATEMENT 
OF 

Associated  Industries 
Insurance  Corporation 

of  San  Francisco,  in  the  State  of  California. 
on  the  31st  day  of  I  ><  eember,  1925,  made  to 
the   Insurance  Commissioner   of  the  State   of 

i  'ulifi.rnia,    pursuant   to    law. 
ASSKTS 

Real  estate % 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds  and  stocks 502,263.29 

Cash  in  company's  office  and  In 

banks    84,940.36 

Premiums  in  course  of  collection 105,847.08 

Bills  receivable  

Other  ledger  assets 


Ledger  assets  $693,050.73 

NON-LEDGER  ASSETS: 

Interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued....!     8,250.26 

Market  value  of  securities  over 

book    value   1.741.71 

Other  non-ledger  assets 


Total  prross  assets $703,042.70 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 835.94 


Total  admitted  assets $702,206.76 

LIABILITIES 
Net   unpaid   claims,  except  liability 

and   workmen's  compensation $      8,641.92 

Special  reserve  for  unnafd  liability 

and  workmen's  compensation 

claims 178,716.61 

Estimated  expenses  of  investigation 

and  adjustment  of  claims 100.00 

Total   unearned  premiums  on  unex- 
pired   risks   100,963.89 

Commissions  and  brokerage  due  or 

to  become  due 5,408.42 

All   other  liabilities 29,602.60 


Total   liabilities   (except  capital 

and   surplus)    $823,388.44 

Capital    220,500.00 

Surplus  158,373.32 


Total  liabilities,  capital  and 

surplus  $702,206.76 

C.  W.  FELLOWS, 

President. 
E.  R.  WELCH, 
Secretary, 


n     w     CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New   Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Ofllce  and  Work.  1625  Ml. .ton  St. 

Phone   Market   7013 

Branch    iilllee;   TOO    Sutter    St. 

(Hotel    Canterbury    DldS.) 

Phone   Proapect   0845 

Work  Called  For  and  Delivered 


Gkorce  C.  Hon 


S.  A.  LevajoT 


C.rfield  2024 


The  Homer  System 

BOOKKEEPING— COLLECTIONS 


Installment.    Current    Delinquent  Accounts,   Legal  Aid, 

Audits-Systems,     Financial    Statements,     Income    Tmn 

Reports,   Bookkeeping    (Part   Timm  Service) 


Dat     "l    "l     ■■'       [II     II    ip|--i, 


San  Fha^ciic* 


USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL  ADDING  MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  tarfleld  3852  584  Market  It. 


CAFE  MARQUARDi  |the  clubhouse 


Adjoining  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 
GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

^REVUE^ 

Nightly 
THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Roo.n 


Tho    City's    1\ 

Luncheon 


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Tea        Dinner        Si  i 

■  S1.00       35c,  SOc,  75c     S1.00.S1.50  a  l.i 

IJ.ii.cing   7:00   P.    M.   to    1:00    A.    M 

363  Sutler  Street,  Telephone  Douglas 

SPECIAL    PARTIES    ARRANGED 
HEADQUARTERS     FOR    THEATRICAL    PEII1 

HATTIE    MOOSER  MINNIE   C.    MO" 


1536  GREAT  HIGHWAY,  OCEAN  BEACH 

(Two  blocks  south  of  Golden  Ga:e  Park) 

Direction  of  Jack  Frost  Sunset  387  Siberian  Dining  Hall 

Featuring  Daily : 

l-'ETE  DINNER,  7  courses,  including  admission  to  the  spectacular  CARNIVAL  in  tho 
ICE  ARENA,   SI. 75   person  daily.     Sunday,  52.00.     DINNER -6:30   to   9   o'clock.     ICE 

CARNIVAL— 1   to   11   o'clock.     SUPPER,    with   divertissement    in   clubhouse,   aflec   Ice 
Carnival,    II    to    12   a    la    Carte. 

Service  Incidentals : 

In    the  Skaters'   Louncc,   unrlil".    champion    Baked    Ham.    Virginia    style,    and    all    prime 
Southern    cuisine    delicacies,    including    Fried    Chicken    a    la    Louisiana. 

NOTE -The    beautihjl    new    Ice    Acei 
Roman    Colonnade. 


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Patronage  Invited 

HOSTESSES  SPECIAL   LUNCHEONS— Catering   toe   Afternoon  Tea    and   Bridge, 
the   skating   sessions. 

Music  by  Jack  Fail's  Bimza 
ICE  SKATING 

Morning  Afternoon 


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£& 


145  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast, 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:  Dinner. 


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and  tea  from  3  to  5 
334  Sutter  St.               Douglas  7118 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for   banquets  and   parties,   seating   75   to  100  people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


BLANCO'S 


O'Farrell  and 
Larkin  Sli. 
Luncheon   (11:30  to  2  p 

Sunday    Luncheon    ., ,. 1.00 

Dinner.     Week    Day*  _       $1.50 

Dinner,    Sunday»   and    Holiday! 1.7S 

DANCING  SUNDAY   EVENINGS 


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Open  From 

11:30  a.   m.   to  2:00    p.   m. 

SO    p.    m.    to    8:30   p.    m. 

Sundays     and      Holidavs 

4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

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form  frty  of 
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Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12.  1-5 

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LOS  ANGELES 


Management 


The  new  management  of  a  property  always  wants  the  public  to  have  a  good 

opinion  of  it  from  the  start. 

This  ease  of  achievement  is  not  in  the  nature  of  things.  Good  opinion  must  be 
earned — sometimes  very  slowly.  You  can't  learn  to  know  a  new  neigh- 
bor in  a  day. 

The  Byllesby  Engineering  and  Management  Corporation  has  had  much  experi- 
ence in  operating  public  utilities  in  many  cities  of  the  United  States.  In 
California  it  has  been  identified  with  the  upbuilding  of  San  Diego,  Stock- 
ton and  other  cities,  for  years. 

The  Byllesby  Organization  owes  whatever  success  it  has  had  to  trying  to  serve 
the  public  in  the  way  the  public  wants  to  be  served. 

This  is  the  only  program  it  has  for  San  Francisco. 


Market  Street  Railway  Company 

Samuel  Kahn,  Executive  Vice  President 

BYLLESBY    ENGINEERING    AND 
MANAGEMENT   CORPORATION 

Engineers   :    Managers 


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CLEVELAND 

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/H     y    wheel   of  the   new   Chandler,   or  the 
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at  any  gait  that  pleases  you. 

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— by  the  great  number  of  records  they  are  win- 
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Chandler  and  Cleveland  have  within  them  a 
measure  of  quality  that  far  exceeds  average. 

For  one  thing,  these  great  cars  are  built, 
not  assembled.  What's  more,  there  are  few 
cars  at  any  price  that  receive  as  many  exacting 
inspections.  Experts  in  both  plants  carefully 
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Both  Chandler  and  Cleveland  are  particular- 
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quiet,  long-lived  "L"  head  design,  with  high- 
pressure  lubrication.  And  both  cars  have  the 
great  labor-saving,  worry-saving,  car-saving 
advantages  of  "One  Shot"  centralized  chassis 
lubrication ! 

Study  the  Sixes.  Ride  in  them  one  after  an- 
other. Learn  all  the  facts.  Then  you  can 
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Vol.  CVIII 


SAIN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.,  JUNE  12,  1926 


No.  24 


FRAUDS 


It  is  remarkable  that,  in  spite  of  the  development  of  civi- 
lization, there  are  still  Europeans  who  think,  because  we 
live  7000  miles  away,  we  are  still  ignorant  and  easy  to  be 
duped.  Every  season  some  one  comes  along  and  tries  his 
hand  at  the  game  and  gets  away  with  some  success,  tem- 
porarily, at  least.    Then  comes  the  inevitable  exposure. 

*  *     * 

These  attacks  upon  our  credulity  are  of  all  kinds.  For- 
merly, the  pretender  was  mostly  of  the  social  sort.  He  or 
she  came  and  held  himself  or  herself  out  to  be  something 
or  other  and  much  superior.  We  fell  for  it.  Our  lack  of 
acquaintance  with  European  nobility  was  our  undoing. 
In  the  course  of  time,  however,  we  managed  to  meet  that 
trouble  and  now  one  can  hardly  deceive  very  much,   socially. 

*  *     * 

Nevertheless,  it  is  perfectly  anil  undeniably  true,  that  the 
small  social  climber  group  is  preyed  upon  constantly,  even 
now,  by  the  pretender,  and  pays  the  penalty,  in  money  or 
in  disillusionment,  even  where  worse  things  do  not  happen. 
The  gaping  innocence  which  still  thinks  that  members  of 
important  social  classes  arc  accessible  to  the  crowd,  is  still 
in  evidence.  Nothing  short  of  actual  experience  will  ever 
teach  that  this  is  not  so. 

*  *     * 

Of  those  deceivers,  the  must  common  arc  continental 
European.  There  are  fewer  British,  because  the  number 
of  British  titles  is  less,  so  deceit  is  harder,  and.  again,  be- 
cause the  social  distinctions  among  the  British  are  fairly 
obvious,  even  to  us,  Bui  the  foreigner  gets  away  with  the 
delusion.      His   pretension-   are   harder  to   meet.     There  are 

many  "vons"  who  do  not  deserve  the  title,  even  outside  the 

realm  of  the  moving  picture. 

*  *      * 

Next  to  the  Social  climber,  comes  the  financial  pretender. 

But  this  is  a  role  which  cannot  be  maintained,  for,  as  the 
proverb  goes,  "money  talks."  and  the  man  who  pretends 
to  have  money  and  yet  does  not  have  it.  must  ultimately 

be  run  to  earth.  Ultimately,  did  we  say?  He  must  be  run 
down  \ci\  quickly.  And  yet.  the  history  of  this  city  is 
loaded  with  examples  of  men  who  have  deceived  the  very 
financial  elect  and  have  taken  money  from  the  most  careful 

of  business  men. 

*  *     * 

That  is  one  of  the  inexplicable  things  about  this  business 
of  the  impostor.  There  seems  to  be  no  guarantee  that  even 
a  hardened  business  executive  will  not  succumb,  in  an  ut- 
terly ridiculous  fashion,  to  the  wily  grace-  or  the  gracious 
wiles  oi  the  impostor.  If  the  latter  is  quick  enough  and 
smooth  enough  and  not  too  greedy,  he  may  even  now  get 
away  with  thing-  and  rejoice  at  least  for  a  little  while,  this 


side  of  the  penitentiary  door.  Indeed,  if  he  is  well  man- 
nered and  has  impudence  enough,  he  may  easily  avoid  con- 
finement altogether  by  a  judicious  use  of  the  probation 
system. 

*  *     * 

But,  although  these  former  spheres  of  pretense  have 
been  limited  by  the  passing  of  time  and  the  growing  so- 
phistication of  our  people,  there  is  still  a  field,  which  is  well 
open  ami  which  can  be  exploited  with  profit.  This  is  the 
field  of  so-called  culture.  There  is  a  border-land  between 
the  crass  philistinism  of  our  ordinary  citizen  and  the  celes- 
tial fields  of  the  illuminati,  which  can  be  and  is  exploited  so 
as  to  yield  good  returns  to  the  pretender.  And  that  field 
i-  not  exploited  by  British  adventurers.  The  war  gave  a 
fillip  to  the  propaganda  of  that  particular  sort  of  gentry. 
The  impetus  thus  produced  still  persists. 

*  *      * 

1  >\  course,  to  be  an  adventurer  in  that  particular  field  calls 
for,  at  least,  a  degree  of  ability;  sufficient  ability  to  get  a 
book  published  or  to  lecture  for  an  hour  and  hold  an  audi- 
ence. That  calls  for  some  talent.  So,  the  adventurers  in 
the  field  of  pseudo-culture  are,  to  a  great  extent,  men  of 
more  than  passing  ability,  who  suffer  from  some  malforma- 
tion of  character  which  drives  them  to  seek  success  by 
devious  route-,  when  they  could  have  gained  it  directly. 

*  *     * 

We  have  had  a  curious  example  of  that,  recently,  in  our 
midst.  There  was  a  Mr.  Gilbert  Frankau.  from  England, 
who  has  made  some  -tir  in  this  community,  as  well 
other  parts  of  the  country  There  is  no  doubt  that  he  is 
a  novelist  of  parts  and  can  write  a  passably  pood  book.  He 
was  a  good  soldier  and  held  himself  well  in  a  minor  capac- 
ity in  the  war.  The  rlaw  appears  in  the  fact  that  he  still 
retains  the  title  of  "captain."  though  it  is  against  the  regu- 
lations of  the  British  army  to  do  SO.  That  fact,  in  itself,  i- 
quite  significant. 

*  *     * 

Now.  one  would  think  that  a  person  like  that,  with  a 
fairly  good  literary  record  and  an  honorable  military  record. 
would  be  glad  enough  to  look  the  whole  world  in  the  face 
on  those  two  facts  alone.  They  are  enough  for  any  man; 
lew   have  SO  much. 

*  *     * 

But  Mr.  Frankau  goes  out  of  bis  wav  to  endeavor  to  con- 
vey the  impression  that  he  is  really  a  very  important  per- 
son in  conservative  England.  This  has  produced  its  own 
Nemesis.  For  no  less  a  paper  than  "TIME"  in  its  issue 
of  May  31st,  says  that  Conservatives  in  London  are  "irked." 
wondering  how  "that  little  writer  chap"  was  ever  mistaken 
for  an  official  conservative  representar 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


1926 


who  shook  their  gray  heads  and  moved  their  wrinkled  lips 
hundreds  of  miles  away  from  the  place  of  conflict.  After 
the  war  was  over,  it  was  the  old  men  at  Paris  who  made  a 
war-peace  and  doomed  the  world  to  the  continuance  of  hos- 
tilities. The  y.mth  have  little  to  thank  the  old  for,  and  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  ought  to  know  it. 


It  is  only  twelve  years 
A  Revolutionary  Referendum     since  Germany  was  sitting 

in  her  place  in  the  sun  and 
demanding-  more  sun.  It  is  only  twelve  years  ago  since  the 
German  army  was  the  greatest  asset  that  any  government 
in  the  world'  possessed  and  the  German  navy  a  growing 
menace  to  the  world  in  general.  Today  there  is  no  <  ierman 
army  and  the  (ierman  navy,  pathetically  represented  by  a 
school-ship,  has  recently  visited  this  city  and  been  greeted 
with  all  the  courtesy  and  consideration  which  our  tender- 
hearted people  are  accustomed  to  show  to  the  weak. 

Twelve  years  ago,  Germany  had  a  very  powerful  royal 
family,  with  many  subordinate  branches  throughout  the 
German  European  dominions,  who  were  treated  with  great 
respect  at  home  and  were  looking  forward  to  power  and 
position  in  the  German  colonies.  Today,  there  are  no  Ger- 
man colonies  and  the  royal  families  are,  as  ruling  families, 
abolished. 

They  had  property,  however,  which  a  carefully  conserva- 
tive revolutionary  government  treated  with  respect.  The 
German  law  courts  have  upheld  claims  to  property  on  be- 
half of  the  exiled  Emperor.  This  encouraged  the  minor 
royalties,  who  have  put  in  claims  for  property,  aggregating 
some  $600,000,000,  more  or  less.  The  mere  fact  of  the 
presentation  of  these  claims  has  created  such  indignation 
throughout  Germany  that  a  proposed  confiscatory  measure, 
to  nationalize  all  the  property  of  the  princes,  private  and 
public,  has  received  12,500,000  votes  and  will  therefore  go 
on  the  ballot.  The  German  princes  have  always  been  no- 
toriously poor  judges  of  human  nature,  even  that  of  their 
own  countrymen.  They  are  running  true  to  their  historical 
form  or  they  would  never  have  precipitated  a  discussion 
which  cannot  fail  to  be  highly  injurious  to  themselves,  no 
matter  which  way  it  is  decided. 

The  fact  that  they  are  willing  to  subject  Germany  to 
a  dictatorship  in  order  to  save  their  own  property,  speaks 
poorly  for  their  patriotism. 


It  is  a  queer  thing  that  a  man  like  our  Sec- 
Mr.  Talkative  retary  of  Navy  should  ever  have  gained  the 
position  which  he  occupies  and  it  is  still 
more  strange  that  he  should  be  able  to  keep  it.  We  have 
no  ax  to  grind  and  no  grudge  against  the  Secretary.  All 
that  we  wonder  at  is  that  lie  should  be  able  to  bold  his  job 
against  his  manifest  unsuitability  for  the  position.  He 
talks  such  a  quantity  and  what  he  says,  while  it  may  be 
suitable  for  his  class  at  the  Congregational  Church,  has  no 
fitness  for  the  Secretary  of  the  United  States  Navy. 

The  other  day.  speaking  at  the  Naval  Academy  at  An- 
napolis to  the  graduating  class,  the  Secretary  is  reported  to 
have  said:  "The  decision  of  war  lies  in  the  hands  of  young 
men."  It  seems  incredible  that  any  one  with  any  knowledge 
of  human  history  could  have  made  such  a  statement.  The 
question  of  war  never  has  lain  in  the  hands  of  the  young ; 
it  has  always  been  the  prerogative  of  the  old,  who  have 
thrown  the  young,  with  more  willingness  than  one  likes  to 
think  about,  into  the  hell  of  conflict.  Even  in  an  Indian 
tribe,  it  is  not  the  young  braves  who  have  the  say  on  war, 
it  is  the  council  of  the  elders,  who  send  the  young  braves 
into  the  arms  of  death,  with  much  palaver  about  patriotism 
and  heroism  and  all  that  sort  of  thing. 

It  is  no  different  now.  The  last  war  was  a  war  made 
bv  old  men,  who  in  London  and  Paris  and  Berlin,  as  well  as 
in  Washington,  talked  fierce  phrases  through   false  teeth, 


We  are,  like  the  rest  of  the  people 
The  Mayor  at  Home  of  this  city,  great  admirers  of  the 
Mayor.  Sometimes  we  have  our 
moments  of  doubt,  sometimes,  but  not  very  often,  we  have 
momentary  irritations  and  occasionally  we  are  puzzled  by 
some  move  or  other  which  to  our  limited  intelligence  seems 
uncalled  for.  But  our  real  admiration  is  never  shaken.  It 
may  be  safely  asserted  that  this  is  the  general  attitude  of 
the  people  of  this  city  to  their  presiding  officer. 

But  there  is  one  department  of  the  Mayor's  work  which 
is  never  liable  to  criticism  and  which  stands  out  so  uniquely 
that  there  is  probably  no  other  city  in  the  world  with  a 
Mayor  like  our  own.  We  are  here  referring  to  the  purely 
social  and  civilized  duties  which  the  Mayor  performs  as  the 
representative  of  our  city,  in  his  quality  as  host  to  visitors 
in  our  midst. 

It  is  very  doubtful  if  San  Francisco  realizes  the  impor- 
tance of  the  courtesy  and  sweetness  of  disposition  of  the 
Mayor  to  the  city.  Throughout  the  world,  our  Mayor  has 
a  reputation  for  hospitable  courtesy  which  is  worth  incal- 
culable amounts  to  us.  even  in  the  vulgar  field  of  finance. 
X'o  matter  wdiere  one  travels  in  Europe,  wherever  public 
men  are  to  be  met.  there  is  always  the  most  spontaneous 
recognition  of  the  fact  that  the  Mayor  of  San  Francisco 
is  a  delightful  person,  thoughtful  and  courteous  and  pos- 
sessed of  a  readiness  of  wit  and  a  knowledge  of  world 
affairs  which  places  the  visitor  at  ease  and  make  him  feel, 
really  and  truly,  one  of  the  family  for  the  time  being  at  least. 

These  things  are  not  forgotten.  All  over  the  world  today 
there  are  many  people  who  are  deeply  grateful  for  the  hos- 
pitable courtesy  of  the  Mayor,  who  remember  him  with  real 
affection  and  consequently  have  a  very  sincere  regard  for 
the  city  of  which  he  is  the  head.  Such  feelings  are  worth 
more  than  money. 


The  fire  in  the  Western  Addition,  with  its 
The  Big  Fire  destruction  of  property,  is  a  warning  which 
cannot  be  too  closely  observed.  We  are 
not  inclined  to  fix  blame,  in  the  absence  of  the  proper 
amount  of  evidence,  but  we  do  expect  and  insist  that  the 
matter  shall  be  thoroughly  sifted  and  that  there  shall  be 
no  favoritism  or  shifting  of  responsibility.  The  mere  fact 
that  a  fire,  of  the  proportions  of  that  of  last  week,  can  occur, 
that  such  a  fire  can  make  headway  as  described  in  the  re- 
ports, is  of  no  benefit  to  this  community  and  will  not  tend 
to  encourage  investments  and  development. 

We  are  not  prepared  to  attack  the  Fire  Department  be- 
cause, as  we  have  said,  we  are  without  the  requisite  informa- 
tion, other  than  such  as  has  appeared  in  the  daily  press. 
Daily  press  information,  with  respect  to  doings,  in  this  city, 
of  a  political  character  or  which  are  in  any  way  involved 
in  political  matters,  is  very  untrustworthy,  not  more  un- 
trustworthy, perhaps,  than  such  information  in  other  places, 
but,  nevertheless,  entirely  unreliable. 

We  have  noted,  on  one  occasion  after  another,  that  the 
fire  department  shows  signs  of  lack  of  discipline  and  loose- 
ness. There  was,  not  so  long  ago,  the  discovery  that  num- 
bers of  men  and  officers  of  the  department  were  absent  from 
their  posts  at  the  time  of  duty.  The  mere  fact  that  such  a 
breach  of  professional  duty  could  happen  at  all  is  indica- 
tive of  a  certain  degree  of  laxity.  Now,  accusations  are 
broadly  made  that  the  department  did  not  show  that  realiza- 
tion of  the  danger  involved  in  the  beginnings  of  the  fire, 
which  so  well-trained  and  experienced  a  group,  as  our  fire- 
fighters, might  have  been  expected  to  display. 


June  12,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Perhaps,  to  tell  the  truth,  we  have  glorified  and  praised 
pur  fire  department  until  it,  like  most  human  organizations 
in  similar  conditions,  has  grown  indifferent. 


The  contesting  "wets"  and  "drys"  are 
The  Dry  Conflict  fast  approaching  the  stage  when  open 
conflict  on  the  political  field  will  be  un- 
avoidable and  classification,  under  the  prohibition  law,  will 
be  a  test  of  election.  This  is  already  becoming  recognized 
at  Washington  and  the  trimming  politicians  are  fast  be- 
coming panicky  over  the  prospect.  So  far,  they  have  for 
the  most  part,  humored  the  whims  of  their  noisy  dry  con- 
stituents and  have  satisfied  their  own  consciences  with 
ample  libations  of  bootleg  whisky,  in  the  seclusion  of  their 
own  apartments. 

To  us,  who  believe  that  the  present  law  is  a  fundamental 
and  inexcusable  denial  of  constitutional  rights  and  a  viola- 
tion of  all  decency  and  self-respecting  Americanism,  such 
hypocrisy  is  disgusting.  We  have  congratulated  this  dis- 
trict before,  as  we  do  now,  on  the  possession  of  a  repre- 
sentative like  Mrs.  Florence  P.  Kahn,  who  can  stand  up 
for  what  she  feels  to  be  right,  irrespective  of  the  clamor  of 
the  noisy  spoilators  of  our  rights,  as  human  beings. 

Feeling  thus,  we  must  express  our  contempt  for  the 
cowardice  and  weakness  of  the  prohibition  committee  of  the 
United  States  Senate  which  "postponed  action  indefinitely" 
on  all  of  the  bills  introduced  by  the  advocates  of  decent  and 
straight  forward  Americanism.  The  national  referendum 
was  thrown  out,  as  being  unprovided  for  in  the  Constitu- 
tion, as  if  it  were  not  now  a  recognized  fact  in  political  life 
that  the  best  way  to  determine  public  sentiment  is  to  get 
a  public  referendum. 

These  professional  prohibitionists  arc  aware  that  the  feel- 
ing in  the  nation  is  against  the  perpetuation  of  the  farce. 
They  drink  their  whisky  and  deceive  the  people.  Public 
spirit  was  never  at  a  lower  ebb. 

It  comes,  with  a  note  of  sur- 
The  Commerce  Law  League     prise,  that  as  many  as  1000 

delegates  will  arrive  in  this 
city  on  July  19th  to  attend  the  annual  convention  of  the 
Commerce  Law  League  of  America.  Perhaps  half  of  these 
visitors  will  be  lawyers  who  are  already  affiliated  with  the 
American  Bar  Association,  whose  annual  convention  the) 
will  attend  at  Denver,  on  July  12th,  and  thence  proceed 
hither.  The  convention  meetings  will  be  held  at  the  St. 
Francis,  which  will  be  the  headquarters  of  the  league 
■  ill  loots. 

There    are    quite    extensive    preparations    being    made    to 

greet  the  visitors.  Those  who  are  taking  an  active  pari 
in  the  affairs  locally  arc,  particularly — Henry  <i.  W.  Dinken- 
spiel,  who  was  formerly  president  of  the  league.  J.  W.  Shenk 
and  J.  W.  Curtis,  associate  judges  of  the  state  supreme 
court,  former  Governor,  J.  X.  Gillette,  John  D.  Davis, 
George  E.  Crothers  ami  quite  a  list  of  other  well-known 
members  of  the  local  bar. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  a-  to  the  \  .due  of  conventions, 
such  as  this  to  our  local  community.  These  people,  who 
come  to  such  gatherings,  arc  men  of  knowledge  and  ex- 
perience. They  are  well  able  to  judge  of  the  capacities  of 
our  community  for  growth,  and  can  readily  appreciate  the 
unusual  and  characteristic  qualities  of  our  scenery  and 
surroundings.  Moreover,  they  will,  by  virtue  of  their  in- 
terest in  commercial  affairs,  grasp  the  fact  that  a  great  part 
of  our  actual  strength  w  as  yet  undeveloped  and  that  there 
are  potentialities  connected  with  this  port,  which  have  not 
\  ct  been  even  realized  by  our  own  people. 

It  is  on  such  occasions,  however,  that  one  regrets  the  lack 
of  foresight  which  has  kept  us  bound  up  in  our  peninsula, 
without  the  opportunity  for  movement  which  our  popula- 
tion and  commercial  interests  require.  If  our  visitors  can 
only  impress  that  fact  upon  ourselves  we  shall  count  the 
coming  visit  of  the  Commerce  Law  League  among  the  most 
important  affairs  of  recent  happening  to  us. 


LIBRARY    TABLE 

By  Eleanore  F.  Ross 

We  are  told  that  "Laughs  from  Jewish  Lore,"  by  Jacob 
Richman,  occupies  a  unique  position  in  the  world  of  litera- 
ture, for  it  is  the  only  book  of  its  kind  ever  printed,  and  al- 
though some  attempt  to  cover  the  subject  has  been  made  in 
foreign  languages,  only  a  few  of  these  volumes  are  as  in- 
teresting or  as  thorough  as  the  one  above  mentioned. 

Now  we  rather  pride  ourselves  upon  our  keen  sense  of 
humor,  but  we  will  have  to  admit  that  not  once,  in  perusing 
this  particular  book,  did  we  feel  any  response  in  our  risibili- 
ties. Whatever  humor  there  may  be  in  this  collection  of 
stories,  must  be  of  a  very  Jewish  kind,  and  as  it  happens, 
we  do  not  belong  to  the  Hebrew  brotherhood. 

"Laughs  from  Jewish  Lore,"  Funk  &  Wagnalls  Co., 
New  York. 

*     *     * 

Like  an  old  friend  come  to  life  again,  is  this  new  volume 
by  Rider  Haggard,  featuring  the  adventures  of  dear  old 
Allan  Quartermain,  our  once  childish  hero,  in  ever  fascinat- 
ing Africa.  The  manuscript  of  this  story,  was,  I  believe, 
found  since  Haggard's  death,  and  has  only  recently  been 
published.  It  is  written  in  Haggard's  best  style,  and  deals 
with  Quartermain's  travels,  with  his  Hottentot  servant, 
Hans,  to  a  mysterious  lake,  under  the  direction  of  "Kaneke," 
a  huge,  pale-colored  man,  unlike  the  usual  native,  who 
wishes  to  see  his  old  home  before  he  dies. 

During  the  long  and  dangerous  journey  to  the  crater 
country,  they  meet  with  another  Englishman,  whom  Allan 
rescues  from  murderous  tribesmen,  and  eventually  we  be- 
come acquainted  with  the  beautiful  woman  called  "The 
Shadow,"  the  incarnation  of  the  goddess  worshipped  by  the 
Dabanda. 

"Treasure  of  the  Lake,"  by  Rider  Haggard.  Doubleday. 
Page  &  Co.,  Garden  City,  N.  Y. 


Financier  Is  Called 

The  name  of  Spreckels,  in  California,  is  synonymous  with 
big  undertakings,  both  industrial  and  cultural,  and  the 
magic  touch  .if  this  family's  money  and  public  spirited  en- 
deavors is  strongly  felt  along  the  Coast,  from  the  beautiful 
Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
state,  donated  by  the  late  Adolph  Spreckels,  and  his  widow. 
Alma  de  Bretteville  Spreckels,  standing  a-  a  gleaming  wdiite 
monument  to  their  generosity,  to  the  progress  which  San 
Diego,  in  the  south,  has  experienced,  under  the  guidance 
of  John  D.  Spreckels.  who  passed  awav  June  7th. 

John  D.  Spreckels  was  broad  in  his  benefactions  as  he 
was  in  his  business  interests,  and  in  nearly  all  of  his  local 
movement-  or  affairs,  his  brother,  the  late  Adolph  Spreckels. 
LSSOciated  with  him  quite  closely.  Among  his  most 
recent  philanthropies,  was  an  extensive  gift  to  build  a 
needed  wing  to  the  Mercy  Hospital,  a  Catholic  institution. 
although  Spreckels  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  Masons 
in  California. 

It  was  the  Spreckels  money  which  built  the  present 
>treet  railway  system  of  San  Diego,  extending  to  all  parts 
of  the  city,  with  fast  express  service  to  the  beach  sections; 
the  present  extensive  water  service  of  the  southern  town 
was  instituted  through  him  ;  largely  through  his  support 
the  Panama-California  Exposition  of  1915  and  lr»i6  was 
carried  to  a  successful  completion,  and  his  efforts  pushed 
through  the  San  Diego  and  Arizona  Railway,  giving  San 
Diego  a  direct  line  with  the  East. 

lohn  D.  Spreckels  leaves  two  brothers,  Claus  A.  and 
Rudolph  Spreckels;  a  son  Claus.  of  San  Diego;  two  daugh- 
Irs.  Alexander  Hamilton  of  Menlo  Park  and  Mrs. 
Paul  Wegeforth  of  G>ronado  and  five  grandchildren.  Grace 
and  Happy  Hamilton.  Mrs.  Angel  Elizalve  of  Manila,  and 
Tack  and  Adolph  Spreckels. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  12,   1926 


'LEISURE'S  WW 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURES 

_  16m  Moore, 


Big  Shows  in  Town 

WE  are  particularly  favored  this 
week  with  many  big  shows,  a 
number  of  outstanding  photoplays,  two 
beautiful  musical  comedies,— an  enticing 
mystery  comedy  and  its  counterpart 
packed  with  laughter. 

Why  should  any  mortal  man  be  sad? 
There  is  no  need  of  it  here.  Just  read 
the  stories  of  the  playhouses  and  you  will 
pay  vourself  a  compliment  by  purchasing 
theater  tickets  early  and  often. 

If  I  were  a  Judge  of  high  acclaim.  1 
should  require  men  and  women  to  go  to 
the  theater  on  a  schedule  of  not  less  than 
once  or  twice  a  week. 

If  I  were  a  Physician  of  renown.  I 
should  prescribe  the  theater  to  the  sick 
and  the  able  alike — and  I'd  make  theater- 
going a  preventive  part  of  a  patient's  ail- 
ments. 

If  I  were  teacher,  lawyer,  or  profes- 
sional athlete  to  whom  others  came  for 
advice.  I  should  ask  them  as  part  of  their 
personal  investigation  and  character  test : 

"Have  you  been  to  the  theater,  this 
week  ? 

"1  f  not.  why  not? 

"Then,  Go!" 

"It  is  just  what  you  need,  to  give  you 
a  hold  on  life — and  spur  your  ambi- 
tions." 

*  *     * 

Columbia 

Jeanne  Eagels  has  captivated  us,  yea, 
she  has  conquered  us,  just  as  she  has  con- 
quered and  captivated  other  patrons  of 
the  best  theaters  for  years. 

1  ler  portrayal  of  the  character  of  Sadie 
Thompson  in  the  Somerset  Maughan 
story,  "Rain,"  is  something  so  transcen- 
dently  convincing  and  so  highly  dramatic 
in  power  and  delicacy  that  there  are  no 
phrases  of  equality  enough  to  visualize 
lier  art. 

"Rain."  a  superb  play  to  begin  with. 
offers  Miss  Eagels  a  character  part 
which  really  exalts  or  decries  a  star.  Suf- 
fice it  to  say,  that  in  her  portrayal  of  the 
character  of  the  temptress  and  the 
tempted,  this  marvelous  actress  rises  to 
heights  of  perfection  seldom  if  ever  at- 
tained.    She  is  supremely  magnificent. 

You  must  see  her.  You  must  see 
"Rain,"  and  then  you'll  be  remembering 
it,  for  all  time. 

*  #     * 

No  Music 

An  unusual  feature  of  the  performance 
of  "Rain"  is  that  there  is  no  music  dur- 


By  "Jingle" 

ing  or  after  the  play.  It  is  said  that  Miss 
Eagels  eliminated  the  music  for  the  sake 
of  maintaining  more  perfectly  the  atmos- 
phere of  the  play,  itself. 

An  ancient  phonograph  owned  by  the 
girl  in  the  story  is  all  that  there  is  of 
music  and  that  is  heard  only  in  the  first 
and  the  last  act. 

*  *     * 

President 

"The  I '.at."  laugh  fest  of  mystery  and 
excitement,  continues  as  the  President  at- 
traction for  a  second  week  starting  with 
next    Sunday's    matinee.      Avery     Hop- 

w 1.  who  wrote  "The  Best  People,"  and 

Mary  Roberts  Rinehart.  newspaper  and 
magazine  writer,  collaborated  in  the  crea- 
tion of  this  wonder  play,  which  has  in- 
trigued and  fascinated  millions  of  amuse- 
ment lovers  the  world  over. 

*  *     * 
Curran 

"Patsy,"  the  musical  comedy  with  its 
snappy  scenes,  its  pretty  girls,  its  tuneful 
melodies,  continues  on  its  fourth  week 
at  the  Curran,  and  if  you  haven't  had  all 
your  relatives  and  nearest  friends  there 
vet — now  is  the  time  to  go. 

The  lovely,  adorable  chorus  girls — 
with  their  rythmical  dancing  steps,  like 
easilv  running  exquisite  machinery,  are 
delightful  to  look  upon,  and  dance  di- 
vinely. 

"Patsy"  is  fascinating  entertainment. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"Kempy,"  novel  and  highly  entertain- 
ing play  with  fun  and  romance  as  its  chief 
elements,  begins  its  third  week  at  the 
Alcazar  next  Sunday  night  with  Henry 
Duffy  in  the  title  role.  There  is  much 
that  is  unique  and  original  in  this  com- 
edy, which  was  written  by  J.  C.  and  El- 
liot Nugent,  and  acted  by  them  during  its 
run  at  the  Belmont  theater.  X'ew  York, 
Fi  ir  an  entire  year. 

The  proposition  of  marrying  off  the 
eligible  daughters  of  the  family  in  rota- 
tion is  the  thing  that  appeals  to  Pa  Bence, 
the  leading  citizen  of  a  small  XTew  Jersey 
town,  lie  is  a  bit  of  a  tightwad,  always 
threatening  to  sell  the  family  home  when 
lie  is  submerged  in  bills.  The  second 
child  of  the  household  is  engaged,  the 
eldest  having  already  wedded  when  the 
play  opens.  She  has  ambitions  to  become 
a  musical  comedy  star  and  quarrels  with 
her  fiance,  who  taunts  her  with  her  lack 
of  talent.  She  breaks  the  engagement 
just  as  Kempy,  a  young  architect,  turned 
plumber's  helper,  appears.    They  arrange 


an  elopement.  Although  Kempy  really 
fancies  the  youngest  daughter,  he  finds 
himself  married  to  the  temperamental 
sister. 

These  events  occur  in  the  first  act  to 
the  accompaniment  of  much  merriment, 
which  is  increased  as  the  play  progresses. 
The  tw< '  remaining  acts  are  taken  up  with 
straightening  out  the  tangle  and  bringing 
happiness  to  all  concerned. 

*     *     * 
Orpheum 

Marion  Harris,  known  as  the  singer  of 
distinctive  songs,  who  has  made  phono- 
graph records  of  her  song  hits,  will  head 
the  new  bill  at  the  Orpheum  for  the  week 
beginning  Sunday,  presenting  an  exclu- 
sive program.  Another  star  on  the  same 
bill  will  be  William  Desmond,  of  screen 
fame,  who.  with  his  own  company  of  se- 
lected players,  will  offer  a  sketch  said  to 
be  one  i  if  the  best  vehicles  on  the  vaude- 
ville stage.  "The  Dude  Bandit." 

In  addition,  there  will  be  feature  acts 
including  The  International  dancing  star, 
Amelia  Allen,  the  original  "Jade  Girl" 
in  "The  Music  Box  Revue,"  in  a  skit  by 
Roy  Sheldon  called  "One  Hour  Late," 
George  Clifford,  Xeil  English  and  Frank 
Allen,  will  assist ;  Ward  and  Van,  for- 
merly known  as  the  De  Michele  Broth- 
ers, in  a  comedy  musical  offering  called 
"(  )|Y  Key" ;  Peter  Higgins,  America's 
youngest  Irish  tenor  in  a  carefully  se- 
lected program  of  songs  assisted  by 
Frank  Dixon  at  the  piano.  The  Sensa- 
tional Vardells  will  feature  their  death- 
defying  daredevil  climax;  and  The  Two 
1  lai  lequins  will  appear  in  an  original  en- 
tertainment of  art,  grace  and  flexibility. 

Anne  Codee.  the  beautiful  and  talented 
French  comedienne,  who  has  scored  so 
big  at  the  Orpheum  this  past  week,  will 
remain  over  for  a  second  week.  She  will 
have  the  assistance  of  the  same  un-named 
partner  who  brings  forth  many  a  laugh 
from  the  audience. 

Golden  Gate 

The  new  Golden  Gate  bill  for  next 
week  brings  a  new  George  Choos  dance 
presentation,  featuring  Danny  Dare,  well 
known  Broadway  terpsichorean  star.  Ze- 
laya.  musician,  comedian  and  philosopher, 
is  a  second  feature  of  the  bill.  James 
Kelso  and  Belle  De  Monde,  two  masters 
of  humor,  bring  an  original  farce  comedy 
skit,  "Papa's  Secretary." 

Don  Yalerio,  Italy's  premier  wire 
dancer,  returns  after  an  absence  of  more 
than  a  vear,  with  a  new'  routine  of  diffi- 


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Amusements 

NEXT    M  EKK 


ON  THE 

STAGE 

ALCAZAR 
O'Fnrrell  nr.  Powell 

"Kempy" 
Henry  Dully  Comedy 

COLUMBIA 

70  Eddy 

I 
J 

"Rain" 
Jeanne  Easels 

CURRAN 
Geary  nr.  Mason 

I 
\ 

M  usical  Coniedy 

PRESIDENT 
McAllister  nr  Mkt. 

I 
\ 

"The  Bat" — Mystery  Play 
Henry  Duffy  Production 

WILKES 
Geary  at  Mason 

"Nancy" 
Musical  Comedy 

VAUDEVILLE 

GOLDEN    GATE 
G.  G.  Ave.  *  Taylor 

GeorK'e  Ohnos  Revue 
"The  Dixie  Merchant" 

ORPHEUM 
O'FarreU  &  Powell 

Marion  Harris 
Head  liner 

PAIVTAGES<NEW)    I 
Market    at    Hyde  ( 


Vaudeville  and 
Pictures 


PORTOLA 
Market    near   4th 


Vaudeville-Pictures 


UNION  square 
O'FarreU  nr.  Powell 

( 
( 

Vaudeville-Pictures 

WIGWAM 

Mission  and  22nd 

Vaudeville-Pictures 

ON  THE 

DOWN 

SCREEN 

TOWN 

CALIFORNIA 
Market  at  4th 

"Volcano" 

CAMEO 
Market  opp.  nth 

s 

Double      ii.ll        Tom      Mix     in 
"The   Yankee   Senor";    Charlie 
Chaplin     in     "A     Dop's     Life." 

CASINO 

Ellis  and  Mason 

t 

Pictures 

GRANADA 
Market  at  Jones  St. 

s 

"Sny  it  Again" 
Richard  oix 

IMPERIAL 
Mnrket  bet.  Oth-Tth 

"  \  1 a  of  the  South 

Seas" — Gllda  Gray 

LOEWS  WARFIELD 
Mnrket  at  Tnylor 

s 

"Old  Love*  and  >«•«" 

ST.  FRANCIS 
Market  bet.  nth-Oth 

{ 

\ 

"The  1  nknoirn  Soldier" 

RESIDENTIAL   DISTRICTS 

ALEXANDRIA 
Geary  and  lsth 


"The  American  \  <-nu-,"  Sal- 
ami Sun.  Fay  I.anphirr,  Star. 
Bathing  Beauty  Cantaal.  "The 
Torrent."  Hon.,  Tue...  «ed. 
"Oh,  Vhal  a  Nurse."  .tarring 
3yd    Chaplin.     Ban   Black,   an. I 

II..     Il.in.l 


COLISEUM 
Clement  «  »th  Ave. 


"The  Enchanted  Hill."  Peter 
II  Kyns'l  .lor.,  Sat. '  Sand,," 
Sun  .  Hon  .  T..r..  "The  Fiaht. 
...c  Hear!"  and  "The  IV. I 
Year,"  tte.l..  Thnr*.  Mill 
Franklyn,  "Prinee  of  Pep." 
Mu.ical    Feature.. 


II  WGHT 
llnliiht  at  Cole 


rii'lurM — ChaiiKed 


NEW    BALBOA  { 

Balboa  A   S8th   Ave.  f 


HARDINO  i 

Dlvlsadrro  at  Hayes  J 


"The   Srarlel  %e.t"   and    Vau- 

deMlle.     Sat.  "Oh.      What      a 

Nuit,"      Syd  Chaplin,      Sun.. 

M.m  .     Tue..  E.l. lie     Harkne«» 

an. I    Slrttieed  Orrhe.tra. 


MAJESTIC 
Mission  between 
'.'Oth  and  21st 


Ti.in  \l,y  and  "Tony."  "The 
Everlasting  \(hi»|ier,"  Satur- 
day. Chn-tie  Caaaady,  "Keep 
s*»eet."  Richard  Barthelmc 
and  Dnrolhv  t;..h  in  "The 
Beautiful  City." 


"The  Cave  Man,"  Marie  Pre- 
vost.  Malt  Moore,  Sot.  "The 
New  Commandment,"  Blanche 
Sweet,  Ben  Lyon,  Sun.  "Infat- 
uation," Corinne  (..  uiitli,  Mon., 
Tuci. 


NEW    MISSION  I 

Mission  nr.  22nd  t 


ROYAL  { 

Polk  nr.  California      i 


SUTTER  ( 

Sutter    near    Stelnerf 


NEW   FILLMORE        [ 
Fillmore    near   Ellis  f 


METROPOLITAN         ( 
tnlon  nr.  Fillmore       ( 


cult  dance  numbers  to  be  executed  on  a 
tight  wire.  Charlotte  Beverly  and  Helen 
( Jartz  are  assisting  artists.  Roy  E.  Mack 
and  Peggie  Brantley,  experts  on  roller 
skates,  will  present  their  thrilling  skating 
novelty,  "A  Whirl  of  Grace."  A  Rus- 
sian dance  originated  by  Miss  Brantley 
is  featured. 

The  picture  feature  for  the  week  will 
be  "The  Dixie  Merchant,"  a  romance  of 
the  southern  turf,  adapted  from  Barry 
Benefield's  novel,  "The  Chicken  Wagon 
Family." 

Wilkes 

"Nancy."  featuring  Nancy  Welford  in 
the  name  part,  will  be  played  at  the 
Wilkes  Theater,  June  13,  with  Rex 
Cherryman,  Lou  Archer  antl  Betty  Gal- 
lagher in  cither  leading  roles,  together 
with  a  singing  and  dancing  chorus  of 
beautiful  young  girls. 

Miss  Welford  made  claim  upon  our 
admiration  in  "No.  No,  Nannette,"  antl 
it  is  ^;iii  1  thai  this  new  musical  comedy 
in  which  the  graceful  young  star  takes 
the  lead  is  even  nunc  alluring  and  attrac- 
tive than  the  former  musical  comedy  we 
liked  and  patronized  so  well. 

"Rose-Marie"  comes  to  a  close  Satur- 
day night  closing  a  successful  season  of 
far  too  short  duration.  Maria  Sham- 
shon,  Charlie  Sylver,  Betty  Byron,  and 
Arthur  Cunningham  made  new  claim  up- 
on our  appreciation  with  their  line  per- 
formances. 

*  *    # 

California 

The  California  theater  is  showing 
"Volcano"  beginning  with  today's  screen- 
ing (Saturday)  with  Ricardo  Cortez. 
ihe  star  in  the  new  Paramount  picture. 
I'.cbc  Daniels  plays  the  sweetheart  role. 
The  setting  for  the  story  is  found  in  the 
Island  of  Martinique  in  the  West  Indies. 
Dramatic  romance  and  stirring  episodes 
run  through  the  photoplay  with  its  unus- 
ual twisl  ami  love  tales. 

*  *     * 
Granada 

Richard  Dix  starring  in  his  latest  com- 
edy-romance, "Say  It  Again."  starts  the 
neu  week's  engagement  at  the  Granada 
theater.  The  picture  is  packed  with 
breezy  situations  and  it  has  been  said  that 
the  screen  star  puts  additional  pep  into 
the  unreeling  of  the  comedy. 

Chester  Conklin  and  "Gunboat"  Smith 


support  Richard  Dix  in  the  big  rollicking 
comedy  feature. 

The  special  stage  attraction  will  be 
"Xlyophonia." 

*     *     * 

Cameo 

Tom  Mix  and  Tony,  the  wonder  horse, 
starring  in  "The  Yankee  Senor,"  claim 
the  Cameo  screen  at  the  pretty  Market 
street  theater.  Margaret  Livingston, 
Olive  Borden,  Alec  B.  Francis,  Martha 
Mattox,  and  Francis  McDonald  are  sup- 
porting stars. 

The  Cameo  is  also  offering  as  a  double- 
bill  screen  attraction,  the  famous  comed- 
ian, Charlie  Chaplin,  in  "A  Dog's  Life," 
one  of  the  funniest  of  the  screen  cele- 
brity's pictures  and  brimful  of  doleful 
action,  peppy  scenes  and  lively  Chaplin 
stunts. 

The  first  picture  is  a  technicolor  of 
western  cowboy  ace  feature,  filmed  from 
the  famous  old  Mexican  novel,  "Con- 
quistador" by  Katherine  Fullerton  Ger- 
ould. 

St.  Francis 

"The  Unknown  Soldier"  will  be 
screened  at  the  St.  Francis  this  week, 
following  Cecil  B.  DeMille's  "The  Volga 
Boatman." 

Charles  Kmmett  Mack,  famous  for  his 
work  under  D.  W.  Griffith,  assumes  the 
title  role.  Marguerite  dc  La  Motte  is 
the  heroine  in  the  role  of  the  war-bride. 
Henry  IS.  Walthall.  Claire  McDowell, 
Ethel  Wales  and  George  Cooper  are  in 
the  cast.  Arrangements  are  being  made 
by  the  St.  Francis  management  to  bring 
Mack  and  Miss  De  la  Motte  here  for  per- 
gonal appearances  Saturday  ami  Sunday, 


Imperial 

Gilda  (  hay  i>  -till  thawing  large  audi- 
ences at  the  Imperial  in  her  portrayal  of 
"Aloma  of  the  South  Seas." 


Warfield 

"(  lid  Loves  ami  New."  adapted  by  Ma- 
rion Fairfax  for  the  screen  from  F.  M. 
Hull's  popular  novel.  "The  Desert 
Healer."  is  announced  by  the  Warfield  as 
the  attraction  for  the  coming  week,  begin- 
ning Saturday. 

"(  ild  Loves  ami  New"  is  the  drama  of 
the  man  who  lost  a  wife  because  he  knew 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  12,   1926 


By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Wedding  Days 

JUNE,  month  of  romances  and  wedding  days,  is  engaging 
the  attention  of  Society,  almost  to  the  point  of  rivalry  of 
Junes  in  bv-gone  days, 
Who  says  that  romance  does  not  thrive  m  the  present  gen- 
eration? Who  has  the  effrontery  to  declare  that  there  are  no 
inclinations  for  married  life?  Some  grouchy  old  cynic,  per- 
chance. But  even  he  has  to  run  to  hide  his  head.  For  wed- 
dings,  weddings — are   everywhere  ! 

*  *     * 

Miller-Fuller 
Nuptials-South 

Society  folks  from  San  Francisco,  Burlingame,  Piedmont 
and  other  cities  of  this  section,  have  made  plans  to  attend 
the  beautiful  wedding  of  Miss  Maxine  Miller  and  Mr.  Dana 
Fuller  which  takes  place  in  Los  Angeles,  Monday,  June  28, 
when  hundreds  of  guests  will  witness  the  nuptial  ceremony. 

The  bridal  party  includes  many  prominent  society  folks 
from  this  citv.  .Air.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Fuller,  Frank  Fuller, 
]r.  and  Miss  Margaret  Fuller  have  left  for  the  southern  city 
to  make  their  plans  for  the  magnificent  wedding. 

Miss  Margaret  Fuller  will  be  the  bridesmaid.  Miss  Evelyn 
McLaughlin  and  Miss  Rowena  Mason  of  San  Francisco, 
and  Miss  Clara  Lou  Nesbitt  of  Los  Angeles,  are  the  other 
bridesmaids. 

Miss  Louisa  Miller  will  be  her  sister's  maid  of  honor. 

Frank  Fuller.  Jr.,  will  be  his  brother's  best  man  and 
Messrs.  Linsey  Howard,  Charles  Howard.  Juliard  McDon- 
ald and  Tyler  Woodworth  will  be  the  ushers. 

*  *     * 

Miss  Virginia  Bennett,  the  fiancee  of  Charles  Crocker, 
is  being  lavishly  entertained  in  New  York  by  the  younger 
set  and  has  been  the  fete  bride-to-be  at  many  brilliant  af- 
fairs. 

*  *     * 

Charles  Templeton  Crocker  recently  returned  to  New 
York  from  Paris,  where  he  remained  several  weeks  after  the 
departure  of  Mrs.  Crocker  and  is  now  either  already  back 
or  soon  will  be  here  in  his  California  home. 

*  *     * 

Mrs.  Luther  Gregory,  as  well  known  here  as  she  is  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  other  large  cities  of  the  world,  was 
hostess  recently  at  a  splendidly  appointed  luncheon  given 
in  compliment  to   Mrs.    Grace    Thompson    Seton,    newly 

elected  president  of  the  National  League  of  American  Pen 
Women. 

Mrs.  Seton,  famous  author  and  prominent  in  the  fore- 
most literary  centers  of  the  nation,  was  accorded  an  ovation 
by  the  attending  guests,  many  of  whom  were  her  associates 
in  office. 

Mrs.  Gregory  has  been  appointed  national  chairman  of 
music  in  the  League  of  American  Pen  Women  and  will 
have  charge  of  the  music  at  the  annual  Authors'  Luncheon 
of  the  present  administration. 


National  head-quarters  of  the  League  of  American  Pen 
Women  have  been  changed  recently  to  the  Mayflower.  The 
Shoreham  Hotel,  their  former  official  center,  has  been  sub- 
ject to  change  in  the  progress  of  property  holding. 

Secretary  and  Mrs.   Wilbur  and  the   Secretary  of  Com- 


merce, Mr.  Herbert  Hoover  and  Mrs.  Hoover  were  guests 
recently  at  an  elaborate  luncheon  in  Washington,  D.  C,  at 
the  Pan-American  building  in  honor  of  delegates  to  the 
Pan-American    Red   Cross  conference. 

*  *     * 

Noted  Organist  Gives  Vision  of  Larger  Musical 
Life  in  America,  and  Much  Better  Organs 

Edwin  II.  Lemare,  noted  organist,  known  throughout 
the  entire  musical  world,  is  now  visiting  San  Francisco 
after  his  absence  of  some  time  and  is  now  receiving  a  cordial 
reception  by  music-lovers  and  musicians,  alike.  Both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lemare  are  making  their  present  home  at  the 
Fairmont. 

"Every  one  who  ever  visited  the  memorable  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition,  remembers  Mr.  Lemare  as  the  presid- 
ing genius  of  Festival  Hall  and  the  great  cultural  torch- 
bearer  of  those  unforgettable  organ  recitals  there,"  said  an 
enthusiastic  admirer  of  the  distinguished  gentleman. 

Mr.  Lemare.  who  returned  from  Chattanooga,  Tennessee, 
just  a  few  days  ago,  is  now  busily  engaged  in  completing 
his  new  opera,  "The  Knight  and  the  Cripple,"  which  will  be 
produced  in  August  at  the  Shriners'  Grove  in  Redwood  City. 
Archibald  H.  Treat,  an  old-time  friend  of  the  famous  com- 
poser, has  written  the  libretto  for  this  opera. 

Colorful  in  theme  with  an  oriental  background,  this  new 
Lemare  opera  will  be  mostly  in  pantomime  with  a  power- 
ful and  pleasing  blending  of  the  profound  and  the  impres- 
sive, with  the  lighter  moods.  It  has  been  said  that  one  of 
the  waltzes  in  the  opera  equals  the  well-known  Strauss 
waltzes. 

Mr.  Lemare  will  be  the  symphony  director  and  will  have 
a  group  of  eighty  musicians  in  the  symphony  orchestra. 

*  *     * 
Ambition  of  Composer 

Every  threat  man  has  a  secret  ambition  which  he  sacredly 
cherishes,  and  so  I  inadvertently  discovered  the  ambition  of 
Mr.  I.emare's.  It  is  the  building  of  superior  organs;  or- 
gans which  will  make  America  musically  pre-eminent. 

"We  could  have  in  America  the  really  perfect  organ," 
declared  this  brilliant  man,  whose  mastery  of  the  keys  is 
proverbial.  "An  organ  which  will  have  the  cathedral  tone 
qualities  of  great  European  instruments  and  yet  contain 
the  latest  up-to-date  electrical  and  mechanical  combinations 
of   American   brains  and   skill." 

"It  is  a  cherished  dream  of  mine,"  said  the  great  Lemare. 
"to  build  in  this  country,  preferably  in  California,  and  by 
choice  in  this  city,  an  organ  which  will  combine  the  voicing 
so  well  known  in  the  best  European  organs  with  the  finest 
of  American   mechanical   construction." 

Mr.  Lemare  graphically  outlined  in  the  wisdom  and 
strength  of  his  musical  authority,  the  diaphonic  proportions 
of  great  Furopean  organs  and  the  nobility  of  tone  which 
they  possessed,  none  of  which,  he  declared,  has  as  yet  been 
copied  successfully  in  this  country. 

His  great  dream,  and  he  has  the  vision  of  fulfillment  firm- 
ly established  in  his  outline,  is  to  bring  into  American  in- 
dustries another  foremost  achievement — the  building  of  the 
world's  greatest  organs  that  the  magnificence  and  beauty 
of  the  instrument  he  loves  so  well  may  be  the  gift  of  Ameri- 
ca to  the  music  loving  generations  of  posterity. 

A  famous  critic  said  of  Lemare:  "He  is  a  veritable  wizard 
of  the  King  of  Instruments."  The  New  York  papers  have 
stated  that  he  is  the  greatest  master  of  the  instrument  the 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


American  public  has  heard,  and  he  has  opened 
a  new  vista  in  the  future  of  the  organ. 

Edwin  H.  Lemare,  genius,  composer  and 
famous  throughout  the  world.  "His  name  is 
an  honor  and  an  asset  to  the  city  of  San  Fran- 
cisco." 

*     *     * 

Musicians  and  Society 

Music  has  had  a  spur  to  action  this  past  week 
when  society  and  musicians  have  allied  them- 
selves in  a  common  movement, — that  of  fur- 
thering the  cause  of  the  Summer  Symphony. 

The  concert  room  of  the  Palace  Hotel  was 
filled  to  capacity  Monday  and  Wednesday  of 
this  past  week,  when  definite  plans  were  made 
and  outlined  details  were  presented  for  obtain- 
ing the  summer  season  of  symphony  music  in 
San  Francisco. 

Miss  Estelle  Carpenter,  one  of  the  prominent 
members  and  leaders  of  the  committee  chair- 
men, presided  at  a  table  of  notables,  having 
Mrs.    Marie   Pernau   Walsh,   president   of  the 
California  Club,  as  her  honor  guest. 
_     Mr.  Redfern  Mason,  music  critic  of  the  Ex- 
aminer, presided  at  the  Monday  afternoon  tea, 
well  directed  plans  and  splendidly  balanced  program 
due  much  of  the  day's  success. 

Mr.  Alexander  Fried,  music  critic  of  the  Chronicle;  Mr. 
Charles  Woodman,  musical  critic  of  the  Call ;  Mr.  Alfred 
Metzger,  publisher  of  Musical  Review,  were  other  prom- 
inent musicians  and  writers  seated  at  the  honor  table,  all 
of  whom  gave  talks  of  solid  sense,  as  well  as  inspirational 
ideas  to  the  project. 

Mrs.  Lillian  Birmingham,  past  president  of  the  California 
State  Federation  of  Music  Clubs;  Mrs.  Alvina  Heuer  Wil- 
son, Mrs.  Marie  Pernau  Walsh,  were  other  prominent  speak- 
ers at  the  noteworthy  gathering. 

^  The  Summer  Symphony  association  is  headed  by  loseph 
S.  Thompson,  president ;  Herbert  Fleishhacker,  chairman  ; 
John  Rothchild,  first  vice-president;  Mrs.  Lillian  Birming- 
ham, second  vice-president;  Albert  Greenbaum,  secretary 
and  Thomas  F.  Boyle,  treasurer. 


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Executive  Committee 

The    executive    committee    < if   the 
George   Q.   Chase,  chairman.    Louise 

Boyle,  Leonard  W.  Ruck,  George  T.  Cameron.  Colbert  Cold- 
well,  Sydney  Al.  Ehrman,  Milton  11.  Esberg,  George  Filmer. 
Mrs.  Edward  F.  Glaser,  J.  Emmett  Hayden, Timothy  Healv. 
Augustin  Keane,  Charles  H.  Kendrick,  Frederick  I.  K 
Mrs.  Parker  Maddux.  Milton  Marks.  Henry  L.  Mayer,  Har- 
old Pracht,  James  Rolph,  Jr.,  Chester  W.  Rosekrans,  Mar- 
cus L.  Samuels,  Warren  Shannon.  Mrs.  H.  Roy  Stovel, 
E.  J.  Tobin,  A.  \\".  \\  idenham.  Mrs.  Alvina  Heuer  Wilson. 

The  Summer  Symphony  Association,  with  a  lull  orches- 
tra of  eighty  pieces,  proposes  giving  a  series  of  twenty  con- 
certs between  June  1?  and  September  15  in  the  Exposition 
Auditorium. 

World  famous  conductors,  including  i  fssip  Gabrilowitsch, 
Henry  Hadley,  Modest  Altschuler,  Alfred  Hurtgen,  Emil 
Qberhoffer,  Nikolai  Sokoloff  and  Alfred  Hertz,  are  .nail- 
able  for  these  summer  programs. 


A  delightful  luncheon  was  given  Saturday, 
June  5  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  in  honor  of  Miss 
Viola  Kanein,  whose  marriage  to  Mr.  Joseph 
Anthony  Warren  will  take  place  shortly,  Miss 
Fannie  Martin  was  the  hostess.  Among  those 
present  were:  Miss  Emma  Elliot,  Miss  Martha 
Poppe,  Miss  Helen  Kelly,  Miss  May  Flan- 
agan, Miss  Catherine  Grace,  Miss  Minnie  Gar- 
della,  Miss  Anna  Herndon,  Miss  Mary  Miller, 
Miss  Nora  Nyhan,  Miss  Eleanor  Sugrue,  Miss 
Cora  Noonan,  Miss  Elisabeth  Hitchens,  Miss 
May  Kerns,  Miss  Coral  Redwine,  Miss  Flo- 
rence Hacke,  Miss  Josephine  Bryan,  Miss  Hilda 
May. 

*     *     # 

At  the  Hotel  Claremont 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Marshall  of  Hotel  Claremont. 
who  has  recently  returned  from  a  trip  to  Eu- 
rope, was  hostess  for  the  third  of  a  series  of 
charmingly  arranged  bridge  luncheons  on 
Tuesday  afternoon.  Covers  were  laid  for  six- 
teen. 

After   luncheon  the   ladies   played  bridge  in 
the  palm  room. 
Miss  Bessie  L.  Crouch  and  Miss  Mary  Crouch  of  Sacra- 
mento, who  are  visiting  in  Berkeley  for  a  few  weeks,  have 
been   warmly  welcomed  by   their  many   East   Bay  friends, 
who  have  arranged  delightful  affairs  in  their  honor. 

Mrs.  Joseph  B.  De  Golyer  of  Hotel  Claremont  invited  a 
few  friends  to  luncheon  Tuesday  in  compliment  to  the 
Misses  Crouch.  Covers  were  laid  for  the  honor  guests.  Mrs. 
George  R.  Chambers.  Mrs.  M.  F.  Wright.  Mrs.  Lillian 
Wright.  Mrs.  A.  C.  Richards.  Mrs.  Harry  Noyes  Pratt.  Miss 
Calthea  Vivian,  and  the  hostess. 

After  luncheon,  the  group  visited  the  art  gallery  of  the 
hotel,  and  enjoyed  many  delightful  piano  selections  by 
Mrs.  Lillian  Wright. 

*  *     * 

The  tea  room  of  the  Hotel  Claremont  is  becoming  in- 
creasingly popular  for  small  parties,  and  informal  gather- 
ings. <  hie  of  the  merriest  teas  of  the  week,  was  that  given 
Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  Claremont  Tea  Room  by  the 
Juniors  of  Miss  Horton's  school.  Oakland,  to  the  members 
i'i  the  Senior  Class. 

The  tea  table  was  daintily  decorated  with  sweet  peas 
and  maiden  hair  fern,  and  at  the  place  of  each  guest,  was  a 
corsage  of  pansies. 

Those  gathered  for  this  farewell  tea  were:   funiors,  Misses 

Theima    Hubbard,   Seville     Leonnard,     Margaret     Morris; 

Seniors,  Misses  Ala  Coe,  Edna  Sherman.  [Catherine  Arnold. 

lint-  Levensaler,  Wilhelmina  Roth;  and  Mrs.  Marshall  Ed- 

haperone. 

*  *     * 

Whitcomb  Hotel  Notes 

Lieutenant-Commander  J.  F.  Riordan,  Mr>.  Riordan  and 

their  infant  daughter.  Katherine,  were  guests  at  the  Hotel 
Whitcomb  the  past  week. 

Commander  Riordan  has  been  transferred  from  the  L"  S. 
Navy  Yard  at  Puget  Sound  to  Manila.  He  and  his  family 
sailed  on  the  transport  Chaumont. 

Lt.  L.  L.  Healy  with  his  wife  and  children  have  stopped 
at  the  Hotel  Whitcomb  this  week.    They  mailed  on  the  U.  S. 
Transport  Chaumont  Wednesday  for  Manila. 
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THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Tune  12,   1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Don't  Grumble 

THE  California  Radio  Listeners' 
League,  through  its  president,  lias 
entered  an  objection  to  the  change  of 
the   KFWI    wave  length   from   22o   t'i 


C.  J.  Pennington 


250  meters.  His  complaint  was  filed 
with  Colonel  J.  F.  Dillion.  U.  S.  super- 
visor of  radio  in  this  district. 

It  appears  from  the  daily  press  that 
I  olonel  Dillion  has  replied  to  the  com- 
plaint in  a  very  satisfactory  manner. 
The  Colonel's  reply  to  the  president  of 
the  Listeners'  League  seemed  to  con- 
vey the  message  that  what  the  league 
needed  more  than  a  president  was  a 
good  trouble  shooter  for  its  members. 

In  giving  this  case  publicity,  it  has 
developed  that  other  complaints  origi- 
nating from  the  Listeners'  League  have 
been  sent  to  the  supervisor.  Upon  in- 
vestigation by  the  supervisor,  in  each 
case  it  was  proved  that  the  interfer- 
ence reported  was  within  the  radio  set 
itself  and  not  from  outside  sources, 
which  does  not  -peak  well  for  the 
league. 

(  (nee  we  had  occasion  to  call  tin-  U. 
S.  radio  supervisor's  office  relative  to 
what  we  felt  sure  was  a  terible  outside 
power  leak.  Upon  investigation  it 
proved  to  be  within  the  set.  Naturally 
we  were  thoroughly  humiliated.  How- 
ever, the  man  who  did  the  investigat- 
ing for  us  was  a  very  courteous  indi- 
vidual and  let  us  down  easy.  Neverthe- 
less, we  have  never  since  found  it  neces- 
sary to  call  the  supervisor's  'line,  for 
the  reason  that  we  now  take  particular 
care  to  make  sure  of  what  our  troubles 
are  before  calling  in  outside  help. 

As  to  making  a  complaint  about  the 
change  of  wave  lengths,  we  feel  that 
the  Colonel  has  the  entire  listening  pub- 
lic's interest  at  heart  and  he  will  do 
all  he  can  to  make  reception  better,  so 
before  anyone  should  enter  any  com- 
plaints they  should  at  least  wait  until 


they  are  certain  they  are  being  inter- 
fered with. 

*     *     * 

Retailer  Predicts  the  End  of  Exclusive 
Radio  Stores 

Exclusive  radio  stores  will  be  a  thing 
of  the  past  within  a  year  or  two,  ac- 
cording  to  the  opinion  expressed  by  J. 
VV.  Griffin,  president  of  one  of  the  larg- 
est exclusive  radio  retail  organizations 
in  New  York  and  Chicago. 

"1  believe  that  the  exclusive  radio 
store  is  all  through,  and  that  a  year  or 
two  hence  it  will  not  be  possible  to  find 
such  a  store  in  the  United  States."  said 
Mr.  Griffin.  This  is  true,  because  dur- 
ing the  last  three  years  the  seasonal 
nature  of  radio  has  become  more  and 
more  marked. 

The  radio  business,  as  a  business, 
probably  begins  about  Columbus  Day, 
(  Ictober  12.  and  it  is  pretty  nearly  all 
finished  by  St.  Patrick's  Day.  Enough 
business  maj  be  gained  during  these 
months  to  -how  a  small  profit  for  the 
year,  if  added  to  the  small  sales  that 
may  be  eked  out  of  portable  sets  and 
accessories  during  the  summer.  But 
this  is  an  immense  waste  of  space  facili- 
ties for  energy  during  the  summer 
months  of  the  year,  which  should  cer- 
tainly be  used  to  some  good  purpose. 

The  successful  radio  manufacturers 
of  the  future  are  going  to  be  culled  first 
from  the  exclusive  radio  dealers  of  to- 
day who  have  the  means  and  sense  t<  i 
add  to  their  present  activities  such 
other  lines  anil  interests  as  will  give 
them  a  fair  volume  of  business  during 
the  months  of  the  year  when  for  all 
practical  purposes  radio  docs  not  exist. 

"The  day  of  radio  as  a  novelty  has 
largely  passed,"  said  Mr.  Griffin.  There 
are  very  few  people  today  who  use  their 
radio  sets  simply  for  the  thrill  which  it 
brings  them  through  listening  to  pro- 
grams brodacast  from  a  distant  point, 
regardless  of  the  character  of  this  pro- 
gram. Radio  has  found  a  definite  place 
in  the  average  American  home,  but  it 
is  being  used   with   great  discretion. 

The  average  set  owner  today  turns 
his  set  on  not  merely  for  the  pleasure 
of  listening  to  radio,  hut  because  of 
some  definite  program  feature  which  he 
knows  is  scheduled  and  which  he 
wishes  to  listen  P  i. 


— It  is  very  strange  that  the  textile 
industry  should  be  in  such  a  poor  po- 
sition in  this  country.  There  is  a  fear 
of  increasing  the  stock  of  goods  on 
hand,  and  wool  seems  to  be  as  badly 
off  as  cotton  in  this  respect. 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

KPO—  HALE    BROS.    AND    THE    CHRON- 
ICLE, SAN    FRANCISC0^28.3 

Sunday,  June  i:t 

9:46   I"    10:45   a.    in. — I'hurch   service.      Talk. 

10:46  a,  m.  —  Weather  forecast  and  general 
Information. 

2:46  p.  in. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creatlon    Park   of   the    baseball   game. 

5:00  1"  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.  Glselman  at  the  California  Palace  of 
lie-    Legion    of   Honor, 

8:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Orchestra,  under  the  fil- 
rec    on    of    Waldemai    Litid. 

6:30  p.  m. — Baseball  scores  and  general  in- 
formal Ion. 

6:35    io    S:i.".    p.    m.  —  Palace    Hotel    Concert. 

v ::::.  to  10:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 
Monday,  June  14 

3 7:30,  B:00  a.  m. — Dally  dozen  exercises. 

10:30     a.    m. — Weather    forecast. 

noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 
00   to   J  00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra 

^:::il    to    ":::n    p.    m. — Matinee    program. 

i-   :'.:in  p.   m. — Fashion   talk. 

3:40  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5  80    to    6:15    p.    m. — Children's    hour. 

6:15  to  11:311  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations. 
baseball  scores. 

6:3 no  p.   ,n. — orchestra,   Waldemar  Llnd 

director. 

.    'mi   to   7:30  p.   m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

6:00  t..  :t:nii  j,.  m. — Cablrla  Cafe  Orchestra. 
Maurice    Gunsky,    intermission    soloist. 

9: i  l(i:00  p.  m. — K'FI  and  KPO  broadcast- 
ing  simultaneously. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Cablrla  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

Tuesday,  June  ir, 

7:00,    7:30,    B:00   a.    m. — Dally  dozen  exercises. 

In   ::  '    i    in. — Weather   forecast,  market  report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing- 

1:00  i"  !  00  p.  to — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra, 

2:46  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creatlon    Park    of   tin-    baseball    game. 

p.    m. — Palace    Hotel   Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5:i '.:i"i    i'.    m. — Big  Brother's   stories. 

6:16  to  6:30  p.  m. — stock  market  quotations, 
baseball  scores  and  general  Information. 

!'.::'.<!  to  Tiiio  p.  in. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Llnd 
-In.  .tor, 

7 to  7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

•  "    to    9:(i0    p.    m. — Program    by    John    Phll- 
pott's  Midshipmen. 

9:00  i"  lone  ,,.  ni — Program  featuring  Cyrus 
To. I. be,  violin;  harmony  team,  Gypsy  and 
Malta, 

10:00  to  lit",  p,  m — Palace  Hotel  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

Wedhenday,  June  i«( 

7:nii.   7:30,  B:00  ...  m,  —  Dally  dozen  exercl 

in  30  a.  in. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

12  ""  ' n — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:46  p.  in — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
citation   Park    of   tile   baseball   game. 

1:30  l..  5:30  p,  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chesl  i  -I 

5    :n    ti.    6:16   p.   m. — Children's   hour. 

6:15  !..  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
bast  i.:.  1 1    boi  o*.  s. 

ii  ::n  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to   7:80  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Atwater 
Kent   Artists. 

to   10:00  p.  m. — Cablrla  Cafe  Orchestra. 

I 1..     ll:iiil     p.     m. —  Orchestra.     Waldemar 

Llnd    director. 
Thursday,   June   IT 

7:00,    7:30,   B:00   a.    m. — Daily   dozen   exert 

10    ;n  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  markel  report 

1.'  in  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

i to  _■:<!"  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra, 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
..    n     Park     of    the    baseball    game. 

1:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5  30    t"    6:15    p,    in — Children's   hour. 

6:16  to  *;:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations. 
baseball    scores. 

6:30  to  7:3u  p.  m. — Orchestra,  "Waldemar  Llnd 
director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra 

8:00   to  9:00  p.   m. — Program. 


June  12,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  by  a  saxophone 
band   of  twenty  pieces. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Cabiria  Cafe  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

Friday,  June  18 

7:00,    7:30,    S:00    a.    m. — Daily    dozen    exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing". 

12:45  p.  m. — Talk  from  the  Commonwealth 
Club. 

1:30  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park    of    the    baseball    game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

r>:30    to    6:15    p.    m. — Big    Brother's    stories. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m.— 'Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball    scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to  7:10  p.  m. — "Sports  on  the  Air." 

7:10    to    7:20    p.    m. — Investment    talk. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  Hawaiian  Or- 
chestra. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

9:10   to   9:20   p.  m. — Book   reviews. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar 
Lind  director. 

Saturday,  June   10 

7:00,    7:30,    8:00    a.    m. — Daily    dozen    exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to   2:00  p.   m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation   Park    of    the    baseball   game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — "Ye  Towne  Cryer,  stock 
market    quotations,    baseball    scores. 

6:30  to  7:20  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

S:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Cabiria  Cafe  Orchestra. 
Maurice    Gunsky,    tenor. 


KJBS— JULIUS    BRUNTON    &    SONS    CO., 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 220 
Suudny,  June    13 

Studio    program    by    Vera    Adelstein,    pianist ; 

Roy  Hamilton,    tenor, 
Monday,  June    14 
9:00   to    10:40   a.   m. — Vocal   and    Instrumental 

selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    in. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
S:0n    (n   S;45    p.    m. — Johnson's   Radio  Band. 
s:45   to   9:00  p.   m. — K.IRS  Players   under   the 

direction   of   Fred   Dlttmar. 

9:0ll    to    10:00    p.    m, — Johns. m's    Radio    Pnnd. 

TiieNriny,  June   in 

9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 

AVedncNdny.   June  10 

8:00    to   10:40   a.   m. — Vocal    and   Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00    to    10:ii0    p.    m. — Studio   program. 

Thurndny,   June    IT 

9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 
Select  ions. 

2:00   to   2:30   p.    m. — Vocal   and    Instrumental 
Selections. 

Fridny,    June    IS 

9:00    i o   io:io  a.    m.— -Vocal   and    Instruments i 
Selections. 

2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Voeal    and    Instrumental 
Select  ions. 

8:00   to  9:00   p.   m. — Villa   Morel  program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Favorite  Hour  Entertain- 
ments. 

10:00    to    11:30    p.    m. — Regular    Weekly 

Jul;    of    tin-    Royal   Order  of  Smoked   Herring. 

Snturdny,    June    in 

9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal     and    Instrumental 

Selec i ■ 

2:00     to     2:30    p.     in. — Vocal     and     Instrumental 

Select  ions. 


KGTT— GLAD  TIDINGS  TEMPLE,  SAN 
FRANCISCO— 207 
Mmdny.    June    13 

0    to   8:00  p.  m. — Sunday  School   lesson. 
p,   m.— Church   sei 
vmi   t .'   10:00   p.   m. — Evening  service. 
Tuendny,  June  1.% 

vim  to  10:00  p.  in — Studio  program  of  sacred 

m  i 1  - 

«  rdneNdny.  June    lit 

2:45    to    3:46    p.    m. — Healing    service. 
Miii  to  10:00  p.  in. — Studio  program  of  t 

music. 
Thut-Mrtay.  June   17 

to    :'•  .30    p    nv — studio    program, 
Friday,  June  is 

8:00  to    10:00  p.   m. — Studio  propram   of  sacred 
music. 


KFOB— INC.,  BURLINGAME— 226 

Tuesday,   June   8 

8:00   to  12:00  p.   m. — Ruth  Burns,  soprano,  ac- 
companied by  Mrs.  Gertrude  Anderson. 
De    Mo  lay    Players,    of    Peninsula    Chapter, 
present  Harold  Moulin,  marimba,  and  Mari- 
on  Moulin,   piano, 

Mary     MacMurtrie     entertains     with     child 
stories.     Dance    orchestra. 

Thursday,  June    10 

8:00  to  13:00  p.  m. — Hillsborough  District 
School  Commencement.  The  students  pre- 
sent "The  Love  Pirates  of  Hawaii,"  a  musi- 
cal play,  under  the  direction  of  R.  L.  Crane, 
Principal.      Dance   music. 

Saturday,  June  12 

n:30    to    12:00    p.    m.    with    intermissions. 

f.:30  to  6:00 — Flip,  The  Story  Teller  Man  (just 
for  children).  Concert  program.  Miss  Helen 
Odell,  cello  solos,  assisted  by  Miss  Helen 
Hughes,  violin,  and  Mrs.  Lois  Mason,  piano. 
Popular    music    by    dance    orchestra. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO., 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday,   June    13 

11:00    a.    m. — Church    service. 
3:30   p.    m. — Concert   by   Arion   Trio. 
7 :25    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 
7:30    p.    m. — Presbyterian   Church    service. 
Monday,  June    14 

7:15    to   7:3(1    a.   m, — Health    Exercises. 
7:4  5    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:15    to   8:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:30  a.   m. — "Daily   Strength." 
11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert. 
12:00    noon — Time  Signal. 
12:30    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 
1:30    p.    m. — N.    Y.   .Stock    reports. 
1 :37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 
1:42   p.    m. — Weather    Bureau   reports. 
3:00   to  4:0ii  p.   m. — LeRoy   V.  Brant,  pianist. 
5:30   to  6:00  p.   m.— KGO  Kiddies'  Klub. 
6:00   to   6:55  p.   m. — Dinner  concert. 
11:55    p.    m. — News    items. 
7:03  p.   m. — Weather   Bureau   report. 
7:06   p.   m. — S.    F.    Produce,   Grain,   Cotton   and 
Metals. 

7  14  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports  (closing). 
7:21  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports  (closing). 
B:00    p.    m. — Educationa  I    program — music    and 

speakers. 
8:06  p.   m. — Fred  C.  Brosius,  speaker. 

*;L'5     p.     m. — New     Books. 

s :  ."iii   ]i.   m. — Leroy  R.  '  Goodrich. 

9:15     p.     m. — Wilda     Wilson     Church:     "Better 

English." 
9:30   p.   m. — A.   10.   Anderson,   speaker. 

Tuesday,    June    I.' 

7:16  to  T : : ■  < i  a.   m.^Health    Exercises, 

7:45  a     m. — Health    Training. 

8:15  to   8:30   a.    m, — Health    Training. 

8  30  a     m     -'  i  laily    Strength." 

11:30  a    m    to   1:00  p.  ni. — Luncheon  concert 
12:00    noon — Tim.-    Signal. 

i  l'  ::tu  p.   m. — Weather    Bureau  reporta 
1:30  p.  m. — N.  Y,  stork  reporta 

I  :37  p.  m, — s.   F.  Stock   reports. 

i    i  _■    ]..    no,  —  Weather    Bureau    reports. 

6  o  *i:-r>".  p.  m.  —  Dinner  concert 

>'•  56    p-    m.— Newa    Items. 

7:08   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 

7  mi     p       m   -       ' 

7:08   p.   m. — s.    F.    Produce,  Grain.  Cotton  and 

Metals, 

7:16  p,  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports  (closing). 
7:23  p  m. — s  P.  Stock  reports  (closing). 
8:00   t"   :<  00   p.   m. — Eveready   progi 

to    10:00   p    m. — The   Pilgrims'   Hour, 
p    m.  t"  12:00  midnight — Dance  music 

Wc«liie*ilny.    June     111 

7:16  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Exerclsi  - 
7:46   a.    m, — Health   Training. 
8:16   to   8:30  a     ra. — Health   Training, 
m. — "Dally  Strength." 
:    m.  to  1:00  p.  m — Luncheon  concert 

nooi1 — Time    Signal. 

p,  m  — U.  S    Weather  Bureau  reports. 
i    :n    P    ,,,  — N    v     -  torts. 

1:87  p.  m. — s.    F    Stock   reports. 
1:42   p.    in. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 

p.   m. — Margaret   Lloyd,  soprano: 
Effle    Edmonson,   acompanist. 
p    m. — "For  Instance  " 
6:00  to  »•,;;.:.  p    m. — Dinner  concert 
m. — News  items. 

eal her  Bureau  report. 
7 :06    p    m, — Baseball    v' 

m  — s     F    Produce    Grain,   Cotton   and 
Metals. 
7:16   p.   m. — N\    Y.  Stock   reports   (closlnj 
p    m. — S,   F    Stock  reports  (closing)* 

Thnr«irt'iiy.  June    17 

7:16    t"   7:30  a.   m. — Health   Exercises. 

7:46    a.    m. — Health   Training. 

I    a.    m — Health    Training. 
„i — "Daily  Strength." 

II  :">>  a    m.   to  1:00  p.   m. — I-uncheon   concert. 

noon — Time    Signal. 
p,    m — W  eat  her    Bureau   reports. 
1  :S0   p.   m. — X.    Y.   Stock    reports. 
:■    m — ?    f    Stock   reporta 

1    i .'    p.    m. —  W  eat  her    Bureou    reports. 
5  30    to    6:30   p     ni. — George   W.    Ludlow. 


fi:55  p.   m. — News    items. 

7 :0a    p.    in. — Weather    Bureau   report. 

7:06  p.  m. — Baseball   scores. 

7:08    p.    m. — S.    F.   Produce,   Grain,    Cotton   and 

Metals. 
7:16  p.   m. — N.   Y.  Stock   reports   (closing). 
7:23   p.   m. — S.   F.   Stock   reports    (closing). 
8:00    to   9:00   p.   m. — Vacation   program. 
9:00   ]).   m.   to    12:0n   midnight — Dance   music. 
Friday,  June  is 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 
7:4r,  a.   m. — Health   Training. 
8:15    to  8:30  a.   m. — Health    Training. 
8:30  a.  m. — "Daily  Strength." 
1 1 :10    a.    m. — Homemaking    Talk. 
11:30    to    1:00   p.    m. — Luncheon   concert. 
12:00   noon — Time  Signal. 
12:30   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 
1:30    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 
1:37   p.   m. — S.   F.  .Stock   reports. 
t:42    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 
3:1)0    to   4:00   p.   m. — George   Kruger,  pianist. 
r»:30    to    6:00   p.   m. — KGO    Radio   Girls. 
6:00  to   6:ii.r>  p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 
6:r>5   p.   m. — News   items. 
7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 
7:06   p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 
7:0S    p.   m. — S.    F.   Produce,   Grain,   Cotton    and 

Metals. 
7:16    p.    m. — N.    Y.   Stock   reports    (closing). 
7:23   p.   m. — S.  F.   Stock   reports    (closing). 
Saturday*  June  11> 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 
7:45   a.   m. — Health   Training. 
a:i5    to    8:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
S:30    a.    m. — "'Daily    Strength." 
^;45    a.    m. — Sonus. 

1 1 :30   a.   m,   to   1 :00   p.   m. — Luncheon   concert 
L2;00    noun — Time    Signal. 

1 2:30    p.    m. — U.  ,S.    Weather    Bureau    report. 
12:3.1    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    Market    reports. 
12:40    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock   Market    reports. 
S:00  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report.      "Weekly 

Sport    Review." 
8:10  p.  m. — Baldwin  Piano  Company  program. 
10:00   p.    m.    to    12:30    a.    m. — Dance   music. 


KTAB— ASSOCIATED  BROADCASTERS, 
OAKLAND— 240 
Sunday,  June  13 

9:45   to   10:45   a.   m. — Bible   lecture. 

11:00  a.  m.   to  12:30  p.  m. — Church  service. 

7:45    to    {i:15    p,    m. — Church    service. 

9:30  to  11:00  p.  m, — After-service  concert. 

H Li:.    June    14 

9:00    to    :i;::i>    a.    m. — Prayer   service. 
vnn    to    L0:0fl    p.    m. — Program. 
Tue*dny.    June    1.% 

1 i    in    !':30    a,    in  — Prayer    service. 

8:00  to  0:00  p.  m.  —  Educational  program. 

WedneKdiiy,    June    Hi 

9:00   to   9:80  a.   m, — Prayer  service. 
TliurNilny.  June    17 

9:00   to   9:30  a.   m.  —  Prayer  service, 
8:00   to    10  00   i'.   in.  —  Pr.-gram. 
Fridny,  June  IS 

9:30  a.  m — Praver  service. 
8  <"i    to     10:00    p.    m. — Program. 

KLX— OAKLAND   TRIBUNE,   OAK- 
LAND— 508.2 
Mimday.   June    11 
7    en     tO     ~     10     I1       in.— News     brOI    dOl 

v  in    |v   m — Special   Fiat;  Day  program   under 

the    auspices   "i    the    B,    P    O.    F.lks. 
TueMtlny.    June    l  ■*> 

m  — Bas<  I 
7:00    to    7:80    p    m. — News   broadcast. 

U>(lnr»ilnj.    June    111 

ball. 

>.  ;:"    to    7  .on    p,    m  — Athens    Athletic    Club    or- 
-rra. 

7:00  t"  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast 

^  "ii    to   9:00    p.    m. — Educational   program. 

!•  "it    f    1 "  on    p.    ni — Special    prneram. 
Taataaay*   Jnne    17 

3  i"1   p    m — Baseball. 

i     m. — New  s  bros  d 
Friday*  June   is 

.all. 
,iin     t>>     7:80    p.     m. — News     broadcast. 
8:00    t"    9:45    p.    m. — Studio    program    through 

the   courtesy   of   the    Pitrirlv   Wiirglv   Co 
9:45     t.-     10:30     p      m. — Athens     Athletic     <'luh 
orchestra. 

s oln.i.    June   lt» 

:  :00    p    m. — Baseball. 

SO  p    in  --svu  b  broadcast 


KNX— L.    A.    EVENING    EXPRESS 
LOS  ANGELES— 337 

Daily    K-toepf    Sunday 

m.  —  KNX     Morninc    G/m. 

8:00    a.    m. — Inspirational    talk    and    morning 
prayer 

i     m. — Time    signals. 
9:00   a.    m. — The    Radio    Shopping    News 
i    m — Horning  Menage. 
a     m — Household    K- 
mi. — Arcade    Cafeteria     I 
l    '...    p     ni — "  '.'orm. 

m. — Mark- 

m — Arcade  Cafeteria   Orchestra. 
I-     m. — The    Town    Tattler. 


12 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  12,   1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


6:15  p.  m. — W.  F.  Alder  Travelogue. 
6:30  p.  m. — At  water  Kent  orchestra- 
Sunday,  June  13 

l'coo   a.    m. — First   Presbyterian    Church. 
12:30    p.    m. — Program. 
2:00    to   4:00   p.   m. — Musical  program. 
4:30   p.    m. — Half   hour   of   Cinema    chat. 

6  :30    p.    m. — Hollywood    Unitarian    Church. 
7:00    p.    m. — Circle    Theater    Symphony. 
6:00    p.    m. — First   Presbyterian   Church. 
y:00   p.    m. — Program. 

Monday.   Jane    14 

3:00    p.   m. — Little   Jean. 

4:00    p.    m.- -Household    hints. 

4:30   p.   m. — Blue    Monday   Frolic. 

7:30    p.    m. — Program. 
n"   p.   m. — Program. 

9:00    p.   m. — Feature   program. 

10:00    p.    m. — Program. 

1 1 :00     p.     m. — Ray     West*  s    Cocoanut     Grove 
"  >rcht-stra. 

TueMday,  June    IS 

_'  :Q0    p.    m. — Mothers'    Hour. 

7:00   p.   m. — Program. 

7:45   p.   m. — Talk  on  Health, 
p.    m. — Program. 

9:00    p,    m. — Program. 

10:00  p.  m. — Ray  West's  orchestra. 

Wednesday,    June    Iff 

1  :00    p.    m. — Talk    on    care    of    children. 

7:00    p.    m. — Program. 

s  :00    p.    m. — Program. 

9:00    p.    m. — Program. 

L0:00    p.    m. — Feature    program. 

11:00   p.   m. — Ray   West's  Cocoanut   Gruvt-   (Or- 
chestra. 

Thn-xday,  June   17 

11:00    a.    m. — Nature    talk. 

7 :00    p.    m. — Program. 

8:00    p.    m. — Program, 

9:00  to  10:00 — Program. 

L0  00    p.    m. — Feature    prunram. 

n:iiM  p.   m. — Ray   West's  Cocoanut   Grove  Or- 
chestra. 

12:00    to    2:00    a.    in. —  1 'on    Meant-y's    Midnight 

Frolic. 
Friday.    June    is 

10:30  a.  m. — "Proper  Poods  ami   Mow  to  pre- 
pare Them." 
2:00    p.    m. — Musical    program, 
1 : on    p.    m. — Boy    Scouts    musical    program. 

7  :00    p.    m. — Feature    program. 
S:00    p.    m. — Program. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program. 

10:00    p.    m. — Broadcasting    the    main     Event 
from    Hollywood    Region    Stadium. 

11:00    p.    m. — Ray    West's   Orchestra. 

Saturday.    June   1» 

P.    m. — Town    Crier    of    the    Day    and    his 

pals. 

m. — Joyce   r,,;id 

7:00   i>.  m. — Stories  of  insect   life. 

7:15  p.  m. — Announcement  of  Sunday  services. 

7:30    p.    m. — Program. 

8:00    i"    10:00   p.    m. — Feature    program. 

10:00   p.    m. — Ray   West's   Cocoanut  Grove   Or- 
chestra. 

n:on   p.   m. — KN'X   Hollywood   Night. 


KFI— EARLE   C.    ANTHONY,    INC., 
LOS  ANGELES — 467 
(Copyright   1925   by   Karl.-   C.  Anthony,   Inc. » 
Sundny,  June    13 
10:00  a.   m. — Morning  Servjce. 
4:00    p.    m. — Vesper    Services. 
6:30   p.    m.-KFI   Nightly   Doings. 
6:45  p.   m. — Music  Appreciation  Chat. 
ni. — Popular  program. 

7:30    p.    in.  —  Jim,    -lack    ami    Jean    Trio 

•  mi    ](.   rn. — Organ   Recital.     Dan   L.    MacFar- 

land. 
9:00   p.  m.— Badger's  Hollywood  Callfomlans. 

10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Six    Orchestra 

Monday,    June    14 

6:46     io    Tim    a.    m. — Health    Training 

■    16    to    ,  .::n   a.    m, — Health   Training:. 

7    (5    to    8:00  a.    m.— Health   Training. 
B:30  a.  m. — Daily  Strength! 

5:30  p.  m. — Varsity  Ramblers,  direction  of 
w  allace  Dish  man. 

8:00   p.    m. — kfi   Nightly   Doings. 

6:15    p.    m. — KFI   Radio   Travel    Guide 

6:30  p.  m. — Gloria  Gatewood,  whistler;  Mar- 
guerite  Truxler. 

*'ALj'     p.— George    Wilder     Cartwright     on 
The  Constitution 

7:00  p.  m. — Owen  Fallon  and  his  Callfornlans. 

8:00  p.  m. — Corel II  Trio.  Margarel  Crist  so. 
prano. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program  presented  hv  Walter  M 
Murphy  Motors  Co.,  featuring  Virginia 
!•  Iohn,  soprano:  Broadcast  simultaneously 
from   KFI,  and   KPO. 

10:00    p.   m.— Program    by   Meiklejohn    Bros. 

Tuesday,    June    15 

6:45    to   7:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:15   to  7:30  a.   m. — Health  Training. 

7:45    to    B:00   a.    m. — Health   Training. 

8:00   to  8:30   a.   m.— Dally  Strength. 

o:30    p.    m. — Rendezvous    Ballroom    Orchestra 

'■  00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:15   p.    m. — KFI    Radio  Travel   Guide. 

6:30    p.    m. — Simmers    and    Colburn 

6:46    p.   m. — Dr.  John    T.   Miller. 

7:iio    p.    m. — Virginia    Ballroom   Orchestra. 


8:00  p.  m. — Screen  Artists'  Quartet;  Olga  Stef- 

fani,   contralto. 
'.*  :00    p.    m. — Grand    Opera    program ;    Maurlne 

Over,    mezzo   soprano. 
10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Radio  Club. 
\\edne»dny.  June  Hi 
6:45  to  7:00  a.  m. — Health  Training. 
7:15    to    7:30    a.    m.—  f  lealth    Training. 
7:45  to  8:00  a.  m.— Health  Training. 

00  to  8:30  a.  m. — Daily  Strength. 

5  :30   p.   m. —  I  >on    Warner's  Orchestra. 
6:00   p.   m. —  KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
6:15    p.    ni. —  KFI     Radio    Travel    Guide. 
6:30    p.    m. — I  Mm    Warner's    ( Orchestra. 
p.    m. —  E.    «'.    D.    Price.    "Gossip." 
7:00    p.    m. — Popular    program. 
7:30  p.  m. — Nick  Harris.  Detective  Stories 
8:00  p.  m. — Program  by  California  Petroleum 
Corporation   of  California.     Ventura  String 

Quartet ;     Emma    Kimmel.    soprano. 
1»:00     p.     m. —  I  >olorefl     Mason,     concert     pianist. 
10:00     p.     m. — Program    arranged    by    Charles 

1  i'-.'iuchamp, 
Thursday,   June    17 

ti:!".  to  7:00  a.  m. — Health  Training. 
7:15  to  7:::n  a.  m.— Health  Training. 
7:4o    t..    8:00    a.     m.  —  Health    Training. 

8:00   to   8:30   a.    m. — Dally   Strength. 
5:30  p.  m. — Theron  Bennett's  Hollywood  Foot- 
lifters. 
6:00    p.    m. —  KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
6:15    p.    m.— KFI     Radio    Travel    Ouide. 
6:::m  p.  m.-  Tin-roil    lienm-it's   llnllvw 1   K.».>t- 

lifters. 

6:45    p.    m—  K  i'l     RadtOtorlal    Period. 

7:011  p.  111. — Program   by   University  of  South- 
ern i  v  i  Iforn  la. 
8:01]  p,  m. — Kanner  Trio.     wm.  Kanner,  piano. 

9 p.   m. — Vai  led   progra  m. 

10:00   p.  m. — Patrick-Marsh    orchestra. 

Friday.  June   IK 

6:45    to    7:00   a.    m. —  Health   Training. 

7:15    to    7:30    a     m. — Health    Training. 

7:45    to     8:00    a.     m. — Health     Training. 

B:00    to   g:30   a     m— Daily  Strength. 

5:30    p.     m. —  Kenneth    Morse    and    orchestra. 

5:00  p.   ni. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:15    p.    m.  —  KFI     Radio    Travel    Guide. 
6;:t0    p.    in. — '  'arlyle    Stevenson's    orchestra. 

G   15    p.    m. — Burr    Mel  ntosh, 

7:<i0    j).    in. —  Carlyle    Stevenson's    orchestra. 

7:30  p.  m. — Felipe   Delgado.     Media  Hors    Es- 

panola. 
8:00   p.   m. — Organ   Recital.     Dan   L.  MacFar- 

land. 

11    p.    m. — Gertrude    Land  ram.    soprano. 
9:30    p.    m.  —  Varied    program. 
10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Ballad    Hour. 

Saturday,    June    1ft 

6:45  to  7. mm  a.  m. — Health  Train  1 1 
7:15    to    7:30   a.   m. — Health    Training. 
7:45    to    8:00    a.    m. — Health    Training 

1 :00   to   v  ;;,i   a    m  _Dany  strength. 

5:30    ,,.    „,. — Shelley   Players'   Orchestra,    with 

Mai  ta   Evarts. 
6:00   p    m— KFI    Ni^htlv    Doings. 
hat,  p.  m. — KFI    Radio  Travel   Oufde. 

6:30   p     in — Garnet    Davis,   Marguerite  Truxler. 

6:45    ,,     m.-KFi    Radtotorlal    Period. 

7:00    p.    in. — A 1     Wesson    and    Orchestra. 
B:00    p.    m. — Angelus    Trio.      Norma    Dana,    so- 
li ra  no. 

I    i'    rn. —  Blnora   Rader,  contralto. 

10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Radio   club. 

1  i  ;00    p.    m.—  KFI    Midnight     Frolic.      Until    2 


KFUS— GOSPEL   RADIO,  OAKLAND— 256 
Sunday.    June    l :: 

9:00  a.   m— Sunday   School    Lesson. 

Monday.    June    14 

s     m. — Fellowship    Hour 

6:30   p.   m. — Children's   Bible   Story    Hour. 

6:46    p.   in. —  Bible   reading. 

7:00    p.    m.— Vesper    Service. 

Tuesday,  June    ir. 

8:00   p.   m.— KFUS  Orchestra 

~\Vi  dnendny,    .lime     Id 

10:00    a.    m. — Fellowship    Hour 

6:80   p.    m. — Children's    Bible   Story    Hour. 

6:45   p.   m. — Bible   reading. 

7:00    p.    rn. — Vesper    Service. 

Friday,    June    1M 
10:00    a.    in  — Fellowship    Hour 
6:30  p.    in. — children's    Bible    Story    Hour. 
7:00    p.    m. — Vesper    Services. 
S:00    p.    no.- — Sacred    Songs. 
Saturday.  June  l» 
10:30   a.    m. — '  Children    broadcasting 
6:30    p.    m. — Regular    radiocast    of    the    |  (own 
Town    Mission 


KGW— MORNING  OREGONIAN,   PORT- 
LAND—491.5 
Sunday,  June   l.'I 

1,1  *■"'    to    12:00    noon — Morning    services. 
7:30  to  9:00  p.   m. — Evening   services. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Concert    Symphony   Or- 

chesti  a. 
Monday.   June    14 
10:00    to    11:30   a.    m. — Music,    weather    report 

household   helps. 
12:30    to    1:30    p.    m. — Concert. 
1 '"''    to    7:00    p.    m. — Pinner    concert. 


T::ii   to  7 ;  l  .*»   p.  m. — Weather,   market   and   po- 
lice   reports. 

8:00    to   9:00    p.   m. — Organ   recital. 

9:00    to   10:00    p.   m. — Vaudeville  entertainment. 

10:00  to  12:00  midnight — Cole  McKiroy's  dam-. 
hi  cbestra. 

Tueadayi  June   1.1 

1 "  nil    i«.    11  ;8fl    a.    m. — Music,    weather    report, 
household  helps. 

12:30  to  1:30  p.  m. — <'oncert. 

J  i"'    to    3:30    p.    m. — Women's    Matinee. 

6  :00    to    7:00    p.    m. — Dinner   concert,    baseball 
■  i  ires. 
10     to    7:45    p.     m. — Weather,    markel 

pollci      i  I  ports. 

00    i  o   in: mi   p.   m. — Educational   program. 

10:00    to    12:00   p.   m. — Dance  music. 

Wednesday)  June  1« 

10:00    t..   i  i  :30   a.   m. — Music,    weather    report, 
household   helps. 

12:30    to   1:30   p.    m. — Concert. 

6:00    to    ?:00    p.    m. — Dinner   concert. 

7:30    to   7:45    p.   m. — Weather,   market   and   po- 
lice   reports. 
9:00   p.   m, — Concert. 

&:00    io    10:00   p.   m. — Concert   of  vocal   and    in- 
strumental   music. 

Thursday,    June    17 

0    11:30    a.    m. — Music,    weather    r rt, 

househald   helps. 

12:30    to    1  :30    \>.    m. — Concert. 

:00    p.    m. —  Dinner   concert. 

r:8fl    to   7:45    p.   m. — Weather,   police   and   mar- 
ket   reports. 

7:45    to    El: 00    p.    m. — Lecture. 

8:00    to    10:0m    p.    m. — Vaudeville    program. 

10:00  to  12:00  midnight — Cole  McElroy'e  dance 

oi  ch. 
l-'rldny.  June    is 

in  nn    to     II    30    a.    m. — Women's    daily    dozen, 
music,    weather   report,   household    helps. 

u  :30    to    i  ■'■'■"   p.    m. — Concert. 

2:00     'o    8:00    p.    m.  —  Women's    Matinee. 

to    7:00    P.    m. —  Dinner  Coi 

7:3 T    t."    p.    m. — Weather,  police  and 

ket    reports 

7:45    to    8:00    p.    m. — Talk. 

8:00    to    it :  no    p.    m. — Concert    of    vocal    and    In- 
strumental   music 

9  'M.   i,,   lit^o  p.  m. — Concert  <•(   vocal  and   in- 
strumental   music 

10  ■ i  -'  DO      weekly    frolic    -i    the    Keep 

Growing  Wiser  Order  of  Hoot  owls. 

sniiii  day,  June   u> 

10:1 11:30   a.    m, — Musi.',    weather    reporti 

household    help-.    Bhopplng    guide. 
12:30    to    1:80    p.    m. — Concert 
.,  oo   to  7:00  i>.  m. — Concert. 

10:00    to    1 1': nit    p.    m. — Dance    music. 


KJR— NORTHWEST  RADIO  SERVICE  CO- 
SE A  T  T  L  E— 384.4 
Sundaj  .  June    t.'i 

to   12:30   p.   m. — Church  services. 
7:46    i"    B:00    p.    m. — <n-gan    recital. 
8:00  i,,  9:15  p.  ni.  —  Evening  Bervtci 
8:16    I--    10:45    p.    m. — Orchestra    under    direc- 
tion   ..f    Henry    Damski. 
Monday,   June    1-1 
11:30   to    12:00  a.   m. — Post  Intelligencer   talk. 

m.— Standard  Tim.-  Signals. 
■    i"     to    6:00    p.     in. — Closing      quotations      of 

Slock 

6:00   p.   m.— Standard   Time  signals. 
6:00    to    6:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

'■   "■'■     I',     i,    in    p.    m.  —  Weather    reports. 

8  30  to   10:00  p.  m.— Post  Intelligencer  studio 

Progi  a  in. 
i p.    m. — Standard    Time   signals. 

Tiit-KiLny,    June    IS 

11:30  to   12:00  a.  m. — Post    Intelligencer   talk. 

12:00    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
3:00    to    4:00    p.    m. — Musical    program. 
:>:40   to    6:00    p.    m. — Closing   quotations    New 
York   Stock    Exchange. 

6:00    p.    in. — .Standard    Time    Signals. 

,; to  6:05  p.   m.  —  Baseball  scores. 

"    i      m,  —  Weather  reports. 

o     io:00    p.    m. — Orchestra    directed    by 

1 1  enri    Damski. 
10:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 

' to    11:00    p.    m. — Studio   program. 

Wedneaday,  June  10 

II    80    to    12:00    p.    m. — Post    Intelligencer    talk. 

12:00    m. — Standard   Time   Signals. 

5  in  to  6:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  of  New 
York   Stock   Exchange. 

6  nit   p    m.— Standard   Time  Signals. 
1 i"  6:05  p.  m. — Baseball  scores 

;  mi    to    8:30    Studio   Progi  am. 

8:30    to   10:00  p.   m.— Studio   program. 

[0:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 

10:00   to    U-.00   p.   m.— Studio   program. 

Thursday.  June  17 

ii    SO    to    12:00    p.    m. — Post    Intelligencer    talk. 

12:00    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  <■(  New 

York    Stock    Exchange. 
6:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
fi:00    to    6:05    p.    in. — Baseball    scores. 
>'■  (•:,    to    6:10    p.    m. — Weather    report! 

8:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — Orchestra    directed    by 

Henri    Damski. 
10:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
10:00    to    10:30    p.    m. — Musical    program. 
il   30   to    12:00   p.   m. — Post   Intelligencer   pre- 


June  12,   1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


sen  ting:   weekly    nutting   at    the   "Keen  Joy 
Radiating;   Order  of  Bats." 
Friday,    June    IS 

11:30    to   12:00   m. — Post   Intelligencer    talk. 

12:00    m. — .Standard   Time    Signals. 

3:00    to    4:00    p.    m. — Musical    program. 

5:40    to  6:00 — Closing  quotations  of  New   York 

Stock    Exchange. 
6:00   p.    m. — Standard   Time  Signals. 
fi:00   to  6:05   p.   m. — Baseball   scores. 
6:06   to   6:10   p.   m. — Weather  reports. 
8:30  to  10:00   p.   m. — Post  Intelligencer   Studio 

Program. 
10:00  p.  m. — Standard  Time  Signals. 
Saturday,  June  10 

11:30    to   12:00   p.    m.— Post    Intelligencer   talk. 
12:00    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 
5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  of  New 

Fork  .Stock   Exchange. 
6:00   p.   m. — Standard  Time   Signals. 
6:00  to  6:05  p.  m. — Baseball  scores. 
6:05    to    6:10   p.    m. — Weather   reports. 
8:30    to   10:00    p.   m. — Studio   program. 
10:00    p.    m. — Standard    Time    Signals. 


KFWB— WARNER    BROS.,   HOLLY- 
WOOD—252 
Sunday,  June  13 

S:00   to   11:00   p.  m. — Albert   Keglovich,   violin; 

Dan   Gridley,   tenor. 
Monday,    June    14 

4:45   to   5:00   p.   m. — Home    Economics. 
5:00    to    6:00    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 
7:00   to   7:30   p.   m. — Announcements. 
7:30   to   8:00  p.   m. — Program. 
8:00    to    8:10   p.    m. — News   Items. 
8:10    to   9:10   p.    m. — Program. 
9:10    to    10:10   p.   m. — Program. 
10:10   to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
Tuesday,    June  15 

1:46    to    5:uo    p.    m. — Home    Economics. 
6:00    i'-   6:00    p.    m. — Children's   Hour. 
7  on    to    7:30    p.    m. — Program. 
7:30    to    8:00    p.    m. — Program. 
8:00    to    8:10    p.    m. — News    Items. 
8:10   ti»   9:10   p.   m. — June  Parker,   blues  singer, 
9:10    t<>    lii:lo   p.    m. — Program. 
in  mi   to   1ii:10   p.  m. — News   Hems. 
10:10  to  11:00  p.  m. —  Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
Wednesday,  June  Kt 
4:45  to  5:00  p.  m. — Home  Economics. 
5:00    to    6:00    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 
7:00    to    7:20    p.    m. — Announcements. 
7:20    t'»    7:30   p.    m. — News   Items. 
7:30    to   8:00   p.    m. — Program. 
8:00  to  9:00  p.   m. — Program. 
9:00    In   10:00  p.   m. — Program. 
10:00    to    10:10    p.    m. — News    Items. 
io:io  to  ii:oo  p.  m. — Warner  Brothers  Frolic. 

ThurNdny,  June  17 

7. nn    t<>  8:00  p.   m. — Pro^i  .no 
8:00    to    S:10    p.    m. — News    It.  ins. 
8:10    to    9:10    p.    m. — Program. 
9:10    to   10:10  p.   m.— Program, 
10:10  to  11:00  p.  m.  —  Warner  Bros.    Frolic 
Friday,   June    IK 

7:iMl    to  7:30  p.   m. — Announcements. 
7:80    to    8:00    p.    m. — Program. 
9  nn  in  8:  L0  p.   m. — News   items. 
8:10   to  9:io  p.  ni. — Program. 
o:io   io   io:10   p.   m.— Program, 
m  in  to  11:00  p.  m. — Wai  nei    Bros.  Frolic. 
Saturday)  June  in 

7:oo    to    7:30    p.    m.— Announcements, 
7:30  to   8:00   p.   m. — Program. 
8:00    to    9:00   p.   m. — Prtfgi  am 
9:00    to    11:00    p.    m. — Esther    White,    popular 
songs      Sni    Hoopii's  Hawaiian  Trio. 


Concert   by    Bern's   Sym- 
-Dance    music. 

Ken 


KFRC— CITY   OF   PARIS   DRY   GOODS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 

Sunday.    June    <• 

6:80  p.   m. — "The  Stage  and  Screen." 
8:80  p.  m,   to   7:80  p.  m. — Concert    from  Drury 
Lane. 

8:00    io    m  00    p     m.- 
phony  ■  trchesl  <  ;i 

m  nn   i,,   ia:oo  p.  m, 

Monday*   June  7 

m  nn   m    ii.oo  p.  m.— Household   hints, 
i  :80    io    ;.  80    p     no.-    i    ince     music     by 
■mis    Four. 

8;16  t>.  m. — A.  F.  Merrell  and  his  Stamp 
Club. 
6:16   p.    in.— "The  d   Screen." 

6  16    to   6: 16    p.    m.— Jo   Mendel    and   his   pep 
Band, 

,i  ,,    m. — Qoed  fellow  a  Ail   Period 
00     to    9:00    p.    m. — Around     the    Camp-fire 
with    Mac. 
9:00  to  9:30  p.  m. — Current  events  by  John  D. 
Harry. 

i0  p    m.— KFRC  Haw  a  Hans. 

TneKday.    June   t.% 

v-   m. — Mac  and   His  Gang. 
p    m  —  "Th.    Stage  and   Screen." 

0     7   30     p.     Rl. — Popular    MUgfl     by     Fred 
McKtn 
8:00    to    10:00   p,    m. — Studio   program 
10:00   to   13:00  p,   m. — Dance  music 

V*  rtlncNdny.    June    HI 

to    11:00   a.    m  — Household    hints. 

D    p     m.  —  Pane.     music    by    Billy 
Hamilton's    I  krctteetra. 

id  Period, 


5:30   to  fi:30  p.    m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 
6:30   p.   m. — "The  Stage   and  Screen." 
6:30   to  7:30   p.   m. — Concert  from  Drury  Lane. 
8:00    to    9:00   p.    m. — Concert   by   Bern's   Little 

Symphony  Orchestra. 
9:00   to  10:00  p.   m. — Program. 
10:00    to    12:00   p.    m. — Dance   music, 
linn  ,sii:i>  .   June   17 

5:30  to  6:30  p.  m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The   Stage    and   Screen." 
6:30    to    7:00    p.    m. — Harry    Rose. 
7:00   to  7:30  p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 
S:00    to    S:15    p.    m. — Cressy    Ferra. 
8:15    to    8:30    p.   m. — Special    Program. 
8:30    to    10:00   p.    m. — Dance   music. 
Friday,  June  18 

4:45  to  5:30  p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 
5:30   to   6:30   p.   m. — Mac   and  his  Gang. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The   Stage    and    Screen." 
6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  by  Stanislas  Bern's 

Little   Symphony  Orchestra. 
9:00    to   10:00   p.    m. — Studio   program. 
10:00   to   11:00   p.   m. — Dance  music. 
Saturday.   June    10 
4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Tea  Hour  concert  by  Bern's 

Little    Symphony    Orchestra. 
5:30   to   6:30   p.  m. — Mac  and  his   Gang. 
6:30   p.   m. — '"The  Stage  and  Screen." 
6:30    to   7:30   p.   m. — Dance   music. 
8:00  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music  by  Wilt  Gun- 

zendorfer's  Band. 


livestock.    pro- 
Brown    Palace 


KOA— GENERAL  ELECTRIC,   DENVER 
— 322.4  — (Mountain  Time) 

Sunday.  June  13 

10:55  a.  m. — Service  of  Trinity  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  Denver. 

6:30  p.  m. — Little  Symphony  orchestra.  Lewis 
H.  Chernoff,  director. 

7:40  p.  m. — Service  of  Trinity  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church. 

Monday,  June  14 

11:45  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets,  livestock  and  produce. 

12:15   p.   m. — Organ    recital    by  Marjorie  Nash. 

6:00  p.  m. — Stocks,  markets,  livestock,  pro- 
duce and  news  bulletins. 

6:30  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Brown  Palace 
String  orchestra. 

7:30  p.  in. — Sandman's  hour. 

8:00  p.  m. — Annual  Flag  day  exercises  of 
Denver  Lodge  No.  17, 

Tuesday.  June  !•% 

11:45  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets,   livestock    and    produce. 

12:15  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marjorie  Nash. 

3:30  p.  m. — Matinee  for  housewives. 

4:00  p.   m. — Culinary  hints. 

4:15   p.    m. — Fashion    review. 

6:00    p.    m. — Stocks,    markets. 
duoe  and  news  bulletins. 

6:80    p.     m.- — Dinner    concert, 
String  orchestra. 

7:30    p.    m. — Farm    question    box. 

8:30  p.  m. — International  Rotary  club  pro- 
gram. 

9:15  p.  m. — International  Rotary  Club  pro- 
gram. 

10:00  p.  m. — Special  studio  program,  given 
by    the    Baldwin    Artists'    Ensemble. 

Wednesday*  June  Hi 

ill."  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets,  livestock  and  produce. 

12:15  p.  m.— -Organ  recital  by  Marjorie  Nash. 

6:00    p.    m. — Stocks,    markets,    livestock,    pro- 

<l  M  .-■■■    and    n«'\vs    luillil  ins, 
6:80     p.     in. — Pinner    concert.     Brown     Palace 

String   i  ire  h 

dge. 
S:00   p.   m. — Instrumental   program. 

m. — Studio    program. 

9:0(1  p.  m. — International  Rotary  i'iub  pro- 
gram. 

ThurMlnj.  June  17 

1 1 :  16    a.    m. — Weather,    road    reports,    stocks. 

markets,   livestock   and    produce. 
18:15  p    m. — Organ  recital  by  Marjorie  Nash. 
3:30    p.    m. — Matinee    for    housewives. 

1:00  p.  m. — Culinary  hints. 
1:16   p.   m. — Fashion  review. 
6:00    p.    m. — Stocks,    markets. 

duce  and  news  bulletins. 
6:30    p.     m. — Pinner     concert. 

Bti  ing  orchestra. 

Frlilny,  June  IS 

1 1 : 4."i  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks. 
markets,  livestock  and  produce. 

12:15  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marjorie  Nash. 
p,    m, — Matinee  for  housewives. 

1:00    p.    m. — Culinary   hints. 

4:15   p.   m. — Fashion   review. 

6:00    p.    m. — Stocks,    markets,    livestock,    pro- 
duce and  news  bulletins. 

6:30  p.  ni. — Pinner  concert.  Brown  Palace 
String  orcht 

7  :3Q  p.  m. — Preview  of  International  Sunday 
school  lesson. 

8:00  p.  m. — Instrumental  program. 

8:16  p.  m. — Studio  program,  part  one.  pre- 
sented by  the  Opus  Thirteen  club:  part  two 
by  violin  pupils  of  Howard  Reynolds. 

Saturday.  June  1ft 

11:45  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks. 
markets  and  livestock. 

p.    m. — Rialto   theater   organ    recital   by 
Marjorie  Nash. 


livestock,    pro- 
Brown    Palace 


Don't  Wait  for  the  Next  Storm! 

Lightning  arresters  are  used  for  the 
purpose  of  directing  a  sudden  charge 
of  electricity,  striking  your  antenna 
into  the  ground,  instead  of  into  your 
radio  set.  They  are  quite  the  thing, 
and  will  do  a  great  deal  toward  pre- 
serving our  future  radio  listeners. 

Since  our  recent  electrical  storm, 
many  persons  have  become  suddenly 
interested  in  them,  as  well  as  greatly 
concerned  as  to  their  future  health,  in 
the  event  they  are  operating  their  re- 
ceiving set  without  an  arrester  if  such 
a  storm  should  again  visit  us. 

We  have  no  actual  proof  of  where 
lightning  has  ever  struck  a  radio  set, 
but  we  are  not  in  the  least  desirous  of 
being  near  one,  if  it  should  happen,  as 
that  is  not  our  idea  of  receiving  a  thrill. 

San  Francisco  has  been  the  recipient 
of  such  a  storm,  but  the  fortunate  part 
is  the  hour  was  indeed  very  early  in 
the  morning,  when  most  every  one  is 
taking  their  last  forty  winks  before 
arising. 

The  next  storm  of  such  a  nature  may 
not  he  so  particular  as  to  its  time  of 
arrival,  so  better  be  safe  than  sorry; 
and  install  a  lightning  arrester  on  your 
set  if  it  is  not  already  so  equipped. 


A  Good  Tube 

A  new  detector  tube.  UX200-A,  has 
been  developed  and  will  be  on  the  mar- 
ket. This  tube  is  said  to  be  supersen- 
sitive, non-critical  and  economical  in 
operation. 

So  far  as  physical  dimensions  are 
concerned,  the  new  detector  is  similar 
to  the  present  UX200  and  UX201-A 
tubes.  However,  the  new  tube  has  a 
characteristic  appearance  quite  differ- 
ent from  any  other  tube.  Instead  of  a 
plain  or  silvered  bulb,  the  UX200-A 
has  a  bluish,  smoky  color,  due  to  the 
special  gas  content,  but  incidentally 
serving  as  a  means  of  identification. 

High  sensitivity  has  been  the  prime 
requisite  in  developing  this  detector 
tube.  While  this  has  been  achieved  to 
a  marked  degree,  the  current  consump- 
tion of  the  tube  has  not  been  increased 
nor  have  the  adjustments  been  made 
any  more  critical.  The  filament  re- 
quires only  '4  ampere  at  a  potential  of 
5- volts. 

The  "B"  battery  potential  usually 
recommended  is  45  volts,  while  a  lower 
potential  may  be  used  with  very  little 
difference  in  results.  A  10-ohm  rheo- 
stat should  be  employed  to  regulate  the 
filament  current,  which  would  presum- 
ably be  supplied  by  a  6-volt  -torage 
battery.  The  recommended  grid  leak 
and  grid  condenser  are  2  megohms  and 
.00025  mfd..  respectively. 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  12,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 

only  the  law  of  the  jungle,  and  the  hus- 
band who  found  a  wife  because  he  knew 
the  law  of  men.  Lewis  Stone  has  the  title 
role  of  the  Englishman  wdio  turns  desert 
"healer."  or  doctor,  burying  himself 
among  the  Arab  tribesmen  of  Algeria  to 
escape  the  bitter  memories  of  his  tragic 
life  in  England  after  the  last  war.  Bar- 
bara Bedford,  as  the  beautiful  English 
girl  whom  Stone  adores,  plays  her  part 
with  dramatic  spirit  and  fire. 

The  stage  presentation  for  the  week  is 
Fanchon  and  Marco's  "Vanity  Idea."  fea- 
turing Walter  Weems  and  Arnold 
Grazer. 


FROM  BRIGHTER  PENS 
THAN  OURS 


An  Addition  to  the  "Swagger  Block" 

That  block  on  Post  St.  between 
Stockton  and  Powell  Sts.  opposite 
Union  Square,  with  its  waving  palms, 
and  velvety  lawns,  is  fast  becoming  the 
smartest  location  in  San  Francisco,  in 
the  way  of  exclusive  shops,  and  is  de- 
serving of  its  cognomen,  "The  Swag- 
ger Block." 

An  acquisition  to  this  community  is 
the  establishment  of  Gaines-Walrath, 
Inc.,  who  have  just  opened  their  store 
at  366  Post  St.,  and  have  on  display 
an  unusually  splendid  stock  of  furni- 
ture, draperies  and  Oriental  rugs,  wdiich 
we  believe  are  unsurpassed  in  the  West. 
A  reception  was  held  last  Monday, 
June  the  7th,  from  two  to  eleven 
o'clock,  in  the  afternoon,  at  this  shop. 
and  an  assemblage  of  prominent  people 
viewed  and  admired  its  beautiful  exhi- 
bition and  the  decorations  and  con- 
veniences of  the  store  itself. 


Try  This 

Motor  Cop  (after  hard  chase) — 
"Why  didn't  you  stop  when  I  shouted 
back  there?" 

Driver  (with  only  five  dollars,  but 
presence  of  mind) — "I  thought  you  just 
said,  'Good  morning,  Senator.'  " 

Cop — "Well,  you  see.  Senator,  I 
wanted  to  warn  you  about  driving  fast 
through  the  next  township." — Middle- 
burg  Blue  Baboon. 


Meet  great  men.  At  close  range  they 
seem  so  ordinary  that  you  arc  inspired 
to  have  faith  in  yourself. — Uarrisburg 
News. 


Elfin  music  has  again  been  heard  in 
Ireland  and   this   settles   it,  there's  no 
Prohibition  in  Erin.— Charleston  Mail. 
*     *     * 

The  wages  of-sin  now  depend  some- 
what on  how  much  the  confession 
magazines  are  paying.— Memphis 
News-Scimitar. 


British  politicians  are  now  claiming 
that  the  United  States  is  to  blame  for 
the  war-debt  tangle.  Give  Europe  just 
a  little  more  time  and  it  will  have  it  all 
nicely  figured  out  that  we  started  the 
war. — Nashville  Banner. 

*  *     * 

According  to  a  well-known  flyer,  the 
future  of  aviation  will  depend  entirely 
upon  the  training  received  by  aviators. 
An  aviator,  quite  naturally,  should 
know  the  business  from  the  ground  up. 
— Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

A  dentist  says  Americans  are  losing 
their  fighting  jaws,  and  are  becoming 
weak-faced,  because  their  jaws  don't 
get  enough  exercise.  But  isn't  this  a 
matter  that  may  be  safely  turned  over 
to  Mr.  Wrigley? — Kansas  City  Star. 

*  *     * 

Automobile  enamels  have  been  so  im- 
proved in  recent  years  it  is  said  a  wolf 
scratching  at  a  limousine  door  no  long- 
er mars  the  finish. —  Detroit  News. 

*  *     * 

What  makes  the  farm-relief  crisis  so 
cruel  in  the  lives  of  Congressmen  is 
that  they  used  to  be  able  to  stall  such 
things  off  with  free  garden  seed. — Dal- 
las News. 

*  *     * 

The  difference  between  America's  at- 
titude to  Europe  and  Europe's  attitude 
to  America,  is  about  ten  billions. —  Nor- 
folk Virginian-Pilot. 

*  *     * 

France  has  about  reached  the  point 
where  nothing  will  help  so  much  as  a 
good  cry. — Spartanburg  Herald. 

*  *     * 

To  err  is  human  ;  to  admit  it  is  not. — 
Florence  (Ala.)  Herald. 

*  *     * 

There's  now  a  car  to  every  five 
people,  which  should  limit  each  driver 
to   four  pedestrians. — Manila    Bulletin. 

*  *     * 

Indians  are  no  longer  dangerous,  if 
you  can  keep  out  of  the  way  of  their 
motor-cars. — Wall  Street  Journal. 

*  *     * 

The  Bible  continues  to  be  the  world's 
best  seller,  even  though  no  effort  is 
made  to  suppress  it. — Wichita  Falls 
Record-News. 

*  *     * 

Most  of  the  world's  big  jobs  are  held 
by  men  who  don't  care  a  whoop  what 
the  ladies  think  of  Valentino. — Erie 
Times. 

*  *     * 

1  he  difficulty  in  uplifting  drama  is 
that  those  who  want  it  purer  don't 
patronize  it  much  anyway. — Altoona 
Tribune. 


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Red  Star  Liner  "Lapland"  Will  Visit  the 
Dalmatian  Riviera 

Among  the  many  cruises  to  the  Mediterranean  operated 
by  the  International  Mercantile  Marine  Company  from 
New  York,  none  has  ever  offered  a  more  attractive  and 
varied  itinerary  than  that  scheduled  for  the  Red  Star  Liner 
"Lapland"  in  the  coming  summer. 

Its  outstanding  feature  is  variety,  since  it  offers  an  op- 
portunity to  visit  Italy  and  see  the  Adriatic,  with  the  option 
of  leaving  the  ship  at  Venice,  for  a  trip  across  Europe,  and 
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in  Italy,  France  and  Spain,  before  proceeding  to  the  English 
Channel,  for  a  further  sightseeing  program  before  starting 
home  from  Antwerp  or  Southampton. 

Specifically  the  itinerary  calls  for  leaving  New  York  on 
July  7th,  and  proceeding  to  Madeira,  Algiers,  Naples,  Venice, 
Trieste,  Ragusa,  Cattaro,  Corfu,  Genoa,  Monaco,  Barcelona, 
Gibraltar,  Cadiz,  Cherbourg,  Southampton,  Antwerp,  New 
York. 

This  itinerary  allows  suitable  time  for  seeing  the  various 
places  visited,  and  also  five  days  at  Antwerp  for  a  tour  on 
the  Continent  for  those  who  do  not  leave  the  ship  at  Venice 
for  the  overland  trip.  It  also  permits  the  booking  of  port- 
to-port  passages  by  travelers  who  do  not  wish  to  take  the 
whole  cruise.  Another  interesting  travel  combination  that 
it  offers  European  tourists,  is  a  chance  of  joining  the  ship 
at  Venice  or  Genoa,  and  proceeding  on  her  to  English  Chan- 
nel ports. 

To  Americans,  the  strongest  appeal  of  the  cruise  prob- 
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ice, and  from  Venice  down  the  Dalmatian  coast  and  to 
Corfu.  Those  regions,  wonderfully  interesting  at  all  times, 
and  delightful  in  the  summer,  are  rarely  visited  by  large 
cruising  vessels.  Genoa,  the  Riviera  and  the  Spanish  ports, 
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shores  of  the  Adriatic.  Tourists  who  have  visited  the  Dal- 
matian coast  are  charmed  with  it,  terming  it  the  Dalmatian 
Riviera. 

The  most  beautiful  spot  on  the  whole  Dalmatian  Riviera 
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situated  on  a  narrow  strip  of  land  which  projects  far  into 
the  sea.  opposite  the  wooded  island  of  Lacromn,  or  Lokrom, 
near  the  Cavtat  peninsula.  Favored  by  possession  of  the 
magnificent  harbor  of  Gruz,  Dubrovnik  became  one  of  the 
most  important  commercial  centers  of  Europe  in  the  Middle 
Vges,  an  aristocratic  republic  on  the  model  of  Venice,  and 
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THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  12,   1926 


THE  Southern  Pacific  company  will  operate  the  new  line 
between  Truckee  and  Tahoe  Tavern  during  the  winter 
as  well  as  summer  months.  This  it  can  do.  owing  to  the  newly 
made  standard  gauge  track  on  which  it  operates  a  daylight  and 
a  Pullman  train.  The  little  "mogul"  engine,  which  has  here- 
tofore been  in  use.  has  been  scrapped. 
*  *  * 
— There  is  an  under-production  of  apricots  and  prunes  this 
year.  The  other  deciduous  fruits  give  great  profits.  The  wheat 
crop  is  about  3,000.000  more  bushels  this  year  than  last.  Rail- 
road sidings  in  California  are  filled  with  refrigerator  cars. 


— Business  has  made  a  good  record  this  year  and  is  im- 
proving steadily.  The  figures,  with  very  few  exceptions,  shi  nv 
an  increase  over  those  of  1925.  There  was  a  temporary  fall- 
off  in  steel  operations,  but  that  is  again  recovering.  Most  people 
are  making  money,  in  spite  of  those  prognostications  of  decline, 
which  never  seem  to  materialize. 

*     *     * 

— Automobile  manufacturing  has  reached  the  peak  for  this 
vear.  There  will  now  be  a  gradual  slowing  down  of  activities 
in  that  department  of  industry.  It  ha-  been  on  the  whole,  a 
good  spring  season.  Some  have  done  better  than  other-  and 
there  is  a  general  tendency  to  over-stabilizing  types.  The 
period  of  complete  standardization  is  well  on  the  way. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 

SAVINGS  COMMERCIAL 

INCORPORATED  FEBRUARY  I0TH.  1868 

One  of  the  Oldest  Banks  in  California, 
the  Assets  of  which  have  never  been  increased 
by  mergers  or  consolidations  with  other  Banks 

MEMBER  ASSOCIATED  SAVINGS  BANKS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

526  California  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
DECEMBER  31st,  1925 

Assets $107,232,609.22 

Capital,  Reserve  and  Contingent  Funds 4,250,000.00 

Employees'  Pension  Fund  over 525,000.00 

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Interest  paid  on  Deposits  at  the  rate  of 

FOUR  AND  ONZ-QUARTER  (4J|)  per  cent  per  annum, 

COMPUTED  MONTHLY  and  COMPOUNDED  QUARTERLY, 

AND  MAY  BE  WITHDRAWN  QUARTERLY 


The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce 

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I'nl.l  (  i>  Capital  120.000,000  120,000,000  Reserve  Fund 

All  Kind-  ,.f  COMMERCIAL  BANKING  Transacted 
STERLING  EXCHANGE  Bought,  FOREIGN  and  DOMESTIC 
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— "Automotive  Industries."  under  date  of  May  20,  says: 
"Manufacturing  conditions  are  on  the  whole,  extremely  favor- 
ahle.  Raw  material  costs  continue  to  decline  while  prices  thus 
far  have  been  fairly  stable.  Rumors  of  price  cuts  are  per- 
sistent, but  this  is  a  more  or  less  permanent  condition  in  the 

industry." 

*  *     * 

— The  National  City  Bank  of  New  York  has  about  the  best 
discussion  of  the  British  strike  in  its  relations  to  industry,  which 
has  yet  appeared.  It  says :  "The  men  composing  the  Trade 
Union  Council  were  too  conservative  for  the  course  they  had 
started  upon....  It  will  probably  intensify  the  division  be- 
tween conservative  and  radical  elements  in  the  Labor  ranks. 
....  The  general  strike  is  a  blind  and  violent  attempt  by  sheer 
force  to  substitute  arbitrary  wage-fixing  in  a  few  favored  in- 
dustries at  the  expense  of  the  other  industries." 

*  *     * 

— The  level  of  prices  for  high  grade  Municipals  is  a  bit 
lower  than  a  year  ago.  The  general  tendency  is  upward,  how- 
ever. The  dealers  report  that  bonds  are  moving  off  satisfactor- 
ily and  there  is  no  question  of  the  absorption  of  the  large  vol- 
ume of  new  issues  which  has  just  appeared. 


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— State  Insurance  Commissioner  Detrick  has  written  a  letter 
telling  of  the  plans  of  the  commission  to  conduct  quarterly 
audits  of  the  financial  standing  of  the  home  companies.  The 
Commissioner  feels  that  the  quarterly  audit  will  tend  to  pre- 
vent further  repetition  of  the  Seaboard  Casualty  Union-In- 
demnity fiascoes. 

*     *     * 

— The  industrial  problem  is  looming,  according  to  R.  A.  Ho- 
haus,  assistant  actuary  for  the  Metropolitan  Life.  Me  is  not  in 
favor  of  solution  by  state  interference  in  the  matter,  rightly 
thinking  that  industry  should  be  able  to  manage  the  matter  it- 
self. Short  of  this,  however,  there  is  little  doubt  that  the 
question  is  ripening  for  political  discussion. 


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SOCIETY 

(Continued  from   Page   9) 

H  Merest  Club 

The  Hillcrest  Club,  at  1001  Vallejo  Street,  was  the  scene 
of  a  most  enjoyable  recital  given  by  the  eminent  pianiste, 
Mr.  Fred  Collier,  assisted  by  Mr.  Ferdinand  Stark,  well- 
known  violinist,  last  Thursday  evening;,  June  10th,  at  half 
after  eight  o'clock.  The  Hillcrest  announces  the  opening 
of  the  Russian  Tea  Room,  at  the  new  location,  corner  of 
Taylor  and  Vallejo  streets. 

$     %     $ 

New  Club's  At-Home 

The  California  Contented  Club  will  hold  an  at-home  eve- 
ning, benefit  of  their  building  fund,  Friday,  June  11,  at 
Kincaid  Dramatic  Studio.  There  will  be  a  sketch  produced 
by  the  Kincaid  Players,  and  the  following  members  will 
participate:  Misses  Gladys  Miller,  Olga  Serro,  Agnes  Chris- 
tensen,  Josephine  Mitchelle,  Pearl  Ovaska,  and  Mr.  Tremain 
Hoffman ;  followed  by  tenor  selection,  Orrin  Leon  Padel ; 
comedy  monologues,  Claire  Hellwig  Brandt ;  dramatic  read- 
ings, Donald  Miller;  impersonations,  May  Josephi  Kincaid; 
stage  talks,  Leonard  Baxter ;  pianist,  Alice  Gray  Padel.  Re- 
freshments and  dancing. 

*  *     * 

Bunker  Hill  Commemoration 

Arrangements  are  being  completed  for  the  patriotic  pro- 
gram which  will  take  place  in  the  Golden  Gate  Park  on  Thurs- 
day, June  17th,  at  2  P.  M.,  in  commemoration  of  the  151st 
annniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

For  over  sixty  years  in  San  Francisco  and  throughout  Cali- 
fornia the  patriotism  of  our  citizens  has  been  stirred  and  kept 
alive  by  the  commemoration  of  this  historic  anniversary. under 
the  auspices  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Association. 

The  Bunker  Hill  Association,  of  which  Geo.  \\  .  Caswell  is 
secretary,  was  organized  during  the  Civil  War  and  Mr.  Win.  ( !. 
Badger  was  President  of  the  organization  for  over  forty  years 
until  the  time  of  his  death.  It  corresponds  to  our  Red  Cross 
organization  of  the  present  time  and  has  raised  many  thousands 
of  dollars  in  California  for  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers. 

All  patriotic  citizens  arc  invited  to  attend  the  celebration 
which  will  be  held  at  the  ( li  >lden  ( rate  1  'ark  music  stand.  Thurs- 
day, June  17th.  at  2  P.  M. 

*  *     * 

Judges  were  announced  here  today  for  the  Santa  Cruz  Bench 

Show,  which  will  be  staged  on  the  Casa  del  Key  Tennis  Courts, 
fuly  17-18,  by  O,  B.  Stanton.  |r..  Prsidenl  of  the  Bay  Kennel 
Club. 

II.  Dana  West,  owner  of  the  famous  Lewanno  Kennels, 
Reno,  Nevada,  will  judge  Shepherds.  I  >ther  judges  named 
were;  Frank  Simmons,  Santa  Barbara — Toys;  Robert  Nolan, 
San  Francisco — Terriers;  W.  II.  Dennis,  Oakland — Sporting 
dogs;  \\ .  I.  Osborne,  San  Francisco — Bostons;  A.  B,  Korbel, 
San  Francisco — Bulls  and  all  other  breeds. 

The  Santa  Cruz  Bench  Show  is  an  annual  affair,  held  under 
the  auspices  of  the  American  Kennel  Club.  A  large  list  of 
entrants  of  all  classes  i-  expected    for  this  event. 


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swimming  tank,  40x80:  dancing:,  all  other  amusements.  Greatest 
health  and  pleasure  resort  In  Napa  county,  rates  reasonable. 
Write  R.  Roy  Leverla,  Calistoga.  Calif.,  or  see  Peck-Judah  or 
Crabtree*S,  Oakland.  Berkeley,  Stockton.  Golf  links  can  be  ob- 
tained nearby. 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  12,   1926 


will  receive  special  membership  cards.  Life  memberships 
are  non-participating  and  nun-liable,  and  what  is  more  im- 
portant to  the  holder,  are  transferable  at  any  time  by  sale  or 
inheritance,  subject  to  the  by-laws  and  rules  of  the  Club. 

The  "Club  Farallon"  site  comprises  a  block  and  a  half 
in  area,  faces  Harding  Boulevard  and  just  one  block  above 
Sutro  Baths,  thereby  affording  an  unobstructed  view  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean.  This  tract  of  land  is  a  portion  of  the  estate 
of  the  elder  Adolph  Sutro,  deceased,  and  is  being  acquired 
at  a  total  purchase  price  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars* 
McKinstrv.  llaber  &  Firebaugh  handle  the  legal  interests 
of  the  seller.  Miss  Elizabeth  Nussbaum,  while  Heller,  Ehr- 
man,  White  &  McAuliffe  represent  the  buying  syndicate 
headed  by  Justice  11.  Detwiler.  Estimates  for  the  building 
of  the  main  Club  House  call  for  an  expenditure  of  $750,000, 
which,  added  to  the  cost  of  the  ground,  and  the  lavish  fur- 
nishings contemplated,  represent  an  investment  far  in  ex- 
cess of  <  Ine  Million  Dollar.--. 


Historic  Spot  of  City  to  be  Adorned — Plans  Call  for  Million 
Dollar  Club — Membership  to  be  Limited 

Sutro  Heights,  one  of  San  Francisco's  oldest  landmarks, 
is  to  be  the  home  of  the  superb  "Club  Farallon."  The  plans 
provide  for  a  sumptuous  edifice  with  every  conceivable  at- 
traction for  the  fastidious. 

It  is  the  intention  to  make  the  "Club  Farallon"  the  social 
center  of  the  city.  Its  benefits  and  privileges  are  to  be  en- 
joyed by  all  members  of  the  family,  rather  than  for  male 
members  only.  Among  the  many  appointments  is  to  be 
a  lavishly  furnished  observation  lounge  two  hundred  feet  in 
length  facing  the  Pacific  Ocean.  There  are  to  be  card  r<  ioms 
and  billiard  rooms  for  the  men.  and  a  card  room  especially 
for  the  ladies. 

There  is  to  be  an  old  English  Grill,  where  dancing,  music. 
and  all  other  forms  of  disturbing  noises  will  be  silenced, 
but  to  contrast  this  enforced  quietude  of  the  Grill,  there  will 
be  an  ultra-select  dinner  dance,  as  well  as  supper  dance, 
in  the  Grandview  Roof  Garden  every  night  of  the  week. 
The  roof  garden  is  to  be  built  around  the  tower  and  being 
enclosed  in  glass  will  afford  those  resting  between  dances 
the  rare  privilege  of  gazing  upon  the  resplendent  Pacific  at 
an  altitude  unequaled  in  San  Francisco.  Then  also  on  the 
club  grounds,  but  removed  a  discreet  distance  from  the 
Club  house  proper,  an  old-time  Cabaret  cafe  of  "before  the 
fire"  type  will  hold  full  sway. 

For  those  desiring  sensible  eating  service  at  modest  cost 
will  be  the  "Piccadilly  Coffee  Shop,"  accommodating  two 
hundred   guests  and   dispensing  the  choicest  of  foodstuffs. 

Additional  features  set  forth  in  the  Club's  literature  are 
a  ball-room  and  Preview  Theatre.  Galleria  Promenade,  Li- 
brary, Emergency  Hospital  suite  with  permanent  attend- 
ant, a  comprehensive  gymnasium,  hand  ball  courts,  tennis 
courts,  putting  green,  ami  thoroughly  equipped  turkish  bath 
departments  for  men  and  for  women,  comprising  a  tonsorial 
service  for  the  men,  and  a  beauty  parlor  adjunct  for  the 
women. 

The  "Club  Farallon"  will  be  provided  with  the  most  com- 
plete swimming  pool  yet  designed.  It  will  be  glass  en- 
closed, replete  with  the  latest  innovations  and  a  replica  of 
the  famous  bathing  pools  of  notable  European  resorts.  All 
dimensions  of  the  swimming  pool  are  according  to  standard 
regulations  for  all  aquatic  sports.  For  the  exclusive  use 
of  Club  members  only,  many  of  whom  will  desire  to  live 
permanently  on  the  premises,  there  are  to  be  two  hundred 
handsomely  appointed  and  especially  selected  sleeping 
quarters,  all  with   private  baths. 

Life  memberships,  which  are  to  be  strictly  limited  in 
number  to  avoid  overcrowding,  are  to  be  offered,  by  invita- 
tion only,  to  select  families  at  a  moderate  figure.  Each 
male  membership  includes  wife  and  children,  all  of  whom 


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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director   of  Publicity 
.■National   Automobile  Club 

THE  world  is  growing  more  and 
more  accustomed  to  the  motor 
age.  The  old  horse  doesn't  shy  any 
more  at  the  approach  of  a  gasoline-pro- 
pelled vehicle  and  a  buggy  ride  isn't 
as  hazardous  as  in  the  days  when  El- 
wood  Haynes  piloted  his  fire-breathing 
contraption  down  the  streets  of  his 
home  town  in    Indiana. 

The  horse  isn't  the  only  being  that's 
being  converted  to  the  new  method  of 
transport,  according  to  Vonard  Eraser 
of  the  National  Automobile  Club.  The 
dog  was  the  first  animal  to  accept  the 
motor  car  and  enjoy  the  pleasures  of 
speed.  Now  the  rot  of  the  animal 
kingdom   are   falling   into   line. 

The  birds  follow  the  highways,  for 
they  recognize  in  the  motor  car  a  friend 

lv  thing  that  leaves  in  its  wake  millions 
of  edible  insects.  The  mortality  rate 
anions;  grasshoppers  ami  butterflies  ami 

LMi. its  ami  other  small  flyers  is  particu- 
larly great  in  the  path  of  the  motor  car 
and  tile  birds  have  been  quick  to  notice 

this  and  act  accordingly. 

The  cat  has  discovered  that  he  can 
find  plentx  of  food  m  the  wake  of  the 
automobile.  Rabbits  ami  the  various 
wild  life  of  the  hill  country  are  much 
more  easily  caught  after  they  have  had 
an  interview  with  a  speeding  motor 
car  and  the  cat  has  left  the  mice  in  the 
hack  yard  and  the  cellar  and  finds 
easier  hunting  out  on   the  curbsti 

You'll  find  that  the  birds  know  the 
rules  oi  the  road  if  the  insects  don't. 
Up  in  the  Vosemite  the  wild  life  looks 
on  the  motor  car  with  less  fear  than  on 
the  pedestrian,  and  the  throbbing  ex- 
haust  that   echoes   in   the  canyons  no 


longer  forms  a  discordant  note  in  the 
harmony  of  the  Open  Road. 

*     *     * 

With  more  than  thirty  improvement 
clubs  of  the  east  bay  district  already 
on  record  in  favor  of  the  proposed 
Shepard  Canyon  route  into  Oakland, 
the  Uptown  Business  Miens'  Associa- 
tion of  Oakland  is  proposing  a  definite 
campaign  whereby  this  desired  im- 
provement may  be  arrived  at  in  the 
shortest  time  possible. 

At  the  request  of  the  east  bay  en- 
thusiasts, the  National  Automobile 
Club  has  made  a  study  of  the  proposed 
plan  and  has  announced  it  feasible,  a 
declaration  which  is  borne  out  by  one 
of  the  engineers  of  the  United  States 
Bureau  of  Public  Roads,  who  lives  in 
the  vicinity  and  is  familiar  with  the 
engineering  aspects  of  the  plan. 

The  plan  involves  a  new  tunnel  pierc- 
ing the  hills  into  Oakland  from  the  east 
close  to  the  San  Francisco-Sacramento 
Railroad  tunnel,  which  has  its  west 
portal  near  the  Boy  Scouts  Camp.  By 
this  tunnel  a  new  and  direct  connection 
with  the  Moraga  Valley  would  be  sup- 
plied and  incoming  travel  to  the  bay 
district  would  be  led  by  Lake  Merritt 
and  an  attractive  residence  section. 

As  part  of  its  program  the  Uptown 
Association  has  secured  the  co-opera- 
tion of  Ben  Blow,  Field  Secretary  of 
the  National  Automobile  Club  and 
Vice-president  of  the  Victory  Highway 
Association,  and  a  recommendation 
from  Blow  has  gone  forward  to  Na- 
tional headquarters  in  Topeka,  Kansas, 
suggesting  that  the  Shepard  Canyon 
routing. .when  completed,  be  definitely 
designated  as  the  Victory  Highway  en- 
trance to  the  bay  area. 


Myllykangas,  Fano-..  Maffeo,  Oliva 
and  Pottala  played  on  Fitchburg's  na- 
tional championship  high-school  bas- 
ketball  team.  "Put  only  Americans  on 
guard."  Well,  that's  what  Fitchburg 
did-  Worcester  Telegram. 


IS8B88MKNT    \i>TI(K 

The  MINERAL  DEVELOPMENT  COM- 
PANY, location  of  principal  place  of  business. 
Sa  ii  Francisco,  Calif. 

Notice  is  hereby  riven  thai  al  a  regular 
meeting  of  thi  Directors  held  on  the  8th  day 
..f  June,  IMS,  .to  assessment  of  one-half  cent 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  issued  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation  payable  immediately 
in  local  m. .toy  of  the  United  States,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company.  Room 
146,  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco, 
Calif. 

Any  stock  on  which  t  h  5  assessment  shall 
remain  unriald  on  the  lfth  day  of  July,  1S2*. 
Will  be  DELINQUENT  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  pavment  Is  made 
■>:E.    will    be    SOI   D  Wednesday    the 

1Mb,  day  of  August.  1»!6.  to  pay  the  delin- 
quent assessment,  together  ^vith  costs  of  ad- 
vertising and  expense  of  sale. 

M.  J.   Seely,  Secretary. 
215  Monadnock  Building. 
San    Francisco.  Calif. 


September,  9  1895,  hydro -electric 

energy  was  first  transmitted  21  miles 
from  Folsom  to  Sacramento. 

The  Folsom  plant  was  connected 
with  a  steam  plant  at  Sacramento,  giv- 
ing that  city  two  sources  of  supply. 

This  world  -  renowned  achievement 
began  the  development  of  an  electrical 
system  that  has  materially  aided  agri- 
cultural, industrial,  and  social  develop- 
ment. 

Today,  interconnection  is  complete 
from  Oregon  to  Mexico,  from  Nevada 
to  the  Pacific.  Surplus  power  is  avail- 
able where  any  shortage  might  exist. 
All  sections  of  the  state  and  its  people 
are  benfited. 

Since  1913  the  average  per  capita  cost 
of  living  increased  65%,  while  the  aver- 
age cost  of  electricity  decreased  8%. 

PACIFIC  GAS  AND 
ELECTRIC  COMPANY 


p.Q.axid 


"FACIFIC  SEPVICE" 

Owned  -  Operated  -  Managed 
by  Californians 


-ihe  bettor  it  get? 


GEO.    W.    CASWELL 

-utter  6654  or  Oakland  1017 
Telephone  Direct 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  12,   1926 


GOLF 


By  Fred  Blair 


SiMHiy  18  Hole  Golf  Couthp  at  Santa  Cruse..  Thlw  will  be  the  neenc  of  the  Important  Coxa 
del  Re.v  Titurnnment,  June  1H-20.  which  nnnunlly  attract*  ninny  leading  California  Golfer* 
to    Santa    Cruz. 


MRS.  LOUIS  BACIGALUPI,  wife  of  Dr.  Louis  Baci- 
galupi, won  her  third  golf  title  when  she  defeated 
Mrs.  Emil  Sutro,  captain  of  the  Lake  Merced  Club,  who 
had  held  the  woman's  championship  for  the  past  three  years. 
Mrs.  Bacigalupi  thoroughly  earned  her  spurs  as  she  had 
two  of  the  hardest  matches  to  play  before  she  finally  won 
out. 

Mrs.  Ernest  La  Fleur,  the  medalist,  gave  Mrs.  Bacigalupi 
the  hardest  match  when  she  met  her  in  the  semi-finals. 
The  newly  crowned  champion  had  to  go  the  full  limit  to 
gain  a  decision.  In  the  final  match  against  Mrs.  Sutro, 
both  played  splendid  golf  in  turn;  first  Mrs.  Bacigalupi 
starting  out  and -leading  by  three  holes,  then  Mrs.  Sutro 
eclipsing  that  when  she  took  five  in  a  row  and  held  a  lead 
i  if  two  up,  going  to  the  fifteenth  hole. 

It  looked  like  another  win,  but  Mrs.  Bacigalupi,  who  is 
without  doubt  the  greatest  woman  golfer  in  California,  sur- 
prised the  gallery  by  taking  the  next  four  holes,  the  match 
and  the  championship. 

Mrs.  Harry  Fisher  won  the  second  flight,  and  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Anne  Nathan,  won  the  third  flight.  Considering  that 
this  was  the  first  tournament  that  Mrs.  Fisher  and  Mrs. 
Nathan  had  ever  entered  in,  their  win  was  all  the  more 
meritorious. 

Mrs.  P.  A.  Bill  won  the  driving  contest;  Mrs.  Lawrence 
Livingston  second  ;  Mrs.  Emil  Sutro  won  the  approach  put- 
ting; and  Mrs.  P.  A.  Bill  second. 

*     *     * 

Dudley  Sales,  the  gamest  and  handsomest  barrister  in 
San  Francisco,  made  all  the  golfers  at  Lakeside  look  like 
a  nickel  when  he  waded  through  one-hundred-and-fifty  of 
them  to  win  the  directors'  cup  tournament  by  defeating  Ray 
Lichtenberg,  the  real  sheik  among  the  younger  generation, 
at  the  club. 

Sales  probably  never  played  better  in  his  life  than  he 
did  last  Sunday.  We  remember  when  he  won  the  invita- 
tional tournament  at  the  Burlingame  Country  Club,  de- 
feating that  prince  of  fellows,  Cyril  Tobin,  in  the  finals  by 
one  stroke;  but  the  way  the  big  lawyer  downed  the  best 
of  them  in  the  director^  cup  tournament,  was  a  mighty  big 
feather  in  his  cap. 

The  bigger  they  were,  the  better  Sales  played;  champs  or 
no  champs — they  all  looked  alike  to  the  king  of  the  four- 
horsemen.  Dud  may  not  be  any  Jess  Sweetser,  but  he  is 
without  doubt,  the  best  match  player  at  Lakeside.  If  you 
have  any  doubts  ask  Ash  Stewart,  Harry  Irving,  or  Judge 
Fitzpatrick.  Why  Dud  has  won  enough  dough  from  the 
members  of  the  four-horsemen  to  build  himself  a  $25,000 
home  in  Forest  Hill ! 

Ray  Lichtenberg  would  have  won  from  most  anyone  in 
the  Club  but  Sales.  Ray  is  destined  to  become  a  real  star 
if  he  only  sticks  to  it.  To  be  beaten  by  Dudley  Sales  4-3, 
was  no  disgrace,  for  the  former  Stanford  Baseball  was  just 
whipping  them  over  first  base,  like  Kelly  of  the  New  York 
(  Wants  at  his  best. 

Leo  Devlin.  Jr.,  another  youngster  of  great  promise,  got 


the  better  of  Dr.  C.  P.  Richards,  and  won  the  second 
flight. 

E.  J.  Cahill  put  out  the  old  master,  Milton  Sprague,  the 
King  of  the  Rubbermen.  F.  Y.  Dewey  won  a  close  one 
from  George  Kenney  on  the  home  green  ;  while  Dr.  P.  H. 
Pierson  accounted  for  Al  Miltenberger,  also  on  the  18th. 

Dr.  C.  A.  Mardis  followed  suit  by  collecting  the  odd  hole 
against  Lou  Meyer;  John  O'Kane  took  Fred  Houseworth 
to  the  19th,  then  Fred  quit;  Dr.  W.  H.  Heinzman  pulled 
Dr.  George  MicDaniels'  tooth  on  the  same  hole ;  while  Fred 
Solari  celebrated  by  winning  his  first  trophy  in  golf.  Fred 
won  in  a  walk  from  N.  B.  Livermore. 

Fred  says  its  all  right  to  win  cups  but  where  can  he  get 
the  stuff  to  fill  them?" 

Eddie  Twiggs  was  the  medalist,  while  Bill  Lynch  won 
the  low  net  cup,  after  a  play-off  with  Judge  T.  J.  Fitzpatrick. 
*     *     * 

Henry  Bode,  the  king  of  the  gravel  industry  and  a  prince 
of  a  good  fellow,  started  something  that  has  no  parallel  for 
hospitality  when  he  invited  ten  of  his  competitors  to  join 
him  at  the  California  Golf  Club  to  play  this  new  course. 
Bode  had  a  good  motive  in  view  when  he  extended  the  invi- 
tations to  these  builders  of  our  city.  The  first  was  that  he 
wanted  all  his  competitors  to  become  better  acquainted  and 
cement  a  better  understanding  among  the  gravel  men — 
figuring  tiiat  a  golf  game  was  about  the  best  way  to  work  it 
out. 

Bode's  idea  worked  out  to  the  letter  for  the  men  forgot 
business  for  a  day  and  played  for  a  dandy  trophy,  which 
their  host  presented  to  the  winner.  Before  the  game  the 
boys  sat  down  to  a  specially  prepared  lunch  which  Miss 
Gallagher,  manager  of  the  Club,  had  served  in  the  directors' 
chambers;  after  which  the  divot  diggers  set  out  on  their 
rampage  of  the  course. 

Several  of  the  men   didn't  know  the  difference  between 


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a  golf  club  and  a  shovel,  but  they  enjoyed  the  afternoon 
just  the  same.  Tom  Scott,  son  of  Senator  Scott,  won  the 
right  to  have  his  name  inscribed  on  the  perpetual  trophy. 
Tom  insisted  that  he  keep  on  tilling'  it  with  (  (range  Crush? 

Punch  Punchenilli,  the  Italian  gravel  hound,  did  most  of 
the  talking,  but  Pete  Tyrell  was  there  with  the  songs. 
Frank  Hatch  acted  as  toastmaster ;  he  proved  better  in  that 
capacity  than  he  did  as  a  golfer.  Frank  claimed  he  shot 
a  birdie,  but  it  was  in  a  bush. 

Supervisor  Bill  Harrelson,  captain  of  the  Lake  Merced 
golf  team  of  forty  Reds,  won  a  close  decision  from  Ike 
Goodman's  team  of  forty  Blues  last  Sunday,  when  they 
played  off  their  annual  match  over  18  holes.  Supervisor 
Bill's  team  won  by  the  odd  point,  62-63.  This  entitled  the 
loser  to  the  honor  of  acting  as  hosts  at  a  banquet  which 
was  celebrated  in  the  clubhouse,  immediately  after  the 
game. 

*     *     * 

Now  that  the  Santa  Cruz  Decoration  Day  Tournament 
is  a  thing  of  the  past,  the  next  big  event  on  the  Santa  Cruz 
Golf  program  is  the  annual  Casa  del  Rey  Tournament,  the 
most  important  links  competition  of  the  year.  This  will  be 
held  June  18,  19,  20;  however  entrants  can  qualify  any  day 
from  June  13  to  18,  inclusive. 

First  and  second  rounds  of  match  play  will  be  held  Satur- 
day, June  19,  with  semi-finals  and  finals  on  Sunday,  Tune  20. 
A  big  field  of  entrants  is  expected. 


Jack  Frost's  Ice  Arena  Cafe 

There  is  an  appeal  in  the  two  elements,  fire  and  water, 
which  is  universal,  and  so  strong  that  it  is  a  strange  human 
being  who  can  resist  it.  The  ocean  or  lake,  or  rippling 
brook  call  to  one  irrisistibly,  and  a  glowing  fire  place  always 
draws  the  visitor  into  the  radius  of  its  warmth. 

I  think  the  first  thing  one  notices  on  entering  lack  Frost's 
"Ice  Arena  Cafe,"  adjacent  to  the  new  skating  rink,  on  the 
Great  Highway,  is  the  huge  fire  place  at  the  end  of  the  big 
dining  room,  where,  on  cool  nights,  a  fire  is  always  blazing 
cheerfully. 

Just  on  the  other  side  of  the  Great  Highway,  old  ocean 
lures  with  its  usual  charm,  and  the  salt  tang  in  the  air  ac- 
centuates one's  appetite  lor  Jack's  Virginia  style  baked 
ham,  and  roast  chicken. 

Inviting  one's  attention,  too,  are  the  beautifully  colored 
glass  windows,  depicting  various  sea  scenes ;  some  sup- 
posed to  be  at  the  bottom  of  the  ocean.  Mime  picturing  its 
various  and  brilliantly-hued  denizens,  and  others  of  full 
rigged   ships,  or  weird  devil   fish,  with  huge,  tierce  eves. 

An  interesting  setting  for  a  restaurant,  which  becomes 
more  attractive  this  evening  for  the  reason  thai  the  music 
of  Jack  Fait's  Royal  Syncopators  will  set  lively  feet  to 
dancing,  and  graceful  forms  to  swaying  on  the  Splendid 
dance    floor    of   the    cafe,   between    causes    of    lack    Frost's 

good  food. 

"Lively  feet,"  did  I  say?  Take  it  from  me,  any  old  feel 
will  want  to  trip  the  light  fantastic,  when  lack  Fait  Starts 
in! 


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Books — Fit  si  Editions — Fine  Bindings 

Importations  from  Zachnsdorf,  Knot.  Morrell,  ••to.,  of  London 

Commissions  in  London  Bxeouted 

Single  Books  and  Libraries  Purchased 

lMinne    Konnij    BS16 


Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the   News  Letter  can   be  obtained     j 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vin»rmiH  iinishint;  once  or  twice  n  <lny  is 
i.'ikiim  very  jkooiI  care  of  them.  ltriisl<ii.u  is  only  a  pnrt  of  the 
process.  Mnny  Himn*  can  hnpnen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  cure  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  he  iin  s.miim.  as  you  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  g;nm.s, 
I'll  ere  are  nuni  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  soref  Do  your  mitos  bleed?  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over,  it  will  cost  nothing;.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  oil'  all  nerves  and  pain.    It  will  please  you, 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL   DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS  —  Extractions;    Crowns;     Self    Cleaning:    Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Rootless  Plates 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

Manufacturers  of 

UIVETED     STEEL     PIPE,     TANKS,     <  1  I, VERTS,     PENSTOCKS, 

PLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 

Sim  Francisco,  Calif.  Los  Angeles.  Calif. 

444  Market  Street  5717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


Your  white  things  will  STAY  white 
when  sent  to 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 


"The  Recommended  Laundry" 


250  Twelfth  St.,  San  Francisco 


"Phone  Market  916 


MOUNTAIN   SPRINGS  WATER 

"Bottled    at    the    Spring*" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

229    Clara    -ir. ,  i      <..n  h.  M    844 


W.  W.  HEALEY 

NOTARY  PUBLIC— INSURANCE  BROKER 

208  i-rocker  HuiiuinK   (Opposite   Palace    Hotel),   san  Prancteoo 
Phone  Kearny  VJ\ 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 

f/hos£Ken(  shirts  ^IhosEKeat 

^UIF    hSsss-    ^Iffili? 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 


2S  Kearny  Street 


Phone  Kearny  3714 


DR.  B.  W.  HAINES 

DENTIST 
Elkan  Qunst  Building 

323  Geary  at  Powell  Hours:  9  to  4 

San  Francisco  Telephone  Douglas  2949 


GANTNER  &  MAISON 

FUNERAL  DIRECTORS 

Chapel— 771   to  777  Valencia  Street.  Bet.  18th  and   19th  Sts.. 

San  Francisco.    Phone  Market  64 


AND  PAUL  ELDER'S  LIBRARY  I 

239  Post  Street  San  Francisco,  Calif.     J 


RARE     BOOKS 

EARLY  EDITION? 

Autographs  Bought  and  Sold 
JOHN  HOWELL 

454   Post  Stbsxt,  Sa*   Fu*ci»co,  Calif. 


22 


THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


1 11  lie     1-'.      I"-'', 


WIELAND'S  BREW 

WITH   YOLK    MEALS— IT  HELPS 

Order   by  the  ease   from  your    frocer 

Established  1868 

M.im    Office,  210   Second   Slrre!,  San    Franciwro,    Calif. 

PHONE  DOUGLAS  671 


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PIONEER 


The 
Name 

<mi  .i  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
wn ter  pa | ■■ 
manuscript  cov- 
er,  means  com- 
plete sa  tlaf ac- 
tion. There  Is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
i>  rinl  e  r   or  sta- 

^■ij^imTJ^L^r  ;.:;,;■'■■;;„;„■: 

BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 
Established  1866 

41    Klr»t   Street,  Snn  FrunclNeo 


I   TYPEWRITERS 


L 


Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506   Market  St. 

Phone   Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


Snn  Francisco 
Went  708 


HiirllnifiiiiK* 

478 


I'honi-  Sitter  3278 

William  Herbst  &  Company 

(Formerly  with  Shreve  &  Company) 

CLOCKMAKERS  and  \\  \nini\Ki;its 

CHIME,   ANTIQUE    un   COMPLICATED  CLOCKS 

AND   WVn.lM.S    \   SPECIALTY 

lioa  Pi»nJ  Street  nt  Grant  Avenue 
Snn  BVanclacOi  Calif. 

Call  and  Deliirr  in  San  Francisco,  Alameda  and 
San  Mateo  Counties 


CISCO   OFFICE: 
875   FOL.SOM   ST. 


Palo  alto 

818  Emerson  St. 


SAN    MATEO— PHONE    1254-J 

PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS  AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 
l  San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


SYNOPSIS   OK  THE  ANNUAL   STATEMENT 
OF  THE 

Westchester  Fire 
Insurance  Company 

at  New  v>.ik  City,  Id  the  Slate  of  New  York, 
un    the    3l8t    day    of   December.    1925,    mart.-    to 
the    Insurance   Commissioner    of   the    State    of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

tate  - $ 

collateral  loans....        210.460.00 

Bonds  and  stocks 10,022,664.85 

Cash  in  office  and  banks S04.084.28 

Agents'  balances  1,318,992.37 

Bills  receivable  taken  for  risks....        102,874.97 
Other  ledger  assets 

Total  ledger  assets $12,4  59,065.97 

NON-LEDGER: 

Tuial  Interest  and  rents  due  or 

accrued    I         84,336.95 

Market  value  of  securities  over 

book  value  970,111.48 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

98    ass.ts    113,513,544.40 

Deduct  assets  not  admitted 85,789.23 

Total   admitted  assets $13,427,755.17 

LIABILITIES 
Net  amount  ot  unpaid  losses  and 

claims  »   1,107,681.73 

Unearned  w-miums  7,423,315.76 

All    other    liabilities 295.000.00 

Total  liabilities  (except  capital 

and   surplus)    $  8.825,997.49 

Capital    1,500,000.00 

Sin  plus   3,101,757.68 

Total  capital,  surplus  and 

other   liabilities  S13.427.765.17 

OTTO   E.  SCHAEFER, 

Prenldent. 
I  .    II.  G.   GAII.I.AItl). 
Secretary. 
Pacific  t'onsl    Managers: 
DICK  <S  SIMPSON 
.'Kill  Pine  Street,  San  FrnnelBCo 


SYNOPSIS   OF  THE  ANNUAL   STATEMENT 
OF 

*        Associated  Industries 
Insurance  Corporation 

of  San  Francisco,   in    the  State  of  California. 
on    the   31st   day  of   December,   1925,  made   to 
the    Insurance  Commissioner   of   the   State   of 
California,  pursuant  to  law. 
ASSETS 

Real  estate  % 

Mortgages  and  collateral  loans 

Bonds  and  stocks 502,263.29 

Cash  In  company'B  office  and  in 

banks    84,940.36 

Premiums  In  course  of  collection 105,8-17.08 

Hills  receivable  

Other  ledger  assets 

Led  $693,050.73 

M  ►N-LEDGBR  ASSETS: 

Interest  and  rents  due  or  accrued....?     8,250.26 
"*        Market  value  of  securities  over 

book   value  1,741.71 

Other  non-ledger  assets 

Total   gross  assets $703,012.70 

■  ■Is  not  admitted. 835.94 

Total  admitted  assets J702.206.76 

LIABILITIES 
NVt    unpaid    claims,   except    liability 

and  workmen's  compensat  ion $     8,641.92 

Special   reserve  for  unpaid  liability 

and    workmen's  compensation 

claims  178,716.61 

^       Estimated  expenses  of  Investigation 

and  adjustment  of  claims 100.00 

Total  unearned  premiums  on  unex- 

pired   risks 100.963.89 

Commissions  and  brokerage  due  or 

to  become  due 5.408.42 

All   other  liabilities 29.502.60 

Total  [labilities  (except  capital 

and    surplus)    $323.^.:::   I  I 

Capital    220,500.00 

Surplus  158,373.32 

Total  liabilities,  capital  and 

surplus  $702,206.76 

C.  W.  FELLOWS, 

President. 
E.  It.  WELCH, 
Secretory. 


N      W     CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing— Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 
Individual  Attention  Given  to 
Each  Order 
Office  ami  Work*  162B  HUaton  si. 

Phone  Market  7918 

Branch  Office!  7*;o  Salter  street 
i  Hotel  Canterbury  BU 
Phone  Prospect  0846 

Work  Called  For  and  Delivered 


Max  Rosenthal 

Tailor 


i  Opposite  Olympic  Club 


527  Post  St..  San  Francisco 
Phone  Prospect  9316 


USED 


ADDING.  BOOKKEEPING. 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL   ADDING    MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  Garfield  38.12  rail   Market  St. 


CAFE  MARQUARD 

Adjoining  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 
GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

^REVUE^ 

Nightly 

THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

'The  City's  Mo>l  Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

30c,  75r,  S1.00     35c,  SOc,  75c     S1.00, 51.50         a  la  Carte 
Dancing  7:00  p.  m.  to   1:00  a.  m. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL  PARTIES  ARRANGED 

HEADQUARTERS   FOR  THEATRICAL  PEOPLE 

Hittie  MoosEn  Minnie  C.  Mooser 


fcXeonorS 

145  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast, 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:  Dinner. 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


334  Sutter  St. 


Douglas  7118 


!  THE  ICE  ARENA 

!  Clubhouse  .  Cafe 

I  1536  GREAT  HIGHWAY,  OCEAN  BEACH 

'  (Two  blocks  south  of  Golden  Gate  Park) 

Direction  of  Jack  Frost  Sunset  387  Siberian  Dining  Hall 


Dancing  and  Entertainment 

Music  by  Jack  Fait's  Royal  Syncopators 


DINNER  $1.50 


Specializing  Baked  Virginia  Ham  and  Southern  Dishes 


Announcement 


Singleton's      AlUg  (Eat 
CLUB  INN 


Now  Serves  a  Delicious 
Five-Course 

DINNER  75c 

Also 
Fried  Chicken,   Steaks, 
Chicken  Pot  Pies  in  Cas- 
serole,  Etc.,  a   la  Carte. 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for   banquets  and   parties,  seating  75   to  100  people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


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BLANCO'S 

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Dinner 
Dionei 

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Sunda;  -  and 

1.50                                        in 

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NOAH'S 
ARK 

OS  Third   Avenue.  SAN    MATEO 


Featuring    Southern     Cooking 
Open  From 
11:30  a.   m.   to   2:00   p.   m. 
5:30    p.    m.    to   8:30   p.   m. 
Sundays     and     Holidays 
4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

CLOSED    EVERY    NOVDAT 

Half   Illook   from    Hichway 


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ICE  CREAM ^ 
CANDY 
PASTRY 


BREAKFAST 

POLK  t  CALIFORNIA  STS  LUNCHEON 

Cr.r.l.o.  DINNER      " 

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PROF.  AL  LEAN  "EAScr 


Frrsh    Mr  nnd  Sunshine 
Physical  Coniliiinner— Special  Treatment  — Massage 

35  Years'  Experience 
Hotel  Accommoditioni  If  Dcrired    Bert  of  Service 

Hygienic  Cooking  to  Suit  Your  Condition 


AffliV 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

OPEK   H:00  A.    M.  TO   11:1*1  P.   M. 

I  NSt  RPASSED  i  I  1-INE 

C.\RI.   l.KIIMHRDT 

Formerly  „/  C*M«J  G«lr  PirL  CmIm 


Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Houits:  9-12.  IS 

980-82  Flooo  BtiiLoiNG.  Powell  awd  Mahket  Sts.,  Sak  Fkascuco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


^ 


Low  Fares 
Back  East 


Also 

Pacific 

Coast  Fares 

Reduced 

Long  limits ; 
Stopovers. 


REDUCED  roundtrip  tickets  sold 
daily  until  September  15;  good  until 
October  31.  Stopovers. 

Make  Reservations  Now 
for  Any  Date 

Choice  of  four  commanding  trans- 
continental routes  to  the  east.  Go 
one  way.returnanotherif  you  wish. 

Send  or  call  today  for  complete 
information  about  service  and  fares 
to  your  eastern  destination. 

Ask  about  Southern  Pacific's  new 
"Circle  Tour  of  the  United  States" 
— greatest  summer  travel  bargain. 


oiithern  Pacific  Lines 


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Large  and  well  equipped 

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available  to  all  ducsfs 

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RATES 

Per  Day 

single 
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L20  rooms  with  running 
water  $2.50to  $4.00 
220  room*  with  bath 

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SATURDAY,  JUNE  19th,  192< 


PRICE  10  CENTS 
LOS  ANGELES 


1876  1926 

HALF  CENTURY  OF 
INVESTMENT  SERVICE 

iHE  establishment  of  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons  was  coincident  with 
the  Centennial  celebration  in  1876;  SO  that  in  1926,  while  the  Nation 
is  celebrating  its  150th  birthday,  this  firm  will  have  completed  its 

first  half  century. 

Pioneers  in  enterprises  on  which  are  now  based  the  soundest  and 
most  seasoned  investments,  this  firm,  through  the  underwriting 
and  wide  distribution  of  securities,  has  played  an  important  part 
in  the  growth  and  constructive  development  of  this  Nation  during 
the  past  fifty  years. 

For  more  than  thirty  years  this  firm  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
financing  constructive  enterprises  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  was 
the  lirst  bond  house  to  open  an  office  in  California. 

E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons 

Founded  1876 

San  Francisco,  300  Montgomery  Street 
Telephone  Kearny  7900 

Los  Angeles,  629  South  Spring  Street 
Telephone  TRinity  1561 


Boston 


Portland 

Sacramento 

Long  Beach 

San  Diego 

Oakland 

Pasadena 

New  York 

Philadelphia 

Chicago 

London 


SEIGLER 

HOT  SPRINGS 

P.  Cakr,  President  M.  E.  Roberts,  Secretary 

LAKE  COUNTY,  CALIFORNIA 

The  Closest  Large  Resort 
to  Clear  Lake 

Hotel  and  cottage  accommoda- 
tions and  service  equal  to  the 
best  "city"  hotels. 

MINERAL  HOT  WATER  SWIM- 
MING TANK  and  HEALTH 
BATHS. 

(Finest  in  the  world  for 
the  complexion.) 

Sports  of  All  Kinds 

SWIMMING     -     DANCING     -     HIKING     -     MOTORING 
BOATING     -     HORSEBACK  RIDING     -     ETC. 


SAIL  TO  NEW  york! 

See    MEXICO.    CENTRAL    AMERICA,    PANAMA    CANAL    and     » 
GAY  HAVANA,  en  route 


Sister  Ships: 
SS   VENEZUELA 
SS   COLOMBIA 
SS    ECUADOR 


Panama  Mail  Linen    ('<■  Sparfnlly  liuili  for  Service  in  the  Tropic* 

TWENTY-EIGHT  dayi  «f  para  delight  aboard  a  palatial  Panama  Mail  liner  villi 
leven  never*lo*be*forgolten   viiiti   aahora  at   piclureaqne  and   biitorie   port* — Man- 
■anillo,     Mr mc.  ;     Sim     Jo..-     da     (,tjnl emala ;     l.a     Liberia d,     Salvador;     Corinlo, 
Nicaragua.    Tun  dayi    in  Ihe  Canal   /our-;   iee  the  rmI    Panama    Canal;   visit   Balboa, 
Cristobal  and   historic     Id    Panama. 

Every  cabin  on  a  Panama  Mail  liner  i»  an  oullide  one;  each  has  an  electric  fan, 
and  there  i-  a  comfortable  lower  bed  for  every  passenger.  There  is  an  orchestra  for 
dancing;  drrlc  games  and  sport-,  and  -all  water  iwimminfj  lunk.  The  Panama  Mail  is 
world-famous  for  its  food  and  »er\irr. 

Costs  Less  Than  $9  a  Day 

The  coal  ll  loss  than  S9  a  day  for  minimum  frit-class  pa-sage,  including  bed  and 
meall  on  steamer.  Go  East  by  Panama  Mail  and  return  by  rail  (or  vice  versa)  for 
as  little  a*  $3S0.  (This  price  doe-  not  include  berth  and  meals  on  trains.)  Panama 
Mail  liner»  leave  Sun  Francisco  and  New  York  approximately  every  21  days.  Vaca- 
tion sailings  from  San  Franri--.cn,  June  26,  July  24;  from  Los  Angeles,  two  days  later. 
Westward  from  New  York,  July  8,  July  29,  August  26. 

For  ill  us  tr  a  I  ftl  bookloil   and  further   detail*  ask  any  steamship 
or  ticket   agent  or   write  to 

PANAMA  MAIL  S.  S.  CO. 


548  S.  SPRING  STREET 

LOS  ANGELES 


2  FINE  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 


10   HANOVER   SQUARE 

NEW  YORK 


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SAN  FRANCISCO.  1UNE  19,  1926 


No.  25 


Pola  Negri?  popular 

screen  celebrity,  whose 
fondness  lor  gardens 
is  proverbial.  Here  is 
"Polaf  examining 
some  of  the 
lemon's  blooms. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  19,  1926 


We  feel  that  we  are  performing  a  public  duty  in  recom- 
mending support  of  the  restoration  fund,  (if  which  Mr. 
Theodore  J.  Roche  is  the  leader  in  this  city. 


The  Supreme  Court  at  Washington  has 
Supreme  Court  recently  given  a  decision  of  great  import- 
ant Auto  Trucks  ance  in  this  state.  It  has  ruled  that  the 
State  Railroad  Commission  has  no  power 
to  interfere  with  the  operation  of  automobile  trucks  when 
fulfilling  private  contracts. 

The  victorious  litigants  were  engaged  in  hauling  for  the 
Kedlands  Orange  Growers  Association.  Common  carriers. 
who  were  operating  over  the  same  route,  complained  and 
the  Railroad  Commission  ordered  them  to  desist.  On  their 
refusal,  the  State  Supreme  Court  upheld  the  Railroad  Com- 
mission. Now,  the  United  State-  Supreme  Court  has  over- 
ruled our  State  Supreme  Court. 

The  court  has  held  that  the  action  of  the  Railroad  I  om- 
mission  would  deprive  citizens  of  right-  guaranteed  by  the 
Federal  Constitution.  If  the  Commission  by  state  legisla- 
tion could  compel  the  surrender  of  one  constitutional  right 
it  might  compel  the  surrender  of  all. 

Justice  Holmes  and  McReynolds  dissented.  This  is  in 
accordance  witji  the  position  always  taken  on  such  matters 
by  Justice  Holmes,  who  in  spite  of  his  years  show-  a  ten- 
dency to  accept  the  modernist  view  of  state  control  in  mat- 
ters which  were  hitherto  outside  of  the  sphere  of  state  action. 

It  is  a  very  delicate  question,  for  there  is  no  doubt  that 
the  accumulation  of  activities  on  the  public  roads  owing  to 
the  development  of  motor  traffic,  imports  new  and  consid- 
erable problems  of  trade  which  require  a  development  of 
state  control.  On  the  other  hand,  the  Constant  interference 
by  the  state  with  what  have  been  hitherto  considered  as 
constitutional  rights  is  threatening  the  verv  basis  of  Am- 
erican life. 

The  decision  will  cause  considerable  disturbance  in  -late 
administration,  but  we  are  inclined  to  think  that  the  Su- 
preme Court  has  decideil  in  accordance  with  the  American 
doctrine. 


We  are  all  interested  in  the  re-tor- 
Santa  Barbara  Mission  ation  of  tlie  mission  at  Santa  Bar- 
bara which  was  partially  destroyed 
by  earthquake  anil  we.  as  a  people,  should  see  that  sufficient 
funds  are  forthcoming  to  see  that  the  structure  is  restored 
beyond  the  power  of  further  damage.  This  would  cost,  ac- 
cording to  the  best  estimates,  about  $400,000.  The  reaction 
to  the  earthquake  was  a  distinct  promise  by  the  people  of 
the  rest  of  the  -tate  that  the  mission  should  be  restored. 
This  promise  has  so  far  not  been  kept. 

The  mission  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Franciscans,  an  order 
to  which  this  state  owes  much,  for  the  Franciscans  were 
the  bringers  of  light  and  civilization  into  the  savage  COUD 
try  which  they  found  here  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago. 
The)'  cannot  restore  their  own  mission.  They  have  no 
funds.  The  order  is  devoted  to  poverty  and  to  labor  for 
others.  They  have  not  and  never  had  anything  for  them- 
selves.   As  their  poverty  is  the  glory  of  the  Franciscans  it 

is   our  inestimable   privilege   to  aid    them   and   there   should 
he  no  doubt  nor  hesitation  on  that  point. 

There  may  be  an  objection  on  the  ground  that  the  church 
and  mission  are  the  property  of  a  particular  religious  or- 
ganization. There  is  nothing  in  that  objection.  The  Santa 
Barbara  Mission  is  a  public  possession  inextricably  inter- 
woven with  the  history  of  the  state,  a  fine  monument  to  the 
energy  and  bravery  of  the  handful  of  simple  missionaries, 
who  braved  danger  and  want  and  who  brought  into  this 
region  the  beginnings  of  that  development  which  has  put 
our  community  so  far  in  the  lead. 


.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  talk 
Administration  of  Justice  about  the  administration  of  jus- 
tice in  this  state.  Even  the  Chief 
Justice  goes  out  of  his  way  to  deliver  homiletic  addresses, 
which  are  full  of  emptiness,  and  are  more  akin  to  the  talk 
of  ministers  of  the  less  intellectual  churches  than  to  the 
thoughtful  statements  of  thoroughly  trained  jurists.  It  is 
a  pity  that  we  suffer  so  at  the  hands  of  our  chief  justices. 
in  recent  years.  Their  ineptitude  is  reflected  in  the  con- 
dition of  the  administration  concerning  which  they  lament. 
Indeed  their  lamentations  are  the  recognition  of  their  own 
impotence,  a  sort  of  "inferiority  complex"  to  use  the  slang 
i  if  the  ps)  cho-anal)  sts. 

'fhe  matter  with  justice  is  lack  of  ability  on  the  part  of 
the  supreme  court  most  of  all.  Never  in  our  history,  as  a 
-late,  has  the  court  been  at  a  lower  ebb  than  at  the  present 
time.  However  successful  popular  election  may  have  been 
in  other  respects,  and  we  respectfully  decline  to  admit  its 
-in  i  ess,  there  is  no  doubt  as  to  its  failure  to  produce  able 
jurists.  It  does  not  in  California  even  produce  popularly 
elected  jurists,  for.  as  Justice  l.ennon  has  pi  line  1  out,  the 
bench  today  is  practically  an  appointed  bench,  steeped  in 
the  politics  of  the  hour. 

This  sort  of  thing  will  simply  not  do.  We  are  confronted 
with  great  money  loss  owing  to  the  stupidity  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  in  the  community  property  matter  and  the  con- 
sequent  federal  demand  for  back  taxes.  In  a  score  of  ways 
we  are  crippled  by  the  incompetency  of  our  supreme  tri- 
bunal which  recently  has  never  had  the  bravery  to  take  a 
real  stand  in  the  face  of  unpopularity. 

In  all  these  respects  the  supreme  court  has  broken  down. 
It  has  neither  intellect  nor  perseverance.  The  judge-  for- 
merly nominated  and  elected  by  the  efforts  of  the  dominant 
corporation-  were  so  much  superior  to  those  that  we  have 
today  that   democracy  should  blush. 


When  we  reach  a  point  where  it  costs 
An  Absurdity  $100,000  in  postage  alone  to  send  an  elec- 
tion appeal  to  the  voters  of  a  senatorial 
constituency,  it  will  be  seen  that  we  are  rapidly  approach- 
ing the  limit  of  sense  in  the  conduct  of  election-.  Thai 
i-  what  it  would  cost  to  notify,  once,  the  electors  in  a  sena- 
torial campaign  in  Pennsylvania  in  which  the  administra- 
tion candidate  Senator  Pepper  was  defeated  by  a  local  poli- 
tician, 'fhe  cost  of  that  election  has  brought  about  a  sena- 
torial inquiry  am!  the   revelation  of  enormous  expenditures. 

It    is   very   clear   that,   under   such   circumstance.-,   a    | r 

man  has  very  little  chance  of  ever  running  for  the  United 
Slates  Senate  and  that  where  he  does  undertake  to  contest 
an  election  we  may  be  pretty  sure  that  there  are  secret  and 
rich  influences  behind  him.  That  means  that  the  United 
Stale-  Senate  will  be  the  abode  of  the  rich. 

We  are  not  prepared  to  say  that  that  would  be  a  bad 
thing,  on  the  other  hand,  we  are  much  inclined  to  favor 
the  proposition.  This  is  a  commercial  and  industrial  age 
and  it  seem-  reasonable  that  wealth  should  have  the  domin- 
ant representation  which  our  actual  economic  condition 
permits  it.  'fhe  feudal  aristocracy  had  a  house  of  its  own, 
the  house  of  lords,  why  should  not  our  financial  aristocracy 
also  be  in  possession  of  its  own  house,  the  United  States 
Senate? 

What  we  are  interested  in  however  is  that  the  community 
shall  not  be  debauched  by  the  expenditure  of  such  vast  sums 
as  are  involved  in  modern  elections.  It  is  a  waste.  It  makes 
monarchy  a  cheap  toy  compared  with  the  cost  of  democratic 
republicanism.  If  elections  are  to  be  won  only  by  men  of 
great  wealth  with  enormous  social  and  financial  support 
let  that  be  really  understood  and  let  poor  men  stand  aside 
and  allow'  the  capable  to  rule. 


June  19,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


The  new  management  of  the  Mar- 
Market  Street  Railways     ket   Street   Railways   is   likely   to 

make  an  epoch  in  the  transporta- 
tion systems  of  the  cities  of  this  Coast.  The  Byllesby  En- 
gineering and  Management  Corporation  are  engineers  of 
marked  distinction  in  the  United  States,  which  country  has 
by  far  the  most  accomplished  engineering  experts  the  race 
has  yet  produced. 

The  new  management  wants  not  only  technical  success 
but  it  is  sufficiently  a  child  of  its  day  to  want  also  to  be 
popular.  The  two  aims  are  not  always  compatible  but  it 
would  appear  as  if  the  engineers  who  have  taken  hold  of 
the  Market  Street  Railways  are  well  on  the  right  road  to 
earn  not  only  the  appreciation  but  the  good  will  of  the  pub- 
lic as  well.  It  is  quite  a  new  start  for  a  corporation  to  come 
out  with  the  plain  statement  that  it  wants  the  public  to  have 
a  good  opinion  of  it. 

It  is  a  highly  experienced  managing  engineer.  San  Diego, 
Stockton  and  other  cities  in  the  State  bear  witness  to  the 
thoroughness  of  its  engineering  work  and  to  the  ability 
with  which  it  addresses  itself  to  the  popular  favor. 

The  goal  of  the  company  is  in  its  own  words  "safe,  quick 
and  comfortable  transportation  delivered  to  the  .'public 
courteously  at  a  fair  price."  That  is  the  highest  at  which 
any  transportation  company  can  aim.  As  the  representa- 
tive of  the  Byllesby  Engineering  and  Management  Corpora- 
tion says,  "because  of  the  human  element,  street  car  ser- 
vice never  is  absolutely  perfect.  But  there  is  a  goal  that 
lies  as  close  to  perfection  as  it  is  humanly  possible  to  at- 
tain. Towards  this  goal  the  Market  Street  Railway  com- 
pany is  striving." 

We  have  had  nothing  more  satisfactory  happen  for  a  long 
time.  The  operation  of  street  railroads  by  a  company  which 
is  pursuing  at  one  and  the  same  time  the  paths  of  efficiency 
and  courtesy  is  epochal. 


The  Carpenters'  so-called  strike  is 
A  Costly  Agitation  playing  the  very  deuce  with  the  build- 
ing industry.  The  influence  is  felt  all 
down  the  Pacific  Const  and  the  number  of  building  permits 
is  conspicuously  reduced  this  year.  Where  there  is  any 
increase,  it  is  round  the  Puget  Sound  District  and  there 
are  few  increases  in  scattered  parts  of  this  >tatc.  Hut  San 
Francisco  shows  a  34  per  cent  decline  from  the  figures  ol 
May  last  year  and  l.os  Angeles  a  35  per  cent  decline.  Oak- 
land shows  a  24  per  cent  decline. 

It  may  be  conceded  that  the  speed  of  construction  and 
the  number  of  building  permits  which  have  formed  so  con- 
spicuous a  factor  in  the  last  two  or  three  year-  could  not 
be  maintained.  But  there  was  no  reason  for  so  dramatic 
and  disturbing  a  fall.  There  is  a  general  feeling  among  all 
that  are  acquainted  with  the  conditions  of  the  building  in- 
dustry that  the  local  causes  of  the  decline  are  to  be  sought 
in  the  ridiculous  and  brutal  so-called  carpenters'  -trike. 

There  was  no  gn  und  for  the  disturbance  of  the  industry 
which  that  strike  has  produced.     Conditions  were  never  SO 

g I    lor   the   working    people.      We.   in   this   place,  have  a 

local  labor  population   which   lives  like  princes  compared 

with  their  fellows  elsewhere.     A  fraction  of  this  population 

undertook  a  strike  so-called,  for  the  purpose  <<i  dominating 
the  industry  and  imposing  their  will  on  the  community.  In- 
deed, it  i>  more  or  less  certain  that  the  strike  was  a  purely 
strategic  measure  designed  by  labor  leaders  to  cover  their 
own  stupidity.  At  any  rate  it  has  been  marked  by  a  series 
of  violent  crimes  which  have  reflected  upon  the  community 
to  it-  great  detriment.  It  has  had  the  effect  of  frightening 
the  sworn  upholders  of  the  law  from  the  performance  of 
their  duty  and  has  produced  a  very  disgusting  and  even  dan- 
gerous state  of  affairs. 


FIFTIETH  ANNIVERSARY 
OF  E.  H.  ROLLINS  &  SONS 

E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons  today  celebrates  its  fiftieth  anniversary. 
It  was  in  the  centennial  years  of  1876  that  E.  W.  Rollins,  who 
is  today  chairman  of  the  Beard  of  Directors  of  this  national 
bend  house,  opened  an  office  in  Denver,  Colorado,  dealing  for 
the  most  part  in  County  Warrants.  Subsequently  a  partner- 
ship was  formed  with  Frank  C.  Young,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Rollins  &  Young,  and  the  business  expanded  rapidly  as  both 
the  partners  had  strong  banking  connections. 

In  1881  an  office  was  opened  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
by  Frank  W.  Rollins,  a  brother  of  E.  W.  Rollins,  and  Honor- 
able Edward  H.  Rollins,  their  father,  who  was  United  States 
Senator  from  New  Hampshire.  Frank  W.  Rollins  later  was 
elected  Governor  of  New  Hampshire.  The  Concord  office 
started  a  bond  business  under  the  firm  name  of  E.  H.  Rollins 
&  Son,  and  the  Denver  and  Concord  firms  continued  in  this 
way  for  some  time,  the  Concord  office  acting  as  selling  agent 
for  the  western  firm  of  Rollins  &  Young. 

In  1887  the  eastern  and  western  firms  merged  and  the  con- 
solidation became  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons,  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  New  Hampshire  and  later  under  the  laws  of  Maine. 
I's  offices  still  remained  in  Denver,  Colorado  and  Concord, 
New  I  lamp;  hire,  and  it  was  not  until  1890  that  the  Boston  of- 
fice of  the  firm,  which  later  became  the  head  office,  was  opened. 

In  1893  the  Rollins  firm  opened  an  office  in  New  York  anil 
in  the  next  few  years  expanded  rapidly,  until  today  there  are 
major  offices  in  Boston,  New  York,  Chicago,  Philadelphia,  San 
Francisco  and  Los  Angeles,  32  o'her  offices  throughout  the 
United  States,  and  an  office  in  London.  England. 

It  was  in  1833,  33  years  ago,  that  the  San  Francisco  office 
was  i  penerl  under  the  direction  of  George  A.  Batchelder.  Later, 
Albert  W.  Billiard  became  head  of  the  San  Francisco  office  and 
continued  in  that  position  until  he  became  connected  with  the 
Great  Western  Power  Company,  at  which  time  Benjamin  H. 
Dibblec  became  head  of  the  San  Francisco  office  and  ha-  con- 
tinue 1   in  that  position  until  the  present  time. 

In  the  early  day-  the  firm  handled  a  considerable  amount  of 
railroad  securities.  E,  11.  Rollins  at  one  time  was  treasurer 
of  the  Union  Pacific,  and  E.  W.  Rollins  had  been  construction 
engineer  and  later  treasurer  of  the  O  lorado  Central  Railroad. 

From  the  beginning  of  hydro-electric  public  utility  develop- 
ment the  firm  of  E,  H.  Rollins  &  Sons  has  taken  a  major  in- 
in  underwriting  these  securities.  The  firm  financed  the 
■.ill  alternating  current  electric  light  station  built  in  the 
liii  e  I  States  in  1889,  an  1  underwrote  the  bond-  for  the  first 
I  ng  distance  transmission  line  in  the  United  States,  built  in 
California  from  the  Colgate  Power  House  to  Sacramento  and 
later  extended  to  <  lakland.  This  work  was  done  by  the  Bay 
Counties  Power  Company,  which  later  became  a  part  of  the  Pa- 
I  ,as  and  Electric  system. 

In  California.  E.  II.  Rollins  &  Sons  also  participated  in  the 
original  underw  ritings  of  Southern  California  Edison  bond 
and  took  a  leading  part  in  the  financing  of  the  (Ireat 
Western  Power  Company. 

In  California,  also,  the  firm  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in 
the  mi  erwriting  and  distribution  of  municipal  bonds  and  in 
the  public  developments  throughout  the  State,  its  latest  achieve- 
ment having  been  i  s  service  to  San  Francisco  in  the  financing 
of  the  great  30-sb  ry  Ru-s  Building. 


Airplane  Forest  Patrol  Starts  in  California 
Airplane  patrol  of  the  foreste  1  regions  of  California  started 
A  rept  its  the  San  Francisco  office  of  the  United  States 
1-    rest    Service.      Planes   will   opera  [    Mather    Field. 

Sacramento,  and  Griffith  Park  Glendale,  um'er  the  charge  of 
Lieuts.  Paul  A.  An  'ert  and  C.  A.  Burrows  of  the  Air  Service 
officers  reserve  -nectively.     On  June   16,   forest  air- 

plane patrol  will  start  in  the  Facific  Northwest  States  of  Ore- 
gon. Washing. on,  western  Montana  and  northern  Idaho, 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  19,  1926 


,'  ■-. 


LEISURE'S  W4ND 


OBEY    NO   u/A  NO  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  Tom  Moone- 


What's  Playing  This  Week 

THEATERS,  this  coming  week,  of- 
fer a  diversity  of  attractions. 
Many  superior  attractions,  too! 

"What  do  you  want? 

The  world's  most  famous  artists? 
Well  we  shall  have  Raquel  Meller  for 
two  nights  at  the  Columbia,  Sunday 
and  Monday  with  prices  ranging  from 
seven  dollars  down  to  two  dollars  plus 
the  war  tax. 

Her  performances  begin  at  nine  p.  m. 

Jeanne  Eagels  who  captivated  each 
and  every  one  of  us,  concludes  her  ap- 
pearances in  "Rain"  at  the  Columbia 
Saturday  night.  Crowded  houses  have 
greeted  this  famous  actress  at  every 
performance.  If  it  were  scheduled  that 
this  masterful  play  "Rain"  were  to  re- 
main many  weeks,  the  same  substan- 
tial conditions  would,  undoubtedly, 
prevail. 

*  *     * 

Irene  Bordoni 

Irene  Bordoni,  the  French-American 
comediennne,  will  follow  the  noted 
Spanish  artiste,  Raquel  Meller,  at  the 
Columbia,  in  the  gay  song  play, 
"Naughty  Cinderella"  written  by  Avery 
Hopwood. 

Beginning  Tuesday  night,  June  22, 
Irene  Bordoni,  will  appear  for  two 
weeks  only.  There  will  be  matinees  on 
■Wednesday  and  Saturday  and  an  extra 
matinee,  Friday,  June  25.  Charles 
Frohman,  in  association  with  E.  Ray 
Goetz,  is  presenting  the  charming  Irene 

Bordoni. 

*  *     * 

La  Meller  closes  her  American  tour 
in  San  Francisco  and  will  sail  for 
France  immediately  upon  arriving  in 
New  York  after  her  appearances  here. 
There  has  been  a  tremendous  rush  at 
the  Columbia  Theater  for  seats. 

Wilkes 

Nancy  Wei  ford,  the  petite  soubrette, 
of  the  musical  comedy,  "Nancy"  has 
made  even  more  friends  in  her  latest 
success  than  that  already  pinnacled  in 
her  former  appearances  here,  "No,  No, 
Nanette,"  "All  for  You"  and  "Cinched" 
during  the  Orpheum  engagement. 

The  story  of  "Nancy"  is  not  at  all 
unlike  that  of  her  other  musical  come- 
dy in  which  Miss  Welford  scored  such 
tremendous  triumphs.  In  fact  the 
same  domineering  attitude  of  trying  to 
keep  down    the    pretty    heroine    was 


By  "Jingle" 

practiced  by  two  exacting  old  aunts 
from  whose  tyranny  she  is  released  by 
a  rich  young  man  in  the  neighborhood, 
just  as  in  the  story  of  "No,  No  Nanette" 
the  heroine  was  forever  being  opposed, 
only  not  quite  so  harshly  treated. 

In  addition  to  Nancy  Welford,  the 
personification  of  daintiness,  there  are 
in  the  cast  Rex  Cherryman,  taking  the 
character  of  the  hero ;  Lou  Archer,  for- 
merly of  the  vaudeville  team  of  Chain 
and  Archer ;  lovely  Betty  Gallagher, 
Nancy  Carroll,  Maude  Truax  and  Jane 
Darwell,  as  the  aunts.  Iva  Shepard 
and  George  Guhl  are  also  in  the  cast. 

*  *     * 
Curran 

Lou  Holtz  and  Gloria  Foy  are  still 
drawing  the  crowds  to  "Patsy"  at  the 
Curran,  which  is  now  entering  its  sixth 
week  going  from  San  Francisco  direct 
to  Chicago  for  an  extended  engage- 
ment. 

David  Bennett  who  directed  the  dance 
numbers  for  "Rose  Marie,"  "Sunny;" 
and  "Chariot's  Revue"  also  had  charge 
of  the  dancing  features  of  "Patsy"  and 
the  girls  he  drilled  learned  their  meas- 
ures to  perfection — even  better,  we  are 
eager  to  state,  than  even  the  ones  we 
have  named.  The  girls  are  so  pretty, 
so  young,  so  graceful — and  their  rythm 
is   without   a   flaw. 

Gerald  (  (liver.  Smith.  BiUe  De  Rex. 
Alan  Edwards,  Una  Fleming,  Joe  Nie- 
meyer,  Raymond  Williams,  Sidney 
Reynolds,  Jean  Nash,  William  Reese, 
William  Maginetti,  Esther  Everett, 
Walter  Regan  and  Denova  and  Berin- 
off,  deserve  special  and  honorable  men- 
tion as  principals. 

*  *     * 
Imperial 

"Padlocked,"  a  picture  made  from 
a  Rex  Beach  story  will  be  screened  at 
the  Imperial  this  coming  week  follow- 
ing the  successful  run  of  Gilda  Grey  in 
"Aloma  of  the  South  Seas." 

The  Rex  Beach  picture  was  directed 
by  Allan  Dwan  and  introduces  as  the 
stars,  Lois  Moran,  who  is  now  regarded 
as  a  screen  find  and  nothing  short  of  a 
sensation. 

*  *     * 
California 

"The  Red  Dice"  starring  Rod  La 
Rocque  in  a  photoplay  filmed  from  Oc- 
tavus  Roy  Cohen's  story  of  "The  Iron 
Chalice"  will  be  on  the  screen  at  the 
California  theater.     Marsruerite  de  La 


Motte,  plays  the  heroine  role  and  Gus- 
tav  von  Seyffertitz  has  an  important 
part  to  play. 

The  story  is  unusual  and  introduces 
a  bootleg  angle  which  is  the  basis  for 
the  thrilling  plot. 

Max  Dolin  and  his  orchestra  provide 
the  musical  entertainment  which  in- 
cludes some  of  the  favorite  violinist's 
solos  as  a  special  attraction.  The  mu- 
sic is  one  of  the  big  drawing  cards  of 
this  popular  motion  picture  palace. 


Cameo 

Hoot  Gibson  starring  in  "The  Phan- 
tom Bullet"  is  the  film  attraction  this 
coming  week  at  the  Cameo  theater  on 
Market  street  opposite  Fourth  street. 
Eileen  Percy  plays  opposite  Gibson  in 
this  exciting  photoplay  of  daring  ven- 
tures. 

The  story  is  a  mystery-western  of  a 
cowboy  with  a  hobby  other  than  his 
gun  and  cayuse.  A  mysterious  bullet 
killed  his  father  and  the  hero  starts 
out  tn  find  who  fired  the  shot.  There 
is  a  lot  of  mustang  riding,  thrills  that 
trace  every  step  of  the  way  and  a  grip- 
ping romance  back  of  the  plot. 

Gibson  is  seen  in  some  of  his  most 
daring  riding  feats  in  this  fast-moving 
photoplay  with  a  background  of  impos- 
ing out-of-door  scenery  for  the  action. 

*     *     * 
Orpheum 

Bubbling  over  with  speed,  spirit  and 
sauciness,  Harry  Carroll's  new  revue 
will  head  the  bill  at  the  Orpheum  The- 
ater beginning  Sunday  when  a  new  edi- 
tion of  his  annual  revue  will  be  pre- 
sented by  a  company  including,  Harry, 
himself,  Marjorie  Whitney,  Vera 
Marsh,  Sands  and  Frankel,  Montaine 
and  Leeta,  and  a  big  cast  of  pretty  girls. 
This  new  revue  is  said  to  be  the  best 
that  this  producer  of  revues  has  as  yet 
offered  to  patrons  of  the  Orpheum  Cir- 
cuit. 

Joe  Smith  and  Charles  Dale,  two  fun- 
sters with  the  Avon  Comedy  Four, 
will  present  a  hodge-podge  of  laughs 
under  the  title  of  the  "Battery  to  the 
Bronx." 

A  treat  for  young  and  old  alike  is 
promised  in  a  new  edition  of  Pearl 
Hickman's  Kiddie  Revue,  which  i-  t" 
make  a  very  limited  tour  of  the  Or- 
pheum Circuit.  Miss  Hickman  has 
twenty  tiny  tots  who  will  delight  with 


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Amusements 

NEXT   WEEK 


ON  THE  STAGE 


ALCAZAR                        I     "Little  Miss  Bluebeard" 
O'Farreil  nr.  Powell  f          Henty  Unity  Farce 

Raquel    Metier,    Famous    Span- 
rninumi                          )      ish    Artiste,   Sunday   and    Mon- 
-.    P,V?i       A                         ,     »«y  ni.hu  onl,.    Irene  Bwdoni 
.Ol-.tldj                                   J      from      i„esaaJ,t     June     22,     in 

"Naughty    Cinderella" 

CUHRAN                          (                      "Patsy" 
Geary  nr.  Mason           f             Musical  Comedy 

PRESIDENT                    {               "Love  'Em  and 

McAllister  nr  Mkt.     f          „     Lcn^e!Emi' 

)           Henry  Dully  Farce 

WILKES                           (.                     "Nancy" 
Geaiy  at  Mason           t              Musical  Comedy 

VAUDHV1LLH, 

GULDEN   GATE          /,              Carnival  of  Pan 
G.  G.  Ave.  A  Taylor     f                         Week 

ORPHEUM                      (       Hurry  Carroll  Revue, 
O'Farreil  »v  Powell     f                    Hcadllner 

PANTAGES(NEW)    (              Vaudeville  and 
Market    at    Hyde          (                     Plctuies 

PORTOLA                          (. 

Market   near  4th         f         Vnudcvllle-Plctureg 

UNION   SQUARE         (         Vnudevllle-Flctures 
O  1'  arrell  ur.  Powell  c 

WIGWAM                          I          _        .      ...      „. 
Mission  and  22nd          f         Vaudeville-Pictures 

ON  THE  SCREEN 
DOWN  TOWN 


CALIFORNIA                (              "The  Red  Dice" 
Market  at    ttli                r              Rod   Laltoctiue 

CAMEO                             (.      "The  Phantom  Bullet" 
Market  onp.  .". tu             i                  Hoot  Gibson 

CASINO                              l 

Ellis  and  Mnson             j                     Pictures 

GRANADA                         /.              "Rollins  Home" 
Market  nt  Jones  St.      i              Reginald  Denny 

IMPERIAL                      (                 "Padlocked" 
Market  bet.  «th-7th     i             Rex  Beach  Story 

LOEWS  WARFIELD           (               "Ella  Cinders" 
Market  nt  Taylor         (               Colleen  Moore 

ST.  FRANCIS                 (    "The  Unknown  Soldier" 
Market  bet.  rith-Oth     (      Atmospheric  Prologue 

RESIDENTIAL   DISTRICTS 

ALEXANDRIA              (                „    P!f'ur1M     .. 
Gcnry  and  lNlh              (               Ben  Black  and 
1                       HIm  llnntl 

.„,  ,„..„„                      (                     Pictures 
COLISEUM                      J          Milt  Franklynnnd 
Clement  *  lllh  Ave.      )                       „,„  ,,„„,, 

HAIGHT                         (                    „, 
HalKlit  at  Cole                C                     Pictures 

HARDING                         (                     Pictures 
DIvlMtlero  at  Hayes   1          Eddie  Hut kness  and 
Orehesti  n 

MAJESTIC 

M huilon  between                                  Pictures 

20th  and  21st 

METROPOLITAN       I                    „.  , 

1  ni. .ii  nr.  Fillmore       (                        Pictures 

NEW   BALBOA              I                     „,   . 
Balboa  *    :tsth    Ave.  j                     Pictures 

NEW    MISSION              I                       „,    . 

1 n.r.::ml             (                       Pictures 

ROYAL                            I                    „.  . 

Polk  nr.  California       (                       Pictures 

NITW                              I                       r.i„.„... 
Sutter    near    Strlnrr  ^                        rictures 

their  juvenile  talent.  The  offering  in- 
cludes the  whole  routine  of  a  big  musi- 
cal revue  and  will  display  brilliant  cos- 
tumes and  scenic  effects. 

Others  on  the  bill  include  Corinne 
Tilton,  the  vivacious  comedienne  who 
will  offer  a  cycle  of  song  studies  ;  Frank 
De  Voe,  the  musical  comedy  star,  with 
Eddie  Willis  at  the  piano;  Jack  Merlin 
with  Lois  Evans  in  "Just  a  Lot  O' 
Laughs"  and  another  surprise  act. 

Alcazar  *     *    * 

"Little  Miss  Bluebeard,"  Avery  Hop- 
wood's  farce-comedy  success,  comes  to 
the  Alcazar  Sunday  night  with  Henry 
Duffy  in  the  principal  male  role  and  a 
specially  selected  cast.  Of  all  the  Hop- 
wood  plays,  this  frothy  farce  is  said  to 
be  the  most  laughable.  It  was  adapted 
from  the  Hungarian  of  Gabriel  Gragely 
and  some  delightful  song  numbers  are  in- 
terspersed through  the  three  acts. 

A  young  bachelor,  famous  alike  for 
the  popular  songs  he  composes  and  for 
his  many  love  attairs,  has  sworn  that  he 
will  never  marry.  The  result  is  a  for- 
mation of  a  conspiracy  on  the  part  of 
his  friends  to  find  him  a  wife.  The  in- 
nocent victim  of  the  plot  is  Collett,  a 
piquant,  demonstrative  French  girl, 
and  riotously  funny  complications  re- 
sult from  a  situation  wherein  she  finds 
herself  with  two  husbands  and  fighting 
desperately  to  prevent  a  youthful  wag 
from  trying  to  be  husband  number  three. 

There  is  a  surprising  twist  in  the  plot 
during  the  last  few  moments  of  the 
play  and  it  is  best  kept  secret  in  order 
that  enjoyment  of  the  perfoimance  may 
be  enhanced. 

Dale  Winter  will  be  found  cast  in 
the  principal  feminine  role,  William 
Davidson  has  been  specially  engaged 
for  an  important  part  and  Francis  Frau- 
nie  will  be  seen  in  a  characterization 
in  which  he  achieved  considerable  fame 
in  the  East.  The  production  is  on  a 
lavish  scale. 

President  *     *     » 

"Love  'Em  and  Leave  'Em,"  brilli- 
ant farce-comedy  by  George  Abbott 
and  John  Weaver,  is  having  its  first 
production  on  the  Pacific  Coast  at  the 
President  theater.  This  is  the  play  that 
Broadway  went  wild  over  after  its  in- 
triguing title  had  caused  big  box  office 
demands  for  seats. 

The  story  concerns  the  employees  of 
Ginsberg's  store  in  New  York,  who 
are  about  to  give  a  pageant.  They  all 
live  in  a  typical  boarding  house  and 
everybody  knows  everything  about 
everybody  else's  business.  It  happens 
that  a  young  woman,  who  has  been  sell- 
ing tickets  at  a  furious  rate  for  the  pa- 
geant, misses  her  step  by  playing  the 
races.  Her  efforts  to  recoup  are  re- 
sponsible for  the  complications. 

Henry  Duffy  has  selected  Isobel 
Withers,  a  New  York  actress  of  abili- 
ty and  reputation,  for  one  of  the  princi- 
pal feminine  roles.     Kenneth  Daigneau 


will  play  opposite  her  and  important 
parts  will  be  in  the  hands  of  Betty 
Laurence  and  Earl  Lee. 

Warfield  *     *     * 

The  greatest  pantomimic  opportuni- 
ties of  her  career  are  said  to  be  offered 
Colleen  Moore  by  her  latest  screen  ve- 
hicle, "Ella  Cinders,"  a  John  McCor- 
mack  picturization  of  the  newspaper 
comic  strip  which  will  be  the  screen 
feature  at  the  Warfield  for  a  week,  be- 
ginning Saturday. 

"Ella  Cinders,"  is  the  chronicle  of  a 
country  girl's  efforts,  to  get  a  foothold 
in  the  movies,  and  the  play  teems  with 
intimate  glimpses  of  studio  life.  Al- 
fred E.  Green  who  directed  this  delight- 
ful little  star  in  her  screen  version  of 
"Irene,"  likewise  directed  "Ella  Cin- 
ders."   It  is  a  First  National  picture. 

Miss  Moore  is  aided  in  creating  ver- 
itable riots  of  fun  by  a  capable  group, 
with  Lloyd  Hughes  introducing  the 
serious  and  sentimental  moments  as 
the  pseudo  iceman  hero  of  the  play. 

Important  members  of  the  cast  in- 
clude Vera  Lewis,  Doris  Baker,  Emily 
Gerdes,  Mike  Donlin,  Jed  Prouty,  Jack 
Duffy,  Harry  Allen,  and  D'Arcy  Cor- 
rigan. 

As  a  fitting  acoempaniment  for  the 
screening  of  this  delightful  comedy, 
"Ella  Cinders,"  Fanchon  and  Marco 
present  on  the  stage  as  the  "Idea,"  the 
O'Neill  Kiddies  Revue,  in  which  forty 
happy,  carefree  kiddies  on  vacation — 
make  their  appearance.  The  engage- 
ment of  the  O'Neill  Kiddies  is  an  an- 
nual event  on  the  West  Coast  Circuit, 
and  the  revue  at  the  Warfield  marks  the 
beginning  of  their  tour  around  the  State 
this  year. 

A  special  musical  score  has  been  pre- 
pared by  Walt  Roesner  and  his  Super- 
Soloists  as  the  musical  offering. 

*     *     * 
Golden  Gate 

Next  week  is  "Carnival  of  Fun 
Week"  at  the  Golden  Gate,  the  bill  be- 
ing headed  by  Ole  Olsen  and  Chic  John- 
son, noted  Scandinavian  Scalawags. 
In  addition  to  their  own  act  Olsen  ami 
Johnson  present  a  great  comedy  sur- 
prise party,  one  of  the  hits  of  vaude- 
ville. Air  artists  on  the  bill  participate 
in  the  surprise  party  which  includes 
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Presented  at  Court 

TWO  prominent  society  women  of  Burlingame  and  San 
Francisco  were  presented  to  the  King  and  Queen  of 
England  in  the  Court  of  St.  James  last  Wednesday,  June  9, 
Mrs.  Sidney  Cloman,  widow  of  the  late  Colonel  Sidney  Go- 
man  and  Mrs.  Wilson  Prichette. 

They  were  among  the  fifteen  American  women  presented  this 
year  at  Court  and  as  both  of  the  Californians  are  particular- 
ly well  known  as  society  leaders,  additional  interest  was 
attached  to  the  news  of  their  prominence  in  London  so- 
ciety. 

Mrs.  Cloman  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  wealthiest  women  in 
the  United  States. 

Presentations  were  made  by  Mrs.  Alanson  Houghton, 
wife  of  the  American  ambassador  to  the  Court  of  St.  James. 

Miss  Alita  Davis  of  St.  Louis;  Mrs.  John  Moorhead  of 
New  York;  Miss  Glarie  Avery  of  Farmington,  Conn.;  Mrs. 
John  A.  Baird  of  Philadelphia;  Mrs.  Robert  A.  Burg  of 
Boston;  Miss  Lindsay  Beach,  Rochester,  New  York;  Mrs. 
William  Carleton  Watts  of  Pennsylvania;  Miss  Emily  P. 
Watts,  Pennsylvania  ;  Mrs.  Charles  Mettler,  Atlanta  ;  Miss 
Mildred  Tytus,  New  York;  Miss  Alice  Lee,  New^  York; 
Miss  Eva  Wise,  New  York;  Miss  Caroline  Patterson,  Day- 
ton, Ohio;  Miss  Lorraine  Piggett.  Boston;  Mrs.  Curtis 
Brown,  of  London;  and  Miss  Henrietta  Johnson  of  Paris 
comprised  the  social  list  presented  at  the  1926  Court  of  St. 
James  at  the  grand  levee  held  in  London,  England,  and  one 
of  the  most  brilliant  court  events  of  the  present  generation, 
according  to  an  authentic  dispatch. 

*  *     * 
Greet  Royalty 

The  second  royal  court  was  held  at  Buckingham  Palace, 
Thursday  night,  characterized  by  the  same  scenes  as  the 
first  court  with  the  great  assemblage  of  spectators  around 
the  palace  gates. 

Privileged  holders  of  "commands"  numbering  nine  hun- 
dred in  all  were  lined  up  in  luxurious  motor  cars  and  also  in 
some  of  the  former  carriages  of  grandeur,  awaiting  the  open- 
ing of  the  palace  doors. 

*  *     * 
Nine  American  Women 
Presented  at  Second  Court 

Mrs.  Houghton,  wife  of  the  American  Ambassador,  pre- 
sented nine  American  women  to  King  George  and  Queen 
Mary  at  the  second  Royal  Court. 

Mrs.  Elisha  Lee  and  Mrs.  William  Ellis  Scull  of  Phila- 
delphia, were  of  this  society  set,  including  Mrs.  Edward 
Townsend,  of  Oyster  Bay,  New  York;  Mrs.  Demarest 
Lloyd,  Washington;  Mrs.  Harry  Brown,  Pittsburg;  Mrs. 
George  Mum  ford  and  Mrs.  Edward  S.  Webster  of  Boston, 
well  known  by  San  Francisco  and  Peninsula  society  folks ; 
Miss  Mary  Kenna  of  St.  Louis  and  Miss  Margaret  Phipps 
of  New  York. 

*  *     * 
Queen's  Robe 

Queen  Mary  wore  an  equisite  robe  of  white  and  silver, 
elaborately  embroidered  with  crystal  and  diamante.  The 
train  of  her  gown  was  of  shimmering  silver  brocade  of  the 
richest  texture  trimmed  in  rare  old  Point  de  Flandre  lace. 

Her  diadem  was  of  priceless  diamonds  and  magnificent 
pearls. 


Stage  Lures  Society  Girl 

Miss  Katherine  Kuhn  of  Burlingame,  a  social  favorite  and 
former  queen  of  the  Mardi  Gras  of  1925,  has  heard  the  call 
of  the  footlights  and  is  now  one  of  the  front-row  choristers 
of  the  "Topsy  and  Eva"  company. 

Miss  Kuhn  is  a  talented  singer  and  dancer  and  has  been 

in  demand  for  some  of  the  best  amateur  theatricals  in  San 

Francisco   and    environs.     She   has   previously   announced 

to  her  friends  that  she  was  going  to  Europe,  and  the  news 

of  her  chosen  stage  career  came  as  a  complete  surprise  to  her 

host  of  friends. 

*     *     * 

Author  Keen  On  Character  Outline 

Character  delineations  seem  to  be  the  special  province 
and  aptitude  of  the  clever  western  writer,  Isabel  Rogers 
Stradleigh.  whose  most  recent  sto-y,  "Pomaraa"  is  now 
running,  serially, 
in  Sunset. 

That  this  gifted 
author  has  keen 
perception  into  the 
innermost  feelings 
and  emotions  of 
her  characters  is 
ronvincingly  made 
evident  in  this 
brisk  South  Sea 
story  of  love  and 
adventure.  She 
creates  her  char- 
acters so  truthful- 
ly and  life-like  that 
one  feels  certain 
he  is  going  to  meet 
the  heroine  some 
day. 

Approaching  the 
literary  shrine 
with  reverence 
this  author  tells  us 
in  her  new  serial  that  when  she  began  to  write  of  "Pom- 
araa." her  beauty,  her  womanliness,  her  sacrifice  and  her 
romantic  history,  it  seemed  as  if  the  whole  story  could 
never  be  told.  Then  Isabel  Rogers  Stradleigh  takes  up 
her  narrative  with  definite  purpose  and  leads  the  reader 
through  the  avenues  where  hero  and  heroine  meet  their 
fate  and  where  neath  the  aromatic  skies  as  the  author 
tells  us  there  lies  material  enough  for  a  hundred  tales. 

"Writing  is  closely  akin  to  reading  and  I  commenced 
to  write  when  I  was  a  very  little  girl,"  said  this  young 
author.  "I  read  everything  that  came  my  way  even 
grown-up  novels.  I  adored  writing  and  at  the  age  of 
nine  appeared  before  the  public  with  my  first  completed 
work — this  occurred  on  the  platform  of  the  Fourth  Grade 
and  was  the  occasion  of  a  prize-winning  contest  for  a 
short  story." 

With  her  view  of  literary  efforts,  the  author  adds,  "At 
sixteen  I  wrote  'My  Life's  Work.'  This  was  a  book — an 
amazing  and  voluminous  contribution  to  literature,  but 
destined  never  to  see  the  light."  Rejection  slips  were  the 
spur  which  made  this  young  writer  value  all  the  more 
the  standards  of  literary  output,  and  she  masterfully 
conquered  the  usual  resentment  toward_editors. 


IS AlllOI.  ROGERS  STRADLEIGH 

Author   of  clever  new    Nerinl   story 

Siuilriii    of  Iliimnn    \iicur<- 


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In  fact  it  seems  that  Isabel  Rogers  Strad- 
leigh  placed  a  certain  glamour  on  editors'  se- 
verity, and  treasured  their  advice  and  there- 
fore, profited,  thereby. 

There  again  is  a  characteristic  of  this  in- 
domitable author  whose  balance  of  mind,  and 
whose  possession  of  that  virtue  we  call,  good, 
common  sense,  finds  its  counterpart  in  deter- 
mination and  a  high  appreciation  of  her  art. 

"Pomaraa,"  as  the  author  herself  has  said, 
"was  half  French  and  half  native"  and  "calcu- 
lated to  disturb  St.  Anthony  himself." 

Isabel  Rogers  Stradleigh,  in  private  life,  Mrs. 
Gilbert  Low  Stradleigh,  wife  of  the  prominent 
San  Francisco  banker,  is  a  cousin  of  E.  Charl- 
ton Fortune,  well-known  painter  of  the  West 
now  winning  laurels  abroad. 

Her  contributions  to  magazines  include  not 
only  s'i_rt  stories  and  special  features  but  she 
has  also  written  an  article  on  "Continuity  of 
Effort"  published  in  "The  Editor"  into  which 
she  has  placed  much  of  the  propelling  purpose 
of  her  own  literary  work. 

*     *     * 
Lovely  Wedding 

One  of  the  most  beautiful  weddings  of  the  year  took 
place  yesterday  afternoon  in  the  spacious  gardens  of  the 
Perry  Eyre  home  in  Menlo  Park,  when  Miss  Inez  Macon- 
dray,  niece  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eyre,  became  the  bride  of  Clift 
Lundborg. 

It  was  a  pink  wedding,  the  effect  being  achieved  princi- 
pally through  the  use  of  masses  of  pink  hydrangeas.  These 
bordered  the  bridal  aisle,  which  was  marked  by  a  row  of 
maples,  banking  the  altar,  and  were  in  fact  profusely  dis- 
played everywhere  within  the  house  and  garden. 

The  ceremony  took  place  at  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
and  was  performed  by  Monsignor  Charles  Ramm  in  the 
presence  of  a  large  and  fashionable  gathering. 

A  Spanish  dinner  dance,  a  barbecue  at  Searsville  Lake 
near  Stanford  University,  and  a  banquet  at  the  Fairmont 
Hotel  are  among  the  plans  for  entertaining  the  six  hundred 
delegates  to  Kappa  Alpha  Theta  sorority  convention  which 
will  meet  at  the  Clift  Hotel,  July  1  to  5.  From  the  time 
that  the  special  train  arrives  at  Tahoe  Tavern,  on  Theta 
day,  June  30,  to  the  end  of  the  journey  in  San  Francisco,  a 
round    of    events    lias    been    arranged    to    occupy    the    time 

between   sessions. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  \\  alter  Blair  Foster  arrived  in  San  Francisco  from 
Harvard  Wednesday  and  joined  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Walter  Foster,  at  their  home  in  \\  ashington  street.     Mr. 

Foster's  marriage  to  Miss  Edna  Christenson  will  take  place 
on    I  tine  2n  in  San  Mateo. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  and   Mrs.  Atholl  McBcan  will  spend  the  summer  at 

Lake  Tahoe.     They  have  rented  the  place  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

■e  Xewhall  on  the  shores  of  the  lake  and  will  go  there 

on    Inly    1.      The   Newhalls  will  remain  at   their  Buiiing.imc 

home  this  year, 

*  *     * 

Kathleen  and  Charles  Norris 
Honor  Guests  at  Luncheon 

Kathleen     Morris    and     Charles    Norris,     noted     California 
s.  were  accorded  an  ovation  and  a  hearty  "Welcome 

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Home"  after  their  sojourn  abroad  and  in  east- 
ern literary  centers,  by  a  gathering  of  disting- 
uished authors  and  leading  book  sellers,  last 
Thursday  at  the  Clift  Hotel. 

Mr.  A.  M.  Robertson  presided  at  the  lunch- 
eon, introducing  the  speakers  of  the  day. 

Kathleen  Norris,  the  "beloved  woman," 
made  one  of  her  characteristic  speeches  ring- 
ing with  the  virility  of  life  and  a  marvelous 
perception  of  human  traits  and  inclinations. 
She  told  of  a  number  of  amazing  letters  she 
had  received,  with  her  tolerance  and  respect 
for  other  folks'  opinions  and  their  vision  of 
things.  Kathleen  Norris  revealed,  anew,  her 
stability  of  purpose,  her  ideals,  her  standards 
of  literature  and  her  grasp  upon  the  writing 
field. 

She  attributed  the  early  sale  of  her  books  to 
her  husband's  discernment  and  perseverance 
and  she  was  not  backward  in  attributing  to 
her  husband  much  of  her  first  success  and  the 
subsequent  arrival  of  her  best-known  books. 

That  is  a  most  pleasing  picture  about  the 
Norrises.  Both  Kathleen  Norris  and  Charles 
Norris  have  established  a  criterion  for  happiness,  for  dom- 
estic success,  as  well  as  for  material  success.  For  each, 
attributes  to  his  partner,  in  life,  the  real  basis  for  success — 
and  on  such  a  foundation  is  their  happiness  and  their  radi- 
ant example  so  firmly  and  substantially  established. 

It  is  a  beautiful  example  Kathleen  Norris  and  Charles 
Norris  hold  up  to  the  world — their  consistent  belief  one  in 
another. 

Scintillating  Speech 

Charles  Norris  made  a  clever,  scintillating  speech,  telling 
a  number  of  radiant  stories,  punctuated  with  briefs  on  the 
literary  output  of  the  nation. 

Mr.  George  Douglas,  the  famous  editorial  writer  and  book 
critic  of  the  Bulletin,  gave  one  of  the  most  brilliant  addresses 
heard  in  local  literary  circles.  Douglas  always  does  say  the 
right  and  poignant  thing  expressed  in  diction  which  is 
music  to  the  ears. 

Mr.  George  Creel,  noted  author  and  playwright,  gave  an 
address  punctuated  with  rare  humor,  and  subtle  wit.  dwell- 
ing with  particular  pride  and  valuation  on  the  work  of  the 
honor  guests  and  their  contributions  to  western  literature. 

Dan  Sweeney,  the  noted  artist  and  cartoonist,  of  inter- 
national fame,  was  also  a  speaker  on  this  noteworthy  oc- 
casion  when  the  book-lovers,  book-sellers,  writers,  devotees 
of  art  and  letters  gathered  to  pay  homage  to  Kathleen  Nor- 
ris and  Charles  Norris  upon  their  return  to  California. 

*  *     * 

That  there  will  be  many  society  affairs  planned  for  the 
xisiting  war  vessels  is  tea-cup  gossip  in  preparation  for  the 
short  sojourn  of  three  battleships,  two  destroyers  and  a  sub- 
marine division  which  will  arrive  here  not  later  than  June 
20  to  participate  in  the  Fourth  of  July  celebration  to  be 
elaborately  staged  by  San  Francisco  and  Oakland. 

*  *     * 

Independence  Day  ceremonies  will  be  followed  by  brilli- 
ant gatherings  of  society  people  and  mark  the  trend  of  a 
scries  of  beautiful  events.     A  number  of  Pacific  Coast  ports 
will  be  visited  by  units  of  the  American  fleet. 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  19,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


JUNK! 

WE  met  a  man  the  other  clay  who 
had  jiist  purchased  some  fifty  radio 
sets,  all  the  same  make,  and  he  bought 
them  at  a  big  reduction  from  the  regular 


C.  J.  Pennington 

price,  for  the  reason  that  some  other  man 
had  to  dispose  of  them  or  go  into  bank- 
ruptcy. 

The  man  who  purchased  these  sets  is 
in  a  business  far  removed  from  the  re- 
tail radio  business  and  his  method  of  dis- 
posing of  them  is  indeed  novel.  He  calls 
up  friends  or  business  associates  and  of- 
fers them  a  radio  set  at  about  one  third 
the  original  price. 

Of  course  the  man  cannot  be  blamed 
for  trying  to  make  a  profit  on  this  mer- 
chandise, for  that  is  what  all  business 
men  are  expecting,  but  the  question  is, 
why  do  manufacturers  stand  for  such 
conditions?  Why  don't  they  take  these 
sets  off  the  first  purchasers'  hands  at  the 
original  price  and  junk  them  if  nothing 
better  could  be  done  with  them,  instead 
of  permitting  them  to  get  into  the  hands 
of  -time  individual  who  will  sell  them  for 
about  twenty  cents  on  the  dollar  or  there- 
abouts? In  fact,  anything  would  be  better 
than  to  let  them  get  into  the  hands  of  a 
public  auctioneer. 

Then  factories  are  wondering  why  they 
are  going  bankrupt,  and  have  to  discon- 
tinue business.  If  a  manufacturer  can- 
not stand  behind  his  merchandise,  how 
can  he  expect  any  one  else  to  stand  be- 
hind it  for  him?  Which  brings  up  the 
question  again,  why  purchase  a  radio 
set  put  out  by  a  concern  that  cannot  and 
will  not  keep  its  product  from  becoming 
a  drug  on  the  market? 

A  good  reliable  company  selling  good 
radio  sets  does  not  have  to  resort  to  the 
method  of  stocking  some  merchant  to 
overflowing,  and  thus  put  the  sets  on  the 
market  at  any  old  price. 

The  radio  indusTy  is  gradually  work- 
ing up  to  a  sound  basis,  and  the  sooner 


this  sort  of  merchandise  is  disposed  of 
and  taken  off  the  market,  the  better  the 
whole  situation  will  be. 


Have  it  Tested 

In  radio  reception,  every  set  owner 
is  looking  for  the  same  thing,  perfec- 
tion of  reproduction.  Yet  sets  possess- 
ing such  qualities  are  very  difficult  to 
find.  Borrowing  the  words  from  an 
authority  "Less  than  ten  percent  of  all 
receiving  sets  in  operation  today  will 
pass  a  reasonably  critical  ear." 

Very  few  realize  how  poorly  their 
sets  are  operating,  mainly  because  they 
have  no  means  for  making  a  compari- 
son, and  yet  some  set  owners  are  get- 
ting only  a  part  of  the  pleasures  pos- 
sible to  be  obtained  from  radio  recep- 
tion. 

Engineers  have  done  all  that  is  with- 
in their  power  to  make  perfect  repro- 
duction, but  a  user  cannot  expect  per- 
fect reception  by  using  a  set  which  was 
designed  and  built  some  four  or  five 
years  ago. 

Radio  has  changed  considerably  in 
the  past  four  years,  and  it  has  now 
reached  a  stage  of  development  where 
the  most  conspicuous  changes  will  be 
refinements  in  construction. 

What  we  particularly  have  in  mind 
are  some  of  these  antiquated  machines 
that  are  proudly  called  radio  receiving 
sets.  And  when  they  are  turned  on 
they  sound  more  like  an  approaching 
thunder  storm. 

Very  few  people  would  ask  a  person 
to  their  home  to  listen  to  an  old  time 
music  box;  still  they  expect  one  to  ac- 
company them  on  the  same  mission  to 
listen  to  a  radio  set  that  has  long  ago 
served  its  purpose. 

What  is  needed  is  better  reproduc- 
tion from  the  receiving  sets  now  in  op- 
eration, and  any  of  those  could  be 
brought  up  to  date  for  a  very  nominal 
sum. 

You  owners  of  antique  radio  sets, 
why  not  have  them  looked  over  and 
tested?  Perhaps  you  are  missing  many 
pleasures  that  could  be  easily  attained. 
We  know  there  are  many  such  receiving 
sets  right  here  in  San  Francisco,  and  the 
majority  of  persons  owning  such  sets, 
would  be  greatly  surprised  at  the  differ- 
ence between  present  day  receivers  and 
those  of  a  past  date. 


The  Orator  Radio  Corpo-ation  is 
now  producing  a  new  portable  light- 
s;x  receiver.  The  total  weight  com- 
plete with  batteries  is  twenty-five 
pounds. 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

KPO— HALE    BROS.   AND   THE   CHRON- 
ICLE, SAN  FRANCISCO— 428.3 

Sunduy,   June   20th 

9:4o     lu     lo:4o    a.    m. — Undenominational    and 

non-sectarian  church  seivlce. 
10:45  a.  m. — Weather  forecast. 
2:45  p.  m--Play  by  play  broadcast  from   Re- 

c  eatlon   Park  of  the  baseball  game. 
5:00   i"  ''>  :'">  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
\v.  Grfselman. 

6:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Orchestra  under  the  di- 
rection   of  Waldemar   Lind. 

6:30  p.  m. — Baseball  scores  and  general  infor- 
mation. 
i  to   6:36  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 

cbeati  a. 

8:35  to  10:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 
Monday,   June    -  I 

7:00,    7:30,    8:00   a.    m. — Dally   dozen    exen 

10:30    a.    m. — Weather    forecast    and    general 

Information. 
12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00   to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:46  p.  m. — Matinee  program. 

3:30  to   3:40   p.   m. — Fashion   talks. 

3:40  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  concert  or- 
chestra. 

:.:::n  to  >.  l ~.  i>.   m — Children's  hour. 

6:16  to  6:30  p.  m. — Market  quotations,  base- 
ball  scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  Hawaiian  Or- 
chestra. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — KFI  and  KPO  b-oadcast- 
Ing  simultaneously  a  program  originating 
In  tlu-   K  I'M   studio. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Mandarin  Cafe  Orchestra. 

Tneftd-x1.  Jnne  22 

7:00,   7:30,   8:00  a.   m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 
a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

Ill  o'  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
•  lng. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchest-a. 

H:I5  p.  m — Play  by  play  broadcast  f-om  Re- 
ceation    Park    of    the   baseball   game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5:8u    o.    b:16   p.    m. — Big   Brother's   stories. 

6:15   to   6:30   p.  m. — Stock   market  quotations. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

Tim)   to   7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

6:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Studio   program. 

:i:'ni  I,,  10:00  p.  m. — Progam.  Cyrus  Trobbe. 
violin;  cvpsv  and  Marta. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

Wednesday.  June   23 

7:00.  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

I"  :<>  a.   m. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fal-mont  Hot.i  Orchestra. 

li:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  h'-oadcast  from  !:■  - 
c  eatlon  Park  of  the  baseball  game. 

1:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chest'  :t. 

5:30  to  6:15  p.  m. — Child-en's  hour  stories. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball   scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra.  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  th<-  Atwater 
Kent  Artists. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Mandarin  Cafe  Orchestra. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar 
Lind  director. 

li'ii'Miro.  June  2-f 

7:00,    7:30.   8:00   a.   m. — Daily   dozen   exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  report. 

lllaio  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fal-mont  Hotel  O-chestra. 

2:45  p.  m.— Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
c-eatlon  Park  of  the  baseball  game. 

4:3n  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5:30  to  6:15  p.   m. — Children's  hour  steles. 

6:15  to  f.-30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball   scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind, 

i*f"»Ctn". 

7:00  to  7:30  p. 

8:10  to  9:00  p. 
Palor. 

9-00    to    10:00   p.    m. — Studio   program. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Mandarin  Cafe  Orches- 
tra. 


— Fairmont  Hotel  O-chesfa. 
-Program  by  the  Bret  Harte 


June  19,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Friday,    June  25 

7:00,   7:30,   S:00   p.   m. — Daily   dozen   exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  re- 
port. 

1200  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

12:-..,  p.  m. — Talk  from  the  Commonwealth 
Club. 

1:30  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation  Park    of  the    baseball    game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5:30   to   6:15   p.    m. — Big  Brother's   stories. 

6:15    to   6:30   p.   m. — Big  Brother's  stories. 

6:16  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball    scores. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to  7:10  p.  m. — "Sports  on  the  Air." 

7:10  to  7:20  p.  m. — Business  and  investment 
talk. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  Adver- 
tising Club. 

9:00  tol0:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

9:10  to  9:20  p.  m. — Book  reviews. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar 
Lind    director. 

Saturday,  June   26 

7:00,  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  reports. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Matinee  program,  play  by 
play  broadcast  from  Recreation  Park  of 
the  baseball  game. 

4:30    to    5:30    p.    m. — Palace    Hotel    Orchestra, 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball   scores. 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:20  to  7:30  p.  m. — Talk  on  real  estate. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Program  by  the  U.  S.  Army 
Band. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — KFI  and  KPO  broadcast- 
ing simultaneously. 

10:00   to  12:00   p.  m. — Cabiria  Cafe  Orchestra. 


KJBS— JULIUS   BRUNTON   &  SONS  CO., 
SAN   FRANCISCO— 220 
Sunday,   June   20 

5:00   to  6:30   p.   m. — Studio   program. 

Monday,   June  21 

9:00    to    10:40  a.   m.— Vocal   and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00  to  S:45  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  "John- 
son's Radio   Band." 
8:45    to   9:00   p.   m. — KJBS  Players   under   the 

direction  of  Fred  C.  Dittmar. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m.—  Program   by   "Johnson's 

Radio  Band." 
TiiPNdny,  June  22 
9:00   to   10:40   a.   m. — Vocal   and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
Wednesday,  June  23 
B:00    to   10:40   a.    m. — Vocal   and   Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

SeleCl  Inns, 

B:00  to    L0:00  p.  m. — Surprise  Program  by  the 

Clement    street    Merchants'    Association. 
Thursday,  June  24 
9  00    to    10:40 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.   m. 

Selections, 
I'Vidny,  June  25 
9:00    i<-    10:40    a. 

Select  inns 
8:00    i<>    2:30    p. 

Select  inns. 

8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Studio    Program    by    the 

"Villa    Morel    Artists." 
9  mi   to   10  ll(1  v    m. — Program  by  the  "Favorle 

Hour    Enl  i    talni 
10:00  in   ii    10  p    m. — Regular  weekly  meeting 

Of    tin-    "Royal    Order    of    Smoked    Herring." 
SatW  day,    June    20 
9:00    in    10:40   a.    m. — Vocal    and   Instrumental 

Stelecl  lona 
2:00    to    8:30    p.    m, — Vocal    and    Instrumental 
linns. 


m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 

-Vocal  and  Instrumental 

m. — Vocal  ar.d  Instrumental 

-Vocal  and  Instrumental 


KFRC— CITY   OF    PARIS   DRY   GOODS  CO., 
SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 

Sunriny.   June    BO 

B  :S0    p.    m  —  The    Stage    and    Screen." 

3:30  to  7->0  »v  m — Concert  from  Drury  Lane, 

Hotel    Whiteomb. 
8:00  to  10:00  P-   m. — Concert  by  Bern's  Little 

Svtriph^nv   Orchestra. 
10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music. 
v„~dny.  Jure  21 

m    11*00   p.  m. — Household  Hints. 
1:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Dance  music. 
ri:Sft    to    6:16    p     m. — A.    F.    Merrell     and      his 
mp  Club. 


6:15  p.  m. — "The  Stage  and  Screen." 

6:15    to    6:45    p.    m. — Jo    Mendel    and    his    Pep 

Band. 
6:45   to  7:30  p.   m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 
8:00     to    9:00    p.    m. — Around    the    Camp-Fire 

with    Mac. 
9:00   to   9:30  p.   m. — Current  events. 
9:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — KFRC    Hawaiians. 
Tuesday,  June  22 

5:30    to    6:30    p.    m. — Mac  and  his   Gang. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The   Stage    and   Screen." 
6:30    to    7:00    p.    m. — Popular    songs    by    Fred 

McKinley. 
7:00  to   7:30   p.   m. — Goodfellow's  Ad   Period. 
8:00   to    8:30    p.    m. — Program   of  steel   guitar 

solos. 
8:30    to    9:30    p.    m. — Skit     entitled    "Anthony 

makes  his  Mark." 
9:30   to  11:30  p.   m. — Dance  music. 
Wednesday,  June  23 

10:00   to   11:00    a.   m. — Household  hints. 
4.00    to    5:00    p.   m. — Dance  music. 
5:00   to   5:30   p.   m. — Goodfellow's  Ad   Period. 
5:30    to    6:30   p.    m. — Mac   and   his   Gang. 
6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and   Screen." 
6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  by  Stanislas  Bern's 

Little    Symphony   Orchestra. 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Concert    by    Bern's    Little 

Symphony  Orchestra. 
9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 
10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music. 
Thursday,  June  24 
4:30     to     5:30     p.     m. — Dance     music     by    Jack 

Fait's    Ice   Arena  Cafe   Orchestra. 
5:30   to    6:30    p.    m. — Mac   and   his   Gang. 
6:30  p.   m. — "The  Stage   and   Screen." 
6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Harry  Rose. 
7-oa   tn   730  p,   m. — Goodfellow's  Ad  Period. 
8:00    to    8:15    p.    m. — Piano    solos    by    Cressy 

Ferra. 
S:15  to  S:30  p.  m. — Special  studio  program. 
8:30   to  10:00  p.  m. — Dance  music. 
Friday,  June  25 

4:45  to   5:30  p.  m. — Goodfellows  Ad  Period. 
5:30   to   6:30   p.  m. — Mac   and  His  Gang. 
6:30   p.  m. — "The  Stage   and  .Screen." 
6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  by  Stanislas  Bern's 

Little    Symphony   Orchestra. 
8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. —  Concert    by   Bern's    Little 

Svmphony  Orchestra. 
9:00   to    10:00   p.   m. — Studio   program. 
10:00    to   11:00   p.    m. — Dance   music. 
Sn'urdny.  June  20 

4:00  to  5:30  p.  m. — Tea  hour  concert  from  Ho- 
tel   Whiteomb. 
5:30   to  6:30  p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 
6:30   tn   7:30  p.    m. —  Dance  music   from   Drury 

Lane. 
B:0Q    p.    m.    to    1:00   a.    m. — Dance   music. 


KGTT— GLAD  TIDINGS 
FRANCISCO 
.Sunday,  June  20 
2:80  t"  8  :||(l  p.  ni. — Sundaj 
3:00  tn  5:00  p.  m. — Church 
i  mi   1 1    ]<>  nil  p,   m.— Even! 

Tuesday*    June    22 

sun  t..    10:00   p.   m. — Studio 

music. 
M  ciliicHdny,   June   23 
2:J.t  tn  3:46  p.  m. — Healing 
sim  in  10:00  p-  m. — Studio 

Thu'*dnv.    June   24 

10  p,  m. — Glad  Tl 
program. 

Pi  liny.   June   23 

s;nit  in   in  :00  p.  ni. — Studio 
music 


TEMPLE,  SAN 
—207 

■   School    lesson. 

service, 
ng   service. 

program  of  sacred 


service. 

program  of  sacred 


ding  hour.     Studio 
program  of  - 


KGO— GENERAL  ELECTRIC  CO., 
OAKLAND— 361 

Sunday.  June  20  ..«■_«. 

11:00     a.      m. — First     Congregational     Church 

service,  „  _    .    .     , 

3:;:;,)    p     m — Vesper    service,   <_>race   Cathedral. 

■    ,,     m.— Weather    Bureau    report 
7:45  p.  m. — First  Congregational  Church  ser- 
vice. 
Mnndny.  June    21  „_ 

7:16  to  7:80  a,  m. — Health  Training  Everclses. 
T   4T.    a     m.— Health    Training. 

to    S:30   a.    m — Health    Training. 
ni. — "Dally   Strength." 
11:30   a.   m.   to   1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert. 
noon — Time   Signal. 
P    m. —  Weather  Bureau  reports. 
1:30   p.   m — v    v.    Stock    r.  ports. 
1  87  p,   m. — S.  F.  Stock   rep  »rta 
1   jo    p.    m. — Weather   Bu   •   <u    reports. 

0   4 :0fl  p    m  — I  -v    Pr    ■  r.   Dlaa*st 
6:30   to  3:00  p.   m. — KGO   Kiddles'   Klub. 
6:00  to  3:66  p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 

p.    ni — News    items. 

p.  m. — Weather  Pu*-eau  report. 
7:03  p,  m, — 9    F.  Produce. 
7:14    p.    m — x    \*    Stock    reports    (closing). 
7:31    p.   m. — S    F    Stock   rep    ••ts    (closing*. 
8:00    p.   m. — Kdnca*lonal   program. 
in. — H.   G,  Hamann 

p.    m  — AbOQl    New    Pi      ks. 
S   :.n    p     m. — Harry   L.    Todd 


9:15    p.    m.— "Better   English." 

9:30   p.   m. — A.  E.  Anderson,  speaker. 

Tuesday,  June  22 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 

7:45  p.  m. — Health  Training. 

8:15    to   8:30   a.   m. — Health   Training. 

8:30  a.  m. — "Daily  Strength." 

11:30  a.  m.  to  1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon  concert. 

12:00  noon — Time  Signal. 

12:30  p.   m. — Weather   Bureau  reports. 

1:30  p.   m. — N.   Y.  Stock   reports. 

1:37  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 

1:42   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 

5:30  p.   m. — "As  a  Woman  Thinketh." 

6:00  to  6:55  p.  m. — Dinner  Concert. 

6:55   p.   m. — News   items. 

7 :03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7 :06    p.    m. — Baseball   scores. 

7  OS  p.  m. — .P.  F.  Produce. 

7:16  p.  m. — N.  Y.  Stock  reports  (closing). 

7:i"3    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing). 

8:00   to   9:00  p.   m. — Eveready  program. 

9:00    to   10:00   p.    m. — The   Pilgrim's   Hour. 

10:00   p.   m.  to   12:00   midnight — Dance   music. 

Wednesday,  June  23 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 

7:45   a.   m. — Health  Training. 

8:15   to  8:30  a.  m. — Health  Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — "Daily    Strength." 

11:30   a.    m.    to    1:00    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert. 

12:00   noon — Time  Signal. 

12:30  p.  m. — U.  S.  Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1:30    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock   reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 

1:42   p.   m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Eva  Garcia,  pianist. 

5:30    p.   m. — "For   Instance,"   General   Jackson, 

columnist. 
6:00    to    6:55    p.    m. — Dinner    concert. 
6:55   p.    m. — News   items. 
7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7:06   p.   m. — Baseball  scores. 
7:08   p.    m. — S.   F.  Produce,  Grain   Cotton   and 

Metals. 
7:16   p.   m. — N.  Y.  .Stock  reports   (closing). 
7:23  p.  m. — S.  F.   Stock  reports   (closing). 
Thursday,  June  24 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 
7:45   a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:15  to   8:30  a.  m. — Health  Training. 
8:30   a.   m. — "Daily  Strength." 
11:30   a.  m.   to    1:00   n.  m. — Luncheon   concert. 
12:00    noon — Time   Signal. 
12:80   p,   m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 
1:30  p.  m. — N.   Y.  Stock   reports. 
1:37  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 
1:42    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 
5:80    to    6:30    p.    m. — George    W.    Ludlow. 
6:56    p.   m. — News    items. 
7  03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
.  :0fl    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 
7:08  p.  m. — S    F.  Produce. 

7:16    p.    m.— N.   Y.    Stock   reports    (closing). 
7:23  p.  m. — P.  F.  Stock   reports  (closing). 
8:00    to   9:00    p     m. — Vacation    program. 
9:00  p  m.  to  12:00  midnight — Dance  music. 
Friday*  June  215 
7  15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 

m. — Health  Training. 
B    1  S    to   8:30    a.    m — Health    Training. 
B   SO    a,    m. — "Dally    Strength." 
11:10  a.   m. — Homemaklng  Talk. 
11:30  a.  m.  t<>   1:00  n.  m — Luncheon  concert. 
J?*nn    noon — Time  Signal. 
12:30   p.    m. — Weatber   Bureau    reports. 
1  ■•**    n.    m — V.    Y.    Stock    reports. 
1:37  p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports. 
1:4J   p.    m — Weather   Bureau    reports. 
J: 00   tn   i;00   p.   m. — Auction   Bridge   matinee 

00  p.  m.-KGO  Radio  Girls. 
$:00    t->   ''>:."..i    n.    i7i  — Dinner  concert, 
m — News   items. 
p,    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

m. — Baseball    scores. 
;,    m. — P.   F.    Produce. 
7:1  fi   p.    m. — N".    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing). 
p.  m. — S.  F.  Stock  reports   (closing*. 
S-'ii'dny.  Swmm  2fl 

7'1fi   t->  7:80  ».  m — Health  Training  Exercises. 
7:45   a.    m. — Health   Training. 
B:16  m. — Health    Training. 

8:80    a.    m. — "Daily    Strength." 
1   'r  a    m — Songs!  Jennings  Pierce. 
11:30  a    m.   to    1  ;on  p.   m. — Luncheon   concert 
12-nn  noon — Time  Signal. 
12-30  p.  m. — tT-  S.  Weather  Bureau  report. 
12:83    p.   m. — N.    Y.    Stock   Market   reports. 
!*•««   p     m — *s     F.    8t"cfc    Market    reports. 
8:00  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
•    'i.  to  9:00  p.  m. — P-oeram  (Oakland  studio;. 
9:^0   to  9:30  p.    m. — Philharmonic   Sod 
9:20   m   10:30  p.   m. — Concert  by  Odd  Fellows 

P^nd. 
10:30  p.  m.  to  12:30  a.  m. — Dance  music. 


KTAB—  ASSOCIATED  BROADCASTERS, 
OAKLAND— 240 

Sunday,   Jnnr   20 

l-ifi  to  10:45  a    m — Bible  Lecture. 

lion  a.  m    to  12:30  n.  m — Chu*ch  serTice. 

9:15   p.  m. — Church   service. 
1:30  to  11:00  p.  m. — Aft*r-*ervlce  Concert. 


12 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  19,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Monday,  June  21 

9:00  to  9:30  a.  ra 
E.  L.  Spaulding. 
7:00  to  7:30  p.  m.— 
8:00  to  10:00  p.  m 
Tuesday,  June  22 
9:00  to  9:30  a.  m 
7:00  to  7:30  p.  m.- 
8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. 
Wednesday,  June 
9:00  to  9:30  a.  m.— 
7:00  to  7:30  p.  m.- 
Thuisday.  June  24 
9:00  to  9:30  a.  m.- 
7:00  to  7:30  p.  m.— 
8:00  to  10:00  p.  m 
Friday,  June  25 
9:00  to  9:30  a.  m.- 
7:00  to  7:30  p.  m.- 
8:00  to  10:00  p.  m. 
Saturday.  June  20 
7:00   to  7:30  p.  m.- 


. — Prayer    Service    by    Rev. 

Shopping  Hour. 
. — Studio    program. 

. — Prayer    Service. 

—Shopping   Hour. 

— Program. 

S3 

-Prayer  Service. 

-Shopping  Hour. 

—Prayer  Service. 
-Shopping  Hour. 
. — Studio   program. 

—Player  Service. 
—Shopping  Hour. 
— Program. 

-Shopping  Hour. 


KLX— OAKLAND   TRIBUNE,   OAK- 
LAND— 503.2 
Monday*  June  21 

7-00   to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m.— Tenth  "Community  Night. 

Musicians  and  civic  leaders  of  Concord,  Cai 
9:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Protective  Order  of  Lake 

Merritt    Ducks   meeting. 
Tuesday.   June  22 
3:00  p.   m. — Baseball. 
7:00    to  7:80  p.   m. — News  broadcast 

Wednesday.  June  *-*:t 

3:00  p.  m. — Baseball. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

7-00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  b-oadcast. 

8-00   to   9:ii*i  p.  m. — Educational  program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Eleventh  "Community 
Night."  Musicians  and  civic  leaders  of  Hol- 
lister.   Cal. 

Thursday.   June   24 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

Friday,  June  25 

3:00    p.    m. — Baseball. 

7  00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

S-00  to   9:45  p.   m.— Studio   prog- am   broadcast 

through  the  courtesy  of  the  Western  Auto 
SUDPly  company. 

9:45  to  '10:30  p.  m.— Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

Saturday,  June    20 

::  ;00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7 -in.    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 


Wednesday,  June    23 

4:45  to  5:00  p.  m. — Home  Economics. 
5:00  to  ii-.Oi.i  p.  m.— Children's  Hour. 
7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program  featuiing  Esther 

White. 
8:0u   to  8:10  p.  m. — News  Items. 
8:10    to    9:10    p.    m. — Piogram    teaturing   Ann 

« : .  a  y. 
9:10    to    10:10    p.    m. — The    International    Trio- 

Medley. 
10:10   to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
I'liu   niIiij.  June  24) 

6:00  to  7:00   p.   m. —  Pontiac  Six  Dinner  Hour. 
7:i  0    i"    7:30  p.   m. — Progiam   featuring   Peggy 

Mathewa 
8:00    to   8:10   p.    m. — News  Items. 
•    10  to  9:10  i>.  m. —  Progiam,  Hawaiian  Trio.      - 
9:10    to    10:10    p.    m. — Esther    White,    popular 

songs. 
10:10   to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 
Pi  iday.  June  25 

6  00    to    7:C0    p.    m.— Pontine  Six   Dinner  Hour. 
7;3fl    to    B:f0    p.    m. — Program    featuring  Jean 

Raymond. 

8:00  to  8:10  p.  m. — News  Items. 

E:10  to  9:10  p.  m. — Piog.am  featuring  Flo- 
rence Holbrook. 

9:10  to  10:10  p.  m. — Program  featuring  June 
Parker. 

10:10   to  11*00  p    m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 

Saturday.  June   20 

I   to    7:00  p.  m. — Pontiac  Six  Dinner  Hour. 

7  ;n    to    8:00    p.    m. — Program    featuring    Bill 

Lo*9:00    p.    m.— Program    featuring    June 
Parker,  blues  singer. 
9:00   to  10:00  p.  m. — Julius  H.  Phillips,  tenor. 
in  on   to  11:00   p.   m. — Warner   Bros.    Frolic. 


KFUS— GOSPEL   RADIO,  OAKLAND— 256 
Sunday,    June    20 

9:00   a.    m. — Sunday  School   Lesson. 

Monday.   June  21 

10:00    a.    m. — Fellowship    hour. 

6:00    p.    m. — Children's    Bible    Story    hour. 

6:45    p.    m. — Bible    reading. 

7:00   p,   m. — Vesper  Service. 

Tuesday,  June   22 

v  00   p,   m. — KFUS  Orchestra. 

Wednesday,   June    2.'t 

10-00    a.    m. — Fellowship    Hour. 

p,    m_ Children's    Bible   .Story   Hour. 
6:45   p.  m. — Bible  reading. 
7:00  p.  m — Vesper  Service. 

Friday,   June    25 

10:00  a.  m. — Fellowship  Hour. 

G    10    ,,     m. — Children's    Bible   Story   Hour. 

7.00    p.    m. — Vesper    Service. 

8:0l    p.  m.— One  hour  of  sacred  song. 

Saturday,  June   2«  .„,,_.■ 

Hj-30  a.  m. — One  hour  of  Children  s  broad- 
casting. ...        T-* 

6;3Q  p.  m. — Regular  radiocast  of  the  Down 
Town   Mission. 


KFWB- WARNER    BROS.,   HOLLY- 
WOOD—252 
Sunday,    June    20 

9:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — June  Parker,  blues  sing- 
er;   Bill  Blake,  tenor. 
Monday,   June  21 

4-4.n   to  5:00  p.  m. — Home  Economics. 

5  00    to    6:00    p.    m. — Child-en's    Hour. 

6:00   to  7:00   p.    m. — Pontiac   Six    Dinner  Hour. 

7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program,  featuring  June 
Parker. 

8:00    to    8:10    p.    m. — News   Items. 

8:10  to  9:10  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Peggy 
Mathews. 

9:10  to  10:10  p.  m. — Program,  featuring  Es- 
ther  White. 

10:10  to  11:00  p.   m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 

Tuesday.  June  22 

4:45    to    5:00   p.    m. — Fnmp    Economics. 

5:00  to   6:00   p.-  m. — Child-en's  Hon-. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Peggy 
Mathews. 

7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program  featuring  June 
Parker. 

8:00    to    8:10   p.    m.— News   Items. 

8:10  to  9:10  p.  m. — Bill  Hatch  and  his  Or- 
chestra. 

9:10   to  10:10  p.  m. — Program.  Hawaiian   Trio. 

10:10   to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.   Frolic. 


KFI— EARLE    C.   ANTHONY,    INC., 

LOS  ANGELES — 467 

(Copyright   1925  by  Earle  C.  Anthony.  Inc.) 

Sunday,  June  20 

10:00  a.   ni. — Mo  nlng  Services. 

11 :00  a.  m. — Services  by  Temple  Baptist 
Church. 

I  M..    p,   m. — Vesper  Services. 

6:30  p.   m, — KFI  Nightly   Doings. 

6:45    p.    m. — Music   Appreciation   Chat. 

7:00    p.    m. — Popular   program. 

7     n   ]>.   m. — .Mm.  Jack  and  .lean  Trio. 

8:00  p.   m. — Aeolian  Organ    Recital. 

9:00    p.   m. — Badger's   Hollywood   Californians. 

10:00    p.    m. — Packard   Six   Orchestra. 

Monday,    June  21 

6:45    to    7:0D    a.    m. — Health   Training. 

7:16  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health   Tiaining. 

7:->5  to  8:00  a.  m. — Health   Training. 

son  to  8:30  <i    m — Daily  Strength. 

5:30  r>.  m. — Va-Sity  Kamblers,  direction  of 
Wallace   Dishman. 

6:00   p.    m. —  KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

i;i.-    p.   m. — KFI    Radio  Travel    Guide. 

6:30  p.  n\ — Glo- la  Gat e woo d,  whistler.  Eu- 
genia Whisenaut. 

i:  ■.-    ,,.    m.~  George    Wilder   Cartwright. 

7  (iii  p  m. — Owen  F.nl'on  nnd  his  Californians. 
mi    p.    m.  — Montebello    Ch<  ral    Club. 

9:00  p.  m.— P  op: ram  hv  Walter  M  Murphy 
Motors  Co.  Olga  Steffanl.  contralto  Broad- 
rasl    Blmul*anPOusly   by   KFI   and    K"P  ' 

10:00   p.  m. — Program   by  Meikleiohn   Bros. 
Tuesday.  June  22 

B:45  to  7:00  a,  m. — Health  Training. 
t  15  to  7  80  a.  m. — Hea'th  Training. 
7:45    to    f   00    a.    m. — Health    T-aining. 

BO    to    I   30   a.  m. — Daily   Strength. 
5:30     p      in  — I'.'nnV'-'vmis    p,  i  llroom     Orchestra. 

p  do    p    ,,,_!■  i.-i    Nightly  Doings 

,i-,    p     m. —  KFI    Padio    Travel    fliiMe. 

6:30  p,  m. — Simmers  and  Colburn,  Adie  Luclen, 

yodeler. 
G      "      p       in— "Human      Nature      Around      the 

Wo-ld." 
7  00   p.    m. — Virginia  Ballroom  Orchestra. 
ft:00   p.   m. — Screen   Artists*   Quartet. 
9:00  p.  m. — Composers'  Series  No.  4.     Heinrich 

T-nd'er. 
10:00  p.  m. — Packard  Radio  Club. 

Wprtncsilry,  June   -'*• 
P-J5   to    Too   ;,.    m — Health   Training. 
7  1".   to    7  80   a.    m. — Hralth   Train'ng. 
7:'n    to    8:00    a,    m. — Health    Training. 
•    DO  to  8:30  a.  m. — Daily  Strength. 
;     n    p     m — r>on    Wa-npr*s  O-chestra. 
p:on   p.   m. — KFl   Nfghtly   Doings. 
c  i -,   p    m. — KFI   n«dio  Travel  Guide. 
P:30    p.    m. — r>on   Warner's   Orchestia. 
C-T.   p.   m.— F.   C.    D.  Prlc  -. 
7-00    p.    m. — Popular    P-ogr-am. 
7:80  p.  m. — Nick  Hair's.     TWective  Stories. 
8:01   p.   rn. — Program   hv  Cnllforn'a   Petroleum 
Co  poration    of    California.      Paul    Roberts. 
tenor. 
9:00  p.   m. — Pat   O'Neal,  baritone. 

in  no    p     m. — Prcgram    arranged    by    Charles 

Peat'chairp. 
Thnndoy,  June  24 

1       "    to    7*00    a.    m. — Health    T>aln'ng. 

7:15    to    7:30    a.   m. — Health   T**ain'ng. 

7*«fi    to   R:00   a,    m. — W>arth   Training. 
01    to  R'SO  a.   m. — Pnilv  Strength. 

12-10  to  1 2 : r- n  n   m  — Ch-fstian  Science  Lecture. 

5:30  p.   m. — Hollywood   Footlifters. 


6:00   p.    m. — KFI   Nightly   Doings. 

6:16   KFI    Radio   Travel   Guid3. 

6:30  p.  m. — Hollywood  Footlifters. 

6:45    p.    m. —  KFI    Radiotorial    Pe   iod. 

7:00   p.   m. — Program   by  University  of   South- 

ei  n    California. 
8:00   p.   m. — Kanner   Trio. 

9:00    p.    m. —  Progiam    of    Hawaiian    music. 
10:00   p.   m. — Pati  ick -Marsh   orchestra. 
Fifdny.  June  25 

6:45    to   7:00   a.   m. — Hea'th   Training. 
7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training. 
7:46    to   S:00  a.   m. — Health   Training. 
8:00   to   8:30   a.    m. — Daily   Strength. 
5:30    p.     m. — Program    arranged    by    Eugene 

Biscailuz. 
6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 
6:15   p.    m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 
— Be  mice    Brown. 
-Burr  Mcintosh.  "Cheerful   Phlloso- 


m. — Old  Time's  Program. 
i.— Felipe  Delgado.     Media  Hora  Es- 


6:80    p. 
6:45  p. 

pht-r. 
7:0n  p. 
i      Q    p 

panola. 
8:00    p.    in. — Aeolian   Organ   recital. 

m. — Evelyn    Ford,  soprano. 

i p,   m. — Packard   Ballad  Hour. 

Batui  ilay.  June  2C 

6:45    to    7:00   a.    m, — Health   Training. 

7:15  to   7:30   p.    m. — Health  Training, 

7:45    to    8:00   a.    m.— Health    Tiaining. 

8:00   to   8:30   a.   m.— Daily  Strength. 

5:80    p.    m — Shelley    Players"   Orchestra,    with 

M.n  ta    Evarts, 
6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 
6:16   p,   m.  —  KFI   Radio  Travel  Guide. 
6:30  p.  m. — Garnet  Davis,  Marguerite  Truxler. 
6:45   p.   m. — KFI   Radiotor'al  Period 
7:00  p.  m. — Al   Wesson  and  his  Orchestra, 
8:00   p.  m. — Gertrude  Randram,  sopiano. 
9  '"    i     in.  —  Program  piesented  by  Associated 

Packard    Dealers    of   Califoi  nia.      Elsa    Z.-- 

linda   Foley. 
11:00   p.   m. — KFI    Midnight   Frolic. 


KNX— L.    A.    EVENING    EXPRESS 
LOS  ANGELES— 337 
Daily   Exeept    Sunday. 

7:30   a.   m. — KNX    Morning   Gym. 
8:00    a.    m. — Inspirational    talk    and    morning 
prayer. 

a,    m. — Time   signals. 
9:00    a.    m. — -Radio    Shopping   News. 

i" a.   m. — The   Day's  Morning  Message. 

10:30    a.    m. — Household    Economics    Dept 
L2  DO   m. — Arcade  Cafete-la  Orchestra. 

1    '"     p.    m — The    Book    Wotti. 

iv   m. — Market    Reports. 
5:S0  p.  m. — Arcade  Cafete~i<t  Orchestra. 
6:00    p.    in. — The  Town   Tattler. 
i    is    p.   ni. — W.    F.   Alder   Travelogue. 
C:30  p.  m. — At  water   Kent  orchestra. 

Sundry,  June  20 

1000  ;>.  ni. — 1st  Presbyterian  Church  of  Holly- 
wood. 

2:00   to    1:00   n.   m — Musical  program. 

4:30    p.    m. — Cinema    chat. 

6:30    p.    m. — Fist    Unitarian    Chu-ch. 

i   oo   p,  m. — Circle  Theater  Symphony. 

8:00  p.  m.— is-  Presbyterian  Church  of  Holly- 
wood. 

9:on    p.    m. — Courtesy   program. 

Monday,  June  2t 

3:00  j'.   ni. — Little  Jean. 

1:00   p,    m. — Housebo'd  hints. 
i     m. — Blue  Monday  Frolic. 
1    p.   m. — Courtesy   p-og-am. 

6:00   p.   m. — <  Courtesy  prcgram. 

1    00    ]>.   m — Court«-.sy   program, 

' p.  m. — Goodrich  Silvertown  Cord  or- 
chestra. 

1  i  :00    p.    in. — Hotel    Ambassador. 

Tiicjtdn.v,   JiJiie    1*2 

:    III     p,    m. —  Mothers'    Hour. 

70<i   p.   m. — Courtesy   program. 

I    >5   p.  m — Talk  on  Health. 

B*O0    p.    m. — Cou- 1> "sy    p-fi^-am. 

9  00    p.    m. — Courtesy    program. 

10:00   p.  m. — Hotel    Ambassador  orchestra. 

\\("lll<M«Iav,   June   2.T 

4:00  !».  m. — Talk  on  care  of  children. 

7:00   p.    m. — Feature    Program. 

viiii   p.  ni. — Courtesy  program. 

3  :o  i    p.    m. —  Courtesy    program. 

p,    m. — Feature  P-ogram. 

11:00  p.  m. — Hotel  Ambassador  Orchestra. 

Thursday,  June  24 

U:00   a.   m.— Nature  talk. 

7:00    p.    m. — Court*  sy    prcgram. 

S-fl0    p.    m. — Courtesy    program. 

3:00    to    10:00   p.    m. — Courtesy  program. 

ift-ftft   n.  ni — Feature   p-oeram. 

11:00   p.   m. — Hotel  Ambassador  Orchestra. 

F*  fdny,  June   2" 

10:T0  a.  in. — "Proper  Foods  and  How  to  Pre- 
pare  them." 

? -on  p.  m. — Womens*   Clubs  musical  program. 

7:''n  p.  m. — Feature  program. 

■  ■'  0     p.     m. — ^ou-tosv    n-og-am. 

9*fl0   p.   m. — Courtesy  program. 

1  fi  ihi  p.  rn  — R-n-dr^pMng  ,ue  main  Event 
f-nm    Hollywood    Legion    Stadium. 

11:00   p.   ni. — Hotel    Ambassador    Orchestra. 


June  19,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Saturday,  June  2(1 

3:00  p.   m. — Town   Crier  of  the  Day. 

4:45   p.   m. — Joyce  Coad, 

7:00   p.    m. — Stoiies    of   insect   life. 

7:15  p.  m. — Announcement  of  Sunday  services. 

7:30    p.   m. — Feature    program. 

8:00  p.  m. —  Courtesy  progiam. 

9:00  p.   m, — Feature   program. 

10:00    p.    m. — Hotel    Ambassador   Orchestra. 

11:00  p.   m. — KNX  Hollywood  Night. 


KGW— MORNING  OREGONIAN,  PORT- 
LAND—491.5 
Sunday,  June  20 

10:25    to    12:00    noon —   Morning"    services. 

7:30   to    9:00    p.   m. — Evening-   services. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m.— Concert,  weather  reports 
and  baseball   scores. 

Momlity,  June  21 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30   to   1:30   p.   m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert;  baseball 
scores 

7:3f>  to  7:45  n.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice  reports. 

8:00   to  9:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Vaudeville  entertainment. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music. 

Tuesday,   June   22 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household    helps. 

13:30   to   1:30  p.   m. — Concert. 

2:00   to   2:30  p.   m. — Women's  Matinee. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice reports. 

S:00   to   10:no  p.  m. — Educational  program. 

10:00    to    12:00    p.    m. — Dance    music. 

ViMlm'Nclny,    June    2.1 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household    helps. 

12:30    to    1:30   p.    m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  baseball 
scores 

7:::i>  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
llen   reports. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  of  vocal  and  in- 
strumental  music. 

9:00  lo  9:20  p.  m. — Travelogue,  "Around  the 
World." 

i  hu  i\niI:i>  .  June  24 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30   l"   1:30   p.  m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  ]>.  m. — Dinner  concert,  baseball 
scores. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and  mar- 
It  it    reports. 

7:46  t"  8=00  p.  ra. — Lecture. 

s:ni   to   10:00   p.    m. — Vaudeville   program. 

lo.oo  i2:un  p.  ni. — Dance  music. 

rrtlny.    June    '2T> 

10:00    to    11:30    a.    m, — Women  s    daily    dozen, 

music,   weather   report. 
1 2  30    i"    l  :80   p.    m. — Concert 
2:00  to  8:00  p.  m, — Women's  Matinee. 
n:00   to   7:00    p.    m — Dinner   concert    baseball 

SCOI  63. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and  mar- 
ket   reports. 

7:46    to    8  on    p,    m. — Talk. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concerl  of  Vocal  nod  In- 
strumental   Music.  ,  . 

8:00  t<>  10:30  p.  m, — Concert  of  Vocal  and  In- 
st -  umental  music. 

in  so  to  midnight-  -Weekly  frolic  of  the  Keep 
Growl  ng  VP  Iser  I  h  der  o1   Hoot  <  'wis. 

SiiOi-iliiy,  Jane  -,; 
0:0!     to    11:30    a.    m. — Music,    weather    r<-p«>rt, 
household    helps, 

I  j   30    to    1    30    P.    i". — Concert. 

P   ni   to    7  00    l».    m. — Cone  -  I 

i |  to   12:00  p.   m. — nance  music. 


KJR- 


-NORTHWEST   RADIO   SERVICE  CO- 
SEATTLE— 384.4 

Sunday*  Juno  -*> 

i  i  mi   to  12  :00  p,   m      i  "ii  m  ''ii  services, 

;  ■  i  ;>   to  8  :O0  p.   m.— <  krgan   i  • 

-    mi    i ,,   'j   ig   p    ni.  — K\    nil  n  Ices. 

9:16  to  10:45  p.  i"  ra  under  direction 

of  Henry  Damskt. 
iionHnj,  Jane  -i 

ii  so  to  m.— Post  Intelllg-encer  talk. 

18:00    ni   —  Time    Signals. 
;,  io  to  8:00  p    m.— New  York  stock  Est  b 
06  p.  in.  —  Baseball   bcoi 
1  ■'    p.    m. — Weather    reports. 
00  p.  m. — Post  Intelligencer  studio 
p  ogTam. 

p     m. — Time    Signals. 
Tucnday*   .June    '2'2 

0  to  18:00  m. — Post  Intelligencer  talk. 
0    m.— Time    Signals. 

i0  p.   m, — Musical  program. 
iv  m  — New  fork  :iange. 

p,  m. — Time  Signal  a 

"•   p.   m. — Baseball    scores. 
1   p.   m.— Weather   reporta 
00    p.    m. — Orchestra     directed    by 
Henri    Pamski. 

p.    m. — Time   Signals 


10:00   to   11:00  p.   m. — Studio   program. 
Wednesday,    June   23 

11:30   to   12:00  p.   m. — Post  Intelligencer  talk, 

12:00  m. — Time  Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — New  York  Stock  Exchange. 

6:00   p.  m. — Time   Signals. 

6:00   to  6:05   p.   m. — Baseball  scores. 

6:05    to   6:10    p.    m. — Weather   leports. 

7:30    to    8:30    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

8:30    to   10:00   p.    m. — Studio   program. 

10:00    p.    m. — Time    Signals. 

10:00   to    11:00   p.    m. — Studio   program. 

Thursday,  June  24 

11:30  to  12:00   m. — Post  Intelligencer  talk. 

12:00    m, — Time    Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — New  York  Stock  Exchange. 

6:00   p.   m. — Time  Signals. 

6:00   to   6:05  p.   m. — Baseball   scores. 

6:05    to    6:10    p.    m. — Weather  reports. 

8:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — Orchestra    directed    by 

Henri   Damski. 
10:00   p.   m. — lime  Signals. 
10:00   to   10:30   p.    m. — Musical    program. 
10:30    to    12:00   p.   m. — Weekly   meeting  of   the 

"Keep    Joy    Radiating    Order    of    Bats." 
I*'* -May,  June  2S 

11:30   to  12:00  m. — 'Post  Intelligencer  talk. 
12:00   m. — Time  Signals. 
3:00    to   4:00    p.   m. — Musical   Program. 
5:J0  to  6:00  p   m. — New  York  Stock  Exchange. 
6:00   p.    m. — Time    Signals. 
6:00    to    6:05    p.    m. — Baseball   scores. 
6:05    to    6:10    p.    m. — Weather    reports. 
8:20  to  10:00  p.  m. — Post  Intelligencer  .Studio 

Program. 
10:00    p.    m. — Time    Signals. 
10:00   to   11:00   p.   m. — Studio   program. 
Saturday,  June  2« 

11:30   to   12:00  m. — Post  Intelligencer  talk. 
1200   m. — Time  Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p    m.— New  York  Stock  Exchange. 
R:00   p.   m. — Time   Signals. 
i;:0o  to  6:05  p.  m. — Baseball  scores. 
rn",    to    6:10    p.    m. — Weather   reports. 
8:30    i"   10:00   p.   m.—  Studio  program. 
1  o  ;00    p.    m. — Time    Signals. 


KOA— GENERAL  ELECTRIC,  DENVER 
— 322.4 — (Mountain   Time) 

Sunday*  June  20 

11  :)iii  a.   m. — Service  of  Montview  Presbyteri- 
an church.  , 

fi:30  p.  m. — Studio  concert  by  KOA  choristers. 

S:oo   p.    m. — Open-air  concert,   Denver  munici- 
pal band. 

Monday*  June  21 

11:45     a.     m. — Wrather,    road     reports,     stock, 
markets,  livestock  and  produce. 

12:16    p.    m. — Organ   recital   by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. 

6 .00    ,,     m — st    cks,    mark"ts.    livestock,    pro- 
duce   and    news   bulletins. 

p,    ni. — Dlnnner    concert,    Brown    Palace 
£M  ring  orchest'  a. 

;   30    p.    m. — Sandman's    hour. 

v  mm    p     ni  -    i  I    prnpram. 

v    l",   i-    m. — Studio  progiam. 

TiM'-iilti*  —  .linn*    -- 

]  ,    t;,    ;|      m. — Weather,    road    reports,    stocks. 
markets,  livestock  and  produce. 

12:16  p.   in. — Organ   recital,  by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. „ 

m. — Organ   recital    by    Clarence   Rey- 

usewives. 
1:00    p.   m. — Culinary   hints. 
1:16  p.  ra. — Fashion  review. 

6:00    p.    m — -Storks,    markets,    livestock,    pro- 
duce  and   news   bulletins. 

p      in.  —  Pinner    concert.    Brown     Palace 
3tHng    orchestra. 

.     m. — Fai  ni  Question  box. 
\\  i  dneadayi  Junr  2:1 

U:4B    a,    m, — Weather,    road    reports,    stocks, 
markets,    livestock    and    produce. 

n   recital    by  Clarence   Rey- 
nolds. 

,.s.    ma-kets,    livestock,    pro- 
duce   and    news    bulletins. 

g ■■■:  p   m.— National  Farm  Radio  Council  talk. 
6:30     p.    m. — Dinner    concert.    Brown    Palace 
Sti  ing  orchestra. 

m. — Book    of    Knowledge. 
m. — Instrumental  program. 
8:16   p     m.  —  Studio   program. 
Thursday,  Juno  24 
11:46    a.    m. — Weather,    road    reports,    stocks. 

markets,    livestock    and    produce. 
11:16   o.   m. — Organ   recital   by  Clarence   Rey- 
nolds. 

p.    ni. — Vatlnee   for    housewives. 
1:00   p.   m. — Culinary  hints. 
1:16   p.   m. — Fashion    r- 

6:00   p.    m  - — Stccks,    m.i-kets.    livestock,    pro- 
and   news  bulletins. 
m. —  Dinner    concert.    Brown    Palace 
St<  ing    o«  ch°stra- 
1-    May,  .Innr  2% 
11:4.%    a      ni. — Weather,    road    reports,    stocks, 

markets,    livestock   and    prodi'ce. 
12:1S   n.   m.- — Organ   recital   by  Clarence   Rey- 

;>    m. — Matinee   for    housewives. 
1:00   p.   m. — Culinary  hints. 


4:15    p.    m. — Fashion    review. 

6:00  p.  m. — .Stocks,  markets,  livestock,  pro- 
duce and  news  bulletins. 

6:30  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Brown  Palace 
St  1  ing-  ci  chestra. 

7:30  p.  m. — Preview  of  International  Sunday 
school  lesson. 

S:00  p.  m. — Open-air  concert,  Denver  muni- 
cipal band. 

Saturday,  June  20 

11:45  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets  and  livestock. 

12:15  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. 


A  New  One 

A  new  six-tube  neutrodyne  set  has 
been  introduced  by  the  Stromberg- 
Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing 
Company. 

There  are  two  models,  one  known  as 
the  "Treasure  Chest  Universal  Type," 
and  the  other  is  a  console.  The  out- 
ward appearance  and  fundamental  de- 
sign of  the  interior  is  practically  the 
same  as  the  1925  models,  placed  on  the 
market  last  Fall. 

The  changes  are  in  the  form  of  re- 
finements which  allow  the  use  of  an 
indoor  loop  or  outdoor  antenna;  any 
semi-power  or  power  tube ;  any  kind  of 
current  supply  and  any  kind  of  power 
ouput  equipment.  Binding  posts  are 
provided  for  loop  connections,  and  a 
switch  is  provided  so  that  the  operator 
can  quickly  change  from  loop  to  out- 
door antenna.  A  power  switching  re- 
lay, inserted  in  the  wiring  arrangement 
of  the  "A"  and  "B"  socket  power,  turns 
these  units  on  and  off  automatically  as 
the  battery  switch  on  the  front  panel 
is  turned  on  and  off. 

*  *     * 

The  United  States  Patent  Office  has 
awarded  the  Daven  Radio  Corporation. 
Newark,  N.  J.,  a  patent  covering  the 
Leakandenser,  a  product  which  com- 
bines the  grid  resistor  and  grid  con- 
denser designed  to  save  four  opera- 
tions in  set  building.  It  is  used  on  the 
detector  tube. 

*  *     * 

At  Paul  Elder's 

The  set  of  thirty-five  etch:ngs  of  the 
\mcrican  Desert  by  George  Elbert  Burr, 
now  on  exhibition  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gal- 
lery, is  creating  a  ^reat  deal  of  interest, 
nol  ■  nly  from  those  who  have  seen  an'l 
travelei  in  ihe  desert  but  from  art  col- 
lectors and  connoisseurs  as  well.  Each 
print  emphasizes  a  particular  theme,  the 
verier  composing  an  impression  of  some 
r/na?e  of  the  far  reaching  desert  of  the 
Southwest — wind  and  cloud  and  contend- 
ing storms  and  the  struggle  of  vegetation. 
Mr.  Burr's  work  is  represented  in  all  of 
the  principal  galleries  and  museums  in 
the  United  States,  and  the  Luxembourg, 
Paris,  has  recently  purchased  six  of  his 
most  characteristic  etchings. 

The  El  ler  Gallery  is  also  showing  a 
collection  of  aquatints  by  Miss  Beatrice 
S.  Levy,  of  Chicago,  and  of  lithographs 
by  Birger  Sandzen.  of  Bethany  College, 
Kansas- 


14 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  19,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 

impromptu  fun,  songs,  music  and  come- 
dy gags. 

A  second  featured  act  on  the  bill  is 
that  of  William  Demarest  and  Estelle 
Collette.  Miss  Collette  is  a  talented 
violinist  and  Demarest  a  cellist,  but  a 
surprise  comedy  angle  puts  the  act 
over. 

Miss  Sarah  Padden,  the  dramatic  ar- 
tist who  has  recently  played  San  Fran- 
cisco as  the  star  of  several  legitimate 
plavs  comes  to  the  Golden  Gate  in  a 
revival  of  the  great  vaudeville  playlet 
"The  Clod."  It  was  this  playlet  that 
first  established  Miss  Padden  as  a  star. 
She  is  supported  by  a  company  of  five. 

Harry  Hines,  mono'ogist  and  song- 
ster is  known  as  the  "58th  variety."  He 
is  a  former  musical  comedy  favorite 
who  has  found  vaudeville  much  to  his 
liking. 

Paul  Gordon,  de  luxe  artist  of  the 
tight  wire,  will  offer  a  sensational  wire 
act. 

The  picture  feature  for  the  week  is 
"Her  Second  Chance,"  a  sensational 
drama  of  the  racing  game  featuring 
Anna  Q.  Nilsson,  Huntly  Gordon  and 
Charles  Murray.  Lambert  Hillyer  di- 
rected the  story  for  First  National.  The 
usual  shon  film  features  and  music  by 
Grace  Rollins  Hunt,  organist;  and 
Claude  Sweeten's  Golden  Gate  orches- 
tra complete  the  bill. 


Granada 

Reginald  Denny,  starring  in  "Rolling 
Home"  one  of  his  liveliest  comedy 
dramas,  will  be  on  the  screen  at  the 
Granada  theater  beginning  June  19 
with  Marian  Nixon  playing  opposite. 

This  picture  is  rated  as  even  funnier 
than  his  other  hilarious  triumphs,  "I'll 
Show  You  the  Town."  "Where  Was 
I.'"  or.  even,  that  recent  laugh  promot- 
er of  his,  "What  Happened  to  Jones." 

Denny  takes  the  part  of  the  young 
man  who  has  been  buffing  his  own 
home  town  in  thinking  that  he  is  a  mil- 
lionaire and  naturallv  has  to  live  up 
to  his  reputation.  His  many  difficul- 
ties in  maintaining  the  financial  status 
and  the  social  prominence  attendant  on 
such  wealth  provide  many  laughable 
situations.  The  popular  comedian  car- 
ries the  "bluff"  through  and  makes 
friends  as  he  goes  along  his  precarious 
way; 

The  stage  act  will  feature  a  group  of 
juvenile  performers  and  there  will  be 
a  novelty  show  of  the  Children's  News- 
reel"  and  a  "Children's  Topical  Di- 
gest." 

(Continued  on  Page  19) 


FROM  BRIGHTER  PENS 
THAN  OURS 


Of  course  the  Constitution  protects 
free  speech,  but  only  the  great  American 
sense  of  tolerance  protects  free  verse. — 
Beloit  News. 

*  *     * 

An  English  father  says  that  girls  cause 
less  anxiety  than  boys.  Maybe  to  their 
parents. — American  Lumberman  (Chi- 
cago). 

*  *     * 

Election  returns  teach  us  that  virtue 
triumphs  if  it  has  a  fat  campaign  fund 
and  a  darned  good  organization. — Van- 
couver Sun. 

*  *     * 

Sweden's  royal  visitors  had  their  first 
opportunity  to  display  rare  tact  when 
they  were  taken  to  look  over  Congress. — 
Indianapolis  Star. 

*  *     * 

Usually  you  can  tell  by  the  energy  a 
man  applies  to  a  spade  whether  his  mind 
is  occupied  with  vegetables  or  bait. — 
Nelson   (B.  C.)   News. 

*  *     * 

We  shudder  to  think  what  scientists 
would  reconstruct  if  ihey  should  dig  up 
some  well-known  skulls  of  this  age. — 
West  Palm  Beach  Post. 


A  Raleigh  paper  speaks  of  Jules  Verne's 
masterpiece.  "Around  the  World  in  Thir- 
ty Days."  It  must  be  one  of  the  later 
e  litions. — Detroit  News. 

*     *     * 

Friend  of  Jack  Dempsey's.  on  the  Fran- 
conia,  says  Jack  is  unbeatable.  He  is  as 
long  as  he  s'icks  to  his  present  ring  tac- 
tics.— Honolulu  Star-Bulletin. 


"What,"  queries  the  fashion  depart- 
ment of  the  Omaha  Bee.  "has  become  of 
the  old-fashioned  sash  ?"  It  still  abounds, 
dearie,  only  nowadays  it  is  called  a  skirt. 
—New  York  World". 


Agreement  on  the  partition  of  Tacna- 
Arica  by  Chile,  Peru  and  Bolivia  is  said 
to  have  been  reached  "in  principle."  An- 
other forty  years,  and  something  may  be 
done  about  it. — Boston  Transcript. 


State's  rights  is  that  celebrated  doc- 
trine to  which  the  Senator  will  pledge  his 
unrlying  r'evo'ion  as  soon  as  the  Govern- 
ment dredges  a  couple  of  creeks  back 
home. — Detroit  News. 


Our  public  life  would  be  more  inspir- 
ing if  running  for  office  were  not  usually 
synonymous  with  running  from  issues. — 
Norfolk  Virginian-Pilot. 


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TRAVEL  TID-BITS 

By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

DEAUVILLE,  FRANCE 

Of  all  the  French  seaside  places,  Deauville  can  justly  lay 
claim  to  the  grandest  titles  of  nobility.  The  outcome  of  a 
whim  of  the  Due  de  Morny,  this  resort  came  in'o  existence  in 
the  year  1865  and  today  its  name  is  universally  known  in 
fashionable  society. 

It  is  the  pearl  in  that  beauti  fill  casket  known  as  the  "Cor- 
r.iche  Normande"  by  reason  of  its  comparatively  short  dis- 
tance from  Paris,  its  long  line  of  golden  sands  set  in  a  back- 
ground of  villas  built  in  a  pretty  and  graceful  style,  its  luxuri- 
ous hotels  which  stand  in  a  ring  of  verdure  and  flowers,  and 
the  wide  spacious  streets  of  the  town. 

Not  only  is  Deauville  particularly  favored  from  the  point 
of  view  of  the  usual  round  of  attractions,  including  sport  in  its 
many  forms  even  to  horse  racing,  but  it  has  the  additional  ad- 
vantage of  being  within  a  stone's  throw  of  idyllic  scenery 
where  many  quiet,  restful  walks  can  be  taken. 

From  July  to  September,  it  is  the  rendezvous  of  a  brilliant 
group  of  society  who  go  there  in  search  of  tonic  air  and  goo  1 
health. 

The  Casino 

Facing  the  sea,  and  separated  from  it  by  a  barrier  of  flower- 
beds, the  Casino  looms  upwards,  a  vision  of  dazzling  white- 
ness, its  quiet,  harmonious  outline  vividly  recalling  Trianon. 
In  the  setting  out  of  the  inferior,  meticulous  care  lias  been  given 
to  every  detail  so  that  nothing  mars  the  general  effect  of  beauty. 
The  Grand  Central  Hall  lilted  with  a  miniature  stage,  the  the- 
ater decorated  in  gold  and  upholsered  in  Jouy  cloth,  the 
Ambassadors'  Room  where  the  simple  note  of  the  decoration 
is  strongly  reminiscent  of  the  concert  halls  which  existed  in 
the  Champs  Elysees  during  the  XIX  century  and  the  restaur- 
ant famous  for  the  excellence  of  the  cuisine  and  the  service,  all 
seem  to  have  been  designed  to  delight  the  eye  and  the  mind. 

The  afternoon  concerts,  the  theatrical  productions,  the  so- 
ciety gatherings  and  the  never-ending  round  of  fetes  have  a 
particular  stamp  of  their  own  at  Deauville.  Ami  there  is  not 
an  artist,  beloved  of  the  public,  who  does  not  seek  the  applause 
of  Deauville  as  the  culminating  point  of  his  career. 
The  Racing  Events 

The  Deauville  races  are  the  most  important  events  in  the 
provincial  racing  calcn  lar  not  only  on  account  of  the  excel- 
lence of  the  sport  provided  hut  also  because  of  the  large  num- 
ber of  entries.  Out  of  the  twenty  meetings  arranged  during 
the  season,  thirteen  flat  races  are  run  on  the  Touques  race 
course,  the  Croix-Brisee  course  being  specially  devoted  to 
steeple-chasing.  The  various  stakes  offered  amount  to  two 
million   francs. 

Realizing  that  the  development  of  this  sporting  center  would 
react  advantageously  on  the  French  horse-breeding  industry, 
the  Societe  d'Encouragement  and  the  Racing  Commit  ee  of  the 
Auge  Valley  give  their  generous  support  to  the  Deauville  Races. 
The  brilliancy  of  the  meetings  is  enhanced  by  several  import- 
ant international  competitions  and  by  the  sale  of  yearling-  from 
the  best  French  sir,  Is, 

The  Golf  Links 

The  links  are  situate  1  on  the  site  of  the  old  dunes  between 

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or  by  road.  There  is  a  frequent  daily  service  of  fast  trains, 
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Finance 


THE  Southern  Pacific  estimates  its  yearly  expenditure 
in  paper,  at  $508,000  per  year.  In  fact  that  was  its  last 
year's  bill.  During  the  same  period  it  bought  364,425  pen- 
cils. There  is  a  constant  effort  on  the  part  of  the  companj 
to  deal  with  the  question  of  stationery  supplies  and  to  re- 
duce expenditure.  Nothing  is  allowed  to  be  thrown  away 
which  can  have  the  least  utility  value. 

— There  seems  to  be  no  doubt  that  the  mine  capacity  of 
the  world  at  present  is  in  excess  of  consumption,  in  the 
mining  industry.  The  German  Chancellor  stated  that  the 
world's  productive  capacity  was  240.000,000  tons  in  excess 
of  the  world's  ability  to  consume.  The  effect  of  the  British 
subsidy  was  to  diminish  the  German  employment  in  mines 
and  if  continued  would  have  lei  to  a  governmental  subsi  Ij  in 
Germany  with  nobody  knows  what  effect  on  the  operation 
of  the  Dawes  Plan. 

*  *     * 

— Extension  for  one  year  of  the  time  for  conversion  of 
term  insurance  issued  to  soldiers  and  sailors  by  the  govern- 
ment during  the  \Yorld  'War  to  permanent  forms  to  July, 
1927  became  effective  this  month.  The  new  measure  pro- 
vides for  a  new  form  of  government  insurance — a  convert- 
ible five  year  policy.  It  calls  for  a  slightly  higher  premium 
rate  in  return  for  which  there  will  be  a  five  year  extension 
of  the  time  in  which  to  convert  to  whole  life  and  higher 
premium  plans. 

*  *     * 

— The  non-medical  plan  will  have  the  result,  according  to 
the  "Underwriter's  Report,"  of  causing  greate-  emphasis 
to  be  laid  upon  the  qualifications  of  the  agent.  The  import- 
ant factor  in  this  class  of  insurance  is  held  to  be  the  agent. 
The  whole  plan  as  a  matter  of  fact  depends  upon  the  hon- 
esty  of  the  applicant  and  the  agent. 

*  *     * 

— This  day  marks  the  completion  of  the  standard  gauge 
line  to  Lake  Tahoe.  Gold  and  silver  spikes  presented  by 
the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Nevada  and  by  fames  E.  Rolph, 
Mayor  of  San  Francisco,  will  be  driven,  with  accompanying 
ceremonial,  into  the  pier  terminal  of  the  road.  The  Gov- 
ernor of  California  will  be  represented  by  Harvey  Toy,  rail- 
road commissioner,  John  Drum,  Herbert  Fleishhacker  and 
A.  B.  C.  Dohrmann  lead  the  San  Francisco  delegation. 

*  *     * 

—Taken  as  a  whole  the  country  is  actively  engaged  and 
people  are  making  money.  There  has  been  a  sagging  ten- 
dency in  the  prices  of  some  commodities  but  the  checks  is- 
sued in  payment  of  goods  and  the  railway  freightage  are 
ahead  of  the  record. 

*  *     * 

— There  is  some  doubt  as  to  whether  the  automobile  busi- 
ness will  figure  up  to  the  last  year's  level.  The  seasonal 
peak  is  passed  and  there  is  a  marked  slowing  down.  The 
spring  season  has  however  been  very  good  and  the  total 
value  all  that  could  be  expected  but  there  have  been  some 
complaints  from  some  manufacturers.  The  popular  cars 
are,  however,  in  steady  demand. 

*  *     * 

— The  building  industry  is  rather  perplexing.  The  best 
authorities  had  anticipated  a  distinct  fall  this  year.  Except 
locally,  that  has  not  happened.  The  pace  has  moderated 
but  there  is  still  such  a  demand  for  building  that  it  leaves 
building  projects  still  far  in  the  lead  of  anything  that  could 
have  been  anticipated  prior  to  this  great  development  of 
the  last  few  years. 


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SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  9) 
Golden  Gate  Pen  Women 
Have  Large  Representation 

Grace  Sanderson  Michie,  organizing  president  of  the 
Golden  Gate  Branch  of  the  League  of  American  Pen  Wo- 
men, headed  a  large  representation  from  the  newly  formed 
branch,  at  the  home-coming  luncheon  given  in  compliment 
to  Kathleen  Norris  and  Charles  Norris. 

Ella  M,  Sexton,  president;  Virginia  Sullivan,  secretary; 
Helen  Bamberger  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  Colonel  Ray- 
mond Bamberger  as  an  honor  guest,  Barrett  Willoughby, 
Isabel  Rogers  Stradleigh,  Anna  Blake  Mezquida,  Josephine 
Wilson,  Zilfa  Estcourt,  Mrs.  William  Beckman,  Miss  Ada 
Hanifin,  Katharine  Eggleston  Holmes,  Mrs.  Hughes;  com- 
poser, new  member,  Mary  Hester  McCoy,  of  Pasadena  and 
Los  Angeles,  were  among  the  Pen  Women  seated  at  the 
round  table  arranged  in  compliment  to  the  famous  Norris 
family. 

Anniversary  Luncheon 

Gol.'en  Gate  Branch,  National  Sunshine  Society,  held  an 
anniversary  luncheon  in  the  sun  room  of  the  Hotel  Whitcomb, 
last  Saturday,  which  marked  one  of  the  notable  events  in 
local  club  women's  circles  within  the  past  season. 

Mrs.  Phillip  Yallejo,  re-elected  to  the  office  of  president, 
had  charge  of  the  noteworthy  affair  and  greeted  her  honor 
guests  with  gracious  words  and  pleasing  address.  Mrs.  Al- 
bert W.  Stokes,  president  of  the  City  and  County  Federa- 
tion was  the  honor  guest.  Other  prominent  presidents 
seated  with  Mrs.  Vallejo  and  her  board,  included  Mrs. 
Marie  Pernau  Walsh,  the  new  president  of  the  California 
Club;  Mrs.  Joseph  O'Donnell,  president  of  Hypatia  Club: 
Mrs.  Lydia  Warren  Lister,  president  of  La  Boheme  Club; 
and  Mrs.  1.  Harlow  Andreson,  president  of  La  Mesa  Redon- 
da  Club.  All  of  the  presidents  made  appropriate  talks  at 
the  luncheon. 

Tables  were  gorgeously  decorated  with  a  prolusion  ol 
yellow  flowers  which  fell  from  golden  horns  of  plenty  ar- 
ranged with  artistic  skill.  Program  numbers  comprised 
beautiful  song  selections  by  Mrs.  Cora  Smith  with  Miss 
Mary  Sullivan  at  the  piano. 

Mis.  Vallejo  read  to  her  club  members  a  particular  honor 

lately  conferred  upon  the  Golden  Gate  Branch  of  the  Sunshine 
Society  sent  from  the  President-General,  Mrs.  John  Alden 
who  Mated  that  the  local  society  has  the  most  attractive 
monthly  bulletin  of  the  Society.  They  were  commended  also  for 
the  great  number  of  layettes  which  had  been  placed  among 
the  little  mothers  needing  such  aid. 

Officers  of  the  local  branch  of  the  Sunshine  So 
President,      Mrs.      Phillip      Vallejo;     vice-president-.      Mrs. 

George  K.  Wentzel,  Mrs.  \\  .  II.  Teigler,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Ellis; 
recording  secretary.  Mrs.  Cora  Smith:  treasurer,  Mrs.  I      I 
McColgan.     Board  of  directors,  Mesdames   F.    A.    Bennett, 
Mac  Ludinghouse,  M.  A.  Lyons,  Charles  Minich. 

*  '  *     * 

Fellow  Graduates  Feted 

Miss  Marie  Kendrick,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
Kendiick,  entertained  at  luncheon  yesterday  at  her  home 
on  Pierce  street  in  honor  of  her  fellow  graduates  from  the 
funior  College  at  Sacred  Heart  Convent  in  Menlo  Park. 
The  class  is  a  small  one.  comprising  Mis-  Kendrick,  Miss 
hleen    McDevitt  and    Mis-   Mary   Louise   Bourret. 

With  the  close  of  school.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kendrick  and 
their  five  children  left  for  Tahoe,  where  they  have  a  summer 
place.  Marron  Kendrick.  one  of  the  sons,  has  returned  from 
Culver  Military  Academy  for  the  holidays.  Miss  Ken- 
drick's  guests  were  her  classmates  and  Misses  Constance 
Welch,  Marcia  Bernheim,  Alice  Costello,  Eileen  McCarthy. 
Frances  Kchrlein.  Xatile  White.  Winifred  Leet.  Helen  Neu- 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  19,  1926 


Lecturing  Versus  Knowledge 

There  are  many  people  in  this  city  who  will  remember 
John  Cowper  Powys,  that  able  Oxonian,  who  wasted  a 
treasury  of  knowledge  and  feeling  in  the  desert  of  lectur- 
ing. Of  course,  since  he  left  this  part  of  the  world  he  has 
won  greater  distinction.  He  wrote  a  novel  called  "Duc- 
dame"  unique  and  brilliant,  but  only  to  be  appreciated  by 
the  erudite.    Which  is  quite  a  pity  ;  there  are  so  few  erudites. 

*  *     * 

But,  I  did  not  want  to  talk  about  John  Cowper  Powys, 
which,  any  amateur  psycho-analyst  would  tell  you,  is  why 
I  started  with  him.  1  was  thinking  more  of  his  brother 
Llewelyn.  The  latter  was  here  too  and  stayed  with  John 
Cowper.     He   was   an    interesting   and   indeed   fascinating 

person. 

*  *     * 

All  those  Powys  men  are  fascinating.  They  are  very 
able,  with  a  curious  sort  of  mystic  sense,  which  at  times 
is  really  very  attractive,  and,  then  again,  can  be  desperately 
repulsive.  It  is  such  a  mixture  of  what  we  can  only  call 
spiritual  refinement  on  the  one  hand  and  the  coarsest  sort  of 
peasant  superstition,  on  the  other,  that  it  takes  your  brea  h 
away.  It  is  so  with  their  literary  work.  One  reads  passages 
of  incredible  delicacy  and  then  plunges  into  worse  than  Rabe- 
laisian coarseness. 

*  *     * 

There  is  a  distinguished  poetic  strain  in  the  family,  to 
which  William  Cowper,  the  poet,  belonged.  And  as  the 
world  knows  the  life  of  William  Cowper  was  saddened  and 
blackened  by  nervous  breakdown,  which  terminated  in  men- 
tal trouble  from  which  he  never  recovered.  There  was  an 
intense  "subjectivity,"  as  it  has  been  called,  about  the  writ- 
ings of  the  poet,  Cowper,  as  there  is  about  these  connec- 
tions of  his  in  the  Powys  family.  Add  to  the  Cowper  queer- 
ness  the  natural  Welsh  mysticism  which  belongs  to  a  Powys, 
and  drop  in  more  than  a  modicum  of  brains  and,  even  an 
excessive  quantity  of  feelings,  and  you  produce  something 
which  should  be  able  to  do  literary  work. 

*  *     * 

At  all  events,  three  out  of  the  four  boys,  sons  of  a  Church 
of  England  clergyman,  are  writers.  Two  of  them,  John 
Cowper  and  Llewelyn,  we  know  in  California;  the  other 
we  have  not  seen,  but  he  has  startled  the  world  of  letters 
with  some  particularly  gloomy  and  pessimistic  novels  on 
English  village  life.  The  fourth  boy  who  does  not  write 
is  said  by  his  brothers  to  be  the  flower  of  the  flock.  They 
seem  to  be  an  interesting  lot. 

*  *     * 

We  have  gone  a  lung  way,  but  I  still  want  to  call  attention 
to  Llewelyn,  who  has  published  a  new  book  called  "The 
Verdict  of  Bridlegoose."  How  many  remember  who  Bridle- 
goose  was?  He  was  the  magistrate  in  the  third  volume  of 
Rabelais.  In  this  book  Llewelyn  Powys  tries  his  hand  at 
analyzing  his  experiences  in  the  United  States,  among  them 
his  experiences  in  the  State  of  California.  And  he  has  made 
a  splendid  job  of  the  attempt. 

*  *     * 

There  is  plenty  to  read  in  the  book,  but  what  this  article 
is  written  for  is  not  to  review  that  particular  book  but  to 
call  attention  to  a  passage  of  note  at  the  present  stage  of 
the  development  of  our  country. 

It  is  very  well  known  that  the  writer,  by  a  sort  of  second 
sight  or  an  extra  subtlety  of  sense,  can  get  at  certain  under- 
lying social  facts  more  completely  than  the  economist  or 
the  political  scientist.  We  saw  that  very  plainly  in  the 
England  of  the  Victorian  times,  wdien  the  work  of  Carlyle 
and  Ruskin  proved  of  greater  value  than  that  of  all  the 
social  philosophers. 

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Petrol  Paragraphs 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

HISTORY  and  scenery  combine  to 
make  Madera  County  one  of  the 
popular  motoring  districts  of  the  state. 

The  city  of  Madera  is  the  terminus 
of  "Discovery  Road"  into  Yosemite. 
This  road  is  usually  in  splendid  condi- 
tion, with  easy  grades  into  the  Valley. 
Along  the  Madera  road  to  the  Yo- 
semite are  many  delightful  resorts,  and 
just  before  the  Valley  is  reached  the 
famous  Mariposa  Grove  of  Big  Trees — 
one  of  the  fines  stands  of  Sequoia.  Fa- 
mous among  resorts  along  the  "Dis- 
covery Road"  is  Miami  Lodge  which  is 
convenient  to  the  Mariposa  Big  Tree 
Grove.  Other  resorts  along  the  Ma- 
dera-Yosemite  road  are  Cedarbrook ; 
Fish  Camp,  with  hotel,  cabins  and 
camp  ground  ;  Oakhurst,  which  has  a 
pleasant,  well-cared-for  camp  ground, 
garage  and  store;  "The  Pines,"  beau- 
tifully situated  on  Bass  Lake,  with 
cabins,  a  club  house  and  dining  hall. 
Oldest  and  newest  among  Madera 
County  resorts  is  Coarse  Gold,  whose 
name  tells  the  story  of  its  early  activi- 
ties, and  where  profitable  mines  are 
still  operated.  The  old  hotel,  famous 
in  the  gold  days,  has  been  restored  and 
rebuilt,  combining  old-time  quaintness 
with  modern  comfort;  fine  golf  links 
have  been  laid  out,  tennis  courts,  bath- 
ing, dancing  provided  for.  It  is  35 
miles  from  Madera  on  the  Yosemite 
road. 

From  any  of  the  resorts  along  the 
Madera- Yosemite  road  trails  lead  into 
the  High  Sierra,  and  pack  animals  and 
outfits  may  be  secured  for  trips  into 
little-known  and  scenicallv  wonderful 
mountain  fastnesses.  There  is  a  State 
Fish   Hatchery  at   Wawona,    and    all 


streams  in  the  vincinity  of  the  resorts 
are  well  stocked  with  fish. 

A  lateral  of  the  State  Highway  sys- 
tem connecting  the  San  Joaquin  Valley 
and  the  Pacific  Ocean  leaves  the  State 
Highway  a  few  miles  north  of  Madera. 
This  road,  known  as  the  Pacheco  Pass 
Highway,  is  a  fine  boulevard,  over 
which  the  Pacific  Ocean  can  be  reached 
in  four  hours  from  Madera,  over  a  pic- 
turesque mountain  pass.  For  the  Yo- 
semite-bound  tourist  coming  from  San 
Francisco  this  road  makes  a  delightful 
trip  by  taking  the  Coast  Highway  to 
Gilroy,  thence  to  Madera  via  Pacheco 
Pass,  and  thence  to  Yosemite. 

Madera  has  a  well-equipped  auto 
camp  ground,  with  cabins,  hot  and  cold 
water,  kitchen  and  laundry  facilities. 
Good  hotel  accommodations,  garage 
service  and  stores  may  be  found  at 
Madera  and  Chowchilla,  on  the  north- 
ern border  of  the  county. 


For  beauty  of  scenery  the  Feather 
River  district  in  California  is  known 
throughout  the  world.  It  combines 
within  its  boundaries  almost  every 
type  of  forest  panorama  and  is  tra- 
versed by  a  number  of  excellent  roads. 

The  winding  canyons  of  the  Feather 
River  and  its  various  forks,  the  pic- 
turesque falls,  and  the  scores  of  lakes 
in  a  background  of  snow-capped  ridges, 
form  a  sportsman's  paradise. 

One  of  the  chief  entry-ways  into  the 
Feather  River  district  is  over  the  Yuba 
Pass  route,  by  way  of  Sierra  City.  This 
passes  by  the  craggy  summits  of  the  Sier- 
ra Buttes,  Sardine  Lakes  and  Gold 
Lake. 

Another  entrance  is  by  way  of  Oro- 
ville  and  Quincy,  the  county  seat  of 
Plumas  county.  The  northern  entrance 
is  by  way  of  Chico  or  Red  Bluff,  and 
the  highway  from  Chester  and  Lake 
Almanor,  which  leads  th'OUgh  Cres- 
cent Mills  and  Indian  Falls  into  the 
town  of  Quincy. 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  14) 
St.  Francis 

"The  Unknown  Soldier."  rated  as  a 
film  sensation  of  the  year,  claims  the 
screen  at  the  St.  Francis  with  Charles 
Emmett  Mack.  Henry  B.  Walthall 
heading  the  cast  of  players.  This  pic- 
ture has  none  of  the  depressing  ele- 
ments of  a  war  story  but  contains 
thrills,  daring  escapades  and  intense 
scenes.  Marguerite  de  La  Motte  is  the 
heroine  and  Claire  McDowell  is  in  the 
cast. 

Manager  Edward  Smith  has  staged  a 
splendid  prologue  in  which  Frederic 
Bruin  sings. 

The  run  of  this  picture  is  being  con- 
tinued as  its  success  nerit*  the  addi- 
tional showings  at  the  St.  Francis. 


Twenty-Eight  hydro  -  electric  plants 
and  four  steam  electric  plants  operated  by 
this  company  are  connected  to  assure  con- 
tinuity of  service  and  economic  operation. 

Thru  interconnection,  this  efficient  system  can 
exchange  power  with  other  companies.  Inter- 
change of  power  is  possible  from  the  Oregon  line 
to  Mexico.   From  Nevada  to  the  Pacific. 

Making  the  surplus  available  where  a  shortage 
exis's  is  one  of  the  outstanding  achievements  of 
the  California  Power  Companies. 

This  interconnection  has  been  a  factor  in  re- 
ducing cos's  for  electric  energy  and  the  develop- 
ment of  this  state's  industrial  and  agricultural 
enterprises. 

Since  1913  the  average  per  capita  cost  of  liv- 
ing increased  65%.  while  the  average  cost  of 
electricity  decreased  8%. 

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June  19,  1926 


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THE  California  Golf  Club's  new  course  at  Baden  has 
become  one  of  the  most  popular  golfing  grounds   in 
the  bay  section,  since  the  club  opened  Sunday,  April  16. 

Every  one  who  has  visited  this  delightful  club  and  course 
pronounce  it  one  of  the  best  and  most  up-to-date  clubs  in 
the  State  of  California.  The  men,  as  usual,  were  the  first 
to  get  a  good  chance  to  try  out  the  course,  as  on  Sunday, 
April  16,  Bill  Taylor  hit  a  ball  off  the  first  tee  that  hasn't 
been  found  yet,  thus  declaring  the  course  open. 

Then  the  men  got  another  chance  to  show  their  skill  in  a 
match  play  tournament  which  was  played  on  Decoration 
Day  and  finally  settled  the  following  Sunday. 

Dr.  Wilhelm  Waldeyer,  chief  surgeon  at  the  Mount  Zion 
Hospital,  was  the  medalist.  Eve.yone  was  happy  when 
the  doctor  won  that  honor  as  he  is  one  member  at  Califi  irnia 
that  helped  the  board  of  directors  more  than  anyone  else 
to  give  its  members  one  of  the  finest  golf  clubs  that  is  pos- 
sible to  conceive  or  wish  for.  Dr.  Waldeyer  had  an  82  when 
he  qualified,  which  broke  the  course  record  by  one  stroke 
made  by  Bud  Edwards  on  the  opening  day.  But  the  doc- 
tor's glory  was  short  lived  as  he  was  defeated  in  the  first 
round  by  Al  Darbee,  a  former  club's  champion,  but  Darbee 
had  to  set  another  new  course  record  of  78  to  accomplish 
it.  Darbee  was  eventually  beaten  in  the  semi-finals  by 
J.  D.  Roantree,  a  16  year  old  high  school  boy,  who  eventual- 
ly won  the  tournament  from  Walter  Winstead,  chairman 
of  the  House  Committee.  This  tournament  served  to  show 
that  it  is  hard  to  figure  handicaps  on  the  new  course;  but 
wait  until  some  of  those  players  face  Studebaker  Johnston, 
the  chairman  of  the  tournament  committee,  and  Bill  Good- 
win, of  the  handicap  committee!  They  will  find  that  a  lot 
oi  pruning  of  handicaps  has  been  done,  and  it  won't  be 
so  easy  from  now  on  to  capture  trophies. 

During  the  first  three  weeks  of  play  on  the  new  course,  no 
less  than  three  members  joined  the  hole-in-one  club.  Ar- 
thur Van  Ness  was  the  fi;st  to  accomplish  the  fact  by  sink- 
ing his  tee  shot  on  the  twelfth  hole  for  an  ace.  Arthur  is 
a  regular  guy — being  in  the  silverware  business  he  offered 
to  donate  a  plaque  to  the  directors  of  the  club  where  each 
member  in  turn  will  have  his  or  her  name  inscribed  on  the 
plaque  each  time  that  they  make  a  "dodo." 

One  week  later  Eddie  Hinchey,  whilst  playing  in  the 
finals  of  the  second  flight  against  Arthur  Van  Ness,  made 
the  second  ace  on  the  short  third  hole;  and  although  Hin- 
chey didn't  win  his  flight,  he  got  much  satisfaction  at 
being  the  second  player  in  the  club  to  hole  out  in  one.  To 
make  it  a  perfect  day.  J.  A.  Maclure  accompanied  by  Archie 
Duncan,  cousin  of  George  Duncan,  the  world's  greatest 
golfer,  and  George  D.  Newall,  one  of  the  main  cogs  in  the 
California  club  made  the  third  flole-in-one,  and  strange  to 
say,  both  Hinchey  and  Maclure  made  them  on  the  same 
day,  Sunday,  May  6,  and  on  the  same  hole. 

George  Newall,  besides,  accompanied  Maclure  on  his 
record  making  play,  certainly  took  a  very  active  part  in 
the  tournament,  donating  the  principal  trophy  and  won  a 
handsome  cup  for  himself. 


Women's  First  Invitation 

The  women  got  their  turn  a  little  later  when  the  first 
invitational  tournament  for  women  was  held  Tuesday, 
May  !sth.  Sixty  participated  in  the  event  and  while  the  sur- 
rounding country  was  enveloped  in  fog,  the  California  club's 
members  and  their  guests  enjoyed  a  perfect  summer  day. 
Most  of  the  forty  guests  who  played  the  course  on  that 
day  had  never  seen  it  before. 

.Mrs.  Louis  Bacigalupi,  the  Olympic  and  Lake  Merced 
champion,  led  the  field  in  her  customary  manner.  Mrs. 
Bacigalupi  was  the  only  player  to  break  the  century  mark, 
although  there  was  quite  an  entry  of  real  stars,  including 
Mrs.  Alfred  Flock.  Mrs.  J.  H.  McClelland,  Mrs.  William 
Gilmour,  and  Mrs.  Louis  Lengfeld. 

Mrs.  Fred  Grube,  of  the  home  club,  won  the  Class  A 
honors  of  the  day.  She  felt  highly  elated  at  her  success,  for 
she  not  only  won  first  prize,  but  also  shot  her  best  score  in 
accomplishing  it.  Mrs.  |  [,  \y.  Beard,  of  the  Sequoyah  Club, 
was  second  and  Mrs.  Louis  Bacigalupi,  third. 

Mrs.  Clifford  P.  Woodland,  also  a  member  of  the  host 
club,  won  in  Class  B  ;  Mrs.  W.  W.  Price  of  California,  sec- 
ond and  Mrs.  11.  W.  Sorenson,  of  Sunnyvale  Club,  third. 
Mrs.  Courtney  L.  Moore.  Captain,  and  M'rs.  William  Hen- 
rickson  Taylor,  wife  of  the  club's  president,  acted  as  hostess 
of  the  day.  After  the  players  had  lunched,  one  hundred 
women  spent  a  most  enjoyable  afternoon  at  bridge. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  club  was  held  last  Saturday 
night  when  two  new  directors  were  elected  to  fill  the  place 
of  John  Xorthcutt  and  Archie  Duncan,  who  had  served 
their  two  years  of  faithful  service.  S.  C.  Cassad  and  John 
F.  Corkery  were  unanimously  elected  to  fill  the  vacant  seats. 
The  present  board  are  W.  H.  Taylor,  president ;  Walter  P. 
Shelton.  vice-president;  William  Goodwin,  S.  C.  Cassad, 
J.  F.  Corkery,  and  Fred  Gomph,  secretary. 
*     *     * 

The  Golden  Gate  Paint  and  Varnish  golf  association  held 
their  regular  monthly  meeting  at  the  California  golf  and 
country  chili,  when  thirty  players  swapped  blows  over  this 
beautiful  Baden  course. 

Herb  Brandreth,  of  the  American  Linseed  Company,  out- 
generaled the  bunch  by  romping  home  a  winner  by  several 
strokes,  thus  ge  ing  his  name  on  the  Marshall  Dill  trophy  for 
the  first  time. 

Lou  Wolcott,  of  the  Sherwin-Williams  Company,  who  won 
the  last  event  at  Claremont  Club  last  month,  didn't  show  up  at 
California,  hut  the  boys  had  a  wonderful  time  just  the  same. 
Ernie  Morck  ami  Cliff  Woo  Hand  acted  as  hosts  of  the  day. 

Among  those  present  were:  Otto  Wisher.  Bill  Scott,  Senator 
Scott's  brother,  Garry  Goldberg,  Jim  Kiester,  president  of 
the  Paints  and  Varnish  Association,  Cliff  Woodland.  Fuller 
P.rawer,  Carl  Thomson,  of  Marshall  Dill  Company  who  don- 
ated the  championship  cup;  Ed  De  Graf;  Frank  HarwOod, 
the  honest  secretary  of  the  Association,  Fred  Winchester,  who 
shoo's  them  straight  all  the  time.  Dynamite  Bob  Matthey,  who 
thinks  that  Du  Pont  is  the  greatest  firm  in  the  world,  Jack  Rey- 
nold, the  towering  southpaw  from  the  Kass-Hueler  constabu- 


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lary.  Marshall  Dill,  who  had  57  varieties  of  golf  ball  shots  in 
his  bag;  and  Ernie  Morck,  who  swept  them  off  the  greens  with 
hi^  special  new  Morck  brush. 

It  was  voted  that  the  big  paint  men  hold  a  tournament  each 
month,  and  that  Ernie  Morck  invite  them  to  California  Club 
for  the  next  meeting. 

*     *     * 

Here  is  an  unusual  one: 

The  Canada  Dry  Hole-in-One  Club,  welcomed  into  their 
membership  Mr.  R.  F.  Ransom  of  Stockton,  Cal. 

He  accomplished  a  hole-in-one  on  the  5th  hole  at  the 
Stockton  Golf  and  Country  Club,  on  January  10th,  1926. 

On  May  24th,  1926,  he  accomplished  a  hole-in-one  on  the 
3rd  hole  of  the  Stockton  Municipal  Course. 


SOCIETY 

(Continued  from  Page  17) 
Roof  Garden 

Miss  Dorothy  Jane  Drew  was  hostess  to  a  group  of  girls  of 
the  graduating  class  of  the  Notre  Dame  Convent  Grammer 
School  on  .Saturday  afternoon,  June  5th. 

Miss  Drew  first  took  her  friends  to  the  matinee  at  the  Presi- 
dent Theater,  which  was  followed  la*er  with  a  tea  in  the  Roof 
Garden  of  the  Hotel  Whitcomb.  Attractive  plate  favors  and 
corsages  marked  the  places  of  the  guests.  Among  those  present 
were:  Misses  Mary  Kelly,  Alice  Smiddy,  Margaret  Quinn. 
Evelyn  Lacey,  Dorothy  Deasy,  Katherine  McFadden.  Loretta 
Duffy,  Adrienne  Clark,  Gladys  Hesketh,  Frances  Hinds,  Laura 
Bray,  Margaret  Britz,  Cathleen  O'Connor,  Daisy  Gibson.  Mes- 
rlames  J.  Lawrence  Sullivan,  George  G.  Drew. 

National  Convention 

Final  plans  for  the  reception  of  delegates  to  the  National 
Convention  of  Optometrists  to  be  held  in  San  Francisco  June 
28  to  July  5,  inclusive,  will  be  outlined  at  the  meeting  of  the 
San  Francisco  Association  of  Optometrists  Monday  night. 
June  21.  at  the  Elks'  Club,  at  6:15  o'clock. 

Establishment  of  a  consulting  library  to  be  located  in  the 
State  Building  with  valuable  reference  bonks  included  and 
full  plans  of  the  coming  convention  are  subjects  coming  be- 
fore the  local  Optometrists  at  their  regular  Monday  meeting. 
William  G.  Lindsay  is  the  president  and  Joseph  G.  Mayerlc. 
secretary,  of  the  San  Francisco  Association  affiliated  with  the 
California  State  Association  and  American  Optometric  \s- 
sociation. 


LECTURING  VERSUS  KNOWLEDGE 

(Continued  from   Page  18) 

Llewelyn  Powys,  therefore,  speaking  of  the  New  York 
brokers,  says,  "What  had  impressed  me  as  much  as  any- 
thing was  the  happy  confidence  these  brokers  obviously  felt 
in  life.  Every  word  they  spoke,  every  movement  they  made, 
if  it  was  only  to  take  a  tooth  pick  out  of  their  waistcoat 
pocket,  told  how  far  they  were  from  suspecting  existence  of 
concealing  any  dainty  deceptions.  Because  they  hail  no 
hand  in  digging  the  trenches  that  brought  the  water  from 
Far-off  springs  to  their  nickel-plated  cloak-room  taps,  be- 
cause they  had  forgotten  that  each  of  their  tight  offices 
stood  upon  raw  Manhattan  rock,  not  so  very  far  down  un- 
derground, their  vision  of  life,  and  the  vision  of  the  life  of 
their  sons  and  daughters,  had  gradually  become  so  divorced 
from  the  spirit  of  the  quick  earth  that  it  was  now  practically 
impossible  for  them  so  much  as  t<i  perceive  the  divine  quiv- 
er, capable  of  producing  nil  the  Island  of  the  Statue  of  Lib- 
erty little  white-clover  flowers." 
*     *     * 

\nd  why  all  this?1  Summer  is  with  us.  A  few  more  days 
and  the  change  will  have  come  again,  and  we  shall  drop 
back  into  the  Fall,  from  which  we  seem,  so  lately,  to  have 
emerged.  Now  is  the  time  to  revel  in  the  beauty  of  our 
most  beautiful  country  ami  to  see  for  ourselves  the  magic 
working  of  plant  and  tree,  to  gather  into  our  souls,  for  the 
coming  days,  the  beautiful  and  the  natural  tiling  - 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  n  vigorous  brushing  once  or  twice  a  day  Is 
taking?  very  good  rare  of  them.  Brushing  is  only  n  part  of  the 
process*  Many  things  enn  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  enn  take  care  of.  Hate  your  teeth  examined. 
They  mny  not  he  on  sound  its  you  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  gums. 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  In  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  ii IV  all  nerves  and  pain.    It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL  DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfteld  335 

SPECIALISTS  —  Extractions;    Crowns;    Self    Cleaning    Bridges; 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

Manufacturers  of 

RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE.    TANKS,     CULVERTS,     PENSTOCKS, 

FLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 


San  Francisco,  Calif. 
444  Market  Street 


Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
5717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


Three  generations  testify  to  the  quality 
of  our  service. 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 

"The  Recommended  Laundry" 
250  Twelfth  St.,  San  Francisco  'Phone  Market  916 


MOUNTAIN  SPRINGS  WATER 

"Bottled    at   the   Springs" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

229    Clara    Hlr. 


MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 


xihosEKeat  Shirts  *  IhosEKeni 

^fiW      fSSZSm       ^HIF 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 


25  Kearny  Street 


Phone  Kearny  3714 


RARE     BOOKS 

EARLY  EDITIONS 

Autographs  Bought  and  Sold 
JOHN  HOWELL 

434    Po«t   Street,   San    Fmmcisco,    Calif. 


Mak  t   home  at 

GEORGE  HARGENS  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

No.   '1    I  illniniin    Plnrc.  at    -II    (iranl    Avenue 

Th.-  Home  of  the  Book  Lover 

Rare  Books — First  Editions — Fine  Bindings 

Importations  from  Zachnsdorf,  Root.  Morrell,  etc.,  of  London 

Commissions  in  London  Executed 

Single  Books  ami  Libraries  Purchased 

Phnne  Kearny    'Mil 


J     Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the  News  Letter  can  be  obtained 

at  PAUL  ELDERS 

AND  PAUL   ELDER'S   LIBRARY 

j     239  Post  Street  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


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THE  SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  19,  1930 


Z»  PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion.  There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer  or  sta- 
tioner to  show 
you  samples. 


BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1855 
4t    Flrat   Street.  Sim  KrnnrlKco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 

RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506  Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


San  Francisco— 

West  708 


llurlln^nme 

478 


Phone  Sutter  3278 

William  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly  with  Shreve  &  Company) 

CLOCKMAKERS  nnd   WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME.  ANI1QUE   AND   COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

AND  WATCHES   A   SPECIALTY 

SOU  PoHt  Street  at  Grnnt   Avenue 

Son  ErancUfo,  Cnllf. 

Call  and  Deliver  in  San  Francisco.  Alameda  and 

San  Mateo  Counties 


875    FOLSOM   ST. 


818    EMERSON  ST. 


PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS   AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way 
Points  Twice  Daily 


Manager  Healy  Has  Big  Attractions 
For  Western  Music  Lovers 

Long  acquaintance  with  the  public 
has  convinced  Manager  Frank  W. 
Healy  that  San  Francisco  music  lovers 
stress  the  elements  of  quality  and  art- 
istry more  than  the  question  of  low 
prices;  therefore,  Mr.  Healy's  list  of  at- 
tractions for  the  coming  season  will,  as 
heretofore,  comprise  only  those  artists 
who  have  made  such  outstanding  repu- 
tations as  to  place  them  among  the 
elect  in  the  musical  world. 

Included  in  Mr.  Healy's  list,  which  is 
now  in  process  of  formation,  is  the  cele- 
hrated  dramatic-soprani >,  Rosa  Raisa 
and  her  illustrious  baritone  husband, 
Giacomo  Rimini,  who  will  come  here 
direct  from  their  triumps  at  La  Scala. 
Milan,  in  the  epoch-making  perform- 
ances of  "Turaridot,"  the  latest  opera 
of  Puccini.  "To  those  who  keep  tab 
on  musical  happenings,"  declares  Mr. 
Healy,  "it  is  unnecessary  to  reiterate 
that  Rosa  Raisa  is  the  leading  woman 
singer  of  this  age.  "Toscanini,  General 
Director  of  the  La  Scala.  with  all  the 
world  to  choose  from,  selected  Raisa  to 
create  the  title  role  in  'Turandot.'  Also 
it  will  be  remembered  that  Toscanini 
selected  Raisa  for  the  world  awakening 
premier  of  Boito's  'Nerone'  given  the 
season  before  last  at  La  Scala." 

Raisa  and  Rimini  will  be  heard  here 
in  a  joint-recital ;  their  only  concert 
appearance  in  California. 

(  ither  artists  who  have  been  secured 
by  Mr.  Healy  include  the  musical 
giants,  Fritz  Kreisler,  violinist,  Sergei 
Rachmaninoff,  pianist;  Feodor  Chali- 
apin,  basso,  who  with  his  company  of 
one  hundred,  including  orchestra  and 
chorus,  will  be  heard  in  the  cleverest 
presentation  ever  given  here  of  the  re- 
freshing operatic  frolic  "The  Barber  of 
Seville."  As  presented  by  Chaliapin 
and  bis  company  the  "Barber"  promises 
to  be  a  masterpiece  supreme,  for  Chali- 
apin, himself,  will  select  the  cast,  direct 
rehearsals  and  superintend  every  detail 
of  the  tuneful  comedy  now  in  its  one 
hundred  and  tenth  year. 


VSSBSSMENT  NOTICE 

The  MINERAL  DEVELOPMENT  COM- 
PANY, location  "f  principal  place  of  business, 
Sap  Francisco,  Calif. 

Notice  Is  hereby  given  that  at  a  regular 
meeting  of  I  he  Directors  held  on  the  8th  day 
<.f  June.  1926,  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  issued  capital 
stock  of  I  lie  corporation  payable  immediately 
in  legal  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company.  Room 
2  IS  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco. 
Calif. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  16th  day  of  July.  1926, 
will  be  DELINQUENT  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  Is  made 
BEFORE,  will  be  SOLD  on  Wednesday,  the 
18th  day  of  August.  1926.  to  pay  the  delin- 
quent assessment,  together  with  costs  of  ad- 
vertising and  expense  of  sale. 

M.  J.  SEELY.  Secretary. 
245  Monadnock  Building. 

San  Francisco,  Calif. 


n.   w    CORNER 

POLK  and  POST  STS. 


GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 

Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing — Repairing — Altering 

and  Relining 

Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Olllce  nnd  Work*  1625  MUalon  St. 

Phone  Market  71113 
Ilrnneh  Oflice:  7<I0  Sutter  Street 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Bldg.) 
Phone  Pronpeet  HH-15 

Work  Called  For  and  Delivered 


Max  Rosenthal 


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Opposite   Olympic   Club 


527  Post  St.,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Prospect  9316 


USED 

ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING, 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL   ADDING   MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  l.arllel.l  3852  r.ii  I  Market  St. 


CAFE  MARQZJARD 

Adjoininu  Wilkes  and  Curran  Theaters 

GEARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

«&>  REVUE  ns* 

Nightly 

THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The  City's  Most   Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

iOc.T5c,S1.00      35c.  50c,  75c     S1.00.S1.50         a  la  Carle 
Dancing  7:0(1  p.  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. 

363  Stiller  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL  PARTIES  ARRANGED 

HEADQL'ARTEKS  FOR  THEATRICAL  PEOPLE 

Hattie  Moo  En  Minnie  C.  Mooted 


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145  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast, 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:  Dinner. 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


And 


334  Sutter  St. 


Douglas  7118 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for  banquets  and   parties,   seating   75   to  100  people. 


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Dinner.    Week    Days 1.50  in  America 

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Dinner  $1.50 

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OPEN  X  '»>    V.   M.   TO   11:00  P.   M. 

UNSURPASSED  ft  1SINE 

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PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

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Dr.  Arthur  Beardslee,  Sylvester  J.  McAfee,  J.  H.  Skinner,  Dr.  A.  J.  Minaker,  Frank 
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No.  26 


The  Civilian  Camp  at  Monterey 


Did  you  ever  see  a  young  cavalryman  riding  his  horse  in 
the  woods  at  Monterey?  I'll  warrant  that,  if  you  did,  you 
will  never  forget  it.  There  is  something  so  completely  at 
one  with  the  whole  surroundings  that  horse  and  man  fill 
up  the  picture. 

What  must  it  have  looked  like  when  Spanish  cavaliers,  in 
all  the  gallant  glory  of  their  times  galloped  through  the  same 
woods,  the  sun,  filtered  through  the  leaves,  glancing  on  scarlet, 
hlue  and  orange,  so  much  more  effectively  than  on  our  dun 
olive-drab?  All  the  same,  Spaniard  or  no  Spaniard,  the  young 
soldier  at  Monterey  and  his  horse  will  stay  in  your  mind,  as 
lie      ,s  in  mine,  for  months,  as  a  memory  of  grace  and  beauty. 

.?id  you  ever  see  the  blue  of  Monterey  Bay,  when  the  sun 
is  up  and  the  sky  is  cloudless,  with  the  little  fishing  boats  rid- 
ing ever  so  gently  on  the  swell,  and  the  hills  a  misty  glorj  in 
the  distance  of  the  bay  shore? 

Time  and  time  again,  I  have  been  haunted  by  the  memories 
of  Mediterranean  towns,  by  the  blue  sky  and  the  olive  trees 
and  the  funny,  little,  windy  streets.  I  am  not  rejecting  these 
memories,  nor  do  I  think  that  I  am  altogether  faithless  to  my 
old  love.  But  there  is  some  magic  about  the  blue  of  the  Mon- 
terey Bay  which  I  have  not  found  elsewhere.  Perhaps  it  is 
the  still  surviving  primitiveness  of  the  bay  itself  and  the  open 
naturalness  of  the  hills.  Perhaps,  sometimes  a  little  history  is 
better  than  a  longer  one.  Perhaps,  too  much  association  with 
human  life  perverts  even  nature  a  little.  However,  there  is  the 
hlue  sky  and  there  is  the  blue  sea  and  all  that  goes  with  them. 


Have  you  ever  seen  the  sailors  and  fishermen  coming  up 
from  the  wharf  at  Monterey  with  their  gay  sweaters  and  their 
high  boots?  Fine  picturesque  figures,  that  Hansen  is  putting 
on  canvas,  and  making  immortal,  for  someday  those  fishermen 
of  his  will  be  sought  by  lovers  of  art  the  world  over,  and  ex- 
perts will  be  craning  their  necks  and  loosening  their  purses  to 
get  them.     Such  sailors  and  fishermen  are  scarce  enough. 

Do  you  remember  where  Ezra  Pound  talks  about  the  child- 
ren of  the  wharves  in  Italy  clustered  round  the  boxes  of  fish 
and  commenting  appreciatively  on  their  beauty:  Just  that 
will  you  see  over  and  over  again,  a  mixture  of  Latin  glory  in 
things  for  their  beauty,  and  a  curious  practicability  which 
comes  to  them  from  their  new  Americanization;  a  portent  or 
a  prophecy,  as  you  like  to  interpret  it. 


Then  there  are  miles  and  miles  of  lovely  sand  and  wind- 
swept cypresses,  which  bow  in  front  of  the  majesty  of  the 
powers  of  the  air.  stubborn  but  submissive,  glories  of  wood- 


land ;  wonders  of  canyons  full  of  flowers  and  rustling  trees. 
These  are  all  there. 

And  stories  of  the  old  life,  quaint  furniture,  old  mission 
relics  each  with  its  tale  of  bravery  and  sacrifice,  old  houses 
where  rulers  in  the  days  of  Spanish  rule  lived ;  and  winding 
lanes,  down  which  Governor  Alvarado  and  other  governors 
ambled  on  their  fat  horses,  or  heavy  carriages,  brought  from 
Europe,  lumbered  along  with  a  load  of  dowagers  and  maidens. 

Truly,  there  are  many  things  to  see,  much  to  learn,  apart  from 
the  arts  of  society;  but.  if  you  must  have  these,  there  are 
fashion  and  fun  at  Del  Monte  and  Pebble  Beach,  fashionable 
houses  whose  doors  are  open  to  the  eligible  and  all  the  fun  and 
frivolity  which  youth  can  demand. 


Ami  why  do  we  dwell  on  these  things  now?  Why  do  we 
dangle  before  you  the  temptations  of  nature  and  society  at 
Monterey? 

Because  the  civilian  camp  is  about  to  open  and  virile  youth 
should  be  there  practicing  the  military  arts,  which  may  ohm 
day  be  the  salvation  of  all  of  us,  perfecting  himself  in  the  arts, 
which  have  belonged  to  the  young  male  from  the  beginning 
of  the  race,  and  developing  power  and  physical  beauty. 

Our  quota  is  not  complete,  they  say.  We  are  told  that  our 
youth  does  not  volunteer  in  sufficient  numbers  for  the  camp 
and  that,  almost  alone,  we  show  a  lack  of  recognition  of  the 
value  of  the  government  summer  camp. 

This  article  is  written  therefore  to  call  your  attention  to 
that  fact  and  to  remind  you  that  in  neglecting  the  opportunity 
which  the  government  has  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  youth  of 
the  country  a  chance  is  being  lost  which  cannot  be  readily  re- 
stored. Youth  does  not  last  forever  and  memories  such  as 
tbi  >se  associated  with  such  an  experience  as  this  are  too  valu- 
able to  be  lost. 

Even  if  the  place  at  which  the  camp  was  to  be  held  were 
not  attractive,  still  the  offer  of  the  government  would  be  such 
a-  to  outweigh  all  local  lack.  But  in  Monterey  the  whole 
surroundings  are  so  alluring  and  the  natural  beauty  and  history 
of  the  place  are  in  themselves  so  inviting  that  they  should  make 
an  unanswerable  appeal  to  the  imagination. 

*     *     * 

It  should  not  be  -aid  that  there  is  any  tendency  to  shirk  a 
patriotic  duty  which  is  at  the  same  time  a  matter  of  pleasure 
and  of  intense  personal  advantage. 

There  is  no  time  which  a  young  man  could  expend  more 
profitably  than  in  the  cultivation  of  his  body  and  in  the  learn- 
ing of  habits  of  discipline,  in  company  with  men  of  his  own  age, 
in  the  military  camps,  furnished  by  the  government  for  sum- 
mer training. — A.  L. 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  26,  1926 


It  takes  the  Russians  with  their  freak 
A  New  Problem  governmental  system  to  create  new  prob- 
lems in  the  field  of  international  relations. 
The  British  are  having  a  taste  of  it  just  now,  as  a  result  of 
the  strike.  The  British  miners  have  had  consignments  of 
funds  from  Russia  aggregating  so  far  about  two  million 
dollars.  The  money  is  supposed  to  have  been  contributed 
by  the  Russian  miners  to  the  British  striking  miners.  Ac- 
cording to  the  rule  laid  down  by  the  Home  Secretary,  the 
British  miners  are  entitled  to  receive  contributions  from 
workers  from  abroad  to  help  them  in  their  strike,  as  the 
strike  is  purely  an  industrial  affair  and  the  government  has 
nothing  to  do  with  it,  except  to  keep  the  peace. 

It  has,  however,  struck  the  British  officials  that  there  is 
no  possible  way  in  which  the  miners  of  Russia  could  have 
raised  two  millions  of  dollars  to  send  to  England,  as  their 
wages  and  numbers  employed  would  not  have  permitted 
of  the  expenditure  of  any  such  amounts  of  money.  The 
obvious  solution  of  the  problem  is  that  the  Russian  govern- 
ment has  been  sending  the  money,  in  the  name  of  the  miners, 
for  the  purpose  of  embarrassing  the  British  government, 
on  the  one  hand,  and  interfering  in  a  purely  British  indus- 
trial dispute,  on  the  other.  This  has  naturally  caused  much 
irritation  in  England  and  a  note  has  been  sent  to  the  Rus- 
sian government  to  keep  its  hands  off.  There  is  a  possi- 
bility that  all  relations  between  the  British  and  Russian 
governments  will  be  broken  off  and  the  Russian  minister 
sent  home. 

It  will  probably  be  found,  after  all.  that  the  Russian  gov- 
ernment "as  a  government"  did  not  take  part  in  this  shipment  of 
funds,  but  that  the  Third  Internationale,  which  operates  under 
the  influence  of  that  political  harlequin,  Zinoviev,  did.  Then, 
naturally,  the  question  will  arise  as  to  the  compatibility  of 
entering  into  relations  with  outside  governments  and  at  the 
same  time  nursing  an  organization  like  the  Third  Inter- 
nationale. 


make  it  operative,  is  so  much  nonsense  and  stupidity,  where 
it  is  not  rank  dishonesty.  Everybody  knows  that  when  the 
people  do  not  want  an  act  no  power  on  earth  can  enforce  it 
on  them.  Localities  which  believe  in  prohibition  and  which 
have  the  public  with  the  law  can  enforce  it.  In  fact,  they 
need  no  Volstead  Act.  Localities  which  do  not  believe  in  prohi- 
bition cannot  be  made  to  behave  from  a  Volstead  point  of  view. 
The  Volstead  Act  should  be  amended  out  of  existence. 


They  are  talking  in  Washington  about 
Teeth  in  Volstead  "putting  teeth  in  the  Volstead  Act," 
which  expression  would  seem  to  imply 
that  the  feebleness  of  the  poor  thing  is  thoroughly  recog- 
nized and  that  the  failure  of  the  so-called  Act  to  act  is  ac- 
knowledged. They  might  just  as  well  talk  about  putting- 
it  through  a  course  of  gland  treatment.  Now  that  the 
feebleness  of  the  poor  thing  is  thoroughly  recognized,  it 
would  be  kinder  all  round  to  take  it  out  into  the  back  yard 
and  hit  it  firmly  but  decidedly  over  the  heart. 

They  say  that  they  want  civil  service  rules  applied  to 
the  operation  of  the  Act,  by  way  of  putting  teeth  into  it. 
Everyone  who  knows  the  history  of  that  act  knows  very 
well  that  civil  service  rules  were  suggested  when  it  was 
first  under  consideration  hut  that  the  politicians  absolutely 
refused  to  pass  the  measure,  with  a  civil  service  attach- 
ment. They  wanted  the  patronage  under  the  law  and  the 
appointment  of  the  people  to  enforce  it. 

We  all  know  just  what  that  has  led  to.  Our  gracious 
representatives  and  their  political  backers  have  placed  on 
our  necks  as  hard  a  crowd  of  heelers  and  desperadoes  as 
we  were  ever  cursed  with.  The  operation  of  the  law  has 
been  a  scandal  and  a  disgrace  to  the  whole  country.  It 
has  made  our  name  a  by-word  throughout  the  world  for 
ludicrous  disregard  of  elementary  decency  and  for  cor- 
ruption in  the  carrying  out  of  a  simple  tyrannical  decree. 

All  this  talk  about  improving  the  Volstead  Act,  so  as  to 


There  is  a  curious  feeling  of  elation 
When  the  Fleet  Comes  in  town  when  the  fleet  comes  to 
San  Francisco.  It  is  not  long  that 
we  have  become  accustomed  to  the  arrival  of  numbers  of 
our  magnificent  ships  and  we  are  still  thrilled  with  the  ad- 
vent. May  we  never  grow  careless  or  dull  with  respect  to 
it  for  the  coming  of  the  fleet  is  a  matter  of  great  concern 
and  wonderful  to  all  of  us.  There  in  the  harbor  lies  the  bul- 
wark on  which  we  must  first  depend  in  case  of  an  attack. 
Those  grey  walls  lying  out  there  are  the  buckler  under 
whose  protection  we  go  about  our  daily  tasks  in  confidence 
and  fearlessness. 

There  is  something  very  beautiful  about  the  entrance  of 
the  fleet  into  our  wonderful  harbor.  The  line  proceeds  so 
steadily  and  so  marvellously  accurately  down  the  bay, 
there  is  at  one  and  the  same  time  a  sensation  of  power  and 
beauty  combined,  such  as  the  most  successful  manipulation 
of  troops  on  land  never  produces.  It  may  be  that  our  con- 
quest over  the  sea  is  racially  of  such  recent  occurrence  that 
we  are  not  as  yet  quite  used  to  it  and  there  is  a  subconscious 
feeling  of  joy  and  triumph  that  we  are  able  so  successfully 
to  cope  with  an  element  that  has  such  potentiality  for  de- 
struction. 

And  then  the  men !  Sailors,  the  world  over,  are  favorites, 
and  pre-eminently  so  in  Anglo  Saxon  countries  for  there 
the  sailor  is  the  very  emblem  of  daring  and  freedom.  We 
have  kept  the  tradition  through  the  years  in  this  new  hemis- 
phere and  the  sight  of  our  gallant  sailors  on  our  streets 
brings  us  abounding  satisfaction  and  delight. 

The  fleet  is  a  noble  machine,  a  splendid  product  of  human 
skill.    The  sailors  are  more  than  worthy  of  the  fleet. 


A  vacation  is  a  time  for  rest.  Few  people 
Rest  in  Vacation  recognize  that  fact  and  return  much  the 
worse,  rather  than  the  better  for  their 
holiday:  They  try  to  do  too  much. 

Of  all  attempts  at  making  a  vacation  least  profitable  is 
the  notion  that  enjoyable  rest  can  he  obtained  in  places 
where  large  numbers  of  people  congregate  and  where  social 
entertainment  is  the  prevailing  idea.  Yet  these  are  the 
places  most  frequented,  and  late  hours  undo  any  of  the 
good  which  the  change  of  scene  might  be  supposed  to  effect. 
This  sort  of  vacation  is  about  the  worst  possible  thing  for 
people  who,  living  for  the  rest  of  the  year  in  the  city,  have 
acquired  the  habit  of  perpetual  motion  from  one  pleasure 
group  to  another. 

The  herd  instinct  which  has  been  so  developed  by  mod- 
ern life  is  perhaps  more  responsible  than  anything  else  for 
the  feeling  that,  apart  from  the  crowd  and  the  regular  forms 
of  amusement,  there  is  no  recreation.  One  need  only  go 
into  the  Santa  Cruz  mountains  on  a  holiday  to  discover  the 
truth  of  this  statement.  Those  lovely  restful  mountains, 
as  beautiful  as  anything  on  earth,  are  traversed  by  a  steady 
line  of  automobiles  which  unceasingly  makes  its  way,  in 
two  lines,  one  line  ascending  and  the  other  descending 
the  mountain  slopes.  A  man  who  sits  at  the  wheel  for 
eight  hours  of  that  sort  of  travel  in  a  day  is  taking  no  vaca- 
tion. 

The  way  to  rest  is  to  rest.  This  can  only  be  done  apart 
from  crowds  and  we  are  happy  to  say  that  there  is  still  in 
our  state,  within  a  reasonable  distance  of  the  cities,  good 
opportunity  for  quiet  rest.  Let  your  automobile  carry 
you  over  the  ground  away  from  the  crowd  to  your  resting 
place. 


fune  26,  1926 


THK  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


We  are  not  among  those  that  believe 
Cuddling  Criminals  in  fierce  punishment  and  we  have  very 
little  use  for  the  clamor  directed 
against  parole  and  the  like  alleviatory  measures.  We  even 
think  that  it  is  good  to  allow  men  that  have  committed 
crime  a  chance  to  rehabilitate  themselves.  We  do  not 
think  that  prisons  are  merely  punitive  places  in  which  so- 
ciety can  revenge  itself.  We  have  sufficient  faith  in  the 
fundamental  tenents  of  Christianity  to  be  of  the  opinion 
that  there  is  a  broad,  underlying  humanity  which  transcends 
all  moral  differences. 

But  we  do  believe,  also,  that  crime  is  crime  and  that  crime 
should  be  discovered  and  prosecuted  to  the  limit.  And 
when  we  say  prosecuted  we  mean  it,  we  do  not  mean  pun- 
ished. The  discovery  and  prosecution  of  crime  is  vastly 
more  important  than  the  amount  of  punishment  inflicted. 
If  the  criminal  knows  as  a  matter  of  certainty  that  the  crime 
will  be  discovered,  on  the  one  hand,  and  will  be  prosecuted 
to  the  bitter  end,  on  the  other,  he  will  not,  unless  he  is  a 
moron,  engage  in  crime,  under  ordinary  circumstances. 
And  to  so  deal  with  crime  that  only  morons  are  criminals 
is  vastly  to  simplify  the  problem. 

We  break  on  the  two  main  points  of  discovery  and  prose- 
cution. We  do  not  criticise  our  police  force,  in  particular, 
in  fact  we  have  a  great  deal  of  admiration  for  it.  It  does 
some  work  very  well  indeed.  Here  in  San  Francisco  we 
have  a  fine  force  and  a  fine  chief.  But  they  do  not  succeed 
in  discovering  crime  as  they  should.  There  is  too  great  a 
chance  of  escape.  The  odds  in  favor  of  the  criminal  are 
enough  to  encourage  one,  not  a  moron,  to  try  his  luck  and, 
while  that  state  of  affairs  exists,  we  shall  not  escape  an 
excess  of  crime. 

As  for  prosecution,  we  are  worse  off  there. 


We  have  had  another  week  of  brutality 
Our  Steady  Shame  and  tyranny  under  the  so-called  strike 
and  our  public  officials  are  again  appar- 
ently helpless  in  the  face  of  attacks  by  vagrant  bodies  of 
roughs  who  go  from  job  to  job  and  interfere  with  harmless 
workers  in  the  pursuit  of  a  living.  Surely,  we  can  guaran- 
tee liberty  and  peace  to  men  who  are  simply  selling  their 
labor  for  a  price  on  which  they  have  agreed  and  under  con- 
ditions of  which  they  themselves  approve! 

If  we  cannot  guarantee  to  each  man  the  reward  of  his 
own  work  and  if  we  do  not  make  good  the  boast  that  this 
is  a  land  where  property  and  labor  are  secure,  then  we  are 
of  all  peoples  most  miserable  and  our  boast  of  being  a  free 
country  is  a  vicious  sham.  We  had  better  cower  under  the 
shield  of  an  American  Mussolini  and  have  our  order,  at 
least,  guaranteed. 

It  is  a  very  terrible  reflection  upon  us  that  bands  of  men 
can  approach  in  automobiles  men  who  are  quietly  working 
or  peacefully  going  to  work  or  returning  home,  and  beat 
them  insensible  and  otherwise  cripple  and  maim.  Such 
behavior  is  not  known  anywhere  else  than  here.  The  crimes 
of  Albanian  or  Bulgarian  banditti  wdio  shoot  from  ambush 
are  not  so  detrimental  to  the  well  being  ot  a  state  as  are 
these  brutal  assaults  made  in  open  daylight  ih  our  public 
streets  with  the  at  least  tacit  approval  of  a  considerable 
portion  of  the  officials  who  arc  sworn  to  uphold  the  law. 

Something'  must  he  done  about  this  condition  of  things. 
Over  the  water  when  the  general  strike  threatened,  the 
middle  class  youth  volunteered  as  a  corps  to  defend  law 
and  order  and  to  see  that  the  community  was  protected. 
In  all  that  general  strike  of  five  millions  there  was  not  the 
amount  of  violence  which  we  have  had  from  a  handful  of 
ruffians.     Something  must  be  done. 


Another  engrossing  spectacle  in  a  great  democracy  is  the 
political  leader  catching  up  from  time  to  time  with  his  fol- 
lowers.-   Detroit  News. 


San  Francisco  Pays  Homage 
to  Late  Congressman  Flaherty 

Dignitaries,  citizens  from  all  walks  of  life  as  well  as  Na- 
tional. State  and  Municipal  officials  gathered  in  silent  tri- 
bute to  pay  homage  at  the  final  ceremonies  attending  the 
rites  of  the  late  highly  respected  and  beloved  Congressman 
Lawrence  J.  Flaherty  last  Tuesday  morning. 

In  eulogy  at  the  City  Hall  where  his  body  had  reposed 
in  State  since  Monday  afternoon  and  at  the  solemn  requiem 
mass  in  St.  Mary's  Cathedral,  thousands  of  devoted  friends 
came  to  honor  the  memory  of  the  Honorable  Lawrence  J. 
Flaherty. 

The  Army,  the  Navy,  fraternal  organizations,  civic  bodies, 
all  united  in  one  of  the  most  impressive  funeral  ceremonies 
our  great  municipality  has  ever  known. 

The  Cathedral  bells  tolled  and  mingled  with  the  strains  of 
"Nearer  My  God  to  Thee,"  as  the  casket  was  borne  into 
the  cathedral  by  the  pallbearers,  many  of  whom  are  among 
the  state's  leading  dignitaries. 

Mayor  James  Rolph  and  Frank  C.  MacDonald,  president 
of  the  State  Building  Trades  Council  gave  the  eulogies  of 
the  noble  citizen  at  the  City  Flail  where  the  great  rotunda 
was  filled  with  friends  and  prominent  citizens  from  many 
parts  of  the  nation. 

"His  passing  will  not  be  soon  forgotten."  said  Mayor 
Rolph,  who  sounded  the  sentiment  of  each  mourning  heart. 
"We  have  indeed  lost  a  native  son  who  did  much  to  bring 
honor  to  the  city  of  his  birth." 

The  departed  Congressman  passed  away  in  New  York 
City.  His  body  was  brought  to  San  Francisco,  his  natal 
city,  for  its  final  resting  place.  Here  it  was  the  people 
elected  him  to  his  high  office,  and  here,  among  his  great 
hosts  of  friends,  was  paid  to  him  the  gift  of  adoration  and 
high  esteem. 

Honorary  pallbearers  included  :  Judges  James  M.  Troutt, 
Frank  J.  Murasky,  George  H.  Cabaniss,  J.  J.  Van  Nostrand, 
Franklin  A.  Griffin,  Michael  J.  Roche,  Edmund  P.  Mogan, 
T.  I.  Fitzpatrick,  Frank  H.  Dunne,  Thomas  F.  Graham, 
Harold  Louderback,  Louis  H.  Ward,  Daniel  C.  Deasy, 
Walter  F.  Johnson,  Edward  P.  Shortall,  Bernard  J.  Flood, 
Daniel  S.  O'Brien,  Sylvain  J.  Lazarus,  Lyle  T.  Jacks,  Jo- 
seph M.  Golden. 

Supervisors  Richard  J.  Welch,  James  B.  McSheehy, 
Franck  Havenncr,  Walter  Schmidt. 

Messrs.  Timothy  A.  Reardon.  Dr.  T.  A.  Shumate.  Edward 
Graney,  W.  A.  Humphrey,  Frank  J.  Foran,  W.  H.  Mc- 
Carthy, William  A.  Hewson,  Frank  McDonald,  A.  G.  Gil- 
son,  lames  Gallagher,  Thomas  Doyle,  George  A.  Hewson, 
Harry  A.  Milton.'  F.  P.  Nicholas,  Joseph  Tuite,  X.  H.  Mc- 
Lean, Joseph  Marshall,  Carl  Cook.  P.  H.  McCarthy,  Alfred 
I  Galloway,  T.  A.  McDermott,  Walter  Duryea,  Harry  Brig- 
gartz.  F.  J.  Lively.  P.  Mogan.  1.  II.  Ault,  James  Rickets. 
1'eter  Swanson,  Douglas  Clark.  George  McTigue.  A.  <  >ber- 
light,  Walter  Burchell.  E.  C,  Dwver.  |ohn  A.  Recce,  Walter 
Newell,  M.  J.  McDonough,  W".  P.  Stanton.  John  P.  O'Con- 
nell,  Michael  Casey,  M.  J.  Doyle,  John  E.  Hopkins,  Sarah 
Hagan.  Mary  Emmerson,  John  Murphy,  James  Davey. 
i  Ieorge  S.  Hollis,  I.  J.  McTiernan,  William  T.  Bonsor.  Frank 
Brown,  Thomas  Sheehan.  Fmil  Bulhoer.  Daniel  C.  Murphy, 
George  Flatley,  George  Kidwell,  Walter  Otto,  D.  F.  Dixon. 
John  Begley,  L.  B.  Regan.  David  Kilev.  Robert  F.  Toy, 
Donald  Bruce.  C.  M.  Carpenter.  John  F.  Foley.  John  I'icett. 
Archie  McMullen,  H.  S.  McGovem,  George  Austin.  William 
B.  Hamilton.  James  E.  Tower.  John  I'.  McLaughlin.  John  J. 
Deane,  M.  J.  Kelly,  John  D.  Nagle,  Fred  Fsola.  (ieorge  J. 
Hatfield.  Bert  Kahn,  John  T.  Stone,  John  McCabe,  <  ( 
Young,  Mayor  James  Rolph  Jr..  Theodore  Roche,  D.  J. 
(  I'Brien,  Thomas  R.  Murphy.  Thomas  F.  Finn.  Harry  I. 
Mulcrevv.  Edward  F.  Bryant.  Thomas  F.  Boyle. 

The   pallbearers   were:   State   Senator   John   J.    Crowley. 
State  Senator   Daniel   C.   Murphy.   United   States   Marshal 
Fred  Esola,  John  O'Connell,  secretary  of  the  San  Francisco 
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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  26,  1926 


Pleasures  W^nd 


OBEY    NO   WAND  BUI  PLEASURE'S 

_  Tom  Moore- 


Church  and  Stage 

HERE'S  some  real  news  from  the 
columns  of  George  C.  Warren  of 
"Behind  the  Back  Row"  fame.  In  an 
issue  of  a  few  days  ago.  George  \\  ar- 
ren  said  : 

"The  church  and  the  stage  are  lying 
down  together  just  as  the  lion  and  the 
lamb  did  in  the  fable  and  many  love 
feasts  will  probably  be  held  in  conse- 
quence of  the  formation  last  week  of 
the  Church  and  Drama  Association. 

"The  new  organization  had  a  dis- 
tinguished christening  at  a  dinner  at 
the'  Plaza  Hotel.  Xew  York,  William 
C.   Redfield   presiding." 

Those  named  on  the  board  of  direc- 
tors include  some  of  the  nation's  promi- 
nent men:  Winthrop  Ames,  Rev.  S. 
Parkes  Cadman,  Will  H.  Hays.  Otto  H. 
Kahn,  Channing  Pollock  and  Felix 
Warburg. 

*     *     * 

Curran 

"Patsy"  still  draws  crowded  houses 
at  the  Curran  Theater. 

Entering  upon  its  seventh  big  week, 
this  tuneful  musical  comedy  provides 
what  the  public  wants  in  the  way  of 
high  entertainment.  Lou  Holtz  and 
Gloria  Fov  are  the  stellar  attractions. 
Allan  Edwards,  Billie  De  Rex  and  Ger- 
ald Oliver  Smith  are  other  favorites. 

Forty  "Patsy"  girls,  beautiful  to  be- 
hold, present  pictures  of  rhythmic 
measures  which  charm  and  fascinate. 
Their  dancing  rises  to  a  degree  of  rare 
perfection. 

This  delightful  attraction,  which  no 
one  can  afford  to  miss,  will  not  play 
any  other  western  city.  From  San 
Francisco  the  entire  company  will  pro- 
ceed to  Chicago  where  a  booking  of 
many  weeks  awaits  the  close  of  their 
performances  here. 

"Patsy"  is  more  than  a  musical  come- 
dy.    It  is  a  memory ! 

Columbia 

Irene  Bordoni.  the  vivacious  French- 
American  comedienne,  who  is  renewing 
her  great  popularity  in  San  Francisco, 
appears  at  splendid  advantage  in 
"Naughtv'  Cinderella."  It  is  a  comedy 
written  by  Avery  Hopwood,  who,  they 
say  drew  his  inspiration  from  the 
French  farce  bv  Rene  Peter  and  Henri 
Falk. 

An  excellent  supporting  cast  has  been 
provided  by  the  Charles  Frohman  Coin- 


By  "Jingle" 

pany  and  El  Ray  Goetz  in  addition  to 
stage  settings  of  elaborate  equipment 
and  artistic  skill. 

Bordoni  wears  ravishing  gowns  and 
is  as  beautiful  and  alluring  to  behold 
as  she  is  to  hear  and  to  meditate  upon. 
In  her  cast  are  Henry  Kendall,  John 
Deverell,  Orlando  Daly,  Nat  Pendle- 
ton, Alfred  lima,  Mario  Ralmondi, 
Betty   Murray  and  Mary  Robinson. 

*     *     * 
Wilkes 

"Nancy"  with  the  adorable  Nancy 
Welford  appearing  in  the  title  role  still 
sways  the  enthusiastic  audiences  'of 
the  Wilkes  Theater.  The  melodious 
songs,  tlie  snappy  scenes,  the  clever 
plot  twists  and  the  glamour  of  a  splen- 
didly staged  performance  characterize 
the  musical  comedy. 

The  lyrics  are  clever.  The  songs 
seem  to  just  suit  the  petite  star  and  the 
well  trained  chorus  leave  nothing  to 
desire  in  the  way  of  a  finished  "happy 
show." 

Rex  Cherryman  is  as  popular  in  lii^ 
way  as  the  feminine  star.  Lou  Archer, 
Nancy  Carroll.  Belly  Gallagher,  Iva 
Shepanl.  Maude  Truax.  lane  Harwell. 
George  Guhl  are  the  other  principals. 

A  special  favor  is  granted  the  child- 
ren who  attend  the  Saturday  matinee 
by  Miss  Nancy  Welford,  who  presents 
<!id  staged  performance  characterize  the 
musical  comedy. 


Orpheum 

The  Orpheum  makes  the  announce- 
ment that  beginning  with  Saturday  oi 
this  week  the  opening  date  of  attrac- 
tions will  be  on  Saturdays  hereafter 
instead  of  on  Sundays  as  heretofore. 
One  reason  given  for  the  changing  of 
the  opening  dates  is  the  almost  uni- 
versal half-holiday  on   Saturday. 

This  same  policy  will  now  prevail 
also  at  the  Golden  (late  theater. 

Raymond  Hitchcock,  creator  and 
star  of  "1  Iitchv-Koo"  and  many  other 
big  musical  attractions  will  be  this 
week's  head-liner  at  the  Orpheum.  He 
will  lie  master-of-ceremonies  for  the 
week's  bill  which,  no  doubt  means  a 
good  time  for  all. 

Other  atractions  at  the  Orpheum  in- 
clude Joe  Smith  and  Charles  Dale, 
with  Avon  Comedy  Four,  in  the  second 
edition  of  "From  the  Battery  to  the 
Bronx."     Thev  have  the  assistance  of 


Cooper  Lawley,  Elcie  Peck,  Reba  Mor- 
gan and  Wallace  Eames. 

Other  big  feature  acts  on  the  bill  will 
be  Frank  Dobson,  who  toured  the  Or- 
pheum Circuit  with  his  thirteen  Sirens, 
will  have  a  new  offering  called  "The 
Love  Doctor,"  in  which  he  will  be  sup- 
ported by  Violet  Follis,  Lois  Stone, 
Eve  Wendt  and  Stella  Bolton;  Frank 
De  Yoe,  of  musical  comedy  fame  in 
"192r>  Humor  in  1926  Way;"  Corinne 
Tilton,  the  vivacious  comedienne,  pre- 
senting a  new  cycle  of  song  studies  ; 
Arthur  Bryson  and  Strappy  Jones,  two 
dusky  dancers  de  luxe;  and  The  Del 
'  Irtos,  Ernesto,  Mingie  and  lose.  Cali- 
fornia Spanish  dancers. 

*  *     * 
St.  Francis 

"The  Midnight  Sun."  first  special  re- 
lease of  Universal  since  their  "  Phantom 
of  the  Opera"  will  have  its  western  pre- 
miere at  the  St.  Francis  Saturday,  June 
26. 

Laura  La  Plante  is  the  heroine  in  her 
role  of  an  American  entertaining  abroad. 
I'at  (  t'Malley  plays  the  part  of  a  grand 
duke ;  and  Raymond  Keane,  making  his 
debut  on  the  screen,  has  the  role  of  prin- 
cipal in  the  part  of  a  young  lieutenant. 

The  picture  is  beautifully  staged  and 
tilled  with  moments  of  intense  excitement 
and  thrills  with  a  gripping  romance  run- 
ning through  the  plot. 

*  *     * 
Alcazar 

"Little  Miss  Bluebeard,"  entrancing 
comedy  with  music,  begins  its  second 
and  last  week  at  the  Alcazar  theater 
Sunday  night.  This  stellar  attraction 
might  easily  have  enjoyed  a  long  run 
at  the  O'Farrell  street  theater,  but  pre- 
vious bookings  forced  Henry  Duffy  to 
limit  the  engagement  to  two  weeks. 

The  play  is  a  rollicking  comedy  with 
several  song  hits  interspersed.  The 
story  tells  of  the  whirlwind  adventures 
of  Collett,  a  French  mademoiselle,  who 
becomes  involved  in  a  love  affair  with 
a  young  Englishman. 

He  already  has  a  wife  and  family  so 
he  has  to  use  the  name  of  his  best 
friend  when  he  marries  her.  It  is  to 
this  friend's  apartment  that  he  takes 
the  newly-made  bride  and  she  is 
startled  to  find  herself  with  two  hus- 
bands on  her  hands.  There  is  an  amaz- 
ing twist  to  the  plot. 

A  generous  amount   of   fun   features 


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Amusements 

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ON  THE  STAGE 


ALCAZAR  I 

O'Farrell  nr.  Powell   ( 


■in  1 1.-  Miss  Bluebeard" 
Henry  Duffy  Farce 


TOI.L'MUIA 
70  Eddy 


"Naughty  Cinderella" 
Irene  Uonlonl 


CCRRAN  ( 

Geary  nr.  Mason  f 


"Pntsy" 
Mimical  Comedy 


PRESIDENT  I 

McAllister  nr  Mkt.     ( 


"Love  'Em  and 

Leave  'Em" 

Henry  Duffy  Farce 


WILKES 
Geary  at   Mason 


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"Nancy" 
Nancy  Weltford 


VAUDEVILLE 


GOLDEN    GATE  (  Bifi-  Vaudeville 

G.  G.  Ave.  &  Taylor     (  Features — Pictures 


ORPHEUM 
O'Farrell  &  Powell 


Rnymond  Hitchcock, 
Headliner 


PANTAGES  (NEW)    (     "The    SaP-"    Kenneth    Harlan, 
Market    at    Hyde  C      Star.    Last   of   the   "Personality 


PORTOLA 
Market   near  4tn 

Vaudeville-Pictures 

LNION    SIU'AHE 
O'Farrell  nr.  Powell 

Vaudeville-Pictures 

WIGWAM 
Mission  and  22nd 

Vaudeville-Pictures 

ON    THE 

DOWN 

SCREEN 

TOWN 

CALIFORNIA 
Market  at  4th 

s 

"The  Lady  of  the 
Harem" — Greta  Nissen 

CAMEO 
Market  opp.  5th 

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"The   Wheel,"  four   days.  Sat. 
to    Wed.     "The   Lawful   Cheat- 
er,"   four    days.    Wed.    to    Sat. 

CAPITOL 

Ellis  nr.  Market 

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"Pieces    of    China,"    Isaac    0. 
Upham     Travelogue      Picture — 
Special   Prologue. 

CASINO 

Ellis  and  Mason 

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Pictures 

GRANADA 
Market  at  Jones  St. 

1 
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"The  Blind  Goddess" 

IMPERIAL 
Market  bet.  Sth-7th 

I 
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"Padlocked" 
Rex  Reach  Story 

LOEWS  WARFIELD 
Market  at  Taylor 

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"The  Road  to 
itlantlalay" 

ST.  FRANCIS 
Market  bet.  oth-dth 

1 
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"The  Midnight  Sun" 
Laura  La  Plante 

RESIDENTIAL  DISTRICTS 

ALEXANDRIA 

Geary  nnd  18th 

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Pictures 

Ren  RIack  and 

His  Band 

COLISEUM 
Clement  &  Dili  Ave. 

Pictures 

Milt  Frankly n  nnd 

His  Bond 

HAIGHT 
Halsht  at  Cole 

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Pictures 

HARDING                         I 
Divlsadero  at  Hayes  I 

Pictures 

Eddie  Harkness  and 

Orchestra 

MAJESTIC 
Mission  between 
20th  and  21st 

Pictures 

METROPOLITAN 
Union  nr.  Fillmore 

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Pictures 

NEW    BALBOA 

Hi, 11. ..n    A    88th   Ave 

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Pictures 

NEW    MISSION 
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Pictures 

ROYAL 

Polk  nr.  California 

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t lie  comedy  throughout.  Dale  Win- 
ter has  created  enthusiasm  by  her  ex- 
cellent work  in  the  title  role.  William 
Davidson  plays  opposite  her  and  adds 
a  splendid  characterization.  Complet- 
ing the  cast  are:  Francis  Fraunie,  Ed- 
ward Lynch,  Barbara  Gurney,  Doro- 
thy La  Mar,  Alice  Bartlett,  Fergus 
Reddie,  Ernest  Morrison  and  Charles 
Edler. 

*  *         * 

Warfield 

"The  Road  to  Mandalay"  is  the  screen 
attraction  at  the  Warfield,  this  coming 
week,  with  Lon  Chaney  appearing  in  the 
leading  role  in  one  of  the  most  bizarre 
makeups  of  his  entire  career.  He  takes 
the  part  of  "Singapore  Joe,"  a  sea  cap- 
tain who  has  degenerated  into  the  un- 
canny  ruler  of   Singapore's  underworld. 

Lois  Moran  of  "Stella  Dallas"  fame 
appears  as  the  heroine.  Owen  Moore  is 
the  dissolute  Admiral  and  Kamuyama 
Sojin,  delineator  of  Oriental  types  is 
compelling  in  his  grim  interpretation  of 
the  Oriental  satellite. 

John  George  and  other  well  known 
players  are  in  the  cast  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Tod  Browning.  This  is  a  Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayer  picture. 

Fanchon  and  Marco  offer  two  big  stage 
presentations  in  one  under  the  caption 
of  a  "Paper  Idea"  in  which  Lestra  La 
Monte,  "the  paper  fashion  plate ;"  Mile. 
Dolly  Gil,  the  Folies  Bergeres  girl ;  Zim- 
merman and  Grandville,  Victor  record- 
ing artists;  Lee  Mason  and  Sunny,  im- 
personators ;  Mac  Curry  and  Betty  Alex- 
ander, a  clever  comedy  dance  team ;  and 
the  famous  Sunkist  Beauties  are  feat- 
ured. 

Another  entertaining  musical  program 
is  offered  by  Walt  Roesner  and  his  Super- 
Soloists. 

*  *     * 
California 

"The  Lady  of  the  Harem"  directed 
by  Raoul  Walsh,  with  a  cast  of  fifteen 
principals  is  the  attraction  at  the  Cali- 
fornia theater. 

( ireta  Nissen,  as  the  blonde  enchant- 
ress, has  the  title  role  with  William 
Collier  Jr.,  playing  opposite.  Sojin, 
Ernest  Torrence,  Louise  Fazenda, 
Snitz  Edwards  and  Chester  Conklin 
are    in    the    list    of   important    players. 

Among  the  big  scenes  is  the  charge 
of  thousands  of  beggars  who  swim  a 
torrential  river  in  feverish  and  angry 
revolt  against  the  Sultan.  Their  spec- 
tacular arrival  at  the  castle  where  a 
huge  boulder  blockades  the  escape  of 
the  lovers  provides  thrilling  scenes  and 
forms  a  dramatic  climax  to  the  plot. 
The  picture  is  gorgeously  staged. 

Max  Dolin,  leader  of  the  famous  Cali- 
fornia orchestra,  will  be  heard  in  violin 
solos  and  will  present  a  musical  pro- 
gram of  unusual  features  including  il- 
lustrated selections  and  novelty  feat- 
ures. 


President 

San  Francisco  has  followed  New 
York  in  appreciating  "Love  'Em  and 
Leave  'Em,"  the  new  comedy  which  is 
being  presented  here  simultaneously 
with  its  production  on  Broadway.  The 
second  week  of  this  gleeful  play  be- 
gins with  the  matinee  Sunday  after- 
noon. 

Henry  Duffy  obtained  the  Pacific 
Coast  rights  to  "Love  'Em  and  Leave 
'Em,"  despite  the  fact  that  the  attrac- 
tion is  still  holding  the  boards  in  New 
York,  at  the  Lyceum  theater  there.  It 
is  filled  with  laughter.  The  play  con- 
cerns the  employees  of  a  department 
store  who  have  worked  themselves  up 
to  a  pitch  of  enthusiasm  over  a  pageant 
which  they  are  preparing.  The  audi- 
ence is  given  a  glimpse  of  the  show 
and  this  scene  is  one  of  the  funniest 
witnessed  here  in  a  long  time. 

Isabel  Withers  as  Mamie  Walsh,  has 
the  leading  feminine  role.  Important 
parts  fall  to  Betty  Laurence,  Kenneth 
Daigneau,  and  Earl  Lee.  The  com- 
pany has  been  augmented  by  a  number 
of  new  players  and  the  big  cast  in  ■ 
eludes :  Olive  Cooper,  Frank  Darien, 
Lillian  Deane,  Thomas  L.  Brower, 
William  S.  Rainey,  Stanley  Ruhland, 
Claire  Brandt,  John  Mackenzie,  Ruth 
Callahan  and  Curt  Baer. 

Edwin  Curtis  has  staged  "Love  'Em 
and  Leave  'Em"  in  delightful  fashion. 
Two  or  three  scenes  are  typical  of  the 
modern  New  York  boarding  house. 

*     *     * 
Capitol 

"Pieces  of  China,"  a  film  travelogue 
by  Isaac  O.  Upham,  is  now  at  the  Capi- 
tol  theater  where  it  is  exciting  consid- 
erable interest,  not  only  as  a  motion 
picture  of  intensely  interesting  Far 
Last  scenes,  but  fur  the  thrilling  and 
dramatic  theme  of  the  story  itself. 

The  picture  was  made  under  the  di- 
rection of  Upham,  a  San  Fram 
globe  trotter  who  devoted  an  entire 
year's  study  of  the  places  he  visited 
traveling  over  10,000  miles  in  China 
through   many   unfrequented   places. 

An  elaborate  prologue  precedes  the 
picture  with  Liu-Ching.  the  Chinese 
giant  of  eight  feet  and  6  inches,  lead- 
ing the  cast  of  Chinese  actors.  Moon 
Kwan,  the  Chinese  poet  wrote  the  pro- 
logue. 

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By  Antoinette  Arnold 


Battleships  Scenes 
For  Society  Events 

SOCIETY,  this  past  week,  lias  heen  entertained  by  offi- 
cers of  the  visiting  battle  fleet,  and  they,  in  happy  re- 
ciprocation, have  staged  some  beautiful  affairs  for  the  Navy 
men  during  their  ail-too  brief  sojourn  along  our  shores. 

What  an  imposing  sight  the  ''sixty-four  battle  fleet"  pre- 
sented as  the  magnificent  ships  gracefully  plowed  their  way 
through  the  Golden  Gate ! 

Dropping  anchor  along  the  line  of  manoeuvers  the  ships 
then  took  their  stations,  with  that  impressive  precision 
which  arouses  pride  within  the  heart  of  every  true  Ameri- 
can. 

Oh,  what  a  sight  it  has  been  ! 

The  informal  three-day  visit  of  the  battle-ships  was  for 
a  twofold  purpose,  so  we  are  told — to  break  the  monotony 
of  a  manoeuvering  period ;  and  to  enable  the  boat  crews 
from  twelve  battleships  to  run  off  the  Olympic  Club  cup 
race  in  which  many  prominent  society  people  were  in- 
tensely interested. 

The  destroyer,  Melville,  lead  the  battle  fleet  as  it  sailed 
gloriously  through  our  Golden  Gate  to  anchor  along  "Man 
o'War  Row."  The  hospital  ship,  Relief,  came  next  in  line; 
and  then  came  the  mine  sweeper,  Tern,  followed  by  the 
memorable  parade  of  battleships  with  the  California,  flag- 
ship of  Admiral  C.  F.  Hughes  commanding  the  battle  fleet. 

Battleships  in  the  order  of  their  entrance  were:  West 
Virginia,  Colorado,  Tennessee,  Pennsylvania,  Arizona,  Ok- 
lahoma, Nevada,  New  Mexico,  Idaho,  and  Mississippi. 

Next  came  the  thirty-one  destroyers  in  two  divisions  with 
the  light  cruiser,  Omaha,  flagship  of  the  destroyer  squadron 
leading. 

Three  abeam,  the  destroyers  made  their  pathway  through 
the  waters  of  San  Francisco  Bay — creating  exclamations 
of  exhilaration  from  thousands  upon  thousands  of  specta- 
tors who  lined  the  shores  and  crowned  the  hills  over-look- 
ing the  waters  of  the  Bay. 

*  *     * 
Beautiful  Wedding 

One  of  the  prettiest  weddings  of  the  season  took  place 
last  Saturday  at  St.  Matthew's  Church.  San  .Mate..,  when 
Miss  Evelyn  Poett,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  W. 
Poett  of  San  Mateo  became  the  bride  of  Mr.  Richard  A. 
McLaren,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Norman  McLaren. 

The  ceremony,  performed  by  the  Rev.  Walter  Cambridge, 
was  witnessed  by  a  fashionable  throng.  The  picturesque 
little  church  was  massed  in  pink  hydrangeas,  pink  lilies  and 
greenery.  The  bride  and  her  wedding  party  made  their  way 
up  an  aisle  banked  with  fern  and  pink  gladioli. 

Miss  Gertrude  Murphy  was  maid  of  honor  in  the  place 
of  Miss  Mary  Stuart  La  Boyteaux,  who  was  unable  to  come 
from  New  York  to  attend  the  wedding.  The  bridesmaids 
were  Miss  Alice  Moffitt,  Miss  Edna  Christensen,  Miss  Flo- 
rence Loomis  and  Miss  Claudine  Spreckels. 

Loyall  McLaren  was  his  brother's  best  man  and  the  ush- 
ers were  Henry  Poett  Jr.,  Millen  Griffith,  Edward  Hills, 
George  Montgomery  and  Richard  Bertheau. 

*  *     * 
Children's  Party 

A  charming  children's  party  was  given  last  Saturday  at 
the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Foster  Young  on  Fifth  Avenue 
in  honor  of  the  fifth  birthday  of  their  son,  Bradford  Wood- 
bridge  Young. 


Ihe  young  host  received  his  guests  with  decorum  and 
entertained  the  little  boys  and  girls  with  games  and  con- 
tests staged  both  in  the  lovelv  sun-room  of  the  Young  resi- 
dence and  out  in  the  beautiful  garden. 

Mrs.  Cera  Woodbridge,  of  the  California  State  Assembly, 
mother  of  Anna  Young,  the  prima  donna,  assisted  her 
daughter  m  the  courtesies  of  the  birthday  party.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Bradford  Woodbridge  of  Roseville  were  visiting  their 
daughter  in  this  city  for  a  few  davs,  making  "Braddy" 
Young's  birthday  party  the  object  of  the  recent   visit. 

Consul's  Wife  Returning 

_  Mrs.  Maurice  Heilmann,  wife  of  the  French  Consul- 
General  at  San  Francisco,  is  returning  soon  to  this  city 
with  her  daughters,  Claire  and  Helene,  following  a  visit 
in  \\  ashmgton,  D.  C,  where  her  husband  was  formerly 
first  secretary  of  the  French  Embassy.  The  Heilmanns 
were  extensively  feted  during  their  visit  at  the  national 
capital.  Mrs.  Heilmann  was  one  of  the  most  popular  host- 
esses in  the  diplomatic  set  during  her  residence  there. 

Del  Monte  Holds 
Show  for  Dogs 

Dog  owners,  dog  lovers  and  many  prominent  people  from 
all  parts  of  the  State  whose  children  possessed  pets  of  un- 
usual pedigree  were  participants  this  week  in  the  dog  show 
held  at  Del  Monte. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nion  Tucker  of  Burlingame,  Mr  and  Mrs 
Athol  McBean,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gerald  Rathbone,  were  among 
those  who  entered  fine  animals  in  the  show 

Eleanor  Lyman  with  "Peter  Pan  ;"  Mary  Jane  and  Nancv 
lord  with  their  "Byx  Ford  Wintsey"  were  little  folks  who 
displayed  their  pets  with  pride. 

.Mrs.  Walter  Rintoul  had  "Cookie"  and  "Boy,"  two  look- 
just-alike   dogs  on  display.     Mrs.  Oegie   Eatson  exhibited 
-San     another   prize   dog.     Gloria   Wood   was  one  of  the 
younger  set  taking  part  in  the  show. 

"Claus  Von  Furstenwall"  the  prize  winning  dog  owned 
by  Mrs.  Nion  Tucker  excited  much  attention. 

Many  others  attended  the  show  and  entered  their  pets 
the  enthusiasts  including  Mrs.  Edmund  Lyman  Miss  Ysa- 
bel  Chase  Mrs.  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickinson 
bishop,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stuart  Haldron  of  Monterey  Mrs 
\\ill  lord.  Mrs.  Byington  Ford,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Hunt 
•Mrs.  Will  Jacks  of  Monterey;  Mr.  Harold  11.  Davis  ,,f 
Santa  Barbara. 

*     *     * 
Cornerstone  Party 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Templeton  Crocker  of  Burlingame 
had  a  party  at  Pebble  Beach  to  celebrate  the  laving  of  the 
cornerstone  of  their  new  Byzantine  villa.  Mr  Crocker  has 
recently -returned  from  Europe,  and  the  Crockers  are  spend- 
ing a  few  days  at  the  W.  W.  Crocker  home  in  Pebble  Beach 
\  ilia  Amici.  Among  their  guests  at  the  laying  of  the  cor- 
nerstone were  Mr.  W.  \Y.  Crocker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert 
Henderson  and  Mr.   Walter  Martin. 


Warship  Dinner 

Miss    Virginia    Sullivan,    the   brilliant    young   writer  and 
lawyer,  was  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner  party  given  aboard 

the  U.  S.  S.  Medusa  last  Saturday  evening. 

Distinguished  authors,  editors 'and  scenario  writers  were 
included  in  the  delightful  dinner  partv,  the  guests  for  the 


fune  26,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


occasion  being  the  Misses  Barrett  Willough- 
bv,  Yingie  E.  Roe,  Gladys  Johnson;  Messers. 
Captain  John  Nygaard,  U.S.N. ;  Lieutenant 
Roark  Montgomery,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Ray- 
mond Bamberger,  U.S.A.,  and  Messrs  and  Mes- 
dames  George  Douglas.  Gordon  Michie,  James 

Isherwood,  Montague  Grover  of  Melbourne. 
Australia;  I  lollister  McGuire,  Signore  and  Mrs. 
Qualtiero  Bartillini. 

*     *     * 

Writer  Honored 

Golden  Gate  Branch,  League  of  American 
Ten  Women,  of  which  Grace  Sanderson  Michie 
is  the  organizing  president,  gave  a  home-com- 
ing luncheon  at  the  Fairmont  Hotel  last  Thurs- 
day in  compliment  to  Mary  Bird  Clayes,  the 
out-going  State  Vice-president  for  Northern 
California,  who  founded  the  new  Branch  of 
San  Francisco  Pen  Women. 

Miss  Clayes  will  return  to  Washington, 
D.  C,  where  she  has  accepted  a  position  in  the 
Washington  schools  and  had  to  resign  from 
her  Berkeley  position  of  many  years  in  order 
to  take  her  place  with  Washington  educators. 
During  the  last  biennial  convention  of  Pen  Women  Miss 
Clayes  secured  the  charter  for  the  Golden  Gate  Branch 
and  notified  Mrs.  Michie  that  she  had  been  officially  ap- 
pointed organizing  president. 

Those  who  gathered  to  greet  Miss  Clayes  included  Mrs. 
Ella  M.  Sexton,  president  of  Golden  Gate  Branch;  Miss 
Virginia  Sullivan,  secretary;  Helen  Berger  (Mrs.  Raymond 
Bamberger)  ;  Barrett  Willoughby,  Zilfa  Estcourt,  Ethel 
W'hitmire,  Mary  Coghlan,  Nellie  Cleary,  Betty  Briggs,  Cleo 
Braddock,  Gladys  Johnson,  Anna  Blake  Mezquida,  Kathar- 
ine Eggleston  Holmes,  Mrs.  Hollister  McGuire,  Winifred 
McGee,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Hamilton,  Mrs.  William  Beckman,  Isa- 
bel Rogers  Stradleigh,  Josephine  Wilson,  the  Senior  Past 
State  Vice-president  for  northern  California  presiding. 

Honor  guests  at  this  noteworthy  event  included  Joan 
London,  Miss  Sophie  Brannan,  noted  artist  of  New  York 
formerly  of  San  Francisco;  Anna  Young,  prima  donna  of 
the  San  Francisco  Opera  Company;  Mary  Hester  McCoy, 
poet  and  composer,  of  Pasadena  and  Los  Angeles.  Ada 
McQuillan,  prominent  in  editorial  work  in  Hollywood  and 
llelle  Burns  Groemer,  "Cosmopolitan"  contributor,  wife  of 
Commander  Groemer,  Hilda  Tilden.  prominent  writer  and 
advertiser  of  Seattle,  Mrs.  Howard  Taylor,  book  reviewer 
and  lecturer  of  Houghton  Miftin  Publishing  Company,  Mrs. 
lack  Burrows,  wife  of  an  editor  of  the  Oakland  Tribune. 
fosephine  Bartlett,  society  editor  of  the  San  Francisco 
Chronicle  were  Other  distinguished  guests  at  this  notable  event. 


Famous  Artist  Now 
Visiting  Her  Home 

Sophie  Brannan,  the  famous  young  artist  of  New  York, 
formerly  a  resident  of  San  Francisco,  with  her  mother,  Mrs. 
Augusta  Brannan  (nee  Sheldon)  are  now  visiting  relatives 
and  friends  in  the  city  where  the  name  of  Brannan  is  part 
of  our  state  history. 

Miss  Brannan,  whose  canvases  are  at  present  on  exhibi- 
tion in  Chicago,  has  achieved  great  success  in  her  work. 
Some  of  her  largest  paintings  have  been  exhibited  exten- 
sively    throughout    the   United    States.   Canada   and    South 


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America  and  many  of  them  have  been  awarded 
high   honors   and   prizes. 

Distinctively  a  colorist,  Sophie  Marston 
Brannan,  has  also  achieved  the  enviable  name 
of  "a  painter  of  oaks."  Trees  appeal  especial- 
ly to  her  and  are  the  subjects  for  many  of  her 
paintings.  The  eucalyptus,  the  pine  and  the 
fir  trees  are  great  favorites,  but  "oaks  seem 
actually  to  captivate  her  brush." 

Sophie  Brannan  is  well  known  for  her  land- 
scapes in  California  and  Delaware  County, 
New  York,  and  for  her  paintings  of  the  skies 
and  scenery  in  the  Catskill  Mountains.  Mag- 
nificent sky  effects  with  their  glorious  color- 
ings are  commanding  charms  of  her  work. 

A  Californian  by  birth,  Miss  Brannan  en- 
tered the  San  Francisco  School  of  Arts  when 
seven  years  old  and  five  years  later  she  ex- 
hibited her  work.  Later  she  went  to  Europe 
and  studied  in  London  and  in  Paris  where  she 
remained  three  years  making  close  study  of 
the  fundamental  principles  used  by  the  great- 
est masters  and  artists  of  Europe. 

"Late  Afternoon,"  one  of  Sophie  Brannan's 
great  pictures  has  received  special  praise  from  critics.  It 
is  a  large  canvas  with  wonderful  coloring  in  the  skies  and  a 
large  tree  in  the  foreground  bending  over  the  waters  where 
other  trees  dip  their  branches  into  a  stream.  This  painting 
has  been  on  exhibition  at  notable  art  exhibits  and  stands  out 
as  an  example  of  Miss  Brannan's  work. 

Charmingly  feminine,  perfectly  unspoiled  by  her  great 
success,  with  a  heart  and  mind  in  attune  with  every  beauti- 
ful thing  that  she  can  find,  this  famous  Californian  has 
brought  distinction  to  her  home-city  and  to  the  noble  name  of 
Brannan  so  closely  identified  with  the  pioneer  life  and  the 
upbuilding  of  our  State. 

*  *     * 

Mr.  Linnard  Returns 
.  Mr.  Lerov  Linnard  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  who  with  his 
mother,  Mrs.  D.  N.  Linnard  of  Pasadena,  have  been  touring 
Europe  For  the  past  three  months,  returned  home  on  Friday. 
While  abroad  they  visited  all  the  principal  cities  and  points 
of  interest,  meeting  many  American  friends,  and  with  other 
members  of  the  American  Hotel  Association  party  were 
royally  entertained  by  the  dignitaries  and  nobility  of  the 
different  countries  included  in  the  trip. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Armstrong  Taylor  were  the  guests  of  honor 
at  a  dinner  given  a  few  evenings  ago.  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam T.  Sesnon  at  their  home  in  Divisadero  street.  Mrs. 
Taylor,  who  returned  to  San  Francisco  recently  from  Eu- 
rope, will  go  abroad  again  within  a  few  days.  She  will  join 
her  son.  Duncan  Taylor,  who  is  at  school  in  Switzerland, 
and   afterwards  they  will   travel  through   Sweden  and   N'or- 

way. 

*  *     * 

Senator  Phelan 
Entertains  Abroad 

Senator  James  D.  Phelan  and  Colonel  Harry  S.  How  land. 
who  have  been  in  Europe  for  several  months,  will  return 
to  California  at  the  end  of  next  month.  They  have  recently 
been  in  Paris,  where,  according  to  his  annual  custom,  Mr. 
Phelan  was  host  at  a  large  dinner  dance  to  bring  together 
the  many  Californians  visiting  there. 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  26,  1926 


RADIO 

By  C.  J.  Pennington 


Some  Interference 

A  GENERAL  survey  of  radio  recep- 
tion conditions  in  foreign  coun- 
tries, reports  that  sun  spots  are  the 
cause  of  poor  reception. 


C.  J.  Pennington 

In  the  eastern  part  of  the  United 
States  it  is  static.  In  the  northern 
states  it  is  the  northern  lights  and  in 
California,  the  poor  old  moon  is  blamed. 

It  makes  no  difference  in  what  section 
of  the  world  one  may  live,  there  is  al- 
ways something  to  offer  as  an  alibi  for 
poor  reception. 

Frankly,  we  believe  that  all  the  dif- 
ferent theories  advanced  as  to  the 
causes  of  much  of  our  present  inter- 
ference is  a  lot  of  bunk. 

Take  for  example:  The  recent  in- 
ternational tests.  What  was  the  reason 
for  not  being  able  to  hear  foreign 
stations?  The  sun  happened  to  have  a 
couple  of  spots  on  it  at  about  that  time 
and  the  blame  was  placed  there  for  the 
want  of  a  better  excuse. 

The  main  reason  that  no  great  dis- 
tance is  ever  heard  an}-  more  is  that 
there  are  too  many  rebroadcasting  re- 
ceivers in  operation  trying  to  get  some- 
thing (they  know  not  what)  so  that 
no  one  is  able  to  hear  over  any  distance 
at  all. 

Did  you  ever  tune  in  on  a  broadcast- 
ing station,  and  have  it  coming  in  with 
no  distortion,  no  interference,  the  pro- 
gram good,  and  you  were  feeling  at 
peace  with  the  world?  Then  all  of  a 
sudden  your  set  commenced  to  whistle 
and  howl  as  if  something  terrible  had 
happened,  and  it  continued  to  do  so 
until  you  decided  to  try  for  some  other 
station? 

Man\r  times  this  has  happened  to 
every  one  living  in  San  Francisco  or 
any  other  crowded  vicinity,  the  fault 
being  laid  to  everything,  except  the  real 
reason. 


Rebroadcasting  receivers  are  the 
cause  of  such  interference  and  in  radio 
reception  today  they  appear  to  be  our 
worst  menace. 

Stations  may  fade  from  many  causes, 
but  when  a  station  which  is  reasonably 
close,  fades  out,  and  a  whistle  takes  its 
place,  that  is  caused  from  some  beloved 
neighbor  operating  a  rebroadcasting  re- 
ceiver. 

There  is  no  reason  why  any  one 
should  have  a  good  program  ruined, 
just  because  some  radio  bug  next  door 
turns  on  all  the  power  possible,  caus- 
ing his  set  to  oscillate  so  badly  that  no 
one  in  the  neighborhood  can  obtain 
any  pleasure  from  their  radio  sets. 

Any  one  with  the  slightest  knowl- 
edge of  receiving  sets  may  keep  his 
set  from  rebroadcasting  if  he  operates 
it  as  he  should.  Tubes  operate  at 
their  highest  point  of  efficiency  when 
they  are  just  below  the  oscillation 
point,  and  no  further  distance  is  going 
to  be  brought  in  by  trying  to  force  the 
filament  of  the  tubes  to  burn  brighter. 

All  that  is  accomplished  is  the  ruin- 
ing of  your  neighbor's  reception  as  well 
as  your  own. 

Why  shouldn't  all  you  set  owners 
check  up  and  ascertain  if  your  set  is 
causing  your  neighbor's  trouble  by  re- 
broadcasting. and  if  so,  try  and  make 
corrections?  Perhaps  if  some  one  with 
a  rebroadcasting  receiver  should  move 
next  door  to  you  that  would  be  a  dif- 
ferent story.     Wouldn't  it? 


New  Dry  Cell  Power  Tube  Is 
Volume  Unit 

The  unusually  fine  performance  of 
the  CX-220  dry  cell  loud  speaker  sup- 
ply tube  is  making  it  a  welcome  ad- 
dition to  the  family  of  radio  receiving 
tubes.  Although  the  C  or  CX-299  tube 
delivers  sufficient  energy  to  satisfactor- 
ily operate  sensitive  loud  speakers,  it 
was  not  designed  to  operate  power 
speakers  such  as  the  heavier  cone  types 
which  have  recently  come  on  the  mar- 
ket. 

The  CX-220.  however,  is  particular- 
lv  designed  for  loud  speaker  operation 
and  gives  owners  of  dry  battery  opera- 
ted sets  the  opportunity  of  getting 
quality  and  volume  of  reproduction 
which  was  formerly  available  only  to 
owners  of  storage  battery  operated  re- 
ceivers. Because  of  its  characteristics, 
this  new  tube  gives  a  marked  improve- 
ment in  the  quality  and  volume  obtain- 
able from  any  loud  speaker  and  oper- 
ates heavy  cone  type  speakers  surpris- 
ingly well. 


Radio  Program 
for  Next  Week 

KPO— HALE    BROS.    AND   THE    CHRON- 
ICLE, SAN   FRANCISCO— 428.3 

Sunday.   June   -7 

9:45  t<>  10:45  a.  m. — Undenominational  and 
non -sectarian    church    service. 

10:46  a.  m. — Weather  forecast. 

2:45  j).  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation  Park   of  the   baseball  game. 

5:0ij  to  6:00  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Marshall 
W.    Giselman. 

G:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind 
']  i  rector. 

ti  :30  p.  m. — Baseball  scores,  amusement  and 
genei  al   Information. 

6:35  to  S::i5  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
i-lu'si  i  a. 

s  :jr,  i..  iinoo  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

Monthly.    June    'JS 

"<>,    7:30,    8:00   a.   m. — Dally   dozen   exercises. 

10  30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  amusement. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing;    weather    and    market    reports. 

l:iiii   to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont   Hotel  Orchestra. 

2  •:.:<!    to   :t:3o    p.   m. — Matinee   program. 

3:30    to   3:40   p.   m. — Fashion   notes. 

-Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 


::;4n    to  5:30  p. 

chestra. 

5:30    to    6:15  p. 

6:15    to   6:30  p. 


m, — Children's    Hour. 
m. — Stock    market   quotations, 
baseball     scon-s,     market      reports. 

6:30  i"  i  'in  p.  m. — Orchestra;  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:00  to   ,:::<•  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  orchestra. 

V" I':11"    I>     m.— Mandarin    Cafe    Orchestra. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Simultaneous  broadcast 
by  KFI  and  KPO  of  a  program  being  pre- 
s. n  ted    :it    K  FT. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Mandarin  Cafe  Orchestra. 

Tue-.il.'!  i  .   June  iH> 

7:00,    7:30,    8:00    a.    m. — Daily    dozen    exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  re- 
ports. 

12;i"i  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing;   weather    and    market    reports. 

1:00  i,,   2:00   p.  m. — Fairmont   Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation Park   of  the  baseball  game. 

1:80  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

6:8 6:15  p.  m. — Children's  hour. 

6:16  to  6:80  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball    scores,    market    reports 

t>:3ii  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra:  Waldemar  Lind 
director. 

7:oo   to   7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  Program. 

9:00  i"  10:00  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Mona 
Motor  Oil  trio  and  harmony  team,  Gypsy 
and    Mart  a. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

WrdneMrtny.    June   30 

7:00,   7:30,   8:00  a.   m. — Daily   dozen  exercises. 

Hi:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast  and  market 
reports. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  ana  Scripture  read- 
ing; weather  and  market  reports. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation Park  of  the  baseball  game. 

I  ::n  io  5:3ii  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

5:30  to  6:15  p.   m. — Children's  hour. 

G:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball   scores,   market   reports. 

fi:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra;  Waldemar  Lind. 
director. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel   Orchestra. 

S:00   to   9:00  p.   m. — Atwater   Kent  artists. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Program  for  the  Club 
Farallon. 

1  ii : "ii  to  11 :00  p.  m. — Orchestra;  Waldemar 
Lind,  director. 

Thursday,   July  1 

7:00.  7:30,  8:00  a.  m. — Daily  dozen  exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  reports. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing;   weather   and    market    reports. 

1:00  to   2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation Park   of  the  baseball   game. 

i  :.".n  in  ."  :',n  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  or- 
chestra. 

5:30    to    6:15    p,    ni, — Children's    hour. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball    scores,   market   reports. 

6:30  to  7:00  i>.  m. — Orchestra,  Waldemar  Lind. 
director. 

7:00   to  7:30  p.    m. — Fairmont  Hotel    Orchestra. 

8:00   to   9:00   p.    m. — Program. 

9:00    to    10:00   p.    m. — Banquet  program. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Mandarin  Cafe  Orchestra. 


June  26,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


I'rlduj  .   Jul?     '1 

Dallj    dozen  exerclsea, 
i     in. — Weather    Forecast,    market    re- 
ports. 

noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 

n  cat  her  and   market    reports. 
i  -  i -".    p.    in. — Talk    from    the   Commonwealth 
Club. 

2:00    P-    m. — Fairmont    Hotel  Orchestra. 

-  IB  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
atlon  Park  ot"  the  baseball  game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Concert  Orchestra. 
6:16  p.   m. — Children's  hour. 

6:16  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball  scores,  market  reports. 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Orchestra;  Waldemar  Lind, 
director. 

7:00   to   7:10  p.  m. — "Sports  on  the  Air." 

7:10    to   7:20   p.   m. — Business   and   Investment. 

7:20  to  7:25  p.  m. — Chamber  of  Commerce  talk. 

8:00  to  8:30  p.  m. — Intakes  and  exhausts  by 
Gasoline  George. 

8:30    to    9:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Dance  Or- 
chestra. 

10:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Orchestra;  Waldemar 
L.ind,  director. 

Saturday,   July    it 

7:00,    7:30,    8:00    p.    m. — Daily    dozen    exercises. 

10:30  a.  m. — Weather  forecast,  market  re- 
ports. 

12:00  noon — Time  signals  and  Scripture  read- 
ing;   weather    and    market    reports. 

1:00  to  2:00  p.  m. — Fairmont  Hotel  Orchestra. 

2:45  p.  m. — Play  by  play  broadcast  from  Re- 
creation  Park   of   the   baseball   game. 

4:30  to  5:30  p.  m. — Palace  Hotel  Concert  Or- 
chestra. 

6:15  to  6:30  p.  m. — Stock  market  quotations, 
baseball    scores,    market    reports. 

6:30  to  7:20  p.  m. — Orchestra;  Waldemar  Lind, 
director. 

7:20   to  7:30  p.   m. — Talk  on   real  estate. 

S:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Mandarin  Cafe  Orchestra. 


KJBS— JULIUS   BRUNTON   &  SONS  CO., 
SAN  FRANCISCO— 220 
Sunday,  June  "£7 

5:00  to  6:30  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Robert 

Anderson. 
Monday,   June  28 
9:00   to  10:40  a.  m. — Program  of  Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00   to  8:45  p.   m. — Studio   program   by  "John- 
son's   Radio    Band." 
8:45    to    9:00    p.    m. — KJBS    Players    under    the 

direction   of   Fred   Dittmar. 
9:00    to    10:00   p.    m. — Program   by    "Johnson's 

Radio   Band." 
TucNdny,  June  110 
9:00    to    10:40   a.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
[Wednesday,  June  30 
9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal    and   Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
S:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  by  Jimmy 

Raymond  and    Jack   Reed. 
Thm  s.i.i*  ,  July  1 
9:00   to   10:40   a.   m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 

Selections. 
2:00    to    2:30    p.    m. — Vocal    and    Instrumental 

.Selections. 
Friday,  July  2 
9:00    to    10:40    a.    m. — Vocal   and    Instrumental 

Selections. 
8:00    to    2:30    p.    m.— Vocal    and    Instrumental 

Selections. 

8:00  to  9:00   p.   m. — Villa  Moret  Program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — i"The  Favorite  Hour  En- 
tertainers." 

10:00  to  11:30  p.  m. — Regular  Weekly  Meet- 
ing of  "The  Royal  Order  of  Smoked  Her- 
ring." 

Saturday*  July  :t 

9:00  to  10:40  a.  m. — Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Select  Ions. 

2:0i)  to  8:80  p.  m. — Vbcal  and  Instrumental 
Selections. 


KFRC— CITY  OF   PARIS    DRY  GOODS  CO., 

SAN    FRANCISCO— 270.1 
Sunday.  June  -7 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen' 

6:30  to  7:30  p.  m. — Concert  by  Stanislas  Bern's 

tin  Le    Symphony    Orche 
8:00    to    10:00   p.    m. — Concert    by    Bern's   Little 

Symphony   Orchestra. 
in  mi    to    12:00   p.    m. — Dance  music. 
Monday*  Jane  -s 
in  in)   t,.    11:00  a.  m. — Household   Hints 

i   p.  m.  —  Dance  music  by  Ken  Roth's 

Palm  Garden  Four. 

10    p.     m. — A.    F.    Merrell     and     his 
Stamp  Club. 
i     tfl    p     m. — "The   Stage    and    Scr< 
6:80    to    7:00    p.    m. — Jo    Mendel    and    his    Pep 
Band. 

I     p     no       ■  tootifi  llo**  a    Ad   Period. 


8:00    to    9:00    p.    m. — Around    the    t'omp-Fire 

with    Mae. 
9  00   !■•  9:30  p.  m. — KFRC    Hawaiian*. 
TiieKdny,  June   i!!> 

•"•::io    tu    0::;o    p.    m. — Mac   and    his   Gang. 

6:30    p.    m. — "The    Stage    and    Screen." 

6:30  to  7:00  p.  m. — Popular  Songs  by  Fred 
McKinley. 

,   ,m   t0   7;3o  p.  m. — «: Ifellow's  Ad  Period. 

8:00  to  9:00  !>•  m. — Studio  program  featuring 
V.    F.    McElweyl. 

9:00   to   11:00   p.    m. — Dance   music. 

'Wednesday.    June   30 

111:00    to    11:00   a.    m. — Household   hints. 

5:00  to  6:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Billy  Ham- 
ilton's   Orchestra. 

6:00    to   6:30    p.    m. — Goodfellows   Ad  Period. 

6:30    p.   m. — "The   Stage   and   Screen." 

6:30    to   7:30   p.   m. — Mac  and   his   gang. 

S:00  to  8:10  p.  m. — Weekly  Health  and  Safe- 
ty  Talk. 

8:10  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  by  KFRC  Little 
Symphony  Orchestra. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Studio  program. 

10:00    to    12:00   p.   m. — Dance   music. 

Thursday,  July   1 

5:30   to   6:30    p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

6:30    p.    m. — "The  ,Stage   and    Screen." 

6:30   to  7:00  p.  m. — Harry  Rose. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — Goodfellow's    Ad    Period. 

8:00  to  8:15  p.  m. — Piano  Solos  by  Cressy 
Ferra. 

S:15   to   8:30   p.   m. — Special   studio   program. 

8:30  to   10:00  p.   m. — Dance  music. 

Friday.  July  2 

5:00  to  6:00  p.  m. — Jack  Faits'  Canary  Cottage 
Orchestra,    George    Traeger,    directing. 

6:00   to    6:30   p.    m. — Goodfellows   Ad  Period. 

6:30  p.   m. — The   Stage  and  Screen. 

0:30   to   7:30  p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 

S:00     to     9:00    p.     m. — KFRC    Little    Symphony 

9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Sigmund    Anker    String 

Ensemble. 
10:00    to   11:00   p.    m. — Dance   music. 
Saturday.   July  3 

6:00  to   7:00   p.   m. — Mac  and  his  Gang. 
7:00   to   7:30   p.    m. — Goodfellows   Ad  Period. 
8:00     to    8:30     p.    m. — KFRC    Request    Twins. 

"Jake'n'   Alec." 
8:30  to  1:00  a.  m. — Dance  music. 


KGTT— GLAD  TIDINGS  TEMPLE,  SAN 
FRANCISCO— 207 
Sunday*  June  27 

2:30    to    3:30    p.    m. — Sunday    School. 

3:00    to    5:00    p.    m. — Church    service. 

8:00   to   10:00   p.  m. — Church  service. 

Monday,   June   28 

1  _':1  5    p.    m. — Daily    Scripture    reading. 

IVesdny.   June    -!» 

12  1  ".    p.    m. — Daily   Scripture. 

8:10    p.    m. — Studio    program    of  sacred    music. 

Wednesday.   June   30 

12:15   p.    m. — Scripture   reading", 

3:00    to    4:00    p.    m. — Divine    healing   service. 

8:00    t"   10:00   p.    m. — Studio   program   of    sacred 

music. 
Thursday.  July  1 

12:15   p.    m. — l >aily   Scripture   reading. 

Friday,   July  2 

12:15    p.    m. — Daily    Scripture    reading. 
8:00   to  lo.OO   p.  m. — Studio  program  of 

music. 
Saturday,  July  3 
12:15    p.    m. — Daily   Scripture    reading. 


KGO— GENERAL    ELECTRIC    CO., 
OAKLAND— 361 
Sunday,  Juno  27 

i  i  mi  ;(.  m. — Church  service. 

(0    p,   m. — Walehs  Concert    Band. 
7:40  p.  m. — Weather   Bureau    report. 
7:46   p.   m. — Church    service 
Mondayi  June   28 
7:15  to  7:30  a.   m. — Health   Training  Exercises. 

7:46  a.   m — Health  Training. 
9  i ;,    t,>   8:80  a.   m. — Health    Training. 
^    ;n   ,,     m. — "Daily    Strength." 
M    3Q   a.    m.    to    1:00    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert 
i  _■  00   noon — Time  Signal. 
I       [0    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    rep 
1:80    p.    m. — X-    V.   Stock    r.  ports. 
1:37  p.  m.— S.   v.  Stock  reports, 
1:42    p.    m— Weather    Bureau    reports 
8:00    t<>    1:00   p.    m. — Talks   from   American   Art 
Bureau. 

p.  m. — KG"  Kiddles  Klub. 
6:0Q   to  6:65   p.   ro. — Dinner  concert. 
6     i6    p.    m. — News    items. 

m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 
:  06    p.   m. — S    V.    Produce,   Grain,  Cotton  and 

Mel. i  Is. 
7:11    p.    m. — X.    V.    Stock    reports    (closingt. 

7:21    p.   m. — s.    f.   Stick   reports    (closing 
8:00    p.  m. — Educational    program — music  and 
speakers. 

m. — Agricultural    t'ourse. 
8:26   p    m. — "United   Stales  Givernm.-nt  " 
8:60    p.    m, — Wilda    Wilson    Church:    "Better 

English." 
9:16    p    m — ■•Symposium    on    the  new    Educa- 
tion." 
9:30    p.   m. — A.    E.    Anderson,    speaker. 


TucNiliiy,  June   21> 

7:1.",  to   7:30   a.   m. — Health   Training  Exercises 

?:45    a.    m. —  I  lea  lth   Training. 

8:16    to    8:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:80    a.    m. — "Daily    Strength." 

10:45   to   11:30   a.   m. — "Literary  Hour." 

11:30  a.   m.   to   1:00  p.  m. — Luncheon   concert. 

12:00    noon — Time    Signal. 

12:30   p.   m. — Weather  Bureau  reports. 

1 :30   p.   m. — N.    Y.    Stock   reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 

l:l_'   p.    m. — Weather   Bureau   reports. 

6:00    to   0:55   p.   m. — Dinner  Concert. 

H:55  p.   m. — News  items. 

7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

7:ns   p.   m. — S.   F.   Produce. 

7:16   p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports    (closing ). 

7:23    p.   m. — S.    F.    Stock   reports    (closing!. 

S:00   to   9:00   p.   m. — Eveready  program. 

9:00    to    10:00   p.    m. — The   Pilgrims'    Hour. 

10:00    p.    m.    to    12:00    midnight — Dance    music. 

Wednesday,  June  30 

7:15  to  7:30  a.   m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 

7:45    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:15    to    8:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:30    a.    m. — "Daily    Strength." 

10:45    to   11:30   a.   m. — "Literary  Hour." 

11:30    a.    m.    to    1:00    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert. 

12:00    noon — Time    signal. 

12:30   p.    m. — Weather  Bureau   reports. 

1:30    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 

1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 

1 :42   p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 

3:00  to  4:00  p.  m. — Williams  Institute,  speaker. 

5:30   p.   m. — "For   Instance." 

6:00   to   6:55  p.   m. — Dinner  concert. 

6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 

7:03    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    report. 

7:06    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

7:0*   p.   m. — S.   F.    Produce,   Grain,   Cotton,   and 

Metals. 
7:16    p.   m. — N.    Y.   .Stock   reports    (closing). 
7:23    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports    (closing). 
Thursday,   July  1 

7:15  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 
7:45    a.    m. — Health   Training. 
8:15    to    8:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
S:30   a.   m. — "Daily  Strength." 
M:!;-,    to   11:30  a.   m. — "Literary   Hour." 
11:30   a.   m.    to   1:00  p.    m. — Luncheon  concert. 
12:00   noon — Time  Signal. 
12:30    p.    m. — Weather   Bureau    reports. 
1 :30    p.    m. — N.    Y.    Stock    reports. 
1 :37    p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports. 
1:42    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau    reports. 
5:30  i"  6:30  p.  m. — George  W.  Ludlow.  "Friend 

to    Boys." 
6:55    p.    m. — News    items. 
7:03  p.  m. — Weather  Bureau  report. 
7  m;    p.    m, — Baseball    scores. 
7:08    p.    m. — S.    F.    Produce,   Grain,   Cotton    and 

Metals, 
7:16   p.  m. — N.   Y.   Stock   reports    (closing). 
7:28     p.    in.  —  S.    F.    Stock    reports     (closing). 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Vacation   program. 

it  nn    ](.    m.    to    1  l' :00    midnight — Dance    music. 

Friday,  July  2 

7:i:>  to  7:30  a.  m. — Health  Training  Exercises. 

7 :  i  S    a,    m. — Health    Training. 

8:16    to    8:30    :i      m.  —  Health    Training. 

8:30    a.    m.-    "Dally    Strength." 

10:46    io    11:10  a     m, — "Literary  Hour." 

11:10    a.    m. —  Homemaking   Talk. 

11:30    a.    ni.    to    1:00    p.    m. — Luncheon    concert. 

i  _■,,,!    noon— Time   Signal. 

1 1    m.— Weather   Bureau   reports. 
i   30   p.    m. — X.    Y    Stock    reports, 
1:37    p.    m. — S.    F.   Stock    reports. 
1:42    p.    m. — Weather    Bureau     reports. 
3   on    to    1:00    p.   m. — Auction    Bridge    Matinee. 

:.  so   to  8:00   p.   m.  —  KGO  Radio  r.irls. 
6:00   to  6:65   p.   m. — Dinner  concert. 

m. — News  items. 
7:03    p.    ni. — Weather    Bureau    report. 
7:06    p.    m. — B:i s.  h.i it    scores. 
7:08   p    m. — 9.   r.    Produce 

p     m — X     Y.    Stork    rt-pnrts    (closing). 
p.    m. — S.    F.    Stock    reports     (i 
Saturday,   July  » 
7:16  to  7  ■'■',  ■■*.  m. — Health  Training  Ex-  in 

m. — Health  Training. 
B:15    to    8:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 
8:30    a.    m. — "Dally    Strength." 

m. —    Literary  Hour." 
a     m.   to  1:00   p.  m. — Luncheon   concert. 
noon — Time    Signal, 
p,    m. —  Weather   Bureau   report. 
12:33    p.    m. — N.     Y.    Stock    market    reports. 
18:40   p.    m. — S.    F.   Stock    Market    reports. 
8:00  p    m.— "Weekly  Sport   Review." 
8:10    to  9:00   p.   m. — Program. 

p     m. — Patriotic    program. 
10:30  p.  m.  to  12:30  a.   m. — Dance  mi 


KTAB— ASSOCIATED  BROADCASTERS, 
OAKLAND — 240 

Sunday.    Junr    27 

10:4*.    a.    m.  —  Bible    Lecture. 

m. — Church   serv 
p,    m. — Church   service. 
Monday.    June    SS 

a     m. — Prayer    service. 
[0     p.     m — Shoppinc    Hour. 
90    p.    m. — Studio    program. 


12 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  26,  1926 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


Tuesday.  June  20 

9:00   to    9:30    a.    m. — Prayer   service. 

7:00   to  7:30  p.  m. — .Shopping  Hour. 

S:00   to   10:00    p.    m. — Studio    program. 

"Wednesday,  June  30 

9:00   to   9:30   a.   m. — Prayer   service. 

7:00   to  7:30  p.  m. — Shopping  Hour. 

Thursday,  July  1 

9:00   to  9:30   a.   m. — Prayer   service. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Shopping  Hour. 

8:00    to    10:00   p.    m. — Studio    program. 

Friday,  July  2 

9:00   to   9:30  a.  m. — Prayer  service. 

7:00    tn    7:0    p.    m. — Shopping   Hour. 

8:00    to   10:00    p.    m- — Studio    program. 

Saturday.  July  3 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Shopping  Hour. 


KLX— OAKLAND   TRIBUNE,   OAK- 
LAND—508.2 
Monday.   June   2S 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Studio  program  through 
the  courtesy  of   the   Piggly   Wiggly  Co. 

9:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Weekly  meeting  of  the 
Protective  Order  of  Lake  Merritt  Ducks. 

Tuesday.  June  20 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

7:00    to    7:30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 

Wednesday,  June  30 

3:00   p.   m. — Baseball. 

i;  ::;o  h>  7:0o  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  dub  or- 
chestra. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News   broadcast. 

8:00   to    9:00    p.    m. — Educational    program. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Twelfth  "Community 
Night."  Musicians  and  citizens  of  Tracy, 
Cal. 

Thursday,  July    1 

3:00   p.  m. — Baseball. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — News  broadcast. 

Friday,  July  2 

3:00   p.    m. — Baseball. 

7:00   to  7:30   p.   m. — News  broadcast. 

8:00  to  9:45  p.  m. — Studio  program  broadcast 
through   the  courtesy  of  the  Pon  Honor  Co. 

9:45  to  10:30  p.  m. — Athens  Athletic  club  or- 
chestra. 

Saturday.  July  3 

3:00   p.  m. — Baseball. 

7  ;00    to    7 :30    p.    m. — News    broadcast. 


KFUS— GOSPEL  RADIO,  OAKLAND— 256 
Sunday.    June   27 

9:00    a.    m. — Sunday    School    Lesson. 

4:30   p.    m. — One   hour   of   sacrea   song. 

Monday,  June  2S 

10:00  a.  m. — The   Hour  of  Ministry. 

6:30    p.    m. — Children's    Bible    Story    hour. 

6:46  p.  m. — Bible  reading. 

7  :00   p.    ni. — Vesper    program. 

Tuewday,   June   20 

8:00    p.    m. — One    hour    musical    concert. 

"Wednesday,  June  30 

10:00   a.   m. — Hour   of  Ministry. 

6:30    d.    ru. — Children's    Bible   story   hour. 

G :  l£    n.    in. — Bible    redding. 

?:00  p.  m. — Vesper  pervice. 

8:00    p.    m  — Studio    piogram. 

Friday.   July    - 

10-0 J  a.  in. —  Hour  of  Ministry. 

6:30    p.    m. — Children's    bible   story   hour. 

.  :oo    p.    m. — 1\  !■'!  IS   Vesper   Service. 

6  ■'■■  i-    in.— rU*  gulai    sacred   musical  hour. 

Saturday,  July  :t 

10:30    a.    m, — One   hour    of   Children's   Church 

broadcasting'. 
6.30     p      m. —  Regular    radiocast    Down     Town 

m  ission. 


KFWB— WARNER    BROS.,   HOLLY- 
WOOD—252 
Sunday,  June  27 

9:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Peggy  Mathews,  blues 
singer. 

Monday,    June  28 

4:45    to    5:00   p.   m. — Home   Economics. 

5:00    to   6:00   p.    m. — Children's   Hour. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Pontiac  Six  Dinner  Hour. 

7:30    to    8:00    p.    m. — Program. 

8:00    to    8:10    p.    m. — News    Items. 

8:10  to  9:10  p.  m. — Program,  featuring  Ra- 
quel    Nieto. 

9:10  to  10:10  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Ken- 
neth  G ilium,   popular  songs. 

In    in    to   11:00    p.   m. — Warner   Bros.   Frolic. 

Tuesday*  June  20 

4:46  to  5:00  p.  m. — Home  Economcs. 

5:00   to    6:00    p.   m. — Children's  Hour. 

6:00   to   7:00   p.    m. — Pontiac   Six   Dinner   Hour. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Peggy 
Mathews. 

7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program  featuring  June 
Parker. 

8:00   to  8:10   p.   m. — News  Items. 

8:10  to  9:10  p.  m. — Bill  Hatch  and  his  Radio 
Loons. 

9:10  to  10:10  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Ar- 
thur Pabst. 

10:10    to    11:00    p.    m. — Warner    Bros.     Frolic. 

Wednesday*  June  so 

4:45  to  5:00  p.  m. — Home  Economics. 

5:00    to    6:00    p.    m. — Children's    Hour. 


6:00   to   7:00  p.   m. — Pontiac   Six   Dinner   Hour. 

7:30  to  8:00  p.  m. — Program  featuring  The 
Corduroy    Cord    Tire    Orchestra. 

S:00    to    8:10    p.    m. — News    Items. 

8:10    to   9:10    p.    m. — Program,    popular    songs. 

9:10  to  10:10  p.  m. — Bill  Hatch  and  his  Or- 
chestra. 

10:10  to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 

Thursday.  July   I 

6:00   to   7:00   p.    m. — Pontiac   Six  Dinner   Hour. 

7:00  to  7:30  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Es- 
ther White. 

8:00  to  8:10  p.  rh. — News  items. 

s :  1  ii  to  9:10  p.  m. — Program  featuring  June 
Parker. 

9:10  to  10:10  p.  m. — Bill  Hatch  and  his  Or- 
chestra. 

10:10    to  11:00   p.   m. — Warner  Bros.   Frolic. 

I  i  Iday,  July  2 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Pontiac  Six  Dinner  Hour. 
Bailey's   Trio. 

8:00  to  8:10   p.  m. — News  items. 

8:10  to  9:10  p.  m. — Program  featuring  Ann 
Gray,   blues  singer. 

9:10  to  10:10  p.  m. — Bill  Hatch  and  his  Or- 
chestra. 

10:10  to  11:00  p.  m.— Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 

Saturday,  July  3 

6:00   to   7:00  p.   m. — Pontiac   Six    Dinner  Hour. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Peggy  Mathews,  blues 
singer. 

9:00  to  11:00  p.  m. — Warner  Bros.  Frolic. 


KFI— EARLE  C.  ANTHONY,  INC., 
LOS  ANGELES— 467 

i  Copyright   1925   by  Earle  C.  Anthony,  Inc.) 

Sunday,  June  27 

L0:00   a.  m. — Morning  Services. 

1:00    p.    m. — Vesper   Services. 

6:30   p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:46   p.   m, — Music  Appreciation  Chat. 

7:00    p.    m. — Popular  Program. 

7:30    p.    m. — Jim.    Jack    and   Jean    Trio. 

8:00  p.   m. — Aeolian   Organ  Recital. 

9:00    p,    m. — Badger's   Hollywood  Californlans. 

10:00  p.  m. — Packard  Six  Orchestra. 

Mnndny,  June   2K 

6:45    to    7:oo  a.    m. — Health   Training. 

7:15   to  7:30  a.   m. — Health  Training. 

7:45  to  8:00  a.  m. — Lazybones'  Class,  Health 
Training. 

8:00  to  8:80  a.  m. — Cheerio — Daily  Strength. 

5:30  p.  no. — Varsity  Ramblers,  direction  of 
Wallace    Dish  man. 

ti:oo    p.   m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 

6:30  p.  m. — Eugenia  Whisenaut.  R.  M.  John- 
son,  musical   saw. 

6:45    p.   m. — George   Wilder   Cartwright. 

7:00  p.  m. — Owen   Fallon   and  his  Californians. 

B:00  p.  m. — Norma  Dana,  soprano;  Herbert 
Sorg,   pianist. 

9:00  ]>.  m. — Program  presented  by  the  Walter 
M.  Murphy  Motors  Co.  Virginia  Flohri. 
Broadcast  simultaneously  by  KFI  and  KPO. 

LI i   ]i.   m. — Program  by   Meiklejohn   Bros. 

Tuesday*    June    20 

6:45    to   7:00   a.    m. —  Health    Training. 

7:16    to    7:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:46    to  8:00   a.   m. — Health   Training. 

8:00    to   8:30   a.    m. — Daily    Strength. 

5:30    p.    m. — Rendezvous    Ballroom    Orchestra. 

6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 

6:30   p.   m. — Vest    Pocket    Program. 

6:45  p.  m. — "Human  Nature  Around  the 
World." 

7 :00    p.    m. — Virginia    Ballroom   Orchestra. 

8:00  p,  ni. — Screen  Artists'  Quartet.  Grelchen 
Garrett,    Robert    Hurd. 

9:00    p.    m. — Composers'    Series    No.    5. 

9:30    p.    m. — Klnora    Rader,    cont  ralto. 

111:011    ,»     m.  —  I';i.kard    Radio   Club. 

Wednesday,  June  30 

6:46    to  7:00  a,  m. — Health   Training. 

7:15   to    7:30   a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:15   t..  8:00  a.   m. — Health  Training. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.   m. — Daily   Strength. 

."  :30    p.     m. —  1  ton    Warner's    c  irohestra. 

6:00    i>.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

-KFI    Radio  Travel  Guide. 
-Don   Warner's  Orchestra. 
-K.    C.    D.   Price    "Gossip." 
:00  p.   m. — Bernlce   Brown   and   Julietta  Bur- 
in- tt  e,    with    Louis    Malone,    pianist. 

8:00  p.  m. — Program  by  California  Petroleum 
Corporation    of   California. 

9:00    p.    m. — Pat    O'Neal,    baritone. 

1  o  ;00  p.  m. — Program  arranged  by  Charles 
Beauchamp. 

Thursday.    July    1 

6:46    to    7:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:15    to   7:30    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:46    to   8:00   a.   m. — Health   Training. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.  m. — Dally  Strength. 

6:30    p.    m. — Hollvwood   Footlifters. 

6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6:15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio    Travel    Guide. 

•;   15    p.    m. — KFI    Radio  tor  lal    Period. 

*'■  ::n    p.    m. — Marguerite   Truxler:   Adie   Luclen, 

yodeler. 
7  ;00    p.    m. — Varied    program. 
8:00    p.    m. — Kanner   Trio. 
9:00   p.   m. — D.  Reeves  Boyd,   flutist:  charlotte 

MrKenna  Hodge. 
10:00    p.    m. — Pa  trick -Marsh    Orchestra. 


6:15  p. 

6:30    p. 

:45   p. 


Friday,  July  2 

6:45  to  7:00  a.  m. — Health   Training. 

7:15    to   7:30   a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:45    to    8:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

8:00  to  8:30  a.  m. — Daily  Strength. 

5:30  p.  m. — Kenneth  Morse  and  his  Venice 
Ballroom   Orchestra. 

6:00   p.    m. — KFI    Nightly   Doings. 

6:15   p.    m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 

6:30    p.    m. — Carlyle    Stevenson's    Orchestra. 

6:46  p.  m. — Burr  Mcintosh.  "Cheerful  Philoso- 
pher." 

7:oo   p.   m. — Carlyle  Stevenson's  Orchestra. 

7:30  p.  ni. — Felipe  Delgado.  Media  Hora  Es- 
panola. 

S:00  p.  m. — Aeolian  Organ  Recital.  Louise 
Watson,  soloist. 

9:00  p.  m. — Program   of  Hawaiian  Music. 

Hh00    p.   m. — Packard  Ballad  Hour. 

Saturday,  July  3 

6:45    to   7:00    a.    m. — Health    Training. 

7:15    to   7:30  a.  m. — Health   Training. 

7:15    to    8:00   a.    m. — Health    Training. 

X:00    to   8:30   a.   m. — Daily   Strength. 

5:30  p.   m. — Matinee  Program. 

6:00    p.    m. — KFI    Nightly    Doings. 

6:15   p.    m. — KFI    Radio   Travel   Guide. 

6:45   p.  m. — KFI  Radiotorial  Period. 

7:00  p.   m. — Al  Wesson  and  his  Orchestra. 

8:00   p.  m. — Angelus  Trio. 

9:00    p.    m. — Corelll    Trio. 

10:00    p.    m. — Packard    Radio    Club. 

11:00   p.   m. — KFI  Midnight   Frolic. 


KNX— L.    A.    EVENING    EXPRESS 
LOS   ANGELES— 337 
Dally    Kxeept    Sunday 

7:30   a.    m. — KNX   Morning  Gym. 

8:00  a.  m. — Inspirational  talk  and  morning 
prayer. 

8:55   a.    m. — Time    signals. 

9:00   a.   m. — Radio  Shopping  News. 

10:00    a.    m. —  Day's   Morning   Message. 

10:30    a.    m. — Household    Economics. 

12:00   m. — Arcade  Cafeteria  Orchestra. 

1:30   p.    m. — The    Book    Worm. 

4  :55    p.    m. — Market    reports. 

5:30    p.    m. — Arcade    Cafeteria   Orchestra. 

6:00    p.    m. — The    Town    Tattler. 

6: 1 5    p.    m. — W.    F.    Alder   Travelogue. 

6:80   p.    in. — At  water   Kent   orchestra. 

Sunday,   June    27 

10:00  a.  m. — 1st  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Hollywood. 

2:00    to   4:00  p.  m. — Musical  program. 

4:30    p.   m. — Cinema    chat. 

6:30  p.  m.— Hollywood  Unitarian  Church. 

7:00   p.   m. — Circle  Theater   Symphonv. 

8:00  p.  m. — 1st  Presbyterian  Church  of  Holly- 
wood. 

;i  :oo    p.    m. — ( 'ourtesy    program. 

Monday.  June  28 

::  :ou    p.    m. — Little    Jean. 

l:on    [,.    m. — Household    Hints. 

1:30    p.    in. — Blue    .Monday    Frolic. 

T  in-    p.    m. —  Feature    program. 

7:30    p.    m. — Courtesy   program. 

8:00   p.    m. — Courtesy  program. 

9:00    p.    m. — Courtesy   program. 

10:00  p.  m. — Goodrich  Sllverton  Cord  orches- 
tra. 

11:00  p.  m. — Ray  West's  Cocoanut  Grove  or- 
chestra. 

Tut'Milny,  June  2f> 

2:00  p.   m. — Mothers'   Hour. 

,  ;on   p.  m. — Courtesy  program. 

7:45  p.   m. — Talk  on  health. 

8:00   p.   m. — Courtesy   program. 

9  :00    p.    m. — Courtesy   program. 

10:00  i).  m. — Ray  West's  Cocoanut  Grove  or- 
chestra. 

W  r.ln.Mhiy,    June   HO 

3:00  p.   m. — Musical   readings. 

4:00    p.    m. — Talk    on    care   of    children. 

7:00   p.  m. — Courtesy  program. 

s  :00   p.    m. — Courtesy   program. 

9:00    p.    m. — Courtesy    program. 

10:00   p.   m. — Feature  program. 

11:00  p.  m. — Ray  West's  Cocoanut  Grove  Or- 
chestra. 

Thursday,  July  1 

11:00  a.  m. — Nature   talk. 

2:00  p.  m. — Paul  D.  Hugon,  handwriting  ex- 
pert. 

7:00    p.    m. — Feature    program. 

8:00  p.  m. — Courtesy  program. 

'.'on   ro   10:00  p.  m. — Courtesy  program. 

10:00    p.    m. — Courtesy    program. 

11:00  p.  m. — Ray  West's  Cocoanut  Grove  Or- 
chestra. 

Friday,  July  2 

10:30  a.  m. — "Proper  Foods  and  how  to  Pre- 
pare   Them." 

2:00    p.    m. — Musical    program. 

4:00   p.    m. — Boy   Scouts'    Musical   Program. 

7:00   p.   m. — Courtesy  program. 

S:00    p.    m. — Courtesy    program. 

9:00    p.    m. — Courtesy   program. 

1 0:oo  p.  m. — Broadcasting  the  main  Event 
Unm    Hollywood    Legion    Stadium. 

Saturday,  July  3 

3:00  p.   m. — Town   Crier  of  the   Day. 
I  :  16    |i     ni. — Joyce    Coad. 

7:00   p.    m. — Stories  of   Insect  life. 

7:15  p.  m. — Announcement  of  Sunday  ser- 
vices. 


June  26,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


Radio  Program  for  Next  Week 


7:30  p.  m. — Feature  program. 
8:00  p.   m. — Feature  program. 
9:00   p.   m. — Feature  program. 
10:00   p.   m. — Ray   West's  Cocoanut   Grove  Or- 
chestra. 
11:00    p.    m-KNX    Hollywood    Night. 


KGW— MORNING  OREGONIAN,  PORT- 
LAND—491.5 

Sunday.   June   27 

10:25   to   12:00   noon — Morning  services. 

7:30    to   9:00   p.   m. — Evening   services. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — Concert. 

Hominy.  June  28 

10:00  to  11 :30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30  to  1:30  p.  m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert;  baseball 
scores. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice  reports. 

8  mi    t<>    9:00    p.    m. — Organ    recital. 

9:00  to  10:00  p.  m. — "Vaudeville  entertainment. 

10:00  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Cole 
McElroy's   dance   orchestra. 

Tuesday,  June  20 

10:00  to  11 :30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30    to   1:30   p.    m. — Concert. 

2:00  to  3:30  p.  m. — Women's  Matinee. 

6:00  to  7:00   p.  m. — Dinner  concert. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and  po- 
lice reports. 

8:00   to   10:00   p.    m. — Educational  program. 

10:00    to   12:00   p.   m. — Dance  music. 

Wednesday,  June   30 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household   helps. 

12:30   to   1:30   p.  m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert;  baseball 
scores. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  market  and 
police  reports. 

S:00  to   9:00  p.   m. — Concert. 

9:00  to  9:20  p.  m. — Travelogue,  "Around  the 
World." 

Thursday,  July   1 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

18:30   to  1:30  p.   m. — Concert. 

d:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert;  baseball 
scores 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and  mar- 
ket reports. 

7:45   to  8:00   p.   m. — Lecture. 

9:00   to    10:00    p.    m. — Vaudeville   program. 

10:00"  to  12:00  p.  m. — Dance  music  by  Cole 
McElroy's  orchestra. 

Friday.    July   2 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Women's  daily  dozen, 
music,  weather  report,   household  helps. 

12:30    to   1:30   p.   m. — Concert. 

2:00   to   3:00   p.   m. — Women's  Matinee. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert;  baseball 
scores. 

7:30  to  7:45  p.  m. — Weather,  police  and  mar- 
ket   reports. 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  of  vocal  and  in- 
strumental music. 

9:00  to  10:30  p.  m. — Concert  of  vocal  and  in- 
strumental  music. 

10:30  to  12:00  midnight — Weekly  frolic  of  the 
Keep   Growing  Wiser    Order   of    Hoot  Owls. 

Saturday,  July  3 

10:00  to  11:30  a.  m. — Music,  weather  report, 
household  helps. 

12:30    to   1:30   p.    m. — Concert. 

6:00  to  7:00  p.  m. — Dinner  concert:  baseball 
scores. 

10:00   to  12:00  p.   m. — Dance  music. 


KJR— NORTHWEST  RADIO  SERVICE  CO., 
SEATTLE— 384.4 

Sunday,    June   27 

11:00   to   12:30  p.  m. — Church   services. 

7*46    to    8:00    p.    m. — Organ    recital. 

8:00    to    9:15    p.    m. — Evening    Services    First 
M.    E.    Church. 

9:15    to    10:45    p.    m. — Orchestra    under    direc- 
tion   of   Henry    Damski. 

Monday.   June   2S 

11:30    to    12:00    a.    m. —  "What    to    prepare    for 
tonight's   dinner." 

12:00    0ft. — Time    Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — New  York  Stock  Exchange. 

6:00   p.   m. — Time  Signals. 

6:00    to    6:0,".   p.    in. — Baseball    scores. 

8:06    i"   6:10  p.    m. — Weather   reports. 

g    IQ    to   10:00   p.   m. — Post   Intelligencer  Studio 
Program. 

L0  00    p.    m. — Time   Signals. 

Tuesday,   June   21) 

11:30   to    12:00    m. — "What    to    prepare   for   to- 
night's   dinner. 

ij  00    m. — Time    Signals. 

::  ;00    to    *  :00    p.    m. — Musical    program. 

;.   |0    to    8:00    p.    m. — Closing   quotations    New 
York   stock   Exchange. 

,    in     p,    BO, — Time    Signals. 

r,  on   to  6:06   p.  m. — Baseball   scons. 

6:06    to    6:10   p.    Bft, — Weather   reports. 

to     10:00     p.     m. — Orchestra    directed     by 
Henri    Damski. 

10:00   p.  m. — Time   Signals. 

to    11:00  p.   m. — Studio  program. 


Wednesday,  June  30 

11:80  to  12:00  p.  m. — "What  to  prepare  for  to- 
night's  dinner." 

12:00    m. — Time    Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — .Stock  Exchange  quota- 
tions. 

6:00  p.   m. — Time  Signals. 

t»:00    to    6:05    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

-on    to   8:30   p.    m. — Studio   program. 

8:30    to    10:00    p.    m. — Studio   program. 

10:00   p.    m. — Time   Signals. 

10:00    to    11:00    p.    m. — Studio   program. 

ThurMday.  July  1 

11:30  to  12:00  m. — "What  to  prepare  for  to- 
night's  dinner." 

12:00   m. — Time   Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — Closing  quotations  of  Stock 
Exchange. 

6:00   p.   m. — Time   Signals. 

6:00  to  6:05  p.  m. — Baseball  scores. 

6:05    to   6:10    p.    m. — Weather   reports. 

8:30  to  10:00  p.  m. — Post  Intelligencer  Studio 
Program. 

10:00   p.    m. — Time   Signals. 

10:00    to   10:30   p.    m. — Musical   program. 

10:30  to  12:00  p.  m. — Post  Intelligencer  pre- 
senting weekly  meeting  of  the  "Keep  Joy 
Radiating   Order    of   Bats." 

Friday,  July  2 

11:30  to  12:00  a.  m. — "What  to  prepare  for  to- 
night's  dinner." 

12:00    m. — Time    Signals. 

3:00    to   4:00   p.   m. — Studio   program. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — Stock  Exchange  quota- 
tions, 

fi:00    p.   m. — Time   Signals. 

6:00   to   6:05   p.   m. — Baseball   scores. 

6:05   to   6:10  p.   m. — Weather  reports. 

8:30  to  10:00  p.  m. — Orchestra  directed  by 
Henri  Damski. 

10:00    p.    m. — Time    Signals. 

10:00  to   11:00  p.   m. — Studio  program. 

Saturday,  July  3 

11:30  to  12:00  p.  m. — "What  to  prepare  for  to- 
night's   dinner." 

12:00    m. — Time    Signals. 

5:40  to  6:00  p.  m. — Stock  Exchange  quota- 
tions. 

6:00    p.    m. — Time    Signals. 

G:00    to   6:05    p.    m. — Baseball    scores. 

6:05    to   6:10    p.   m. — Weather    reports. 

8:30   to   10:00   p.   m. — Studio   program. 


KOA— GENERAL  ELECTRIC,  DENVER 
— 322.4 — (Mountain   Time) 

Sunday,  June    27 

10:55  a.  m. — Service  of  St.  John's  Episcopal 
cathedral. 

6:30  p.  m. — Studio  concert;  vocal  solos  and 
string    quartet. 

S:00  p.  m. — Open-air  concert,  Denver  munici- 
pal   band. 

Monday,  June  2S 

11:45  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets,   livestock   and   produce. 

12:15    p.    m. — Organ   recital. 

6:00  p.  m. — ;Stocks,  markets,  livestock,  pro- 
duce  and    news    bulletins. 

6:30  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Brown  Palace 
String   orchestra. 

7:30    p.    m. — Sandman's    hour. 

8:00    p.    m. — Instrumental    program. 

sir.  p.  m. — Varsity  program,  featuring  camp- 
us  songs. 

Tinsiliiv.   June  20 

11:45  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks. 
markets,    livestock    and    produce. 

12:15  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. 

3:30   p.    m. — Matinee  for   housewives. 

1:00    p.    m. — Culinary    hints. 

4:15    p.    m. — Fashion    review. 

6:00  p.  m. — Stocks,  markets,  livestock,  pro- 
duce   and    news   bulletins. 

6:30  p.  m. — Dinner  concert.  Brown  Palace 
String  orchestra, 

7:80    p.    m. — Farm   question   box. 

Wednesday.  June  30 

1 1:45  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets,    livestock    and    produce. 

12:15  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. 

6:00  p.  m. — Stocks,  markets,  livestock,  pro- 
duce  and    news  bulletins. 

6:30  p.  m. — Dinner  concert.  Howard  Tillot- 
son,  director. 

7:30   p.  m. — Book    of  Knowledge. 

8:00    p.    m. — Instrumental    program. 

ThurMday.  July  1 

1145  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets,   livestock   anri    produce. 

12:15  p.  m. — Organ  recital,  by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. 

3:30  p.  m. — Matinee  for  housewives. 

4:00   p.    m. — Culinary   hints. 

4:15  p.   m. — Fashion  review. 

6:00  p.  m. — Stocks,  markets,  livestock,  pro- 
duce and  news  bulletins. 

6:30  p.  m — Dinner  concert.  Howard  Tillot- 
son,    director. 

Friday,  July   2 

1 1  4.^  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks. 
markets,    livestock    and   produce. 

13:16  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. 

3:30  p.  m. — Matinee  for  housewives. 


4:()ii  p.  m. — Culinary  hints. 

4:15    p.    m. — Fashion    review. 

6:00  p.  m. —Stocks,  markets,  livestock,  pro- 
duce and  news  bulletins. 

6:30  p.  m. — Dinner  concert,  Howard  Tillotson, 
director. 

7:30   p.    m. — Sunday    school   lesson. 

8:00  p.  m. — Open-air  concert,  Denver  muni- 
cipal band. 

Saturday,  July  3 

11:4  5  a.  m. — Weather,  road  reports,  stocks, 
markets  and  livestock. 

12:15  p.  m. — Organ  recital  by  Clarence  Rey- 
nolds. 


KFOB— BULINGAME,    INC.— 226 

Tuesday,    June    20 

8:00   to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  program. 

9:00    to    10:00    p.    m. — Popular    music    by    the 

Californians   Orchestra. 
10:00   to   12:00   p.    m. — Dance  orchestra. 

Thursday,   July   1 

8:00  to  9:30  p.  m. — Selections  from  popular 
operettas,  saxophone  solos  and  instrumen- 
tal  numbers. 

9:30    to    10:30    p.    m. — Program. 

10:30    to    12:00    p.    m. — Dance   orchestra. 

Saturday,   July  3 

8:00  to  9:00  p.  m. — Concert  program,  patriotic 

numbers. 
9:00    to    12:00   p.    m. — Dance    orchestra. 


Pacific  Radio  Exposition 

The  1927  models  of  the  leading  na- 
tional radio  manufacturers  will  have 
their  first  showing  of  the  season  in  the 
United  States  at  the  third  annual  Pa- 
cific Radio  Exposition  to  be  held  in  the 
exposition  auditorium  here,  August 
21st  to  28th.  This  is  the  statement  of 
officers  of  the  Pacific  Radio  Trade  As- 
sociation, under  whose  direction  the 
exposition   will   be  held. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  this  is  to  be 
the  first  radio  exposition  of  the  season 
and  is  endorsed  by  the  Radio  Manufac- 
turers' Association,  the  event  is  com- 
manding national  attention  and  the  ad- 
vance indications  are  that  the  show 
will  mark  an  important  epoch  in  the 
radio  trade.  Although  no  radical 
changes  are  expected  in  the  models 
and  accessories  to  be  shown,  there  will 
nevertheless  be  important  improv- 
ments  and  refinements  to  mark  the 
progress  and  stability  of  the  industry. 

Some  new  model  receivers  will  feat- 
ure additional  stages  of  radio  and  audio 
frequency  amplification.  These  re- 
ceivers will  be  built  to  permit  the  use 
of  special  purpose  tubes,  recently  an- 
nounced by  tube  manufacturers  for  the 
improvement  of  volume  and  tone  quali- 
tv  of  loud  speakers.  There  will  be  im- 
provements noted  too  in  the  cabinet 
designs  of  the  new  models. 

New  loud  speakers  produced  to  go 
with  the  1927  model  receivers  will  be 
shown  here  for  the  first  time.  The 
combination  of  the  new  receivers  and 
loud  speakers,  new  tubes,  A  and  B 
eliminators,  chargers  and  other  import- 
ant accessories,  will  be  found  to  give 
the  public  the  maximum  to  be  desired 
in  radio  reproduction,  it  is  said. 

^Yith  the  opening  of  the  exposition 
two  months  off,  all  of  the  main  arena 
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June  26,  1926 


PLEASURE'S  WAND 
(Continued  from  Page  7) 
Imperial 

"Padlocked,"  made  from  the  Rex 
Beach  story,  is  drawing  large  audi- 
ences to  the  Imperial  theater,  with 
Theda  Bara  in  "Madame  Mystery,"  a 
Hal  Roach  comedy,  as  part  of  the  pro- 
gram. 

In  "Padlocked,"  which  was  directed 
by  Allan  Dwan  are  Lois  Moran,  who 
was  starred  in  "Stella  Dallas"  and 
many  other  stars  including  Noah  Beery, 
Louise  Dresser,  Allan  Simpson.  Helen 
Jerome  Eddy.  Florence  Turner,  Charles 
Lane  and   Douglas  Fairbanks  Jr. 

*  *     * 
Pantages 

The  last  of  the  "Personality  Con- 
tests" will  be  held  at  rantages  theater 
this  week  with  the  final  decisions  made 
for  the  stars. 

"The  Sap"  is  the  screen  feature  Eor 
this  week  with  Kenneth  Harlan  the 
principal,  supported  by  a  cast  of  well 
known  cinema  favorites.  The  vaude- 
ville attractions  and  the  short  reels 
will  comprise  a  program  of  striking 
features,  this  week. 

*  *     * 
Cameo 

The  popular  Cameo  theater  on  Mar- 
ket street  opposite  Fifth  street  will 
present  two  screen  attractions  this  week. 
"The  Wheel"  starting  on  Saturday, 
will  run  four  days  with  Margaret  Liv- 
ingston. Mahlon  Hamilton,  Claire 
Adams.  Harris,  in  Ford  in  the  cast. 
This  picture  is  filmed  from  the  John 
Golden  stage  play  and  the  titles  were 
written  by  Montague  Class.  It  is  a 
vital  drama  of  the  day. 

"The  Lawful  Cheater"  starring  the 
screen  favorite  Clara  Bow,  will  be 
-creened  four  days  starting  on  Wed- 
nesday, June  30  in  a  story  of  thrills 
and  suspense. 

*  *     * 

Golden  Gate 

"The  Exquisite  Sinner"  will  be  the 
feature  picture  at  the  Golden  Gate  the- 
ater commencing  Saturday,  when  the 
day  of  opening  changes  from  Sunday  to 
Saturday.  Renee  Adoree,  who  made 
so  great  a  success  as  Melisande  in  "The 
Big  Parade,"  and  Conrad  Nagel.  act 
the  chief  roles.  Josef  von  Sternberg, 
who  made  a  sensation  with  "The  Sal- 
vation Hunters,"  directed  this  picture. 

Ward  and  Wan  bring  their  very  fun- 
ny act.  "Oft'  Key."  in  which  they  make 
discords  comic,  are  one  of  the  featured 
acts  on  the  vaudeville  bill,  and  Hector 
and  his  Pals,  a  group  of  delightfully 
natural  dogs,  are  another. 

*  *     * 

A  Spendthrift's  Sigh 
"Break,  break,  break  on  thy  cold  gray 

shores,  O  sea. 
But  though  you  break  forever, 
You'll  ne'er  lie  as  broke  as  me!" 

— London  Opinion. 


FROM  BRIGHTER  PENS 
THAN  OURS 


The  farmers  feed  the  nation — even 
to  giving  our  politicians  most  of  their 
food  for  thought. — Norfolk  Virginian 
Pilot. 

*  *      * 

The  graduate  is  discovering  that  in 
that  matter  of  getting  a  job  a  sheep- 
skin isn't  as  important  as  sole  leather. 
— Stamford  Advocate. 

*  *     * 

As  we  gather  it.  the  trouble  with 
popular  government  in  Europe  these 
da}  -  is  that  it  is  so  teriffically  unpopu- 
lar.— Seattle  Times. 

*  *     * 

Tlie  attitude  of  us  ardent  reformers 

seem-  to  lie  that  the  people  are  over- 
whelmingly for  Prohibition  if  we  can 
'  i!>  keep  them  from  expressing  them- 
selves.— Ohio  State  Journal. 

*  *"    * 

A  Knoxville  woman  applying  for  di- 
vorce asked  for  the  custody  of  eighteen 
hens,  a  rooster,  and  a  motor-truck. 
Well,  it  sounds  like  a  typical  Ameri- 
can family. — American   Lumberman. 

*  *     * 

The  President  urges  common  sense 
to  cure  the  world's  ailments,  but  prob- 
ably the  patient  will  continue  to  pine 
for  some  more  picturesque  treatment. 
— Manchester  Union. 

*  *     * 

ll  the  chairs  are  bright  green  and 
there  are  freak  pictures  on  the  wall,  it's 
a  tea-room  instead  of  a  restaurant. — 
Buffalo  News. 

*  *     * 

We  often  wonder  how  long  we  shall 
have  to  accept  the  sharp  cuts  in  whole- 
sale prices  on  mere  hearsay  evidence. 
— '  >hio  State  Journal. 

*  *     * 

"An  educated  man  earns  more."  says 
the  Washington  Post.  Well,  perhaps; 
but  he  doesn't  always  get  it. — Philadel- 
phia  Inquirer. 

*  *     * 

An  apiarist  declares  that  his  honey- 
bees are  worth  their  weight  in  gold, 
but  we  would  rather  have  our  trousers 
pockets  full  of  gold. — Florence  (Ala.i 
Herald, 

*  *     * 

Doubtless  after  associating  with 
twenty-five  or  thirty  Rising  Genera- 
lions    Methuselah    ceased    entirely    to 

worry  about  the  matter.— Detroit  New 

*  *    * 

Crown  Prince  Gustavus  Adolphus 
says  he  is  overwhelmed  by  the  magni- 
tude of  everything  in  America  and  it 
sounds  as  if  he  were  paying  his  own 
expenses. — Ohio  State   Journal. 

*  *     *" 

There  are  two  causes  of  cussedness  : 
l  1  l  poverty,  and  (2)  prosperity. —  Dav- 
enpi  irt  Times, 


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By  Ernest  F.  Rixon 

"The  Castles  on  the  Loire" 

The  great  river  Loire,  which  traverses  the  heart  of  old 
France,  from  the  mountains  of  Auvergne  and  the  central 
plains  to  the  Breton  and  Yendean  shores,  in  the  middle  of 
its  course  flows  through  a  district  especially  favoured  by 
nature  and  by  man,  equally  rich  in  picturesque  landscape, 
historical  monuments  and  magnificent  architecture. 

Between  its  verdure-covered  banks  duplicated  by  long 
green  embankments  bearing  lines  of  poplars,  the  Loire  idly 
flows  over  its  sandy  bed,  very  calm  in  its  good  moods,  gent- 
ly caressing  its  numerous  isles,  passing  from  town  to  town, 
from  castle  to  castle  and  from  one  historical  site  to  an- 
other, reflecting  in  its  waters  all  these  ancient  buildings, 
these  towers,  cathedrals  and  castle-keeps  whose  very  names 
evoke  proud  or  tragic  memories  of  a  period  as  brilliant  as  it 
was  aeitated,  with  all  its  great  events  and  outstanding  per- 
sonalities. 

"Where  the  River  Bends" 

Here  where  the  rivers  bend  is  a  region  which  is  particu- 
larly rich  in  splendors  accumulated  in  a  small  space,  a  re- 
gion so  fertile  and  engaging  that  Balzac,  one  of  its  glori- 
ous sons,  remarks  of  it  in  one  of  his  books;  "Shame  on  him 
wdio  does  not  admire  my  beautiful,  my  valliant  Touraine, 
with  its  seven  valleys,  flowing  in  water  and  wine!",  a  coun- 
try which,  besides  the  beautiful  hills  framing  the  graceful 
windings  of  pretty  revulets,  tributaries  of  the  great  river, 
displays  such  noble  architecture  and  such  great  monuments, 
so  many  art  treasurers  of  all  ages;  old  Roman  keeps,  per- 
forated and  shattered,  ivy-clad  ruins,  crowning  abrupt  de- 
clivities or  rocks  planted  with  vines  and  hollowed  out  into 
caves  where  the  vine-dressers  stock  the  famous  Touraine 
wines,  Gothic  towers  bristling  with  battlements,  look-out 
posts  and  turrets,  princely  castles  of  the  16th  century,  re- 
splendently  decorated  and  sculptured  with  all  the  prodigali- 
ty of  the  full-blown  Renaissance,  surrounded  by  immense 
shady  parks,  stately  castles  that  were  royal  residences  at 
the  time  when  the  Valois  made  the  district  the  real  politi- 
cal center  of  the  kingdom. 

Castles  of  Touraine 

The  history  of  France  conies  to  life  again  in  these  excur- 
sions among  the  cities  and  castles  of  Touraine.  whether 
one  starts  from  Tours,  the  ancient  capital,  the  city  of  Saint 
Martin  the  Wonder-Worker,  where  beautiful  buildings  and 
old  mansions  without  number  nestle  in  the  shade  of  the 
old  cathedral,  or  from  Blois,  the  brilliant  citv  of  the  Valois. 

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After  Blois,  and  its  marvels  come  the  royal  castle  of 
Chambord  with  its  forest  haunted  by  the  melancholy  shade 
of  Francois  I,  Chaumont  and  Amboise  so  proudly  situated 
above  the  river,  Chenonceaux,  astride  the  bridge  thrown 
across  the  Cher  and  which  seems  guarded  by  the  ancient 
keep  which  stands  like  a  sentinel  on  the  bank,  Saumur,  Yal- 
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mediaeval.  Azav-le-Rideau.  so  gracefully  rising  in  the  midst 
of  its  fresh  waters  and  verdure.  Usse,  Langeais.  Luynes. 
Chateaudun,  with  their  strong  walls,  and  those  hills  from 
which  one  sees,  side  by  side,  in  striking  antithesis,  primi- 
tive dwellings  hollowed  out  in  the  rock  under  the  vines  and 
lordly  residences  elaborated  and  sculptured  stone  by  stone 
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June  26,  1926 


ON  June  19th  the  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company  in- 
vited the  newspapermen  to  a  tour  of  the  various  sub- 
stations round  the  Bay  District.  This  correspondent, 
among  others,  partook  of  the  fine  hospitality  of  the  com- 
pany, including  a  picnic  lunch  in  the  wooded  country  back 
of  Claremont,  dinner  at  the  Clift  Hotel  and  a  visit  to  the 
theater  in  the  evening.  It  was  a  wonderfully  well  conducted. 
and  hospitable  entertainment. 

*  *     * 

— But,  apart  altogether  from  the  host  and  guest  relation 
which  the  affair  produced,  it  has  left  on  our  minds  a  very 
marked  impression  of  the  power  and  ability  of  the  greal 
public  utility  concern-  of  this  country  and  particularly  of 
the  1'.  G.  &  I''..  We  doubt  very  much  whether  anything 
can  he  found  anywhere  which  can  match  with  the  engineer- 
ing skill  and  organization  talent  of  this  corporation.  It  is 
one  of  the  marked  accomplishment-  .if  American  life  in  the 
last  quarter  century. 

*  *     * 

■ — At  the  Claremont  substation  electricity  which  i-  gen- 
erated in  the  Pit  River  plants  is  supplied  to  East  Bay  citi- 
zen-. It  is  in  the  hills  back  of  the  Claremont  district.  Here 
the  electricity  is  "stepped  down"  from  1(H). 001)  volt-  to  11.- 
000  volts  by  means  of  transformers  for  delivery  to  several 
distribution  stations  in  ( lakland,  Piedmont  and  Berkeley. 


— At  Newark  the  bus  structure  i-  probably  the  largest 
in  the  world.  Electricity  i-  received  from  the  I 'it  River. 
the  South  Yuba  Development  and  other  plants  and  trans- 
mitted to  the  Santa  Clara  \  alley,  the  Peninsula  and  San 
Francisco.  The  substation  building  has  two  synchron- 
ous condensers  which  regulate  the  operation  of  the  trans- 
mission lines. 

— Located  at  the  foot  of  50th  Ave.,  (lakland.  i>  a  sub- 
-tation  which  derives  its  energy  from  the  transmission  lines, 
for  the  purpose  of  reducing  its  voltage  and  distributing  it 

through  the  East  Bay  cities,  at  the  eastern  end.  Mere  there 
i-  a  compressor  and  a  10.000.lHHl  cubic  foot  gas  holder  in 
course  of  construction.  This  gas  holder  will  be  306  feet 
in  height  and  216  feet  in  diameter. 


— Station  A  in  San  Francisco  is  particularly  interesting. 
It  lias  an  installed  capacity  of  X5./S1  horse-power,  and  is  the 
largest  of  the  four  -team  electric  generating  -tation-  of  the 
Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Company  system.  The  main  gen- 
'  '  Ltor  of  electricity  by  the  company  i-  water,  but  this  aux- 
iliary steam  productive  force  i-  to  secure  continuity  of  ser- 
vice and  to  provide  a  reserve.    The  main  equipment  of  this 

consists  of  four  turbine   generators  with   30  steam   boiler-. 


— Then  there  are  various  and  sundry  other  equipment, 
such  as  the  laboratory  at  Emeryville  where  the  apparatus 
and  equipment  are  te-ted  and  "checked;  safety  device-  in 
particular;  the  central  warehouse  at  Emeryville  occupying 
iw'o  and  three-quarters  acres  of  land,  the  glial  gas  -tation 
which  supplies  the  East  Ba\  and  Potrero  gas  work-  with 
it-  eight  generators,  each  of  I      cubic  feet  daih   ca- 

pacity. 

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SOCIETY 

i  Continued   from   Page   9) 
Author  Feted 

Isabel  Rogers  Stradleigh,  author  of  "Pomaraa,"  who  in 
private  life  i>  Mrs.  Gilbert  Low  Stradley,  lias  been  the  feted 
guest  at  a  number  of  recent  literary  events. 

.Mrs.  Stradley,  wife  of  one  of  San  Francisco's  most  promi- 
nent bankers,  was  the  honor  guest  at  a  delightful  tea  given 
in  Berkeley  a  short  time  ago.  Her  vivacity  and  brilliancy 
are  captivating  charms  and  while  a  serious  student  of  litera- 
ture and  a  constant  and  consistent  writer.  Mrs.  Stradley  lias 
a  large  circle  of  friends   in   society  circles  about   the  Bay. 

When  Kathleen  Norris  and  Charles  Norris  were  given  a 
home-coming  luncheon  at  the  Clift  Hotel,  upon  their  return 
from  Europe,  Mrs.  Stradley.  whose  pen  name.  Isabel  Rogers 
Stradleigh,  is  particularly  prominent  in  magazine  circles 
now,  was  one  of  the  round  table  guests  at  the  Norris 
luncheon. 

*  *     * 

Gay  Santa  Cruz 

Several  allurements  are  offered  by  Santa  Cruz  for  the 
coming  week  extending  over  the  Fourth  of  July  holidays, 
with  gay  parties  at  the  popular  Casa  Del  Rey  hotel  attend- 
ing all  events. 

The  San  Francisco-Santa  Cruz  yacht  race  will  be  held 
July  2  to  5  inclusive  and  will  be  handled  on  a  handicap 
basis.  The  handsome  trophy  which  will  be  awarded  the 
yawl,  ketch  or  schooner  making  the  best  handicap  time 
will  be  a  perpetual  one.  There  will  also  be  a  cup  to  the 
sloop  making   the   best   handicap   time     from     San     Francisco 

to  Santa  Cruz. 

*  *     * 

A  fine  trophy  will  be  given  to  the  best  dressed  yacht  in 
Santa  Cruz  harbor  on  Independence  Day. 

Tennis  Tournament 

Santa  Cruz  is  planning  for  the  first  big  tennis  tourna- 
ment of  the  season,  July  24  to  25  to  be  staged  on  the  new 
Casa  Del  Rey  Hotel  courts.  It  will  be  an  invitational  event 
in   which   the   leading   senior   women    players   of   the   state 

will  compete. 

*  *     * 

Feather  River  Inn 

Among  the  guests  who  are  at  Feather  River  Inn  are  Mr. 
and  Mrs"  Harrison  S.  Robinson  and  Mrs.  Frank  K.  Jackson 
and  sons  of  Oakland,  who  will  be  joined  during  Jul)  b\ 
Mr,  lackson;  Mr.  I.  R.  Kissel  ami  family  and  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Hyde,  of  San  Francisco. 

*  *     * 
Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 

Fran  Ceceilie  Hammerstein,  well  known  German  news- 
paper woman  and  short  story  writer,  is  visiting  the  West 
this  summer  and  is  stopping  at  the  Hollywood  Plaza  Hotel 
in    Hollywood,    California.       Fran     Hammerstein     i--     Chicago 

correspondent  of  the  New  York  Staats  Zeitungand  has  writ- 
ten some  400  fiction  stories  for  German  magazines. 


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IS 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  26,  1926 


State  Engineer  Passes  at  Post 

The  passing  of  Wilbur  F.  McClure,  State   Engineer  ofl 
California,  lias  caused  dec])  and  sincere  mourning  through- 
out the  length  and  breadth  of  our  State. 

His  sudden  demise,  for  this  marvelous  man  dropped  dead 
while  at  Iris  work  inspecting  the  site  of  the  proposed  irrigation 
dam  in  Hazel  Valley,  near  Placerville,  came  as  a  blow  to 
his  associates  and  to  the  many,  many  admirers  and  friends 
of  the  State  Engineer. 

McClure  was  appointed  to  his  position  of  State  Engineer 
and  Director  of  the  State  Department  of  Public  Works  by 
Governor  Hiram  Johnson  and  was  considered  the  foremost 
authority  in   the   West  on   California's  water  resources. 

At  one  time  he  was  a  Methodist  pastor  serving  as  a  min- 
ister of  the  church  in  pastorates  in  Plumas,  Modoc,  Bishop, 
[nyo  and  Nevada  counties.  Recently  he  represented  Cali- 
fornia at  a  conference  of  seven  western  states  at  which  the 
Colorado  River  compact  was  framed. 

McClure  leaves  a  widow,  formerly  Miss  Margaret  Altar. 
Three  daughters,  Mrs.  J.  \\".  Mahoney  of  Berkeley;  Mrs. 
George  A.  Robinson  of  Merced;  and  Miss  Catherine  Mc- 
Clure of  Sacramento  survive  him.  A  sister.  Miss  Nell  Mc- 
Clure of  Los  Angeles;  and  a  brother  J.  C.  McClure  are  sur- 
viving relatives,  of  this  highly  honored  and  much  esteemed 
leader  in  the  building  of  our  great  State  and  its  big  enter- 
prises. 

*  *     * 

San  Francisco  Open  Forum  Holds  First  Meeting 

The  organization  meeting  of  the  San  Francisco  (  >pen 
Forum,  which  took  place  last  Friday  in  the  Red  Room  of 
the  Bellevue  Hotel,  evoked  so  much  enthusiasm  that  the 
Forum  bids  fair  to  become  one  of  the  important  center-  of 
the  intellectual  and  cultural  life  of  our  city. 

Dr.  S.  L.  Katsoff,  genial  sponsor  and  president  of  the 
Open  Forum  opened  the  meeting  with  an  outline  of  its  aims 
and  objects.  Dedicated  to  "Love  of  Knowledge"  and  "Tol- 
erance." the  Open  Forum  will  conduct  a  series  of  lectures 
and  musical  recitals  during  the  fall  and  winter  season.  A 
new  departure  will  be  an  open  debate,  following  each  lecture. 
The  chief  speakers  of  the  evening  were  Hon.  Judge  Syl- 
vain  |.  Lazarus,  who  extolled  the  idea  of  "Tolerance"  and 
Lady  Geraldine  (  unlitTe,  who  in  her  whimsical,  original 
manner  dwelt  on  the  "Power  of  Thought."  This  brilliant 
speaker,  well-known  in  intellectual  centers,  both  East  and 
West,  is  on  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Forum.  The 
musical  numbers  included  Aria  from  Madame  Butterfly  by 
Miss  Nellie  Wren,  the  charming  coloratura  soprano,  who 
delighted  the  audiences  of  the  California  Theater  Sunday 
concerts  and  a  selection  of  songs  by  George  B.  Koch.  Ac- 
companists were  Miss  Florence  l.aliingwell  and  Dr.  Stefan 
Ney. 

*  *     * 

Hillcrest  Club 

Mr.  Issac  (  ).  Upham's  talk  on  "China  and  the  Chinese" 
at  the  Hillcrest  Club  Thursday  evening  was  appreciated 
by  a  group  of  members  and  their  guests.  Mr.  fjpham  i- 
thoroughly  familiar  with  his  subject,  having  visited  China 
six  times,  where  he  has  made  remarkable  pictures,  which 
were  shown  on  the  screen,  his  object  being  to  acquaint  the 
people  in  this  country  with  the  people  and  life  of  the  (  )rient. 

Preceding  the  lecture,  three  members  of  Mr.  Upham's 
company,  who  will  appear  in  the  prologue  of  his  motion 
picture  to  have  its  world  premiere  in  this  city,  entertained 
the  audience.  They  were:  Wing  Kwong  Tse.  baritone, 
Moon  Kwan,  poet,  and  Lui,  an  eight-foot  giant,  formerly  in 
the   Emperor's   Guard. 

*  *     * 

Elsa  Naess,  pianist,  is  leaving  San  Francisco  for  a  con- 
cert tour  of  Germany  and  the  Scandinavian  countries,  two 
of  her  promising  pupils  accompanying  her  to  her  home  in 
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June  26,  1926 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB 


19 


By  E.  V.  Weller 

Director  of  Publicity 
National  Automobile  Club 

THE  portion  of  the  Pacific  High- 
way leading  into  Oregon  passes 
through  a  district  which  was  of  great 
importance  in  the  days  of  the  Argo- 
nauts, the  names  of  some  of  the  towns 
preserve  the  traditions  of  the  period 
of  '49,  and  some  of  the  landmarks  which 
have  been  preserved  tell  their  own  story 
of  the  thrilling  times  of  summary  jus- 
tice for  law-breakers. 

The  trip  through  the  Siskiyous  pre- 
sents a  continually  changing  panorama 
of  high  peaks  and  rugged  canyons  from 
the  time  the  motorist  leaves  Sisson,  at 
the  foot  of  Mount  Shasta,  until  he 
crosses  the  <  Iregon  boundary  near  the 
town  of  Siskiyou. 

A  number  of  side  trips  may  be  made 
From  Yreka,  county  seat  of  Siskiyou 
county,  which  includes  the  picturesque 
old  towns  of  Horse  Creek,  Little  Shas- 
ta, Trinity  (enter  and  Sawyer's  Bar. 

During  the  touring  season  the  road 
from  Redding  to  the  (  Iregon  line  is 
kept  in  excellent  shape.  It  is  a  con- 
stant ascent  from  Redding  to  Sisson. 
for  in  the  space  of  sixty  miles  a  climb 
of  more  than  3000  feet  is  made. 

Siskiyou  County,  the  most  northern 
of  the  counties  of  California,  contains 
some  of  the  grandest  scenery  in  the 
state.  Mt.  Shasta.  14,450  feet  high,  is 
perpetually  covered  with  snow  and  the 
mountains  which  belong  to  this  chain 
are  among  the  highest  in  the  United 
States. 

Canyons,  gorges,  ravines,  precipices 
and  fertile  meadows  make  up  a  magni- 
ficent combination  ni  scenery  to  delight 
the  eye. 

Yreka.  the  county  seat,  is  38/  miles 
from  San  Francisco  and  is  located  in 
the  western  part  of  the  Shasta  Valley. 
It  was  founded  in  1851  and  is  the  old- 
est town  in  that  section  of  the  state. 


Sisson,  which  lies  at  the  Foot  of  Mt. 

Shasta,    was   originally    a    farm    owned 

by  a  pioneer,  John   11.  Sisson.     For  a 

long  time  it   was  the  most    popular  of 

the  vacation  resorts  for  the  societ)   folk 

of  San  Francisco. 

On  the  ro.ul  to  Weaverville  lies  the 

old   town   of   Shasta,  once   the  county 

seat  and  which  has  preserved  many  of 

the  old  iron-shattered  buildings  of  the 

mining  days.     The  whole  district  from 

Redding  to  Yreka  is  one  of  historic  and 

romantic   interest. 

*     *     * 

Among  other  recommendations  con- 
tained in  a  recent  Traffic  Survey  of  San 
Francisco  made  by  the  National  Auto- 
mobile Club  was  the  folowing :  "That 
all  crossings  and  all  stop  lines  for  mo- 
tor vehicles  and  street  cars  be  indicated 
by  steel  plates  or  disc,  each  having  a 
superficial  area  of  at  least  9  square 
inches  and  to  be  of  not  more  than  12 
inches   between  centers." 

Eleven  thousand  of  these  markers 
have  been  installed  at  principal  cross- 
ings in  San  Francisco  and  have  proven 
a  distinct  success.  As  shown  by  the 
statement  of  Captain  Gleeson  of  the 
San  Francisco  Police  Department. 

"Eleven  thousand  markers  have  been 
placed  at  street  crossings  on  Market 
Street  for  the  benefit  of  pedestrian  traf- 
fic. The  average  number  of  pedestrian 
lanes  at  each  crossing  of  Market  Street 
is  six  and  an  average  of  570  buttons 
have  been  used  at  each  of  the  inter- 
sections." 

The  superiority  of  these  buttons  over 
the  obsolete  painting  system  is  appar- 
ent, the  main  factor  being  that  the  lines 
are  always  in  evidence,  which  was  not 
the  case  with  the  painted  lines.  Un- 
der the  painting  system  it  was  not 
possible  to  paint  as  man}  lines 
a-  are  shown  by  the  present  marker 
button  system.  It  therefore  follow- 
that  the  efficiency  of  pedestrian  lane- 
has  been   increased. 

An  example  of  relative  costs  might 
be  given:  On  the  installation  of  the 
buttons  at  the  crossing  of  Market. 
Stockton,  Ellis  and  Fourth  Streets,  at 
which  point  there  were  six  different 
pedestrian    paths   placed,   the   cost    was 

$118.00.  To  have  painted  these  pedes- 
trian lanes  would  not  have  been  pos- 
sible at  this  same  cost.  Wages 
painters  on  night  time  work,  traffic  in- 
terference causing  more  hour.-  to  be 
consumed  to  the  painting  of  these 
lanes,  would  have  made  the  cost  of  en- 
tire installation  at  least  30  per  cent 
more  than  the  installation  cost  of  the 
marker  buttons.  One  to  various  cause- 
such  as  wear  and  tear  of  pedestrian  and 
auto  traffic,  rain,  fog.  etc..  it  is  estimated 
that  these  painted  lines  would  have  to 
be  renewed  at  least  four  times  a  year. 
\  great  saving  will  be  in  the  perman- 
ency of  this  semi-steel  safety  marker 
as  when  once  installed  it  will  last  for 
approximately  five  years. 


Interconnection  of  power  systems 

in  California  proved  to  he  an  economic 
factor,  resulting  in  greater  distribution  of 
power  when  and  where  needed. 

Thru  interconnection,  California  Power 
Companies  have  been  able  to  pool  their 
power  supplies  for  the  benefit  of  the  en- 
lire  state. 

This  interconnection  makes  possible  the 
delivery  of  hydro-electric  power  during 
dry  seasons  into  sections  that  would  be 
without  power  or  dependent  on  expensive 
steam  generated  power. 

The  business  initiative  and  enterprise 
of  these  companies  continually  aid  state 
development. 

Since  1913  the  average  per  capita  cost 
of  living  increased  65'  i,  while  the  aver- 
age  cost   of   electricity   decreased  8%. 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


June  26,   1926 


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GOLF 

By  Fred  Blair 


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THE  Bay  Counties  Elks  held  a  very  successful  golf 
tournament  at  the  Harding  Memorial  Park  golf  course 
when  seventy-five  members  of  the  Antler  Herd  went  on  a 
divot-digging  expedition  :  and  judging  by  some  of  the  scores 
turned  in,  the  park  gardener  will  have  a  tough  time  replac- 
ing the  turf. 

Rufus  Klawans  was  the  chairman  of  the  day  and  he  put 
over  the  party  pretty  ;  and,  outside  of  a  few  of  the  tailend- 
ers,  who  thought  they  were  shooting  crap  instead  of  golf, 
with  their  seven-and-elevens,  there  were  some  very  fine 
scores  turned  in.  C.  D.  "Swede"  Woods,  the  San  Rafael 
capitalist,  and  G.  A.  Anderson  broke  even  on  the  day  with 
a  tie  score  for  the  Joe  Niderost  trophy,  with  cards  of  81. 
Big  hearted  Joe  wanted  to  give  them  both  a  cup,  but  they 
decided  to  play  it  oft  at  the  next  tournament.  Joe  didn't 
play  himself  as  he  ran  out  of  Elk's  teeth,  but  he  promised 
to  give  a  couple  of  carats  set  in  a  ring  for  the  next  tourna- 
ment. 

Sid  Simon  says  he  hopes  to  win  it  as  he's  about  to  take 
the  final  plunge  in  matrimony.  Swede's  record  is  a  thous- 
and per  cent  at  Harding  Park,  having  played  three  times 
over  the  course,  registering  three  consecutive  wins;  namely 
when  he  captured  a  trophy  at  the  Harding  Memorial  open- 
ing tournament,  the  Shrine,  and  the  Elks.  "More  power 
to  you  Swede !" 

George  Anderson,  who  tied  with  Woods,  was  the  dark 
horse  of  the  tournament,  and  although  he  is  affiliated  with 
Local  No.  3,  still  he  wasn't  considered  to  have  a  chance 
against  Slim  Eddie  Abbot,  champion  pellet  shooter  of  Lock- 
er Room  328;  Judge  T.  I.  Fitzpatrick,  the  peer  of  the  bench  ; 
Jimmv  Richardson,  boxing  commissioner;  or  Jack  Kennedy, 
who  plays  golf  for  revenue  only.  All  the  same,  Anderson 
slipped  one  over  on  the  sure  shot  artists. 

Sid  Simon,  the  Auto-strop  demon,  cut  a  very  fine  figure 
in  the  tournament.  Sid  was  formerly  rated  as  one  of  the 
best  golfers  that  played  over  Lincoln  Park  course,  but  he 
forsook  the  links  for  a  couple  of  years.  His  return  has 
been  very  marked  as  he  is  shooting  better  golf  than  ever. 
His  82  in  the  Elks'  tournament — one  stroke  behind  the  lead- 
ers— was  a  splendid  piece  of  work.  Harry  Fialer,  the  Club 
Taxicab  prince,  never  played  better  in  his  life  and  although 
he  didn't  win  any  medals  for  bravery,  still  he  has  given  the 
boys  in  Locker  Room  328  something  to  talk  about.  I  lurry 
has  often  been  mistaken  for  Jim  Barnes,  who  won  the  Brit- 
ish open,  and  judging  by  his  past  performance,  he  is  des- 
tined to  become  just  as  famous. 

Harry  Hilp  has  been  mixing  concrete  with  golf  with  good 
results,  but  as  yet  he  hasn't  been  able  to  cop  a  champion- 
ship at  golf  although  he  belongs  to  more  clubs  than  any  other 
golfer  in  our  city;  but  you  can't  condemn  a  fellow  for  try- 
ing. Captain  Mike  Lee,  of  the  Fire  Department,  just  simp- 
ly burnt  up  the  course.  They  had  to  summon  Fire  Com- 
missioner Frank  Sykes  to  send  out  Truck  No.  3  to  save 
the  lake  from  burning.  Captain  Mike  won  the  low  net  cup, 
and  oh,  boy!  how  he  did  fill  it! 

Charlie  Bellnomini,  the  French  opera  singer,  shot  such 
high  notes  that  they  had  to  present  him  with  a  cup  for 
shooting  65 — not  his  age  but  his  score.  Charlie  was  chock 
full  of  high  shots  on  the  course  but  you  should  have  seen 
him  shooting  highballs  at  the  nineteenth !  Charlie  Traung, 
the  label  kid,  was  expected  to  do  a  lot  of  things  since  he 
had  spent  the  last  four  months  in  Europe  studying  how 
to  shoot  mashie  shots.  Charlie  claimed  he  had  played  with 
all  the  golfing  celebrities  from  all  over  the  world — includ- 
ing  Joe   Kirkwood,   the   demon    trick    wizzard.      Charlie    said 


he  played  shots  like  Joe.  the  only  difference  was  that  Joe 
made  them  and  he  didn't. 

Jimmy  Richardson,  manager  of  Spalding's  showed  up 
late.  Jimmy's  alibi  was  that  someone  stole  his  car  a  couple 
of  weeks  back  and  when  he  finally  located  it  in  a  vacant 
lot  it  was  stripped  of  everything  except  the  paint.  How- 
ever, Jim  made  a  noble  stab  for  top  honors,  dethroning  that 
famous  warrior,  Jack  Kennedy,  the  old  time  ball  player, 
who  had  never  been  known  to  emerge  from  any  tourna- 
ment without  either  winning  a  cup  or  the  cash.  Jack  is 
a  professional  money  player  and  a  good  match-maker,  at 
that. 

Captain  Grover  Coates,  the  handsome  bachelor  of  the  po- 
lice force,  who  has  parked  himself  at  the  Elks'  club  for 
years,  upheld  the  dignity  of  his  profession  in  the  absence 
of  Captain  Jack  Casey  who  is  busily  mixing  snowballs 
with  highballs  in  Alaska,  proved  to  be  a  real  dark  horse. 
Captain  Coates,  it  is  rumored,  has  been  taking  secret  les- 
sons from  various  pros  around  the  bay  district  but  no  one 
ever  saw  him  on  a  golf  course  before  the  Elks'  tournament ; 
but  when  he  got  in  action  many  of  the  boys  claimed  he 
had  better  form  than  Walter  Hagen,  and  his  score  proved 
it  as  he  knocked  over  several  of  the  high  lights,  including 
Harry  Pinkham.  Lydia's  brother,  and  Judge  Joe  Golden. 

The  big  kick,  however,  was  the  feature  match  among 
the  past  Exalted  Rulers  of  the  San  Francisco  Lodge  No.  3. 
Arthur  (joepp,  the  glass  peddler,  cut  his  way  around  the 
course  nine  strokes  ahead  of  Bill  Boyd, — O.  D.  Flahaven 
nosed  out  Al  Fortner  by  a  single  stroke,  so  Al  was  stuck 
for  the  orangeade.  Exalted  Ruler  Andrew  F.  Burke  did 
his  work  round  the  banquet  board  where  he  distributed 
the  trophies;  but  it  was  our  genial  Judge  T.  I.  Fitzpatrick, 
who  had  charge  of  the  evening's  festivities.  They  gave 
the  Judge  a  rousing  cheer  when  he  took  his  seat  at  the  head 
of  the  speakers'  table,  and  everyone  to  a  man  pledged  him 
their  support  at  the  next  election. 

I 'ill  i  Ohea,  the  big  boy  from  Lake  Merced  Club,  said 
he  drank  nothing  stronger  than  Coca-Cola,  but  offered  a 
five  gallon  keg  of  paraffine  paint  for  a  prize  for  the  next 
tournament,  which  was  accepted. 

Charlie  Collett,  the  nifty  tailor,  offered  a  suit  of  clothes 
with  an  extra  pair  of  pants.  Charlie  Ash  wanted  to  know 
who  would  build  them.  Lee  Dolson,  another  taxicab  king, 
got  stalled.  His  carburetor  wouldn't  act  after  he  had  regis- 
tered ten  strokes  over  par. 

Then  along  came  Danny  Maher,  the  paint  demon.  Danny 
is  the  guy  who  claimed  he  made  a  dodo  at  Merced,  but  as 
il  was  dark  when  he  made  it,  his  feat  didn't  go  on  record. 
Two  honest  tailors  adorned  the  last  position:  Jack  Marisch 
and  Maurice  Selig.  Jack  beat  Maurice  out  four  strokes 
but  Selig  won  the  cup  for  honesty. 

*     *     * 

Baron  Von  Niderost  Visits  Lakeside 

The  Olympic  golfers  were  startled  yesterday  by  the  ap- 
pearance of  Joseph  H.  Niderost,  at  the  country  club,  at- 
tired in  a  Prince  Albert  coat,  high  silk  hat — of  the  Lincoln 
type — spats,  cane  and  sash  hanging  from  right  shoulder 
to  waist,  with  a  coat  of  arms  imprinted  thereon. 

An  explanation  from  the  Post  Street  jeweler  revealed  the 
fact  that  an  ancestor.  General  Josefa  Franz  Von  Niderost, 
in  the  year  1700  rendered  valiant  service  to  the  Swiss  Gov- 
ernment by  repelling  an  invasion  of  his  country  by  the  com- 
bined forces  of  Austria  and  France.  As  a  token  of  appreci- 
ation of  his  heroic  service,  the  title  of  Baron  was  bestowed 


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upon  the  NiderostS  and  that  of  Baroness  upon  their  wives. 

Yesterday  marked  the  anniversary  of  the  bestowal  of  this 
honor — hence  the  reason  for  Baron  Yon  Niderost's  appear- 
ance attired  as  he  was,  at  the  Lakeside  Country  Club. 

The  Baron  is,  at  the  present  time,  engaged  in  making  a 
crown,  which  will  be  studded  with  diamonds,  hence  the 
present  scarcity  of  this  precious  stone.  Baron  Josefa  Von 
Xiderost,  as  he  is  to  be  known  in  the  future,  says  the  mak- 
ing of  this  headgear  will  occupy  practically  a  year's  time, 
and  upon  its  completion  it  will  repose  in  some  safe  deposit 
box  and  will  be  brought  out  annually  at  the  celebration  of 
the  bestowal  of  the  title  of  Baron  and  Baroness  upon  the 
Niderosts. 

*  *     * 

The  following  have  been  admitted  as  members  of  the 
Canada  Dry  Hole-in-One  Club:  Mr.  Howard  Ruweler,  350 
29th  Ave.,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  Paul  Kohn,  2907  Clement 
St.,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  John  O.  Cahill,  1335  16th  Ave.,  San 
Francisco. 

*  #     * 

Golf  Events,  Feather  River  Inn — Season  1926 

Saturday,  July  3rd — 18  Hole  Medal  Sweepstakes  Handi- 
cap.    Prizes. 

Sunday,  July  4th — Flag  Tournament.  Men  and  Women. 
Prizes. 

Saturday,  July  10th — Feather  River  Inn  Championship. 
Men  and  Women.  Qualifying  ground  18  holes.  Match  play 
starts  Sunday,  July  11th. 

Saturday,  July  17th — 18  Hole  Match  Play  Handicap  against 
par.     Prizes. 

Wednesday,  July  21st — Driving,  Approaching  and  Putt- 
ing Contests.     Men  and  Women.     Prizes. 

Saturday,  July  24th — 18  Hole  Medal  Sweepstakes  Handi- 
cap.   Prizes. 

Wednesday,  July  28th — Obstacle  Putting  Contest.  Men 
and  Women.     Prizes. 

Saturday,  July  31st — 18  Hole  Match  Play  Handicap 
against  par.     Prizes. 

Saturday,  August  7st — 18  Hole  Medal  Sweepstakes 
Handicap.     Prizes. 

Wednesday,  August  11th — Obstacle  Putting  Contest. 
Men  and  Women.    Prizes. 

Saturday,  August  14th — Flag  Tournament.  Men  and  Wo- 
men.    Prizes. 

Saturday,  August  21st — 18  Holes  Medal  Sweepstakes 
Handicap.    Men  and  Women.    Prizes. 

Wednesday,  August  25th — Approaching  and  Putting  Con- 
tests.    Men  and  Women.     Prizes. 

Saturday.  August  28th — 18  Hole  Medal  Sweepstakes. 
Men  and  Women.    Handicap.     Prizes. 

The  Feather  River  golf  course  is  in  the  finest  possible 
condition.  

HOMAGE  TO  CONGRESSMAN  FLAHERTY 

(Continued  from  Page  5) 

Labor  Council ;  John  J.  Deane,  United  States  Controller  of 
Customs;  Supervisor  William  P.  Stanton,  and  Lincoln  B. 
an  and  John  L.  Bush,  representing  the  Native  Sons  ol 
the  Golden  West.  The  casket,  fashioned  from  bronze,  car- 
ried a  palm  wreath,  the  offering  of  President  Coolidge. 

Rev.  P.  E.  Mulligan,  master  of  the  celebration  of  the  sol- 
emn   requiem    mass,    began    the   church    service.       Rev.    James 
Long  was  the  celebrant  assisted   by   Rev.  John    M.   Byrne. 
ii  and  Rev.  Henry  J.  I.yne.  subdeacon. 


Bridge  Tea 

(  )ne  of  the  most  attractive  affairs  in  the  Roof  Garden  of 
the  Hotel  Whitcomb  Saturday  afternoon  was  the  bridge  tea 
given  by  Miss  Edith  R.  Phillips  in  honor  of  Miss  Helen  L. 
Hyland  whose  engagement  to  Mr.  Clifford  Coates  was  recently 
announced. 

The  tea  table  was  centered  with  miniature  bride  and  bride- 
groom dolb  and  their  attendants.  Corsages  were  placed  at 
each  plate. 


FEW  PEOPLE  TAKE  PROPER  CARE  OF 
THEIR  TEETH 

Some  think  that  a  vigorous  brushing  once  or  twice  a  day  la 
inkini;  very  good  care  of  them.  Brushing  is  only  a  part  of  the 
process.  Many  things  can  happen  to  your  teeth  which  only  a 
competent  dentist  can  take  care  of.  Have  your  teeth  examined. 
They  may  not  be  as  sound  as  you  imagine.  A  toothache  means 
trouble;  do  not  wait  for  the  ache.  Watch  your  teeth  and  guroi, 
There  are  gum  troubles  that  will  destroy  teeth  faster  than 
decay.  Are  your  teeth  sore?  Do  your  gums  bleed?  Call  in  today 
and  talk  it  over.  It  will  cost  nothing.  My  nerve  blocking  sys- 
tem blocks  oil'  all  nerves  and  pain.   It  will  please  you. 

DR.  W.  W.  HOAGLAND 

"THAT  CAREFUL  DENTIST" 

908  Market  Street  (at  Powell  and  Eddy),  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Phone  Garfield  335 

SPECIALISTS  —  Extractions;    Crowns;    Self    Cleaning    Bridges: 

Porcelain  Work  and  Roofless  Plates 


Western  Pipe  &  Steel  Co.  of  California 

Manufacturers  of 

RIVETED     STEEL     PIPE.     TANKS,     CULVERTS.     PENSTOCKS, 

PLUMES,  GASHOLDERS,  SMOKESTACKS,  ETC. 


San  Francisco,  Calif. 
444  Market  Street 


Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
5717  Santa  Fe  Avenue 


Making  it  easy  for  you 

La  Grande  &  White's  Laundry  Co. 


"The  Recommended  Laundry" 


250  Twelfth  St.,  San  Francisco 


'Phone  Market  916 


MOUNTAIN  SPRINGS  WATER 

"Bottled    at    the   Springs" 

Five  Gallons  for  Fifty  Cents 
WATER  SERVICE  COMPANY 

229   Clara    Street— Carfidd    844 


^_^  MADE  TO  ORDER  ONLY 

^UF    n,^tl    ^huhf 

Large  Assortment  of  Imported  Fabrics 


25  Kearny  Street 


Phone  Kearny  3714 


RARE     BOOKS 

EARLY  EDITIONS 

Autographs  Bought  and  Sold 
JOHN  KOWELL 

434   Post  Street,  San    Fkaxcisco.   Gu.tr. 


Make  yourself  at  home  at 

GEORGE  HARGEN'S  OLD  BOOK  SHOP 

Xo.  2  Tillmnnn  IMnre,  at  241   Grant  Avenue 

The  Home  of  the  Book  Lover 

Rare  Books — First  Editions — Fine  Bindings 

Importations   from   Zachnsdorf.  Root,  Morrell,  etc..  of  London 

Commissions  in  London  Executed 

Single  Books  and  Libraries  Purchased 

Phone  Kearny  r.sjt; 


Books  that  are  reviewed  in  the  News  Letter  can  be  obtained     j 

at  PAUL  ELDER'S 


AND  PAUL.  ELDER'S  LIBRARY 
j     239  Post  Street  San  Francisco,  Calif.     J 


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June  26,   1926 


N^e  PIONEER 

on  a  box  of  office 
stationery,  whe- 
ther it  be  type- 
writer paper  or 
manuscript  cov- 
er, means  com- 
plete satisfac- 
tion. There  is  a 
grade  for  every 
need.  Ask  your 
printer  or  sta- 


1fcViJ4VJ;IL^;U-lJd!^rtioner   to  show 
^"Mr**"1'"  "■«■'«  nicji   you  sampieSi 


BLAKE,  MOFFITT  &  TOWNE 

Established  1855 
41  First  Street,  San  Francisco 


TYPEWRITERS 

Rented — Sold — Repaired 
Established  43  Years 


RATES    REASONABLE 
TERMS    IF    DESIRED 

American  Writing  Machine  Co. 
506   Market  St. 

Phone  Douglas  649 


San  Francisco 
Laundry 

(A  Soft  Water  Laundry) 


San  Franclaco 
West  7113 


875    FOLSOM    ST. 


818  Emerson  St. 


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Durlingame 

478 


I        Phone  Sum  3278 
William  Herbst  &  Company 

{Formerly  with  Shreve  &  Company) 

CLOCKMAKERS  and  WATCHMAKERS 

CHIME,  ANTIQUE   AND   COMPLICATED   CLOCKS 

AND  WATCHES   A   SPECIALTY 

200  Pont  Street  at  Grant  Avenue 

San  FranclMco,  Calif. 

Call  and  Deliver  in  San  Francisco,  Alameda  and 

San  Mateo  Counties 


PIONEER-GIBSON  EXPRESS 

FAST    EXPRESS    AND 
FREIGHT    SERVICE 

San  Francisco,  San  Jose  and  Way- 
Points  Twice  Daily 


PACIFIC  RADIO  EXPOSITION 
(Continued  from  Page  13) 

of  the  auditorium  has  been  sold  out  and 
the  side  halls  are  now  being  rapidly- 
filled,  according  to  A.  A.  Tremp,  man- 
aging director  of  the  exposition.  He 
predicts  that  the  show  will  be  the  most 
replete  exposition  of  radio  ever  seen 
west  of  Chicago. 

The  exposition  is  to  be  made  the  op- 
portunity for  a  concerted  education- 
al campaign  by  the  radio  industry 
throughout  the  West  and  especially  on 
the  Coast.  Manufacturers  of  national 
reputation,  manufacturers'  representa- 
tives, dealers  and  jobbers  are  combin- 
ing to  make  the  period  of  the  show 
..lie  in  which  radio  is  to  keep  in  the 
public  eye  and  to  demonstrate  the  ex- 
tremely rapid  progress  of  a  coming  in- 
dustry on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

*  *     * 

At  Paul  Elders 

Irving  Pichel  will  read  "Goat  Song," 
by  Franz  Werfel,  one  of  the  outstand- 
ing productions  of  the  New  York  Theater 
Guild  during  the  past  season,  in  the  Paul 
Elder  Gallery.  Friday  morning  at  1 1 
o'clock.  July  2nd.  The  author  has  been 
termed  Germany's  representative  poet, 
and  in  this  play  deals  symbolically  with 

the  deeper  motivations  of  life. 

*  *     * 

An  interesting  collection  of  etchings 
of  French  Landscapes  by  the  talented 
French  artist.  Jacques  Beurdeley,  will  be 
shown  in  the  Paul  Elder  Gallery  for  two 
week-,  beginning  Monday.  June  28. 

The  charm  of  these  little  pictures  lies 
in  their  delightfully  spontaneous  feeling 
expressed  by  loose  sketchy  lines  at  the 
whim  of  the  artist  as  he  traveled  along 
the  countryside  and  through  the  quaint 
villages  of  France. 


Inherited 

"lames,  spell  'cloth.'  "  said  the  teach- 
er. 

James  was  silent. 

"Come,  come,"  said  the  teacher,  "you 
know  the  word.  What  is  your  coat 
made   of?" 

"Father's  old  trousers,"  replied  the 
boy. — Square  Deal. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE 

The  MINERAL  DEVELOPMENT  COM- 
PANY, location  of  principal  place  of  business, 
San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Notice  Is  hereby  given  that  at  a  regular 
meeting  of  the  Directors  held  on  the  8th  day 
->!  June,  1926,  an  assessment  of  one-half  cent 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  Issued  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation  payable  Immediately 
in  In^al  money  of  the  United  States,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room 
245  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco, 
Calif. 

Any  stock  on  which  this  assessment  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  16th  dav  of  July,  1926, 
will  be  DELINQUENT  and  advertised  for  sale 
at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
BEFORE,  will  be  SOLD  on  Wednesday,  the 
ISth  day  of  August,  1926,  to  pay  the  delin- 
quent assessment,  together  with  costs  of  ad- 
vertising and  expense  of  sale. 

M.  J.  SEELY.  Secretary, 
245  Monadnock  Building, 

San  Francisco,  Calif. 


N.    W     CORNER 
POLK  AND  POST   STS. 


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GEO.  W.  KNIGHT 

Cleaning  Service 

New  Persian 
Steam  or  Dry  Cleaning 

Pressing— Repairing— Altering 

and  Relining 
Individual  Attention  Given  to 

Each  Order 

Office  mid   Works  1«2S  Mlaalon  St. 

Phone  Market  5T91S 
Branch  Ofllce:  700  Sutter  Street 

(Hotel  Canterbury  Bldg.) 
Phoue  Proapect  0840 

Work  Called  For  and  Delivered 


Max  Rosenthal 

Tailor 


Opposite   Olympic   Club 


527  Post  St.,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Prospect  9316 


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USED 


ADDING,  BOOKKEEPING. 

CALCULATING  MACHINES 

Guaranteed  for  One  Year 

BOUGHT  -  SOLD 
RENTED 

GENERAL   ADDING    MACHINE 

EXCHANGE 

Phone  Garfield  3852  504  Market  St. 


CAFE  MARQUARD 

ADJOINING  WlLKES   AND   CURRAN   THEATERS 

CLARY  AND  MASON 

Phone  Prospect  61 

^REVUE^. 

Nightly 
THE  CONTINENTAL  FOLLIES 

A  Bevy  of  Pretty  Girls 
DINING— 6  p.  m.  to  1  a.  m.— DANCING 


Aladdin  Studio  Tiffin  Room 

The  City's  Most  Distinctive  Oriental  Show  Place 

Luncheon        Tea        Dinner        Supper 

:0c,  75c,  £1.00     33c,  50c.  75c     S1.00.S1.50         a  la  Carte 
Dancing  7:00  p.  m.  to  1:00  a.  m. 

363  Sutter  Street,  Telephone  Douglas  3974 

SPECIAL  PARTIES  ARRANGED 

HEADQUARTERS   FOR  THEATRICAL  PEOPLE 

Hattie  Mooter  Minnie  C.  Mooser 


^anorS 


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145  Powell  Street 
San  Francisco 


A  quiet,  home-like  place,  where  the 
service  is  dainty  and  the  prices 
reasonable.  Every  day:  Breakfast, 
Luncheon,  Afternoon  Tea,  Dinner. 
Sundays:  Dinner. 


Caroline  Jones 

Luncheon  is  served  from  11:30  to  2:30 
and  tea  from  3  to  5 


and- 


334  Sutter  St. 


Douglas  7118 


CAMILLE'S  ROTISSERIE 

Try  Our  French  Dinners,  $1.50 — Also  a  la  Carte 

Merchants'  lunch  11  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.   (a  la  carte).    Private  din- 
ing rooms   for   banquets  and   parties,   seating  75  to  100  people. 


441  Pine  Street 


Phone  Kearny  468 


CANARY  COTTAGE 

At  the  Beach 


1536  Great  Highway 


Telephone  Sunset  387 


Is  Now  Opened  and  Known  as 

Jack  Frost's  Cafe 

Dancing  Every  Night  5-Piece  Orchestra 

Dinner  $1.50 

( No  Cover  Charge  on  Dinner ) 


Announcement 


Singleton's      AlUUJ  (Ski 
CLUB  INN 


Now  Serves  a  Delicious 
Five-Course 

DINNER  75c 

Also 
Fried  Chicken,  Steaks, 
Chicken  Pot  Pies  in  Cas- 
serole,  Etc.,   a    la   Carte. 


^ 


ICE  CREAM^ 
CANDY 

PASTRY 


Grarslone 
3100         3101         3102 


BREAKFAST 
LUNCHEON 

DINNER 


O'FurrcIl  and 
Lurk  in  Sis. 


BLANCO'S 


Phone 
Grayslone  8100 


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Luncheon    (11  :30   li    2  p. 
Dinner,   Week    Day* 


....$  .75 
1.50 


Visitor  Should  Leave  the  Cilj   With- 

out   I'm ■n.-   in  the  Finest  Cafe 
in  America 


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ARK 

D3  Third  Avenue,  SAX    MATEO 


Featuring     Southern     Cooking- 
Open  From 
11:30  a.  m.   to  2:00   p.   m. 
5:30    p.    m.    to    8:30   p.    m. 
Sundays     and      Holidays 
4:30    to    8:30    p.    m.    only 

CLOSED    EVERY    MONDAY 
Half  Block  from   Highway 


U-Milf  Hoi  -i 


Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 

Restaurant 

OPEN  B.O0  \,  H.  TO  11  mi  r.  M. 

i  nsurpassed  ci  isine 
Carl  Leonhabdt 

Former/y  ,»/  C.iLl.'n  (.ialo  1'jrk  I 


Phone  PPnC      A I      I  CAN    1534  49lh  Avenue 

Sunset387  riXvlT.   /\Li    L)Li/\ll       Great  Highway 

Fresh  Air  and  Sunshine 

Physics]  Conditioner — Special  Treatment — Massage 

35  Years"  Experience 

Hotel  Accommodations  If  Desired — Best  of  Service 

Hygienic  Cooking  to  Suit  Your  Condition 


Parisian  Dyeing  and  Cleaning 


in.  Pressed  b> 


Csllrd   For  and    ll-lii 


5R3  Po   T  Strut 
Is  Vncnu  Hon 


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Parisian  [>\tinc  and  <  Ironing 


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Dr.  B.  Franklin  Pearce 

PYORRHEA  SPECIALIST 

Hours:  9-12,  1-5 

980-82  Flood  Building,  Powell  and  Market  Sts  ,  San  Francisco 

Phone  Garfield  5394 


Low  Fares 
Back  East 


=^  EVEN  DEAD  PHARAOHS 
1>ose  for  the  cHptagravure 


Also 

Pacific 

Coast  Fares 

Reduced 

Long  limits; 
Stopovers. 


REDUCED  roundtrip  tickets  sold 
daily  until  September  15;  good  until 
October  31.  Stopovers. 

Make  Reservations  Now 
for  Any  Date 

Choice  of  four  commanding  trans- 
continental routes  to  the  east.  Go 
one  way,  return  another  if  you  wish. 

Send  or  call  today  for  complete 
information  about  service  and  fares 
to  your  eastern  destination. 

Ask  about  Southern  Pacific's  new 
"Circle  Tour  of  the  United  States" 
— greatest  summer  travel  bargain. 


southern  Pacific  Lines 


6->  Geary  Street 
Or  Phone  Sutler  4000 


Third  Street  Station 


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Not  only  current  events  of  arresting  in- 
terest find  expression  in  the  fascinating 
pictures  of  The  Chronicle  Rotagravuie ; 
the  camera  delves  into  the  secrets  of  the 
past  as  well  as  brings  to  light  such  amaz- 
ing photographs  as  the  "death  mask"  of 
the  3000-year-buried  King  Tut-Ankh- 
Amen. 

Old  <  w — tragic  or  comic — beautiful  or 
grotes  -the  most  interesting  things  in  cre- 

ation reseij-'ji!  even  week  in  The 

ROTAORAVURE 


SEIGLER 

HOT  SPRINGS 

P.  Carr,  President  M.  E.  Roberts,  Secretary 

LAKE  COUNTY,  CALIFORNIA 

The  Closest  Large  Resort 
to  Clear  Lake 

Hotel  and  cottage  accommoda- 
tions and  service  equal  to  the 
best  "city"  hotels. 

MINERAL  HOT  WATER  SWIM- 
MING TANK  and  HEALTH 
BATHS. 

(Finest  in  the  world  for 
the  complexion.) 

Sports  of  All  Kinds 

SWIMMING     -     DANCING     -     HIKING     -     MOTORING 
BOATING     -     HORSEBACK  RIDING     -     ETC. 


SAIL  TO  NEW  YORK 

See    MEXICO,    CENTRAL    AMERICA,    PANAMA    CANAL    and 
GAY  HAVANA,  en  route 


Sister  Ships: 
SS   VENEZUELA 
SS   COLOMBIA 
SS    ECUADOR 


Panama  Mail  Lmtrt     Ira  Specialty  Buill  for  Service  in  the  Tropic* 

TWENTY-EIGHT  dayi  .,f  pure  delighl  aboard    ,  -.ala/.al  Panama  Mail  liner  with 
irven    ncvcr-ln-bc-fornollen    vi-it-    asl reiqlie    and    biltoric    purl-       Man- 

saniM».     Mexico;     San    Jo»«     de     Guatemala;     i-a    l.ihertad,    Salvador;    Corinlo, 
Nicaragua.     Two   day  I    in    the   Canal    Zone ;    see   the  i    cat   Panama    Canal;    visit    Balboa, 

Cristobal  and  hhloric  old  Punumu. 

Every  cnbin  on  a  Panama  Mail  linrr  i-  an  Oflteide  itie;  each  has  an  elcrtric  fan, 
and  there  is  a  comfortable  lower  lied  for  every  pas  enj  r.  There  is  an  orche«tra  for 
dancing;  deck  nam.-  and  .(.nrl.  ;iml  .;]ll  valcr  -«immi:g  lank.  The  Panama  Mail  is 
world-famous   for  Ul   food   and  service. 

Costs  Less  Than  $9  a  Day 

The  cost  i»  less  ihan  $«  a  day  for  minimum  tir.l-rla..  passage,  including  bed  and 
meals  on  strainer.  (Jo  Eaul  by  Panama  Mail  and  return  by  rail  (or  vice  vena)  for 
II  Utile  a.  1850.  (TWl  priM  doei  IIOl  include  berth  and  meal-  on  Iran... I  Panama 
Mail  liner,  leave  San  l'ranei-ri)  and  New  York  approximately  61  c  rv  2\  days.  Vaca- 
tion tailing!  from  San  FnncitCO,  June  26,  July  24;  from  Los  Anpele-,  two  day*  later. 
Wclwurd  from   New   York,  July   8.  July  2°,    August  26. 

For    Utu.it r at f<l   bookUti   and   further    &*taiU   atk    any    tfeamthlp 
or   tickvt    tifvnt  or    uriJe   to 

PANAMA  MAIL  S.  S.  CO. 


.IB  S.  SPUING  STREET 

LOS  ANGELES 


2  PINE  STREET 

SAN   FRANCISCO 


10   HANOVER   SQI   kHE 

NEW  YORK